Carolina Ale House - Cary

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2025-01-26

The food and service was sub par. If you don't care about the quality of food and don't mind wait staff that could care less, this is the place for you. I started off ordering a margaritas, and of course being sold in a chain sports pub it was served in a tall glass rimmed with salt and a straw... I ordered an appetizer and pub burger for the meal, but when I asked if the fresh never frozen burger was ground in house or not, they said it came in frozen. I of course order my burger medium well as I didn't want to take the chance of getting food poisoning from a frozen undercooked burger patty. Granted the place was very busy, but after about 20min the appetizer and the burger both came out at the same time. Obviously trying to rush me out of the restaurant. I asked the waitress to bring it back, and she replied that the kitchen was very busy, and if I wanted it to be remade so I could enjoy the appetizer it would take a very long while. I reluctantly told her to just leave the food, and when I tried the fried pickles the skin of them was like thin chewy leather. After I finished that, the burger itself was medium on one side... but the other was well done. Eventually I got to the fries and at this point they were ice cold. As far as the service, I didn't tip, because when the waitress that you start with isn't even the one to bring the food to you, when they don't know the burgers are frozen, and when they do nothing to address that the appetizer came out with the main course, you don't deserve a tip. Sorry not sorry. With that being said I ate the food. I was hungry and really didn't feel like finding another place to go last minute. Would I return here however, absolutely not. Stay away!

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2024-12-06

The ribeye and veggies were so good I had to go back and order it again. The atmosphere is pretty sweet, especially if you’re a sports fan. There are plenty of monitors to catch the game. Plenty of beer on tap too. This place is hard to beat.

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2025-02-12

Nice location, beautiful inside, open seating. Good fresh food. Few games inside as well. Service can be improved slightly by removing empty dishes. Overall, good option for the area.