I am a "local" Apple here, so I visit this place often! My favorite are the French fries! Just like homemade! I also enjoy the wing night on Wednesdays. I usually dine earlier than most, so the noise is limited a bit. Otherwise, since it is a pub atmosphere, the music is a little on the loud side, if you want to have conversation during dinner (which most people do). I would recommend moving the pool table elsewhere as it is very distracting to diners. Otherwise, the waitresses are very attentive and friendly, and I have never had a "wrong" order. I also enjoy seeing all the neighbors in AV while there. Whether having a full meal, appetizers or just coffee and chatting one is treated very good. Also, I appreciate the point system of their Bad Apple Card! read more

Stopped in here for the first time and really enjoyed it. The wings were good and the wife loved her wrap. The atmosphere was welcoming and i loved the decorations on the wall. We went during the afternoon but this place looks like it gets busy at night or on the weekend. We plan on coming back and trying some different thing read more

Great place great people and great music also! The service was excellent and the food was great also!! read more

Haven't eaten here in many years and it was under different ownership and name back then. Popped in early Friday evening for a quick bite and while we didn't try anything complex, the smash burgers were quite good. I had a substitute half Caesar salad that was very tasty. The fries that came to the table looked good but I didn't eat any. As it was early in the evening there was a good ratio or servers to diners but the kitchen was still a bit slow on orders. To get drink refills we had to get the attention of our server but she was prompt and friendly when we did. As stated, place was perhaps half full but the setting was nice and the doors to the patio were open with the nice weather. I would recommend for a quick bite or for a larger group looking for a bigger meal, drinks and the live music. I've already recommended it to others. I will update after I return and sample other menu items. read more

We stop here every year while attending Mid-Ohio. Great food, great service and always a good band playing outside. The walleye fish fry alone is worth the visit. read more

The Pub is a great local option for food, drinks and entertainment with friends and family. It's located at the front of Apple Valley making it a convenient location for local residents and those visiting the lake. The food is excellent and there's almost always some form of entertainment whether it be music, trivia, keno or a sporting event on tv. The servers are friendly and efficient including our most recent server, Makayla. It's a little pricey for the area but one of the top options. read more

Good food, ordered and it was out in minutes. The quality was amazing and the homemade tomato Jam with the cheese curds is amazing. Highly recommend read more

If you're in Howard you have to go to the Bad Apple Pub. Located a few miles east of Mount Vernon, it's the best known place in the Apple Valley region. This place is pretty quiet during the week. It gets busy on weekends because of the campers and tourists coming around. They have good drinks here and typical bar food. I was coming here from Mount Vernon and had to stop in to see what it was about. It happened to be a Saturday that Ohio State football was playing. This place was packed and extremely loud, so needless to say this isn't a good place for fans of that other team. It has a huge TV for game days. The service was okay if a little slow to be expected, so they won't get crapped on for that. I had a vodka and tonic at the bar. It's about $3 so it's quite cheap. The food options include pizza, which we didn't want since we already had some from Nancy Maria's. It probably would have taken forever. Other food options include typical stuff like wings. It's a must stop if you're in the area. Go when it's not so busy. The bar is pretty roomy when it's not crammed with Buckeye fans. read more

The Pub Kitchen And Tap - Vodka And Tonic - American Near Me - Howard, Ohio

Visited 4/16/2024, Sat at the bar and ordered the walleye fish and chips. I chose sweet potato fries as a substitute. My fish and fries were overcooked. The server asked how my meal was and I said it was dry and overcooked. She did nothing or said anything about rectifying the situation. So I paid my bill, left a tip, and left the establishment. This was my first and last visit here. They claim to have craft beer, but a very limited selection. I was very disappointed, since this restaurant wants you to make reservations for bar food. I think the only reason they get so busy is because it is convenient for Apple Valley. read more

The food was pretty good. I got the walleye, my wife got a burger and my kid got the Mac and cheese. Would be four stars based on food. However, the service was horrible. Waited forever for my beer, never got the box for the left overs and took forever to get the check. Wasn't overly busy so no reason for poor service. I would recommend but be weary of service. read more

