Great people, good food and reasonable prices. Wings dry rub, pizza rolls, even the Broccoli side item is good. Great neighborhood bar. read more

DB's Tavern has become our favorite place that is close by. They serve burgers, sandwiches, salads, etc. I've had a variety of foods there and they were all good. I just wish they had a few soups. It's a big space with a variety of seating options. Lots of TVs with different games or sports shows. Even on a big game day, it's not too loud. read more

Don has done an amazing job of bringing your neighborhood pub to Ballantyne! Great food ( you have to have the jalapeño poppers) atmosphere and staff! If you're looking for that neighborhood bar/restaurant this is your place. I have meet several clients for lunch and dinner and felt like family. I have also enjoyed many Sundays with football on all the TVs and of course watching the Tar Heels play basketball. If you're looking for great food and drinks with people who treat you like family this is your place !! Side note - every year DBs does a charity event to raise money for Wounded warriors . This place not only gives great service to his patrons they also give back to the community !! Make sure if your in town to stop by !! read more

Best bar in South Charlotte. Place gets busy for a reason while other bar nearby are ghost towns. Staff makes you feel like family so you keep coming back. Not to mention they know how to pour a proper pint of Guinness, which is a rarity around here. read more

We were at the bar for 20 minutes mid day on a weekday, had three waitresses walk by us & the bartender made eye contact with us twice. No one even attempted to get a drink order or ask if we needed anything. It wasn't busy but they were all to busy chatting with friends to worry about making any money. read more

Rating DB's against every other sports bar in the area and it is great! There's a great vibe, bartenders and servers are very attentive and sweet, and the food is awesome. We came for dinner on a Thursday night and ordered the pizza roll ups (so good!) and sandwiches. I ordered the veggie sandwich with fries and everything was great. Lots of TVs and some games. This is an excellent choice to hang out or get some food, I will be back! read more

Great variety, lots of televisions, and food quality is good. Also loads of appetizers available.

The wings may be the "cleanest and freshest in South Charlotte." DB's makes their own dry rub...it's smoking and spicy. Yummy! Now the bad news...or maybe good news, our waitress was very attentive to a table of six guys...we were two septuagenarians (70's) who waited 10 minutes for a second beer. We love leaving generous gratuities; but not tonight. we'll be back, but will be careful who serves us. Thanks again for the delicious wings! read more

My husband and I ordered from DB's Tavern last night. We really like the food there. We did a pick up order and upon arriving home, there were a few things that were incorrect. I had tried calling many times and we ended up going back to the restaurant to get a refund. I spoke with Maggie there and she was very nice and took care of us above and beyond what most places would do. She made everything good for us. Thank you Maggie and we will definitely be back and more often. Fantastic Customer Service from you! I would highly recommend you guys just based on your food, but great Customer Service is hard to find nowadays. read more

Honestly, the food and experience weren't completely terrible, but they could've been better. The food was okay, but the alcohol was underwhelming. It didn't taste like an alcoholic beverage at all; I was better off drinking water. Lastly, the staff wasn't very friendly either. The communication was very dry, and the entire time I was there I couldn't get a simple "you're welcome" in response to the many "thank you" replies I made. read more

Good food and inviting atmosphere. From the outside it didn't look like much or look family friendly but it is! Sports bar feel inside, but still family friendly with kids of all ages there. Good food, their pizza rolls and one of the best caprese salads I've had! read more

This place is a hidden gem! Great food, strong drinks and a fun atmosphere. Only reason I didn't give 5 stars is because of the fact we were charged for every side of dipping sauce without knowing that upfront. Other than that, great experience! read more

Grabbed wings for takeout not too long ago. They were okay, but not great. They were pretty dry and overcooked. The service was quick and efficient, and order was correct. The staff were friendly and polite. There is a good amount of seating inside, and a couple of small tables outside. Parking is available in a lot and is plentiful. read more

I love the people there always so polite and nice and there wings are to die for!!!!!!

