Tanner’s Bar & Grill

We decided to come in tonight to get a quick bite to eat as we had company over from New Years. Not only was the food terrible, so was the workers professionalism and fellow customers. There were several customers that were clearly over intoxicated playing games with the bartenders with these ginormous cards, screaming, yelling, and taking shots. The bartenders were even taking shots with the customers! Unbelievable! We decided to stay because we were all hungry. I ordered the new tan man sandwich. It was supposed to have brisket, cheese, and an onion ring on it. Let me say when it came out it smelt good but it was the worst sandwich I’ve ever tasted. The mystery meat that was supposed to be brisket was so over cooked and hard it tasted like overdone jerky. It was absolutely disgusting. Needless to say I had two bites and just ate the onion rings. Good thing we had the cheese balls, so I at least had something for dinner. Wish I would have taken a photo of the sandwich and meat to show how burnt and overcooked it was. You literally could see how dry it was, even in their dim light. After all of this we will never be coming back and I hope the manager sees that their food is fresh and their employees treats their job as an actual JOB and not a party zone to get drunk with the customers.

Mixed bag here. TV’s are great, food is pretty good, but the service is weird. We go there a lot, and walk out without being served about 30% of the time. There are times when there is only one girl serving the entire dining room. We have sat for nearly fifteen minutes without talking to a single wait staff. Those times we walked out. Each time we told the girls at the door and they just said «ok, good night». They were pleasant about it but made no attempt whatsoever to correct the problem. When you get waited on, it’s pretty good. That is the sticky to this place though.
We do go there on Taco Tuesday some. Pretty good tacos but the sauce isn’t real good. Good salsa is not that hard to find and this isn’t the best. Tacos are not bad though. The soft shells are a really good buy.

Bar is always noisy and crowded, and their drinks are more expensive than average. If you’re looking for a place to catch a game or take the family, I would skip this place.

We had delivery! They were right on time. We had burgers with fries. It was very good to both of us. We also had several other things on the menu which was good. I will definitely eat here again. I’m not very precise on some things. But the service and food was good and that’s what matters the most!

The chicken tacos taste better than the beef ones in my opinion. They’re delicious with the red sauce, but taste dry without any sauce.

This place rocks! Moved here from Chicago, and this is my new go to. Watched blackhawks games, royals games, cardinals games, and karaōke on Tuesdays! Drinks are great. Unlike many people saying that service in subpar; I must say I always get my drinks and check fast. The servers are polite and well mattered. No complains. 5 stars.

I ordered four Taco Tuesday tacos ($ 0.99 hard shell, $ 1.49 soft shell) and a drink ($ 2.50) at my table. My order was served with a smile in about seven minutes. The tacos had plenty of ground beef (somewhat salty) and shredded chicken (very tasty), along with fresh lettuce, cheese, and salsa. The service was friendly, and attentive. The restaurant was clean, and somewhat dark, with music playing.

Tanner’s is a local sports bar chain and they do a fairly good job of providing what you want for a sports bar… namely lots of tvs, lots of fried food and a nice assortment of alcoholic beverages, namely beer.
This location is tucked away in a strip mall on the north side of 87^th so you may need to look closely to find it. Inside is okay, they provide lots of screens so you can watch who you want to watch. The tables and chairs to me look old and by old I mean it looks like this restaurant might have picked them up from a Cracker Barrel that was closing. I mean, I don’t exactly go to a sports bar because it’s fancy, but I was worried that the chairs might not be able to hold me (full disclosure: I’m not small, but I don’t have an issue with chairs.) I will say that I might have picked a bad table, but depending who you are and if you’re Kansas City-​sized like I am you might double check.
The food is good. The menu offers a variety of burgers (I like the egg booga,) chicken wings, chicken lips (get the buffalo dipped ones with extra blue cheese) and other sports bar staples. They also offer most American beers and Boulevard. I don’t remember seeing many craft options, but you can always ask your server. They might have bottles in the cooler where I didn’t look. You won’t leave hungry or thirsty.

Great service if you are in group like my co-​workers and I. It seems like if you show up as a couple you’re invisible though. Horrible service with my wife for 5+ years. The only reason to go back is the food is good. However that’s just not enough if I have to wait 20 minutes for the check EVERY TIME. Waitresses seem lazy and like they could care less about couples just groups. Tired of it I will find somewhere else.

I am done going to Tanner’s 87^th street. Have been going for years… however as a perfectly healthy young guy, the Coke or water they serve causes extreme gastric… emergencies. I am perfectly fine until I go and have a Coke or water (I don’t drink alcohol). Then in 30 to 60 minutes I have to run to the bathroom several times. even if I have not ordered or eaten food. This happened ONLY at Tanner’s. Never at home or anywhere else. Mentioned it to a doctor at Tanner’s –he pointed out that the clean their Coke serving glasses by dipping them in a tub of very strong detergent and then don’t rinse them off well. He had the same problem as me! So kudos to the doctor. I went several times and instead ordered a non-​alcoholic beer in a bottle — no problems! Prior I had to leave friends early at Tanners, miss games and rush home to take care of my gastric issues. All because they didn’t rinse the glasses of the strong detergent. I am never going back, Tanners is lucky I wasn’t sitting with an attorney that night I discovered the cause!

