I recently visited this location for an after-work event. It was a game night at the ballpark so the place was packed. However, even though they were busy, the service was friendly and efficient. The food was very good -- especially the garlic knots. Those who suggested them on yelp, thanks!
Review Source:I've been embroiled in a love-hate relationship with Tyler's over the years, and we're  currently in a revival of our honeymoon phase so maybe it's best to take my review with a grain of salt?
When I first moved to the Triangle area, I would frequent Tyler's (particularly on pint nights) with a group of friends. I remember having a lot of fun and generally enjoying myself, but the relationship became lukewarm as time progressed. I began experimenting with other local bars and typically looked the other way in shame when passing Tyler's as I made my way through the American Tobacco Campus.
Recently, however, I've returned to the familiarity offered by Tyler's and its extensive draft beer list, solid (albeit not spectacular) pub food, and outside seating amidst the beautiful American Tobacco Campus. Seriously, I don't know why I got a bit down on this establishment for a while. The highlight is clearly the wide and diverse draft beer selection that they offer with frequently rotating seasonal brews. Plus they offer some pretty cool sample flights. As an added bonus, the bartenders are usually fairly knowledgeable and helpful should you not know what you want or are overwhelmed by the numerous beverage choices.
As I mentioned, the food isn't great but it's definitely not bad either. The nachos probably warrant a "meh" as do the fish tacos, but the mac & cheese, chicken pot pie, and sweet potato fries are all well above average. Just give it a little bit of extra time should you order the pot pie! On a winter or fall day, the four bean chili provides a nice kick and warms you up.
The outdoor seating is spectacular and string lights give it a nice touch when you're sitting out enjoying a brew on a beautiful evening. The Speakeasy on the back side of the bar offers up numerous pool tables, another decently sized bar, and a punching bag machine that seemingly taunts every drunk patron. Pint nights are Wednesday nights at this location, and you get to keep your glass after paying essentially full price for a pint of beer. (Yes, much of my glassware has been provided by Tyler's) This is also a decent spot to watch a game, although you must be prepared to watch it over the bar (unless you're in one of the front private rooms).
Expect a wait should you arrive near the dinner hour when there's either a Bulls game or a DPAC event, as Tyler's is a very popular pre-show or pre-game stop.
In the end, Tyler's is a solid choice especially if you're looking to enjoy a beer outside. I'm sorry I strayed away for so long, but I promise to make it up to you!
Below average
This is the 2nd time and 2nd Tyler's location (Durham & Raleigh)
Both disappointing
Durham did not have the first three things on the menu that I asked for
And the waitress was a snot
Raleigh couldn't give me a medium rare burger
Offered me only well done
"Supposedly some law"
It was tasteless , juiceless and overpriced
But+++ for the beer selection. Â When they have it in stock
This place is AMAZING!!! The atmosphere is great and open but still intimate. All of the staff are very friendly and ready to serve. The food is so tasty. I have yet to be disappointed by a dish. The chicken fried chicken is amazing, the cheesesteak is amazing. Everything I had here is just amazing. I can't comment on the beer which I think this is what it's known for. I do not drink but everyone there seemed to enjoy themselves. Quick, speedy, and friendly services and superb food and generous portions make for a fantastic dining experience.
Review Source:Ok so I have been on the fence about Tyler's for awhile now. On one hand I like their beer menu but on the other, service is consistently bad.
BUT! My most recent visit set it in stone for me. I do not like Tyler's.
Previously, I had refrained from ordering food on most visits simply because it took too long. I had just stuck with the beer menu and just wanted my glass refilled when empty. Not too much to ask but obviously hard to do at Tyler's. Long waits between beers just made me want to leave so I never spent a lot of time here.
This past weekend I just wanted to grab quick takeout. So I phoned ahead like any normal person would. No answer, just a message saying to leave a message. Ok, so after calling and calling I finally decide to leave a message but the voice-mail is full. While I was trying to call, I was on my way over there so by this point I am at the Tobacco Campus and decide to just go ahead and go inside to order.
I go inside, stand at the front desk for several minutes waiting for the hostess. Several servers pass by me. A guy in a button up (manager?) also by passes me. No one even says hello. She finally comes and I ask where do I place a take out order? I mentioned that I had tried to call but she ignores this and just sends me back to the bar. Awesome.
