The Tap Bar and Restaurant

Came highly recommended by every local we asked! Worth your stop. Look for it. It's discreet. Dive bar sure. But they are so friendly, you'll quickly feel like your home. Authentically prepared local favorites. Great music. Warning to everyone that thinks garlic is spicy. They probably won't have mild enough salsa for you. LOLPrices are better than. Reasonable. So totip well. The lighting doesn't do the food justice

It's a dive bar. Nothing fancy. I think this place is great depending on who you go with. I was a little shocked when I got my tab... $35 for two drinks and a small appetizer. The appetizer also was not good and not worth the price.Service was pretty fast and everyone was super friendly. I'd go again if I was close proximity, but wouldn't go out of my way to try it again.

I ordered off of door dash and I had already gone to this place for some drinks with some coworkers the night before. They said the food was great so I wanted to try it out tonight. Chili verde burrito Chicken quesadilla Tacos De Desebrada I'll just be honest so that you know what to avoid.. the chili verde burrito was literally BOMB I wish I would've ordered 2 because it was that good. I'm really disappointed with the chicken quesadilla it literally had no flavor whatsoever it was bland white shredded chicken with literally no seasoning or flavor that was thrown on a tortilla with melted cheese. I couldn't even eat it. Each bite I took was just bland flavorless texture. The Tacos I had were not terrible but honestly the meat did not have that much flavor it was almost like a shredded beef that was watered down and dry with some pico thrown on the taco. I was shocked. The Rice and Beans = BOMB The rice had amazing flavor but those other 2 items were very disappointing. So I'm gonna always go here still because I love this place but I'm gonna for sure 20000% not order those 2 items ever again in my life. That was a waste of money to me. That Chili verde burrito tho..... *Chefs Kiss

Came to Tap Bar Restaurant at the suggestion by the friendly low key bartender at the Toolbox, El Paso, TX. It's a vintage down home dIve bar & Mexican restaurant established 1956. On Friday 6pm, Taproom is popping. Great musicians singing in Spanish, English, Música Latina & American Country Western. Consumate singers.Salsa is a dark red brown like the devil with chile seeds, bits of green cilantro, earthy taste of funky garlic. Picante for the uninitiated. You have been warned. Unfortunately, the Totopos seem out of a bag. Mexican Plate #1:1) Excellent Taco de Res Deshebrada/stringy beef. The tortilla de maíz is thin and grilled to a crisp, not fried creating lightness in flavour. Standard shreded iceberg lettuce, diced tomato, grated white cheese2) Enchilada is tortilla de maíz wrapping melted white cheese & touch of ground meat in a mild red chile tinged sauce. 3) Chile Relleno:  Pasilla Chile, stuffed with chewy white cheese. Covered by a puffy, floury, thick egg batter & fried. Both of the above were rather pedestrian. 4) Frijoles de Pinto are very creamy, maybe touch of lard for extra rich flavour with melted jack cheese on top. 5) Mexican Rice, bit salty. Acidic tomato sauce and perhaps bit of oregano added interest. 6) Good sized, fresh mixed green salad with pickled carrot, cucumber, chopped tomato to refresh the palate between bites.1-6a) Margarita is a pass. Flaccid, weak flavours. The enlivening acidity of the lime didn't come through. Cheap Tequila that had very little alluring, fermented Agave based scent. Had a flat, unexciting lemonade profile. Another weak aspect was too much salt in various foods which I didn't initially notice, but I was drinking water for hours afterwards. I must say the musical entertainment made much of this food more palatable. Overall food was 3 while the  music was 4. Round up to 4- stars for my love of dive joints.

This is for sure a dive bar. Conveniently located near my hotel and by a recommended from the front desk I decided to try it out. When you walk in it's dark. Very very dark. Like a dive bar should be. Sat down at the bar and was greeted promptly. Handed a menu and was a little confused. A lot of the entrees which were Mexican in nature, were served with baked potatoes. Now I'm a foodie, I didn't necessarily mind but I really was left thinking. Not the normal texmex food. Got the combo one. Stuffed pepper, taco, enchilada beans and rice. Was the perfect amount of food. They give you chips and salsa as a starter. Chips are super crisp but the salsa was too spicy for this guero. They don't have any beers on tap, all bottles. They don't have free water (all bottled) but the food was good. If you're hungry and now that I've set the expectation that it's dark go try some food!

I walked to this bar located in the downtown area. It's in a convenient location for those staying downtown. This is a bar that clearly locals go to. It's dark lit like any bar and the food is authentic Mexican food. Everything tasted really fresh and I couldn't stop eating my food. The Chile con queso (not pictured) is amazing!!!! The bartender who was also the waitress was really nice and sweet. She gave us time to order and checked on us. The music was a vibe!!!

Yes it is a dive bar... so manage your expectations. Food was good, drinks were good, and service was top notch. Jasmin was awesome.

The server was very prompt and pleasant on a Friday afternoon wasn't to busy . Then the 5 o'clock crowd started to get there so it was very lively . We just had a big margarita and their famous nacho's Mexican style . Wow the jalapeños were fire and the house salsa my caliente ! But you can't stop eating them! It's a cool dive bar must at least experience once . The sign is great and people are nice !

Service is extremely slow. Took forever to take my drink order. Once I received my food, never came back. Asked for additional salsa and was ignored. Customers behind me canceled nachos order cuz they never got it. Was looking forward to eating the famous "nachos". Won't be coming back

The famous brisket nachos didn't look like the pics on Yelp. It was some of kind of Mexican meat, not your typical brisket. It came with salsa but no guac or sour cream. They were ok but I think there's probably better somewhere else.