Federal Taphouse

Mike1520 R

Great service and great food! Definitely will come back when in the area everything was good, must try the fries and chicken sandwich!

Chuck Robinson

The place was surprising empty for dinner hour, but it was a weekday. Reviews were spot on and the service was very good. Staff was very friendly. Highly recommend the Taphouse Burger as it was incredible and the fries cooked in duck fat were some of the best I’ve ever had. Will definitely be back my next time in the state capital.

Ann Sullivan

We absolutely loved the pizza, chicken fingers, hand cut fries and the pork belly tacos were the best ever! The prices were really reasonable too. To top it off our waitress was wonderful!

Dave

Over 25,000 of you read my food blog monthly from Harrisburg Pennsylvania. We specially left a 1 star review so the owner could see and respond. After his response, we may adjust our rating. HERE IS THE REVIEW: The waitress was pleasant. The tables were sticky to the touch. This is a semi upscale mostly white professional type restaurant. Think lawyers and doctors. The Braised Pork Nachos were... Very cold. The pork still had a large taste of water in them from defrosting obviously frozen chunks of pork. The pork had been refrigerated. This restaurant can try to claim their pork is fresh, it's not, it's frozen. The cheese was standard nacho cheese but ice cold, it's like they had the entire plate in the refrigerator. Nachos should always be served warm and crispy with the meat toppings hot and steaming with the vegetables and peppers served cold, to give it a very definitive hot/cold ambiance. So we would recommend you do NOT get any nachos here. When we asked for new actually warmed nachos the a random server we saw, his response was "I'm very busy right now, they look fine". Wrong answer to give a customer. The nachos we got back from a man who was obviously a manager, didn't even say "sorry", he just dropped them off at the table and then stood in the kitchen area and stared at us. He didn't even ask us what was wrong with them, so the mistake will never be corrected. We noticed on this new batch there was absolutely no pork whatsoever, however, Jalapenos had now been added instead. As bad as this all sounds, we can say the highlight of the nachos were the Candied Jalepenos, which were candied in honey and tasted absolutely delicious. We would recommend you skip serving nachos with pork and just serve the nachos with the candied jalapenos. The Bison burger came with some melted cheese and fried onions and bacon. It looked delicious with a side of house salad with balsamic vinegar. The salad was DRENCHED in balsamic vinegar and the lettuce was easily past it's old date with edges blackened and wilting. I was lucky to find a piece of a cherry tomato in mine, my friend got not tomato in his. The Bison Burger was cold as well. This restaurant seems nice and seems to have a nice menu, if only they could actually live up to the standards. But right now the food is tired, the wait staff looks depressed and the overall feel if this restaurant is dismal. We were in perfect view of the kitchen. There was absolutely no communication, orders were filled randomly sometimes with plates sitting for over 15 minutes time by watch in the servers counter. The servers had to pick each plate because nothing was numbered and there was no system at all, leaving a serious confusion as witnessed SEVERAL times by severs and kitchen staff. Would I give it another chance? ... Maybe.