rafferty's restaurant & bar

it had been years since i had been to rafferty's and will not be back. normally i am not one to write a bad review but i felt rafferty's needs to know where to improve. service was minimal but i would have been okay with not so good service if the food wasn't horrible for the price. my mother ordered a burger medium well, it was closer to rare maybe medium it had blood running from it and she could not eat it, i ordered chicken tenders which looked more like a kids meal and the chicken had no taste. thefrieson both those meals were burnt and cold we did not eat those. my son ordered a sirloin steak well done and it was burnt. i cut it up for him and it was very tough and charred all around the edges were it was burnt.  he was hungry so he ate this but i would have sent it back.  my sons and my meal was $43.00 for the price we could have ate at malone's or a much nicer restaurant. my mother and i ended up going through taco bell after leaving here. we were both very disappointed.  not once did our waitress ever ask us how the food was or come to check on us until we had been done for over 20 minutes.  she did ask if we wanted a box but at this point we just wanted our checks and to go.

where do i begin? service was inconsistent, and was either extremely hyper or rude (throughout dinner, a total of five different employees visited our table, and so it was difficult to determine who our actual waiter/waitress was). for an appetizer, we ordered the queso dip and chips, which should not be a menu item (cold and under-seasoned chips, close to no pico, and a bowl of queso that tasted like it came directly from a jar and with no additional seasoning). for entrees, i ordered the bluegrass special, which consisted of overcooked chicken breast, and a layer of barely melted monterey jack cheese that slid right off the sandwich, and my wife ordered a cheeseburger, medium well, although it was served medium. the highlights of the meal included thefriesand the baked sweet potato; however, if you are looking for casual americana, go down the road to cheddar's.

pretty good lunch.... fried mushrooms have a good flavor and crispy texture. i thought the burger was good.. fresh and cooked with wood fire flavor.

i'm one of those who shouldn't eatfries(and i didn't) but tasted them. they were fresh and relatively crisp - 2 things that doesn't necessarily always go together.

all in all, i thought it was pretty decent.

very good. my husband ate here with my dad. he ordered a house salad with ranch dressing, ribeye steak (medium), and baked potato. he said the service was excellent and the steak was good. he had no complaints. my only complaint is that since i don't like baked potatoes, i order frenchfrieseverywhere we go. frenchfriesdon't come with any of the meals i order so rafferty's charges $2 more for them. this is why we never eat here. i refuse to pay $2 more for fries.

same great quality as the nich rd location - dont miss the good ol boy cheese fry appitizer- bestfriesin kenrucky

i love this place. the frenchfriesappetizer is wickedly yummy and their chicken finger salad is the best in town. also, we had a fantastic steak the last time we were there.