Match Eatery Public House - Chatham

Brand new restaurant bar, with a beautiful patio. Friendly, helpful staff. Fairly quick service. Reasonable prices for the appetizers and main dishes. Limited dessert options.

My fella and I stopped in for what we consider THE best whiskey sour in town. We arrived at around 930pm and chatted with some friends for about 20 min. I had to go to the bar to order because not a single server approached us to take our drink order. I then stood at the bar for another 5 min while the service manager and the bartender finished their conversation and finally placed my order. The bartender returned a few minutes later and asked if we had a server and when I told her that no one had come around, she made it very clear that she was inconvenienced having to bring our whiskey sours three feet from her perch at the bar, and that she needed the $23 bucks immediately. I oblige and we are finally enjoying our drinks! They were delicious, and after enjoying the live music and chatting up our friends for a bit longer, we decided to wander out to the patio and order another drink and maybe something to nibble on. We had a generous tip from our catering gig hours before and wanted to celebrate and treat ourselves. Instead, we sat on the patio from 10:15-ish with two empty drink glasses in front of us with NO service until exactly 10:45 when I lost patience after making eye contact with the service manager as she left the floor and waving at the server who was too busy or too bothered to notice. We stopped at the gas station on the way home and bought nachos instead. Absolutely horrible service, and when I brought our empty glasses up to the bartender and made a comment about waiting AGAIN for someone to help us, she didn't care and shrugged it off. Absolutely love the patio and the fare, but the service on a not very busy night is horrible! You would think a well-established casino bar would be on top of it at all times. Very disappointed in my last few visits there.

Went to the match with some friends& my husband to have some drinks .2-: told that we were ?limited to drinks? but was pouring drinks like every 5 minutes for the group of younger men and woman at the bar. and then when the server came back my husband had asked for another drink and the waitress told us no. And told us that we were ?cut off? also wouldn?t bring us a manager. The chicken burger was burnt. And horrible service. Then continued too talk about us with another co-worker while we were seated and could hear her. Never returning again.

I was really excited to come here for a live music night, but it turned out to be a huge disappointment. We knew the band and were excited to support them, but the whole experience was a let down. The server was not aware of what was and was not available on the menu and did not know the specials for the night. We ordered nachos, and they were good, but although the table was set for 2, there was only 1 side plate. Not a big deal, but a slight annoyance. I ordered a bottle of wine because it was cheaper than 3 glasses, but at the end of the night I found out that because they are associated with the casino, was was not allowed to take the remainder with me. The manager did a solid and only charged for what I drank, but a little server training would have prevented the situation in the first place. The food was not good. I had a NY steak and my date had the club sandwich. The NY, well cooked to the rare that I asked for, was completely flavourless. It was like chewing a wet cloth. I asked for steak sauce, and was given HP. I like HP, but I associate it with a steak and eggs breakfast more than a supper steak. A1 or 57 sauce would have been a better choice. The veg was good. I really enjoyed the flavours and it was cooked quite well. The potatoes on the other hand tasted like they came out of a package. Not good. The club sandwich was not a club, it did not have a middle layer, it was just a chicken sandwich. I?m told it was alright, but nothing special. There was a single, thick piece of cheese in the centre that was I kind of odd. I would have expected thinner slices, spread over the sandwich, but whatever. Lastly, while the band seemed to play well, we could not hear them clearly because the sound system was very distorted. The instruments were very loud, while the vocals were quite muted. Also, the general noise level in the restroom was such that it mostly drowned out the music. Overall, not a good experience in any way, and honestly quite

I ordered the full rack of ribs mashed potatoes and it came with a hot cake and coleslaw. The ribs really just fell off the bone and was absolutely delicious. I will definitely come back again