text: i think it is hard for most places to really shine in the holiday season there are loads of set menus and a huge amount of diners arriving in very large parties meaning that a restuarant can find its kitchen overwhelmed with multiple orders at the same time and unhappy people waiting a very long time for food and drink with that in mind i did not have high expectations for my first visit to Jeremiahs Taproom as a large group of us were going for hogmany dinner and drinksnnwe arrived a bit early but the waitress assured us the table would be ready in five minutes which is pretty much was we were seated through in the small backroom area since our party was so largre this was the only way to get people round one table the room was nice though and i appreciated the fact that it was a wee bit quieter than the front bar making it easier to talk the table though was in an L shape which made it a bit awkward for people to get out when needing to get more drinksnnalthough we booked dinner for pm and arrived on time and were seated our meals did not actually start arriving until well past pm i was a bit annoyed as i was starving and glasses of prosecco into the night but i did appreciate that this place has a small kitchen and it appeared only one waitress that said when our starters did arrive my smoked salmon with soda bread looked pretty tasty and was devoured quickly sadly that meant a rather lengthy wait for the main to arrive which for me was the venison burger with skinny fries when the burger did arrive i was well pleased with my choice and really enjoyed it the burger itself was juicy and had a nice covering of blue cheese to give a tangy taste mixed with the sweetness of the mulled plums there was loads of fries so many i could not finish them and i had to take the burger out of the bun as there was just a bit too much breadnndessert was really the only let down as yet again it was another long wait and when my cheeseboard finally did arrive i was a bit shocked that one of the cheeses was a fairly large scoopy of philadelphia cream cheese a bit cheap but the other two cheeses a blue cheese and i think a cheddar were good although i found the digestive biscuits served with them a bit dry and too sweet to be eaten with cheesennoverall minus the slow service due to such a busy night for this bar i found my dinner really quite nice drinks were good as well and not too pricey possibly a ua less than what you would pay in the centre of town so i will definitely go back here to try things out on a normal night and hope that the service improves as the food is tasty and i would definitely go back to try another burger