I was so inspired by my latest visit to VIllage Taven that  I am writing my first Yelp review!\n\nI have been going to VIllage Tavern for years.  My family has always used it for a special place for graduation, birthday, etc dinners.  We went when my sister graduated from law school in August. We made a reservation since we were a large party, and since the table was not ready, we had to sit in the hallway and wait, as many of the older people in our party were uncomfortable sitting at the bar.  Then, they were out of most things on the menu, and the food that we did get was only average.  Not what I had come to expect.\n\nFast foward to this past Friday night.  We went again to celebrate a friend's graduation from law school.  His family had come from PA, so we wanted to take them somewhere we knew was nice.  We again made a reservation since we were a party of 16.  We got there, the table was not ready, and after some back and forth with the hostess, they wanted us to sit outside in a tent (maybe nice in the summer, but not in December), with plastic chairs and at seperate tables, where there was a loud party going on in the tent already.  We told them we wanted to sit inside and together, so they shuffled us back inside, where we continued to wait on a table.  We were repeatedly told that they were sorry, the party that came before us didn't want to get up, but never once did we see a manager.  The poor hostess was trying her best to accomodate, but we really should have spoken to the manager at this point.  We were finally sat inside (around 10pm, an hour after our reservation) and we were 4 seats short at the table.  They told us that we would have to wait until the table next to us got up, which seemed to be no time in the near future.  So, at this point, most of us are sat, some are standing, and we have been there an hour.  \n\nI have to admit, we were given four free appetizers (for the party of 16), and that just didn't make up for the experience.  I think after years of coming to Village Tavern, these two experiences have been my last.