Great bar food, affordable prices, and generous beverage pours. There isn't much else I would want out of a local bar. The side winder fries are delicious, and service and food is always consistent. I wish the music was a little quieter, sometimes it can get really loud in the bar area. Other than that, it's a great local spot read more

Definitely a great spot for a casual work lunch. The bourbon, burger, and sidewinder fries.

My first visit was for a reunion with old friends from high school. The place was perfect for a group event! Many tables set up with large dining area. Really big wrap around bar as well. The service was excellent for large group as well. Our glasses were never empty. Food menu had good selection of bar food. The food came out promptly and hot. Parking was plentiful as well. read more

Tap & Barrel - Guinness - American Near Me - Wolcott, Connecticut

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Update: my to go orders have been near perfect for the last several orders... so excited because I love all the new options available. It's fun trying new things from a local fav. read more

Great food and awesome service! I love the fries. And they always have good chili! Perfect spot to go on date night for a casual dinner and atmosphere. read more

My friend and I went here on a Sunday afternoon, hoping to watch a Patriots loss, which did indeed happen. This is basically a roadside dive pub. We started with the big pretzel, which was coated in too much butter. And the dipping sauces were standard movie theater nacho cheese sauce and a grainy honey dijon dressing. I just opted for the pretzel by itself. I had the namesake burger that was really good, with applewood smoked bacon, jalapeño, cheddar cheese, BBQ sauce and onion frizzles. Excellent combo of spicy, crunchy, salty. Great burger. Also a very good variety of draft beers to choose from and a jukebox with a good variety of music. It's a backwoodsy sort of joint in New England. read more

They should really work on training their staff picked up my food and gave me wrong burger along with a caesar salad with a side of hair in it instead of a house salad yes I know my fault for not checking. But I called to tell them and got told it was going to be 35 minutes because their kitchen is slammed! Well not my problem If your young employees could do their job properly there wouldn't be an issue and the issue is on your end but I still have to wait 35 minutes because you're busy that's not right at all and absolutely ridiculous! So needless to say I will not be back after tonight and I'd give zero stars if I could read more

Had brunch with some friends today for the first time at Tap & Barrel and it was great! Tried the peanut butter & fluff wings and the breakfast burger Definitely recommend brunch and I want to try more of the menu! read more

Oooeye gooey garlic bourbon sauce drips slowly like honey over crispy just-right fried chicken. Spiral-Esque fries release hot steam even in the parking lot/outdoor seating. Smells emanate from the various meals brought to your table along with that snifter of not-quite-easy-to-get sour beer or specialty brew that happened to be gathered for the menu. I grew up here, seen the various iterations this building has had, and have to admit this is the top one so far. Stop by, have a beer, chat with a stranger (read: new friends), and enjoy your night. read more

Tap & Barrel is a convenient stop on your way through Wolcott to Bristol or from Bristol to Waterbury. The building that the Tap & Barrel exists in has seen many faces over the last 10 years. The Tap & Barrel has got to be the best outfit yet. I've stopped in there numerous times to inquire about live music in the fall and I was quite impressed with the set up. At night (pre-pandemic) the place was always packed. It was clean and decorated nicely. It had a very rustic decor. The staff was attentive and very helpful even though I didnt have plans those 2x to dine in. I didnt get a chance to try their food until the pandemic hit and they did delivery/takeout (maybe they always did?). My wife suggested it when she saw a post on a Wolcott town group on Facebook about them. I got an AWESOME burger with some crazy looking curled fries. The burger was probably one of the best burgers that I've had at a restaurant. It was juicy and the toppings complimented the flavor perfectly. The burger was sized well and I felt full after finishing the contents of the container. The person who delivered was very nice and was even apologetic about being late (although she wasnt). Looking forward to takeout from their again. I definetly recommend them for anyone driving through Wolcott. Hoping my 2nd time is just as good as my 1st time. read more

Tap & Barrel - American Near Me - Wolcott, Connecticut

Great food, cold beer, and friendly professional staff. I usually come in near to kitchen closing time but they are always nice, and I appreciate that. Their Mac and cheese alone is reason enough for a trip there. read more

