We found ourselves in Santa Maria, which appeared to be underwhelming but stayed at the Historic Santa Maria Inn which was lovely. Â We took a nap then woke around 7 pm deciding we needed some food and a drink. Â We wandered into the pub because it was closest to our room.
Sat down at the bar, the bartender immediately greeted us. Â I was pleasantly surprised to find Sazerac's on the menu. Â We had the fish and chips, one between tow of us and it was TONS of food. Â But the bartender said the entrees are HUGE but the apps are not. Â So consider yourself warned. Â :)
We stayed way too long, but we had lots of fun and met lots of nice people.
This place was cool and I'm glad we ventured down there from our room at the hotel. Old English style pub with cool, wood decor and lighting. There was a Sinatra type singer there that night and we enjoyed his singing from our bench booth while we drank Tap It IPAs from SLO brewing. We thought we would turn in early for the night and be ready for wine tasting in the morning. But what really happened is we got lubed up for our wine tasting with beer all night. Definitely a cool find and added to the trip.
Review Source:I am torn about the Tap room. Â It is very cool looking inside and has everything a bar should have. Â The drinks were pretty good, but nothing out of the ordinary. Â We were there on a Saturday and Sunday night and they were very diferent. Â Saturday there was a live band that was just meh, not our style. Â Sunday we were the only people there and that was kind of boring. Â The music they play in the bar is dreadful!! Â We asked both nights for the bar tender to turn it to anything other than what was playing. Â It's an Englis style pub that plays Cajun style music when there is no band. Â Luckily I found the juke box so I was forced to spend my own money to hear some good music. Â Over all it wasn't terrible, but nothing to get overly excited about. Â If your staying at the hotel then you can't beat the location.
Review Source:The only reason I even gave this place 2 stars is because the live music was really good, it was some SLO based jazz band with mostly students from Cal Poly, and I've heard that most of the bands that play here are pretty good. However, the actual experience was absolutely terrible! My husband and I went in for some drinks and music because we read about them in the local paper and wanted to check it out.
We went up to the bar to ask for some service and they said they would be with us in a moment. 15 minutes later my husband went back up to them and they apologized and said they forgot about us (we were seated in a booth) and they would send someone right over. We did not even have water at this point, and were looking forward to getting a bite to eat. Once again 20 minutes later we were forgotten and my husband had to go up a third time and they actually gave him attitude (different girl) for asking for service. We were tired of waiting so on his third trip up there he just asked for a glass of wine for me and some water for him. 10 minutes after we got our wine from the bar the server finally came to our table and asked us if we wanted anything to drink- Hello?? we have drinks already! Anyway, we asked to see a menu and she said that the kitchen closed 5 minutes ago and if we wanted something to eat we should have come in earlier. WTF!!!!?! we waited for over half an hour to have service!
Ridiculous!! not going back unless with friends that are already going there. I really wanted to like this place, but sadly they need to improve the service there.
The Tap Room is a wonderful place to go for great drinks, delicious food, great entertainment on Friday & Saturday. The  bartenders are friendly & knowledgeable. I love to visit when I am in town. I enjoy watching football or basketball and chatting with Roger. On Sundays, they have a great champagne brunch!
Review Source:I really like the Santa Maria Inn Tap Room, it has a homey feel and the bartenders are friendly. Â Usually make a stiff drink and always accommodate with extra olives etc.
The freebie snack area could really use an overhaul, which I believe will up the ticket as people snack they will drink a bit more.
The fireplace is cozy and the tables and chairs are comfortable for a few people to gather round and kibitz.
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