Down The Hatch Bar & Grill in Lincoln - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

My favorite place to eat and hangout in all of Lincoln!

The tacos were good if a little salty. Service was good for as busy as it was.

Awesome place for lunch or dinner 😋

Great little hidden gem. Excellent food, fast and attentive service. Great view

Excellent food, great prices and awesome wait person!!! It was her first day and she was killing it. Very enjoyable!!

Great place to meet with friends

Great neighborhood family sports bar with weekday lunch and dinner specials to draw you in. Good food and friendly service. Pizza worthy of a dedicated pizza place. 50 cent hardshell tacos on Wednesday are hard to pass up. $3.20 for a do.estic beer outside of happy hour (2.75) is inexpensive for a bar.

Friendly staff, fast service and great food

Great place for neighborhood gatherings and great food

Love the place every Thursday before home games my equipment managers eat there

Got the chicken fried steak was stringy but friend got the hamburger and onion rings and it was really good.

Attended a college graduation reception at here. The wait staff went above and beyond to ensure all guests were serviced in a timely manner with drinks and food. My husband highly recommends the rueben.

Came here to get the wing special and ordered chili garlic parm wings!! I didn't taste any garlic or parm, although I did taste a little spice from the chili!! Overall they were very bland and not very tasty!!! Service was not that great either!!

Great place for our family and friends to grab a beer and a bite to eat!!

Great food and service, sometimes it gets a little loud inside.

Great place to visit! We would go back.

Great place to hang out with friends and have a good time. Staff is super nice. Food is really good. Specials all the time! Clean environment.

We love the food, the service, the drinks, the atmosphere …. BUT Please hit the men’s bathroom floor with three times the bleach so our (3 strangers who I didn’t know) feet aren’t sticking to the ground and doesn’t smell so tough! Thanks!

Decent food, typical bar food. Service was good

Ordered Thurs special Hot beef sandwich w mashed pots and salad. Had to ask for a knife as we only got a fork. The meat was tender but got only a bit of gravy on bread so sandwich was dry. Asked for more and they brought one small dish for several people! Said they were out of gravy but as we were leaving they were bringing more sandwiches with plenty of gravy! Service was excellent. Sports bar atmosphere.

It would be fantastic if you could add a savingnon blanc to your wine offerings. It would make a great place even better!

Homemade pork tendy sandwich was delicious and service was top notch.

Great food, great atmosphere, great service, fair prices

Do you guys close at 11 or 1. Can be confusing when coming in for drinks and being told u close at 11 when google says 1

Food is excellent. Even as a liberal, definitely a more conservative hangout, I will come just for the shrimp tacos. Their hamburgers are really delicious too. Never had a bad experience. Except I do look liberal and sometimes get stares from some of the more conservative people in there. But honestly the food is so good I don’t even care 😂

Would give more stars but was turned away at 1130 pm when i got off work, they close at 1 am on Tuesdays. I live in highlands but I guess I'll go back to big red keno from now on. Just wanted a beer and to play some keno.

Wings were great and has daily deals. 5 wings for $4.

This was not at all what I expected when we came!! It's definitely got a local hang out place vibe more than your typical restaurant does. They have daily deals, which seem to be great pricing. The tots are delicious and plenteous! The spicy steak wrap is spicy!! The chipotle chicken wrap was yummy!

A solid indicator of a good restaurant is whether the staff sticks around. I've been going here for the past few years and recognize nearly everyone still from my first visit. Food is solid, and the place is relatively clean. Great deals throughout the weekdays as well. Recommend!

Well...the last time we were there was the LAST time we will go. Queso was cold spoiled and gross. Ground beef in queso was cold, old and disgusting. Chips so stale that we just pushed it back. Wings showed up. Burnt. Wrong flavor. The acoustics of this place are that of a corrugated tin hog barn. I literally can't hear the person sitting across the table from me because it's just a loud tinny box. Sorry guys. There's too much to fix. We won't be back.

My last review was from 5 years ago, and I said at the time that it was a nice neighborhood bar. In the interim, my wife and I stopped coming here because we were underwhelmed with the food and the service. We came back 3 or so months ago to give it a try. Holy cow. The food has improved by leaps and bounds (get the shrimp tacos). And I wish I knew how they hire their wait staff here--they are totally awesome. Work hard, attentive... and this feedback is from over 4 or 5 separate recent visits. This is now a GREAT neighborhood bar, and I would probably drive across town once in a while to visit. Kudos to owners, management, and staff for retooling this establishment. Strong recommend.