Top-notch neighborhood tavern. Everything you'd expect from a good tavern... great food, excellent people, well-run business. Plenty of TVs to enjoy the game, shuffleboard and golden tee for games, specials are great (especially Thursday's draft special, which can't be beat)... All-in-all a great place to come to unwind with with friends, family, or just by yourself. Bartenders and owner are especially welcoming. My favorite place to unwind in Charlotte for sure. read more

DB's Tavern - Burgers Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

We had an absolute blast this past Saturday. Started early for lunch and some baseball, then returned after dinner (elsewhere) to close out the night. Maggie (bartender) is an absolute gem. Loved our time there and looking forward to returning for football. Wings are good. Fries aren't traditional so be aware if you're having a fry craving. read more

Always consistently good food. Great variety from classic items like burgers to great flatbreads (buffalo chicken).

I like DB's. I'd just like it to be better. When it first opened I started really liking the pizza rolls but they are not consistent. I've eaten the entire menu, there is nothing that tastes special. The flat bread pizza doesn't taste like the bread is made fresh. Today we checked out the Arby's up the street. Coming out of the Arby's I asked my wife if anything at DB's tastes as good as we just ate at Arby's? The answer was no. So there you have it. I'd like them to have something on the menu that is better than Arby's. Great beer! read more

Seems like this place has lost a few steps in the food and service over the years. I probably got the worst wings I've had in a long time. The wings were lacking in flavor and quality, which is shocking considering their inflated price. The Buffalo had no flavor, heat, or sauce. I used to enjoy the Caribbean Creeper, but those were also lacking. Honestly you would do better going to chili's which is sad! Look elsewhere if you want good wings! read more

Had a great time there on Tuesday. Great playlist was pumping jams. Sat at the bar. Had terrific service. The garlic Parmesan wing I order tasted fantastic. Can't wait to return again and get the same great service I had. read more

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What a great local spot to catch a game, good "bar" eats, and a cold drink. My husband and I were in the area and decided to find a place with decent burgers. This place came up on the Yelp app. We decided to head here. It was early afternoon on a Thursday. There was no one to greet us upon entering. The crowd seemed to be seated towards the front of bar area. No server in sight to tell us where to sit. We just asked the guy at bar and pointed were we seated ourselves. He said he will send a server our way. We waited just a few minutes. Server was super nice and was attentive during out time there. I ordered the wings basket and my husband ordered the bacon burger. Food did not take long to come out. All of it was great! The atmosphere is very laid back and has great vibes. TV screens at every angle showing a variety of sports games. It is somewhat dark inside but this is a "tavern". Overall, we loved it! We look forward to coming here more often for tavern grub, cold drinks, and a game or two. read more

DB's Tavern - Wings basket with homemade chips - Burgers Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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The food is always fresh and delicious! Service always excellent! We love Dbs any night of the week!

I will always go to this bar before any other. Best wings in the Ballantyne area! You have got to try their Mike's Way style wings!!! This bar will never disappoint you when you're trying to find a place to enjoy your afternoon/evening and watch the game! read more

Terrible customer service. Asked us to move after being seated by a hostess, ordering drinks and then accommodating others who asked to join our table. Couldn't have been made to feel worse or unwelcome. read more

I'm concerned about DB's following Governor's order for all staff to wear masks. They clearly have a sign posted at the door but staff not following guidelines. I went in to get take out and only one staff person was wearing masks. The masks were hanging under chin. Multiple staff members serving customers at bar with face covering not covering anything. Why bother to put the mask on If it is not covering anything. Won't be back until they implement more stricter regulations and are doing more safer practices read more

This was $10 and it's not even filled up. It's good but I feel like they should at least fill this up considering it's already a small container. read more

DB's Tavern - Buffalo chicken dip - Burgers Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

This was a random pick night I ate there two nights ago. The wings weren't that great dry and lack of much flavor on the Cajion garlic but the nachos where pretty good I'll give it to that that's the main reason we went. Maybe next time we won't order the jalapeño loaded poppers read more

Great food no matter what you order, very cool laid back "local bar" environment and great service too.

