Tower Tavern - Manitowoc

This is a great place for a relaxed night on the town. The staff are excellent, the food is great, and the prices on everything is beyond fair. There are tons of TVs at all times so there is always something to watch and the music in the background is current and upbeat. The re-vamped smoking shack comes with comfortable seating arrangements, gambling machines and a heater. Lots of beer signs, lots of bright lights, it makes for a fun-filled evening.

Service is abysmal! They treat you like you should be grateful that they might ask you what you want. This after ignoring you while they chat with their friends. Don't try phoning in your order either. They don't answer their phone.

Go elsewhere...the manager (Justin) is about as unprofessional as it gets. First off he doesn 't know how to defuse a potentially physical altercation within his bar as the manager and chooses to let a bartender in training take care of it all, even after they 've done what they 're told and the situation is still escalating out of their hands...be a man and do your job, don 't wait for it to go to the extreme like he was waiting for. Second of all, he spends most of his time pissing and moaning or trying to flirt around than taking care of paying customers. I walked in and sat down, he refused to pour me a lemon drop because it was too much work and claimed that I said I was done drinking for the night....I had just gotten there and wasn 't anywhere beforehand. He then continued to allow the other bartender to scream at me saying have a real f*cking shot like a real man or get out . SUPER PROFESSIONAL. you 're bartenders. I didn 't pick this job for you, you did. If you can 't handle it, scoot boot. Don 't treat paying customers like trash, especially regulars. Terrible attitude, terrible service. 0/10 would not recommend going here, especially if Justin is in.

Tower is awful if you're hungry or want your drink refilled. I won't be going back there. Why would anyone, when there is a bar that serves food and drinks on every corner? The ambiance sucks, unless you like watching everyone get their food and drinks before you. Come on Tower, it's time to do some house cleaning.

Atmosphere: Cramped little parking lot. Fits about 20 cars, super small stalls. Street parking available. Inside has about 8 dining tables and a bar with about 20 seats at it. Bathroom was clean. Service: There were maybe 20 people on a Friday at 4:30-5 p.m. One cook and one bartender/server. It was really hard to get a drink refill and our food orders had stuff forgotten with them (sides and sauces). Not great service since they were so scattered and they didn 't check in unless you flagged them down. Food: Everything tasted like it came from a bag frozen. We ordered the gouda cheese curds, perch lunch, and deep fried mushrooms. Not great. Everything lacked flavor, but it sure didn 't lack breading, there was a lot of it. Nothing was memorable. They did have a nice beer selection. I 'd suggest coming here for drinks, not for food.