Went for lunch, everything was great! Great service from our waitress and Paul the general manager stopped by our table to check in. Had the chicken pot pie and plenty for another meal. Highly recommended!, read more

My first choice tonight was Copper Door but they had more than an hour wait so we decided to try common man again. Bad decision. At about 8:30 we sat at the bar upstairs. I like the casual comfortable ambiance there. We were ignored by the elderly bar staff as they were busy cleaning up to close. Oh, they close at 9:30, more than an hour from when we arrived but clearly that was their priority. They finally took our drink and food orders. I asked if I could get a side salad instead of fries and she said no, just green beans or asparagus. The drink took awhile although it was NOT busy. My martini was about 2/3 full, so in reality not a full drink. My dates burger was shoe leather and mine was raw. Literally red and cold in the center. I showed the waitress and she said "I'm not sure what to do about that". She asked if I wanted a new one and I said yes. (I think she wanted me to give her permission to just microwave it.) She never asked my date how his was until he was done and when he told her it was overcooked she said nothing. When she returned with my new burger he was already done eating. The ramekin of ketchup on the plate was spilled all over the fries and part of the burger. I hate ketchup so this was a problem and I told her so. She just laughed and said "really?!" I ate about half my burger (the half without ketchup on it) and no fries. She asked if I wanted a box and I said absolutely not. She offered a free dessert but we were really done at that point. Service is everything. I should have waited an hour at copper door where you always get amazing service and food. If anything at all is wrong they take care of it. They don't make you feel like you are bothering them and they can't wait for you to leave so they can go home! Zero stars tonight common man. read more

The Common Man Windham - My $12 martini, as served - half full - New American Near Me - Windham, New Hampshire

I attended a surprise 80th birthday party at The Common Man in Windham last evening. We were seated in a private nook at a large round table that accommodated us comfortably. Our server, Cathy, did a phenomenal job-taking our food and drink choices, telling us about the special dinners TWICE! our glasses were never empty and our dinners came out quickly and hot. We started with shared appetizers-Arancini, Almost Escargot and Mexican Street Corn Dip. They were all very good, but my favorite was the Arancini which came with a red pepper cream sauce, basil and shaved Parmesan. The bread for the table last night was garlic rolls and Blueberry Lemon bread, warm from the oven. We all had cocktails. Many of us had Signature Margaritas-very yummy! The dinner choices for the table included Steak Tips, Wedge Salad, Smokehouse Burgers, Haddock Dinner and a Seafood Fra Diablo special. Some of us, including me, had Street Corn Bowl, which was very good. The others added chicken to theirs. I love the atmosphere at The Common Man-so homey and welcoming with the blazing wood fire in the large fireplace. There is a table of help yourself cheese and crackers. Conveniently located right off art 93. Plenty of on-site parking. Recommended without hesitation. read more

4 of us sat in the upstairs lounge on a Saturday evening. It was crowded but not loud, which we really appreciated. Drinks were unremarkable, standard fare. Broad food menu from pub fare to seafood. 2 of us had prime rib, both were overcooked. Sent 1back, it was better but it's like they heat it on a grill so dark outside. Came with green beans and mashed potatoes. Both sides were good. The Nantucket (Seafood) Pie was ok. I expected buttery crumbs but it was seafood swimming in "lobster" sauce. Tasty but like newburg. 4 smallish sea scallops, 4 small shrimp, small piece of haddock. Meh. Service was good. read more

Meal was pretty bad. I've never been a fan here. My wife loves the chicken dish. I've tried a different dish EVERY visit hoping I'd find something decent, unfortunately never been able to score a decent meal. Today, my wife said the prime rib always looked good and I should try it. My wife wanted to try something different too. She ordered the steak tips and I ordered the prime rib. She said her steak was a little chewy but tasty. My prime rib was VERY chewy. It was probably one of the worst meals I've had in a long time. Flavor of the prime rib was a bit bland. I'm suppose to go to a high end steakhouse this coming Wednesday evening for an event and told my wife I'm pretty scarred from my experience that I'm not looking forward to Wednesday's dinner! I think I'll just order a seafood dish. The only food good was the bread and salad. read more

