Tap In Pub & Carvery

Tried the TTI Burger, was tasty and the fries were good.
My friends both had a pizza (I do not rate it, was 3 to 4 star)
The order did take a bit longer. But we were offered a free round oft beers instead before We could think of complaining.
Comparing the service and honesty to the customers to the meal and price I paid I give a 5 star. Well done.

Don’t let the size or location scare you. This is a small, off the beaten path place that has wonderful food and wonderful service! There are almost a dozen flat screen tvs throughout the place, HD virtual reality golf simulators, and a full bar. Definitely something for everyone! The food came out smoking hot… we actually had to let it cool down for a few minutes before we ate it. Our appetizer was poutine (the special of the day) — French fries topped with chicken, mozzarella, and gravy. Amazing!!! For the main course I got the fish and chips which also didn’t disappoint. The owner was walking around throughout the night (a busy Saturday) which was also nice to see. Will definitely be back again!

We live close by and want to like this place the food is good but third time we have been here with awful service! We have been here 30 minutes — drinks empty — water empty — and it isn’t even busy!

The pluses here are the beer list, lot’s of good local craft brews. The TV’s are awesome for watching sporting events. (Came here for one of the Cubbies losses to the Mutts) it’s a real nice place for a sports bar. They have golf clubs to test your driving abilities!
The negative was the slow service, there were 7 of us and many of our glasses were empty for too long.
The food itself is decent considering most of it is bar and grille food. We had burgers, which were good and there was one portobello burger that she liked. The wing apps were ok as were the potato skins.

We have been here few times. Its a nice place and their food is good. Definetly give it a try.

This is a great find. More people need to know about this place. Odd location. I had the pastrami egg rolls, aka Reuben egg rolls. They were delicious. Can’t go wrong with some delicious bar food. Will be back.

Tap In has great ambience, and some good food, but their menu is really limited, especially for someone who doesn’t eat beef or pork — but then again, it is a carvery. Because my choices are limited, I’ve only been exposed to certain things here — their fried pickles are awesome in taste, although I prefer mine to be in slices versus spear form. Their Mac and Cheese is AWESOME, but so very heavy! Their wings are good, but not the best. Their salads have all been mildly disappointing!!! Their Pepper Patty Burger is to die for (from days when I did consume beef) Now, their bread pudding, however, was singularly the BEST thing I’d tasted there, except it’s no longer on the menu! Super disappointing!!!

They have Kentucky bourbon barrel ale on tap! The food is delicious and the bartenders are super sweet and fun:)

Awesome food and great service! Lots of TV’s to enjoy the games that are on. We really enjoyed the wings and the cottage fries. Fabulous!

Had a great experience. Brought my two boys for dinner. The server let us sit in the golf simulator booth and put the Bulls game on the big simulator screen. Was almost like a movie theater screen. Great choices of tap beer and my boys loved the thanksgiving sliders. I had the shrimp po boy. Great flavor profiles on both meals. Cottage fries are some of the best I have had. A little pricy however. Have been back 4 times and will continue to go. Never very crowded which appeals to me but maybe not to someone looking for some social interaction.

You gotta try the Portobello Burger with Cottage Fries. No bread, no meat. The huge Portobello caps are the buns and the meat replacements. The caps were so thick and tasty. Grilled portobello caps, marinated vegetables, aioli, mozzarella, giardiniera peppers. I was satisfied when I left around 12:30 PM and was still not hungry by the time we went to dinner at 6:30 PM. We were the only ones eating at the time so the wait staff was attentive and friendly.

This restaurant is so tasty. I haven’t been there since they renovated it, but I am looking forward to going back. I had a burger from here and it was really delicious on the pretzel bun. The atmosphere is fabulous, all golf themed in a classy way.

We were sick of room service from the nearby hotel. Walked over here and had a great dinner! Very dead on a Saturday night at 8:30 PM, makes me wonder if they are going to make it.
Greeted promptly and given choice to sit at the table or the bar. Chose the bar. Bartender was very friendly, engaging, and competent. I got one (ok two) of the margaritas which were fantastic.
We both had the steak sandwich, which was cooked to order. Steak was cooked medium rare, as requested. Blue cheese and horseradish aioli was awesome on the sandwich. Homemade cottage fries were great.
Really enjoyed this place, but concerned it may not be there too much longer. Maybe they should offer delivery to Hotel arista. I would probably prefer that over the in house restaurant (from which we ordered multiple times).

Stephanie was awesome. Especially considering I was an out of towner late on a Sunday night.

They can put out all the signs along the road they wish, but their prices are too high. Unfortunately, there’s a lack of decent lunch places in the area, but no one is going to pay upwards to $ 20 for lunch and a drink at this place.
I’m sorry, but CityGate may have been a good idea in its time, but the economy has made the entire complex a great big fizzle.
Tap In may still appeal to the few people who still throw their money around, but for we poor working stiffs, it’s not in the cards.