So I go to the bar and sit and try to get someone to notice me but that doesn't happen for awhile. By the time the male bartender gets to me, he can pretty much see from my face that I am not happy. He asks my order and I ask if they take to-go orders over the phone. He says yes and obviously I tell him my story and he replies that it is the hostess' job to answer the phone and maybe it was too loud too hear. The female bartender beside him also pipes in and says the same. He says that he is only responsible for what he does and can't do anything about the hostess. I look and say that the restaurant isn't busy in the least bit and not answering the phone is no excuse.
I then give him my order which was super duper simple but I had to repeat it several times.
So while sitting there waiting, no one asked if I wanted a drink or anything. I did notice that a server came up to the female bartender and tell her that the guest wanted no ice. She handed him a fork and said, "they won't notice anyways". I seriously should have taken a photo of this guy picking the ice out with a fork. Wtf?
So long story short, bad experience and not going back. I would have been happy if someone would have just addressed my issue and said sorry instead of playing dumb and moving on.
Ok so Tyler's Taproom would have easily gotten a 4, maybe even a 5 in my book based on the food, because its tasty and exactly what you would expect from this place. However the service is disappointing to say the least. The hostess was on point and really friendly. She gets a 5, her counterpart was a guy who just seemed uninterested in hosting. He did not bother to greet us and instead walked away without a word and let her do the work. Call me crazy but the first face you see and interact with when you walk in makes an impression...his was not a good one. Let me also preface this review with the fact that this place was DEAD. We were there for a later lunch and sat outside.
The food:
I ordered the western burger with the garlic fries, the burger was great! However, our server Adrian did not ask how I wanted it cooked and apparently disregarded my request for a light medium. It was too well done to enjoy the quality of the meat, which the menu made a point of emphasizing.
My friend ordered the fish tacos, she said they were good, but slightly over-battered.
We split the brownie with ice-cream which was pretty darn good:) fresh ice-cream that wasn't frost bitten and a warm brownie with whipped cream! Delicious.
To sum it up: The kitchen was on point with great food, that came out quickly!
The service:
Our server was nice, however she was at the end of her shift so she was very rushed to get us out of there. We on the other had wanted to stay a while. We had other people joining us, and were ready to try out the myriad of drinks they had to offer! She did not come to the table at all to ask if we needed a refill on drinks... went a whole meal with one Cheerwine:( not cool. Especially since they filled it to the brim with ice and it was gone quick.
Adrian then asked if we would mind "cashing out" with her after our brownie and our first round of drinks. We figured lets let her go and just start a tab with a new waitress since she obviously did not want to be there. We tipped her pretty well since we felt like she was not having the best of days and it was slow (our tip between three of us was about 28%, considering the service it was more than fair)
THERE WAS NEVER A SECOND WAITRESS! I went in and asked for a new menu (Adrian took ours) the host was supposed to send someone else out, never did. We were having great conversation and enjoyed the weather so we took it upon ourselves to just go to and from the bar when we wanted an alcoholic drink.
A little while later, the manager came out and said "you guys are fine now, but in 15-20 minutes when we get busy you'll have to go". THE PLACE WAS DEAD! Only two or three other groups were at the other outside tables. It would have taken a long while to us even coming close to holding the table hostage, and we go out A LOT so we wouldn't do that, we know what its like to wait for a table. The inside was empty. WHY ASK US TO LEAVE? We were spending money and doing all the work ourselves!
-----MR. MANAGER, why not ask us if we needed anything else? Another drink perhaps? Not sure the owner would appreciate the way you handled this, because you were only effective in getting us leave and never wanting to return.
There are so many other options on the ATC, yours is definitely on my do not return list for now, unfortunately do in part to your servers (I think we could have forgiven that though, a bad day is understandable) but mostly in part to the manager, we felt offended to be quite honest. You had the ability to be more tactful and failed. You were in no danger of losing business on another table because of us.
So buyer beware, the food is good but you can't count on a good time thanks to the mismanagement of this establishment.
