Tall Tales Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Hollister

To advertise that you have a game room, and sell a game card, but half the games don't work or the card can't actually be used for more than one person to play, very lame! To note: Pool table is rent by the half hour, didn't ask how much, because someone was already playing. Game pass is a 1-hour card for $10, not bad, except the golf game requires extra money and you can try to scan the card multiple times but it times out and won't allow extra scans. Same thing happened with the basketball, we couldn't do two players with the kids because the card would time out and not allow a second scan. Silly! Other games broken or not working. Not worth an hour of time, at all! Also, I know not much they can do about the following, but a group of about 10 guys (in their 20-30s) came into the game room and were extremely loud, obnoxious, and literally the type that probably broke the games (they were throwing basketballs from in the restaurant 20 feet away into the game), yet no one said a word to them. As a small family of four with 2 kids, we were just trying to enjoy a few games and these guys were true jerks. I know you can't control people, but you can tell them to play right or leave! Otherwise, you'll be stuck fixing and paying for machines, or the place will lose the machines in time.

Food: Pretzel was OVERCOOKED! Price seemed high, but the pretzel is really huge, so it would have been worth it if not overcooked. The dipping sauce (like a brown mustard) was too thick to dip in, but was quite yummy, so 3/5 stars overall. I had a bbq grilled cheese. It was pretty dang greasy! But, it was very yummy, I just knew as eating it that my stomach would revolt later - somehow need to work on not being so greasy. Fries were good. 4/5 overall. They were out of 3 beers in a row that I asked for (all tap beers). The place was dead, so I guess they were out from the day before (we did visit on a Saturday). Frustrating that they couldn't just tell us up front or maybe make a note on the menu or something if you're out of that many beer choices! Beer also wasn't very cold. Wife had a chicken sandwich and said the chicken was huge and was yummy. She was happy 5/5. Oldest had a burger and said it was good, he also couldn't finish it and the fries. 5/5 Fry count changed per plate, all had meals, but some had a HUGE pile of fries and others had like a 3rd of that. Not too much of an issue, just needs better managing. I'd say with better kitchen management and quality control of food, this place would be good. We'll say it was a Saturday and there was barely anyone there, so that's probably what makes the most sense to mention... WAY OVERPRICED. We ended at $130 for 4 people, and one didn't even...

Okay, so I don’t ever leave reviews but wow. We are a group of 4 in town staying at Anglers doing the Big Cedar Lodge experience - playing all the courses…. And all of us were looking forward to ending every night at Tall Tales as it is right beside the hotel. We’re huge sports fans so a sports bar being at the hotel was a big win. We got in Thursday and we closed down that place… ate and drank and had an incredible time. Had a great time with the staff, played pool, great drinks. Then Friday we got there 2 hours before kickoff for a game we wanted to watch. I asked 3 times for the main screen to be on the big Friday game we wanted to watch which makes a lot of sense. Apparently they didn’t communicate well but that’s fine, things happen. We asked for a 4th time 10 minutes before kickoff… they said another person requested the main TV for another game which is insane because we asked several times and the bartender told us, the guy in the red shirt requested it first but he got there an hour after us, lol. One of us kindly asked the guy if he minded if the main screen was on the game… he was like sure… THEN the manager rudely came out and said we were disturbing guest and that she wouldn’t be changing the channel. We were completely respectful and said that not what’s going on and that we had been asking for the game and we simply asked the one guy and he was totally cool. She told us to stop asking (with a huge attitude) and be happy with the game being on the small TV and acted like we were acting like maniacs. We chose to go somewhere else after that experience which sucks for her staff because we were going to be spending probably 1,000 dollars there between now and Tuesday over our 5 day trip in that bar. Terrible manager. Has no clue how to handle customers. We’re all around 30 and I think they are used to an older crowd and she just decided disregard the request of the younger crowd. Again… I never leave reviews. Awful management though. I feel bad for the employees if that is how she handles things. I would not go to this bar if she is the manager on duty. JUST FYI, we LOVED OUR BARTENDER AND SERVERS. Sam is super cool, she was great Friday and took good care of us. Hope Sam had fun at the Breaking...

The price point is extremely high. We ordered fried pickles which were over breaded and under cooked. There were only 3 options for kids meals and they were all 15$ . My son didn’t care for the options so he ordered chicken wings. He usually smashes 20 wings but began complaining after one. We thought he was just being picky so my husband and I tried one. Those poor chickens dies in vain! They were soggy and the meat clung to the bone like the Ozark hellbender clings to existence. I ordered the the shrimp tacos. Again over breaded undercooked in a soggy tortilla that was mainly filled with “cabbage” and “pico de gallo” the pico was diced tomato and the cabbage was iceberg lettuce. The interpretation of pico was kind of like johnny Morris’ interpretation of nature. Most of the ingredients but none of the actual beauty. My husband ordered the double burger which he ate because he’ll eat anything. I tried his cole slaw and it tasted like someone has poured sour beer in it. Somehow it tasted boozy. Maybe they ran out of vinegar and opted to use the catch tray from the bar. All in all we spent 90$ to eat three sides of fries. In true Morris fashion it’s flashy, expensive, but fails to deliver. The food reminded me of sinkholes and Bradford pears. This restaurant, much like his “cave” is doing the Ozark region no favors. Do yourself a favor and avoid this like a water patrol boat...