Wood Tavern & Grill

Yeah, the service was a little slow to get started — but then I forgot. It’s Tuesday night. It’s the night they have the ribs on special. You walk in the door and you see the kitchen preparing them. The smell is everywhere. So sure, let’s have some ribs. They have to be good.
You know how that happens? And then you get disappointed?
The disappointment didn’t happen. The ribs were delicious. I’m absolutely full of ribs and delicious French fries (how many places have disappointing fries these days? not this place) and dessert, and you know what? The smell of the ribs on my fingers isn’t disgusting… it’s actually kind of appetizing — even though I wouldn’t dare eat another bite for fear of exploding.
Once someone paid attention to me the service was attentive and friendly — it’s not sucking-​up-​to-​you friendly, it’s bar friendly — and that’s plenty good enough if the food is this good. And it is.

I’ve been here twice for organized meetups and while the place is nice and the atmosphere is decent, the service ranges from terrible to non-​existent.
I was there this Monday and arrived a little after the rest of my group. The server came to our table once shortly after I arrived to see if someone else wanted to order anything off the menu but didn’t bother acknowledging me at all (there were only six of us there when I arrived so it’s not like I got overlooked in a huge crowd of people.)
I guess it’s a good thing that I didn’t want anything to eat or drink because that was the last time anyone came by, in the nearly two hours I was there.
It’s not even like the place was busy at all — our group was the only group in that entire section of the restaurant, and there were at least two people working that evening. Not sure what they were doing, but it sure as hell wasn’t serving our table.
The previous time I was there the server was a tiny bit more attentive — I did manage to get a drink from her — but she was surly and kept rushing past us when we would try to get her attention, and nothing happened in a timely manner.
It’s really too bad the service is such crap cause otherwise the place seems nice (though I can’t comment on the food.)