I've been to Tyler's in Durham several times before and have always had fairly good experiences. However, I had dinner there with a friend last night, and while the food was decent, our service was terrible. Our server, Erick, would disappear for long periods of time, and we sat there for 30 minutes before even getting a chance to order our meals. At this point, he didn't bother to write down any part of our orders, and when the food was brought out (by another server), both of our meals were not as we had ordered them. We waited until our food was practically room temperature for him to show up again to correct the orders. When I asked for salad dressing for my side salad (crazy, right?!), he seemed to have an attitude about it. Forgive me for expecting a salad to actually come with dressing. We ate our meals, got our checks, and got out of there as quickly as we could with such slow and inattentive service. Apparently, while I was in the restroom, he brought out two free pint glasses to the table as an "apology" for such terrible service, although he had already informed me at the beginning of the meal that the beer I ordered came with a free glass.
Again, the food is usually pretty good and the service usually isn't this bad, so I'd probably go back and just ask not to be seated in Erick's section again. Hence giving them two stars instead of only one. I understand that they were pretty busy due to an event at DPAC, but I've never been there on a weekend for dinner when it wasn't busy. Additionally, if you know you're really busy, wouldn't you write down customers' orders to make sure you put them in correctly?
My wife and I visited Tylers in Durham today. We have been a few times before in the last year or two, so we are familiar with the place and have never had any problems.... until this time 'round. Maybe the fates were in town to test us all, I am not sure. But this experience was a disaster.
First, we were seated by Kim, a very pleasant and always smiling waitress. If you get to Tylers on Sundays, ask to be seated at one of Kims table. She will move heaven and Earth to be sure you are a-ok.
And so my food review should not be held against her.....
We decided to start off with the wings, hand seasoned house special. But they did not have 'em ready (they are supposedly ready at 5 pm, we were there at 4:15 pm). So we got the salt and pepper wings with BBQ on the side (side note, the BBQ is awesome). The wings came and they were not very appealing to the eye, but tasty.
My wife ordered the Portabella Mushroom sandwich and I ordered the Kilbasa sausage w/ kraut and a side salad. Her salad arrived and everything looked fine, although they were kinda stingy with the mushroom.
However my plate arrived and I was a little taken back at first. The Kilbasa looked little more than a smoke sausage, and was rather bland. Not sure if they were scared of spices or maybe that was not ready until 5 pm too.
So I took a couple of bites of that and skipped to the salad. The Salad is fresh, according to the manager Patrick. And he must have been right that it was fresh.... so fresh in fact that it came with a bug!! A live little hoppity hop hop bug. The second I saw that, well, dinner was over for me!
Have they EVER heard of washing their lettuce and giving it an ice bath BEFORE serving to the customer? So there I was, sitting and staring at a live little creature kinda walking/skipping from a leaf of lettuce to my half eaten sausage, at which time I killed it with my sausage and demanded to see the Manager.
Patrick came over and apologize, which was nice, but then either unintentionally or was out and out clueless, made a comment in a moment that, quite honestly up to that point, was mildly irritating. I mean, things happen. I get that.
But when he said, "Its just a little bug....:" really? He kept talking but I was just floored by the first part of his statement and that a manager was telling this to a customer.
He could have stopped right there and I would have just walked out. JUST a LITTLE bug? If it were on the menu, if I had ordered bug with my salad, he might have a case. But he seemed a little flippant, clueless or both.
At the end of this entire episode, underwhelming smoked sausage trying to be passed off as Kilbasa, unavailable me nu items and bugs with the salad, my meal was comped and her salad was comped. too.
It was a bad experience not made better (at first) by the manager. Kim was awesome throughout though.... so again, you want good service, see Kim.
And just be aware that their salad is fresh (they get it from the local farmers market) , just be sure when you order it to inspect it first. You never know what "extra" might be included in that salad.
Will we be back? Yeah, probably. Why? We've been there a few times in the last few years and never ever had such things happen. So we'll give 'em another chance, no hesitation there. We'll just be sure of when we go and from what we get, inspect thoroughly.