Sat upstairs at the bar and ordered the Wedge salad with steak tips. The salad never disappoints but the steak tips have been 'chewy' the last 2 times ordered. read more

I gave 5 stars due to our server Katie! Katie was amazing. She made our entire dining experience magical. It was date night for me and my wife and Katie went above and beyond to really make us feel special. I will come back and specifically ask if Katie is there because she was that awesome. read more

The food was outstanding. The waitress was excellent. The general manager Paul Tibbetts made us welcome on my birthday. We have gone to several Common Man restaurants and we will definitely come back to this one. Thank you for making my 79 birthday special. read more

great food, sat upstairs in the lounge with Ryan as our server. Great food and great service, will definitely be coming back

We sat at the bar, food was great and service awesome. We had so much fun chatting and laughing with other customers. The atmosphere was very comfortable. We will be back! read more

Katy restored our faith in the Common Man . Last couple times service was horrible . Really did not want to go but my daughter insisted for her birthday. This waitress was a 10 . read more

They won't disappoint! One of our favorite restaurants when visiting New Hampshire. Every location has their own unique building and interior design, but it's always so homey and comfortable. (The fireplaces are lit in the winter, definitely try to visit then) We had Kalei, who was fantastic. She was friendly, attentive, and very good with my gluten allergy. Food is always good. Homemade style cooked meals, perfect for a family dinner. They offer cheese and crackers for free, as well as homemade bread and another loaf option (they had the white chocolate pound cake tonight). We had the mediterranean bowl and the smokehouse burger, both delicious. Portions were great. They cooked the burger exactly as we asked. As always, they also offer white chocolate pieces as dessert which are so good! read more

The Common Man Windham - A restaurant table displays a burger with bacon, a side of French fries in a paper cone, and a small container of ketchup. There is a side salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, and olives, along with drinks including a glass of beer, a glass of water, and a mug. The setting appears to be a rustic dining area with wooden furniture and decor. - New American Near Me - Windham, New Hampshire

I had the grilled steak tips medium. they were so tender and full of flavor! The atmosphere, wine and service were top notch, and so was our waitress, Katie. I think Katie is the best Waitress we have ever had! We always hope to be seated in her section by the huge fireplace. We are already looking forward to going back again soon. All the staff are friendly and accommodating. (Especially Katie!) It's 5 stars for us!!!! read more

Great food! Great service! Very neat place! Our second visit and absolutely fantastic! Our bartender Mia is very friendly and a great bartender. We had the Mexican Corn Dip and a pizza made by Jamie, and all were fantastic! Jeff was also very nice and made sure all was going well! Thanks Common Man for welcoming these Florida people! read more

The outside looks like a old farm house from the time when farming was the way of the Common Man inside of the restaurant was rustic and homey as well. The waitress was very nice and professional and pleasant. The potato skins were awesome cooked just right with cheese and bacon chives sour cream as well we were a party of three and the Burrata chicken was delicious and the Caesar salad with Steak tips was amazing as well I had a Bacon cheeseburger with French was great everything was perfect and the drinks were just as good the whole meal was great and reasonably priced good job read more

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Came here for a baby shower. Found the staff unaccomodating, unfriendly, and downright rude. Which is unfortunate because the food was excellent. I would NEVER have an event here. read more

We had our small wedding (20 immediate family members) at Common Man in Windham, and it was everything we could have asked for and more. We worked with the event coordinator Kristina Michaud for the planning and she was prompt, accommodating, direct, and added some personal touches that we really appreciated. Communication was great and allergies were accommodated without any stress. She took the time to get to know us a bit and understood how important the day was for us. Our waitress was (I believe) named Ashley and she was also amazing. The food was delicious and the space was beautifully decorated. If I could give more than 5 stars, I would, everyone involved in this deserves all of the good things the world has to offer. read more

