Tap 22 Grill - Rock Island

Today was my 40th birthday, and I had the freedom to choose any restaurant. I decided on TIN CAN NACHOS! We drove all the way from Dewitt, Iowa, and were thrilled to find the place relatively empty. We were seated right away, but then the waiting began. We sat there for what felt like ages, with no one even acknowledging us! After 15 minutes, we finally approached a nearby waitress and asked if she knew who our server was. She pointed to a waitress chatting at the bar, who had walked past our table several times without a glance. We kindly asked her to send our server over. When she eventually arrived, she made us feel incredibly unwelcome, as if serving us was a burden. Instead of enjoying my birthday celebration and my coveted tin can nachos, I just wanted to leave and find somewhere else where we wouldn’t feel so uncomfortable. Unfortunately, I won’t be returning.

The food is consistently outstanding, and we really appreciate the variety on the tap list. However, the service can be inconsistent. During our latest visit, we noticed a server providing fantastic service to the tables around us, while we experienced long delays for our drinks, refills, and even our check from our own server.

I really enjoy the Monday night burger specials! This past Monday was a holiday, making it even busier than usual, yet the service remained outstanding. The manager, Bree, was extremely busy training a new bartender but managed to keep a smile on her face and assisted us whenever we needed help. Without a doubt, this is my favorite spot to grab a bite and enjoy a drink.

ABYSMAL SERVICE! Sad, because Tap 22 came highly recommended to me. Apparently, our server was a normally a bartender rather than a server. Some of the slowest and least attentive service I have ever experienced. And worst of all, our server seem to blame everyone other than herself, which is a cardinal sin in my book. Took forever to get my first beer, even longer to get my second. Apparently, the server forgot I had ordered it and blamed the bartender for being new, despite the fact that my beer was sitting on the bar. I wanted to get a third beer, but gave up as I'm not that much of a glutton for punishment. I had the sloppy joe grilled cheese sandwich, which was decent but I didn't find rose above the level of homemade sloppy joe. The breaded corn appetizer was pretty good. Definitely a bit of a dive, where very few of the chairs match, several of the TVs where so blurry that they look like they were supposed to be 3D, and several more of the TVs were just sitting at the menu. Certainly not a place I would be inclined to go to again.

Music was way too loud for my liking but to be fair it is a bar and grill.... food presentation was spot on. Taste was good burger could use more seasoning and my peppers were cold. The mushroom appetizer breading has a bit of a spice to it. I loved them mom couldn't eat them because of the spice. Waitress seemed like she would have rather been anywhere but there... overall very nice place.