We drove to Durham from Charlotte for a show at DPAC. Â We arrived really early, so we walked around the (desolate) downtown area, looking for dinner options. Â We then walked through the old Lucky Strike cigarette factory area and came across Tyler's, along with a few other restaurants. Â Tyler's looked the most appealing -- both atmosphere-wise and menu-wise. Â
There were a lot of excellent choices on the menu. Â We started with the Fried Cheese Curds as an appetizer, although there were a lot of other appealing choices as well. Â We went with the cheese curds because it's rare to find these on a menu...or anywhere in NC. Â They literally melted in your mouth. Â Yum! Â
I finally decided on getting their Bacon Bleu burger as an entree. Â The jalapenos on top made it extra spicy! Â The bacon that it came with wasn't your ordinary bacon. Â It was VERY thick, which made it harder to chew and bite so you didn't pull it off the entire sandwich, but it was a unique addition and delicious, too. Â The bleu cheese was melted bleu, not a messy dressing. Â It came with garlic fries on the side, and noticing that they had gravy fries as an appetizer, I ordered a side of their stout gravy (50 cents extra) to go with it. Â It was a good choice. Â The beer-flavored gravy added more awesomeness to the already flavorful fries. Â
My partner ordered the shrimp and grits. Â They had a great smoky flavor, too, with bits of bacon added. Â
Unfortunately, I can't review their beer selection, as we didn't have any. Â I wanted to stay awake for (and not have to pee during) the show we were going to see. Â Sorry, beer lovers! Â
Tyler's was a great choice, and I'd recommend it to anyone before or after going to DPAC or a Bulls game.
Visited the Durham location of Tyler's last weekend. As far as decor, I like the one in Raleigh better, but this one was cool too. The speakeasy in the back was a fun place to hangout, with pool tables, games and music playing loudly over the speakers. Â Good place to spend a Friday night with friends hanging out and having some beers.
Which brings me to my next point, beer. That is the reason you come to Tyler's (the food is just ok, which I'll get too, but the beer is what's up). Tyler's has a huge beer menu complete with several specialty and seasonal options. Â Unfortunately that night they were out of all their seasonal and specialty beers except one. Those are not good odds Tyler's. There were still plenty of other choices, including an extensive bottle list and I decided on an Allagash White, my favorite fall back beer when I don't know what else to choose.
Now on to the food. It was ok, nothing to write home about. Definitely your typical bar food. We started with the Carolina nachos, which were not so Carolina style but more of pulled pork piled on top of chips, smothered in hot sauce and cheese. I am a firm believer that anything can be made better with hot sauce, and it definitely did help these nachos, but they really could have used some more. Maybe a topping or two (Jalapeños, tomatoes, onions, sour cream) you know the usuals for nachos, they were too plain. For dinner I got the Fried green tomato and pimento cheese sandwich with a side of chips. I've had the garlic fries before and am not a fan, so I opted out of that side.  The sandwich was good, I ate half and enjoyed the other half for lunch the next day.
I will probably be back to Tyler's at some point, I want to get one of the tables where you pour your own drafts, but I'll probably just go to drink not eat. Hopefully next time they keep some beers around long enough for me to get a taste!
Great sweet potato fries and beer selection. Nachos and cole slaw were pretty good. BBQ Dinner was eh (too salty and not enough sauce), blackened salmon salad was eh. The sausage sandwich came out cold! Had to send back! Pasta sucked! They were fast though...almost too fast. I wouldnt come back.
Review Source:I have to admit that the garlic fries are good here, as others have suggested. Bring your mints because you will smell like garlic all night.
I can't comment on the beers as neither of us are fans of it, but as far as the food goes it could have been much better. The burger I had was pretty standard. Mike had the Mac and cheese which tasted like it was out of the box! Very noisy and not somewhere we would return to. But decent I am sure for drinks and fries
Grabbed a quick bite to eat and drink at the bar before a Law Review meeting with some other staff editors, and I really liked the place. Â Even though the bar area was crowded, we found seats quickly and were served even quicker. Â Since I am not a beer drinker I opted for a well drink instead and I wasn't disappointed. Â What is even better, once the bartender found out I wasn't a beer drinker he was able to select a few for me to try based off the well drink I ordered. Â That was great since they were all free samples (free=winning), but it wasn't so great for me going into a meeting afterwards (bad law student, but smart to have a DD). Â
I will def come back and try the beer I did like and also to get some of those tasty garlic fries.
I so don't want to do this, but I feel I have to because my last several visits have been a disappointment. Â Tyler's is supposed to be a bar with an extensive selection of good beer on tap. Â I'm prone to hyperbole at times, but I'm not exaggerating when I say my last 4 visits to this bar have been an irritating experience (yet, I still go because I work in the A.T.C.). Â Two reasons:
1. Â I go through the beer menu, my heart set on a certain beer, and WHAM, "Sorry, we are out of that one." Â I go to my follow-up choice, and, you guessed it, "Oh, we don't have that one any more. Â This is the norm now. Â We ate here last Friday, and this was indeed my experience, again. Â Not just me. Â My husband had to go with a 4th choice, and my sister had to go to her 2nd choice. Â Each of us ordering different beers, so it wasn't like we all wanted the same beer. Â I count this as being "out of" or "no longer have this" 6 beers. Â This is the straw that whacked the camel in his proverbial back.