We sat at the bar on a VERY crowded night. The bartender was great and took good care of us, the food, a cheeseburger and nantucket pie were delicious. We were both very pleased with our evening at The Common Man read more

Such a great find and I highly recommend you stop in for a delicious meal. Staff were so friendly and did great with accommodating food allergies. The homemade cheese and cracker bar was a nice start and the seasonal menu is amazing! The butternut squash ravioli with mushroom and maple glaze was the perfect pairing with steak tips. Also had to have a cup of the lobster corn chowder as an appetizer - it had a generous helping of lobster! read more

The Common Man Windham - Butternut squash ravioli with maple glaze and steak tips - The image shows a white plate holding three pieces of grilled steak and a small cast iron skillet filled with baked pasta topped with melted cheese and garnished with chopped herbs. A fork is placed on the side of the plate, and a glass of water is visible in the background. The setting appears to be a restaurant dining table. - New American Near Me - Windham, New Hampshire

The food and service were fantastic. Morgan made a very special occasion even better.

When you live in NH, you become used to the idea that the minute you pull up to what appears to be somebody's house, when it is, in fact, a full fledged restaurant, you're about to eat some high quality food cooked from scratch. That's what The Common Man has to offer. A disclaimer up front: some items are better than others. The superb service and patience with a few mishaps made all the difference between granting these guys 4 stars versus 3. Because the food was....alright. Let's just say when we return, we plan on ordering very different things. For tonight, we started the evening with a rock crab cake appetizer. For the main course, the wife and I both got the prime rib, but at different temperatures. They also give you complimentary crackers with two kinds of cheese: a mild and barely flavorful white cheese spread....and an 'in-house' made cheese which looks like vomit and tastes more like salad dressing than cheese. Yeah. I didn't care for either. First of all, the crab cake was about what you'd expect in these parts. The thing to keep in mind here is that crab is best in Maryland. But in NH...eeehh...it's hit or miss. In this case, the rock crab cake wasn't even made with lump crab. So, that automatically kinda disassociates it with more traditional crab cake recipes. As for the crab itself, it was only mildly seasoned, at best. The fact that it needed remoulade sauce speaks volumes. This one was okay....but, 6 out of 10 for me. We've definitely had better. We ordered prime rib, but in a different way; with Bernaise lobster sauce. Thing is, I wish the waitress would have explained to us that they pour this lobster ON TOP OF the prime rib. Now, this wouldn't necessarily be bad in and of itself. It's just that I've never normally been a fan of placing seafood (especially the saucy kind) directly on top of a steak. I kinda feel like the seafood steals the show from the beef, ultimately masking its natural flavors. Not that it mattered anyway, because what parts of the prime rib I WAS able to taste sans sauce....weren't as flavorful or tender as I thought. But...check this out. This is gonna weird you guys out. You ready? Here goes! Wifey's prime rib was ordered medium, whereas mine was ordered mid-rare. Usually, the latter temp results in a more tender and juicy cut of beef. Nothing could be more the opposite as I bite into this thing, only to discover it had the consistency of a rubbery cut of steak from Walmart. Like, it wasn't completely inedible, else I'd have sent it back. It just wasn't quite what I was expecting. Meanwhile, after the wife had to send hers back twice for being undercooked, when it came back ostensibly mid-well, it somehow tasted juicier and more tender than my cut. Am I missing something here?? Did I just get punk'd?! At any rate, I had to take all of this into account when ranking the prime rib. Basing it off the best tasting cut (hers), I'd also give the prime rib a 6 out of 10. Main reason being....it could use more seasoning. I'm sorry, but when you have a basis for comparison, it tends to make one more harsh on ranking certain foods. Oh, the Bernaise lobster was good, too. Only I'm used to seeing this cooked in pieces placed into the tail shell and served like that. Like I said, I feel as if the lobster sauce stole the show from the prime rib, whatever amount of "show" that slightly under seasoning beef could even hope to produce. I must give accolades to the outstanding waitress we had that night. She had to deal with a lot of requests and send backs from us, but we were honestly not trying to be of inconvenience. Still, if the steak is under, the steak is under. It's going inside my body, might as well get the temperature right. But yeah, her patience evidently knows no bounds. So, we left her a nice tip. A must, since we WILL be back here very soon to try the lobster pie and filet. Maybe I'll even be able to update this review to a perfect score. For now though, The Common Man of Windham gets 4 thick cuts of prime rib drizzled in lobster sauce out of 5. read more

