July 13, 2011
I was ready not to like this place, but it won me over. The ambiance is a little weird--more martini bar than beer bar, neon and glitz--but a really fantastic range of draft beer and a friendly, knowledgable bartender. Not too crazy on a saturday night which I liked. Many reviews refer to skunky tap lines but I didn’t find that at all. The place certainly smells a bit of sour beer, but the beers themselves were clean and tasty.

September 14, 2010
I really wanted to dislike this place. Fancy place, Bellevue, probably uppity staff, lackluster food. None of that was true. 160 taps! OMG. And very competent taps and a bartender that could describe the many that I had an interest in. Settled into a wonderful Port Brewing Hop 15 and some great appetizers. Will be back when in the Seattle area.

June 15, 2010
Fantastic selection of taps - a few of them were out of stock, including two I really wanted to try. Service was alright - staff don’t really know their beer. I’d come back.

May 30, 2010
Lots of pretentious dickheads here. This place reminds me of an upscale Taco Mac. Their selection is fairly extensive. The inside is quite nice. I have no idea as to how the food actually tastes; I’m sure the food it decent. I enjoyed my time here, and the service was great. As is the case with Brouwers, the crowd ruins it for me.

November 8, 2009 [ Updated November 14, 2009 ]
Super selection of taps, but be sure to ask for the off-menu list of rotating specials. Probably another 25 or so, which may include eastern beers from Southern Tier, Dogfish, and Founders, as well as some of our better locals (Walking Man, Boundary Bay). Definitely a yuppified environment, but I prefer this Bellevue location to their stark venue in downtown Seattle. Working in the Midwest a lot makes you appreciate the menu items at Taphouse - kinda hard to get cedar planked salmon at an Ohio beer bar. Join the club and get 10% off during the first 10 days of the month. I like this place because my wife, who doesn’t drink beer (but is otherwise perfect in every way), can have a very nice dinner with wine or scotch while I indulge myself with great beers on tap.

November 2, 2009
The Taphouse has gotten kind of a bad rap recently with their onslaught of "lifestyle" commercials that feature pretty much everything BUT the beer or food. Service can be iffy/sporadic to downright pretentious depending on the day and time. Either way though they’ve got a ton of taps and a pretty decent happy hour. Even though they advertise over 160 taps, about 10 of them are done up with mass-produced swill and 5-6 will most likely be "out" or "unavailable". Their selection leans heavily toward beers that are more likely to be enjoyed by the general public (as they should) however they’ll also have a generous selection of excellent beers as well. There are not many places in the world where you can sit down and order Pliny The Elder, followed by Dogfish Head 90 minute IPA, followed by Arrogant Bastard, and then wash it down with a Hofbrauhaus Original...along with some cheap happy hour sushi rolls. My best advice is sit at the counter, the bartenders tend to know their stuff, the servers sometimes know their stuff and sometimes do not...however once I ordered a DFH90IPA and they brought me a scotch ale...once told of said error they quickly replaced my mis-pour with the proper one....the waitress was "amazed" that I could tell the difference...hmm.

September 3, 2008
Smaller than the seattle location. Less atmosphere - too open with views of the kitchen and everyone else. Great beer selection, although they were out of the special seasonals I wanted to try - still got some good drinks out of the sample (which is on the spendy side, $10 for 4- 6oz drinks). Food was okay - nothing to write home about, average value (($12 plate for hot sammies and fries). Service kind of sucked - not knowledgeable about their selections and the appetizers, bread, and meals al came within 2-3 minutes of one another.

June 15, 2008 [ Updated May 15, 2009 ]
I much prefer the Seattle location. Considering how busy they were, the service was good. They were out of a lot of my choices,. Food was good. The location sucks, hard to get to, due to traffic snarls, expensive parking. I doubt I will return to this location.

April 8, 2008
Rather pleased with the place. Other raters point out that the vast majority of taps are ho-hum widely available beers and not even that highly rated really. The prices are well, pricey, but $9.50 for 4 ~6 oz. beers ain’t too bad compared compared to what i’m used to in manhattan and philly. I was able to easily find 8 beers I was eager to try. Some pretty nice locals, loved the Mac & Jack amber. Ordered some moderately priced sandwiches, tukey club, french dip with cheese both excellent, but their fancier food and appetizers weren’t so great and were overpriced. Service was good too, but not so beercentric as I expected. Would definitely go back when in the area, but they could certainly make better use of their 160 taps.

March 11, 2008
Stopped in here recently and I have to say about their beer selection, clean your lines!!!. The issue I had with this place is that beer selection should be what drives someone to this place, yet I feel any first timer might assume that their Yeti is a bit milder than what it is in bottle or on a clean line. I inquired how they tend to service temperatures of their stronger ales versus their mild (sessions, light lagers, etc.). The answer I got was the same cooler and to top things off things off I felt like I was insulting the bartender by asking them to take a bad beer back. Overall, given the options around the area, there isn’t much, but I think I would rather head into Rock Bottom and have a locally brewed, than question whether its the line or my taste buds that are fried. Cheers