2. Â The service is hit or miss. Â I've had to hunt down our server on more than one occasion, just to get the bill, then wait another 3 days to pay, etc.
The food is what it is. Â It is OK pub food, and I've never hated anything I've ordered, so my expectations aren't high. Â If I wanted a 5-star dinner, I would go elsewhere.
What does bother me is the beer. Â Please update your beer menu with what you ACTUALLY have. Â I took this wording directly from their website: Â "Tyler's Durham offers 60 of the finest craft and specialty import beers on tap."
I'm guessing that 60 is a stretch right now. Â You don't have to have a gazillion beers on tap, just have SOME beer on tap.
my friend & i decided to try tyler's in durham for an out-of-chapel-hill Saturday night dining experience. we were both starving and thought it would be nice to get an appetizer at the bar while we waited for our table. when we sat down at the bar, the bartender kept asking if we wanted a drink...we said that we were tired and really hungry and needed a minute. we looked at the appetizer menu and were extremely under-whelmed...i've never actually looked at an appetizer menu and saw literally nothing that would interest me--sure, there were standard items like nachos, but that is extremely boring and not creative at all. we decided to try these fried & battered sausage "corndog"-esque things, which were ok, but we were glad we got the order of 2 instead of 4.
after being basically hassled by the bartender, my friend ordered a beer he mixed & "recommended" for her (failing to mention the $2 subcharge). I don't drink beer, but $7.50 for a beer seems like entirely too much to me. when our buzzer went off, we paid our tab and went to our outdoor table, which was awkwardly located out and around the restaurant. it was nice however, because we were located away from the royal-blue clad duke students that were there.
we were both in the mood for BBQ and saw "eastern" style BBQ on the menu. yes! my friend decided to order the sandwich with fries (no garlic) and i went with the plate because i wanted the green and fried macaroni (instead of cole slaw). our food came out pretty fast, which was great, because we were starving. i went to taste my BBQ and...tomato? instead of the vinegary taste i was expecting in my BBQ i tasted some weird, sweet, tomato flavors...as in western style BBQ. my friend felt the same way. i asked for more sauce, hoping that would help, but upon further inspection, noticed that the sauce definitely had a red hue to it. while i wasn't expecting the world's greatest BBQ because i wasn't at a BBQ-specific restaurant, i was very surprised that they would call that BBQ eastern when it was very not.
my friend offered me one of her fries and it tasted like...fried air...if that makes sense. my greens weren't seasoned at all, but i will say, the fried macaroni was very good. neither of us ate much of our food, and i was a little surprised that our waiter did not ask us if everything was okay/do a better job at being attentive to the fact that we barely ate anything. he probably knew the BBQ was awful too and wasn't even surprised.
we ended up going to chick-fil-a for my friend to get a chicken sandwich. i got an ice cream cone. this was the best part of our night, food-wise....
I used to come here for the great atmosphere and the beer selection, and it was always great that their food was good enough to round this out as a great hang-out destination. Â
That is the case no more. Â
Though the beer list remains good, the food is lame, and there is little of it. Â How do you mess up nachos? Â Recently at Tyler's, I ate the most boring nachos I have ever eaten, followed by bland fish tacos with hardly any filling in them. Â Reading others' reviews, it seems as though this is the recent trend. Â The staff is better than most people have been describing, but I'm not exactly coming here to speed date...
I am pretty sure that the only way I will be returning is if I absolutely have to join an existing party, or if there is some sort of massive overhaul of the fare.
I've been to Tyler's Taproom twice. I went last night after the Durham Bulls game. I love the atmosphere! There is a front bar, back bar, pool tables, and a large outdoor area. The beer selection is huge. If you're a beer fan, I highly recommend it. I have never ordered any food, so I can't speak to that.
