The server was extremely rude, the food was mid and cold. The smell from the bar was horrendous! I would never recommend it to anyone!
Donald Sanchez
Yo, why does it smell like a wet rat? Ala my nose is offended
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Martha Garcia
Very nice place Nice place for cold beer ??
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Gary I.
Came to Tap Bar Restaurant at the suggestion by the friendly low key bartender at the Toolbox, El Paso, TX. It's a vintage down home dIve bar & Mexican restaurant established 1956. On Friday 6pm, Taproom is popping. Great musicians singing in Spanish, English, Música Latina & American Country Western. Consumate singers. Salsa is a dark red brown like the devil with chile seeds, bits of green cilantro, earthy taste of funky garlic. Picante for the uninitiated. You have been warned. Unfortunately, the Totopos seem out of a bag. Mexican Plate #1: 1) Excellent Taco de Res Deshebrada/stringy beef. The tortilla de maíz is thin and grilled to a crisp, not fried creating lightness in flavour. Standard shreded iceberg lettuce, diced tomato, grated white cheese 2) Enchilada is tortilla de maíz wrapping melted white cheese & touch of ground meat in a mild red chile tinged sauce. 3) Chile Relleno: Pasilla Chile, stuffed with chewy white cheese. Covered by a puffy, floury, thick egg batter & fried. Both of the above were rather pedestrian. 4) Frijoles de Pinto are very creamy, maybe touch of lard for extra rich flavour with melted jack cheese on top. 5) Mexican Rice, bit salty. Acidic tomato sauce and perhaps bit of oregano added interest. 6) Good sized, fresh mixed green salad with pickled carrot, cucumber, chopped tomato to refresh the palate between bites. 1-6a) Margarita is a pass. Flaccid, weak flavours. The enlivening acidity of the lime didn't come through. Cheap Tequila that had very little alluring, fermented Agave based scent. Had a flat, unexciting lemonade profile. Another weak aspect was too much salt in various foods which I didn't initially notice, but I was drinking water for hours afterwards. I must say the musical entertainment made much of this food more palatable. Overall food was 3 while the music was 4. Round up to 4- stars for my love of dive joints.
Dr Don Ammon (Dr. Don)
Great tradition
Tamara Davis
This place is awesome! The food was by far the best Mexican cuisine I’ve ever had in this city, it was seasoned to perfection and the portions were very generous and filling! I can’t wait to go back!
Henry Perez
Great food and ambience. The nachos are definitely worth the hype, get them a la mexicana with avocado!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: The Tap Famous Nachos, Desebrada
Elvira Mendoza (EVY)
I didn't eat here, but the service was awesome.??????????
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Grant Stautzenberger
The food and music were fantastic. Unfortunately, the service was absolutely terrible. Our waitress Mary went out of her way to avoid our table. I had to ask other servers just to get anything. I went up to the bar to order drinks, and she acted like she was annoyed I was there. Tried to wave her down multiple times and was ignored over and over again. The food runner was more attentive than her.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: The Tap Famous Nachos
Jeremy Brown
Boy they do live up to the hype. You gotta come try their The Tap Famous Nachos. They most certainly hit the spot. The nacho chips are YUGE and loaded to the max with delicious shredded brisket. Great spot to pregame before hitting the streets.
This is for sure a dive bar.Conveniently located near my hotel and by a recommended from the front desk I decided to try it out.When you walk in it's dark. Very very dark. Like a dive bar should be. Sat down at the bar and was greeted promptly. Handed a menu and was a little confused. A lot of the entrees which were Mexican in nature, were served with baked potatoes. Now I'm a foodie, I didn't necessarily mind but I really was left thinking. Not the normal texmex food.Got the combo one. Stuffed pepper, taco, enchilada beans and rice. Was the perfect amount of food. They give you chips and salsa as a starter. Chips are super crisp but the salsa was too spicy for this guero.They don't have any beers on tap, all bottles. They don't have free water (all bottled) but the food was good.If you're hungry and now that I've set the expectation that it's dark go try some food!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Jeremy B.
Boy they do live up to the hype. You gotta come try their The Tap Famous Nachos. They most certainly hit the spot. The nacho chips are YUGE and loaded to the max with delicious shredded brisket. Great spot to pregame before hitting the streets.
Paul N.
This is for sure a dive bar. Conveniently located near my hotel and by a recommended from the front desk I decided to try it out. When you walk in it's dark. Very very dark. Like a dive bar should be. Sat down at the bar and was greeted promptly. Handed a menu and was a little confused. A lot of the entrees which were Mexican in nature, were served with baked potatoes. Now I'm a foodie, I didn't necessarily mind but I really was left thinking. Not the normal texmex food. Got the combo one. Stuffed pepper, taco, enchilada beans and rice. Was the perfect amount of food. They give you chips and salsa as a starter. Chips are super crisp but the salsa was too spicy for this guero. They don't have any beers on tap, all bottles. They don't have free water (all bottled) but the food was good. If you're hungry and now that I've set the expectation that it's dark go try some food!
Alexus
Food was not good, not worth the wait or the price. Service was disrepsectful. It's hard to mess up beans meat and cheese on chips so if you're looking for something greasy and simple this is your place but it's not my vibe. Ordered a cocktail at the bar and it was all juice and ice.Other patrons were loud, screaming, whistling, touching and grabbing the servers, and wouldnt stop bumping into us sitting at our table. This is not the fault of the business but just the general vibe check. Left with a headache.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
David Palafox
Great Mexican Food and
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mexican Plate No 1, The Tap Famous Nachos
The server was extremely rude, the food was mid and cold. The smell from the bar was horrendous! I would never recommend it to anyone!
