Buckets Tavern & Tap

I was pleasantly surprised by this neighborhood bar.
We came on a Tuesday night to see a friend perform and the place was crowded. It was definitely because of the love music but the atmosphere was pretty cool.
It’s a large area full of TVs and pool tables. The draft beer selection was pretty amazing for a sports bar and they featured several seasonal options. I went with the pumpkin beer and it was nice and cold. The bartender was attentive and was there to offer us another brewski when ours got empty.
We didn’t try any of the food but what we saw being served looked pretty good.
I would definitely come back again to sit back, relax and hear some live music.

I live in the area and been meaning to stop here for a long time because of the awesome daily specials posted out front. While waiting for my son to complete Tae Kwon Do class within the same plaza I made a visit to check things out. Prior to my sit down visit I stop by and grabbed a menu to preview.
This is the plan to being to have a sports watching party or go watch any sporting event. I counted 22 TVs which includes 11 large projector style and 11 smaller but visible.
OMG the spicy garlic chicken wings were heaven and I wished I ordered all ten wings with spicy garlic.
In my Jim Carey Voice «I’ve had better!!!» I was super excited to try the jalapeño poppers but they straight up tasted like frozen poppers refried in the attempt make taste fresh.
As a gentlemen walked out he whispered in my ears to try the Boom Boom Shrimp next time… crossing my fingers it will be as great as he was hinting.
Kelly was awesome and very accommodating. I love how neighborly the environment was and I can tell there is a lot of regulars here. I will for sure come here again. All in all I can tell this will be a hit or missed place and I’m good with that since its locally owned and it’s near my home.
P.S this is more of a 3.5 starts rating

I wish I could give this a 3.5 because their coverage on sports does not fail you. They have plenty of televisions and projections screens your hearts galore so no matter where you sit you have a good view catching your team and other games.
Their tap collection is big plus since they have my two favorite beers, Jai Alai and Stella Artois and both were delicious! Their selection is about 15(?) or so from bud light to goose island beer.
Our bartender was professional and courteous as she had our food and drinks out in a minutely manner. I would recommend for their sampler dish as their mozzarella sticks were one of the best as with their chicken tender. They both came out piping hot (which was a plus) since it doesn’t feel like it was reheated under a lamp. We did order the quesadilla as well and was not impressed because their chicken felt soggy drenched the tortilla. It used to be on point but they changed it up a bit.
Regardless I would recommend this place if you’re in the mood for bands, dancing, camaraderie or if you’re an Eagles fan. If you’re from the local area, you can find this place next door to Sergio’s Jewlery from this commercials!

I had the Rubin very good and the burger which is top notch and 5 bucks on Mondays so defiantly a great deal and last I tried there garlic med wings which were a failure as the garlic mostly fell off but the wings them self were top notch and only 60 cents on certain days
however the best place for garlic medium in Tampa still remains the press box who makes the best garlic wings in Tampa that I found and Tuesday there 50 cents
PS I always take off a star for sports bars as I simply not a sports person

not happy with the service. it is slower than molasses in january. why should a waitress with only 4 tables take 10 minutes approach a customer to ask about a drink and 20 minutes to ask for a food order? if this place wants to make money then dammit get your waitresses to do their job and approach the customers in a timely
manner??? wtf??? what is wrong here? if this place cannot teach their wait staff to approach the customers in a timely and efficient manner and take a damn order that is easy, then fire them and get people who care enough about the customer!!! this is not any way for a restauraunt to serve the public!!!

Went there last night to see a very dear friend, my husband orders 3 drinks get charged for 4? We tell the waitress and she states she will talk to the manager which never came to the table to speak to us but sent the waitress back stating he didn’t remove the drink?
So this is the first time I have ever left a 00.00 tip!
If the manager cared enough for the the business he would have came over an addressed this problem.
You would loose customers over something that could have been easly resolved.
I have been here many times before and there is always some kind of problem with someone’s check, food, or service.
This will be the our last time! You need to retrain your staff! Starting from management on down.

Met friends to hear a band. Huge space and mainly empty Asked for kettle on rocks with olives and a craft brew for hubby. Waitress didn’t know if they carried kettle or craft brews but we found a menu and found an IPA. Vodka came with olives so old and rotten I had to spit out! Fished them all out added ice to my drink from my friends water glass and danced, visited with friends and had a great time listening to a band called Destiny. Had a blast! Got the bill and they charge $ 1 for olives! What kinda bar charges for olives in a cocktail??? Don’t really think we would go back unless to meet friends and see that band.

I met friends here last night after Busch Gardens wine Fest. I like the outside seating although your view is just the parking lot. I would maybe add some twinkly lights and Potted palm trees to create a tropical space. Inside is dark and a bit divey. I did not eat here but I ordered a sangria and for a dive bar it was good. The bartender even added a nice touch by putting a lemon, lime and an orange on the rim. There was a band and they were quite good. Overall we had fun and I would go back.

Pretty typical sports bar. The beer selection is ever so slightly better than average. We had the flat bread which was better than I expected given our venue but nothing mind blowing. The service was average. I think your getting the point: basically your average joint. Nothing terrible, nothing spectacular. A-​ok.

A nice sports bar. They have a decent beer selection, a full menu, tons of TVs on the walls, and are very understaffed.
They have Big Storm products on tap, which was a big plus in my book. The only food I tried was an ordering wings. They were very good sized, and had good flavor.
Our server, Trinity, was very friendly, and as attentive as she could be. This is a very good sized sports bar, and on a Saturday night with NFL playoff games and a popular live band it appeared she was one of two waitresses working. That could be a one off situation for that night, except it seems to be a recurring theme in other reviews as well. We were just having wings as a snack, and drinks. We ended up ordering our next drink ½ way through the prior one because of the delay and if we had been ordering food as a meal the delay would have much more aggrivating.
I would come back to Buckets, but would have reservations about staying if they are even moderately busy simply due to not having enough staff to actually service their customers.

