Federal Taphouse

234 N 2nd St, Harrisburg - 17101
174 reviews
American Pizza
(717) 525-8077

Great selection of beers. Had beef short rib on a bed of risotto. The portion was quite large and was *very* tasty. Will go back.

Over 25,000 of you read my food blog monthly from Harrisburg Pennsylvania. We specially left a 1 star review so the owner could see and respond. After his response, we may adjust our rating. HERE IS THE REVIEW: The waitress was pleasant. The tables were sticky to the touch. This is a semi upscale mostly white professional type restaurant. Think lawyers and doctors. The Braised Pork Nachos were... Very cold. The pork still had a large taste of water in them from defrosting obviously frozen chunks of pork. The pork had been refrigerated. This restaurant can try to claim their pork is fresh, it's not, it's frozen. The cheese was standard nacho cheese but ice cold, it's like they had the entire plate in the refrigerator. Nachos should always be served warm and crispy with the meat toppings hot and steaming with the vegetables and peppers served cold, to give it a very definitive hot/cold ambiance. So we would recommend you do NOT get any nachos here. When we asked for new actually warmed nachos the a random server we saw, his response was "I'm very busy right now, they look fine". Wrong answer to give a customer. The nachos we got back from a man who was obviously a manager, didn't even say "sorry", he just dropped them off at the table and then stood in the kitchen area and stared at us. He didn't even ask us what was wrong with them, so the mistake will never be corrected. We noticed on this new batch there was absolutely no pork whatsoever, however, Jalapenos had now been added instead. As bad as this all sounds, we can say the highlight of the nachos were the Candied Jalepenos, which were candied in honey and tasted absolutely delicious. We would recommend you skip serving nachos with pork and just serve the nachos with the candied jalapenos. The Bison burger came with some melted cheese and fried onions and bacon. It looked delicious with a side of house salad with balsamic vinegar. The salad was DRENCHED in balsamic vinegar and the lettuce was easily past it's old date with edges blackened and wilting. I was lucky to find a piece of a cherry tomato in mine, my friend got not tomato in his. The Bison Burger was cold as well. This restaurant seems nice and seems to have a nice menu, if only they could actually live up to the standards. But right now the food is tired, the wait staff looks depressed and the overall feel if this restaurant is dismal. We were in perfect view of the kitchen. There was absolutely no communication, orders were filled randomly sometimes with plates sitting for over 15 minutes time by watch in the servers counter. The servers had to pick each plate because nothing was numbered and there was no system at all, leaving a serious confusion as witnessed SEVERAL times by severs and kitchen staff. Would I give it another chance? ... Maybe.

Placed an order for take out ...food was okay. Had Mahi fish tacos and pepperoni pizza. Just averageMaybe dine in service would be a better choice

Burger has a pound of salt cooked in. Order was wrong. Called to fix it several times, but they kept hanging up on me!Rude staff and horrible service. Food was not good!TO THE OWNER:Firstly, my order was canceled because it was incorrect and was poorly prepared! I didn't order potato salad. I ordered coleslaw. I didn't get either coleslaw or potato salad. I got a blended mush of something that wasn't even edible!Your burger had WAY too much salt, you couldn't even taste the burger!I stand by my original statement of your staff being rude. I called 2 consecutive calls, both times the call lasted 10 seconds or less. If your staff didn't hang up on me, why weren't you able to resolve the problem? I had to take it up with Grubhub.

Hey sure, I just recently ordered a Taphouse burger for takeout and I asked for the burger to be cooked Medium. The burger came out well done and wasn’t juicy or anything and was lacking flavor. Not what I expected.

This place was pretty good. The service was excellent and the atmosphere was inviting; it was exactly the vibe we we're looking for.We ordered the deep-fried perogies, which were very good. My wife got the bib salad with chicken, also pretty good. My daughter got the chicken fingers and fries, which she liked. I got the deep-fried baby back ribs. It was a half slab. It was a very good amount for the price. The ribs were surprisingly a little dry, but still tasty. We would return to this restaurant.

My boss took us here on lunch break. Ive been wanting to try it soo bad. But i was pretty much disappointed. It didnt live up to my expectations. The best thing i had was the crab mac n cheese. The cuban was very skimpy and super dry. The bread sounded like a brick. The fries were overcooked. It wasnt horrible tasting but not somewhere ill jump to go to. It was a let down

The beer was great! The food was good, with the exception of broccoli cheddar soup of the day, which was seriously oversalted. I was hoping for a better taste, but it might have came from a can/box, so the chef is not to blame. My smoked chicken drumsticks were good, but the potato salad they came with was strangely dressed. Everyone had most of their meals, but nobody raved about it. It's an ok place to grab a meal. I did like the menu, but not sure it's executed as well as it could be.

The food wasn't bad, but the beer is a totally different story. I don't know if the carbonation was off or if they didn't clean their lines in years or what was going on. I had three different beers and all three were terrible tasting. The second and third beer I drank, I couldn't even finish. I was actually excited to see a nice wheat beer selection and then being totally disappointed in the quality of the beers. I now know why this place was so empty when I was there on a Saturday night during college football season.

Enjoyed the great service and location! Hubby and I stopped here for a Saturday night bite and college football. The manager was nice enough to change one of the tv stations so I could watch an additional game. Pizza was delicious! Good drinks, tasty tacos, and short wait for hot food.