The Pub has become our favorite restaurant! Whether it's for brunch on Sunday, listening to live music on weekends, or a quick dinner, we love it! Great food, great management (shout-out to Monica & Chris), & great staff (shout-out to Nick, Justin, Alyssa, John, Autumn and many others) . Love the quality standards of the Mazza family (owners)...and bonus, you can get the Mazza'rita at The Pub!! What a great place!! read more

Under a new name. The Pub. Same location. The Mazza family. I originally ordered the walleye fish and chips. They had been burned so I ordered the chili which was very good. read more

The food is really good there Great atmosphere. I love there !! If you haven't nbeen there you need to go I think the pizza really good, I try and eat something different each time we go, Ohio State games there there TV every were you sit do yo wouldn't miss anything!! read more

After 6:00pm, make sure to have a flashlight in order to read the Menu or navigate the restaurant. Way too dark for this type of establishment. I get mood lighting, but seriously! Good food and friendly atmosphere... provided you can see your food. read more

Gave this place a shot... let's just say I may need to give it a second chance and NOT get the tacos OR "queso". My first time was HORRIBLE. The food was subpar at best. Ordered the nachos with queso... I don't know what that was but it's not queso. We ended up asking for a side of queso thinking the kitchen made a mistake (our waitress was kind but she did not know the menu at all, so we didn't complain to her at all...). Other than not putting hardly any cheese or "queso" on the nachos there was no mistake on their end. The queso was a brown runny sauce, definitely a smoky meat based sauce, not a cheese queso dip. The tacos were terrible; I thought the Tuesday deal sounded like a good deal - and the tacos described sounded too good not to try - but when the tacos arrived it was clear I made a mistake. The shells were nearly empty, hardly any contents AND missing contents from the menu description. The tortillas were "fresh" out of a plastic bag not heated, treated or prepped in any way. Lastly, they broadcast Tuesday as tacos and trivia night; we noticed a decent crowd arriving ... yet they were missing plenty at the bar (seltzers and other drinks) and again, the Tacos ... ugh. Bad experience!!! read more

This place is so awful...nothing fresh. Everything frozen and overcooked. Would save your time and opt for several better options in town.

Great place to eat lunch or dinner. Fun atmosphere and good food. Live music. Offers two areas inside and an outside patio/bar area. read more

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Pretty good place overall, really good place for Howard, Ohio. Bar/restaurant usual. Burgers, wings, ribs, even meatloaf. I was happy to see that an order of Mozz. Sticks meant more than 5 of them. The place is pretty clean, with all the regular beer choices. In fact this the only place I've found craft beer in Howard. Service has always been good too. So, they'll keep getting some of my money. read more

We had the Fish & Chips tonight, and it was delicious! That fish is amazing! We also like Wings, so we tried an order of Parmesan Garlic Wings, and they were not cooked enough and they had a taste we have never tasted before, so we didn't eat them. But, we love many other items on the menu, and our favorite is Fish & Chips. read more

Everything was great, except when our waitress pulled her mask down every time she came to our table.

Good food and good people running and managing this business. Would recommend this place to anyone.

Hubby & I ate new to the area and this was the first pub we tried. Loved everything about it. We'll be back!

We just moved to the area and stopped here for the first time a few months ago and loved it! The food and atmosphere is great!

I try to eat at the Bad Apple once a week and I love their "Walk This Way' BBQ chicken and fresh cut French fries. read more

The Pub Kitchen And Tap - "Walk This Way" BBQ chicken with fresh cut fries are amazing - American Near Me - Howard, Ohio

Nice little bar/restaurant been there a few times food is good bartender and waitress seem friendly

They have very good sandwiches and burgers. A huge bar but since I don't drink I can't rate that part. Customer service is usually great. Prices are reasonable. Only mark I have against is the seating. Not the warmest, comfortable place you will find. Otherwise I say great place. Enjoy. read more

The wings were fine. The fettuccine marinara? You would be better eating it out of a can. Service ducked as well dead on a Saturday still took an hour for the order and was wrong. Beer and wings... dont get anything else for this bad apple of a place... gross. read more

