Taphouse Pub & Eatery

Taphouse is probably the best sports bar/​restaurant in Boise. Plenty of TV’s, pretty good food for the most part, and the bar staff is super friendly as long as you don’t date any of them :)
The prime rib french dip is the best. Only available saturday-​sunday as long as they have some left over from Friday night. The owner paid for 10 of my friends’ tabs last year on a Sunday watching NFL. Good peeps!

The Tap House is a hopping place to hang out for the locals. When sitting at the bar It does take a few minutes to get their attention when they don’t know you. This night I ordered a glass of Zin and wanted to order food. I got my wine and a menu but it took another 15 minutes to take my food order.
I ordered the Kobe Pork Belly burger med rare no bun no fires but add a piece of fish instead. The burger was well done and dry which was a shame to do that to a Kobe Pork belly burger. The fish was outstanding!
I left the place upstairs that had an 8 oz burger to come here for this special burger and was highly disappointing in what I was served for a burger!
I think I will go back to the place upstairs and try them next!

44 great beers on tap… but I come here for the boneless wings… the best in Boise…

It gets busy during sports so get there early. They have an awesome list of micros, my fav being the coffee stouts. Their wings are amazing as well. Fun place!

Ordered the guacamole which has always been good and it was awesome as always although the chips were pretty stale. From fish tacos to burgers, everyone loved their food and the service was nice. Server was polite and quick and always had a smile. I will continue to go there to eat.

I came back to give it another go — hard not to with their great beer selection, convenient location and modest prices. I also felt like a turkey burger and it’s one of the few places in town that offers one. Food today was great, turkey burger was cooked well and delicious, husbands mushroom swiss burger also didn’t disappoint. Rosemary fries with ranch you just can’t ever go wrong with. Service can be slow and we had this problem last time we were here, but to be fair our waitress this afternoon was handling the entire restaurant on her own and managed to do it courteously and as promptly as humanly possible.

Pros:
First come, first serve seating with big and small tables
Huge list of draft beers, constantly rotating
Large garage door that they open when the weather is permitting
Tons of TVs and they will indicate via sticky notes what game will be on which TV to help you pick your table
Its one of the only places in town where I can get a sour beer!
Cons
It can get SO LOUD you can’t hear the person across from you. Depending on who you are with this can make it tough, but then, just don’t go on big game day/​nights and you’ll be fine
Somewhere in the middle:
Some of their food is seriously excellent – the tin shed turkey with maple aioli and gouda is so good.
The buffalo chicken dip is my weakness.
For a basic ceasar wrap, there’s is packed with flavor. The roasted peppers are a nice addition. Speaking of wraps, all salads can also be a wrap, I love that.
Their fries are so good. Sweet potato and regular. The sweet potato fried come with a side of that maple aioli which really sets them apart.
The salmon sandwich… was bland
The fish tacos are good, but not excellent, nothing really sets them apart
The fish and chips are soggy sometimes

This place expressed the definition of pub and grill. Super friendly staff, quick service and quality food. We had lunch, pulled pork sandwich with sweet potato fries very good. However, you have got to try their regular fries and the maple butter dipping sauce. Wow they were really good.
Of course when your at a pub your better have a beer, no surprise there’s a lot to choose from. So when your in downtown Boise Idaho stop in, you shouldn’t be disappointed.

Love their selection on beer! It was insane how many they had! We also tried their Guacamole with chips. A little too spicy for me, but it wasn’t bad. I’ve certainly have had worse. Atmosphere was as expected for a downtown location. No real «WOW» factor. but nice enough where I can see lots of people coming for the weekend. It’s definitely a place to go if you want to try a huge selection of beer! I’ll go back for sure!
Reason for 4 stars: No «WOW” factor

This place holds a special memory for us, as we met in this place about a year ago. Decided to come and watch the Boise st game and eat some dinner.
I ordered the turkey burger with some fries, overall very tasty but it was a bit salty. We also ordered the club sandwich with chips and salsa and it was delicious. You could tell they used quality bacon and can easily taste the herbs. Very good balance of ingredients.
I also got the old Rasputin on nitro which was very boozy. Also tried the moosedrool and was in love with this beer.
Overall very good service for a Friday night, def will come back!

Wow !! We just ran across this little place on our way thru downtown.
Great find we had the fish tacos that are AMAZING and a couple mimosas !!
Great server and atmosphere … I could hang out all day ! Salsa salsa made fresh there and sooo good
No complaints at all !!!

Cool bar, it’s definitely a sports bar first and a restaurant second. They do have some good options on their menu but the real winner here is the beer selection. The list frequently changes and they do have featured brewers sometimes. I enjoyed my turkey burger and the rosemary fries were really delicious. Perfectly crispy and seasoned. The coleslaw had a hint of spice I can’t quite put my finger on, it was something unique. The guacamole was very thick and chunky, very basic and fresh but nothing super special about it. I like my guac with a little kick, some chopped onion, jalapeño and salt but this was pretty much just avocado that was decorated with some chopped tomatoes and cilantro on top.

