Hate to write a bad review to  a non comercial bar, but this place sucked. First of all it smelled like a sewer in here. Plenty of beers so that was nice, but a whole dollar off for anything on draft on happy hour, not so impressive. And the darts, they shove an old bristle board in an unlit closet and call it darts, again not impressed, plus it smelled in there also. Sure it's a nice old building, but please people this place is a dump with overpriced beer.
Review Source:BEER. Â So much beer. Â More beer than you know what to do with. Â If you love beer, this is your bar.
Faves:
1. BEER.
2. Huge, insane, beer menu.
3. Bartenders that know their beer and make great suggestions.
4. The word "ye" in the name.
5. Two, distinct parts of the joint so you're not crowded by the bar all night.
6. Ample parking.
Not-so-faves:
1. Not enough seating (benches are weird, especially if your group is small)
2. Kind of small, especially for the late night crowds.
3. Nothing else nearby.
4. Nothing but beer, so beware if you're not a fan.
5. This is where the douchey hipsters hang out. Â If you can handle that, fine; if not, beware.
I really enjoyed Ye Olde Tap Room, especially since it reminds me of a lot of the places we frequent here in Chicago (Rocking Horse, Pour House, etc.) and it's like every hipster joint in Logan Square and Wicker Park. Â I can handle the crowds, but the scene isn't for everyone. Â However, since I believe there really isn't much else going on in Detroit, this place is definitely worth a visit (or 100).
Reasons I love the Tap Room:
1. More beers on their menu than you can shake a stick at
2. Their mixed drinks come in pint glasses
3. Communal bench seating
4. Real darts
5. Full of history and character
If you're looking for a cool place to grab and drink and relax with friends, this is a great spot. The parking situation is a little scary, so just be aware of your surroundings when coming and going.
I love love love this place. It is a local neighborhood jewel. Â I even got engaged here! The drink menu is spectacular and there are peanuts! The tap room has at least 50 different beers, but they will also make you whatever drink you'd like. Â Its not pretentious and everyone is very friendly. Its a great place to go with a group of friends any time of year. Â Often they have music, and in the summer, you can sit out back on the cute patio. Its the bestest.
Review Source:This is another one of those bars that, if I was 28-30, I would probably think is fabulous. But, since my "cool quotient" is not high enough for this place any longer (and, let's be fair, probably ever), I have to temper my review a little bit.
The beer selection is great! I had a hard time deciding what to drink simply because of the number of choices. If you can't find something you like to drink here, you are just a picky bastard and need to stay home and drink at your house.
They had darts, which some of the guys in our group took part in. They had a small patio out back as well but it was occupied by people making out like they were in high school.
Strangest thing about the whole place? The sink for the two bathrooms is in the hallway OUTSIDE the two bathrooms. nothing like observational peer pressure to make you wash your hands.
Lastly, to quote past reviews.....FREE PEANUTS!
Super beer selection. Free nuts. Ace service. corny/cool interior. Stiff crowd.
Liked my first time here. The bartender was one of the best bartenders I've had in a while (he was in a band, and wore a pro-Satan t-shirt, i think). Beer selection is insane, so many! Feels like being in north Atlanta where you can get anything imaginable cuz people are rich there. But here, the prices are actually reasonable. And there's free nuts. The bartender threw a handful of nuts on the floor to show us how to do it. So we threw some nuts on the floor too. Free nuts!
The decor is simultaneously cool and corny. It's actually a fantastic set-up, and it does have a kind of UK pub feel to it, but there's something kind of Epcot Center about that. Nevertheless, the seating is great, the lighting is great, and the TV volume was muted. Had the best time killing a few pints of late afternoon brew.
The crowd slowly filing in as I finished up were hair-gelled white-collar boys with flashy ties and iPods. One dude told his party of 6 that tonight's beers were on him all night long. That's how he rolls.
Not to bad of a place... FREE PEANUTS!!!
The bar has a mass selection of different types of beers and also there's old beer tips hanging up to give it that old bar feel. Â The bartender was very nice and also allowed me to taste some beer free -- only because I'm not really a beer drinker unless it's cheap.
Pitcher are $8.00 which can server upto 4 cups of beer but unfortunately the type of beer servers in pitchers are few.
This place is more the for the locals -- so if you live far, I wouldn't suggest this place unless someone else is driving. Â (Just a standard bar with one small TV)
Gosh, I wish I lived closer so this place could become my local watering hole. Â
I've only been here a few times, thanks to my friends and their bar crawl brouhahas. Â Most recently, the Ye Olde Tap Room was the first stop on our Devil's night/Halloween bar crawl (costume required, thank you very much). Â I've never experienced that weird exclusion vibe some mention, but then again, I have always visited within a large group of people. Â
The things I really like about this place...
