Honestly, one star is OVERRATING this business. Save yourself the horrible experience and go somewhere else! Beer tastes awful, food is mediocre at best, incredibly rude management staff who drink on the job....John Taffer couldn't rescue this place. read more

This is one of the best restaurants in town!! The food is so good, and the service is great!!!!

Food is fine, a modest selection of beer, wine and cocktails. Nothing special but not bad. Service is good and the location is central. They also have weekly specials and live music. read more

This is an awesome place to come for great food and great drinks. We recently rented out one of Morse Tavern's private rooms for a business function. The food and drinks were amazing! The customer service was awesome and the owner Sharon was so nice and made sure we were taken care of. The staff is extremely friendly and attentive. I highly recommend Morse Tavern to anyone who wants a great place to go to with an awesome atmosphere. I'm also a huge fan of the outdoor seating with this great summer weather. read more

I want to start off by saying I usually love this place (depending on the bar tender) but the last two times I went there it went way way way down. But the bar tender on Sunday afternoons is amazing! If you're willing to try it I would go then. Food isn't very good for the price. So they opened the party room which seems like a great addition but it makes the experience for the people sitting at the bar HELL. It's loud, the people in the party never seem to have common sense and overflows into the bar section and the servers are too meek to tell them to stay in the room. (Not their fault, should be infocered ahead of time) Tonight, I was sitting on the end closest to the party room and party goers were mingling outside of the room. So much that I moved TWO SEATS and they were still right on my shoulders the whole time. Eventually I asked for my food to go and the bar tender was very polite and did it right away. But I wish they did more to control the situation because it's very posssible they lost two regulars who tip very well just to please the party goers that probably will never come back. They should inforce the rule that the party needs to stay in the room in close the doors. They even tried having the party pre order their drinks but they still seem to come out. This is the SECOND time something like this happened. I might never go back to see if they fix the issue,which is a shame because I used to go three times a week. read more

Nine of us went for lunch. A drink order was taken quickly, including for a few people who arrived late. The service was a bit spotty. The server checked on us once. At least one more check in would be good with a big party. She did offer to bring boxes when she saw that many of us had stopped eating. The food--almost too much to fit onto the plates--arrived hot and in a timely manner. I loved my fish sandwich and I heard a good review about the huge portion of lobster mac and cheese. The lobster club seemed to those eaters to have not enough lobster for $17. I also heard about not enough avocado in the California wraps. The fries were plentiful, potato-y, and tasty, but the onion rings seemed bland. All in all our party liked their meals, though. We would go back again. There are many more items on the menu that sound good. read more

I was in last saturday with a few girlfriends, and we had a blast. Our server was Trinity and she was amazing - attentive and hilarious, definitely a huge part of the atmosphere. We were happy with the food and drinks and ended up staying to watch the band which was great! Overall a good experience, I will be back. Mostly to see Trinity! read more

Was there about a year ago,place was not busy but still took 10 minutes to seat us another 10 minutes to take our drink order and after 15 minutes ..never got the drinks. Meanwhile 3 tables seated after U.S. All receiving there drinks. We walked out. Decided to give it another chance last week. Got seated right away, drinks ordered .. 10 minutes to get them. Food order take band 45 minutes later we received our meals. After 1/2 hour our waitress says that she will check on them but she didn't come back. When we finally get the meals, she realizes that the salad my daughter ordered with steak came with chicken. She admits that the computer went down and she had only been there two weeks and didn't know what to do. My daughters meal comes 20 minutes after our meals and her requested well done steak comes out rare. Seriously how does this place stay open.. read more

Must say I go here often and live pretty close by, but usually only to grab a few beers and an appetizer. The overall quality of the food has improved over the years, but there are still the occasional misfire. Stick with the burgers, sandwiches and simple fare. The prime rib specials on Friday night are great and the $5 burger deal on Mondays is an absolute steal. They would do well to pare the menu down to a selection of pub/comfort food and find a winning pizza recipe. read more

Service was alarmingly disorganized and waitresses were not afraid to gossip about their tables while standing less than a foot a way. Not impressed. read more

Met some buddies there on a Friday evening before heading to a show. The weather was perfect so we sat outside in the patio area. We were seated promptly. The place was clean and organized. The crowd was good and friendly. The welcoming waitress took a drink order, about appetizers and specials, took our orders in a reasonable amount of time. The food was good for all of us and the prices were consistent with the rest of the Tavern world. We'll go back if we are in the area again. read more

I had lunch here on 9/13/15 with my mother and sister. They both had hamburgers that were well prepared and tasty. On the other hand, I had a grilled chicken wrap sandwhich that was supposed to have bacon and avocado. The bacon was in the sandwich but was severely undercooked (nearly raw) and the avocado was missing. When the waitress came to check on us, I pointed to the raw bacon on my side plate. She took it back to show the chef and that was it. When we received the bill, it was for all the meals in full and no apology whatsoever. I would struggle to go back to a place that serves undercooked pork. read more