Yo, why does it smell like a wet rat? Ala my nose is offended
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Very nice place Nice place for cold beer ??
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Came to Tap Bar Restaurant at the suggestion by the friendly low key bartender at the Toolbox, El Paso, TX. It's a vintage down home dIve bar & Mexican restaurant established 1956. On Friday 6pm, Taproom is popping. Great musicians singing in Spanish, English, Música Latina & American Country Western. Consumate singers. Salsa is a dark red brown like the devil with chile seeds, bits of green cilantro, earthy taste of funky garlic. Picante for the uninitiated. You have been warned. Unfortunately, the Totopos seem out of a bag. Mexican Plate #1: 1) Excellent Taco de Res Deshebrada/stringy beef. The tortilla de maíz is thin and grilled to a crisp, not fried creating lightness in flavour. Standard shreded iceberg lettuce, diced tomato, grated white cheese 2) Enchilada is tortilla de maíz wrapping melted white cheese & touch of ground meat in a mild red chile tinged sauce. 3) Chile Relleno: Pasilla Chile, stuffed with chewy white cheese. Covered by a puffy, floury, thick egg batter & fried. Both of the above were rather pedestrian. 4) Frijoles de Pinto are very creamy, maybe touch of lard for extra rich flavour with melted jack cheese on top. 5) Mexican Rice, bit salty. Acidic tomato sauce and perhaps bit of oregano added interest. 6) Good sized, fresh mixed green salad with pickled carrot, cucumber, chopped tomato to refresh the palate between bites. 1-6a) Margarita is a pass. Flaccid, weak flavours. The enlivening acidity of the lime didn't come through. Cheap Tequila that had very little alluring, fermented Agave based scent. Had a flat, unexciting lemonade profile. Another weak aspect was too much salt in various foods which I didn't initially notice, but I was drinking water for hours afterwards. I must say the musical entertainment made much of this food more palatable. Overall food was 3 while the music was 4. Round up to 4- stars for my love of dive joints.
Great tradition
This place is awesome! The food was by far the best Mexican cuisine I’ve ever had in this city, it was seasoned to perfection and the portions were very generous and filling! I can’t wait to go back!
Great food and ambience. The nachos are definitely worth the hype, get them a la mexicana with avocado!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: The Tap Famous Nachos, Desebrada
I didn't eat here, but the service was awesome.??????????
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
The food and music were fantastic. Unfortunately, the service was absolutely terrible. Our waitress Mary went out of her way to avoid our table. I had to ask other servers just to get anything. I went up to the bar to order drinks, and she acted like she was annoyed I was there. Tried to wave her down multiple times and was ignored over and over again. The food runner was more attentive than her.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: The Tap Famous Nachos
Boy they do live up to the hype. You gotta come try their The Tap Famous Nachos. They most certainly hit the spot. The nacho chips are YUGE and loaded to the max with delicious shredded brisket. Great spot to pregame before hitting the streets.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: The Tap Famous Nachos
Restaurantji Recommends
This is for sure a dive bar.Conveniently located near my hotel and by a recommended from the front desk I decided to try it out.When you walk in it's dark. Very very dark. Like a dive bar should be. Sat down at the bar and was greeted promptly. Handed a menu and was a little confused. A lot of the entrees which were Mexican in nature, were served with baked potatoes. Now I'm a foodie, I didn't necessarily mind but I really was left thinking. Not the normal texmex food.Got the combo one. Stuffed pepper, taco, enchilada beans and rice. Was the perfect amount of food. They give you chips and salsa as a starter. Chips are super crisp but the salsa was too spicy for this guero.They don't have any beers on tap, all bottles. They don't have free water (all bottled) but the food was good.If you're hungry and now that I've set the expectation that it's dark go try some food!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Boy they do live up to the hype. You gotta come try their The Tap Famous Nachos. They most certainly hit the spot. The nacho chips are YUGE and loaded to the max with delicious shredded brisket. Great spot to pregame before hitting the streets.
This is for sure a dive bar. Conveniently located near my hotel and by a recommended from the front desk I decided to try it out. When you walk in it's dark. Very very dark. Like a dive bar should be. Sat down at the bar and was greeted promptly. Handed a menu and was a little confused. A lot of the entrees which were Mexican in nature, were served with baked potatoes. Now I'm a foodie, I didn't necessarily mind but I really was left thinking. Not the normal texmex food. Got the combo one. Stuffed pepper, taco, enchilada beans and rice. Was the perfect amount of food. They give you chips and salsa as a starter. Chips are super crisp but the salsa was too spicy for this guero. They don't have any beers on tap, all bottles. They don't have free water (all bottled) but the food was good. If you're hungry and now that I've set the expectation that it's dark go try some food!
Food was not good, not worth the wait or the price. Service was disrepsectful. It's hard to mess up beans meat and cheese on chips so if you're looking for something greasy and simple this is your place but it's not my vibe. Ordered a cocktail at the bar and it was all juice and ice.Other patrons were loud, screaming, whistling, touching and grabbing the servers, and wouldnt stop bumping into us sitting at our table. This is not the fault of the business but just the general vibe check. Left with a headache.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Great Mexican Food and
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mexican Plate No 1, The Tap Famous Nachos