Reviews for Oak Tree Tavern and Connie’s Pub- RESERVATIONS ONLY in Alton, VA

A bit pricey, but the food is good. The atmosphere is nice, and the staff are friendly.

Ate dinner here two nights. The menu is limited but what they offer is superb. Most nights the menu is burgers, barbeque... sandwich, chicken sandwich or salads. That doesn't sound like much but the items are prepared to an extremely high standard. The fried green tomatoes as an appetizer are excellent. On friday and saturday the chef prepares a choice of two entrees, inaddition to the items above. Basically you are coming to the chef's house for dinner. Our choices were a rib eye which most ofmy group had. The alternative was chicken and waffles which I selected. If a five star restaurant ever served chicken andwaffles this is it. The fried breast chicken was cut up into strips The waffles were actually sweet potatoes cut up in wafflestyle. I don't know how to describe the sauce that was drizzled but it was amazing. The best part was real maple syrup infusedwith a touch of jalapeno. It was just enough for a spark not overly hot. Once of the best meals I ever had. I can't wait togo back someday. Read more

I've been coming to VIR for years and am super disappointed with the Tavern these days. The menu is tiny, the food is bad, they... are understaffed, etc. When options are limited (VIR is a 20 minute drive from anything worthwhile), they need to have somedecent food option. Prior to the new VIR ownership, you used to be able to come to the tavern after a day on track, get a decentsteak cooked to order, some delicious sides, good apps, and it wasn't crazy priced either. I gave the tavern a shot a week agoand the burger I ordered was one of the worst I've had...ever. Until VIR gets their $#@& in order, I'd recommend either bringingyour food or making the trip to Millies for pizza or Danville for a real dinner. Read more

great location, beautiful building but the food here has a lot left to be desired... if you have time I'd go to Danville by the... river for decent food but 20 min away . the staff are friendly though Read more

The place itself is actually amazing and very beautiful. They had a buffet instead of a regular menu I am assuming it was due to... the races being held at VIR. The food was okay, they had a Cajun theme buffet with only 6 items to choose from and a premadesalad. The shrimp boil didn't have a lot of flavor and the sausage and rice was cold and also lacking flavor. There were 3different types of cupcakes and mine was a little dry. The food was okay but for the price it was not quite what I expected. Beprepared it is a little pricey. Though it was a buffet and the server only brings you drinks they do add 20% gratuity to yourbill for a party over 6. Our server made around 80.00 in tips for our table alone and she brought 10 drinks to the table andtook away one set of plates since we didnt go back for seconds. I have no issues with places doing gratuity however i am notquite sure 80.00 for 10 people who are getting their own food from the buffet was worth going back to eat there. I havedefinitely had better food at cheaper prices. The waitstaff was friendly and of course like I said a very pretty setting. Ithink I would like to try the actual menu to make sure it wasn't just a fluke experience. ???? Read more

This place is in a really nice, old plantation style house on top of a hill. I've never eaten in the dining room area, but have... dined in the bar more than a few times. Whenever we go to VIR, we always have at least one dinner there. The food is great andthe service is excellent. Wouldn't be a race weekend without at least one meal there. Read more

Absolutely an awesome dining experience in a beautiful atmosphere offering The Connie's Pub for a refreshing cocktail before a 5... star dinner in a classy candlelit dining room serving incredible food. Steaks, Shrimp, Chicken and the list goes on and on.Delicious. Southern hospitality at it's finest. See you again real soon that's for sure. Thanks for an amazing evening. Read more

Well this place has ok food i won't say its the best because its far from it in my opinion I was there this past weekend with my... race team and they have the slowest service I have ever in my life dealt with if there was another restaurant around I probablywould have gone to that one and got up and left from this one we had been waiting for an hour and 19 minutes (yes I timed it)for our food ..waited too long to wait at any restaurant only got there at 7:49 and it was after 9 when we got our food theyseemed to be under staff you would think they would be prepared for the crown knowing that's it's a race events or specialevents going on.... Here's a picture of my food was supposed to marinated mushroom with asparagus risotto there was not onesingle asparagus in sight and this was a $17 dish... I must say I have definitely had better service I do think that they needto do better especially for their prices because it's not worth it in my opinion...???? on a different note it is cozy andwelcoming.. Read more