Uptown Kitchen + Taphouse — Restaurant in Rogers

Come for the Craft Beers, and if You Must, Stay for the Food.

They have a great selection of craft beers and they are very-well integrated within the Untappd app for tracking and socializing about beer. They offer flights and I highly recommend going that route to sample as many of their beers as possible.

We started out with their Growler Nachos ($13) with Chicken (+$2), it's their daily-made corn tortilla chips smothered with mozarella cheese, black beans, pico de gallo, pickled red onions, taco sauce, crema, and topped with guacamole, cotija cheese, and cilantro. For entrees, all four of us opted for burgers. I ordered the Home-Sweet-Home Cheeseburger ($12), a patty topped with sweet marmalade and cream cheese, served with lettuce, tomato, and onions, and a side of Sidewinder fries. The flavor combination was real good--I never would have thought to add marmalade and cream cheese to a burger, but they make it work! The only problem was it was overcooked (I ordered it medium) and it was well-done and dry. My date ordered the Inferno Cheeseburger ($12), topped with green chili and thin sliced jalapenos, with pepperjack cheese and their signature kickin' aioli, and served with lettuce, tomato, and onion. She was underwhelmed by the blandness, lack of spice, and stinginess of the aioli. When she asked for extra aioli, they abliged, but then charged us $0.50 for it. There's a strong argument to be made that there wasn't enough on there to begin with, so why charge? Will they charge for extra ketchup? The kids ordered The Classic Cheeseburger ($11) and loved it--the kids burgers are getting to small for them... sniff. The Sidewinder fries were fantastic! Make sure you have them as your side.

Overall, this was a good place to sample a wide variety of craft beers and in doing so, stuff your face with OK bar food. I would recommend this place to locals and tourists and when we come back to Bentonville, I would give it...

Inspired…

We went and dined in on our day off on a Tuesday afternoon.

There was no one in there but us, which was perfect.

We went to use the lavatory first to wash our hands. The facilities were top tier. It was quite obvious that this place had been seriously invested into. The decor was themed like a casual access/upscale modern tap house with beautiful cemented floors, beautiful wood tables and a gorgeous bar with almost endless beer choices.

Our server, Mabel, was jolly, warm and pleasant, which felt so good as this was our date day. She was also knowledgeable about some of the history of the restaurant because, I asked out of curiosity. Thank you, 🙏 Mabel you were top notch.

We ordered the Pork Butt Slider with fries and Chicken Bacon Club sandwich with a side of the Brussels sprouts.

When the food came to the table, the plating was fabulous. Already super impressed by that.

We ended up splitting the two entrees with the excitement building, as we were about to eat.

I bit into the slider first and mmm mmm mmm 😋. I said to my husband, we made the right choice today. I tasted the fries (and I’m a fry snob) they were hot and crispy, beer battered. I already knew the rest of the tastes were going to be a treat. I was right as Ao bit into the brussel sprouts and then the chicken club.

This restaurant has won many awards and today was a pure experience. The ambiance was right…the food was literally perfect…and our server was superb (balanced, super sweet, pleasant and intuitive).

Bravo 👏

I will end restating my first point. This establishment is truly inspired. As a restaurant owner, it was truly an honor to have eaten here today…truly a...

My friend and I came here for lunch the other day and it was an awkward experience. We came in and waited to be seated like the sign said at the front. There wasn’t a worker out in the main area, but when one came out he gave us a weird face and just pointed to the room like we should’ve known to seat ourselves. He gave us a menu and water pretty quickly after we sat down and got us our order a little later. Food was delicious and hot when it came out. However, he ignored us for the rest of the time. It took him forever to come by our table to. It seemed like he was ignoring us even though we barely said anything to him. He gave a table that came in after us their check well before he came to us. He was just wandering around outside, put back chairs from the bigger party in the room, or was watching tv behind the bar. He avoided eye contact every time he passed the table. By the time he came to our table he dramatically picked up our napkins individually and plates and asked “do you need something or?” I asked for the check and he came back and dramatically handed me check with his hand held out and said “since you asked for it” kinda rudely. We ordered two salads and fried pickles and took well over an hour from start to finish with barely anyone else there.

I’ve never had such an awkward experience, and never like to leave bad reviews or be rude to anyone since I know how hard the restaurant...