I have been to this place 4 times now and have had very mixed experiences.
The first time we went it was great. I had the pastrami and it was great. My son is 2 and he had a mac and cheese. This place is great for kids. All kids are $ 1 and they even have mini utensils.
The 2^nd time I had the popcorn shrimp which again was very good. However, my wife had a salad. The first one was not edible for my wife so they exchanged it for another which was better but still not great.
The most recent time I again had the pastrami which seemed to be missing the mustard it had the first time. My wife had the turkey and it was extremely salty and she didn’t eat it. My son got the kids chicken tenders which tasted Ok but at least half of them were extremely over cooked. I tried to eat one and it was insanely hard and overcooked. Very sad our experiences turned bad :(I don’t think we will return again Did the chef change? Did they just stop caring? Not sure.

Good food and good service on a Friday night… Ordered Sam Snead drink, truck tacos and Peppered Patty with my wife. It was delicious.

FALSE ADVERTISING — CLOSED!
Before going for lunch on Friday 10/​18/​2013, we checked their «website» (which is their Facebook page) for specials (see screen shot); but in fact when we arrived the place was CLOSED with a sign on the door saying they were closed Thursday & Friday ¹⁰⁄₁₇ & ¹⁰⁄₁₈ for «repairs.»
The sign also stated to mention Tap-​in at the other Hotel Arista restaurants including Sugar Toad for a 20% discount; so we went to Sugar Toad. Before getting seated, I asked the hostess-​barmaid if the discount was valid, and when she said it was not, I asked to speak to the manager — And she replied «I’m the supervisor.»
When we returned home, we checked their website; and again there was NOTHING on them being closed.
It’s FALSE ADVERTISING to KNOWINGLY LURE patrons to come over when the place is closed.

Definitely impressed with this place!
I went with a $ 20 Groupon, quite honestly not expecting much… I mean, its attached to a corporate/​hotel type complex, thinking maybe it really just catered to a lunchtime crowd and hotel guests who would really eat anything. The place wasn’t very happening when we arrived on a Friday night around 7pm, so my first thought naturally was «Great we’ll get reheated crap because the kitchen staff is being sent home.»
It’s a short but concise menu: sandwiches, a few hearty entrees, some pizzas, and apps. The appetizers cover a wide array (potato skins, beef/​mushroom bites, tacos, wings), and we opted for the skins. You get three different kinds (buffalo chicken, steak/​blue cheese, and another that I couldn’t really figure out), so its good to share with another person. If you have more than one person, I wouldn’t share, because you’ll want to try all three. The potato was crispy and warm and had plentiful toppings. I would order this again, but would be interested to try the food truck tacos or beef/​mushroom bites!
I ordered the Thanksgiving Sliders and hubz ordered the Skillet Cheeseburger. Both meals came out on a wood plank with awesome presentation (see picture). I’m not always huge on sliders because I feel like you end up getting more bun than meat, but it worked really well for these. It was fresh carved turkey, cranberry sauce, a heaping pile of sage stuffing on each slider, and some kind of creamy, fruity mayo or cream cheese or sauce on the bottom. Whatever it was… It was thanksgiving in my mouth! The varying textures worked so well together. I was full after the first two and took the third one home (tasted just as good the next day). I would absolutely recommend these. Hubz really enjoyed his cheeseburger… it was cooked med-​rare (just the way he liked it) and served with gooey cheese and on a pretzel bun. Both were served with their cottage fries (like really thick chip-​fries) in a little basket, very delicious and not soggy at all (if you’ve had the chip-​fries at Quigley’s in Naperville, you know what I’m talking about when I say «soggy»). And to boot, both came with a little pickle jar! It had 4 – 5 different pickles in a tiny little Mason jar, how cute is that?!
For the size of the bar, it had some good beer options. I mean really, only 6 drafts, but they had the local options like Solemn Oath and Two Brothers, so I appreciate that. They also have some craft bottles and tall boys of the cheap stuff to match every flavor. They have some whiskeys there for the liquor folks, and a small menu of interesting mixed drinks to boot (something with mint and madagascar vanilla and cherry… hmmmm).
I can’t wait to order the chili next time, and would love to try their pizza buffet over lunch someday. Other reviews have said that they have a «creamier» type of cheese, which leads me to believe its kind of like St. Louis style (aka IMO’S), which I LOVE. If the open-​faced turkey sandwich is as good as the sliders, I would definitely get that too, on a warm snowy day. And if you love stuffing, I’d order up a side of their sage version of this. It was the perfect consistency and flavor.
Also…after we arrived, the place filled up pretty quickly. I’m glad this place is getting some business!

This is a nice convenient place for us to go to. They have a decent beer selection, and if you’re on cheaper side, you can get a selection of 4 old style beers (Beers of Yesteryear — Old Style, Hamm’s, Olympia, and Old Milwaukee) for $ 2.50 per can. I had flattish and disappointing Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA and tried some of wife’s Old Style which was both refreshing and nostalgic for me. The 5 cheese pizza with chicken ($ 11) we had was very salty, and I would only give them 2 stars for the food, but a 3 overall. Server kindly offered a remake or another item, but we did not bother. They have a golf theme based on having golf simulators upstairs. I’ll probably be back for the reasonably priced beer selection and convenient location.