3 /5 Sponge Bob: We visited Charlie Horse for lunch on a weekday in February 2025. It was our first visit to this establishment. I expected more of a restaurant that has a bar and such. In reality, it’s more of a bar that serves food. It was just not what I was expecting. Upon entering, the place was extremely dark in most areas. We were told to seat ourselves and picked the only fairly well lit area of the restaurant.
Our server was friendly and we had not complaints. We ordered lunch which arrived fairly quickly. The wife thought her meal was alright, but not outstanding. I on the other hand only ordered wings. I had read in past reviews how they were good, so I tried them. They were not cheap at $15. But not overly expensive either. But here’s the problem. They sucked. They had no flavor what so ever. They were kind of dry and there was no flavor.
I’m not sure if the grease they fry them in, does this. But even the sauce had no flavor. Thank god for blue cheese, to give them any flavor. I even asked for more sauce incase they forgot to apply it. I poured sauce all over the wings, but no change. I ate about half of them and had had enough. Absolutely terrible.
Ironically, the guy sitting at the next table overheard me ordering more sauce and commented on how he also ordered wings and how bad his were as well. So it wasn’t just me. I didn’t even take the rest home, as they would not be eaten.
I gave Charlie Horse a three star rating, because the wife had food was just okay. But I didn’t find anything about Charlie Horse appealing enough to make me want to go back. I guess if maybe I just wanted a beer, since it is a bar. But I found nothing appealing about Charlie Horse to give them a second try.