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Napper Tandy's
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- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
6 reviews for Napper Tandy's
Only a 4 because the atmosphere was great and the beer they poured was perfect and well chilled (Harpoon IPA)
The food was mediocre. I got the onion soup and an Irish BLT.
The soup was only so so. I have had better. It was small for the price.
The BLT would have been great, but the bacon was too fatty and chewy. That may just be the style of Irish bacon. But I hated it.
All in all this seems like a great place for a pint and some appetizers.
I love Namby Pamby's!!!!! (I couldn't get the name straight when I first starting meeting a friend who lives nearby; the nickname has stuck)
Their food is good, though not especially unique - and the portions are good-sized; not overwhelming, but I usually have left-overs.
As someone else mentioned, the Trivia night takes over the bar with loud pop music, so you might want to bow out unless you're planning on playing - you won't be able to hear yourself talk, let alone those you're with. But hey, depending on your company, that might not be a bad thing ;)
Also true about the occasional gnarly beer, but have had more good luck than not. And the way I love beer, this would definitely be a deal breaker for me :)
Service has always been consistently great. And they've never screwed an order of mine up, which seems to be a rampant problem in Walpole/Norwood restaurants.
Place seems very clean, though dark wood and dim lights can hide a lot.
Plenty of parking; there is a public lot right across the street.
Anyplace with a patio holds a special spot in my heart. Thank you, Namby Pamby, you've provided a great setting for many a summer night!
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Originally, we'd planned on finding a place to eat outside in the waning days of summer, but their back patio wasn't really going to fit 7 people on this evening; not because it was busy, but there were just enough people there to make the merging of tables into a bigger disruption than we typically cause.
So we adjourned into the nearly-empty inside, and set to work with a few pints and made fast friends with the friendly waitress who put up with our antics gamely (there was an duel of attempted wet willies at some point, which we kindly left her out of).
The food was pretty darned tasty; i had some pasta with chicken in it that i thought was pretty good, and a very enjoyable pint of Harpoon (just one? yeah, i'd already done a lot of drinkin' in the past three weeks).
The bar area is separated by doors, and seemed to have drawn a pretty decent crowd.
Also, they seem to have something of a plate-dropping problem; two actual crashes were heard, and a few more possible ones. It became something of a running joke.
Decent food, friendly service, a fine option if you should accidentally find yourself stranded in Norwood.
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Napper Tandy's is pretty good. I've been here on more than one occasion. The bar is always full and the crowd often seems chipper (plus there's a nice age range in the place). Also, beers aren't too $$$$.
I'm a fan of the Curry fries, although I don't understand how that's Irish Fare.
Also, there's a nice little outside patio out back, if you want to catch a breeze.
Be prepared to squeeze through crowds on a busy night.
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A favorite haunt of mine, Napper Tandy's once embodied the best of downtown Norwood. It still might, but I don't like it as much as I used to.
The menu is ok, but I have had some pretty bad meals there. I would stick to the pub food. Recent changes to the dining room and menu design tell me that Napper's is aiming for the family crowd; and though I can't blame them, I don't really want to sit in the dining room anymore. It is segmented now and seems much much smaller than it used to.
Beer selection is ok, though the tap lines are not always clean, or something (a couple gnarly beers have been served up there in my visits. Stick to the heavier flavours to counteract this effect. Smithicks and Hoegaarden taste better than Harpoon and Bass.)
The outdoor seating is probably my favorite part of Napper's in the summer. Nothing all that special, but enjoyable nonetheless. And then the bar is very cozy in the winter.
I tend to stay away from the trivia night (not that I don't enjoy trivia) because the trivia guy blares pop music over everything and is so loud that if you are not playing trivia, you cannot hold a conversation.
The only legitimate competition to Napper's draught list used to be Dogfish Head 60 minute at Lewis's, but it seems Lewis's stopped carrying that, so now I only have eyes for Napper's.
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Great place to hang out for few beers or for dinner. Buffalo chicken dip is the absolute best thing around. Beef stew topped with mashed potato is a close second. The bar area can get noisy so if you want to watch a sporting event you better know how to read lips. Soccer is big here. Good selection of draft beer and lots of pub menu items. The wait staff and bartenders are very friendly.
