Belcourt Taps

Well I usually don’t post reviews but couldn’t help myself on this one. Forgettable experience. Beers are blah. Food is even worse. On top of that the place is old, dingy and hard to walk around in. With all the new venues opening around town this tired one might need to hang it up or renovate and improve the offerings. Oh and the service sucked as well. Just saying…

A great small venue with great food… burgers, BBQ and pizzas. Awesome venue for listening to some of Nashville best singers/​songwriters. A must stop when visiting Nashville. Entertainment nightly. Not many tourist but you are sure to meet some fun locals. Nice patio out front as well!

Sopped by chance. Great cozy singer songwriter venue. Great food. Met the owner Rose, very sweet lady. Has a real heart for the songwriters. Do you want a corporate owned type bar? No, not the place. A must stop. Awesome

One word… Incredible! We were one hour into arriving to Nashville for our first time. We usually bar hop. Nope there was no leaving this place. Just wow!!! You have to come, all the best song writers in country music are here actually on stage playing for you. Could not believe it! Kate our bartender is absolutely the best ever. Make a reservation it is packed!

Very casual. Live music and excellent burgers. Loud so not for intimate conversation. Very friendly service but it gripes me when food for the whole party comes out over an extended period.

After reading all the reviews from the groupon purchases I ignored my instincts and tried it anyways. Lesson learned now. The place is quaint and the service was good but beyond that it sucked. Maybe two out of the ten beers was decent the others were awful tasting and were not even worth drinking. We also got pretzels with the groupon. My husband had the plain pretzel which was decent but a little dry. I had the garlic parmesan which was awful, they used garlic powder for flavoring and gave you a dipping side which tasted like a garlic vinaigrette dressing and it was also dry and over cooked. Next time I will listen to my instinct and not make bad groupon purchases. :(

My wife and I come here about once a week. The food is always good and the servers are friendly. They have a great selection of local beers on tap.

Quick lunch spot. Buffalo wrap www pretty good, but the coleslaw was drowned in sauce.

Possibly the best burgers in Nashville! Great environment with live music always being played. A nice place to sit on the outside patio on a hot summer’s day. I always come back, again and again for the burgers and live music. Definitely the place to be in Nashville!

This is a great place to drop in for a burger and a beer. Try the Yazoo beer, and the Juicy Lucy burger. James is the coolest. Friendly place, great music in the evenings!

This review is purely directed at management — service, beer, food apps were all great.
We used the $ 13 Groupon for two flights and an app ($ 28 value) — in no where on the Groupon did it mention we would be forced to pay a 20% gratuity for a party of 2. Plus, the 20% was $ 6 — do I need to get out a calculator for anyone? Very shady, very disappointed, and will not be coming back to give my business to a company like this.
Why not mention it at the beginning of the service? Or, better yet, on the Groupon itself? Disappointed indeed.

My kids and I walk here sometimes for their burgers since it’s in the neighborhood. This, along with Brown’s (and maybe the Dog) are the best burgers in Hillsboro Village in my humble opinion. I would walk or bike another mile to eat The Hangover, Juicy Lucy, or Hell’s Kitchen. It’s a tight place and one with tight beer. You can bring your dog and hangout on the outside patio. Only reason I minus a star is supported smoking on one part of the patio. Enjoy a beautiful day here on Belcourt and hop over to the theater and Dragon Park.

I cannot say enough great things about this place! I purchased a groupon for 2 flights of beer and appetizer and I am so glad I did. We did not have a reservation and the grouping stated it was required, but they gladly helped us anyway. The staff was friendly and personable, and the owner was so nice! After over hearing we are new to Nashville she walked over to introduce herself and chatting about all the great things to do in Nashville! The live music was awesome and the vibe was just what we liked. I have a feeling we will become regulars here!

My girlfriend had purchased a groupon deal for a flight of local beers and appetizer, and two beers that stood out were the Honkey Tonk IPA and Honkey Tonk Pale Ale, both really smooth! Make sure you make a reservation if you get the groupon deal! I happened to meet the owner Rose, who was very sweet and joined my girlfriend and I in some nice conversation and made us feel very welcome, since we just moved from CA. Great live music and friendly staff. We will definitely be here on a regular. Make sure to tip your bartender generously, although they will take great care of you either way. =)

We live just around the corner and love stumbling into this hidden gem on any night of the week for amazing live music. They don’t have an extensive beer list considering their coined name «Taps,» but the vibe is consistently great. The staff is social, helpful, and always in good spirits which especially at a bar makes a huge difference.
I haven’t tried any of the food, but the wine is generally good, the people are all really chill and again, GO FOR THE LIVE MUSIC. You will see tons of local singer/​songwriters giving their best, especially during nights where they have «writer’s round.» It’s usually 3 – 4 artists sitting in a row, taking turns singing some of their solo piece. It’s a must do!

I went to this restaurant for the first time and was surprised to see they had live music starting right after I walked in. The waitress was very busy but very quick to see after my needs and always had a smile on her face. The BBC was good and then I had a yummy cookie for dessert! It was a fun evening and I will be back!
Just remembered the waitress was named Janna.

