Tap House Grill

Always good promotions going on. Great selection of beers and great place to watch any sport event. Will be there for the superbowl enjoying great beer with some buffalo wings (exotic saice is the best)

The food is good, service is friendly. It does get pretty busy at times, and rather loud. This is a good alternative to many places in the Glen, cheaper then Yard House, yet food is just as good, if not better.

Had a great time there the 2 times I’ve visited. There are great large booths, easy accommodating 4 people and their winter coats. I loved the cheese curd appetizers, and the burgers! I’m very picky, so I only eat plain burgers but my friend got the farm burger with the egg and enjoyed it. They have tons of local beers which I love, and samples of almost all of them. You cant sample the new Holland dragons milk, but it is very very strong. My husband loved it. Great location and atmosphere, I’m very happy to have this option in Des Plaines.

This is the first time I’ve been here for their food. My boyfriend and I came on a Saturday to watch the game. He got the California chicken club and I got the Stout burger. He said the chicken was rubbery on his sandwich but it was okay other than that. I asked for my burger to be cooked medium and received it well done– no pink inside whatsoever. I also asked for tater tots and received cold stale fries instead, even after the bartender had double checked which side I wanted.
Other than this experience, I absolutely love this bar. It’s my go-​to bar. The friday and Saturday $ 5 appetizers after 9pm deal is awesome and they have such a great beer selection. My boyfriend and I came for the 3 Floyds takeover and had a lot of fun. Even when it’s crowded, we still get great service. Everyone is always so friendly.

Tap House grill is my Friday go to but its really good any night of the week. Two of my favorite weekly specials are the Friday night $ 5 appetizers anything on the menu in sunday boneless chicken wings for $ 5. The draft beer menu is substantial probably about 80 beers on draft and unlike a number of other bars the selection of beers runs the gamut from local awards winning micro brews (e.g.Three Floyd’s) to real Belgian triples and, of course, seasonal selections. Good, but not superb, service can be expected, but the food makes up for it. Also a great place to watch sports.

Wings and beer were good but service wasn’t and that’s the biggest part for me.

We’ve been back to Tap House Grill a few times since my first review. Really wanted to like the place more, but they’ve been consistently mediocre. Each time we’ve been there, the space seems a little dirty (napkins and food on the floor — even during slow hours). Service has been inconsistent, and food is just average. Good beer selection. Nice space. Though, much prefer Blackfinn in Randhurst for better food and experience.

I am so happy this place is right in the neighborhood!
We were there last week and I had the pulled pork sandwich that had just the right amount of BBQ sauce on it. It wasn’t a big sloppy deal. And I had tater tots with it, dunking them in ketchup. What a great combo.
This restaurant is large and you rarely need to wait at all for a table. Staff is friendly, food comes out quickly. Can’t ask for more than that!

As soon as you walk in girls are waking around but no one cares to seat you. 6 high chairs all broken. Instantly ruined our dinner. Took forever to take our order. Get our food. When we did it was ok. Basically cleaned up our own table because of the kids needed all out of the way. Convenient but not worth any special trips.

I’m a huge chicken wings person. Everywhere I go, I will get wings if its on the menu. Long as it’s not some out of the box/​bag crap.
Tap house’s wing game is on point! They come in Asian, BBQ, buffalo or plain but who does plain? Boring tastebuds that’s who!
Great thing about the wings is they are not breaded. It’s plump meat and crispy skin carnage! Naw that cartilage!
Stop by Monday for their wing special and grab a specialty brew. Wings aren’t your thing? The burgers are legit as well.

Waren gestern am Burgertag im Restaurant. Jeder Burger mit Angus 5 $ … War super lecker. Haben immer ein Bier des Monats was ebenfalls im Angebot ist. Eine 4 seiten lange Bierkarte mit wirklich allen Arten von Bieren. Allerdings kam es mir eher wie eine Massenabfertigung vor wie die Bedienung uns behandelt hat. Sonst war alles in Ordnung allen hat das Essen geschmeckt. Als Vorspeise hatten wir hier Boneless wings (1 Teller für 5 Personen — reicht vollkommen) die waren richtig super!

I would give this place a 3.5 if that was an option.
Overall, this is a nice, new, modern but AVERAGE restaurant in Des Plaines with a nice outdoor patio. Come to this place if you are just looking to grab a bit to eat or have a drink. This is a popular place in Des Plaines and is usually relatively busy during lunch and in the evening.
1. Appetizers are all priced betweed $ 9 – 11 which is a bummer if you wanted to grab some small items. For example, fried pickles (by themselves) are over $ 9 and so are the cheese curds (by themselves). These are like add on side items and should not be priced the same as an entrée
2. Entrée portions are decent sized and presented well. I had the farm burger with egg. It was just okay because there was NO flavor. The patty had no flavoring at all. There was also no salt or pepper o the table. It was bland.
My husband had the BLT sandwich but it was bland as well. It did come with a nice side sauce (mayo w/​mustard?)
3. Drinks were pretty good. A large beer selection (few pages long) and their martini was strong (although you could tell that the waitress spilled about half a shot worth because the glass was noticeably not filled to the top.
4. For dessert we had the brownie which was just okay. You could tell that the brownie was not fresh and was warmed up. It was just okay.

