Tap Room — Restaurant in Town of Brookhaven

Was in the neighborhood and I noticed what looked like a fun place. So I did some researching and read decent reviews. They were also open later so it was a good fit for us. We came in on a Tuesday night which was $5 burger night. Guess we got lucky. The $5 is for their regular burger. Cheese was $1 extra. Bacon, mushrooms, avocado were all an extra upcharge and I believe our server said the specialty burgers were $8. The burgers were all served with fries. Not a bad deal. We opted for the sweet potato fries which were served with this incredible maple syrup tasting sauce. I forgot to ask what it was but believe me you want it. I also ordered the mussels, they have a few choices. White, red, a German beer version. I ordered the white wine. It was a bit bland, I definitely prefer mine. The mussels were good though. When the bartender or owner or manager (not sure his title) noticed me trying to stack my shells on a small plate he came over and slid an extra table over to ours to give me more room to use the bowl that I had which I would traditionally use for shells if I had more room. I was really blown away that he took the extra time and care to do this. He was also the one who brought me out two small tastes of the wines I was deciding between.

All in all if I lived in the area this is definitely a place I would be a regular at. Good service and food. Only downside is that it is really loud so having a conversation wasn't...

One star because I sincerely regret going here not knowing anything about the place. If a packed college bar is what you're looking for, this is your place! Unfortunately, I went here for my Bachelorette (never been there, don't know the vibe, I'm not from L.I.) and I think anywhere else would have been better. Not sure what the usual vibe is, but it was packed with fraty boys and a huge birthday party group of mean girls who gave my group dirty looks any time we had to interact with them. (Except the birthday girl's aunt, who was very sweet.) Our waiter apparently got mad at one person in my party (my cousin) for ordering through the bar instead of him, so he brought my other friend her check but said absolutely nothing to us about why. We wondered whether we were being kicked out! He tried to refuse the entire group service (cutting himself off from all 10 of us makes no sense, you don't want the tip because you're annoyed at one person??) but my cousin ended up begging forgiveness I guess because he agreed to take our orders again and was fine the rest of the time we were there. Didn't really deserve the over 20% tip I ended up giving him because of how rude he was to the rest of us over one person's actions, but maybe he also hated the rest of the patrons that night and was in a bad mood... Regardless, hellishly packed, mean people, will never go back....

I witnessed a very concerning event at TAP room last night, that correlates to other things I’ve heard: TAP room is not a safe place for women. I saw a woman and her significant other (who she clearly had been looking for) have a few words over him drunk walking off. Not loud at all. Largely she ignored him but kept an eye while awaiting their ride. Not young kids mind you, maybe close to 40. He ends up leaving to wander again and she goes to stop him out front. He almost breaks her arm in some karate? Reaction move as she came up on him. It’s a quick release and the bar ends up cutting both of them off and did not even try to help this woman at all or ask what they can do. A snotty barely old enough to serve drinks bartender and her equally snotty child boss are both women and had no regard for her safety. Most bars have codes where women can ask for help, but not here. Correlates to stories from friends of women getting felt up on crowded nights and drugged drinks and a young crowd. Disappointing and immature way to handle the situation, with no compassion or regard. Will not return and would not...