Such a hidden gem! Ordered take out and can't wait to go sit inside there. Chick n sandwich was amazing, the corn fritters were something I cannot wait to order again, the artichoke dip is one of the best I have had!! Great job!! read more

Let me start by saying the rustic ambiance of this place feels so home like. Service was fast considering it was packed for noon on a Friday. The food was absolutely delicious. My boyfriend got the Tap & Barrel burger with fries. He absolutely loved it. I got the French dip sandwich with their Mac and cheese and couldn't be happier. Would totally recommend. read more

Tap & Barrel - French dip sandwich with mac and cheese - American Near Me - Wolcott, Connecticut

Love this place esp for brunch but THE MOST AGGRAVATING, thing about it is no wifi. i can never check in or review at time I am there. read more

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Food was good but we wont be back. I understand this is not a fancy place. My wife and I are not fancy people. However it seems like more of the place that locals go to have one or six vs a tavern for eating. We were there at 1:30 on a Sunday. People at the bar were screaming, the music was blaring. Also the cooks came out and were playing darts. read more

The older female Bartender with curly blonde hair was very rude, she has a nasty attitude! The food on the other hand was amazing, my brother had the steak tacos , my mom and I had the Tap burger with fries, both dishes were delicious. I would definitely go back there for the food, but definitely not the service. read more

Here watching Football and getting horrible service. Seems like they care about take out orders over patrons inside. Need to put more Staff in place. The bartender is the only one that seems like she knows what she is doing. We actually had to get up from our table to get drinks. read more

Terrible service and lousy food and fair cocktails . My husband and I thought we were going on a date to a bar and grill, only to discover we were at Cuckie Cheese. Dont waste your time and money. Go anywhere else! read more

Ok place to grab food. Some really great staff members and good venue spot. Had hit or miss on meals.

I've been here a few times and my visit today was great. I got the chicken salad wrap which was even better than I expected. Good service too! read more

Do I have to give it a star? Place was not very busy. Ordered drinks right away. 5 visible staff in the area and waitress never came back. Ended up walking out 10 minutes after order was placed. Also, for a place called Tap & Barrel they have a very weak beer selection. BTW.... It did look like a good pub food menu. I may try again in the future. read more

It's really unfortunate. This place has potential but the service is awful. We sat at our table for 20 minutes and nobody came over so we had to go to the bar to order our own drinks. We had to ask multiple times for a server and to put in an order for food. They don't have enough staff but the people who were working seemed focused on getting take out orders ready and selling squares for a Super Bowl pool. Glasses piled up on our table and no bus staff came to clear it. Other tables of people got fed up and left. They are losing business. The owners need to take notice and hire some adults to work here. read more

This was the 1st time I've ever been to Tap & Barrel and what a Surprise it was. Immediately upon entering the front door, my Family and I noticed how open, Airy and Rusticly Homey this establishment felt with the Christmas tree. It was clean and relatively quiet, although the place was filled with customers especially at the bar. Although there were quite a few diners as well. There were at least 10 televisions on all the walls and up at the Bar playing the World Cup and other things as well. I like how the bar did a complete 360 around the liquor displays. We came for lunch and were not disappointed. My Son had a 12 piece Buffalo Wings, My Wife & I shared a 6 pc. Mango Habanero Wings and a 6 pc. Slammin Shrimp. My Wife had the Chicken Cordon Blue Wrap w/ a House Salad, and I had The House made Spicy Corned Beef Rueben w/ Shoestring Fries. Everything was top notch and Delicious, especially my Corned Beef Rueben. It was one of the BEST I've ever had. The Service was great and the Staff fast and Friendly. We enjoyed everything so much that we wanted to let everyone know that you're missing out if you don't stop by to try it. It is simply amazing. It's also very reasonable too, as far as food goes. REALLY YOU CAN'T GO WRONG IF YOU DRINK OR EAT AT THE TAP & BARREL...I give it a 10 out of 10 Stars. Great Job to the Owners and Staff at Tap & Barrel."Keep up the Great Work" and don't change a thing, it's spot on. read more

