The Lantern Tavern

The Lantern Tavern is our favorite hideout within walking distance of the house. Extremely relaxed, positive atmosphere with energetic and friendly bartenders. The best part is the fact that their kitchen is a hidden gem of Lubbock! They serve incredibly delicious food that you would never expect. Their fish and chips, fried pickles, and tavern pizza are to die for.

My family and I have been loyal customers for several years but in an unfortunate turn of events I will not be returning after my last experience. Normally you would expect that if you had an issue with customer service the manager would be receptive to resolving the issue; however, the was not the case. We are not hard to please customers , yet I’ve never seen a manager cut off a conversation mid-sentence or proceed to argue with a customer. It was extremely disappointing especially when the entire restaurant had maybe a total of seven customers and he could have taken the time to some have manners. Regardless, good customer service and general courtesy is a big factor in where we choose to eat and this failed any expectation you could have.This deserved zero stars but that’s not possible so this is how we arrived at a 1.