The food is delicious. All home made and nice selection of choices. The chicken pizza with veggies is a must try. Staff is friendly and the atmosphere is relaxed and has a nice local neighborhood feel. read more

Definitely Going Back! Toll house cookie is great people have great attitude service is fair drinks are great fun to go there

Love that its local and not a chain. Workers are friendly. Some food is really good some not so much. Stick to the basics. Good beer selection, always good music. Lights could be dimmer. Nice people who own it they are hard working. read more

This place is the absolute worst for service. The tall bartender with the glasses and goatee should change jobs to a mortician. You will wait FOREVER to get anything and the staff does not give a f**k about you. These people do work very hard but the owners and management do not care at all about their patrons. Stay away. read more

The Morse Tavern is the former Nicholas Restaurant just past Natick Center if you're coming in from the west. My husband and I never loved Nicholas for some reason -couldn't quite tell you exactly why -atmosphere was lacking, service is mediocre to just plain bad, and the food...meh. So when we heard they reopened as a new Irish tavern, we thought someone had finally turned a promising restaurant site into a friendly, perhaps better run neighborhood tavern. We were completely wrong. Turns out all the Nicholas folks were still running the show and still had the same lousy wait staff. All they did was change the name and some of the menu to list more mediocre food options. They re-worked some of the interior space to allow for a larger bar area - probably a smart move since people aren't likely to come for the food and they can make up for that by selling more booze. When we went on Friday we arrived at 8, got seated around 8:25, and didn't see our food until about 9:25. Yes -an hour sitting and waiting for a burger and some other fried dish. Our waiter was unapologetic and rarely came by to fill up drinks. It wasn't especially busy either, or else we would've understood. To top it all off, when we received the check, it stated boldly and clearly, right at the top of the credit card slip....Nicholas Restaurant. Hmmmm. Go somewhere else unless your plan is to sit at the bar for a game and a few beers. read more

I wish I could give this place 0 stars, what a waste of a day... We arrived at 1:30pm, the hostess said that she had been waiting all day to go to the restroom, so I said, "oh by all means, go ahead," thinking that we would wait about 5-10 minutes. Over 20 minutes pass, we're wondering if she fell in or something. Finally, my sister-in-law goes up to the bar to ask if someone will come take our order. The waitress at the bar comes over to take our order. At 1:54pm our waitress reappears! She comes over to our table and says, "what would you like to drink?" and we let her know that the lady at the bar already took our orders, to which she flusteredly replies, "Oh yes, she let me know that, I'll go get your drinks right now." She comes back with our drinks and says, "and what would you like to eat?" and to which we said, "she already took our food order, too". Our waitress says, "oh ok, let me go check on your order." We see her run around to the only 2 other tables that have any customers sitting there, placing ketchup bottles on those tables. The bar was about 80% full, but the rest of the restaurant had only 3 tables of 2, 3, and 4 people at each table respectively. At 2:13pm our food arrives at our table. We ask, "where's our appetizer?" to which she replied, "oh, she didn't tell me about the appetizer." Our order should have been put in, and at the point when our waitress finally reappeared, it should have just been delivered. We sat there hungry and thirsty for a full 24 minutes before we even got our drinks (on a day like today, which was "hot as balls" out). At 2:23 the dressing my mother-in-law asked for arrived at the table, and a few minutes after that, our appetizer. It was nearly 30 minutes before our waitress took our order, and nearly 1 hour before we got our meal after sitting down. My husband reminded me that the last time we went there the food was decent but the service was slow. Well, this was the last time we'll ever go there again. Too bad because they are just down the street from us. The poor waitress at the bar gave us this, "I'm so sorry" look when we tried to pay... she ended up getting our check for us. We ended up walking back up to the bar with credit card to pay, asking for the manager on duty - there was none. A manager should have been there, and should have let that waitress in the pink shirt just go home, she was clearly having issues that day and really needed to not be at work, because she was basically not working. Our waitress only showed her face when it was time to collect the tip. It was ridiculous. A complete waste of an afternoon. We finally got out of there at 3:27 after paying the bill. At one point while waiting for the bill, one person in our group said, we should just walk right out of here right now... but we didn't, we actually went up to the bar to pay for our meal before leaving, before that sh*t show of getting the roundabout to check out and pay so we could just go home and write off this place FOREVER. Save yourself the trouble, especially save yourself the precious hours of your life that this place will steal from you, for just a couple of sandwhich wraps and a simple pasta dish. So not worth your time. Perhaps the bar is better... that area looked hopping with quiet zombie-faced people with their eyes glued to the screens. Maybe it's the place to go for drinks in the middle of the day, but it's certainly not a place to go for a meal, and especially not with your family. read more

