Ye Tavern Restaurant and Bar: Historic Princeton Tavern with Craft Cocktails & Warm Ambiance

I sneak away during lunch, and high tail it to Ye Tavern when I’m in the area. The atmosphere is absolutely incredible, the food, questionable. I’ve had lunch there three times at the bar, and the food was just OK. But what was amazing was the service. WIL, the bartender Is amazing. He gets five stars! His service was excellent, he offered me a selection of wines to choose from, and he made my recent lunch, extremely pleasurable. I highly recommend visiting The Graduate Hotel, and Ye Tavern for a respite from the day

Went to Ye Tavern tonight for my husband’s bday. Food was great, drinks were perfect! Live music was a nice touch to an already memorable evening. The staff was exceptional - Amanda, Ben and TJ, thank you again!

One of the only *real* cocktail bars in the greater Princeton area. The back bar is stocked with your typical liquors as well as more illustrious bottles of chartreuses and amaros. Great spot. The atmosphere is warm and inviting with a more “dark academia” vibe, very fitting for Princeton. They have a shared space with a coffee bar and large lounge/reading area. The cocktail menu is themed and rotating. For example when we visited it was Light Side vs Dark Side so all the cocktail names elicited thoughts of Star Wars and other intergalactic adventures! The cocktails that we tried were great— and our bartender even pointed out which ones he created himself which was really cool. Can’t wait to stop by again!

As we were walking around Princeton on a Wednesday afternoon, we ran into someone who told us about The Graduate hotel, and to try the restaurant at the hotel. Since we hadn’t planned on where to go for lunch, we gave it a try, and we were glad we did. When you walk in, your greeted by the hotel Café bar. To the right is the café lounge, which looks like a 19th century library. To the left, is the tavern, which definitely draws inspiration from an 18th century or 19th century English Tavern, and yet also seems to draw inspiration from an upscale early 20th century French brasserie. We sat at a two top next to the windows. Though the table is a rather small café table (fits 1 dish/person, a side dish, and one glass/person [had to put the water carafe on the floor]) the chairs are large, comfortable, wingback chairs, which looking incredibly inviting. I decided to try the lobster roll, and vegan chili. I must say, the lobster roll was one of the best I’ve ever had. It was full of lobster! A satisfying lunch choice with homemade potato chips, and a side of clarified butter to pour over the lobster roll, which is absolute decadence, but incredibly tasty! The vegan chili was the spicy, satisfying chili that I was hoping for. You would never know it was completely vegan. It really seemed like a beef chili. I thoroughly enjoyed it! As someone who is a vegetarian/pescatarian, I’m always happy to find vegan options. However, for the lunch menu, I think that was the only vegan option. My friend ordered the fish and chips, and couldn’t stop praising it. He felt it was some of the best he had ever had. The service was very friendly. Our server was very personable; she made us feel so welcome and comfortable. There is a beautiful looking bar that is part of the restaurant. I would definitely be interested in going back for dinner at some point, and giving the bar a try.

Came here for drinks. Amazing warm space that's very inviting Clean bathrooms easy to access Wonderful bar with another coffee area and discussed options there Casual reading abound