On Tap

Oh my God! Don’t go on Saturday, the place is full of drunks! Aside from the afore preface, this quasi sports bar with 13 big-​screen TVs does not have bad food. It’s really just the local clientele that seems to drag it down. This is after two nights of dining here as we were staying in the hotel. As regards the food and service I would normally give it three stars. It’s just a rather sad and semi-​disgusting ambiance. If you don’t mind driving I would recommend going elsewhere.

OK. News flash! New Chef and it shows! I have been coming here for 3 years. Some meals were great, some just ok. But I like the bar keep, Patty. Friendly and a decent pour.
Last night had reasonably price delicious perfectly cooked RibEye Steak with great potatoes. Soup of the day was outstanding and Ken was an excellent stand it for Patty! This is a must try!

Great burgers and sweet potato waffle fries are a must get. Bartenders were friendly to our group of Patriots fans which I did not expect from NY fans. Lots of tvs to watch all the games. Not bad for a Hotel Bar.

I can’t believe that this place can screw up a simple hamburger. I ordered a burger to go since I was staying in the hotel. Everything was good until my order was ready and I took it to my room. I started to settle in and then decided it was time to chow down on my medium well burger. I took my first bite and it was rare. I didn’t even chew on the bite. It tumbled out of my mouth in disgust after I choked down the fries. I got dressed again and returned down to the grill while it was closing down for the night at 10ish. They had no issue with me returning the food. They refired the same burger and placed it back in the to go plate. I returned back to my room only to see it was the same burger (eww!). I took my 2^nd bite of the same burger and I don’t know what they did but it wasn’t medium well. It was medium rare.
I don’t know why a grill in a hotel would be so f’ing bad but this was beyond horrid. I would have done better to travel to Red Robin and had a better experience. As of now I don’t even give the bar my business. The fun part is I was here for over a week in the hotel and they lost out on my business and they get this sorry review.
I hope this review helps other potential customers take their appetite in their own hands. Eat at your own risk!

I loved the facility, easy to get to and a nice large outside patio. We came to see a great local band and sat outside. Thank goodness for a busser who came and took our order, without him we would never have eaten. We ordered the Buffalo chicken Naan, the nachos and a burger. The first two were good, about what you’d expect as far as bar food. The burger was bland and needed seasoning badly. I had to get our own water, sodas, napkins, and silverware. Again thank the bus boy for getting my wife her martini quick and bringing it to us. Overall I’d come here to drink and snack if the entertainment is good but not for a full meal. I’ll admit it seemed they weren’t ready for the crowd and had far to few staff. With more nights busy like this to practice and a half dozen more servers maybe it would be different. Again the bus boy deserves a medal!

Pros — Lots of TVs so every game is visible from any seat. Plenty of beer on tap and friendly service. Cons — The food was less than impressive. Nachos = glob of processed orange cheese, random whole Greek olives, a couple tomato chunks and minimal chips. Burgers weren’t bad exactly but weren’t anything special either.

There are much better sports bars around the area.
Food is overly salty and just your average bar food. Nothing special at all.
The service was horrendous. It took a while for any server to come over. We had one server drop a menu off and another one finally came over another 5 minutes later. This was about a 10 minute wait time and the restaurant was not even that full.
We ordered some appetizers and some drinks. The drinks were poor in taste. The heineken had that funky smell because of the lights they use in the coolers. The mixed drinks were way too strong. Normally I would not complain about that, but they were so strong it was hard to drink. When I went up to the bar to ask for a new drink because the drink was too strong, the bartender, I think Patty was her name, was not only rude, but rolled her eyes. I suggest next time that this bartender not do that when there is a mirror right behind them.
Overall, go to other places unless you want slow service where the servers stand and talk to each other instead of coming to the table, and rude bartenders who clearly have had no actual bar training in their lives.

At first, was a little put out due to the Bartender Phillips rudeness. With the help of Sam & Mandy’s very sweet and excellent customer service, our experience ended up very pleasant.

Decent place. Plenty of TVs to watch sports on, but the beer and food are only so-​so at best. Save your time and go elsewhere for a better experience.

