The Rusty Moose Tavern Grill

Great place for a cold beer and a laugh with the owner. we had a great time in this historic pub.

Nice atmosphere, food is about what one would expect, decent tavern fare. Beer is cold and service is great.

I visited The Rusty Moose for my first time ever yesterday and loved it. Great vibe. Ended up chatting with the owner at the bar for longer then I thought I would. Super nice guy. I gave him my business card and he was so impressed he said he'd keep it forever . It's a tiny piano. Look for it behind the bar. I only wish I'd come later. It was early and I typically like discovering bars when they're hopping. That's on me though. As a tourist simply passing through, I couldn't stay that late. If I lived in Bonners Ferry, this would be my go to drinking hole. It's perfect. Go there now.

This review is only one star because the waitress was very sweet and kind. The two owners that run this establishment should not be in customer service. They are hot tempered, sarcastic, and overly rude do not care about your well-being. They just wanna slap the food on the table and get your money. I saw the bartender multiple times drinking behind the bar, which was one of the owners. The other owner was the cook. I 'm assuming the waitress was a family friend or their daughter. I witnessed with another person the table not far from us was getting treated horribly. They had been waiting for an hour for just hamburgers and fries. When one of them went up and nicely mention something to the waitress, she ran in the back to see what the problem was. Not long after that the bartender and the cook talked and then the bartender started talking poorly to the drunks sitting at the bar about the situation(loud enough to where the couple could hear them). Saying, it 's the guy sitting right behind you... WHO DOES THAT...not a professional business owner. They finally got their burgers and by the looks on their faces it was not what they had intended to eat. The gentleman said that his burger was dry and burnt. As if it was made in a very big hurry or left on the grill forgotten. As all of this was going on there was also another gentleman that had been waiting more than an hour for his food also. They tried to make it up to him by bagging it up and giving it to him but he didn 't even want it at that point because he had complained so much to get his food. He walked out. I heard the business owners talking about how staff was just so hard to come by these days, if that 's true why was the tavern 2 blocks down the road completely packed to the brim and full of helpful staff. All I see here are excuses and horrible attitude 's. This experience, I 'm sure for me and everybody else in the bar will definitely keep customers from coming back.

The help was nice. But maybe it was a bad day food wise?.steak did not taste right. Potato was not fresh. Salad was good. Stuffed ravioli was hard. For the good reviews I bummed.