We arrived on a weeknight with a party of eight. We had no trouble being seated together quickly. The restaurant has a nice interior vibe right on the main drag in downtown Midway. Our server was proficient and friendly. Ordering went well. Our entrées did take quite a bit of time to come to the table, but the presentation was amazing! Every dish looked beautiful and delicious. We were so preoccupied that I completely forgot to take pictures. The food tasted as good as it looked! Everyone was pleased with their selection. At our table, the entrées ranged from lobster to pork chops to fried green tomatoes, a variety of salads, and a noodle dish. Highly recommend checking out Gibson's! Pricing is on the higher end, so Gibson's is perfect for a date night or celebration. read more

This was our first time here. We stopped in on our way back to Lexington and it was surprisingly good!! The food was delicious and the service was good. We ordered the Pork Pot Stickers and the Southwest Eggrolls to start and we loved them both. Their Jalapeño Aioli is very good. I ordered the Fried Fish sandwich and the fillet was huge and I highly recommend it! It was perfectly cooked and the breading was great. Next time I would really like to try the Lobster Risotto. read more

Gibson’s Restaurant & Bar - Wow!! The Fried Grouper Sandwich is incredible!! Get it! - Seafood Near Me - Midway, Kentucky

Fun place to visit when in Midway. Easily located "midway" between Louisville and Lexington. Free street parking available. We enjoyed a nice cocktail before dinner from the full bar before enjoying a wedge salad (delicious champagne vinaigrette dressing) and pasta dinner. Portions were healthy and pacing was excellent. Highly recommend Gibson's! read more

Gibson’s Restaurant & Bar - Angel hair pasta with shrimp - Seafood Near Me - Midway, Kentucky

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Had the chicken club today... I usually get the burger (it's great). The bread was soggy, the avocado was left out, the bacon was thin as paper and fatty, the chicken was microwaved. Nasty...the waitress did not ask if she could replace my meal...she just said sorry and gave me my check. I left more than half of it on the plate. The guy who cooks was not there today, it was a lady who doesn't know what she's doing! I told the waitress I would give a bad review, her reply " you do what you have to do" Wow--not the answer I hoped for. see pics read more

Gibson’s Restaurant & Bar - paper thin fatty bacon.. someone needs training in the kitchen - Seafood Near Me - Midway, Kentucky

Every time I visit this gem...I am never disappointed. Excellent service: Alex was courteous, attentive and his menu selections were spot on I selected "The Pork Chop with peach glaze was tender and hands the best I've had....the fingerling potatoes and Brussel sprouts were perfectly paired. Oh my goodness! Everything was delicious! I will definitely visit again. Thank you! (Courtney keep up the good work). read more

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A great stop in Midway. The menu has a nice variety of American foods. Friendly staff!

Gibson's is a nice dining experience with a wide variety of menu options! An unexpected gem in downtown Midway. We visited Gibson's on a Friday after Keeneland, the restaurant was very busy, we had a group of 8, they were able to get a table upstairs and hung out downstairs while waiting on our upstairs table. Mussels and fried green tomatoes were great appetizers that quickly disappeared from the table! Everyone's sushi at the table looked great, although I did not order any. My husband's pork chop entree was absolutely phenomenal, while my salmon dish was underwhelming, lacking flavor, the rice and broccoli were bland and boring. Service was friendly, however a little slow but to be expected on a Friday evening during Keeneland season! Overall the experience was good, I would return to Gibsons and try another dish! read more

I know a lot of my reviews are 3 and 4 stars but I believe in calling out great foodie, drinkie places when I find them! Gibson is one of those great places too. Located in downtown Midway, KY it's a charmer. The dining room is street level and there's a bar down stairs too. Teresa and Zoey have been here before but my first time. No disappointments here at all! read more

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Service and food did not disappoint. We ordered chicken parmigiana and Sushi both were amazing Fried green tomatoes for an appetizer we sat at a table near the front windows and enjoyed a quiet dinner for two read more

We made reservations for Easter Sunday and on the reservation I requested a booth. We went there this past Thanksgiving and were seated at a table close to the front door and every time the door opened a blast of cold air came in and made the experience cold and miserable. Today We arrived 10 minutes early and I reminded the host we had requested a booth. His response was they were booked until 3:00. I'm not sure what that had to do with anything. There were 3 booths available at the time we were seated. once again at the table in direct line of the front door, so a cold, windy, miserable experience. To add insult to our experienc, At the time we left one of the 3 empty booths was still empty. The food was fine but the lack of accommodation by the host was a total failure. Needless to say we won't go back. read more