My biggest complaint is that the bar was very understaffed on both of my visits. Getting a beer or a refill takes an eternity. Expect to stand at the bar for over 15 minutes just to be noticed. The bartenders seem to be working as hard as they can, but there were only 2 bartenders for an entire room of people. I would give Tyler's a five-star rating if it weren't for the ridiculously slow service I've experienced on both of my visits. They desperately need to double the number of bartenders working on the weekends. Many of the customers in my vicinity were noticeably angry about the service.
Typically I like Tyler's, tonight was not there night.
Do NOT!! Order fish tacos... There was no fish on them what so ever. Also, ordered sweet potato fries with my fish tacos. Yeah, didn't get that either.
Really disappointed in my meal, especially because I brought a group of folks I work with from out of town to show them a little bit of Durham.
This experience caused me to never want dinner from Tyler's again. Tobacco Road here I come.
Outstanding fish tacos, great beer selection, fun beer flights, nice location, no complaints. I visited this restaurant for a friend's birthday while I was with my sister in NC and it was one of the highlights of my trip. When the bar ran out of  the glasses and containers for the beer flights, our server rounded up empty ones from other tables and washed them herself so we could have our flights! the location inside the American Tobacco Campus gave us a great opportunity for a photo shoot.
Loved it! Can't wait to go back!
Huge beer selection, plenty of outdoor seating, nice interior, love the location at tobacco campus.
Got a pretty good crab cake sandwich and an Art of Darkness beer they had on draft. Â Kind of want to try one of their tap tables on game day. Â
Pretty solid and reasonably priced. Â Definitely heading back.
Worse pulled pork sandwich I've ever eaten. This is marked on their menu as a specialty. Orange grease oozed from my sandwich and puddled on my plate. Sadly I was hosting a business colleague from out of town. He got the same thing but was a good sport about it.
At least the service was friendly and they were able to serve good beer.
Tyler's is a great place to hang out. They have much to offer to people of all ages. They are located in a great location at the tobacco campus though wouldn't recommend going on a game day as it can be packed. I really like the seating outside near the water which can make for a great date spot on a nice day. If you like a busier atmosphere they have an outdoor bar area which is great for people watching.
The front part of Tyler's is family friendly and a nice restaurant. They have very tasty food such as BBQ and meatloaf. They also have a fully stocked bar with many beer options on draft. It is very open but can be cold during the summer so bring a sweater.
The back half is the speakeasy. It is the entertainment aspect of the restaurant. They of course have a fully stocked bar as well as pool tables (pay by the hour), foosball tables, an area to watch games, a jukebox, and some arcade games. During the weekends it can be very busy in here though Sunday night is a great time to go if you want to play pool. Red chalk is used on the pool cues so beware of getting it on you. This is a great place to go to hang out with friends and the first place I think of when thinking of somewhere to hang out in Durham.
Tylers Taproom here in the Tabacco Campus has an entirely different atmosphere from the one in Raleigh on Seaboard Ave. First of all, there is outside seating, and with weather like these few weeks had been, it's quite popular for folks to grab a table outside.
Everything inside still quite familiar to me; the reserved-required individual tap tables, the numerous draft brews on tap behind the bar, and the pool tables that are more popular here; I swear I have never been able to play here.
This place, at time, is more than crowded; even with one bar outside and two more inside, if you are not assertive you might be dry for a while. So step in, yell at your bartenders (in a polite way.) Everyone thinks this is the greatest place to come after a DPAC show or Durham Bulls game; I gotta tell ya, I feel the exact opposite. I don't like to deal with the crowd here; sometimes it is less than savory.
After stopping by all of the "Best of the Triangle" booths and snatching up the fun and yummy goodies, my friends and I dropped in to grab some drinks and munchies.
We entered the fairly empty restaurant, and the host told us we could sit wherever we want in the "Beer Garden". So, we wander outside and pick a spot, and... wait. The host failed to mention that we had to order everything at the bar -- he said that a server would come by (never happened). After 5 minutes, one of my friends approached a waitress about it, and she instructed us to order at the bar -- as well as suggesting we sit closer to the bar so we got served faster.
My boyfriend ordered for us at the bar, amidst the heavy crowd. It took about 20-30 minutes to get our food -- which wasn't too bad. There was just no real wait-service because they were short-staffed.
