Federal Taphouse and Kitchen

We were a big group, with lots of different "needs" and our waiter was helpful, attentive and made the evening go smoothly. Really great service and delicious food! Thanks for a memorable night!

My husbands birthday

Good bar in a nice townz

Our waitress was exceptional! I wish I could remember her name. Super knowledgeable, helpful, happy, and accommodating!

Great pub, quality service, Great Happy hour prices and right on the bus line so can't beat it!

Cool place and great service. The food is decent

Need to add some more chicken and seafood meals. Need some more entree type meals added to the menu. Menu is a little limited.

We had a great time at the Federal Taphouse Brunch! The mimosa special is amazing and the food was delicious. The only feedback I have is that my fries were cold (I still ate them) and they forgot our friend’s surprise birthday dessert before bringing out the check (so we didn’t bother with it). Overall, a good experience and I’ll definitely go back!

Good food and good service! Lots of TVs for games!

Service was horrible, it seemed like staff was unsure who was supposed to be waiting on the guest. Food took forever to get to the table. Prices of beer on the menu on the table were cheaper than what we were actually charged for. Be careful. I would not go back for overpriced beer and food with lousy service.

Hit FTK during a festival on Federal Hill so the crowd and experience was most likely different then an average Sunday. Food was good quality and so was service. Got stuck in the back which was ok because we wanted to be sat quickly but recommend sitting up front as there was no natural light out back.

Mother / daughter lunch. The service was friendly and excellent

Great drinks, nice vibe - creative menu . Taco tortilla a bit stale. Great wings. Good meatloaf.

Great burgers!

Nice place to meet friends for apps/drinks. The APPY Hour menu was great! Service was a bit slow but other than that, it was good.

Good service, reasonable prices, food was great

It was my 3rd time there. Never a disappointment. From the great selection of beer to the delicious food, you can’t go wrong. And the waitstaff is always top notch.

I gave an Overall 3 Stars because of the noise factor. We were a table of 4, and our waitress, Hannah, was great! Very friendly and knowledgeable about the food and drink menus. It was a fun environment until the 8:00 hour hit, perhaps? Definitely catering to a younger crowd, although a good mix of ages (45-65) were already seated, and still coming in. It was pop music, very loud, but NOT very good - unrecognizable for sure! Annoying to be exact, so the message was... time for you old folks to exit? I asked management to turn the music down just a hair, which he did, for 3 minutes. Maybe that's what you get there on a Saturday night, but way too early to crank the volume. Couldn't wait to get out, might have bought another drink! Service was excellent and the food was good, but there are other choices on the hill if you want to dine a little later.

Great food casual atmosphere

Federal Taphouse has the best buffalo chicken mac & cheese around!

When seated, we waited about 10 minutes to have someone come over to our table. We ordered chips and salsa for an appetizer. We waited 25 minutes without our appetizer, all while other tables were being served their food. We were finally able to get the hostess’s attention as she was walking by our table, and asked if someone could check on our food. A different waitress walked by and informed us that the kitchen was cooking more chips and that they would be ready soon. Another 10 minutes of waiting, we got our appetizer and within another minute, our dinner was served. We would have appreciated our waitress to inform us why our very simple appetizer was taking 25 minutes, rather than her not coming over to our table once.

The food was great, especially the poutine and the mac and cheese with braised pork. Service was slow but there was a concert at the Dunkin Donut Center so everyone was trying to eat and leave at the same time. Would try again.

Great menu for food and drinks. The mango jalapeño wings were delicious! We ordered burgers and grilled cheeses, and they did not disappoint! They do not have a kids menu, but the waitress offered chicken tenders and fries for our boys and they loved them. The food took a long time, but the restaurant seemed to fill up all at once, so it made sense. Great value, 4 adults and 2kids, 3 apps, beers and meals for under $130, that’s unheard of for us!

Bottomless mimosas were 100% juice - food was average pub food and service was not great.

Great meal with good beer!

This was our second visit to Tap House, after having a great 1st experiance there almost a year ago. Our visit this time did not go as well.

My fiance's salmon was well done even though it was ordered rare. The waitress even commented on how overcooked it was, but considering we had been waiting over 30 min for our food he didnt want to send it back. The fried potatoes it was served with were soft and lacked flavor as did his vegetables. He ate half and left the rest. My short rib grilled cheese and ceaser salad was what I expected it to be.

We sat outside, which was a great addition to our experience, but our waitress, while very kind, was very very slow. Our drinks came out quickly, vodka soda and a glass of wine, but that was the last of great service. After placing our food order, no apps just salmon and grilled cheese, we waiting over 30 min. Waitress never came back to check on our drink situation. When our food finally came, she never came back to check in and/or make sure all was well. She only reappeared to take our plates. We asked for the check. 15 minutes later she came back with it and was gone before we could hand her our card. We waited another 10 min for her to come back, before I asked a hostess to take the bill and tab us out. We probably would have ordered another round of drinks and likely would have shared a dessert had she asked us or was at our table long enough for us to ask.

We may give this place another shot, because our first time there was so great.

The food was good, beer selection was ok. I would have liked to see better variety of IPAs . It was pretty good but there was also a festival going on so it was expected to be louder

Went the day of the federal hill celebration. Reservation was prompt, no waiting at all.

We stopped in for lunch while visiting Providence. It was a typical pub type atmosphere and menu. Food was served on aluminum baking trays with parchment paper, which was unique. I ordered a cocktail, which I didn’t feel was mixed that well, but my hamburger and fries were very nice. Service was attentive and our waitress was friendly.

We came to the Federal for my batchelorette dinner and everything was great, food and drinks were delicious!!!

Great stop after graduation Wednesday night. Burgers were fantastic, truffle fries did not disappoint, Federal grilled cheese was superb, drinks were great, the waitress was fun and fast, and valet parking was perfect. Great spot to go.

Great food and drinks. Staff was very nice. Drinks on pricey side

Food was blah, appetizers were good. Fajitas lacked flavor and rice tasted and smelled awful. Burgers & Fries were very good. Waitress was attentive. She lacked personality.

The food took forever (over an hour) and was so greasy I barely ate it. A big disappointment. I wouldn’t recommend this place at all.

The service is always great, excellent comfort food and drinks are well made. I highly recommend this place.

Service wasn’t great. The server rushed us, forgot to tell us the specials, took our plates before asking and one while someone was still eating. Food was meh. More bread on the braised beef grilled cheese then cheese or beef. Another entree had cold fries. The calamari appetizer and cobb salad were the only decent items.

perfectly good pub style food, good beer selection. pretty cramped seating, but downtown so not unexpected.

Great service, great food and cool vibe. We are from out of town doing a college visit and found this place on open table, we asked an employee at the hotel how this place was he gave it a great review and we were sold. Glad our experience was in line with his review! Dawn D our server was awesome, we had time to enjoy our meal and drinks, no rush one of our appetizers was slow to the table which honestly we didn’t notice the manager delivered and took of our bill so unnecessary but shows that they want to take care of their patrons. We got the wrong wing order, our daughter was totally fine with but they still gave us the ones she ordered. We don’t experience this kind of service much so we always make sure that when it happens it’s acknowledge so thank you for caring about your patrons.

Good. It was raining so I wish I had known there was valet parking. Good meal but took a while to order the food.

Great food great service!