Old City Hall Restaurant

Starters, Fresh Bruschetta, $12, Tomatoes, red onion, garlic, parmesan cheese, basil & balsamic vinegar served with crostini, Fried Calamari, $14, Rings & …

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Ring in the New Year with. Old City Hall Restaurant featuring delicious menu choices and after Party featuring “Ed the Crooner” 7-10pm followed by. DJ Parker

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A great place to eat, drink and relax and have a great time with family & friends! American Restaurant · $$$. . Follow. Details.

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David Olais

Lived in the area and first time and we went for dinner on a Tuesday night and surprisingly it was packed. I ordered the ribeye steak and my wife ordered the pasta dish which was our favorite. Service was kind of slow but we wanted to support local business.

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Janey Lee Caravallo Maciel

I absolutely LOVE Old City Hall Restaurant!! They consistently serve up great tasting food, and the staff members are always friendly and amazing. I’m intrigued with the building and nostalgic vibe.

They have a large menu offering starters, salads, house soups, beef, pork, chicken, Old City Hall Specials, seafood, pasta, sandwiches and burgers, wraps, kids meals, and tasty desserts!

Old City Hall has a full bar with dining, patio seating, and an upstairs area equipped to host the ultimate party.

I encourage you to give them a try!

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James Bray

We thoroughly enjoyed their excellent Grilled Salmon with Lemon Caper Sauce over Rice Pilaf! Fast, friendly service. Such a unique venue, well worth your visit. Be sure to check out their restrooms (former courthouse jail). Lots of various sizes of kid booster seats, covered outdoor seating as well as bar seating. This is such a a unique venue, well worth a visit!

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Michael Guynn

On a 4.5 hour drive back to LA after this meal, we struggled to find any redeeming qualities about Old City Hall. At least it gave us a laugh?

Food:
Terrible. The attached photos (aside from the burger) are before we touched anything. Everything looked physically thrown on the plates. And it’s like, the food was wrong in both directions, in every case. The Cubano was burnt but underdone. The fries were undercooked and overcooked. The pasta salad had been boiled 40 minutes, chilled, then placed under a heat lamp. The “crostini” was dry but untoasted. They asked for a temperature on the smash burger, which is never a good sign, and indeed it was not smashed.
It was the kind of meal that makes you wonder if you’re going to be sick later.

Service:
It took 10 minutes for a host to arrive to seat us, then another 10 for our server to appear. The first thing she said was that she was quitting, and the other table she had was complaining a lot. Usually I side with the staff on these matters, but I came to realize the other table probably had a point.
The restaurant was probably at 30% capacity, maybe 8 tables, and there were 3 servers working at least. And they were very clearly in the weeds. I don’t know where the breakdown happened but something is not working here.
Also, look at the mustard bottle. That label has not been changed in years. Absolutely horrifying.

Atmosphere:
The exterior is the one place Old Town Hall has any positive. The building was once the Old Town Hall, and it has cool bones. But what they’ve done with the inside looks like the “before” of an episode of Kitchen Nightmares. It’s ugly, brown, disgusting, outdated, and absolutely unwelcoming in every regard.

I hate to give a one star review unless something catastrophic happens but Old Town Hall is a catastrophe. What boggles my mind is it’s featured in local “Welcome to Gilroy” printed materials and websites. Maybe it was once good, but as it stands, Old City Hall needs serious help.

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beto J

Shoutout to Amber at the bar — she was juggling a full crowd and still got our order out quicker than expected. Super cool attitude, super friendly, and you can tell she actually pays attention. Greg was great too — helpful, chill, and on top of things. They both definitely made the experience better.

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Tiffany L

Had high hope for this restaurant, but it fell flat in person. Service: Seated quickly, slow service even though it didn’t seem that busy, our waitress was friendly but not very attentive, made a couple of mistakes on my order. Food: fish and chips and garlic burgers were meh, nothing special about them. Upgraded garlic fries for fish and chips (quoted $1 but charged $2), was not worth it. Worst of them all was the clam chowder, it was more like a flour chunk cream soup, virtually no clam or potato, a can of clam chowder does a better job than this, unfortunately. Maybe it was an off-day, but we won’t be back.

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Ana Marquez

We were super excited to try this place however, they have decent food and menu but not the best service. This is the type of restaurant where the employees make you feel uncomfortable and like an inconvenience if you go in without a reservation. The food is hit or miss on the flavor. The service took forever and the hospitality was terrible from every staff member we encountered.

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Jenny Lowry

Awesome spot for a date! We sat on the outdoor patio during karaoke night, and it was an amazing atmosphere during sunset. We have already visited twice this week for dinner & breakfast. The staff are personable and hilarious. The food, especially the fries, was delicious.

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Maureen Mclean

I hate trying new places when I am driving from Tahoe to Pismo Beach but gave this place a shot and could not have been happier!!! I had the chicken Caesar wrap and a margarita and it was all above anything I expected. I will be back!!!

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Scheherazade Kessler

My server was very funny and helpful. He listened to what my allergies are and what he recommends. I have a salmon sandwich with fries. The sandwich was a little too much pil/butter for my tummy, but my mouth was enjoying it.
The bathrooms are in the old jail and lots of old pictures are on the walls. I love constantly learning about places near and far.

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