It's bad....real bad. Except for the cheese balls, those were great. BUT we ordered both the cheese balls and the fried pickles and only brought one little container for ranch, there were 5 of us. The chicken fried steak was gross. Almost burnt. You couldn't even taste the coating, it was that crisp. Meat was bland, the coating probably was too if I been able to taste it through the doneness. The bacon Mac burger was so incredibly disappointing. Dry-not enough sauce- but even the burger was dry. The chicken tenders were all hard breading and very little chicken inside. like 70% hard breading. My son ordered a burger, no cheese. It came with cheese, no biggie we told waitress. They took it to the back, scraped the cheese off and brought it back, that seemed off to me. Tater tots were good. Service was slow because only one waitress was working, poor thing was non stop. Not of our experience was her fault. I won't come back read more

We used to eat at Down The Hatch on Thursdays for burger night. The price was $5.00 for a cheeseburger now it's $7.50 The service is good Burgers are a hit or a miss. We have gone from being raw, to very dry, to burnt We're taking a break as we have friends who have had similar experiences as ours Don't touch the chicken fried steak, it's awful read more

Waitress was very friendly and was very good. Food was really good. Cook and waitress I give 5 stars. However we had to ask to ask to have our table wiped off because there was crumbs on it the drinks you couldn't even taste the alcohol in them. The bar tender needs to learn how to make a drink. Cleanliness I give a 3 the bar tender I give a 5 so I was generous because of the waitress and the cook to give a 3 read more

Only ordered food to-go so can't really speak for the bar etc, the food is pretty impressive, the Hot Roast Beef Sandwich with gravy is so good, straight comfort food with tons of flavor and very tender beef. Also try their huge burgers, cooked perfectly and very juicy packed with flavor, French fries are also super good. read more

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

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

Service incredibly slow. Probably understaffed as the servers were very busy. We never did get any cutlery. I signalled to our server because we needed knives and forks and she looked right at me at but never came back. I can't imagine having a bad double cheese pizza - always a safe bet at a new place - but this one was disgusting. The crust was almost raw - doughy, the red sauce was terrible. The cheese was ok and I was hungry so only ate that ( with my fingers) The server saw my untouched pizza ( minus the cheese topping) after waiting a very long time to get her attention to ask for the check and she never asked me about my meal or said a word. This is the worst review I have ever given a restaurant. read more

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

Down The Hatch Bar & Grill - The Bacon Double Cheese Burger with waffle fries - Chicken Wings Near Me - Lincoln, Nebraska

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. read more

Down The Hatch Bar & Grill - Jalapeño and pepperoni pizza - Chicken Wings Near Me - Lincoln, Nebraska

Great service and a very good selection on the menu Price are very reasonable Located ez to get to and ex parking read more

This establishment has really improved in food and service and I credit that to management. I don't know the back story, but they're on the ascent in a tough, competitive restaurant environment. My last order was their Chicken Strips Basket. The strips were thinner cuts than many you get but easily a nice quantity for the cost. They had a great coating and we're cooked to perfection. These are not the usual frozen strips other restaurants toss in the fry oil. These were fresh made and flavorful. I also loved the Crinkle Fries, although they were a bit over salted. Give this sports bar a try! read more

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

Food was good and service was attentive. Always making sure we had what we needed. It was trivia night it was a bit loud but it was fun to listen to the teams have a good time! read more

We had gone a few years ago and swore it off. We decided to give it another try 6 months ago and we're so impressed. We have gone back several times as a family and for date night. read more

Stopped there for a quick lunch after driving through some nasty weather going from Denver to Omaha to catch an alma mater basketball game as UConn was coming into town to play Creighton. After first thinking we would stop earlier was having trouble finding a place but then my daughter who was navigating found this one and was pretty good. Sort of a standard sports bar but with good service, at least at the bar where we sat and the food was pretty good. I had a Hatch Burger with rings and the burger was hand-pressed and really good, and if you don't do a good burger and make it hand-pressed in NE home of corn-fed beef please close your restaurant. Onion rings were pretty standard, but the burger was the star of the show. Tried a local beer and watched some basketball to kill a little time before we headed into Omaha so we could check in to the hotel before heading to the game. If I ever (not very likely) get back to Lincoln I would definitely give this place another go, just probably not when the Cornhuskers football team was playing. My Colorado plates might not be too welcome in the parking lot. MAYBE I COULD BORROW SOME OKLAHOMA PLATES INSTEAD? read more

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. read more

Down The Hatch Bar & Grill - Chicken Wings Near Me - Lincoln, Nebraska

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

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

Ivy our server was great! Only two servers on Memorial Day and they were keeping up even with running KENO. My chicken buffalo sandwich was good. Fries were VERY salty but I guess we drank more beer to eat them all. I wish the pool table was off to the north instead of in the middle of the restaurant. He had catfish which was tender. Wish we could have stayed for all their fun trivia and nightly specials and fun. We will be back! read more

Waitress was very friendly and was very good. Food was really good. Cook and waitress I give 5 stars. However we had to ask to ask to have our table wiped off because there was crumbs on it the drinks you couldn't even taste the alcohol in them. The bar tender needs to learn how to make a drink. Cleanliness I give a 3 the bar tender I give a 5 so I was generous because of the waitress and the cook to give a 3 read more

