The Taproom - San Marcos, Texas

Miguel Salazar

Las chelas bien frías, y las hamburguesas bien gordas.

Will McGinnis

Guac Queso burger!

Martin Mis

Came into another seat yourself restaurant, my eyes met with the waiter like 4 time but she claims she never saw me, so I was waiting for about 5-10 minutes but other than that the server was nice. The food was delicious I had the bacon blue squared which is a blue cheese burger and it was delicious and I got potato wedges (JoJo's for my NW people) which wasn't bad but I wish they seasoned them.

Basic as hell

We had to wait over an hour for our food, but our amazing waitress Natalie, was sweating to get everyone's orders in, as we had a big group, there were also a lot of college kids, and people coming off the river.

The cooks worked their butt off to get the food out as quick as possible. The manager, Samantha and Natalie cleaned off tables and pushed then together to accommodate our big group. I definitely recommend "The Taproom". Parking was a pain in this whole area though.

Lajuan Harris

Now listen closely...when I say extremely cool staff I mean that !!! Best service in San Marcos... Now the food is to die for there's no other burger in San Marcos that tops tap room !!! They have over 100 different beers ? to choose from it's crazy but true extremely clean bathrooms this place is a pure joy !! My friend Maddie Ave took me here they have a new beacon jamm that is extremely yummy on the burgers and a golden mustard bbq is so good you can put it on everything I was eating it by itself it sooooo freaking good ? all made in house at the Tap room ..this place is a gem!! ?

R B

Neat atmosphere and great service. Very nice selection of beer. I had the Fat Mac burger and it was great!

Shelly Hubbard

Saw an ad for this on FB saying it had the best burgers in the county, so we had to try it out. If you know parking in this area, you will be happy to know there is parking in the back just for the Tap Room.

The atmosphere is fantastic. Love all of the old taps lining the walls. Then you have the wall of beer to peruse, and if you can decide what to get, your server is more than happy to help you out. If you don't want beer, they also have a full bar to make something more to your liking.

I ordered the blue cheese bacon burger without the blue cheese. My spouse got the Philly burger. The burgers were both presented well and led great. Both were well seasoned and very juicy. We truly enjoyed our lunch.

The food, service and atmosphere are great, it is a bit pricy so be prepared for that. We will be back.

Based Bonobo

EDIT:This is in response to the followup made by one of the owners below. Please see the attached photo of my original review as there is a character limit on these reviews. I wasn't going to pursue this any further, until my character seemingly was put into question in your response. Ill address each of your responses in the order they were written.

Firstly, I think there was a misunderstanding on what the goal of the original review was. There was a commission of a service, which in this case was a meal, that failed to meet expectations. This was then given a review based on our experience, which is the norm for any business that publicly accepts feedback on any service they offer. What you have seemed to interpret it as is a personal attack on you, your character, and whatever communities you identify yourself as a part of. This is well off course from the original purpose of the review, and I'm sorry if that was hard to comprehend upon your reading of my review, which judging by your response, was very brief.

I'm glad to have the opinion of someone who, as stated by you, was not even in the same room where our experience took place, and was most likely told what had happened through a game of telephone by the individuals accused of behaving inappropriately. You say you saw the time stamps of our visit. I stated it was approximately 20 minutes before initial contact, which you stated was 15. This is what approximately means, but thank you for the clarification. I may have misinterpreted the lapse in time, as I was taken a back when I went to the restroom to find your toilet lacks a door, (see attached picture)

If you read my review thoroughly, you would have seen that the reason I was using the term "self-designated restaurant owner ", was due to the fact that I would never proudly state I would own this establishment given the way that is ran. Neither your gender, sexuality, marital status, or race should play a factor towards your capability as an owner. I resent that you have made the insinuation that I was referring to any of these factors in my original review. Internal reflection on your part may be needed to address why this is the first conclusion about my character that you come to.

As for the tipping, we were told that 2% of all tips given on the card machine go to the bartender. This is what was relayed to us during our visit. I did not pull this fact out of thin air, so some training on how exactly your tipping system works to your employees may be in order. Whether an investigation by the BBB is in order due to the legality of this, that is outside of my jurisdiction.

I'm very disappointed that you rely on calling into question my moral character and insinuating that I have a "Deep seeded sexism issue" when in reality, this is just poor reception to feedback, due to your possible insecurities as a new owner that you are not performing as well as you had hoped. I hope that you can improve both yourself and your business in these respective aspects and prosper in the future, as I said in my original review. I also hope this is the end of this interaction, and your incoherent mudslinging towards people's characters, that were simply reviewing their experience of your business, is put to rest.

I would like to personally apologize to Sara, who you indicated was our waiter, if she felt that any Ill will was directed towards her. She was the star of our experience. Again, the problem lies with the upper management. She did a great job despite the roadblocks put in front of her by your lack of employee retainment. I hope to see her prosper at a different location where she would have a significantly better day-to-day and future experience under somebody who manages their team better. Given the recent reviews by former employees, it's no surprise as to your lack of staffing.