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| - I'm starting to wonder if "gastropub" is just another synonym for "overpriced." Between this place and Deagans (the only other gastropub I've been to) I'm not really getting the appeal. This was my first time here, and while our experience wasn't terrible, I don't see myself coming back on purpose.
It's got "Tap House" in the title and on the surface, yes, the beer list looks impressive. The problem is that they didn't actually have any of them. There were several beers on the list that were stamped as being out of stock, so I tried to order not one, not two, but THREE different beers (that weren't marked as being gone) and all of them were out as well. After thinking about implementing a "three strikes and you're out" policy and sticking with water, I finally just asked the server to tell me which ones they actually had, but he couldn't. He also couldn't tell my friend what the seasonal vegetable was. Or answer just about any other question we had. I'm not a stickler for service so it wasn't a big deal, but they could stand to step their game up a bit.
The only thing salvaging this review is the food. It's really, really tasty, but it's also significantly overpriced. Between the four of us, I got the turkey club, one of my friends got the mac & cheese, and another got a burger with a black bean patty instead of meat. I'd be lying if I said my sandwich wasn't delicious. Turkey, bacon and avocado are three of my all time favorite things ever, but for $12 I expect a bit more than two slices of bacon and two baby slivers of avocado. They were so tiny I thought they actually forgot to put them on at first. The fries were also delicious (and I'm a total snob when it comes to fries), but again, way too expensive for what was basically a turkey sandwich on toasted white bread. We're talking Baker Square quality here (and I don't mean that as a bad thing... I'll throw down over some Baker Square). My friend loved the mac & cheese but my other friend thought the burger was just okay, so all in all it was pretty much a wash. Nothing was bad, but nothing was fantastic either. The general consensus was that for the price it wasn't really worth it.
If you're out before 8pm and just want a tasty dinner, I'd recommend hitting up happy hour at Lava Lounge. The food is just as good and significantly cheaper. If you're out after that and/or craving specialty beer this is definitely worth checking out, just be prepared that there's a good chance they won't actually have what you're looking for, even if it's on the menu and up on the wall.
I see people in other reviews talking about long waits, and I don't mean this as harsh as it sounds, but there's nothing here worth waiting for that you can't get somewhere else.
Bottom line: You could definitely do worse than the Tap House, but you could also do better for less money.
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