This place has potential and its your typical sports bar. Good portions and its very fairly priced. They have good weekday specials. The food is always good if your hungry for bar food. They also have cheap domestic pitchers. The reason I give three stars is sometimes the kitchen gets backed up and the food can take a while to come out. I know this occurs occasionally but we have experienced this multiple times, even on weekday nights. It can also get pretty loud if they are busy but that is because of the layout of the place. Pre Covid-19 they have bingo and trivia nights which are fun with a group. I would give 5 stars if they could fix the food wait issue. Otherwise its a great place to watch a game and have some beer and some wings. read more

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. read more

Down The Hatch Bar & Grill - people sitting at the bar - Chicken Wings Near Me - Lincoln, Nebraska

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

I don't write reviews. For these tater tots however, I must. The structural integrity of these tater tots is off the charts. Great crunch to soft potato ratio. The grooves of the outside of the tots pick up ranch superbly. Amazing temperature. If I could relate a song to these tots it would be Fergalicious because these tots are tasty tasty. 10/10 would recommend these tots. read more

Down The Hatch Bar & Grill - Chicken Wings Near Me - Lincoln, Nebraska

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

To be clear. Yesterday me and five work friends were hanging out at the bar eating and drinking for two hours. Not a single time did anyone complain or mention anything to us except returning our smiles as we all were having a good time. After the rest left two of us stayed to play pool. We decided to play a second game before we left and I went to get quarters from the bar. As I got change the lady bartender said "i'll give you this change if you keep it down." I was surprised she was rude in the way she mentioned anything to us for the first time. The fact she did not tell us as a group but waited till only I could hear her at the bar was weird. I agreed, got the change, and walked to my friend at the pool table. I told him what she said and IMMEDIATELY (Maria this bartender) was behind me, out from the bar already (meaning she followed me). She YELLS "That is it! I warned you! You are CUT OFF!" (Ummm, wtf?!?!?! i'm thinking: you told me to keep it down, i just told my friend what you said. I didn't want another drink, we have been pleasant customers this entire time! now you are yelling at me immediately after you told me to keep it down?!?!?! i said "fine we will fucking leave!" and i faced the door ready to leave immediately. two regulars got in my face and one of them touched me aggressively! my friend got between us and was defending me! this other dude tried to get me in a headlock! Understand this, i already agreed to leave after being treated unfairly, and these people assaulted me after i was compliant!!! FUCK THIS BAR! MARIA SHOULD BE FIRED ASAP!!! NOT COOL EVER FOR ANYONE! read more

I just had their lunch special, hot roast beef sandwich with mashed potatoes . It also came with a side salad. The service was excellent and prompt. It is Thursday 12:15 and the room started out about 40% full when I arrived. I'm very satisfied. read more

This bar is trash. I should be at home by now but the service has taken over an hour since we ordered. No one else here is eating. This is tragic lmao read more

Would love to tell you about the food but we sat there for 20 minutes and a server never even looked at us. Horrible, Horrible service. Will never go back. read more

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

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

Oh, right, this place. LOL. I was driving through Lincoln and decided to stop for the night. Needed to get a drink to wind down so ended up here. I dont know if this was the normal bartender but it was really weird. Me: Have any Rye Whiskey? BT: What? Me: Rye Whiskey...have any? BT: (slowly turn to look at bottles) Uh, no Me: Well, Ill take (whatever whiskey it was) on the rocks (gets drink overflowing with ice and less than a shot of whiskey) *Ordering second drink Me: Same, but just use the ice already in the glass please BT: OK (proceeds to dump ice and fill with ice again) Me: No, too much ice (bartender takes a couple cubes out) *sigh...feel like Im ordering something complicated here Next one BT: Same? Me: yes please Watch bartender fill drink with nearly no ice since I had let it all melt... Seriously, never knew how hard it was to make a good whiskey on the rocks.... That said, prices werent too bad, place was clean...could maybe turn down the lights a little...it awfully bright in there for a bar... read more

Down the Hatch's weekly specials are some of the best in town. Great local spot, super inexpensive. The only reason I wouldn't give this place a 5 is because if friends are in town this isn't where I would take them. However, I would eat here every week because its consistent and good. read more

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

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

Grilled wings were solid however less than 7 bucks for pitchers of beer was great! Stopped by on a Tuesday and got into playing music bingo and had a great time! read more

I'd give them a zero if I could. A Waitress walked past us multiple times and did NOT even acknowledge that we were sitting at our table. In the meantime, a couple came in after us, got a table cleaned for them and had their order taken by one of the two waitresses working. We were sitting next to a larger group that had plates coming out. The food did smell and look good but after driving for 8 hours and waiting for 20 minutes without so much as an "I will be with you shortly " we walked out! I've worked at multiple restaurants in my life and the service, or lack there of, would not have been tolerated! read more

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

Great Sunday afternoon spot! The tenderloin sandwich is delicious and large. The beer is cold. There is plenty of space for folks in a Sunday afternoon! read more

Down The Hatch Bar & Grill - Pork Tenderloin is delicious! Only thing missing is horseradish! - Chicken Wings Near Me - Lincoln, Nebraska

Serve Sucks. Very slow even though not busy. I would not suggest this place to anyone that is not a local. read more