Tampa Tap Room — Restaurant in Florida

It pains me to give bad reviews because I hate to see how the service industry has been struggling over the last several years. However, I cannot, in good conscience, let others go in blindly to this place.

We entered the restaurant right when it opened. Maybe that was our mistake.... it smelled very strongly of cleaning solution and while there are worse smells, I don't want to smell that while eating.

We were greeted by the bartender and was told she needed to check in the back to make sure the chef was there because he wasn't there earlier. (Probably shouldn't say that to the customer?) That was another red flag because even though they just opened, shouldn't there have been somebody prepping food in the back? She came out and said there was and to sit wherever we wanted. She also mentioned they had great food.

We ordered nachos and when it came out, it didn't look like anything special. I had one chip with all the fixins and it was cold and tasted like everything was straight out of a can. I thought the temp might be an anomaly so I tried another one and no. When the bartender came over to check on us I told her it was cold. She seemed genuinely concerned and took the plate into the back. Almost immediately, the guy who I assume is the cook came out and said something like "What was the problem?" I said "it was cold." He said, "It's supposed to be. It has tomatoes and lettuce on it." I said, "But the chili and cheese sauce is not supposed to be cold. You can stick your finger down the middle of it and see that it is cold." He then turned around and walked away, clearly not happy. About 10 to 15 minutes later, we were about to leave due to the time it was taking. But the bartender must have either realized on her own that it was taking a long time or realized our frustration and went into the kitchen to check what was going on. She came back out and said that It would be right out. 5-7 minutes later, we left. If it's taking that long, they are remaking something really special and I wasn't interested in whatever extras might be added.

There are so many great places in Tampa. And I know I'll get, "What do you expect from bar food, PJ?" But I've had GREAT bar food in Tampa. There is no excuse for the terrible food or the chef's attitude. There is no reason for me to come back and try this...

This place is SHADY-and DANGEROUS I was attacked by a woman here last night and left with a huge bump behind my ear from her shoving me to the ground on the patio and then she tried to attack me more when I didn’t fight back. Then she raged and tried to jump me and she had three or four people holding her back so she didn’t beat me. The woman committed a hate crime when she yelled at me (while shoving me to the ground) to get the fudge out of the country and that she hated Jewish people (I’m not even Jewish) and the bar kept serving her and her friends. This is the ghetto place of Carrollwood. I had two double drinks on two tabs because I left to go get smokes at Publix in between my two drinks. They charged me 34 each tab. I’m disputing fraud. I would have called the cops when I was attacked but cops usually take all drunk people to jail. I went today to look for cameras because I spoke with my attorney and they said go to the hospital and I could file a lawsuit for negligence on the bar since I didn’t know exactly who that woman was. That woman should be charged with assault and instead she was served more drinks. These are the patrons that frequent this place. Shady. I’m pretty certain there is some illegal background business here..stay away

And I’m still considering calling the cops to report that woman because she’s very violent and could have seriously injured me if my head hit the pavement instead of the edge of the chair. She obviously is a mean drunk, a bigot and could end up murdering someone with the rage she has. I...

We order food from the Tampa Tap Room last night. I was in the mood for a hamburger, but not that frozen stuff (if you know what I mean). I wanted to be able to taste the flavors of ground beef, maybe some flame, and a non-bland taste when I bit into the burger.

So, we decided to give Tampa Tap Room a shot. We called in our order for pick-up. Honestly, we had a bit of a challenge finding the Tampa Tap Room and the green and white lightening didn't stand out to us, so we ended up calling and found it tucked away next to the golf shop. We parked and walked through the breezeway of restaurants and picked up the food. It was cool to see a restaurant filled with pool tables.

Back to the food. We ordered two well done burgers and an order Old Bay Wings. I must say the food was delicious. My teenager basically inhaled the burger before I could finish mine, lol. The wings were also on point. There are a lot of burger places in Tampa and we've tried many of them; however, Tampa Tap Room has to be on the 1-5 list of best burgers in the area.

I highly recommend the Tampa Tap Room; especially when it's getting late. A lot of places seem to close around 8:30pm - 9:00pm on Friday, so your hands can get tied when trying to find something to eat that won't make you sick. And how about those days where you spend a decent amount of money to be let down! That's where you'd be like, "I should have just gone to McDonald's.". Thankfully, the Tampa Tap Room will not let you down. Give...