Food was decent, atmosphere and service was awful. One of the off duty servers/bartenders was at the bar loudly dropping F-bombs every other word, complaining about how a customer on her last shift hadn't tipped her enough. Definitely not what I want to be hearing while I'm trying to enjoy a meal. The waitress also never came to check on us, even though we were the only table in the place. I couldn't get out of there fast enough. Come here if you're looking for a dive bar, but not for an enjoyable meal. read more

Cool relatively new place. Vibe was chill, food was good (and moderately priced), draft beer list was decent and I had a good time. Some constructive criticism re: the draft beer list. One of the beers was priced @ $19 a pint. When asked if this was a typo the answer was the price is due to the alcohol percentage (15%). While it's always the prerogative of ownership to set prices as they wish, its my opinion that this was over priced. With that said, no biggie, I simply didn't get that particular beer (though I wanted it), and ordered something else. All in all I'll be going here again. Friendly staff, good food and drink, some TV's and seems like a nice environment. read more

Ok. No.... Pass here. $90 sweater snagged on their bar. Bartender poured drink with zero booze. If I am intoxicated shut me off. This was not the case. On the bright side, wings were decent. Next time I will go to Zuppa. read more

Shout out to Chef Johnny, Chef Stephen and the rest of the team. The meal was AMAZING as well as the customer service. Will definitely be returning. Chilly was definitely the best I have ever had! Keep up the great work guys!!! read more

I drive by Tap and Barrel daily. At night it's packed, not a parking space to be had. So we finally decided it was time to get some people together and check out the hype. It's smaller than I expected inside, very rustic feel. There's a large bar on one side with tons of seating, and beyond that are about 10 tables. Waitstaff was nice. We started with 4 of us and about an hour later a couple more joined our table. She never complained, just took their food and drink orders. Food was amazing. We ordered the pulled pork platter, Burgers, crab cakes, giant pretzel, and a steak sandwich. Everyone raved about the food. Only critique would be the crab cakes were very thin. The sidewinder fries-they're magical. Prices were great, We will definitely return! read more

The decor was current and comfortable, the staff is friendly, warm and inviting. Quick service and accurate order. The food was appealing to the eye and absolutely delicious. Great place for friends to come after or before work and enjoy an amazing juicy burger, some interesting steak curly fries and a chilled beer. Would recommend. read more

Tap & Barrel - American Near Me - Wolcott, Connecticut

I placed a order for pick up and they tell me 25 min on the phone. Sure no problem! I get there 30 minutes later, after i walk in nobody greets me or asks me if i need anything, nothing, after waiting for about 5 minutes i ask the bartender if i can pick up my order, she says let me go check for you, just to come out and tell me "should be out any minute hes making them right now" .... making them right now? Then what was the point of me waiting 30 minutes and placing a order for pickup? I could've just came here and ordered them... then my order comes out after 15 minutes just waiting around there, for them to forget one of my wraps. Another 15 minutes of waiting for the other meal! They just can't get anything right ! read more

Ordered a tin of Parm wings and literally was a tin of wings and scoop of garlic parm just thrown on top cold. Almost none of them had any sauce on them and needed to heat it up in the oven just to get it ok to eat. read more