The Pub Kitchen And Tap - American Near Me - Howard, Ohio

Unfortunately for us, we stumbled upon The Bad Apple for lunch after a weekend get away. Despite the signs stating the current mandate regarding COVID-19 precautions on the entrance door, none of them were followed. Not one employee or patron ( aside from us- one of whom is pregnant) was wearing a mask. Our server forgot I had ever ordered a beer- and never came to check on us after she took our order. We had to flag her down to get our bill. She did however, seem to get some good phone use in next to the bar. Aside from the typical average bar food and terrible service the biggest disappointment was zero compliance for COVID-19 guidelines. The bar patrons and bartenders even ridiculed us for wearing masks. Would absolutely not recommend this place to anyone. read more

I went with my 2 boys after lunch. They were busy, just 1 server for the bar and half a dozen tables. The food was ok, but the pulled pork was very dry. Sent it back, requested a burger instead, was charged for both which was rather annoying. Kid was fussy, wasn't worth the fight. Glad they were open during COVID-19, but I won't be in a hurry to go back. read more

We ate here with a group of 20 on 12.8.18. The food was phenomenal and came out fast. Most of all our waiter, Nick was out of this world!!!!

Came for dinner on a Sunday. It was not busy. It took 15 minutes to be acknowledged we were there because we had to ask kindly if we could get a server. We waited another 15 minutes while watching our server attend to the same table 4-5 other times while seeing our drinks sitting at the bar getting warm. Would not recommend. read more

The onion rings here are very good. I also like the BBQ pulled pork sandwich. The atmosphere is great, you can eat on the side with the bar or you can eat in the dinning room. They even have patio dining. read more

The food was great for a late Mother's Day meal. Nickolas provided great service! We will make it a point to stop back our next time through. read more

Great pub with good bar food and seasonal specials. Entertainment on weekends and great atmosphere to watch buckeye games. They have a second area that is more kid friendly with a pool table and quieter. Nice outside patio. read more

This is definitely our favorite restaurant in Howard, and possibly our favorite in all of Mt. Vernon area as well. They have a fairly large menu. They have specials Monday through Friday, and we especially like the perch dinner on Fridays. Their pretzels & cheese appetizer is amazing! Some of our other favorites are their burgers w/subbed pretzel buns, club sandwich, spicy cheese and bacon dawg, chicken tenders, coleslaw, cottage cheese, and bread pudding bites. The only thing we've ever had from there that was just okay was their pizza, and that's probably cause there are other great pizza places around. They're similarly priced to an Applebees. It's nice to have a consistently good restaurant in The Valley. I don't believe they have steak, and that's one thing I'd love for them to add to their menu. read more

We LOVE THE BAD APPLE!! Great food and entertainment! A real friendly place to eat and enjoy live bands or watch the games! Food is consistently excellent! Esp the pulled pork, fish and burger sandwiches. Pizza is awesome too. We drive the "extra miles" to go there! read more

The pizza was over cooked, the ribs were microwaved?, the fries were limp, the burgers were ok. I'd look for something else the next time we are in the area. read more

The restaurant and bar part are literally not even a wall apart. The music was so crazy loud on the restaurant side you couldn't even speak to each other with out yelling. Now the food. Nothing to write home about. I ordered French onion soup and it barely had any cheese on it. Maybe a quarter of a slice. And everyone KNOWS what makes French onion awesome is the bowl is COVERED in cheese. If your cooking it you should know the proper way to serve it. Service, eh, running back and forth between "restaurant" part and bar. With only one or 2 servers. Needless to say we didn't see her much. She tried. She just couldn't be every where at once. Maybe if they hired some people and taught the cook how to prepare everything it might be much better. read more

Visit at least once a week. Excellent service. The bartenders, waitresses and waiters are absolutely amazing and always so much fun! We love watching OSU Football and eating great food with all of our friends and family! Everyone knows everyone there, and that makes it all of the better! Their pizza is my personal favorite, both dining in and take out! :) We love it!!! read more

We like to frequent locally owned and operated restaurants. Yelp really helps us, especially when on the road. Wether you are local and never been here or on the road, The Bad Apple is a great place for families or out for an evening with friends. The service and food are very good here. Glad to have a place near where we live that we enjoy, and well worth the drive if you didn't. read more