The Tip Tap Room — Restaurant in Boston

Brunch Review:

Beacon Hill doesn't have the best restaurant offerings but if you are in need of a good meal in the neighborhood, look no further than The Tip Tap Room.

Setting/ambiance: I came on a Saturday for brunch around noon in the winter and it wasn't too busy (which surprised me because of how good it was). It's unassuming from the outside but a really cool set-up on the inside with high top tables and a great bar with the extensive beer list and specials (when we went, it was an Ostrich Omelet, which was intriguing) written in chalk behind it.

Food: The brunch menu is small compared to other places which I actually appreciated. No choice overload. When I get brunch, I usually like to get my own "savory" and then a "sweet" to share with the table so I get a taste of something sweet but then I'm not guilty about it being my entire meal. One thing to note is that there is only 1 sweet thing on the brunch menu (which we of course ordered) but if you are looking for a variety of pancakes or french toast, The Tip Tap Room is not for you.

French Toast Donut Holes: WOW! These were delicious and came on top of homemade whipped cream (which I usually don't like) and caramel. The look and taste beautiful. See the attached picture for visual evidence. Would 100% recommend getting 1 (or 3) of these for the table.

Steak Burger: I had been craving a burger and this one hit the spot! It had a combination of an a1 aioli and tip tap dressing (which they described as ketchup with onions in it) with really good fries. The attached picture doesn't do it justice for how juicy it was. Would 100% get this again as well.

Value: also important to add, things are not too expensive here so you can spend under $25 for brunch easily which is tough to do in Boston.

I came to the Tip Tap Room expecting a good meal on a Saturday and got a great meal! This will definitely be one of my brunch staples and I want to come back and try it...

When you go to a place called The Tip Tap Room, you’re probably going there for something very specific… maybe Tips? Or maybe Tap (beer)… what you’re probably not going there for is brunch.

After three months of trying to schedule a time with family to go to The Tip Tap Room, the day had finally arrived! It was Saturday, March 30, at 1:30, and we were hungry for TIPS!!! We were surprised to find the place virtually empty, but hey, that just meant more TIPS for us. Imagine our shock when we were seated and handed a brunch menu.

No big deal, I thought—I’ll just ask for the dinner menu. Surely, they’d prefer I purchase higher-priced items at lunchtime, thus giving the restaurant more revenue. Alas, it was not to be. The host told me, with absolute certainty, that brunch was the only meal they were serving and that tips would not be available until the evening. However, if I wanted, I could order appetizers off the dinner menu—but not tips. So, we pivoted. We agreed we would order TAPS (beer) and apps and figured we’d decide what to do about a main meal after that.

Here’s where the fun begins. We sat and waited… and waited… and waited for a server to bring drinks, apps, or at the very least, to say HELLO. Alas, once again, it was not meant to be. After ten minutes of being completely ignored, we decided to leave—without a hello, without tips, and without taps.

On the way out, the very same host who had seated us cheerfully said, “Have a nice day,” apparently unaware—or unconcerned—that we hadn’t been there long enough to enjoy so much as a sip of beer or a single bite of food.

I have no idea how the tips or taps are at The Tip Tap Room, and unfortunately, I won’t be going back...

Walked here on the suggestion of the concierge at our hotel. Glad we did! There was a bit of a wait but the hostess took my phone number and texted me when our table was ready (about 30 minutes on memorial day evening.)

The bar and restaurant were full so it was a little noisy but not enough to dampen our conversation.

They have an extensive beer menu so it took us a bit to get through that but everyone settled on something delicious. I ordered the mai tai which was very good. Another person ordered the farm drink (sorry can't remember the exact name) but that was fantastic! If I could drink 2 drinks I would have gotten that.

We ordered the baked brie and duck drummettes (?) both very good. I could have used a little more notice in the brie and the duck was spicy but still delicious.

Our table had the poached pear salad, yummy, yummy! The steak Burger and both said it was very good and the antelope Burger, also very good with a delicate, not gamey, taste.

After dinner we got the blackberry bread pudding which was also very good alone with decaf coffee which was an excellent cup of coffee.

Pricing was what we expected for the location and the delicious food. We walked so I'm not sure about parking.

The staff were very friendly and they kept our meal timed well. They didn't rush us and it was almost like a team effort with water refills, taking dirty dishes and bringing drinks. It worked well and our evening...