Tap & Barrel - Garlic Parmesan Wings - American Near Me - Wolcott, Connecticut

I've been here a number of times, both at the bar and sitting at tables. Every single time I've come back here, I've hoped that this place would get better. And yet the service just continues to disappoint. I have worked in the service industry in CT and NYC for a long time, and I truly believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt. But this time, the service was just completely appalling. For anyone who cares to read on further, I encourage you to do so. Anyone who wants the short review, suffice it to say that this place has terrible service and rude bartenders/servers. On this particular occasion, my friend and I were enjoying beers at the bar, and he decided to put a 5 dollar bill into their jukebox. We proceeded to wait for over 45 minutes for his music selections to play. As the minutes kept going by the people that I was with continued to laugh and doubt that his music would ever play, and eventually they began to question why the music was not playing. The bar was not full enough to believe that there was 45 minutes of jukebox music before my friend's music. I kept telling the people that I was with that it was not the bartender's fault that the music from the jukebox was not playing. When my friend and I ordered another beer, I proceeded to ask the bartender if they were playing music from an iPad, and I explained that my friend had put money into their jukebox and had hoped to hear the songs. The bartender responded with a very short and rude, "People play music from an app on their phone" and then completely ignored our request for another round of beer. In fact, I watched her walk out from behind the bar and talk to her friend and then come back behind the bar and take care of people across the bar instead of attending to us. Now I have served and bartended in numerous high volume bars in NYC and CT, and I can tell you that no matter how many regulars are seated at your bar that it is not acceptable to completely ignore anyone sitting down. Ever. Even if there was 45 minutes of music being played from the app of every person at the bar, the way that the bartender communicated it to us was inconsiderate and rude. And the fact that she flat out ignored us when we ordered another round of beer is completely disgusting. I've come to this bar before on different occasions and been ignored, overlooked, and even told that my burger couldn't be cooked to a medium rare because they only cook their burgers medium well or a higher temperature. To me, these are things that entitled and disgruntled service industry people do. As I've said, I am a service industry person, and I completely understand that everyone has a bad night. But I've given this place numerous tries, and it never fails to disappoint. My advice would be to avoid this place. The beers that they post on their draft lists don't even give you accurate information (what does Sam 76/NoFilter mean??? Does it mean Sam Adams 76 was on the line previously and Thomas Hooker No Filter IPA is coming on after???) and the food is subpar and overpriced (and apparently you don't get to choose how you want your burger cooked). There are so many other great restaurants and bars with local craft beer in this area. Support those places, not this god awful place. read more

Great spot for a good lunch great prices great atmosphere. Wings burgers apps all good the French dip is probably the best thing on the menu highly recommended. read more

Yummy! On our way home, looking for dinner...found this gem. Jen the bartender was very friendly and helpful! Me and my hubby had empanadas for an app and split the Tap and Barrel burger. Great flavor with a little heat. Love this new find!!! read more

My friends and I go here all the time, the burgers are great, the rest of the food is inconsistent. The service is great during the weekday, nights and weekends is very inconsistent. Major pet peeve of mine is there's no draft list except a chalk board on one wall that you can't see from half of the restaurant. Drinks are good, prices are appropriate, this place has all the potential to be an awesome spot but needs to find good consistent workers. read more

We went here for a late lunch on a Tuesday and absolutely loved it. The food was amazing. You could tell everything was made there and not from a can or jar. The home fries were a hit for the whole table. The bartender/server was so nice and funny. Made us out of towners feel welcome. If I'm ever back in town I will be going here read more

Met a friend for dinner here recently and was pleasantly surprised. From the outside you would not expect the rustic, updated inside when you walk through the door. The service was good and it was not too busy when we first arrived. It did definitely pick up by the time we were leaving. I had a crispy chicken sandwich and my friend had a burger. Both were good, not great, but good. I would go back again to try some other menu options. They have a nice assortment of appetizers, salad, sandwiches/burgers, and entrees. read more

The food is good . The bartender was extremely( rude) she made me very uncomfortable I believe her name was Michelle. She was very Nasty also ignoring the two women next to me they wanted to play Keno. I understand at the time she was the only one working the bar and we were trying to be very patient with her . There was no reason at all for her to treat those two women so nasty ---- dirty looks it's uncalled for. So that's the reason why Me and my husband won't be back !!! There was a new bartender that just got hired she was wonderful!!! It was nice to see that she was wearing a mask that was till (Michelle) told her she no longer needed it !!!! We live very close and it was a nice little place to stop in and grab a bite to eat. I can live without the drama I'd rather go somewhere else !!!!!!! read more

Food is good, but service can be lacking. We have ordered take out several times, and each time have been given the wrong order. The atmosphere is very casual but nice, and it is a nice place for a quick bite and a drink. read more

Visited twice in less than 2 weeks at dinner time and close the home. Really enjoyed the food. A nice change from the prior management. Food is much better with some very nice healthier options. My husband thoroughly enjoyed the Asian rice bowl special. Too bad it's not a regular selection on the menu. Service was right on point. We will definitely be back. read more