A few buddies and I stopped in here a few months ago when they had a special 1 dollar draft night.
We ordered multiple appetizers, the curds and the totchos. Both tremendous and inventive. I ordered the 5 cheese grilled cheese, which I can’t find on their online menu right now. hope it’s still available, and it was the best grilled cheese I ever had!

I seriously wanted to love this place being that it is in the neighborhood. We sat outdoors on a beautiful night and continued to breath in the smoke from all the smoking patrons who would would stand 5 feet away from the railings torture us with their dragon feature.
We ordered the Bruschetta appetizer. Hard toasted bread with a pile of cold tomatoes and goat cheese that you would spoon on to it. Never had Bruschetta tis was and I never want to again.
I ordered the 5 cheese grilled cheese. Besides from having the bread cut the long way from the loaf it was miserable. Usually grilled cheese is melted. I opened the sandwich and could clearly see the unmelted slices. It was supposed to come with a pickle that I did not get. I asked if there was anything special about the fries — seasoned etc — the waiter said there was but they are know for their tater tots — ok I’ll try them. Tater tots tasted like they were from Aldi. They were served with a nasty sauce that I nearly choked on.
Waiter was not attentive. There goes $ 45 I’ll never get back.

Tuesdays are $ 5 burgers with a purchase of a beverage. It is only stated on their chalkboard and the waiters/​waitresses won’t even make a peep if you don’t ask to make sure. Same thing goes for when you order a side of sauce and they don’t warn you it’s an extra 50¢. My coworker was annoyed that ranch was an extra charge and she was not informed and confronted the waitress. The waitress apologized and then stated «It says it on the menu and it’s ONLY 50¢…». That’s not the point and you shouldn’t speak to your customer that way. So rude.
I came around 6:45 with a group of 10+ coworkers. We had two people waiting our party and they really could not get it together. One person would take our drink orders and the other would return confused because she didn’t know who ordered what. Several people in our party were easily overlooked by our waiter – even after I loudly yelled «Wait, wait, WAIT!!!». Nope. Just completely ignored. That’s not cool.
I ordered a Goose Island Green Line ($ 5, woo!). We all ordered our food and the waiter told my friend and I that he wouldn’t be able to split the appetizer between us because they’re not allowed to split one item. Okay… so how many things do I gotta order to split with someone…
I had the cheese curds to share. Not bad, but not worth $ 10. Most of their appetizers range from $ 9-​$ 10 – which I think is ridiculous because why would appetizers cost just as much, if not more, than an entrée?! I ordered the Farm Burger and wanted my egg over medium. When our food came, the food runners had no clue how any of the dishes were prepared or requested, nor did they know who ordered what. Three people in our party ordered the Farm Burger, one without cheese, one as stated on the menu and I asked for my egg to be over medium and my burger cooked medium. The one without cheese can be seen. But requests would only be known by the cook… so it’s just annoying to request my food a certain way and not know if I’ve received it the way I asked or if my coworker did. Clearly Tap House needs to get the communication between staff in line. The burger comes with your choice of fries, tots or salad. Fries were decent and my burger was as well. The bacon had a hint of sweetness and was perfectly crisp. Their house made pickles are sweet and vinegary – which I liked! But I know it’s not a traditional pickle.
I like the deals Tap House offers, but for my first visit, their service was mediocre and unorganized. It says something when we had two waiters who couldn’t get our drink orders straight, our food orders, and about half our party received their bills without the $ 5 burger deal. How do you manage to forget and remember and forget and remember the deal of the day. What a headache. Not worth the deals IMO.

Lunch hour service was very slow, long time to get our flavoured iced tea and entrees. There werent many people either… just laid back attitude by the servers. People have work to get back!

Tap House Grill should be commended for really owning the local/​regional restaurants. They have unique events at each place but have the ability to manage the restaurants well. The staff in Des Plaines is really passionate and really seem to enjoy the place.
I like the beer list each month and make every attempt to go there whenever there’s a new beer on tap.
I do admit to having a fondness for their tater tots and sandwiches.
So go there, enjoy and now that it’s nice out grab a spot outside!

Tap is a really nice place. We went for a friend’s birthday celebration. They had an entire area set up for the party with balloons. It wound up being pretty busy but that didn’t deter the serving staff. Our waitress, Marissa, was very attentive and knowledgable. She made good recommendations for the large beer list and was always checking in with our area making sure we had what we needed. This was especially nice since it was pretty busy!
Tap has a pretty large list of beers to choose from. What was really cool was that you could get samples of each for a dollar. The list was rather extensive. Of course I wound up getting a Summer Shandy anyway since I am a creature of habit.
My girlfriend got the Shrimp and Grits which was really good. I’m not a huge fan of grits in general but the shrimp was outstanding. Good flavor! I got the buffalo chicken wrap. Oh man it was good. The buffalo sauce gave it a nice kick — it was spicier than buffalo sauces I’ve had recently. The best part was that the bill was quite reasonable.
This was a great restaurant! This is a good place to post up before going to Rivers! Recommended!

