Tap House Grill

I visited this location a little after lunchtime during the week. The place is really big, but my son and I were he only ones there at the time. I’m sure it’s more crowded at night and on the weekends.
Anytime I see Wisconsin Cheese Curds on the menu I have to order it. Just can’t help myself. These were yummy. I was less impressed with the Crispy Shrimp Tacos. The rice and beans didn’t have much flavor and the tacos were just ok.
Also, for being the only ones there at the time, I thought the service was way too slow and she just wasn’t paying any attention to us.

Awesome food! We were looking for fish fry since its Lent and the fried cod was very good. Instead of chips I ordered the veggies and was pleasantly surprised it was so good, zucchini with olive oil and bit of garlic. The shrimp macaroni and cheese was so cheesy and creamy. Good selection of beers too. They have Steigel.

I’ll update my review. I am crushin’ on this joint down the street on Tuesday evenings… 5 $ burger night. ANY signature burger on their menu. Shiii, you can’t even get that at McD’s (not that they EVEN compare) just sayin’! And beer … You like beer? They got beer… About a mil’ on tap. Ok… Ok… Not a mil, but a plethora for any palette. We prefer to take a seat at the bar, we feel service is better.
My personal fav is the Farmer Burger, but the tipsy burger is a common favorite from other friends. Hubby gets the blue cheese burger, always pleased. The side salad is a fresh choice as your side, and really good. All their salad dressings are homemade. Not bad for a bar joint, right? But… With that said. The tots are the bomb.
See ya on Tuesday… Gonna change my burger up next week!

Pretty nice place. I don’t know if it’s because of the hidden location but it never seems real busy there even on Saturdays. The Charlie Fox location next door seems to be the same way. Anyways, I’ve been there twice and both times the service was on the slower side but the food was good. The first time I had a burger which was good and the last time I went there I had the steak tacos. I wasn’t expecting much seeing as this is an American bar, but the tacos, black beans and rice tasted just as good as if they were made in an authentic Mexican restaurant.

If I could give zero stars I would, wife spills her glass of wine because of a rickety table and you refuse to comp her? Been coming to this neighborhood bar weekly for 5 years now, apparently loyalty counts towards nothing. Thanks Nate (new GM) for nothing. As convenient as it may be to come back, we won’t.

Went here for dinner with the family! Had a wonderful meal and great attentive service. I got the apple walnut salad which was delicious. My husband had the steak and ale wedge salad. He said he would get it again in a heart beat. The steak was prepared wonderfully and seasoned to perfection. My kids had burgers and corn dogs and they enjoyed their food as well. I tried a Moscow Mule and that too was great. Tastes like a mojito and a vodka tonic had a baby. My husband enjoyed their Shiner Holiday Cheer beer. It had a grapefruit sweet taste. He really enjoyed it! Glad we went here tonight.

Great beer selection, shrimp tacos were great. Lots of Tv’s to watch your favorite game.

Everytime I go to Tap House, the service is outstanding and the food is well presented and tasty. The steak and potatoes are a good choice if you want a hardy meal. I enjoyed the wings last time as well. The atmosphere is great for a Friday night and I will be back soon.

Highly recommend the Tipsy Stout Burger.
Stout glaze over Certified Angus Beef, covered with Merkts cheddar cheese and crispy haystack onions. Served on a pretzel roll.
I have tried almost every burger on the menu, and this one wins-​hands down.
Leave room for dessert!
The Ten, Fresh-​Sticky chocolate caramel doughnuts is a no brainer!

Great bar food. At least 3 stars above Buffalo Wild Wings.
Food– We started off with some nachos, which once we got past the top layer of lettuce, were actually quite good. They had pulled pork on them which was cooked nicely. For dinner I had 10 BBQ wings. These are the best wings I’ve ever had besides melnicks in Chicago. They had a lot of meat on them and the sauce tasted homemade. The exotic sauce is the best wing sauce they have by far though. I’d recommend this place any day over any other sports grill in town. The root beer was draft too which tasted awesome.
Service– Service was nice and we had a party of nine and they brought everything pretty fast.
Took off a star because I had the prime rib sliders and while the horseradish crème was amazing, the meat was really fatty and made the sandwich inedible.

