Hatley's Pub — Restaurant in Beloit

This is one of the most attractive pubs in downtown Beloit. Has modern/industrial feel. Nice bar, lighting is comfortable dark-ish. That being said I've 2 bad experiences with the food. The first was a burger and onion rings ordered on a fish fry Friday - the onion rings tasted of fish. When I mentioned this the bartender noted that another customer had complained about the same thing but that it shouldn't taste like fish because we have a separate fryer. OK well, they do taste like fish - and so to her credit she took the rings off of my order.

The second meal was, frankly, awful. The flatbread Reuben special - at 14 dollars for this appetizer - was like no flatbread I'd ever eaten. The flatbread was basically unrisen dough allowed to harden. There were a few meager pieces of corned beef on it, a lot more sauerkraut, with unartfully dribbled thousand island on top. I ate what I could but left half of it.

The 2 separate bartenders I encountered both seemed skilled and professional, but were both lacking in friendliness. I found that odd, and so have to blame the owners for this lack of attention to the welcoming attitude from frontline staff that would have helped with...

Visited last night, a very bad experience.

Sat at a table in full view of the bar, got a menu after a minute or two, decent. Got my order in, and my drink..then it went downhill. The bartenders were so enamored in the conversations amongst themselves to notice the doorbell signalling food ready from the kitchen, 4 times. They finally checked on me, and I commented to them that I could see my food hanging in the window of the kitchen. Usually, places check on you about mid-meal and see if you are good...that didn't happen, they weren't paying attention. Finished the meal, and still had to wait about 5-10 before they wrapped up their conversations between each other and checked on me. I would have stayed for another beer, but with the bad experience during the meal, I just grabbed my check and left. The bar had less than 10 people in it, including the bartenders. I would have understood if it was busy, but it wasn't. I ended up leaving my personal worst tip ever, just rounding it to $20 on an $18.45 bill, with a note for them to be attentive and to pay attention to the...

I want to rate this place higher. It's a good spot to chill while waiting for your table at one of the many restaurants around it. That said, typically we're only there for one, maybe two beers. We weren't told about the minimum of 10 dollars for card purchase until we asked for our tabs, and sorry but I'm not about to spend 10 + tip on a 4 dollar beer. I'd actually be okay with it if that extra money that they're taking would go to the bartenders and not just into the pocket of the owner, but I doubt that's what's happening. If we would've known when we sat down, we would've ordered more to get to that 10, but it just comes across as them fishing for free money. There really should be signs posted everywhere since the majority of people pay with cards. Also, I know about the fee for credit card purchases and it isn't this bad, this is a place taking advantage of it,...