Winking Lizard Tavern - Columbus

For $19.78 and in 20 minutes I got a pound of nice moderately crispy dripping in grease onion rings (just how you should eat em! with two sides of ranch (they have the good ranch- you all know what I mean . This also included three grilled barbecue chicken breasts (the meal and two sides. I shouldn 't have ordered the breasts charred- they did come charred but more dry than I 'd have liked. Again this was my error not theirs. It came with a nubbin of nicely garlicky cheesy toasted bread which was nice and soft. The Mac n cheese was pretty genuinely cheesy tasting and not an otherworldly neon yellow. The corn salsa side was less of the Texas caviar or corn-dominant salsa I was expecting and was instead a moderately spicy black bean salsa with some roasted corn in it. My bad again. They let you eat popcorn for free from bags popped near the entrance while you wait. I 'm a sucker for snacks. Overall good food- Exactly what I ordered.

I have yet another sports bar slash restaurant that I either like or hate based on my mood at the time. I like that Winking Lizard has a big menu. The food on that menu can be pretty good. It also has some good service when it's not busy. This only will become worse when a big game is on. I think they need to focus more on its service at the bar. It's good enough with the food. The bartender likes to chat with regulars too much. He seems to forget he's being paid to work. The drinks are okay but overpriced. It has some good local beers, but these can be found cheaper at dive bars up the street. A more interesting selection is the Leinenkugel Cranberry Ginger Shandy. The food is pretty good for a sports bar. It has common bar menu items of fried **** and some good healthier choices. There's a spicy black bean burger which is about $10. It's a good size for what they charge for it. The atmosphere depends on when you go. I prefer a more intimate space to watch sports. The volume of the TVs are so loud you need to shout to be heard above these. I would only come here to see a game if brought here. The atmosphere is not so bad if they would control the volume on TVs. Would come back again if they can improve service.

Stoped in on a Wednesday for a group happy hour. Pretty quiet inside but parking lot was full...maybe just our seating area which was not next to bar/tvs. Specials included $1 off drafts, but were out of 3 Oktoberfest beers on draft. Settled on a Jackie O's Mystic Mama draft, solid per usual. Decided to grab a bite and split a 4 slider entee with another attendee, bonus french fry side can be upgraded to TOTS! It was plenty of food, in fact, glad I shared. Good service and my check was $12 after they split the check with my friend. Indeed a happy hour had by all! Will be back if in the area. Nice neighborhood sports bar.

Great place for bar food to watch the game! I ordered the Wild West Burger upgraded to the Pfred's Preferred Fries. They were covered in multiple cheeses bacon. Definitely comfort food. However, I way over estimated my abilities to eat it. They give decent sized portions my stomach definitely felt the amount of grease I was eating. Waitress was also very attending wonderful about us staying for the whole football game. They amazingly had coffee too even though it wasn't on the menu.

Was so excited when they started opening winking lizard's in the Columbus area. Being a native Clevelander, the winking lizard is a going out staple. The menu ranges from food, spirits, desserts they even have a root beer float on the menu! They also have specials that they add to the menu, such as a clambake in early fall. Highly recommend checking it out be sure to check out the patio fire pit. Oh, and they have a ton of TVs to watch the game/race/whatever on :