I went here in a group after work to blow off some steam, and I just got back and have to say it was a very mediocre dining experience.
I ordered a farm burger, with fried egg, bacon, and no onion. Burger came with onions, fine I picked them off. Fried egg was fried within an inch of its life, no runny yolk at all, which is the best part of an egg on a burger. Bacon was really good, crisp and delicious. Burger patty is obviously a frozen patty, had that cylindrical shape to it and it tasted okay. They make their own pickles in house and they are very sweet, way too much sugar in the brine I think. Also, not pickled enough as they seemed like sweet cucumbers instead of pickles. The tater tots were excellent, I liked those very much.
I sampled a couple other things from my co-​workers’ plates. Nacho chips were really sweet/​artificial tasting. They honestly tasted like Fruit Loops. The cheese sauce they made was just mediocre, not too spicy and not very cheesy. Almost a bechamel sauce, but a lot of flour in it. I don’t know, I just wasn’t crazy about it. The wings need more sauce, as they were just fried chicken wings. You could barely taste any sauce or flavor. I did like their cheese curds, those were seasoned nicely, as were the tater tots.
The drinks were a little weak sauce. I ordered a strawberry margarita and it barely had any tequila in it. My other drinks were beers, can’t complain about that. I really did feel like they skimped on the booze in the margarita.
The good things about the Tap House are the service and the fried things. The tater tots and cheese curds were really good and seasoned perfectly. Our server did a great job separating checks for 8 people, even though we all ordered at different times and just kept ordering food constantly. Everything came out hot and in a timely fashion. I was just incredibly disappointed in the food. Their menu looks and sounds amazing, but the food was very lackluster indeed. The kitchen does a great job seasoning their side dishes, but fails when it comes to the prepared stuff, like burgers and wings. Especially those pickles. Man, I love pickles and those were just cucumbers dipped in sugar water. Disappointing. I would go back and have some drinks, but probably not food.

Had a great time here for a girls’ night out (high school reunion «pre-​reunion» get together). 38 craft brews, good burgers and mmmmm dooonuts. lol Homer Simpson would have been proud.
Traci was our server and she was super cool and friendly. We had a lot of great little conversations in between ordering.
This is a great hang out place. I really enjoyed the food and beers and since it has the bar vibe, our loud gaggle of ladies did not disturb anyone!
I love to discover «in the middle» places to meet up with suburban friends. They are between the city and burbs and just a quick drive off the expressway. This one was suggested by one of the girls who lives locally, and it was a great suggestion.
Love finding these little gems!

First visit, Memorial Day– wasn’t so good. Second visit Friday after was hopeful but again a disappointment. Will not return and recommend you spend your money elsewhere. Neither of these visits was the restaurant busy and the servers are just awful.
First-​Memorial Day– we were eating lunch, all 3 of us water drinkers and as it was a hot day we asked for a pitcher of water. It was never refilled. I was never asked if I wanted a refill on my soda. The chicken fingers I had were very good– light breading and not greasy. Tater tots sorely under done. Homemade pickles were just spicy cucumbers (didn’t sit long enough to be pickles).
At bill time we noticed the tater tots were an add on. I mentioned to the waiter (JD) if they were not included with the meal (as sides were for the other two in my party who ordered different entrees), he should have said as an «add on» or «for an extra charge» after sayingd «fries, salad or tater tots» immediately after I ordered the chicken fingers. He took them off the bill-​good thing since I had three.
It was not a good experience. The couple I went with and I were given a card for $ 10 off next meal expiring in 10 days. Not sure I would make it back or if I wanted to.
Another friend wanted to try it— so we did to take advantage of $ 10 off. Second visit 5÷30− Early dinner.
Asked for a pitcher of water– waitress said her manager would not allow (?) it. Instead brought us two extra glasses of water. Good move there and was hopeful.
Took a while to get our menus. Once she handed them to us she said– «so do you need a few minutes»? Uh, YEAH since you just handed the menu to me 2 seconds ago! She said oh well some people know what they want– well then we wouldn’t need menus then, huh?
I ordered the root beer beef with gouda and mushrooms. Bread was cold and there was no gouda at all. I had asked for soda with my meal. I had to ask for it again because she didn’t bring it. My friend ordered the primerib sliders; she said they were good– but not worth the money for the amount of meat on them. The waitress brought me some gouda but by that time the sandwich (I should say the meat-​) was cold. When I called her attention to the NO GOUDA she said– it is ON THE BREAD. When I showed her it was not, «oh, I never saw that before». My friend says, Id have been happier at Culvers’ or Panera”.
Oh, the salad was good. Tasty variety of veggies and good croutons. However, I asked for thousand and she came back telling me there was none (which is why I ordered salad, to have thousand dressing).
Maybe if you go there to drink and not eat you get better service, I don’t know. This place is a mess and i was disgusted even with the $ 10 off bill.
Maybe if you’re blitzed, it doesn’t matter that the food/​service is subpar.