The Old Bag of Nails Pub - Pickerington

Sharon Grimes

Great fresh food, large portions, fair prices!

Susy Oldham

I moved out of state three years ago. We were in town and decided to see if Old Bag of Nails was still as terrific as we remembered. It absolutely is!!!

David DeClemente

Fish fry is to die for. Great server at bar area. Very clean.

atom tarragon

Our server was so friendly and helpful. He was really working his tail off with all the tables he had and the requests that our party of six made of him. Despite the large order, as well as tacking on a small takeout order at the end, this awesome dude got our order almost all the way right (small accidental sub of onion rings for fries). So I'm giving him five stars. HOWEVER. The food itself was mostly mediocre, with a couple of items being truly awful. Summary: freezer-burned food cooked with no finesse and no quality control. We had: Fish and chips, Eddie style (spicy batter): fish was thin filets, couldn't even tell if they were cod or tilapia, but they were NOT good quality. They tasted old and very dry, overcooked. The cole slaw was super vinegary. The onion rings were great, but there were only 4 of them. Overall, a terrible value for $15. Mussels and Shrimp: OLD, obviously frozen-for-ages mussels and small (41-50 size, and maybe 7-8 of them) shrimp swimming in a huge bowl of broth, wine, and butter. The mussels were so old, they were no longer even chewy - it was like biting into a piece of liver. Clam chowder: more potatoes than clams, but overall flavor was decent. Fish tacos: same issue with the fish: old and dry-tasting. But the absolutely worst part was the fried breaded mushrooms. I don't know what we actually got, but it no longer resembled a mushroom. My nephew bit into a hot mushroom and couldn't even chew it. The consistency was not right, and he spit it out right away in panic. When we shined our phone flashlights on it, we could see it looked like a cross between a soft brillo pad and a human hairball, breaded and fried. Little dry fluffy bits puffed out from the missing bite. It must have been a mushroom, the shape resembled a mushroom, but I didn't know mushrooms could even get like that! HORRIBLE. We think it must have been a very very old batch of previously-frozen mushrooms from GFS or somewhere. Absolutely not fresh - someone would have noticed this monstrosity. We only realized after sending back the entire dish that I forgot to take a photo of the fried linty-hairball thing. I can't finish this review, the thought of those mushrooms is making me feel nauseous all over again. Bottom line: great service, food quality is TERRIBLE for the most part. Averaged 3 stars because it was definitely not the waiter's fault. Would not recommend eating here.