I already thought very highly of Taphouse, but they found a way to go up even higher in my book. I attribute it to a previously unknown category known as «Clutch Factor». I was at the Egyptian attending an event and had already purchased the one theater beer I said I’d get. It was fairly expensive and wasn’t even a beer I was particularly fond of, but I just got it to show my support for the venue and presenters. By the time intermission came, my theater: beer ratio was already tragically skewed. I decided to step outside and get some fresh air when I noticed Taphouse. I managed to stroll next door and get an 11.25% glass of deliciousness and a JD sidecar for a price much more favorable that the theater beer. In matter of minutes, I returned to the theater in much better spirits having restored order to my theater: beer ratio. Heck, the intermission was so long that I didn’t even miss anything! Lucky me. Anyway, the Taphouse has great brews, wine, meals and snacks, and the prices are totally reasonable. The Taphouse has your back.

One of our common stops, this is a great place for a beer or a meal.
The beer selection is large and varied (although generally too cold). Beers are generously poured and well priced. Never mind that place around the corner where a beer is $ 8, here you can get the same beer for $ 4.50 or less.
Try the Rosemary fries… they’re fantastic.
The only real quibble is that it can get tough to find a seat sometimes. Sometimes it’s just packed. Service can sometimes be a bit slow but for the most part that only happens when it’s very busy.

Valentine’s night 2015. This was our first stop since we were killing time until our dinner reservation later on. My wife is not a beer drinker, so thankfully they offer up wine and cocktails as alternatives!
I can honestly say we only had the Buffalo Chicken Dip as an appetizer while my wife enjoyed a cilantro margarita and I enjoyed some flights of various local beers I had not had before. However, service was prompt and plenty and very pleasing.
I could see how this could be a noisier place on certain nights of sporting events. But, that is to be expected in a sports bar and grill and there should be no room to complain on that premiss alone.
We do plan on coming back to actually eat here as the food we seen going by us looked very appetizing.
I didn’t count the beer choices, but as someone else mentioned, it had to be more than 40!

Good food, great beer selection and friendly service.
We had the buffalo chicken sandwich and the fish tacos — both excellent. Fries are solid as well.
Many, many local brews. Especially local specialties that you can’t find everywhere in town. Our server was very friendly.
Also — TV’s everywhere. Think of this as a sports bar with great food and beer.

I’ve been here twice, hubby three times. Wound up here on a Sat. night during the holiday season because every other place in town we wanted to get a sit down dinner was packed and there was a 30 min. wait. But this night there was plenty of room at Taphouse and we remembered the food was pretty good. I rarely drink beer and hubs is a whiskey guy so it might be rather strange that we end up at places known for carrying a good variety of brews so we can’t comment on that. Other reviewers take up that slack, though. :-)
We shared the Bacon & Pear Bruschetta that was quite exquisite in taste. Only recommendation would be to crisp up the crostini some and serve it a tad warmer. Otherwise, excellent! Husband gave thumbs up to the Tin Shed Turkey sandwich, and Mom loved the Veggie Panini. The Rosemary fries are thinly cut and perfectly seasoned. I had the Blackened Salmon Salad which was decent, not particularly remarkable. Service was good, though we did need to draw attention to water & soda refills which were taken care of promptly.

The food was good but nothing spectacular. The TVs were awesome and had a great variety of sports on. The location is great and they had amazing deals on mimosas and Bloody Mary’s. They have a large beer selection which is awesome. The atmosphere is laid back and welcoming and a big crowd for drinks and games.
The jalapeño poppers aren’t poppers, it’s a dip with chips. The service was awful– don’t sit anywhere that isn’t in the dead middle or you might get ignored like us. Our waters were not filled once and we were never checked on which typically isn’t that big of a deal to me, but it was crazy how we were seemingly meaningless to our waiter.
Overall I would come back but not for food. It’s a good place to watch a big game and grab a drink, but that’s all I would suggest here for.

I’m definitely a fan of the Taphouse. They have a sizable beer menu, including sour beers (my fave)! Their flights are pretty cheap, so I like to go and sample a few different beers.
I came and got a $ 2 mimosa after going to the Farmer’s market last weekend. I have yet to eat here, but I definitely want to come for brunch in the future because their menu looked great!
The atmosphere is definitely sports bar-​ish and casual, nothing too special, but a nice place to have a low-​key afternoon watching a game.

I’m not sure this place hits the radar of many for «good food.» It SHOULD! Salads– fresh, creative, spot on. Burgers– (in my husband’s words) good. — that’s a solid compliment. He adds on– I like pepper on the fries. My Buffalo Chicken sandwich is still leaving a mouth tingling burn. In a good way. Highly recommend. Oh! I almost forgot– they have AMAZING BEER!