We went to Boulder Tap House in Ankeny with a party of five and a half -- Kim and I, three of my kids, and my one-month-old granddaughter. We sat at a high top with a bench, and it actually worked really well for having the baby with us. Drinks and waters came out efficiently, and our waitress was kind and courteous. The food did take a little while, but everything came out together, which I appreciate with a larger table. My fries were room temperature when they arrived, but they quickly replaced them with piping hot ones, so no real complaint there. Our table had a good mix: the Pulled Pork Sandwich for $12.99, Crispy Chicken Wrap for $14.99, Tequila Lime Chicken Tacos for $14.99, BTH Classic Smash Burger for $14.99, and a medium order of house-made boneless wings for $16.99. No one complained, which is usually a pretty good sign with our crew. The restaurant was clean, fairly busy, and all the staff we interacted with were friendly. Drink prices seemed reasonable too. We were also able to hang out and visit for quite a while without feeling rushed, which made it a really nice family stop. It is close to home, the food was good, and my daughter picked up the bill for Father's Day, so that made it taste even better. We will definitely be back. read more

My family and went here on a Monday night. It wasn't super busy and we were seated right away. Half our group ordered tap beers from their lengthy beer menu. One of the options we wanted was out which I have heard is a fairly common thing with certain beers here. For an appetizer we ordered the bone-in Buffalo wings. They were so good and the best item that I had during this meal. I would go back for the wings alone. One of the members of my group who has been here before said the boneless wings are not good and he would only recommend the bone-in wings. For it being a Monday night and not very busy I felt like the food was taking longer than necessary, but this was my first time, so I didn't have anything to compare it to. Majority of the table ordered burgers. We all enjoyed them, but didn't think it was the best burger ever. My favorite was the jalapeño popper burger, but I really don't think you could go wrong with any of the burgers. I liked this place and will be back if the opportunity comes, but I don't think it will be a staple restaurant in our house. read more

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Food was good, service was amazing and it was very quiet, we were there on a Tuesday afternoon...the music was great! read more

Boulder Tap House - These aren't cheese curds, they are cheese blocks! They are delicious! - Sports Bars Near Me - Ankeny, Iowa

This restaurant open where the Old Chicago was located in Ankeny. They did some remodel and it looks great. Huge bar when you walk in and plenty of seats. We were seated and waiting on in a good amount of time. My hubs loved the cheese cubes. They're delicious. Kids got wings they liked. I got the 1/2 soup and salad. I like they have that option. Hubs got the burger. All food was great. Definite things I want to go back and try. It's bar food and then some. So if this is the environment you like to eat in, I highly recommend. They have a selection of craft beers and many, many TVs to watch what you want!! read more

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The food was amazing. The service was top notch excellent. Pepper jack cheese curds, uh yes please, if cheese curds are on the menu, I order them! Bourbon delish for sure! It was pretty busy, HUGE booths and the decor is pretty unique. I was taking pictures for this review. I was just snapping them, kind of randomly. I honestly spaced taking pics of the meal itself. Once in the car I started looking at the pictures and noticed the server. Thank god he wasn't my server. Just the thought of him touching everyone's glasses, straws, all of it. This is disgusting and completely unacceptable. No excuses. However, this did not affect MY food or service. I will definitely be back, but I promise he will not be my server. Did Covid not teach us anything about hygiene read more

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I want to give this place a higher rating, but there's a vibe from the staff behind the bar that is off-putting and unfriendly. I get the vibe they don't like working class people in there and would rather have only people who make six figures dining at the restaurant. The staff behind the bar during Happy Hour seems reluctant to give out menus and seem reluctant to share information about specials. I've asked for ranch instead of their "Burger Co" sauce each time to go with my cheese curds and they've never brought it out on the first attempt. The aforementioned cheese curds are awesome and portioned generously at full price. Half price makes the deal even sweeter. The tap house potatoes are very tasty--the seasoning you can add on is unnecessary. I highly recommend these gems. Fresh fried and also portioned generously. Also, they have a lot of taps, but too many of them, in my opinion are dedicated to the same domestic crap you can get anywhere. I didn't experience any of the service issues at their Mason City location and was looking forward to becoming a regular when it was announced Boulder was visiting. The poor visit near opening day I wrote off to nerves and jitters. But two subsequent visits with perfunctory service have made me feel unwelcome and means my visits will only be on occasion. read more

Boulder Tap House - Cheese curds; a couple are missing - Sports Bars Near Me - Ankeny, Iowa

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This place has great food and the service was next level!!! The environment was great sat at the bar and had a great meal and drinks!!

Menu is similar to many of their competitors but food is pretty good. This is the Old Chicago restaurant that has been renovated.

