I have a buddy who has a buddy that lives out of a hotel that is a stones throw away from this place. Â I have never actually been to this establishment and all of my Indiana rendezvous have been strictly limited the casino district. Â As of recently my colleague from work has been updating our office weekly on all the shenanigans that take place at the Merriville, IN Tilted Kilt on a night in and night out basis. Â The stories of the regulars' interaction with the staff is that out of a classic sitcom. Â Unlike Cheers, more like an Always Sunny/Dawson's Creek hybrid. Â This includes hilarious interaction that bleeds from Southlake Mall Drive straight to the Madison Street Madhouse. Â Basically, I will never visit this place however, if you are in the area it is definitely a must see monument.
Review Source:My first encounter with Tilted Kilt was down in Houston quite a few years back, so decided to stop by this one as I did enjoy my experience there. The main attraction here are the staff, all younger females in skimpy school girl uniforms. While this was great, the issue I found was that this place was FULL of guys, my wife being one of the only women here other than the servers. The ambiance was definately interesting as the guys would mentaly undress the ladies with their eyes, including my wife.
We had the wings and a few beers here. The wings were good, nothing special, and the beer was beer. In all a half way decent spot to stop for a beer and some pub grub, but I wouldn't bring any female friends with you...
I was traveling back from Indy, and was starting to get hungry. Â Knowing that once I got to the tollways in IL, that there really weren't many options, I decided to stop in Merrillville because of it's plentiful dining options. Â I had never been to a tilted Kilt before, but figured I couldn't go wrong - beer, food and babes.
Upon walking in, I was greeted promptly - but that's were the promptness stopped. Â Once I sat down, it took about 5 minutes before I was greeted by my server, Sammy. Â She then took my drink and Appetizer order - an Ale and Chips and Salsa. Â Pretty basic. Â While I waiting, I went to the restroom, and came back to the table, still with no drink or app. Â I continued waiting, played on my phone, watched TV. Â And kept waiting. Â I waited over 30 minutes before one of the other servers asked if I had someone helping me. Â I told her I gave my order to Sammy over 30 minutes prior. Â After some in--fighting between the manager and a few servers, I finally got my drink. Â Then I waited another 10 minutes for my chips and salsa. Â That's over 45 minutes of waiting for an app and a drink.
Finally, a new server decided she felt sorry for me and took my order,and waited on me. Â 20 plus minutes later I finally had my food, which was actually pretty tasty and a good value. Â I ordered the blacken chicken pasta. Â The folks at the Kilt were kind enough to comp me my meal and my chips, so I'm thankful that they at least tried to resolve the situation, but sitting for so long, after driving for 3 hours, did nothing to help my perception of this establishment.
Because of Sammy's lack of service, and the general overall lack of attention I received, I will never go back to a Kilt, even tough I thought there food was pretty good and I liked the view.
If you like Tilted Kilts, and you stop in Merriveille, I recommend going somewhere else.
Arrived yesterday to meet up with a couple of friends at this Tilted Kilt for a few drinks and some pub grub after a long day at work.  Initially had some reservation when the place was first mentioned, as I was looking to just hang out with my friends and be at ease. I had a stereo  type in my mind that it would be a Hooters type establishment were attention would be on the wait staffs outfits at the expense of the food quality and bar selection.
I'm happy to say that I was very pleased with the bar/restaurant. There was a nice selections of beers and spirits available. Noted were some local craft beer offerings. The menu was rather extensive and it took awhile to decide from your typical appetizers and entree to those with a notable Tilted Kilt spin. Ultimately we decided on a order of Grilled wings and individually picked the French Dip sandwich with Garlic Fries, a Flatbread with BBQ Â Chicken, and I had the Blue Cheese Burger. We were all pleased with our picks. It was honest to goodness bar food with the beers arriving nicely in frosted glasses that were just right ( not to frosted were your hands chilled holding the glass but just enough to have the glass cold and the beer very drinkable.
All that said, what I walked away with most was a feeling I was leaving a place I was much at ease at. Â Turns out my Friends I had met there were some what regulars to the establishment, and I can see why. Â Aside from the drinks and food, the staff I encountered yesterday were top notch. Our server Brooks along with servers Laney and Amanda were very sweet and genuine. The Friendliness of the staff needs to be capitalized as they were attentive without being pushy, real and sincere without being being artificial, although some may have some artificial qualities.......but that's another issue which I must say did catch my eye...in a very nice way.
Like family I even got  introduced Aimee a manager there. I must complement the staff as for what I initially was concerned about (feeling at ease), turns out to be one of the reasons I'll be back again soon.
Would have given the place 5 stars but I reserve 5 stars for that unique one of a kind place. This is a chain, but what they do they do very well.
Sports bar with girls in tiny plaid mini skirts and much cleavage. As a female, I just don't to see that much flesh, but I'm sure the men are big tippers. Our waitress was very attentive and nice.
Beer was fine. I had a Black and Tan and friend had Black and Blue. Reasonably priced.
The FOOD however, was bland and tasteless. We had calamari and spinach dip. Calamari was your basic fried calamari, but the sauce they served tasted like watered down ketchup with some onions (?) in it. I though it was horrible and tasteless. Would not order again.
Spinach dip was also pretty tasteless. While the chips SEEM to have been made there, they had little salt and also no flavor.
All in all, it was fine for just beer and sports  but I see no reason to ever go back.