It had been awhile since I had been to Gibson's and I wonder why it took me so long! Our girls lunch was delicious. I had the crab cake appetizer and a bowl of shrimp and corn chowder. My mom had the grilled cheese special, and my friend had the beet salad. It all hit the spot. Highly recommend Gibson's for a warm lunch on a cold day! read more

Gibson’s Restaurant & Bar - "Gibson's Girls" enjoying a lunch in Midway, KY - Seafood Near Me - Midway, Kentucky

I like to check out food pics for a place before coming and didn't see many here for the dishes I was interested in so here's my contribution. We got the Sea Bass pasta and Mussels which were both great. The pasta came with a house salad which was nice. My bourdini cocktail was also good! Service was lovely and attentive and the atmosphere was pleasant. We will be back! read more

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We enjoyed a nice lunch at Gibson's on an October Thursday. Although Main Street was covered in parked cars, we were one of only three tables sat in the restaurant. Casual atmosphere. Clean. Comfy chairs. Tables spaced nicely apart. Our service was a tad slow and certainly not enthusiastic but adequate. The crab cake po' boy was tasty. The crab cake was really meaty and the Thai chili sauce gave it a nice kick. The chicken quesadilla was huge and filling. Although the pineapple taste didn't really come through. Fries were crispy and piping hot. Nice lunch stop not far off the highway in an adorable and quaint town. read more

Decor was very welcoming, food was delicious and our server was perfect. Highly recommend. Parking was street parking, which wasn't a problem on a Friday night. There are about four steps to entry way. Lower level (outside entry steps outdoors or middle of upstairs dining room) is a bar with seating - definitely not the same caliber look as upstairs, though it is the same food menu. Seating upstairs is a combination of booths and tables. Large exterior windows makes a gorgeous view of downtown. Outside door opens directly into dining area which unfortunately circulated outside cold air every time it was opened on our visit. Pricing is on the high side, but not unreasonable for food portion size and quality. Standard salad had chopped vegetables, which I prefer, over sliced. Ranch dressing was homemade and delicious. Croutons tasted homemade and were excellent. Pasta dish was not overcooked and sauce was amazing. Salmon glaze was delicious, though a bit too sweet. Daily filet special had great flavor but steak was very tough. Loved the different taste of the Mac and cheese and the scalloped potatoes. Crème brûlée was done perfectly. A superior choice in downtown Midway. read more

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This place is a cute little gem in Midway. 100% recommended for a stop through town or casual night out. read more

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Went for a business dinner and the air conditioner still wasn't working. Asked if we could sit in the downstairs bar hoping it would be cooler and luckily it was. The service was good; however, I ordered the Lobster Risotto and the lobster seemed slimy and possibly undercooked. Other than the good service, only a few people there the entire time, it was a less than stellar evening. read more

Food was delicious but it was miserably hot inside the restaurant. They told me the air hasn't been working for about 6 weeks. They had one floor fan that we were having to move every 15 minutes to allow the tables to get air circulation. If your air is out, then buy more fans!! When I made the reservation the day before and then called to confirm the day of, no one mentioned anything about their air being out. We definitely would have dined somewhere else if we had known. It's hard to enjoy your dinner when you're hot and sweaty. Our server was great, but I felt sorry for all the employees having to work in those conditions! The owner needs to do better and get the air fixed ! read more

Made a reservation. They had our name on the table and were very nice!! Food was great and they are right down town Frankfort.

We received a gift card as a wedding present so we made reservations and went tonight. We waited quite a while before anyone came to our table and got our drink order. It wasn't busy inside but we assumed maybe it was busy outside. It was at least 25 minutes after we were seated before we received the drinks we ordered from the bar. Our waitress never brought us bread. The owner/manager had to bring it. We got the Gibson Salad with our meal and I was so excited about the warm bacon dressing, but it was a little disappointing. Not much flavor and kind of oily. Now, when my entree came, it was absolutely delicious! It was hot and tasted so good! I ordered the crab cakes entree and it came with an angel hair pasta with artichokes and sun dried tomatoes. It was phenomenal! I just wish the service had been better. Maybe our server was busy outside and was having a bad night. read more

Gibson’s Restaurant & Bar - Crab Cakes Entree - Seafood Near Me - Midway, Kentucky