Jalapeño bacon cheddar wontons - not a whole lot of flavor. I wouldn't order again. Glazed & Confused burger - the donut added just the right amount of sweet to the salty and savory. Pepper jack cheese curds - again, not a whole lot of flavor in my opinion. They were big & we got 4 as a side. Brown sugar smoked cheddar burger - good flavored burger & bacon. Pretty good bbq sauce, asked for a side of it. Good portion size Tater kegs - got 4 with my burger, decent sized. They were okay, not a whole lot of flavor. Atmosphere- chilly, good music, good waitress. All the food came out hot & in a timely manner. read more

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Went to the soft opening expecting long wait, slow service and blah food. Nope! Everything was top notch! The hostess staff, the waitresses, and food all amazing! The Petron and hot honey margaritas were the best I've ever had! Dangerous! Loved the curds and burgers. This might be our new happy hour spot! Lots of pickle flavor options also! read more

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We came here after dinner because I wanted to try it. She wasn't drinking. I ordered the 16 oz cltrus surfer because I love to try local beers when I travel. My friend ordered Tap House potatoes which are spiral cut homemade crispy fries, plain. It didn't long to get our food and drink. The potatoes was very crispy and sesasoned well. The citrus surfer was a wheat beer with a strong citrus flavor. While I was drinkibg my beer, I noticed they were starting to place stools on table. I v commented to my friend about this. I finished my beer and once again got separate checks. read more

Nice ambiance! Lots of places to watch the game I wanted to. Beer? Tons of it! I would have liked it colder! Cheese curds as advertised and jalapeño burger with fries were great! Fun place! read more

I really want to give this place a better review and as many who read what I post I find positives in my experiences. So let's begin with that. My party of 3 we're super excited to stop here to end what had been a beautiful day. We entered the restaurant at about 8 pm. My newly engaged daughter (hint why we were here) said this was her way to end the evening with her now fiancée (so happy to write that finally) to enjoy tab beer and some burgers. Our server came over to introduce himself, but I fully got the vibe he may be new. Ok I'm fine with that and give many a break as they are learning. I also sometimes give pointers to help them stay relaxed and build up confidence to serve ( it's a tough job, I know I have been there). Then there are the moments when you just know it's not that at all. My daughter had picked up on it as well as I did. It was apparently close to closing time for many of the servers. Ok let me get back to positives... we ordered some sodas, as well two drinks from the bar. I wanted to taste a cider and pint of a lemon cider, sorry can't remember the drinks. You'll understand soon why. Then we got an appetizer of cheese curds and man they were delicious and we got a surprise fried pickle and I ate that up yum! The dipping sauce was sweet but good may ask for a ranch next time. Then we ordered 3 burgers. 2 brown sugar burgers with different fries and 1 cheese curd burger. The burgers were delicious, mine I felt was a bit greasy but over all very good. The ranch flaved chips on point. So why the 2 stars right, service was so bad for is. This journey here began at 8:02 pm we walked out by 9:57 PM. Sample of cherry cider arrived, no other drinks, 15 minutes later sodas. The cheese curds were delvered at 8:57 pm, then our server comes back 15 minutes later to inform they have no more lemon beer on tab and that they that ended drink yesterday. He asked if he would like something else, which was declined and the server then asked if we enjoyed our food and can he get us anything else or just the check. My daughter spoke up and said um yes our food and hold the check. He disappeared. The worst part is he had our food earlier but I think he got confused by the cheese curds because I asked for small plates to eat our appetizer on as we were sharing it. Suggestion to management have small plates with appetizers. Then the servers were placing their food orders (management noted do not eat until your off the clock). Ok makes since, but their food was out before ours and placed after us. Our food finally arrived after 9:15 pm. It was delivered by another server who had no clue what the burgers were. So we told them what we ordered and we got our food. Almost done another server who was leaving saw we were calling for help by anyone and got our server for us Jackson your table needs yoy. Thank you to her we were able to get more sodas to finish our meal. The best part was he never asked how our food was. Then disappeared again. I caught him getting ready to vacuum the floor mats and he picked them up. Another server was like I think your table needs you. He was over and we ask for to go boxes, he the walks to get them and bring them to our table. He never washed his hands after rolling up the mats on the floor. Note food went to the garbage. My daughter was done and said don't you dare talk to him mom, you can see he is having a ruff night I just want to go home and enjoy the rest of our day prior to this experience. I said ok. The newly engaged couple got up to head out and I asked to see management. Oh boy that was another thing altogether as well. I don't know if they're here and um. I wrote on this poor kids check and asked another server to deliver it to the manager. So over all experience not good, food was good, but to my liking very greasy in which if I return may try a chicken wrap instead. My stomach didn't handle that much grease well later. Management should be notified immediately when you think your table is going south on you. This could have been a simple "I'm so sorry for the delay tonight, Jackson is on top of getting your food to you all here shortly!" Jackson you got this learn the check in and out to with your tables. Food hits the table check in, oh wonderful it all made it out and looks delicious, is there anything I can get you all at this time? Leave...check back by a simple walk by and see if drinks are low or even save room for dessert. With the drink situation make other suggestions on what kind of ciders taste do you like or looking for. If you have flights offer to have us sample one. Simple things help recover a table and help you as a server get a read on your guest. Our end time on my check 9:41 pm, over all I'm saying to others food good, place is clean, service needed help or maybe just don't go near 8 pm. Good luck to this place and I wish I could have joined the many others give 5 stars. read more