My boyfriend ordered the "Pim Burger" (pimiento cheese, fried green tomato, bacon) paired with a watermelon beer, I ordered fried pickles, and my friend ordered sweet potato fries. The "Pim Burger" was the BEST burger my boyfriend and I have EVER tasted. You could really taste how fresh the meat was -- top quality. The potato roll was on point -- pairing nicely with the crispy bacon, crunchy fried green tomatoes, and the ooey-gooey pimiento cheese that waterfalled off both sides of the sandwich. A bite of this burger had me closing my eyes in foodie-ecstasy -- that's how you know true Southern soul-food. No condiments were needed -- and that's a big deal coming from a girl who's dated a guy who loves pouring hot sauce on everything! The garlic fries were a perfect side (those were dipped in ketchup).
The 21st Amendment "Hell or High Watermelon" wheat beer was awesome. A nice overtone of watermelon -- smooth, light, and crisp.
My fried pickles were okay, but they were too thick and the breading needed improvement. They were soft, not crispy. The sweet potato fries were ON POINT -- perfectly cut with large chunks of sea salt. YUUUM
Next time, I will order a Pim Burger all to myself! Maybe with an extra bowl of pimiento cheese... Omnomnom.
Can't say enough about how much I liked this place.
The atmosphere is casual and it's in a great setting on the Tobacco Campus.
I had the Pimento Burger topped with a fried green tomato. Is pimento cheese a southern thing? I've encountered it at so many places since I've moved here. Not that I'm complaining :) Amazingly good combination and the garlic fries were baked to perfection.
I'm only sad I didn't get to try the Bacon popcorn. Sounds interesting. Service was great. Attentive with drinks, friendly, and recommended some good dishes.
There is a great beer selection which is expected. The food really depends on what you order. The garlic fries and sweet potato fries are great, while the salads are so-so. Oddly enough I think the Raleigh Tyler's has better quality food.
Service has always been good (if not sometimes a bit too much).
4 stars for the location and the service! It's great to enjoy summer at the American Tobacco Campus. Nice shade/streams/waterfalls/fountains/sculptures/Âlucky strike.
Seating was quick and they were pretty flexible. Waitress was nice and helpful. I also really liked the beer menu... gives a description for everything and very clear.
The food wasn't spectacular. I got the fish tacos but they were just mostly slaw, a little fried fish, wrapped in store-bought tortillas. The portion was filling and it was pretty cheap overall though. Their fries were meh. I also tried some of the macaroni and cheese (with barbecue pork) -- it was really good.
My beer glass had some sort of nasty gunk caked into the inside, and I almost drank from that spot... guess they didn't wash it out well enough. But the waitress gave me a new one, and I'm not the kind of person to make a scene just to get the meal on the house...
Anyways, fun place to chill and great location make up for the mediocre food.
I would give a 1 but being game night it was busy so will say 2, but I don't think the game made much difference.
We visited just before a bulls game so I'm going to let the poor service by the hostess slide. We arrived at 6:05 and I could personally see 7 open tables but was told there would be a 15 minute wait. We finally got seated at 6:45 so much for 15 minutes.
I got a Tyler's burger which they won't make medium rare. Will say I have had better burgers at burger king for a fraction of the cost. Also got an order of garlic fries which were cold and under seasoned.
Could have had a better and cheaper meal at the game and not missed the opening inning.
If I rated this place in just the beer selection I would give it a 4.5, but the food is mediocre in my humble opinion.
Food: Â Adequate for bar grub. The burgers are the standard fair; the fried pickles and chips and cheese make for a decent snack with tasty beer.
Beer: Â Great selection of local and national brews. Â The beer menu looks like a wine list at a swanky restaurant, if you can't find what you want on tap its usual in a bottle.
Service: Â Bar service is usually fast and efficient, the restaurant service is often semi-friendly and relatively speedy.
Atmosphere: Â I like the factory feeling of the whole tobacco complex, and Tyler's certainly accentuates it more than some of the other local restaurants. Where Tyler's shines is their patio area, open, busy, running water, and mostly shaded - great place to hang out on a summer evening.
Parking: Â Plenty of it in the adjacent decks during the evening.
This is a good place to grab a good beer, enjoy a patio night, or to hang out before a ball game.