Just not as good as it use to be through the 90’s and 2000. Food quality has really declined

Not a huge fan… the fried jalapeño cheese balls are very good but the last time we went, my husband had severely underdone chicken wings… big no no and we haven’t been back since

We were deciding between this and the bar/​pizzaria across the street. I’m not going to name names but we decided to go with Tanners because the pizzeria smelled… like a combination of pink hospital soap and flatulations. We’re glad we went to Tanners. We had to wait a little bit for our food, but it was worth it. The buffalo chicken dip was everyone’s favorite. It’s normally around $ 9 but during reverse happy hour (9-​close) it’s only $ 5. I got a Bobs 47 Oktoberfest for $ 3.50.

Good place. Standard sports bar. Thursday is steak night and they do a pretty good job. Waitresses try to be prompt and take care of everyone. I really like when I see the manager out running around helping. Some managers think they are too good to do that.

Website says they close at 02am, they actually close when they want. I ordered a pitcher and within 5 minutes they said they were closing and they turned off all the TVA. We confronted the staff and they said «well this is what we do to tell people to get out.» Stay away from this joint that has amazing food but very poor customer service. The bartender is more concerned with going out with Johnny tonight than her job. Our server is drinking at the bar. Steer clear from this place, such a freaking joke. Bar rescue? Yep, I think it’s necessary. Go somewhere else!

Apparently the bar tender decides when the place closes. The website states they close at 2am and it’s currently 1230am and we are being asked to leave. I wouldn’t visit this establishment, they will ask you to leave as soon as you get you pitcher.

Came to Tanner’s to play poker as a surprise to the poker fan in my life :) Had a great time, with lots of players, good food, good prices, and good company. He even ended up winning poker, so it made it that much better! Typical of the other local Tanner’s in the area. Granted, I wish they’d bring back the macaroni and cheese bites, but probably better for me that they don’t.

Just left Tanners. Server asked us if we wanted refill on the soft drink and of course we responded with a ‘sure’. The bill comes and we have $ 9 in soft drinks. Tell server there’s a mistake on bill and she responds ‘we charge for refills’. No mention EVER of that when she asked if we wanted a refill. No place ever does that anymore.
Food was nothing special. Order was wrong so had to wait for them to fix. We certainly won’t be going back.

Sadly, I must bump it down to two. After so many years of great times and awesome service, both have taken a turn for the worse. I usually go on Friday, prime rib night. The past three times, they have been out of baked potatoes. Or.. . have they? ???After being told «out» the first time, servers proceeded to serve baked potatoes to people who came in long after us??? This particular waitress on this first «out» visit was exTREMELY patronizing to me, going as far as to mimick me when I asked what came on the baked potato! «It doesn’t come with anything until you tell me what it comes on it» (exaggerated blinking while she leans uncomfortably close to my face to say that.. . I am pretty sure I do not blink like that, but ok). What I already knew was «butter and sour cream, no charge» but just wanted to confirm. Twenty minutes (no exaggeration) later, she came back to tell us «out of baked potatoes». Mmmmmk. My bf remained chill, but I was ready to take off my earrings with this girl I do not know if the manager observed her body language with me or not, but he ended up comping part of our meal. Good move. He has always been awesome and attentive.
A few weeks later, we returned for another try. No potatoes. And then once more. No potatoes. This time, we got to hear music trivia night. A rowdy group with two middle-​aged heinously loud and drunk women sang every Eighties song at the top of their screaming lungs while their male companions feigned deafness. My casual, chill Friday night atmosphere was gone. I will say, they were busier, so I understand if management felt this was a necessary change in events to boost business, but we will not return unless absolutely out of options. The end of good times and a sad face here.

Tanner’s is certainly not my favorite place in the world, but one of my friends practically lives there, so I find myself there often. I’ve had good and bad… I love to go on the Fridays when they have prime rib. The prime rib is what bumps them from a 1 to a 2 rating.
I’ve had several issues with service — they seem to pay better attention to the men at the table then the women. Sometimes, I’ll have to tell someone in my party (male) to ask for a refill for me because I seem to be invisible. I even had a waitress have another employee come to me to complain about the tip we left (she didn’t realize that we had left part in cash and part on the credit card), which I found unbelievable that someone would have the nerve to do that.
The place is often too loud and dark and I was most horrified when accidentally being there once for trivia night and again when there was an Elvis impersonator, who besides being too loud was quite rude as he was setting up for his ridiculous show.
Do not go to Tanner’s to have a conversation.