The Black Dog Tavern

Celiac safe, gluten free. Gluten free bread available Chicken can be grilled and staff are knowledgeable about celiac.

I put off writing this because I don't like to give bad reviews, but I unfortunately had a pretty bad experience at this restaurant over the weekend.  Myself and 6 others were on the Vineyard for the day celebrating a bachelorette party and stopped in to grab a low key lunch.  Right off the bat we were met with attitude at the door by someone from the waitstaff who coarsely told us to close the door behind us (it was open when we came in?) and then asked how many and walked away.  We stood there wondering if we were supposed to follow or wait.  Someone did come back and showed us to our table.  The server we had seemed to be inconvenienced by us, was unfriendly and short with us throughout our meal, and took a very long time in between visiting our table.  We had someone in our party with a gluten intolerance and she was pleased to see that there were gluten free options.  When her food arrived she took a small bite of her sandwich and quickly realized the bun was not the gluten free bun she had requested. When she questioned whether this was a GF free bun to the server, our server laughed about it and then said, oh no, I guess it's not and took it back to the kitchen.  Our server also didn't notify 2 gals who ordered the martini from the Specials menu that they wouldn't include the cajun cream cheese stuffed olives (the selling point of the martini) only after bringing them to the table (we were also charged the specials price for them).  Now, I get that on first glance people might have thought we'd be a handful, but we're a group of mid thirties ladies looking to grab lunch, we weren't being loud or obnoxious ordering shots wearing penis necklaces or anything. I also get the burnout of working in a highly trafficked and tourist heavy location, I grew up on the Cape and served many many years in the service industry but treating your customers this way was really disappointing to see. The food was fine, the views were beautiful but the service was not.