Went here for a date night, and we're "local" so we're familar with the Midway scene. Our experience was decidedly mediocre, and I'll detail why: 1) When ordering wine, my wife ordered a Chianti. The server came back with a glass of white wine, and said "Oh, we are out of red Chianti...". She was serious (!) but we laughed it off and my wife chose another red on the list...only to look directly up at the wine rack that was over our heads later and see *the* bottle of red Chianti she had ordered which they were "out of". We gently pointed this out to the server with a bit of laughter, and she seemed fairly unconcerned. 2) I ordered the walleye with garlic mashed potatoes. Upon waiting ~20 min for our food, the server approached and said the mashed potatoes "weren't looking too good" and asked if I'd like another choice. A strange bit of feedback from the kitchen, to be sure. 3) We both got the same salad, so it was brought out in a metal bowl to serve ourselves. As we plated our salads, we were 1/2 into eating them, and the server came and tried to clear/take our still 1/3 full bowl of house salad to the point she grabbed the bowl which was across the table and over our plates. We stopped her because 1) we were eating and 2) there was still plenty of salad to be eaten, and she seemed surprised. Also of note on the "appetizer" section, there was no bread/butter, which is fairly standard for a dinner location like this. My wife commented she was surprised at this. 4) In general, the food was "good". Not life changing but altogether "decent" except for the asparagus, which still had very "woody" ends. The steak my wife got was cooked nicely, and my walleye was a generous portion with good flavor. The servers were nice and friendly, albeit clearly untrained and "raw". I'm fine with "casual dining" at Applebee's but as a "white tablecloth" location, the servers were all wearing jeans, some rippped/with holes in the knees and literally random t-shirts (not branded for the restaurant). A weird vibe for "white tablecloth" for sure. 5) The restaurant was supposed to close at 10pm, and we were one of only about 4 couples in the restaurant so it was a "slow" night. At approximately 7:45-8pm one of the employees proceeded to start vacuuming a large area for about 5 minutes, very loudly, at the expense of being able to hear each other or converse at our table. We just laughed and rolled our eyes a bit...who runs a vacuum during dinner hours, especially hours from close? 6) The Creme Brulee dessert was $9 for a very, very small ramekin. It was topped with some shady looking chopped strawberries, and was "ok" at best, but certainly not $9 for a small serving. Fairly priced would be $5, at best. 7) The silverware looked like it came from a middle school lunch room. I don't need to dine with fine silver by any means, but this was the "is it metal or not?" stuff that was discolored, dull knives, and bent forks. We try to keep perspective and realize that post-COVID most restaurants are still trying to survive and find workers willing to actually work. Midway experiences pretty frequent turnover of restaurants, and has lost some good ones in recent years. However, at Gibson's the training of staff and overall quality was very much so lacking for a $100 date-night dinner. If you're going to position your restaurant as a "white tablecloth" type of place, your service and food should match the image you're putting out. We wouldn't recommend it to others for such an outing, to be sure. We will hope that they improve and would love to experience a better try in the future, if they can fix their myriad issues. read more

Great food and atmosphere! Service was very good. We had the crab cake, shrimp cocktail and wedge salad. All was yummy! read more

Gibson’s Restaurant & Bar - Crab Cake - Seafood Near Me - Midway, Kentucky

We had the Chardonnay butter pasta it was EXCELLENT and the Louisiana pasta was unbelievable we can't wait to go back and try more!

Great food, great service, phenomenal atmosphere. The loaded waffle fries were almost as good as the burger!

We enjoyed a wonderful lunch at Gibson's. That staff were welcoming and the food excellent!!!

Gibsons must still be working out the food and service. Requested salads with warm bacon dressing. Both tasted as if oil only was on them. Requested additional bacon dressing and maybe 2 tablespoon serving was provided but it did taste like bacon. I ordered steak medallions with garlic mashed and asparagus. Requested medium heat for steak but definitely way overdone (leathery). Asked for steak sauce and was told they only have A-1. Wife ordered scallops and risotto with broccoli. She said they tasted fine. Service speed was ok but waitress never asked how our food was. Appeared to have two hostesses and two waitresses. Will likely wait a month or two before retrying. read more

We really enjoyed our dinner at Gibson's. We're from out of town and read the reviews prior to going and we're a little nervous. I would say don't let the reviews deceive you. I got the burger and the Mac and cheese and it was amazing. My husband got chicken tenders and waffle fries and loved them too. We wish we would have tried their entree menu. We saw others doing it and they looked good! Would recommend read more

Food and service are good! Great options to choose on menu. Have been here several times and always gpod

I was very impressed first 3 times. Excellent. My friends took me there for birthday dinner was disaster. Will try again. Good read more

