Yard House (Palm Beach Gardens)

May 7, 2008
Big corporate joint. Service was attentive, even when a giant group sat next door we weren’t ignored. Food wasn’t my thing - too timid and uninventive. The beer list guarantees 15-20 beer you’ll enjoy, even if you’ve had most of them before. Although there’s room for improvement on the creativity side of things, I didn’t have a bad time here at all.

March 21, 2008
Well tihs place is fun just to see 120 beers on tap. The food is ok and the service is great some nights and just ok on other nights. It is a fun place to go, but I would recommend going sun-thurs as the weekend crowds can leave you waiting an hour for a table.

March 6, 2008
I’ve been a large number of world-class beer bars, and other than the uncomfortably snobby atmosphere at this particular Yard House, this place is Top notch! The selection was well chosen, and of the 6 different beers I sampled, they were all in wonderful condition which says a lot about the attention to cleanliness.

January 1, 2008 [ Updated September 15, 2008 ]
Great selection but no beer knowledge, no proper glassware, and overpriced everything except during happy hour.

August 4, 2007
When I arrive in hell, I now know I’ll recognize it, because I’ve been to the Yard House. My friend BeerBelcher and I have recently been discussing the importance of a place’s appreciation of beer culture, which has nothing to do with the number of great beers a place has. The Yard House has 120 taps surrounding a long, two-sided back bar. (I would’ve told you any place that has DFH 90 Minute on tap couldn’t suck. I would’ve been wrong.) Everything else about this place is designed for the crowd that has more money than brains. It was like a circa 1983 meat market, with everyone there trying to impress everyone else with how much money they have -- and no-one in the huge crowd was drinking beer! This place is totally ignorant of beer culture. It would actually be better without the great beer selection -- then at least it would know what it is, and when I’m in the mood for a martini, I could go there knowing that the mood of the place wasn’t totally wrong for what I’d be drinking. BTW, for having 120 taps, nothing genuinely unusual was there, so that’s even a knock againt the selection in my mind.

May 9, 2007
They Claim Worldest largest selection of draft beers. i have know idea if this is true but i took a copy of the draft list and theres over 120 on tap. service was sooooo slow sitting outside on the couchs. maybe the bar would have been fster but i wanted to smoke so ehh. anyways i picked up some decent IPAs off the menu such as Avery IPA and Stoudts double IPA. hell i ordered a 32 once Dogfish IPA just to push me over the edge to touch the bill. about 30$ for 4 IPAs one being the gaint 32. worth the trip.

April 14, 2007
It’s only four miles from my place of employment, if that far. Mall parking on a Friday evening. I was forced to park about 300 yards away. It was loud with lots of chatter and white noise, otherwise, the place is a really nice experience. The edamame, seared ahi and linguine with red clam sauce were all good... it’s gotta be hard to fuck up edamame though. No Smoking, which works for me. The place gets pretty dark once the sun goes down, but ceiling lamps are strategically placed to light up the things that need to be lit. Good looking, young crowd... hotties galore... tons of talent! I drank two Old Chubs and an Old Rasputin on Nitro... nice choice on their part. The nitro didn’t detract from the Old Chub at all and it smoothed out any rough edges from the Old Rasputin. Fortunately, my St. Bernardus Abt 12 was served conventionally. There are at least fifteen large plasma televisions mounted around the place and they can pick up pretty much any game you want to watch (I watched my Orioles beat up on KC). My waiter was phenomenal; very attentive and friendly, plus he put the aforementioned O’s game on the television right in front of me. I will go again... dozens of times, I’m certain. Also, two doors down, there’s a Whole Foods with a very decent beer selection.

February 26, 2007
Ambiance, sports bar, chain resteraunt. I’ve been here a few times, once the bartender was very helpful and knew his beer, other times the employees didn’t know much. Selection is pretty good, a lot of macros and big imports, but Gonzo on draft was nice to see. And the food is top notch! best turkey burger i’ve ever had!

February 14, 2007
This place had much better food the first couple of times I was there, but the last time out, in a party of four it wasn’t so great. I think they should stick to the basics. The beer on the other hand is quite good for south east Florida. They tout over a hundred beers on tap but they were out of a few each time I visited, and a good portion of their menu includes macro crap. BTW, don’t bring anybody there who only drinks macro garbage out of a bottle, they don’t have any.Table sevice is good, but night time bar service is pretty weak.

January 26, 2007
I went to this one after I went to the one in California. Pretty much the same, but I went there with friends who had no idea about good beer so I was doing the ordering for the night and for the most part they all liked what they drank. I was pretty happy with their reactions. Virtually had the same stuff as the other but they could do SOOO much better with what they have.