The Oak Stave Drinkery & Eatery

Oak Stave in East Amherst is a great place for lunch, dinner and late night bites too! I love the shrimp po boys! All their food is good quality you cant go wrong with what you order. They have a large bar with great happy hour specials. Free parking out front and takeout is available.

One Star: When Price and Pride Part Company Writing this affords me no satisfaction. Kitchens are demanding ecosystems and perfection is aspirational rather than guaranteed. What arrived, however, was not an unfortunate slip of the wrist. It was the product of conscious decisions. Something selected, overexposed to heat, and resigned to a plastic box without care or visible respect for the craft of cooking. I reach for the keyboard reluctantly, only because every single element of the order merited one star. Not one component so much as brushed against even a dismal second. I understand the velocity of service, the theatre of flame, the occasional wobble that creeps in under pressure. This was not a wobble. It was a quiet surrender of standards. At this price point, that is indefensible.

I know it was just “take-out” but the Chicken Milanese for a $30 dish, was just plain sad. A handful of arugula, and two small chunks of chicken? The smash-burgers were tasty, but with so many good places around the area for dinner, I don’t know if we’ll choose the Oak Stave again soon. I really miss the place this used to be.

Got to seat ourselves because no one was avaiable at the host station for 5 min. The service was slower than the speed of smell. The fries were 50/50 potato/salt. Its a shame because when they first opened they were great. Was the only place we called without a wait, and now we understand why. This place sucks.

Service was pretty slow. Never got refills. Waiter only came to our table when we saw him walking by. Food was mid. Burger was okay but not seasoned or crispy like you expect for a smash burger. Tacos were okay but the chicken was bland. Overall experience was a 3.