Worst service and worst food I’ve had in years. Don’t order the nachos. I am embarrassed for Nashville that this place is in business. See my photos of the nasty ketchup bottle they finally brought out after we finished our burgers.

Oh my god, this place was so disappointing. An old friend was in town and we made the horrible mistake of bringing her here, I was embarrassed for Nashville to be represented by them to my friend.
Service: our waitress was obviously new, which was fine… She mentioned taking an abc class recently and made small talk with us about how scary the class was and about how important it was to see every customers I. D’s… She took our beer orders… and DID NOT I.D. a single one of us, we were kind of dumbfounded…
Food: horrible. I’m talking probably the worst food we’ve had in over a year. We ordered the nacho plate which consisted of low quality chips, nasty pickled jalapeños and the MOST DISGUSTING queso I have EVER had. It wasn’t even hot, it was cold and thick and over everything. Absolutely disgusting. My stomach actually hurt after eating it. The other plate we got was the fried pickle appetizer, it wasn’t nearly as bad but was hardly memorable.
Considering the restaurant is advertised as a «tapas» restaurant we assumed they might actually give a damn about their food. It was laughable, they should be ashamed they even served that.

I don’t like writing negative reviews, but my experience at Belcourt Taps left me little choice. My wife and I went there on a Groupon for two beer flights and an appetizer. We experienced the following issues:
1) The waitress was unaware the restaurant was doing a Groupon and didn’t seem sure how to do the beer flights. As a result…
2) Our beer flights were 10 random beers (well, 9 beers and a cider) without any labels or information as to what they were. Rather than two sets of five beers, it seemed like they told the bartender to just pour 10 arbitrary brews and scatter them throughout the tray. If the word «taps» is in your restaurant’s name, you should probably know your way around a keg.
3) The nachos were so low-​quality that if I had made them myself, I would have been disappointed with my handiwork. The queso was goopy, lukewarm and clearly store-​bought and the toppings were only on one side.
4) Maybe this wasn’t their fault, but the band they hired to perform was quite bad. Picture Dolly Parton getting her wig plucked to the tune of a stale guitar and you’ve just about got it.
Restaurants who offer Groupons are like attractive thirty-​somethings on Tinder. If they have to put themselves on that particular medium, they probably don’t have their crap together.
Lesson learned.

I do not dole out single stars lightly, but in this case I would give 0 if I could.
I first tried Belcourt Taps (& tapas? Didn’t they used to have tapas?) last year and had a very meh experience. I waited for another visit to review since a first time bad experience could always be a fluke. My husband bought a groupon for 2 beer flights and an appetizer this month not knowing I wasn’t a huge fan based on previous experience, but we thought, hey it’s pretty hard to mess up beer. I guess we jinxed ourselves.
The inside was pretty full when we arrived on a week night, and it looked like a band was about to go on. I’m thinking this place is best as just a music venue where you happen to have a beer rather than a destination for a meal.
We opted for the patio since it was nice outside. We told our waitress up front that we were going to redeem their groupon, which she seemed super confused about and told us they didn’t have a current groupon, their old one expired. Not her fault, but the staff was clearly not educated on the offer (which didn’t expire for 3 more months). If you have a groupon out there, maybe tell your staff about it.
We asked about the beer flights (not on the menu) and she told us that it was «local stuff.» We were fine with that explanation since we knew we were getting whatever their groupon deal was and couldn’t be picky. However, when the «flights» arrived, it was one big service tray with 10 mini mason jars (those were cute, I’ll give them that), each about a third full and nothing was labeled or in any order. They were also not cold. We asked her what they were and she said «mostly local stuff, it’s good» and then walked away. Ok…
We ended up finding out through taste testing trial and error that we did not, in fact, have 2 flights (I incorrectly assumed we would each get the same 5 beers since it was supposed to be 2 flights…), just 10 random different beers. We also deduced that TWO of them were some kind of HARD CIDER. I have no problem with cider if that’s what I ordered, but I don’t really find it acceptable to put it in a beer flight with no warning.
I won’t even address the appetizer we got except to say that I do not recommend the nachos.
The waitress informed us that if we didn’t order anything else besides just redeeming the groupon there would be 20% gratuity charged. We had initially planned to order more, but the app was so bad that we decided not to. We were planning to tip all along, so the gratuity charge was no problem. The receipt listed the 10 beers, which included Sam Adams and Angry Orchard (aka, not local and not beer). We asked if those were our beers since they weren’t labeled and she said no, I just pushed 10 random buttons to get the bill printed so I could charge gratuity. Great. I am convinced we did get the angry orchard, though. There’s no mistaking that for beer.
The excuse for a beer flight would have been disappointing anywhere, but is especially puzzling from a place with «taps» in their name who is specifically advertising beer flight deals.
Since this is 2 bad experiences in a row a year apart, it’s not a fluke. I will not be returning.