Their soft pretzel sticks and queso are soooo good. The adult swim cocktail is also delightful! And the carnivore pizza roll is yummy. Good cocktail and beer selection. read more

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Love this bar! Has a great local crowd and the bartenders and servers are all amazing! (Tim, Jimmy, Lacey) Their wings charred with Lucifer sauce are my go to appetizer but my absolute favorite thing on their menu is the pepperoni pizza roll with Jalapeño ranch and marinara.(Jimmy pizza roll is a close second). This place is one of those hidden gems that you like to tell everyone about but at the same time you kind of don't because you don't want it to be so busy that you can't get a table read more

We are new in town and decided to try DBs. It's definitely more of a bar feel, with a mix of high top bar tables and regular tables. There are a few tables for outdoor seating, but most seating is indoors. There is a shuffleboard game, and you just give your driver's license to the bartender to get the pieces to play. We ordered our kids the mac & cheese kids meals when we ordered our drinks. After ordering our food (a chicken sandwich with sweet potato fries & a whiskey bbq cheeseburger topped with bbq pulled pork, cooked medium), we waited about 45 minutes until we asked where our food was. Moments after asking our server where our food was, our food came out. The kids food had come out earlier since we ordered theirs first. My husband ordered his burger with no cheese, and burger #1 came with cheese. We sent it back and asked for it to be fixed. My chicken sandwich was really good. A little while later, burger #2 came out with no cheese....and no bbq sauce on the pulled pork. We confirmed with our server that the pulled pork was in fact supposed to have bbq on it, and it was. She took it back again, and finally came back with burger #3, which was correct. In the meantime, I had completely finished my meal before my husband got a chance to take one bite of his burger. By this time, the toddlers were beyond restless and ready to go. So he hurried through his meal so we could get the check and leave. The check came with a quick, "I'm sorry your burger was wrong" - nothing was comped or discounted, despite it taking three times to get a simple burger correct. Although the food was good and my picky eater devoured the mac & cheese, we will not be back. "Sorry" doesn't get people to return. read more

Lunch after a soccer game with 2 hangry kids. Server was excellent and the pizza rolls are definitely unique and yummy!! Kids had pizza and it was very good too. Will be back for the pizza rolls!! read more

First time and we were not disappointed. They were quite busy but the staff handled it well and multiple servers were helping out. The burger was fantastic. We will certainly visit again. read more

We stopped in for dinner when visiting the area. The drinks, panini, wings, and carnivore pizza roll we're really good. We left stuffed and thinking we made a great choice. Service was very good. read more

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Great food at a reasonable price. A really great place to hang out with friends. Really enjoy the burgers, wings, and pizza rolls.

I really wanted to like this place but I just can't. It's got a great vibe and a great set up on the interior but the food is just not good. I've been here three times now in the last 45 days because I'm not someone who just makes a decision off the first go around. The first time I was there I was with my sons and my fiancé. I had the Philly cheesesteak. There must've been only 4 ounces of meat in the sandwich maybe 6 ounces the meat barely covered the inside of the role. Both ends of the role was just basically eating bread. A Philly cheesesteak the main ingredient is the meat you've got a put a good bit of meat in there to have a good Philly cheesesteak. The second time I was in there I had chicken tenders and I'll just say they are not good. They are burnt and the amount of eatable meat on them is very small. The third time I came in I had some wings and they were OK. They weren't the best they weren't the worst they were simply middle of the road. you could also judge a bar by the number of people that are eating around you at the bar now this is six 630 on a Friday night and literally I was the only one eating at the bar. Nobody else was. I'd also like to bring to your attention the fries at this place I'm not sure where you get your fries from but there are so many better choices out there for french fries. The fries here are like filled with air And barely have any substance to them. On top of that you get like 10 tiny fries in a basket. I do realize inflation is upon us but there are other ways to make good food reasonable amount of quantity and keep your customers happy. Last thing I'll talk about is the service here. The last night I was there there were two women tending bar one of them was extremely friendly a great customer service skills and really made you feel welcome at the bar. The other one couldn't care less if you were there or not didn't hear her say all of five words for about 45 minutes that I was there. I don't know if it's the millennial thing or not but she could use a little training. Overall I like the place from atmosphere standpoint the beer is a cold I think if I go there again I'll probably just stick to drinking. read more