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I was invited to the training party during their dinner for Boulder Tap House - Ankeny ! How amazing they offered this to so many people - felt awesome to be included. My family is no stranger to Boulder Tap House as it is a MN based business and my husband and in laws are from there. We each got some drinks I had the cotton candy crush- it was pretty sweet and honestly delicious !! Then my husband tried their old fashioned he said it was good however a little watered down. The margaritas my mother in law and I had were fantastic. We both got the raspberry margarita. However mine was on the rocks and hers was blended. My husband got the Boulder raspberry lemonade (essentially vodka lemonade mixed). Now the food- we have always loved their food. We got the pretzel sticks to start served with their spicy queso. I am usually a litttle sensitive to cheese but they were fantastic!! So fluffy and just fantastic bread. Now I got the brown sugar bacon burger with sauted onions on it. Very good but also very messy. Their fries are SO crispy. My husband got the boulder smash burger which he loved. Then my mother in law got the cheese curd burger. Their cheese curds were huge and out of this world!! It was a fantastic experience. We cannot wait to come back this will be such a staple in Ankeny! read more

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Good was good but the management is trying to rip you off with the tips. Don't use what they put on you receipt. Figure it out yourself. Also they don't give you an itemized receipt; items ordered and their price. Rip off place. read more

Great burger, atmosphere and service! Great selection of beers too. Great variety on menu.

Good food and large portions. The cheese curds!!! Very busy the day I went at 1230 and so service a tad slow and food took forever

had a phenomenal experience, food was excellent. we sat at the bar and the bartender was so friendly I will definitely come back again just for the service. good beer selection too! read more

Went there for a good tap IPA, went down the menu, all three I tried to order were not available. Not going back. Any place called tap house should have good IPA available. read more

This place is new and is quite busy on the weekends. I was quite impressed with the food. They had a nice big menu with burgers, sandwiches, rice bowls and more. Everything we had was delicious- fish tacos, hamburger, chicken sandwich. The server was friendly. Things ran pretty smooth. The food out slightly slower than I might expect but not enough that I would deduct a stat. To be honest, this is the kind of place Ankeny needs and should remain successful read more

Steven S!! I've been in Iowa (expat from Texas) for 6 months and haven't been to a single restaurant that I could say I received even mediocre service at. I've worked in restaurants for 13 years and I'm not picky at all. He was excellent! Timely, knowledgeable, accommodating, and very friendly. We came during happy hour on a Thursday. Half-off appetizers so we ordered the boneless wings (not pictured), the cheese curds, and house potatoes. All amazing. Kids mac and cheese looks like Kraft, which is cool, just not our vibe. You can upgrade the drink to a shake for only 75 cents. I wish I'd gotten a picture because it was huge and very good! I wasn't a huge fan of my chicken sandwich, which I added buffalo sauce to. The bun was soggy, but it's a huge, moist sandwich with tomato, so it happens. Everything came out within minutes even though it was happy hour, and definitely dinner rush time. I will be back to try other stuff and will request Steven again! DISCLAIMER portions on appetizers are bigger than pictured, my phone didn't eat first this time! read more

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Terrific place to eat! Great service and delicious food. The cheese curds are the best in town. The brown sugar bacon burger was absolutely wonderful. Highly recommend it! read more

Great food! Service is terrible. Had to go to hosts to ask for silverware and water, bartender/server never stopped back in.

We were invited for a soft-opening dinner tonight where we had excellent service and food! We started with the Cheese Cubes- your choice of white cheddar, yellow cheddar, pepper jack or a combo. We opted for a combo of yellow & white cheddar. They were huge and delicious. The sauce they were served with was delicious and the portion was great for 4 people (photo taken after we had eaten half). Our table ordered from the extensive beer menu, as well as from the signature cocktail menus- I chose a blood orange margarita (pictured) and children ordered from the signature boba lemonade menu. Everyone loved their drinks. Our group enjoyed the Philly sandwich, chicken sandwich, crispy chicken wrap and boneless wings. For sides we had beer battered fried pickles as well as the fries which come with a great seasoning, similar to potato ole seasoning. I wish I had remembered to get pictures! We ordered a few shakes to go but the machine had just broken. We hope to try those next time. Our waitress, Allie, was outstanding and so attentive. She checked on us frequently, kept our drinks full and cleared empty plates as needed. The owner stopped by twice and was very friendly. He thanked us for stopping in and we assured him we'd be back frequently. We were fully expecting to walk into the former Old Chicago restaurant but the interior had been completely gutted and remodeled. It doesn't even look like the same dark, dingy space. The bar has been moved into the center of the restaurant and it is huge! The space is great. The hostess stand was tucked around a corner so it was confusing when we initially walked in but I think it was just crowded so it made it hard to see. For being a soft opening the restaurant ran like a well-oiled machine. I wish them all the best in Ankeny and can't wait to return! read more

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terrible service, slow wait staff bartender sang out loud to every song playing, very annoying. waited 15 minutes to pay bill after I told the bartender I was ready to check out. the wings were so-so., not much flavor and the mango habanero wings were not that spicey. Chili's across the street blows this place away. Nothing like the Old Chicago that was here before. read more