Fairview Inn

I loved this place and you will too, trust me! A local dive bar since Prohibition in a house where you can sit at the bar and eat, drink, watch TV, play Keno, and talk to Tina. Or you can grab a table in a few different rooms, play pool, or sit outside on the patio, great bar! Read all the signs, grab your drink first!

I am Actually not an Ohio resident but I’ve been traveling to Lancaster for just about a year without any issues and have loved getting to know the area. I’ve waited and served in the restaurant industry for over 10 years and never have I ever came across a place who would call out customers for leaving a low tip. Granted I was not the one paying or leaving the tip this evening as I always leave 20% or usually more regardless of the situation but my guest had no clue how it worked or how servers/bartenders don’t actually make a live-able hourly wage. So as we had a great day and night and we’re leaving...the bartender had the audacity to see goodbye to us emphasizing “thanks for the dollar tip” In front of her other guests whom she was more keen of taking care of anyway this evening, when my guest even mentioned to me he left more than just a dollar. Nonetheless, nobody should be treated like this especially when there were others in the bar being more attended and taken care of than we were. She/the bartender walked over to us maybe once/twice after we went to the bar to order and continued our pool game if we needed anything as to us having to go the bar to get our own drinks on an open tab. If you expect for people to just tip you for no reason then maybe you should get a better paying job at an elderly age. But hey, at least there’s one more knowledgeable person in the world who I had to explain to how the restaurant/bar industry works because he didn’t quite understand her rude comment. Lastly, my input is if they don’t take care of you and you have to go do everything yourself then don’t worry about tipping 20% and any tip is better than none.