Ordered nachos. They had pieces of steel wool in them. How steel wool ends up in nachos I have no idea but I wasn't about to complain. Stournaras, the owner has been known to yell at customers who complain, no joke. read more

Food is average. Service is terrible. I asked for a glass of water and it took 30 minutes for the waitress to refill my glass. I would not go back. read more

This place has had an identity crisis for 15 years. Is it Nick's? Nicholas? Morse Tavern? Whatever incarnation it has had since Nick's hasn't worked. The food has never been better than just OK, the service is always average or less, and the place is simply disappointing. There's a movement afoot to have a pub in downtown Natick. Morse Tavern could have been it, and that there's a movement tells you everything you need to known about Morse's popularity. It should work - it has a great location and a good look - it just doesn't. read more

The indifferent waitresses at this restaurant ruin the dining experience. Today I ordered a BBQ cheeseburger, cooked medium, without the pickle and cole slaw that would usually come with it. The waitress didn't write my requests, and unsurprisingly my hamburger was served undercooked (not medium), and with a pickle and cole slaw on the plate. The lemonade I ordered was putrid. Also, this waitress kept us waiting far too long before taking our order. In previous visits we have been pleased with the food, but the service has consistently been bad. There are many other restaurants in the Natick/Wellesley area where the wait staff is much better trained and the dining experience is superior, so I doubt we will return to this place. read more

My family and I ate there for the first time for my daughters birthday. The service was outstanding the food was fresh and delicious as well as large portions. And to top it off it is a great value. Will definitely be a repeat customer. read more

Got broiled seafood entree. Rice and vegetables were fine but the seafood was disgusting. Not just "not good", but gag- inducing. Fishy, rubbery, bad taste. Must have been old fish. Service was fine. But no way I'll be going back. read more

If I could give zero stars, I would. Terrible service and food I could make better at home.

I was at Morse Taven today with my daughter and I watched the owner yell at a waitress over and over again. The waitress kept saying "I am happy to do whatever you need just please stop yelling at me." He didn't and actually fired her after 30 min of following her around yelling at her. This was an embarrassing situation for everyone and I had to explain to my daughter why was happening. I told my daughter the owner was bulyling the waitress and the waitress was standing up for herself. At least we learned a lesson. Still, I won't be back. read more

the reason it takes so long to get food sometimes is because they are all smoking right outside the back door while your food gets cold. These waitress's don't care because they get treated like sht by the owner john. And the cook is always in his car which is parked close so he can do lines or whatever he does every 15 minutes out there.. Its shady, I wish it was run by the Irish nit wits, at least they run the store right read more

The bar is pretty cool if you're not eating and you don't mind waiting 45 minutes for the (male) bartender to come and take your order. Went here tonight. The food was awful. read more

Check your credit card bill!!. We ate there recently and my card was charged approximately $250 for what should have been a $81 charge. No one from the restaurant called me and thankfully my bank finally did. I went there the following day and was there 45 minutes while they tried to fix it. The owner was very unapologetic and made it seem like he was doing me a favor trying to fix it. He didn't even comp my dinner which was ludicrous. Very, very disappointed as we go there often (4-5x/ mo. ) and NEVER will go again. He did give me a gift certificate at the end to which I promptly gave it away. If you go, be sure to check your card statement the next day. If there is an error, plan on spending almost an hour the next day trying to get it fixed.******See Joe L pst from 9/11/15--same thing happened****** read more

We ate here on a busy Sunday night, and the tavern was having trouble handling the crowd. The waitstaff was very disorganized, but the food was tasty, if you like lots of fat and carbs. Our small table for 4 was not adequate for the size of the plates, and the noisy, busy atmosphere made it difficult to relax. Not a pleasant dining experience for us retired couples, but it seemed very family-friendly. read more

Good service in this local spot, formerly Nick's Ice cream. Have gone for dinner several times. My favorite is the turkey dinner. French onion soup was OK. Burger is OK which is surprising as this is kind of a pub in one area which typically have GREAT burgers which this is definitely not., Needs a menu facelift and more importantly they need an honest evaluation of the food and upgrade where possible., read more

Morse Tavern is sadly a let down for me. It was problematic from the moment we got there. We stood at the hostess stand for 5 minutes before anyone seated us and mind you a few members of the waitstaff saw us standing there and it wasn't even busy! Their gluten free menu is a joke. Salad, bunless burgers, steak tips or fish (which I highly doubt is fresh since my husband got fish and it smelled which is a red flag for frozen product). The waitress was not personable and didn't interact much with the customers. We were clearly done eating and she kept tasking around the restaurant for a while before finally asking us if we were done. It is such a shame that the service is terrible and the food is cafeteria like because the pub style restaurant itself is a nice idea and the location is so convenient. A visit from Robert Irvine is very needed. We will not be returning back in the future. read more

