Christopher's Tavern - Springfield

It really doesn't matter what you order because something entirety different will show up and they just can't exert the effort to fix it so you will just go hungry

Let me set the scene Sunday afternoon, around 12:30pm. Completely empty dining area, scattered few in the bar. Probably more staff than customers. I ask for an Oc(K)toberfest. They give me one but they have 2 on tap. Which one is it? They don't know. Already have a bad feeling. My son order boneless wings with fries and I get a mushroom Swiss burger with fries. Food comes out and my son's order is wrong the wings are not boneless, the server saw it and took it back. She comes back a while later to let us know where his food is. Ok fine. She asks me how mine is. Really? Like I'm gonna eat while he has nothing. She than tells me how this is not her regular gig. Ok cool. I can understand why she is making mistakes and am ok with that. My boy's food comes out and after a few the manager comes out to give me $5 off my next visit if I spend a certain amount. She asked how everything else was. It's kinda not good. There is no flavor in the burger, the fries are WAY over cooked. The manager offered me fresh fries. Yeah I said no, you have no one in the restaurant and you can't come close to getting these few simple items correct? Our waitress was nice but the manager looked so sad like she had the life sucked out of her soul somehow, still left the server over 20% since she was ok. I will not be going back because the food was bland and overcooked, not to mention wrong.

My wife and I got a chance to go there for lunch. We had eaten there a couple of years ago and it was good, so we figured we would go again. My wife ordered the chicken ranch wrap and fries. I ordered a BBQ cheddar burger, medium rare with homemade potato chips. An hour later our food arrived. Hers was good, but needed more chicken. My burger was burnt, dry and cold. I mean the outside was black. The bun was hard as a rock. The chips were half cooked and dripped oil. I could not eat any of it and I can eat most anything. This place served me, by far, the WORST BURGER I EVER ATE, and I have eaten a lot of burgers in my life.

Terrible customer service, I called to tell them my fries were missing guy on the line seemed bothered. They never added my fries to the order as if I did that. Go back to pick up the fries and I should have just stayed home. Raw garlic just thrown on. Complete bullshit food. Don't recommend this garbage at all.

I've returned a few times since my original review, and I have to say, the food is great. They offer a wide variety of appetizers and drinks. The service has become faster, and the staff works really well as a team. There's been a significant improvement! The place was bustling on a Friday night!