Ummm, hello?  Beer.  They do not fuck around with their beer selection here.  Its extensive and well-picked, making it extremely hard on me to  choose something to drink.  The selection is daunting.  Last time I was there, I stood there in my bloody Halloween costume glory, just staring at the boards, trying to decide on which beer to start off with.  Decisions, Decisions.  I chose a Celis raspberry and I hoped for no remorse.  Nope, none at all, as I loved it.  Lesson learned: do not doubt the beer selection here. Â
I also love the atmosphere. Â Some may not enjoy the dark, the dirt and dankness of this place. Â What's not cool for one may be super cool for another. Â I personally love divey bars; the grit, the lived-in feel that they offer, so I totally love the surroundings that this place offers. Â And since the smoking ban, you can actually breathe in here. Â I also love the little patio in the back with picnic tables...the perfect place to enjoy a brew, that is if the weather cooperates. Â
Can't wait for my next visit here....I may not visit often, but I will visit again!
What I love about this bar, is the ambience...very cool looking building outside, and inside. Â A little dark, and staying true to it's speakeasy roots. Â You can't beat the beer selection, that's a given. Â
What I don't love, is the lack of friendliness I found there. Â It seems like the Tap Room is the unofficial meeting place for the "Hip, 20-something, Grosse Pointers" club. Â At the time, I WAS a 20-something Grosse Pointe Park resident...but had only recently moved there, and the others seemed to spot that I wasn't a native. Â Literally, this was a conversation I had once there:
"So do you live in Grosse Pointe?"
"Yeah, a few blocks from here."
"Oh cool, so you went to North?"
"No, I actually went to high school in St. Clair Shores."
"Oh, cool. Â Well hey I'm gonna get back to my friends...."
Juvenille.
I'll often venture to bars solo, and, being a social girl, rarely have problems making conversation with new folks (or very least, the bartenders). Â But I never felt any kind of friendliness here.
Maybe this is just me, because I know about 20 people who love this joint. I dunno. Â It's a cool little spot and the beers are great but the undercurrent of pretention just kills it for me.
I'm not a beer connoisseur but when a friend of mine who is comes in to town the Tap Room is the place to be. Â
I don't know if they still do it but the $1.50 pints of Labatt Blue on Thursdays were more my style.
Which reminds me of a good story. Â One Thursday a long time ago I was drinking a few cheap pints and playing darts on the real dart board in the back and having a good old time. Â Around 12:30 or 1 when I went to the bar for another pint I realized that it was in fact Thursday night and that for the past few hours I was under the impression that it was Friday. Â Damn....I have to be at work in like 5 hours!!!!!! Â Stupid fake Friday night.
Oh, ya. Â I also me my wife there for out first "date". Â So, ya. Â Good place.
I love the fact that you can get Valfrais Herb Cheese and crackers here almost as much as I love the beer selection.
I used to come here much more often, to watch the Gypsy Strings (since morphed into Gino Fanelli's Red Hot Sugar Daddies), eat cheese, play darts, and feel at ease. Â Love that they serve Dragonmead's Final Absolution, among a laundry list of other delicious beers.
I love the dirt & the darkness. Â The Prohibition parties are the stuff of legend- if you can make it out, come early, seating is very limited.
My friend Jessica was in town and so I drove over to Grosse Pointe to meet her for a drink. Â We met at the Tap Room, which is probably her favorite bar, or at least on the eastside.
I've only been YOTR a few times. Â I find it to be dirty, dark and dank. Â The music is too loud. Â I could barely see because there was barely any light. Â The bathroom doesn't lock or have a sink in it. Â I believe that this is the quintessential dive bar.
However, there are many good qualities about the YOTR. Â The most apparent and best quality is the number of beers available. Â The YOTR has the selection that is only matched by the likes of Ashley's in Ann Arbor. Â They serve pretty much any brew, local, domestic or international, that you can think of. Â The prices are reasonable. Â And you can get peanuts in the shell and drop the shells on the floor. Â The bartender was very nice.
This isn't really my kind of place. Â I think that you had to grow up in the GP to appreciate a place like this. Â Until the next time my friend Jessica comes home, I'll stay on my side of town.
It's little, historic, the people are extremely non annoying and they carry my very favorite Polish beer (which I can't spell.) Â And cheese. They sell cheese and its yummy. But back to the beers - they're so many you have to like something. Â This place makes me very happy. Â It's not close to home and totally out of the way but its my favorite.
Review Source:The best beer and the best tunes.
I think the history of this joint is what really adds to the place. It used to be a speak easy during prohibition, and was a brothel at one point. Its a brick building with cement floor
Every year on the anniversary of the repeal of prohibition, they have a huge party costumes and all.
Absolutely check out Tap Room if you're in the area.
The only other place that has as large of a selection of domestic and imported brews in the state is the Berkley Front. The brews are sectioned into their country of origin; there must be 30 countries on the list!
I'm most excited that they stock Delerium. There's few places that sell it, and it is definitely one of my favorite beers.
But that's not all Tap Room does. It's also a music venue. I've seen a lot of great local bands/artists here; I know Tone & Niche have played here a lot, as has the Gypsy Strings, the Salt Miners... just to name a few. Cover is cheap. It really is a great place to see a show!
One thing I would say is get there early. Tap Room isn't huge, and showing up late may mean you'll be standing for the rest of the night due to the limited seating. It's unfortunate, but that's just the way it goes sometimes.
Even if you do have to stand, it's a great place to try exotic beers and to hear some of Detroit's finest musicians for a price that won't break the bank.
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