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Get the Barrata Chicken! I also got asparagus on the side. When you are seated, you can grab crackers and cheese! I would come here all the time if I wasn't in Salem Mass! Please come and give it a try. Sangria was very tasty and literally everything was on point. Prices are very fair and the ambience makes you feel like you aren't too far from the farm. I would recommend this place to anyone. It deserves 5 stars! read more

The Common Man Windham - New American Near Me - Windham, New Hampshire

This place has been hit or miss for us. Service is either really good or very bad we have experienced both, same goes for the food. Menu never changes always the same stuff. Atmosphere is real nice although a bit dated. Give it a shot if ya want but we wont be back. read more

Great food from the appetizers (escargot, almost escargot, potato skins, pork belly with jalapeños cornbread) to the mains (PBJ Burger, Common Burger, steak tip salad, Mac and cheese burger, steak tips, Mac and cheese, and pulled pork Mac and cheese) and the biggest chicken nuggets I've ever seen for the toddler. To deserts, brownie sundae, cheesecake, crème brûlée, and carrot cake followed by complimentary house made white chocolate. Everything was well prepared and extremely tasty. The only downside was we were seated in a dark corner. Service from our waitress Katie was phenomenal. So nice to meet someone who truly enjoys their job. What a sweet person. We've already discussed coming back when we're back in the area again. read more

We moved to salem a couple months ago and love the commonman. The upstairs lounge is very nice. Mia is a great bartender and Jimmy was the hardest working manager and very friendly .The night time bartenders were very nice as well . We will be back ! read more

Love the atmosphere of this barn turned restaurant- very cozy! The staff were super friendly. Amazing cheese and cracker table, complimentary breads, and the mac-n-cheese was delicious. Will definitely return soon! Very easy access off Rt 93. read more

We were there recently. It was not my choice and now I remember why. All of our meals were cold. Someone in my party ordered the crispy pork. It was dry and cold. The sides were also cold. I ordered the grilled steak tips, as you can see from the picture the serving was 3 small pieces of steak, the green beans and potato was cold. My whole meal was cold. The best part was the crackers and cheese. Won't be going back. Very disappointed. read more

The Common Man Windham - New American Near Me - Windham, New Hampshire

Usually a great place to eat but very disappointed in the service and meal on Friday night. We were seated fairly quickly for a Friday night (only a 10 minute wait) but at a table that was not assigned to any wait staff. After 30 minutes, we finally were able to place our drink order. Service continued to be slow and when our meals finally came they were only lukewarm. They did comp us a dessert but all in all disappointing. read more

"Berry Best side car" ,"Mighty Mac Burger "and "Crème Brûlée " ! Tasty drink with a kick and silky delicious dessert but the burger is outstanding! It's enormous so bring an appetite. I barely ate half but got the best of both worlds. I wanted Creamy Mac n Cheese but was craving a juicy burger. They surpassed my expectations. Definitely will be back ! read more

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LOVED this place!!! Driving to Vermont and we needed a place to stop for dinner. This place was close to the freeway so we decided to give it a try. So glad we did. Service: Sean was our waiter and he couldn't be any nicer and attentive. He was training someone at the time and was very supportive. Food: The bread was delicious. We had the uncommon wedge salad to start and it was delicious. The blue cheese is pasteurized, so if you're Preggo you're safe. We had the chicken pot pie, pulled pork Mac and cheese, and pot roast. All were DELICIOUS!!! If you're in town I definitely recommend you give this place a try. I would definitely come back if I was in the area read more

