TAP

02/03/09

Bar Food

by DennisnAtlanta at Citysearch

The patio is the best feature of this bar (it?s a stretch to say it is a serious restaurant). The food is very mediocre. It's a place to go grab a beer after work, before going out clubbing, or just hanging out with friends. The music is usually loud inside and the multi level set up is disconcerting and makes the place feel small and cramped. It's a young crowd (under 35) and mostly straight but gay friendly. It's in midtown so it is attracts a more open minded crowd than a suburban bar/beer house.

• Pros: Patio
• Cons: Food

08/24/09

Bad service

by Lil1Atl at Citysearch

We went to have a lunch there on Sunday, Aug. 23. The place did not appear to be terribly busy and they had tables available in the patio area. With no hostess in sight we decided to seat ourselves. After about 5 minutes the hostess came, she asked us to leave the table and wait at the bar area. We waited for another 5-10 minutes and were shown to the table with no umbrella, in the full blazing sun. She made no apologies or asked if we liked the table, she just left. Few minutes in the hot sun, and we left this place. Can’t tell if the food is good. We are not going back, I hate to be treated like a nuisance. There are many great places to eat in Atlanta, this is not one of them.

• Pros: great location
• Cons: service is terrible

09/14/08

Bad Service...Much Better Choices In Atlanta

by pamulli at Citysearch

We went there on a Sunday evening and it wasn't all that crowded, yet the service was pretty bad. They were out of several things that we ordered, they brought one entree before the appetizers and we had to send it back and the server seemed annoyed. We had our appetizers and then 3 of the entrees arrived, but the 4th never showed (not the same one we sent back). We asked twice and were told it was on it's way, which we took for Oops we forgot. After about 15 minutes the final entree arrived. The food was OK, but there are so many better options in Atlanta. Lots of local pubs and bars have better beer and better service. I expected a lot more from a Concentrics Restaurant. I don't plan on going back.

• Pros: Nice Atmosphere
• Cons: Service, Beer Selection and Prices

Upmarket and eclectic, this welcoming Midtown gastropub is another of Concentrics's culinary juggernauts.

by Contributor at Citysearch

In Short
Suspended kegs float above your head in a glass vault, underscoring the slogan "a convivial place to have a pint" and the raucous evening atmosphere at this sleek, three-story pub. Lunches are less frenetic and popular with professionals from the surrounding office towers. The bar tends to get backed up, but the young servers hustle with a smile. Seating is comfortable, but like the bar, the food service is surprisingly slow. Creative Southern munchies like fried pickles, deviled eggs and Georgia boiled peanuts pair well with $2 shorties of draught like the smooth Belgium-brewed Leffe. Easy-to-eat buffalo fried calamari and classic fish and chips make equally good bar-bites. The house burger is smaller for its English muffin bun, and is paired with shoe-string fries and a mini chocolate milkshake. Cap off dinner with a bowl of brown bread ice cream, which evokes Dublin.

08/03/08

Excellent for both food and atmosphere

by rebecca4278 at Citysearch

Tap is one of those cool places that is easy to go to because the food is great, the people are beautiful and you dont have to spend an arm and a leg, and you don't have to stay up until midnight until the crowd gets good.

08/01/08

Perfect Patio

by Foodie407 at Citysearch

I recently spent the afternoon on the patio at TAP. A group of us just hung out, had some drinks and food while people watching. It was a really great time. I will definitely be visiting again!

07/17/08

We've Got a Problem Here!!!!!!

by neatomosquito at Citysearch

THE MUSIC IS REALLY LOUD. Sorry I raised my voice. I suppose it's due to the hearing loss I experience every time I go to TAP. Can't help it. The music is really loud. I can barely hear my fellow diner(s) talking and that's before, I repeat before the DJ starts up. It's my understanding that the owners think this is really nifty. AOK. Not gonna argue. They just need to know that everybody I talk to says the same thing. TOO LOUD!!! Heard rumors that the neighbors aren?t so happy with the noise level either. So now to the food. Well, dined there around 10 times and in the final analysis I?d say it's iffy. Actually, last evening may have sounded the death knell. I ordered a fish sandwich and it came with a slice of American cheese on it. Did ya hear me? American cheese which it turns out is something they call ?square cheese?. WHAT?????? Enough said people. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to go back there since this episode puts into question all the other ingredients they use. OK, so on the lighter side???? Never had bad service there. Ah?.OK, now I?m done. I think I?ll still go but it will be on a Saturday afternoon from 2-4 and I?ll just drink beer. There?that should work!!!

• Pros: Bad stuff negates good stuff
• Cons: MUSIC IS WAY TOO LOUD (sorry to holler)

07/01/08

Fun Patio, Food is nothing special

by ATLeater at Citysearch

I was here on a recent Thursday night for drinks and dinner. The patio was spilling over with folks having post-work drinks, generating a fun, energetic vibe. The food, however, is nothing special.

My friends and I sampled the fried pickles for a starter. They were sweet pickles, which was unexpected, and not very crispy or flavorful. I ordered the mussels for dinner. They were very small, a bit slimy and the broth was plain and needed some spice. I did enjoy the side order of garlic french fries.

I'd come back here for beer, an enjoyable patio scene and maybe some more of those fries. But I'll eat dinner at home or elsewhere.

• Pros: great patio, great selection of beer
• Cons: flavorless food

06/17/08

agree, go there for drinks not food!

by tantheman at Citysearch

i agree with other reviewers. if you want to hang out, be seen, be in a cool locale and have good drinks, certainly hang out here. if you are at all hungry for anything beyond appetizers, do NOT go here. $14 for a lukewarm/cold cheesesteak sandwich? are you kidding me? and this wasn't on saturday night, this was on a weeknight. my friends got cheeseburgers and they looked small and equally cold. service was mediocre at best, brought the wrong sides out and slow. don't even have tabasco, what a shame.

• Pros: cool hang out, good brews
• Cons: service and food mediocre

06/12/08

Crowded but Great

by atlantamom42 at Citysearch

Tap is the perfect combination of atmosphere, location and great food. I love going at happy hour, where there is such a diverse crowd.