Went there to watch football. Plenty of TVs, but you can’t hear the games. Food is decent. The service is horrible, the management was even worse. Very rude, and could really seemingly care less about customer service. Not impressed. And, like Mr. Manager said, there are others places to go.

there for mnf — its a sports bar at a hotel– nothing fancy … brian the bartender can pour a proper guinness so it was worthwhile to go here

local

So… what to write about this place, what to write…
Ah, yes: It’s a sports bar, with lighting that’s a bit darker («classy?») than what you’re used to seeing at such places. There are a multitude of televisions around the bar/​restaurant, but nowhere near the plethora of televisions that places like the Recovery Room have. The food is decent. They have pretty good wings and pretty good fries. The beer is cold, so that’s a plus. Service was OK, but not particularly attentive.
All in all, it’s a pretty decent spot that isn’t expensive, but it won’t blow you away.

As promised, we returned. It’s been 7 months. I should have read my previous review before going again so I’d know what to look for to compare. So now that I look back at what I previously said, the only update I can probably add is that I didn’t notice it to be as brightly lit inside as in the past.
Initially, I thought service was going to get a very poor rating this trip. Arriving on a Sunday just as the early NFL games were ending, the bar was almost full and about half the tables and booth were occupied. But three or four parties were on their way out as we entered and we spied a clean booth to sit in. It appeared that waitstaff were ignoring us as they repeatedly passed our table to clear dirty tables. No recognition was given, not even an «I’ll be right with you» statement. Determined to see how long this would go on I refused to flag, or trip, any of them as they passed.
Eventually (10 minutes?), Kara came to our table, introduced herself and ended up redeeming our potentially negative review of the service. She was upbeat, friendly and showed an interest in seeing that we were made aware of the specials that were available.
While we had no interest in the 2-​for-​1 bottled beers that were available, we did decide to try the $ 0.30 wings. Skipping over mild and medium we chose hot. Others might have preferred an even hotter choice, but these seemed spicy enough so that you still could taste flavors. The wings were not very crispy but they were nice and juicy. The accompanying blue cheese dressing did not have any blue cheese flavor even though it had small lumps of what was likely blue cheese.
The draft beers seem to vary in price. My wife’s Brown’s Oktoberfest (appearing on the bill as Guinness) was $ 5. My Davidson’s IPA was $ 4.
I decided to try «The Whole Darn Farm» burger ($ 10.99) — a half-​pound of ground sirloin, topped w/​apple wood smoked bacon, smoked ham, Gouda cheese, fried egg, and sauteed onions w/​choice of fries or home made chips. The beef was cooked perfectly to my requested medium-​rare and had a nice grilled flavor. If I were to order this again I might ask to hold the onions since being sauteed they made the bottom half of the roll very greasy. I really should try to remember to try something other than a burger the next time.
My wife was tossed between a Reuben and the Slider Smörgåsbord. Here was an example of Kara wanting to help us make the best decision. Based on this discussion my wife chose the Slider Smörgåsbord ($ 8.99) — Three slider rolls with Andouille sausage, pulled pork, and a cheddar bacon burger, also served with either fries or fresh made chips. The pulled pork was tasty, but the pieces were not really «pulled apart.» The Andouille slider was simply a 3 inch piece of sausage cut lengthwise and placed in the small roll. Nothing exciting in the flavor. The cheddar bacon burger was dry. Since the patty is so small it’s not like you can specify how you would like it cooked.
As I’ve said before, the fries are OK, the chips are fewer but better.
Kara made a point of returning at the end of our meal to inquire how my wife enjoyed the sliders. We told her what I’ve written here and she was genuinely grateful for us sharing our opinion. She indicated that this would be helpful in describing the dish to future customers… and to the chef, if asked.
Once again, we expect to return. There are still some things we’d like to try. Noise level is high inside when there are fans rooting for their favorite team. Unless that is what you are going for, I suggest dining at a different time of day… but then it IS a sports bar!

This place is nice but not quite what I expected when I heard the radio commercial for a sports bar with 50 HD TVs. Its actually a pretty classy place. I would say there were about 20 TVs or so but not all of them were on sports.
We went around 5 o’clock on a Friday which ended up working out good because they have some solid happy hour specials. $ 2 domestic bottles and ½ price appetizers until 7 or so. Had the nachos, quesadillas, and wings. Portions were pretty big and we had no complaints about the food.
We sat at the end of the bar and at one point someone from the kitchen came to collect the dishes that the bartender had accumulated. The guy was upset that the dishes were not cleared and proceeded to curse out the bartender under his breath. I could really care less to be honest but overall it was a pretty classless display by him.
I’d return here for the happy hour specials sometime but probably not for any other reason.