I love this place. I lived in the area when DB's first opened and have always loved the vibe of the place (much better than Stadium). I moved to Washington for work a few years ago and recently moved back when that project was completed and was happy to see that DB's was still rocking. I've become a bit of a "sometimer" since I moved back and thought I'd add my thoughts. As ever, the pizza rolls are one of, if not the best things on the menu. The Philly Roll will hands down change your world. The menu was described as updated and the Colorado panini has become a go-to for my lunch visits. The wings are, as always, a high point, even if the consistency of doneness, size of the wings, and how much sauce they have varies greatly from order to order. Sometimes they come out perfectly sauced and other times it's like the cooks in the back thought about tossing them in the sauce and figured that was good enough (you will be charged for additional sauce even if the indiscernible amount of sauce on the wings would make you think they were completely out of sauce). Sometimes the sauce coats the wings perfectly and others most of it ends up in the bottom of the basket. Sometimes they come with celery, sometimes with carrots, sometimes with celery and carrots, and sometimes with nothing at all. Sometimes you take a bite and give it a close inspection to make sure they're done enough while other times it seems as if they dropped the wings in the fryer a week before and they come out as if they were fresh from an archeological dig. But when everything comes together for that perfect batch, hot diggity, they're the best wings in all of Charlotte. The Southwest Chicken and Greek Farmer salads are delicious and the buffalo chicken dip is a gem. Love the fried pickles, too, and the burgers are delicious (Bourbon BBQ Burger is amazing), if a bit under seasoned. Bottom line is that the food is often great, but consistency is a huge issue across the board, with your meal sometimes being the best thing in Charlotte while other times you're left wondering as to whether or not the owner bothered to ask applicants if they knew how to cook before putting them back there. The front of house staff has always been a high point for this place, even back in the day. If you're at the bar, Alyssa, Odette, and Jimmy are some of the best bartenders I've ever had the pleasure of slinging my drinks and you can't go wrong with any of them. All three were super friendly, attentive, and quick with a drink or to check on us during recent visits even when the bar was full. The servers are great, and our last server, Jordan, was marvelous. Recommend asking if Jordan, Sam, or Joey are working if you're sitting at the tables, as they will ensure a terrific experience. The staff makes this place and we're looking forward to getting to know them all better. That said, if you get there and your bartender is Helena, just turn around and head over to Hickory Tavern or the new Duckworth's. We've had Helena as a bartender three times and not only was she outright rude each and every time, on all three visits she was either much more interested in cutting up with the staff in the back than in being behind the bar or, when she was actually behind the bar, ignoring all of the other customers present to get some extended gossip time in with a few guys who seem to always seem to be sitting at the end of the bar. Additionally, on two of the three occasions we discovered extra drinks had been added to our check that we didn't order, and while both instances were explained away as "mistakes" and fixed before we paid, it hasn't happened on any other visits or with any of the other bartenders or servers. Best to avoid even the possibility in case you forget to check before you pay, and besides that, she consistently short pours your beer by a couple of ounces (not where this place finally wants to find consistency), which of all the items with higher mark ups behind the bar, seems a silly item to short pour. They don't have a pool table, but they do have shuffleboard, the obligatory golf game, an old school looking arcade game, and one of the digital jukeboxes for entertainment. Starting from five stars, they lose one for ongoing inconsistency with the food (indicating no apparent concept of quality control) and another for employing Helena, however the rest of the staff more than compensates for her failings and subsequently regains that star: 4/5. Tl;dr: Awesome local sports bar with a great vibe and awesome staff. The menu is diverse and the food is great, if inconsistent from order to order, and the wait and bar staff are wonderful except for an appallingly terrible bartender named Helena, so grab a barstool (or a table if Helena's bartending) and you'll be all set to watch a game, have some tasty beverages, and enjoy some good food while being taken care of by great employees. read more

Great place ! Great neighborhood pub. Great food. Great staff. This is a super Lushessss food.

We love coming here. Great place for the teenagers to hangout and play some games. Love watching the sports here too. Only issue is it is very loud in here all of the time. Fried pickles need to be twice the width too. Can't taste any pickle! read more

Went here for a quick bite recently because it was open late and wanted to try it because I was in the area with nothing really open late, so I figured I try it. The waitress was very friendly and helpful. She told us to get the wings and the pizza rolls and they both were good. We got the honey chipotle wings ( which are not spicy they just have a kick to it) , lemon pepper, and salt and pepper wings. The pizza rolls were a good snack as well. The onion rings we got were over cooked and the sweet potato fries were just okay but when you dipped them in the sauce they provided it helped. Will be back if I need something to eat late at night because they are open until usually 1 and 2 am. read more

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