Beer selection is excellent and the staff is very friendly. However, Id say the food is good not great just typical bar fair. I’d recommend coming for some drinks and apps rather then a meal unless you want a very basic burger or sandwich.

Not what you’d expect for bar food been here several times and never had a bad meal. Tuesday’s are half price burgers really like the Farmer Burger and of course you gotta have the tater tots.
Huge drink menu for beer and mixed drinks so far enjoyed all but one and they offered to replace it no charge. Definitely a nice local pub to visit with friends and family. If you like whiskey and peach schnapps order the peach lightning it blends the two unlikely spirits with lemonade resulting in a great beverage.

Omg. Dog food !!! They run this place like morons! Go in there and try the old wings and never go back if you dare. The rest of the food just like I said. Alpo brand or chuck wagon.

Very nice atmosphere. Dropped in and had a bowl of soup and deep fried bacon. The food was ok, but I gave 4 stars because of the super atmosphere and service. I plan on going back with friends (maybe after a rugby game) and trying their burgers.

So, I don’t know why, but my husband loves this place.
Ok. I know why. they have deep-​fried bacon. I love bacon, but deep-​frying it makes it super, super salty.
Anyway. We arrived at 8:30 pm on a Saturday night and sat ourselves. We were one of 5 groups of people in the entire place which is kind of sad for a Saturday. Unfortunately, the booth we chose was filthy. As in, it hadn’t been cleaned since the people left. But, it was a corner booth and I wanted to sit there. I have a thing for corner booths. Our waiter arrived in 5 – 10 minutes. He brought us water and had good suggestions on the beer menu.
On Saturday nights from 9 pm to close, they have a $ 5 appetizer menu. Basically all the appetizers for $ 5. It’s that simple. He did allow us to order a couple of $ 5 appetizers, a few minutes before it actually turned 9 pm, which was nice. It worked out in his favor because we ordered like 6 of them; pretzel sticks, cheese curds, quesadilla, some sort of loaded tator tots, deep fried bacon and fried pickles. My husband also ordered mac and cheese for himself. Even though it wasn’t necessary. We had tons of food left over.
Appetizer-​enjoyer aware. The «nacho cheese» that comes with everything is not normal cheese. It was the weirdest cheese ever and a HUGE disappointment to say the least. It came with everything. It was brownish yellow and chunky, but instead of chili cheese type cheese, it just seemed curdled in texture. It literally looked like vomit. And it was disgusting. The tots were covered in them and very disappointing. If you’re brave, order it on the side. It was literally the GROSSEST cheese I have ever tasted (even more than the stinky foot cheese my dad used to buy).
Pretzel sticks were average, baked from frozen pretzel sticks. They came with cheese and honey mustard dipping sauces.
Fried pickles were delicious, but the fried part slid right off. But they were sweet and interesting tasting.
Deep fried bacon as mentioned above. super salty, but if you’re into that thing, whatever.
Loaded tator tots: whatever wasn’t covered in the disgusting cheese was pretty good. I mean, tator tots are tator tots.
Fried cheese curds. Decent, not the best I’ve ever had. Not the worst I’ve ever had.
Quesadilla. Pretty tasty, but very messy. None of them could be eaten as a finger food. I ended up cutting them with a fork and knife. They were laid together and so I would pick one up and the tortilla would be missing on the next. Tasty, but needs better presentation.
The drinks were good. Until the end of June, summer shandy is $ 3.75. They have a monthly beer special and daily drink specials. I had the 21^st amendment Hell or High water Watermelon ale. It was delicious and I highly recommend it. Perfect light taste of watermelon, a great summer drink. They have the 10% Not your Father’s Rooter, but I guess every one does nowadays.
Our waiter was really nice and friendly so that was probably the best part. Food was severely lacking. I ordered a side of tator tots that never showed up. But we weren’t charged for them either. I’ll probably be forced to go back eventually for the deep-​fried bacon my husband loves, but it is definitely not one of my top choices (or anywhere near it).