Ahhhh...it's spring....which means it's a perfect time to go grab a beer and chillax out in the outside dining area at Tylers. The atmosphere is perfect for a later afternoon or evening dinner, drink, and relaxing night out. I haven't actually eaten here in recent memory but the food last night (our table tried fried pickles, cobb salad, meatloaf, shrimp n grits, bbq plate, and burgers) was actually...wait for it....awesome! I was surprisingly satisfied with the flavor and quality of the food. Pair that with some cold, refreshing beverages and BOOM- you have a great night out.
Beware of baseball season- the madness will ensue. In the meantime, enjoy a night outdoors with some local flavor.
I spend a lot of time at the American Tobacco complex. Tyler's is my go-to spot for lunch. Love their 1/2 sandwich, 1/2 soup special at lunch. The veggie chili is to-die-for good. Caesar salad with steak - also a standby for dinner.
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Seriously - the beer selection's good. I've never had a problem with the service. Tyler's is reliable.
Tyler's is a decent place to grab food or a beer with some friends. Â It is located in the nice American Tobacco complex. Â The space is very large but annoyingly they do not take reservations unless it is for a large private party / event. Â It'd be great for group dinners etc. if not for that.
The food at Tyler's is standard decent bar food. Â It's been a while since I've eaten here, and I don't remember having a particularly lasting impression (good or bad). Â It's hard to ruin bar food if you ask me, but I'd say Sati's probably has them beat.
There is ample parking in the nearby garage. Â Also it's not walkable from Duke so if you are looking to avoid swarms of undergrads this is perhaps a good place (versus 9th or Main Streets). Â For a tap room / bar it has a fairly classy vibe (this is no dive), but it's super loud sometimes. Â
Come to Tyler's for the beer selection. Â Dozens of brews on tap, and the bartenders are knowledgeable. Â They offer several flights so you can try multiple without breaking the bank or getting hammered. Â They have a regular pint night (used to be Wednesdays, not sure; I would contact them to see) where you get to keep the signature glass for each beer you try.
Overall generally worth a visit.
I've occasionally been to Tyler's for lunch over the last few years and I've always gotten the same thing every time I go ... because it is so very good!
I always order the Creamy Caesar Salad with Steak (medium rare).
It is always outstanding. The steak is cooked to perfection, the croutons are light and fluffy, the dressing is delicious and they have just enough olives and Parmesan cheese.
I should probably try something else but this is what I crave.
The atmosphere is generally pretty nice. I really like the bare brick / neon / industrial thing but it does get loud when they're busy.
The service is generally pretty good too ... although today our waiter was training someone new and they stopped by the table 6 or 7 times to ask how things were.
(We wondered what was next - are they gonna have a seat next to us and ask after every bite?) :)
I say give them a try. I know I'll be back again when I crave another one of those salads.
Is it really state law to cook a burger medium-well?
That's what the Tyler's waitress told me, but I am skeptical. (EDIT: according to an article I found on HuffPo through Google, internal temp of 155 degrees is the law, so I guess at least medium+ is) Either way, the burger was just OK. The highlight was the toppings, and not really the actual burger which ended up a bit dry. Apparently the burgers are new to the menu (again, according to the waitress) and they had lots of different styles with interesting topping combos.
On the positive, I loved the poutine fries (eh?) and there were plenty of good looking apps on the menu. It was hard to choose. The beer selection is what this place is known for too. The beer flight was a good way to try a few things without getting tipsy.
Also, I want to say our waitress did a good job and was very attentive.
Full disclosure, we actually wanted to go somewhere else for dinner, but it was packed with people watching the NFL playoff games. I think Tyler's is great for a drink and some apps or snacks, but the meals are just OK.
I've been to other Tyler's around the Triangle over a span of about six years, and while I never like them that much, I keep trying new locations for some reason.
I'd come here if I only want to drink beer and someone else I was with really wanted to come. It's a great beer list. But a lot of places in the Triangle area have great beer lists now, especially since NC beers are so delicious.
I came to this location in October. I was picking up a race packet in the middle of the Tobacco Campus and realized I was starving for lunch. We wanted to watch some football, too, so Tyler's seemed like a good idea instead of going home. The TVs are only around the bar, though, so we were kind of far away even though we said we wanted to be able to watch a game.
Maybe I should have known my turkey sandwich would be buttery bread i.e. soggy with tons and tons of salty turkey, but I don't know... I just wanted it to be better. I think bf liked his BBQ sandwich.
The garlic french fries are really good, though, but not worth coming for for me. I'd rather go to other similar bars in the area first.
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