Disappointing. Chicken Parm should come off the menu. It's a plain chicken breast grilled for any chicken sandwich served over pasta w/ a very average and bland pasta sauce. Grouper sandwich was OK and waffle fries were fine. We had to request ketchup (for fries) as well as both salt and pepper. Long wait for both. Salads were ordered w/ warm bacon dressing. Greens were oily and "mushy". Atmosphere / ambiance is fine - they did a nice job on the remodel. Service OK, but food was very average. read more

As a local, I've waited 90 days and five visits to write this review. Opening weekend excellent service and familiar faces with menus for upstairs and downstairs. I made it back a few weeks later to see a unified menu with reasonable prices and the same service. Service and food have been good, especially when replacing a local restaurant. We had only been eating downstairs because the upstairs steakhouse had the brightest lights I've seen for a restaurant until tonight. We go there for the ambiance and service, and tonight another new menu that is way too big, and damn, I don't want to see other tables at a basement bar, but it's lit like a Walmart. I didn't even order food and cashed out. Excellent server but won't be back unless it goes back to the charm they used to have. read more

Friendly staff and delicious food! Drinks were amazing!! Homemade Bloody Mary and Mango Margarita definitely recommend!! We even took a jug of mango margarita to-go! Yum!! read more

Fantastic! Great atmosphere, awesome food, best Trivia! Cortney adds the icing on the cake!

Overall we were not impressed. Steak was over cooked and my meal came out with the wrong side. The crab cake meal had no flavor came out room temperature and was not worth eating. Flies were buzzing around everywhere outside and ended up in our drinks. Server was friendly. We will not be back due to poor quality food and high prices. read more

Have been here before and never had any issues, but last night was unbelievable. Arriving around 6:30, we ordered a bottle of wine, and it took almost 10 minutes before it was brought to us and it wasn't what we ordered. Told her again what we wanted and it took another 10 minutes before our waitress came back to tell us it wasn't available, so we ordered a different one. Again, 10 minutes pass and they were also out of that one! Nearly 45 minutes of waiting, we finally got our 4th choice of wine. Then, it took over an hour before we finally started receiving our food. Food was good, but the evening was ruined. They definitely need more staff and some decent wines! read more

mid heard a couple of good comments about Gibson's and had been wanting to give it a try. It did not disappoint! My family decided to all order differentKy so we could sample a variety of entrees, which included fried green tomatoes, mussels, fried walleye, seared scallops, ribeye, child's spaghetti, Gibson's salad, and roasted beet salad. It was all good! The mussels were the star of the night. The broth like sauce in which they were served along with hot crusty bread were fabulous. Next time that may be my entree. read more

Excellent service. Food was delicious. My entire party of six was very satisfied with our meal.

Stopped in here on the way back from a day trip to Lexington. It's on Main Street in Midway. The whole area is lovely. I had been to the Goose and Gander a few times (happily) but wanted to try someplace else there. There's a bit of an odd mix going on here. There are white tablecloths but wait staff wearing ripped jeans. The average entre is around 30$, but bread and butter are not served with the meal. Just a bit odd. The space is nice. It is elevated off of ground level. There was a nice view of the train when it came through. I had the sirloin with sides of fingerling potatoes and asparagus. The steak was cooked correctly and was good (a tad on the dry side for a medium rare). The sides were good as well. There was a glaze on the steak that was delicious. Salad is a part of an entre order and is delivered in a communal bowl (I was half of a two person party). Our server was very good, attentive, and prompt with service. Overall, this was a decent experience. However, it seems to have one foot in the casual world and one foot in the fine dining world and would probably do best to pick one or the other. Either ditch the tablecloths and probably a dollar or two off of some of the prices. Or step up the game with better dress and bread and butter. read more

Atmosphere and service were good. I rate it a 2 because I have to eat gluten free, not by choice. The server did not know which items on the menu were gluten free or could be tweaked to make them gluten free, so she asked the chef. The answer she was given was "literally nothing" -- a lazy answer. So, they have no intention of considering dietary needs. I had a salad. read more

Had not tried Gibson's due to seeing some previous Yelp reviews with not many stars. On a whim we tried it this evening and the food was excellent, as well as the service. We had walleye and the shrimp po-boy and both were great. The bread was delicious as well! read more

We have dined here 3-4 times now and every time has been great. Tonight was no exception- pre New Year Eve's dinner and it was perfect. Abby our waitress was spot on at every turn. Our food prepared exactly as asked. Thank you for another wonderful meal. read more