Vickery's Crescent Avenue Bar

(404) 881-1106

1106 Crescent Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309 33.7859 -84.3844

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Neighborhoods: Midtown, Northeast, Northeast

VICKERYS.COM

Price:

$$

Last updated 2.15.11

Category:

Restaurants, Neighborhood Bars, Singles Bars, Bars & Pubs

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Outdoor Dining

Cuisine:

Traditional American, Cajun & Creole

Bar & Club Special Features:

Outdoor Seating, Specialty Cocktails, After Work, Smoking Permitted, 18 & Over

Smoking Permitted:

At the bar

Editor's Tips

What People Are Saying About Vickery's Crescent Avenue Bar

Featured Review

Brian Suber

Contributor

The Scene – This is one of Midtown's favorite stopovers for happy hours, Sunday brunches and third dates. The brick patio is prime real estate; in colder weather, revelers pack the bar and the cozy booths situated next to the fireplace. Laid-back servers offer solid menu recommendations, and bartenders pour serious cocktails for the often boisterous crowd. – – The Food – Vickery's is something between a bar with an inventive menu and a casual restaurant with outstanding cocktails. The Caribbean- and Low country-influenced menu features a mix of pleasing dishes like…

Editor's Tips

Save Money:
On Sundays, the bar serves draft PBR in a large frosty mug for only $1.
What to Drink:
Toss back one of the specialty martinis or old-school cocktails. Many come with an ice-cold sidecar.
Know Before You Go:
The kitchen stays open until 11:30pm Monday-Thursday, 1am Friday-Saturday and until midnight on Sundays.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. “great spot for a romantic dinner and also a girls night out!”
  2. “What the picture doesn't show is that there is a very nice wine room with low light, fireplace and nice cozy atmosphere behind the bar.”
  3. “It's a great place to go and chill and the laid-back atmosphere really made the whole night enjoyable.”
  4. “The food is delicious, the wait stuff are fun, and the atmosphere is great (warm, cozy and fun).”
  5. “absolutely love the atmosphere-- the red vinyl booths are great, very retro!”
  6. “The patio in front was cozy too.”
  7. “Great atmosphere for business lunch during the week.”
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. “The black bean cakes are fabulous.”
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. “The salad was very good as was the quality of the tuna-- much better than I expected considering they bill themselves as a "bar.”
  2. “The service is great, the food is phenomenal and the drinks are very strong.”
  3. “Yummy brunch, huge drinks”
  4. “What the picture doesn't show is that there is a very nice wine room with low light, fireplace and nice cozy atmosphere behind the bar.”
  5. “good drinks too!”
food quality
81.82000160217285% positive
  1. “Good food at decent prices.”
  2. “Vickery's is one of my favorites when eating on Crescent St. The food is always good, the staff is great, and on the rare occasion you encounter a problem, a quick word to management solves everything.”
  3. “My server recommended the ahi tuna salad with asian ginger dressing.”
  4. “The food is delicious, the wait stuff are fun, and the atmosphere is great (warm, cozy and fun).”
  5. “The food is fantastic.”
  6. “Good food every time”
  7. “The smell inside the place was very stale and the food was not good.”
  8. “The salad was very good as was the quality of the tuna-- much better than I expected considering they bill themselves as a "bar.”
  9. “went during the afternoon,around 2:30,and the service by Brian was bad ,I waited 25 minutes for a burger and I saw the maneger doing a shot while i waited for a meal.”
  10. “Vickery's consistently serves good food and I've always had great service.”
  11. “The service is great, the food is phenomenal and the drinks are very strong.”
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. “The menu is very well rounded and the environment is pleasant.”
  2. “Great outside patio overlooking the Midtown skyline with a even better menu to go with it.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “Vickery's is a great place in Midtown for lunch.”
  2. “Centered right in the middle of Crescent Street, this is a great place for a dinner before a night on the town!”
  3. “It's a great place to go and chill and the laid-back atmosphere really made the whole night enjoyable.”
service
85.71000099182129% positive
  1. “The waitress was very attentive.”
  2. “My server recommended the ahi tuna salad with asian ginger dressing.”
  3. “Vickery's consistently serves good food and I've always had great service.”
  4. “Vickery's is one of my favorites when eating on Crescent St. The food is always good, the staff is great, and on the rare occasion you encounter a problem, a quick word to management solves everything.”
  5. “went during the afternoon,around 2:30,and the service by Brian was bad ,I waited 25 minutes for a burger and I saw the maneger doing a shot while i waited for a meal.”
  6. “Patios was nice to sit in all evening, and server didn't rush us.”
  7. “The service is great, the food is phenomenal and the drinks are very strong.”
value
100.0% positive
  1. “Good food at decent prices.”
  2. “Yummy brunch, huge drinks”
  3. “Huge portions!”
wait time
50.0% positive
  1. “went during the afternoon,around 2:30,and the service by Brian was bad ,I waited 25 minutes for a burger and I saw the maneger doing a shot while i waited for a meal.”
  2. “Vickery's is one of my favorites when eating on Crescent St. The food is always good, the staff is great, and on the rare occasion you encounter a problem, a quick word to management solves everything.”
1 Star Rating: Poor

