Kelly's Tap House Bar and Grill — Restaurant in Red Wing

I wish I could give this place a 2.5 star, but that's just not an option. This was my wife and I's first stop and there were some good things and some bad things, but definitely room for growth. After asking a neighbor about this place, we went with some recommendations of theirs, but I think I would need to give it one more shot to see if anything would change.

Sign said to seat ourselves, so we went for a patio spot on a beautiful day that we had. As soon as we sat, it took a bit of time for someone to approach our table and assist us and it wasn't very busy either. Ounce we did get a server, we were able to order some ice cold adult beverages - Kona Longboard and a Sam Adam's Cherry Wheat. We also ordered our first recommendation from our neighbor, the Burnt Ends Appetizer.

These bad boys are the ends of their smoked brisket and served with your choice of sauces. We went for the a berry puree and the house made BBQ sauce. Both sauces were delicious and definitely worth ordering, but not all that big for what you pay for. As for the main plates... Well lets get to those.

My wife went for the broasted chicken while I went for a pork belly burger. Lets start with the better of our two plates, the broasted chicken. The chicken was cooked perfectly and it had a really good seasoning to it as well. I've tried a lot of broasted chicken and Kelly's is up there. I've had better, but it was delicious. But, since it's chicken... There really isn't much else to say...

As for my pork belly burger (and another recommendation), Nothing to brag about at all! The burger was pretty boring and bland, I've had better pork belly elsewhere, but the addition of the gouda cheese was a smart decision. Another smart decision was the pretzel bun to help with just how boring this burger really was. I have a dozen other places Id rather enjoy burgers at...

They have quite an extensive list of brews on tap, including Minnesota brews, but like too many other taphouses, not enough variety. You're probably wondering how there I can say such a thing after just saying they had an extensive list. Well, having mostly, heavier ale's and IPA's isn't very diverse at all. They had around 30 plus brews on tap and I would guess that 80-85% of the selection was nothing but these two options.

If we do happen to go back to give this place another shot, I'm really not sure what I would order, but I'm hoping it's a better experience than our first. Really nothing to brag about, but than again, there really isn't much in Red Wing to brag about in...

We have been to Kelly’s twice in the past 4 months, with neither experience being good. Ironically we had the same exact issue both times. The wait staff seemed uninterested in serving us, even with our pricy order of Ribeye, New York Strip steak, an appetizer, and some add-on shrimp. After waiting about an hour to get our food (neither time was busy), the sides came out cold, and the steaks which we both ordered medium well came out like blue rare. And of course being the Minnesotans we were, we didn’t really want to make a stink about it, but it was to the point where we just could not eat the steaks. We asked the waitress to have them put the steaks back on the grill or something and after 20 minutes they both came back still rare! After waiting another 20 minutes for our waitress to come back we told her about it and she felt bad about the situation as we did not continue to eat the steaks and removed them from our bill. Don’t get me wrong, we have been there probably close to 10 times over the last 3 years and never had any issues prior to the last 2 experiences, but it just goes to show that whatever they have going on in the kitchen isn’t jiving with regards to cooking steak. I didn’t even want to post a review about my experiences, but I hope someone who wants a good steak, the way they ask for it reads this and chooses to go elsewhere. Tap selection seems cool, and the appetizers are good, but not for higher...

Second time eating here. First time we sat outside on a beautiful day and it was a good experience so we went back. Second time, was less good. We were inside and the room was so loud and the sun was in our faces through the large windows. No blinds/shades. No sound absorption at all. Saturday at 5:00 so they were busy and we didn't have to wait for a table, but we waited almost an hour for our food. The busser only brought out 5 meals for our table of 6 and for some reason thought that we were "good." I said we still had one more meal coming. Two kids both ordered brisket mac and cheese. He left and came back with something that looked very different from the first kids' plate. I asked why it asked why look the same. He copped attitude, rolled his eyes and said "it's the same thing." I said this is for a kid (a picky one) and he thought it would look the same as his brother's and sane as he ordered our first time at the restaurant. He stormed off and said something to the server. She came over and I explained what happened. She was kind, apologized and said she would comp his meal for the inconvenience. I wasn't expecting that, but was happy. She brought the new one out, but it did take a long time again. Then when she left the bill, the meal charge was still on it. I just paid it anyway. Didn't want to deal...