The Tavern now has a Gluten Free Menu, however, all of the servers and kitchen staff are not very knowledgeable about how to serve a Gluten Free Meal so beware! I ordered a burger off the Gluten Free menu, restated that my meal needed to be Gluten Free - I have Celiac Disease. I also ordered an Angry Orchard Cider which was delicious! When my burger arrived with French Fries, I was surprised. I asked if the fries were gluten free and the server said, "they are just potatoes". I asked about a separate fryer for the fries and he said he was sure they were fried in separate oil but he would triple check. Well, he was wrong, be careful and ask a lot of questions if you choose to attempt Gluten Free dining at the Morse Tavern. read more

Went here the other day and could not have been more disappointed. I had been here about 2 or 3 times in the past and it wasn't horrible, but this past visit takes the cake. To start, the host was attentive, cleaning off a table in the bar area for us to use. Then the problems stated. The tall bartender/waiter (the same one that seems to be talked a lot about on here) barely acknowledged us. Once he decided to pull himself away from conversations with clear regulars of the tavern he finally came over to us. No "Welcome to Morse Tavern." No "I'm Joe Schmoe and I'll be waiting on you." Just "What do you want." Once we said that we wanted drinks and take out, he took the drink orders and walked away. After around 10 minutes, we got our drinks and were still not asked what we would like to order, instead he continued a conversation with another apparent regular or the bar. It was noticed that it didn't take 10 minutes for them to get their drinks. Hmmmmm. Once he remembered that he had other customers, he came back over to us. We stated that we would like an appetizer while we waited for the take out. He took the order for the appetizer but didn't even ask about the main courses. After about 15-20 minutes we received our cheese fries (which, lets be honest, shouldn't take 15-20 min to prepare.... its fries with cheese on it). At that point he finally decided to take our order, but not before starting a conversation with another regular at the next table, bumping my chair in the process. He took our take out order (which would take another 30 minutes to come out). He barely checked in with us to ask if we wanted another drink, instead just seemed to have more conversations with regulars and completely ignoring us. To make a long story short (too late, I know), I couldn't have been more disappointed with my experience here. Clearly if you are not a regular here, they will pay no attention to you and treat you like dirt. I understand that the place was semi busy but there should really be no excuse for the poor service (not to mention when you ask for your fish & chips with no coleslaw, you shouldn't get home to find coleslaw all over your fish and fries). I really enjoyed my previous visits (nothing that I would have raved about but a good meal and good service) but with this past experience I'm 99.9% sure that I wont be retuning. Its a shame because it seemed so promising to have a tavern so close to me but there must be others in the area. read more

I would not even give this place on star! It was the worst service possible terrible is a understatement! Let alone the bartenders who had no clue on the menu or let alone how to even make a drink! They were more interested in talking to each other then doing there job! The food OK but took a half hr to get it! I had such high hopes for this place the only thing that could help this place is getting all new staff in the bar! This place was a epic failure! I will never set foot in that place again! It is a shame that place could be a hoppen spot, but not the with the two clowns they got behind the bar! read more

Great service, but this post is an anecdote that has nothing to do with food. I was there last night, had a great time, great service, had so much fun I didn't notice that my quite expensive bracelet had fallen off. When I realized this morning, I called the Tavern thinking if someone had found it that it would be long gone. The cleaners were there (it was early) and the gentleman who answered the phone had me wait while he asked if they found a bracelet. A few breathless seconds later, sure enough she HAD found it, AND turned it in! SO happy for fantastic and honest people!! Thank you thank you thank you!!! Great people great place! read more

Not a bad place and I really like the bar area with the highboys. Service is friendly and sometimes can be slow so be aware of that if you are on a timeline. Most of the time I'm here, it's just watching the game or relaxing after work so it doesn't phase me at all. Food is standard, pub style food and I usually get the burgers, sandwiches or the fish and chips. read more

Food is improved since my last review. Bar comfort foods are a safe bet. Dara and Jim are awesome local barkeeps and they picked up Eric from the old Firefly's Framingham after it closed. A fun local spot to catch a game and the function room to the east side of the bar is convenient to meet people if the bar is full or if you just want to eat/drink/watch in a more quiet area. read more

This place is great for a drink and good bar food. If you want a great meal go to the coach grill . This place has great nachos, burgers, and salads. The manager Terry is awesome at fixing any problems. The value is great also. Keep up the great work Terry! read more

Large portions for a great price! I sat at the bar and I thoroughly enjoyed my meal (their chicken parm is fantastic). Some of the greek appetizers are still on the menu from the former Nicholas Restaurant which is a huge plus for me. Try this place out! read more