Grilled wings with the Kiltburner sauce are about the nastiest thing I have ever put in my mouth. Â I ate 1 wing and sent them back thinking they had the wrong sauce. Â Unfortunately, that was the flavor of the sauce. Â Great server, HORRIBLE food!! Â Two stars only because of a good server.
Review Source:from my old profile (Oct 2010): Went with my husband and another couple. It was not busy at the time at all. We were seated, and after 25 minutes of waiting for a waitress to come to our table with no result- we finally got up and left! The girls pretty much just clung to the all guys tables, which was sad- because, hey- we are excellent tippers! They probably would have gotten better tips from our table then the group of 20 something guys sitting next to us- their loss! Their outfits are cute (more appealing "eye candy" then Hooters probably)... but if you want eye candy AND service AND food/ drinks- skip this place and go to Hooters!
We will never go back. Wish I could tell you about the food, but since we were invisible and never got served... I couldn't tell ya! I have never had such pitiful service (or in this case, non-service) in my life. Very sad! Maybe it was because we were just as cute as the waitresses- I don't know... but don't go unless you're an all guy group!
tabitha my waitress walked with attitude.I left with an attitude. this place is a rip off. the overprice crap they try to pass off as food is insulting! had the fish tacos with a van de kamp plank that was inedible. my friend ordered a bratwurst,mustard was an extra charge!PLEASE DO NOT ENABLE this establishment go elsewhere until they can realize customers deserves quality!! 08/23/11 Â upsjim
Review Source:My dad spent a summer working in Arizona a few years back, during which he and his co-workers would stop by the Scottsdale Tilted Kilt about once a week. Needless to say, when he got back up here he was disappointed to find that there wasn't yet a Tilted Kilt in the area.
Fast forward a few months and one opens up here in Merrillville, fairly close to our house. We noticed it while doing our Christmas shopping and decided to stop in for dinner.
It was pretty much what he had described; an Irish Hooters but with a larger selection of food. That doesn't mean that it wasn't a good experience, however. As a matter of fact, we had a great time. On that particular visit, I ordered the BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger. It was amazing as I recall.
About 2 weeks later, I decided to go there again fro my birthday. This time, I ordered a Reuben if I remember correctly. This was an equally amazing sandwich. After the Reuben, I had the Tilted Guilt dessert: a chocolate chip cookie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and chocolate. Delicious.
Bottom line: if you're looking for a casual place to go out for dinner with some friends and see scantily clad women, but don't feel like wings at Hooters, Tilted Kilt is a great place to stop by for a meal. The staff are friendly, the food is great, and the price isn't that bad.
Came here with the hubby on a Saturday evening and there were several parties waiting to be seated. Â We did not have our 4 y.o. that night so we requested a table at the bar section and were seated immediately. Â The restaurant was packed! Â
I'm a female so I won't go into depth about the the waitress' attire. Â I think the girls actually feel better in their tiny school girl attire than what the girls have to wear at Hooters. Â All the girls who attended to us were very pleasant and sweet. Â
Menu selection is great.  We wanted wings and burgers.  They were all  very good.  A big plus for sweet potatoe fries and 3 Floyd's beer!!
Looking forward to coming back again!
ive heard it called Irish/Scottish Hooters....meh....really cute servers that arent wearing much, yah ok......but oh my the menu and bar options blow Hooters out the door....
first things first......beer :-) Â Â ....friday night and $3.50 for your choice of American taps, the usuals from miller an bud....go to Guiness, Bass, Sam's and their own hand crafted beer and you step up to $5.00....not bad at all for a 20 oz glass......lots of bottle choices as well.....15 different scotch and irish whiskeys to sample as well...
we were greeted as soon as we walked in the door....hostess stand right there.....bar in a raised area to the left......dining area straight ahead....this place was PACKED.....and we got lucky as a table opend up right away.....our first sever, Kim, was very friendly and offerd us drinks the moment we sat down...3 beers and an arnold palmer ( half iced tea half lemonade ) were brought out quickly....we started with an app. of a basket of homade potato chips....they were thick cut, fried perfect and were yummi drizzled with the malt vinegar that is on every table....
one thing that irks me is when your at a place and its time for a shift change, and you have to pay your bill before your finished so your first server can *cash out*....i would take a star away but it seems every freaking place does this so i will just leave it for a rant....our two new servers, Lori and a girl training, Dianne, could not have been more friendly and fun ....
mmmmm burgers....10 huge ounces of dead angus cooked to a perfect medium rare ( bite me DMK, this place trusts thier food source ) Â the bun was perfect. soft and chewy bread that held the burger to my last bite....served with garlic fries that i could eat forever, they were cooked to a crispy crunch and loaded with garlic flavor,,,and at $7.99 a bargain....
cuz had a pizza....lots of choices here, she went with pinapple and bacon....and it was done right....perfect sauce to cheese to toppings ratio,,,,chewey cripsy crust...9 inches of delight for $6.99.........
2 other burgers rounded out our tables eats......one with mushrooms added, so many there seemed to be an appetizer portion falling off lol ....both were cooked perfectly as ordered as well.....
not any time were our water, beer or drink glasses empty besides this place being totally full and 25 or so people in line waiting for a table....ok the outfits are a little revealing haha.tiny little micro plaid skirts and boobies pushing out everywhere... but hey its all fun......and i cant wait to go back......
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