The Common Man Windham - Chicken pot pie - New American Near Me - Windham, New Hampshire

Food was amazing! We had Mia as our bartender and she was awesome! The manager jimmy was very friendly

This will be a review of two dinner visits. Overall food was good. Lobster chowder was 5 of 5, excellent. Asian bowl with bacon wrapped shrimp, give it 1 of 5, way way too salty and the 3 shrimp were overcooked, ate one left the rest, ate about half of it, left it and consumed 4 glasses of water. The Greek bowl with steak, 5 of 5 was excellent. The chicken pot pie was as expected, chicken, vegetables with a crust, nothing heroic 2 of 5. Then came the sweet corn bacon ravioli with blackened chicken. Plating was a 0 of 5, was like a bowl of roasted red pepper soup hidden were the ravioli topped with the chicken. Looked bad. Different plate, lay out the ravioli, chicken and use 1/3 cup of the sauce, done. Give it 3 of 5 only because the ravioli weren't stuffed, blackened chicken 5 of 5 was excellent, juicy had great flavor. Overall I'd recommend the restaurant. read more

We were not pleased with this experience. Our appetizer had a hair in it, and the waitress was good and addressed it. Her manager came to talk to us about it and was actually pretty rude. Ironically the appetizer was the only dish we liked, before finding the hair obviously. My wife and I had the same reaction to our main dishes, "bland." I do not expect to eat here again. read more

Food is great nice place to go for a special occasion with family or your spouse haven't been in a few have to go back soon

Great food and great service! This has been our go-to for the last few years for our Easter Sunday dinner and it never disappoints!

I had my daughter's baby shower there in the Tack room on May 19th and everything was fantastic right from the planning with Krissy to our server Angela! The food was great and the atmosphere of the room was perfect! Thank you everyone at Common Man in Windham for making a very pleasant function! J. S. read more

Went last night for the first time to the common man and so glad we did. Our server Pamela C was absolutely fantastic! Very friendly and knowledgeable of the menu. The food was delicious (strong suggest the apple chicken) drinks were great and dessert prefect. Will definitely going back again. read more

One of my fav spots in Salem. Typically great service except for this last visit (December) where we had a new staff member that forgot the bread, minimal check in and a meal came out incorrectly. The older waitstaff is amazing! This was just a newer junior gal that needs additional training. read more

My family and I went to Common Man Windham because the location was an equal commute from our houses. The food was hit-or-miss: the kitchen should be put on notice. My family enjoyed a cocktail, the pot pie, the meatball appetizer and the desserts. I ordered crispy pork, but what I got was pork schnitzel with pieces of apple on it, served with mashed potatoes and green beans. The pork could have used apple sauce. I ate half of it, and took the rest in a take-away container; when I cleared the plate into the take-away container, I noticed some plastic remaining on the plate, which suggests that the green beans were probably microwaved. One of my family ordered a filet mignon medium rare--that's the way a filet SHOULD be cooked. What she got was so overcooked that the middle was grey. Our waiter, Brian, was apologetic and took it back to the kitchen. What should have been a 6 minute wait to get the steak properly took more like 15 minutes, but the manager himself brought it out. As an apology, the restaurant comped us a $7 dessert. Another of my family ordered the mac burger, also medium rare. The meat also came out well done, but there was so much stuff on the burger (i.e., mac-and-cheese) he ate it anyway. Don't ask how we want our meat cooked if you're not going to cook it that way. Service was ok, a little slow when the restaurant wasn't full (maybe that's why the meat was overcooked), but no real complaints. Ambience was nice, I like the rustic feel of the place and the warmth of the fireplace. However, when I go out, I usually go for the food so will not be eager to return. read more

Went after a play at the Highschool. Was about a 25 min wait. Think they had a big party for an event. I got a burger, very good. Cooked perfect, lots of flavor. Very old barn decor in an refurbished old barn type building. Nice dinner read more