09/14/10

False Advertisement and a dump

by GRussell

I looked at their website and thought it looked like a cool place to bring some out of town family members this past weekend. I was so wrong and embarassed. You website does not indicate that it's just a dirty little bar. The website comes across as a 'Cheeseburger In Paradise' but it's not even close. Wasted $125 bucks on avg food, dirty building and some weird manager dude that kept hanging around my table making sexist comments to everyone. Dump...avoid at all cost.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

07/21/10

Elegance !

by RichardFer

It still is one of the best .. my father used to come here to this place.. and I still do as well.. not everyday of course ..; but at least once a month just to chill out and find a calming place ... keep it up !

  • Pros: food
  • Cons: service
4 Star Rating: Recommended

06/23/10

Very charming place in the middle of everything

by RustyCarGoesFast

The food here is delicious. It's one of my wife and I's favorite local places. We can walk there so it feels like getting out of Midtown without having to drive! It is convenient to everything exciting in Midtown and very fairly priced.

  • Pros: PATIO
  • Cons: Slow service
4 Star Rating: Recommended

03/19/10

Great for dinner before a night on the town!

by MidtownAtlanta

A great spot for a romantic dinner and also a girls night out! This place has an old city charm to it with a upscale diner kind of feel. You would never think the inside looks the way it does from the outside. Vickery's looks iike it use to be a house that they remodled. Great outside patio overlooking the Midtown skyline with a even better menu to go with it. I ordered their cheeseburger with macaroni and cheese. Their macaroni and cheese is so different with little pieces of pepper in it but is sooo good! I have also heard their tator tots are incredible! Centered right in the middle of Crescent Street, this is a great place for a dinner before a night on the town!

1 Star Rating: Poor

03/01/10

Keep moving

by southsidediner

My first dining experience at Vickery's was twenty years ago. I just went back for dinner after years and was very disappointed.

It was a Sunday evening, and was ignored when I walked in the door. I had grab a menu and order from the Bartender. Sort of dirty, very smokey, and sad, for Vickery's is one of the last of it's kind in Midtown. The food was Okay, Salad and calamari, but nothing like it used to be.

I suppose the ever increasing number of other restaurants in the neighborhood has taken it's toll on an old classic.

  • Pros: It's former greatness
  • Cons: Pretty much everything else.

The Details on Vickery's Crescent Avenue Bar

Place Categories:

  • good food
  • great place
  • great atmosphere
  • great service
  • great dinner
  • favorite vickery
  • love restaurant
  • huge drinks
  • yummy brunch
  • great staff
  • recommend plantains
  • fabulous black bean cakes
  • recommended server
  • good old fashioned mashing
  • very good salad
  • very nice wine room
  • always order gazpacho
  • great outside patio
  • great spot
  • pleasant environment
  • very stale smell
  • best crescent
  • like front patio
  • favorite haunt
  • fun wait stuff

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