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Down The Hatch Bar & Grill

3.2 (75 reviews)
Closed 11:00 am - 1:00 AM (Next day)

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Moderate noise
Good for groups
Outdoor seating
Good for kids

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The Bacon Double Cheese Burger with waffle fries

Great burgers and good sweet potato waffle fries. Chicken fried chicken pretty good too.

Jalapeño and pepperoni pizza
Leiauna P.

If you live in Lincoln, especially north Lincoln or in college, you should know about Down the Hatch. This sports bar brings the small town vibe to the city. Good selection from the bar including domestic beers, mixies, and specialty mixed drinks. The food here is your typical bar food with burgers, pizza, and tacos. They do also have some home style cooking like chicken fried steak which hits the spot. Their fries are the perfect crinkle fries with a fun seasoning, which fits perfectly with their ranch. However, our go to is always their pizza with pepperoni and jalapeño. This pizza's cheese, sauce, and crust are top notch every time. No bad words for this place.

Kent M.

Omg. Turn the music off. Your are a sports bar. I will not cone back. Food was good. Waitress. Eh ...... Louder than craps. Had to yell for waitress to hear my order. I will not return.

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Cory W.

Ordered a chef salad for $7.50. It was huge and good. Had both spinach and lettuce which is a nice change to the usual chef salad. Happy hour is through 7p on a Friday night. Can't beat the beer prices! I'll be back for sure.

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10 months ago

The chicken schnitzel and mushroom gravy was spot on. If I make it back to Lincoln I will go there again

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2 years ago

Great food at a great price. We had burgers, wraps,chicken strips and pork tenderloin at our table. Everyone loved their food.

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3 years ago

Food is awesome! Staff is great. It is always clean and looks well kept. Definitely rec

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2 years ago

Really has come around with the service and freshness of food. Starting to frequent again

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2 years ago

Food is amazing! Especially if Ben is cooking. His burgers are perfect everytime. Give that man a raise.

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3 years ago

Amazing staff and great specials! The quality of food for the price is second to none.

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3 years ago

Sat there for 40 minutes and weren't acknowledged. Served a party bigger than ours that came in 15 minutes after. Terrible place.

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4 years ago

My friend and I LOVE hanging out at Down the Hatch. We always have the best service and the food is great!!! Highly recommend!

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4 years ago

The food is good, but the service is terrible. It took 1.5 hours to get my food because they never started it

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5 years ago

Food was good, but the service was horrible. Took 45 min to get food and couldn't get a refill even if you were Lebron James. 2/5

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12 years ago

Nice place to hang out after work and grab some wings, food is suitable for a dive bar but good enough for what your paying

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5 years ago

Wings are better than Buffalo Wild Wings by a mile! Ask for the server Will. he is the best

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We had burgers, wraps,chicken strips and pork tenderloin at our table.

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3.7(375 reviews)
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So good, super welcoming restaurant the second you walk in. The decorations are so cool. Our…read moreservers name was Eric he was so nice and very attentive. We ordered desserts at the end and made sure we were apart of the rewards to make sure we could get a free dessert! We got the Brownie and cookie dough cheesecake to-go. The brownie was to die for so soft and moist even after 10 minutes of sitting. We haven't tried the cheesecake yet we were so full, but it looks insanely good. The Rueben was great, my boyfriend ordered it his only complaint was the sauce was a little more on the oilier side and had more of a vinegary taste than what we prefer. The sandwich was so good, I was worried about it being too much pickle, honestly wish it had more of a pickle taste to be honest. I think what would make it even better is if the chicken was fried rather than grilled. We overall had a great experience!

I ordered takeout…read more There is a debate over whether the Reuben was invented in NY by Arnold Reuben or in Lincoln by Reuben Kulakofaky. I decided to try a classic Reuben while in Lincoln (when in Rome). It was so delicious. The sandwich appeared to be thin n the photos so I ordered double meat. I also subbed out loaded cosmik fries. The fries were very spicy but tasty. In addition, I ordered a bowl of chili. The description and photo included cheese, chips and sour cream. When it arrived it was just chili. It was delicious even without the missing items. Because the order was not completed correctly, I can't give a 5 star for service. I have no comment about the atmosphere at the restaurant as I was involved in takeout.

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Some girlfriends and I hung out here after a recent Nebraska game. I loved the outdoor space- very…read morecharming, easy to find a table and even available benches. It was a gorgeous night so it was great being outside. The place was busy but we had no issues getting drinks in a timely manner. They also had a food vendor in the courtyard selling hot dogs and pretzels. I recommend stopping by!

My sister, who was the only Black woman in the space at the time, accidentally bumped into another…read moreguest who was wearing a medical boot. She immediately apologized several times with genuine care and concern. Instead of accepting the apology or simply walking away, the woman responded harshly, telling my sister to "get out of my face." That interaction alone left my sister feeling deeply uncomfortable and targeted. Feeling shaken and outnumbered, she called me and our other sisters for support. When we arrived to understand what had happened, we were calm and simply trying to get the full story. That's when things took a turn for the worse. The woman's boyfriend looked right at one of the workers and said, "get these f***ers out of here." Moments later, an employee named William Wilson grabbed my arm so aggressively that he left a bruise. He physically pushed us out--me, my sisters, and even some of our friends and coworkers who had nothing to do with the incident. Eleven of us were thrown out without anyone asking for our side of the story. Meanwhile, the woman and her group, who were loud, aggressive, and clearly at the center of the confrontation, were allowed to stay. They continued drinking, playing games, and enjoying their night like nothing had happened. It's hard not to see the racial bias in how everything was handled. We were treated like a problem, not like people. We weren't heard, we weren't respected, and we were physically harmed and humiliated just for standing up for our sister and trying to understand what was going on.

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