A little disappointed with my meal at STC’s Tap House Grill.
I’ve been to the Glen Ellyn location, which was okay, too. I don’t think I put in a review for that one, but I ordered the same dish.
My group arrived 10 minutes before noon. We seated ourselves to a mostly empty restaurant and bar. They offer your standard bar fare: burgers, sandwiches, entrees, salads, and some specialties that didn’t seem too special to me.
I went with the Kobe Burger (which probably wasn’t Kobe; none in the U.S. really is really Kobe, but I have no idea) cooked medium along with a house salad. I ordered the balsamic on the side.
Our order was taken relatively quickly, but we didn’t receive our food until about 12:30. The wait had to be between 20 and 30 minutes. I was surprised because the restaurant was empty (one big party had their food before we sat down).
My burger was blah. Salad was okay; my co-​workers ordered wraps, burgers, and sandwiches. My bill was 15.69; definitely not worth it. The burger tasted normal and needed lots of ketchup. I ordered it medium and it was medium well, almost well done.
I won’t be returning; I’d prefer a McDonalds burger for taste, and more importantly, price.

Tap House Grill is another place I want to love, I just don’t. The food is fine. The drink selection is good. The Specials are usually great, but the service kinda stinks. It’s typically slow and unenthusiastic. This is fine for me because I’ll just tip less, but I’m sure the appropriate tip aggravates the servers, which allows them to continue to be slow, no fun and not happy to be at work.
As for the menu, the apps are all decent. I do really enjoy the nachos by comparison to other bar type places. I don’t eat burgers, but I hear they are good. The salads are all good too. As for the beers, there is a good selection and usually something is on special.
Side note: we went for the family NYE 2015 a we probably won’t do that again. It’s such a shame, because the concept was awesome, but the execution needs work.
This location has been in business six years, or is it eight, I think six, they just had an anniversary week, but some attention to detail is going to be needed to make it another six.
I’ll definitely go back, it’s close, big and convenient with kids, so I hope some improvements begin soon.

How can you miss with 40 beers on tap? Excellent food, great staff. We will be back sooner than later. My friend was disappointed on three things. 1. No NFL ticket, we could only watch the Bears game. 2. No Labatts. 3. No Bass to make a proper Black & Tan. BUT they do have Small Town Brewery’s «Not your fathers root beer» beer on tap (10.5%, not the 19.5%, but thats ok)

When you travel with a youth hockey team & their families, finishing a place capable of accommodating you is tough.
This weekend we had some awful experiences from some very well known restaurants in the Chicago area.
Tap House stands diametrically opposed to those other places. The restaurants sits on a quiet section of a country road. The place is quaint, but really inviting. The food was delicious — like surprisingly innovative, yet accessible. You think, «oh, beer & burgers; where’s the innovation?» I know… but the menu was really a treat.
Speaking of treats, make sure you end on the homemade Kit Kat & the donuts. Both were great.
Oh! And «adult» root beer? Amazing.
We loved this place, ate well, laughed a ton & were blown away by the service.
Kudos, Tap House!

Was here yesterday around lunchtime, for the first time since I was a kid.
Unfortunately there was only one cook and they did tell us the kitchen is backed up. We decided to stay anyway.
It took our food at least 45 minutes to an hour before it was done. Stressful that we had to wait that long, I wasn’t nearly as hungry as when we arrived, by the time they brought us the food.
I did speak with the server, he said the restaurant was changing managers and that they had accidentally messed up the schedule. Poor employees, they were running around busting their asses (yet remained polite and kind all the while).
I ordered the tipsy stout burger. It was pretty good, a little sweet from the sauce.
Boyfriend ordered the farm burger (has an egg), said it was really good and it looked really good.
I give this place a thumbs up for having Sprecher root beer on tap, and tater tots as a swappable side for the standard fries.
–Will be giving it 3 stars, until I come back for next (and hopefully better) experience.