Old Owl Tavern

Great cozy place for a drink and dinner. The staff were so nice and welcoming. We would recommend the hot brown

Located in a very strange area for such a nice restaurant and Inn. We had dinner and breakfast here and it was all delicious. A very nice breakfast buffet. The building is a historic mansion with lots of interesting rooms, artifacts and information related to the Inn. We found this place while we were visiting the Shaker Village area. We will definitely go back.

Wonderful hidden gem! Pleasantly surprised at the variety and quality of food for a pub! Wide variety of food choices from classic Hot Brown to fried chicken. The service was spot on and all staff were so hospitable. If you find yourself in the area be sure to check it out. After dinner we went upstairs to the pub to enjoy another cocktail....the old fashioned is one of the best!

We were surprised by the great food at this cozy place. We enjoyed the old-tavern look and feel.

Comfort food and a friendly setting. The Old Owl Tavern is a great dinner option if you're staying at The Beaumont Inn are are in the area. The cocktails are inviting. Be prepared to wait for a table during peak hours.

The Owl (as a lot of us locals refer to it) is a Mercer County institution. The smaller, more intimate part of the Beaumont Inn, the Owl boasts a gorgeous outdoor patio for warm weather seating and one of the best bourbon collections in the area. I normally get the charcuterie board as an appetizer to split with friends but it wasn't on the recent winter menu. I hope it comes back for the spring or summer because it's definitely one of my faves. The service my friends and I had last night was above and beyond. I think her name was Tori but she was fabulous. I ordered the grilled salmon which came with a dill aioli and two sides. The salmon was okay--the aioli definitely stole the show. I will definitely be back but I hope the menu expands to bring back more of the regular favorites.

After a day long visit to Shaker Village, a 10 minute drive to the Old Owl Tavern (part of the Beaumont Inn) was the perfect choice for dinner. As soon as we parked the car we were greeted by a ginormous need of mint...the scent was inticing. The tavern does not take reservations and we arrived at the perfect time, around 5:30. But 6 pm the bar was full and most of the tables were also filled. The tavern had good character, dark, woody...with photos of rick houses on the wall along with paintings of two fierce owls. We were greeted immediately and had the pleasure of being served by the most pleasant and efficient waitress. Enough choices for bourbon, some good drafts, and a deliciously made dry martini (along with a coffee for our tea toatler yesterday) started is off. There was a nice selection of specials for the day...some of which only a true southerner could appreciate (fruit gel topped with mayo, tomato spicy over cottage cheese topped with mayo) and some like cream of broccoli soup and steak boardelaise that even a yank could appreciate.Our table settled on two orders of fried catfish which came with a choice of two sides...baked potato and coleslaw were the choices. One of our diners choose the fried chicken livers that came with cream gravy...she chose the broccoli soup and corn pudding as her sides. Our tea toatler chose the country fried steak. I will term you that everyone cleaned their plates...it was that good.A final round of coffee, the OK from the waitress that we could pick some mint (which was planted in our garden at home) and we were off. Guess who is coming back? Me!!!

I highly recommend this restaurant especially the service. Billy was an amazing waitress, so friendly and very attentive to our needs and likes. She had some great suggestions for lunch. I had the red pepper soup, the special, she recommend and so glad I order cup. I could have just add a big bowl of soup. My husband had the harvest salad with blackened salmon. He said the salmon was perfect and enjoyed the salad with not a scrape left in the bowl. My mother-in-law and I split the double decker in half and we still could have feed two more with half of that. It was nice lean corn beef and the homemade thousand island dressing was amazing. My father in law had the cured ham and the corn pudding and potato casserole. Unfortunately, he felt the ham was too salty and he was not really like the corn pudding, but it is a favorite. I have had it and really enjoyed. To end the meal, you need to get the bourbon sauce bread pudding, it is the best I have ever had. That is my favorite dessert. Love that this is connect to the historic Beaumont Inn. Lots to do around this area and great historical sites.

While traveling, we needed to find a place that served Hot Browns. So happy we found and stopped here. The Hot Brown was delicious!

Very disappointed. Our server was very nice and did a great job. We ordered the fried green tomatoes for an appetizer...they were great!!! The side salad was also great!!..bleu cheese dressing was yummy. Finally we received our ribeye steaks....cold. No flavor, seems they were not grilled but perhaps cooked in an oven?...at the cost of $30 they were the worse ribeye we've had. Our bill with top was $165. Having never been here we had hoped for a lovely meal but was very disappointed. We drove back to Louisville, still hungry! Oh well. Heads up if you go there.