As a Philly transplant — yay! I had heard from a friend’s dad that Buckets was «the Eagles bar» in Tampa. I thought maybe a small handful of regulars visited Buckets each weekend and that the «Eagles bar» thing was an exaggeration made by a Bucs fan. But when I actually checked the place out this past weekend to catch the Eagles vs. Titans game, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the place was packed with folks who bleed green! And so. many. televisions. Even if you weren’t there for the Eagles game, you definitely had access to any of the other games on at the same time.
The atmosphere for the game was great — if you’re an Eagles fan. There were a few fans of other teams around but Philadelphia fans were definitely the majority. Our server was friendly and kept my boyfriend’s and my glasses full. The wings I ordered were tasty, and my boyfriend raved about his chicken fingers. On my next visit I might get chicken fingers and request some of the wing sauce for dipping!

Went for an Eagles game — their fan club meets there. Had great service and beer bucket specials. I got the combo platter with mozzarella sticks, potato skins, and chicken fingers. The chicken fingers were AMAZING! I’d definitely go back here to watch a game — tons of TVs & good sports bar atmosphere.

I went on a Tuesday night at about 7:30. The bar was mostly empty, except for a big group that was playing board games (yup, that was what I was there for). I didn’t try the food, but I saw that they have wings for $ 0.60/each. Still, it looked like you have to order them in multiples of ten.
The beer was pretty good. There was nothing too special on tap, but it wasn’t an embarrassingly small selection either. Of the 15 or so brews on tap, I think I had tried them all except one. So I went for that one. (It had «red» in the name.) I thought it was pretty good, and it ran me $ 4.
This is a good place to go for a sporting event. The inside is lined all around with huge TVs.

Random night when my roommates decided to go out for a drink! We decided to check this bar close to our apartment. I was surprise when we walked in the place was huge. And they have special every night. I ordered the spicy garlic wings. The wings were perfect size, juicy and perfect flavor. My only problem was my ranch was empty before I even finish my wings, but it’s all good coz the wing itself makes out what’s missing! Definitely coming back to try other special. Maybe karaōke night???

This place has some really good specials daily, we hit them up and were lucky to find they had ladies drink free Thursdays and the girls in our party enjoyed that… a little too much. The food was good for a sports bar they had soooo many TVs it was crazy! Surprisingly their hot garlic wings were spicy comparatively to many other wing joints who tout «spicy» wings. Good service and good casual atmosphere, hope to go back for 60 cent wings.

I never have a bad time at this bar. Plenty of large screen TVs and the food is never disappointing.

Well last Saturday night some of tried Buckets for the first time. It is located on Gunn Hwy., heading West right before Henderson, in the shopping plaza. Psrking was a bit tight, but it is a large parking lot.
I don’t know if they always have a cover charge, but they had a good band that night and it was a $ 10.00 cover, but that also got you 2 drinks, so I think that is a pretty fair deal.
The crowd was all ages, with the majority being over 40, which was fine with me :) Buckets was packed! They had some nice big booths, a large sit at bar and tables on the other side of the large dance floor.
This is not a romantic date night spot, but more of a girls, mens or group night out. The music was good, but it and the crowd washout.
It’s a good place to go if you want to nust hang and get your dance on.
I did not have any food, so unfortunately I can’t help you there. Would I go again, sure why not. It doesn’t seem to be the type of place you’d see brawls, but then again you never know, those can happen anywhere! We had a good time and that’s all that matters.
What’s a girl to do? Sometimes yahoo just want to dance.

I can barely begin to articulate the horrific events that we just experienced at this place. Let’s just say, we spent an hour and a half there and the «night» ended with our group never getting served food and witnessing our waitress screaming/​cursing at other customers in response to their frustration with the lack of service. This place will only go down the drain so long as the long haired brunette chick that looks like she is on crack continues working here. Never got to try the wings but $ 2 Bud Select specials seem nice. if you can talk your waitress into taking your order! I am being a little generous with an extra star due to the amount of TVs present… betting it’s awesome during football season and you play fantasy :).
However, in the words of my roommate, «this place should be called f*ck it».

I really wish I lived a lot closer to the «Super Wal-​Mart of neighborhood bars» because it’s friendly, they have great burger and wing specials (Mondays and Tuesdays respectively) and they offer Crowd Savings deals as well. This could be my new fav place to watch a game because of it’s sound system, and tv quality. Could be promising. just hope they can work out their growing pains and get consistent reviews on service, because without that-they’re doomed.

Disappointing food and spotty service. Buckets has been open since late September, and they’ve assembled a crowd of regulars who prop up the bar each night. If you’re part of the inner circle, then the servers and manager will visit with you and make sure that you’re served quickly. Unfortunately the rest of us take our chances walking in here.
Buckets is located on Gunn Highway near the intersection of Casey Road, in the Sweetbay shopping center. The space has been the home of numerous other bar & grills, so these folks have to fight an uphill battle to be successful.
The décor is nice with a lot of big-​screen TVs projecting all of the major sporting events, and the selection of beer includes Cigar City Brewing beers on tap.
I ordered some wings which are supposedly the house special. I found them to be greasy, and the flavor didn’t rock my boat.
Mehhh, I’ve had better.