The MacStack Tavern

I did not have the experience that others have had here & shared on Yelp. The service was good on a slow Monday night & the food (specifically the mac & cheese) was insanely good. If others came here when it was very busy maybe the food & service suffered for them. That was not my experience.I got the chicken bacon ranch mac & cheese as suggested by the server as the most popular & her favorite. It was a huge plate of the cheesiest & most saucy Mac & cheese I've ever had. Wouldn't hesitate to eat here & make bad food choices. It's worth it.

My wife and I stopped by for dinner tonight. We were so impressed with JJ's Tavern we decided to give their other property a try. Regretfully, I wish we would've driven on to JJ's. MacStack Tavern seemed very pedestrian in comparison. We were not impressed. Definitely different cocktail menus and dining menus. It seemed they were trying to cater to a younger crowd at MacStack; however, there was not a younger crowd there. A lot of older people and families. We were there at approximately 6:30 PM on a Friday night. Not a whole lot going on. Very limited cocktail menu and almost zero local beers. We are ordered their loaded potato chips to start. Though they said the chips were homemade, they certainly didn't seem to be. The sliders were pretty good overall. Again, wish we would've kept on going to JJ's.

Stopped by for a late lunch. We ordered the homemade chips, and they were good. Ordered chicken tenders with a side of Mac and cheese. They had a crispy breading but were overcooked, dry, and tasted like dill pickles. The mac and cheese was hot and creamy. Also ordered the bbq Mac and cheese, which had a good taste but was more runny than creamy. The first thing we ordered was our drinks, which we didn't receive until after our appetizer and food was served and I had to ask for them. One drink was incorrect, but at this point, we didn't day anything. Maybe the waitress was new. May give it a second try.

Came in around 7:00 with a party of 4. Only 3 other tables of patrons seated when we arrived. We were seated right away but waited a full 20 minutes before waitress came over to take drinks order. 1 soda, 3 draft beers. Another 15 minutes before the soda was dropped off and then told the folks that ordered beer had to order different beer because they changed the taps. Gave the new beer order and she said she would be right back. Another 15 minutes and still no beers.It wasn't busy. When I walked around the corner in an attempt to just get my drinks from the bar- she was just hanging out with the bar tender.I can't rate the food, because we didn't want to waste anymore time here.

The husband and I stopped by this place on our way to the drive thru safari around the corner. I saw that it had a good rating and I was craving some Mac and cheese! Unfortunately, we did not have the greatest experience with the food. The restaurant was overall clean and we had a friendly waitress. The atmosphere reminded me of like a biker/rock bar. There were two other couples in the entire restaurant so it was pretty slow when we came in. We started with a spinach dip and that was good! I ordered a BBQ pulled pork sandwich with a side of Mac and cheese and my husband ordered fried chicken sandwich with a side of onion rings. My sandwich was very dry and the coleslaw was not very appetizing. The Mac and cheese had so much cheese in it that it was extremely disproportionate to the noodles in it. I ended up picking out the 5-6 noodles and leaving the remainder of the sauce. I did not eat my sandwich as the pork ended up having a good amount of fatty pieces in the sandwich. My husband picked off his chicken from his sandwich and ate it by itself. The total cost we paid was $48 not including tip. Yes, we could have said something to the waitress but this was her first week on the job and we felt bad mentioning it. I will say for the quality of the food, the prices are pretty high. Maybe it was just a bad day for us to stop by... not sure but here's my review.

Service was fast at lunchtime on a Monday. Restaurant was clean. Food was good for what it was and came out fast. If you have littles in diapers though make sure you have an area in your car you can change them. The changing table in both the men and women's bathroom is completely unusable (as of July 2024) because whoever installed it didn't want to drill through their tile. I'm 5'4" and could not change my baby in the women's room. For that alone I wouldn't recommend it for other families with babies. But on food and service, it was otherwise nice. If you don't have littles in diapers though, the experience was great for bigger kids and adults.

Had such an amazing dinner here! The drinks, especially the old fashioned, was insanely good! And the bartender was wonderful to talk to. It was so hard to decide on what to eat because everything on the menu looked and sounded spectacular, but I decided on a melt with Mac and cheese. I was BLOWN AWAY lol it was so freaking good! Now anytime I visit Port Clinton, I head over to the Macstack to get my cheese fix.

The worst chicken tenders I've ever had. Breading looked burnt and was coated in so many spices. Tasted awful and upset my stomach and I picked the meat out of the breading mostly. The side mac and cheese was good but that was about it. The water was salty, couldn't drink it. Bartender was grumpy. Won't be back.

It's our third visit. love the wide open space. great decor for any film or music buff, posters, albums, album covers etc. we knew the fried chicken was going to be good from tasting it in our Mac and cheese on precious visits so I went right for the fried chicken sandwich this time and it did not disappoint. Three plump and juicy strips on a bun that was not too much bread but held the pickles and the sauce nicely. Will get again along with the chips. My wife's chicken bacon ranch Mac and cheese was rich and creamy, the chicken somehow still crispy and the grilled onions along with the pepper Jack cheese made it very flavorful. An unexpected treat was her black cherry soft drink. She just couldn't stop drinking it. Attentive staff kept our drinks full+++

Best fried meatballs With the perfect sweet but tangy bbq sauce. Best cuban I've ever had, hand's down, the rye was perfect tooOne area to improve is the water, it was tap. But it's okDefinitely coming back