Drove nine hours from Dallas and it was great prices on a Thursday nice place to stop in.

Pleasantly surprised...the Cuban is fantastic with a twist; it is mildly spicy with plenty of pickles and delicious pork. My side of Mac & Cheese was tasty but not piping-hot. Service was great. Beer selection is on par with other similar-style bars in the area. There are plenty of TVs to watch.

U guy rock keep up the good work

Price is on the upper end of cheap, so that is good. Taste is in the lower end of cheap...I've had some good experiences here and some bad ones. Wings are hit and miss, they can be great and juicy or bad and barely there. Burgers seem to generally be on the dry burned side, which is a bummer. They have many TV's, many tables, pool and darts, all those are good things. The service is generally good, they forget things, especially special orders, but they are also very busy most of the time, but keep up mostly, so they do what they can.

We want to watch volleyball not football. Goooooo Lady huskers!!

We’ve had down the hatch several times. Everything we’ve had has been great. The burgers and pizza are always a solid choice.

Always busy but understaffed. Taco night is pretty crazy.

We ordered the chicken wings special -4 people. All received wings under cooked. 2 of 4 got sick. Can’t recommend, just wasn’t good.

Great reviews, but my experience was uneventful. Server was efficient. Food was ok. I had the Double Patty with sweet potato waffle fries and chicken wings. Nothing spectacular. Apparently, a popular local hangout. Lincoln has other much better dining options.

The shrimp tacos are really good. Daily specials are posted by the front door. Acoustics are terrible. The bar is very loud.

We were in town for a Husker game needed a place to finish out the day was a perfect

Nice bar & grill, with a game of some sort on the TVs

Awesome place locals make you feel at home AWSOME AWSOME service very clean place just had a great time

I grew up eating here with my family. When I come back to visit I always come here. Their wings are my absolute favorite! My absolute favorite bar 💕

Service is solid and food choices are varied. Monday night trivia is fun.

Best chicken strips ina bar that lincoln has to offer. Also staff is friendly. Bartenders rock.

As soon as I walked in I was welcomed by a friendly bar tender. Even though he was busy he managed to have a menu and a beer in front of me with in a minute. I ordered the shrimp tacos which were so good I ordered a second one. I wasn’t sure how to play the lottery, but he took the time to explain it to me. The only down fall is it’s very load in here because of all the concrete. I still rate this place a 5⭐️

Food was delicious and prices were also good!

Great local bar and grill. I recommend the burger with onion rings.

Great place to gather and eat after a trip to the lake.

Good food, friendly staff and good parking.

Only complaint they don't have dessert.

Great food, excellent prices, all staff go above and beyond, can get a little noisy when crowded,

Good food and prices on everything. Very chill atmosphere if you're looking for something laid back

The food is delicious, portions are more than enough. Prices are very reasonable (less than $30 for 2 meals, drinks, and an appetizer!). Service was great 👍

Patio was great, we were here on our drive from Phoenix, and needed a break. Amazing breaded pork tenderloin, and the Moscow mules were so refreshing. Our server and the whole group of bar patrons were so nice!

The chicken fried chicken is awesome!

Good selection of bottled beers, mediocre selection of tap beers. Moderate price for beer. Staff stayed very busy. We had a bigger group than they were prepared for so some delays in ordering.

Haven't been here recently honestly but one of the owners came into to restaurant I manage, Wings and Rings tonight. We were super slammed today with a flash bogo burger sale and shorthanded in front and back of house. Both ladies that were there were very understanding and respectful even after I made a few mistakes with their tickets. I know your food is awesome. Everyone should go here at least once to check it out! Thanks again for being so kind and understanding, just wanted to pay it forward a bit with a good review!!

Passed through and needed a meal while staying at a nearby hotel. I appreciated someone acknowledging me while standing awkwardly by the front door because I ordered take out. I was happy the website allowed me to order online. However, the chicken wrap was extremely bland and the chicken was overcooked. My daughter's chicken tenders were like rubber and they didn't give any dipping sauce or ask us if we wanted any, and the online order process didnt include a spot for sauces. I had to write in a comment to leave off tomatoes, which they did not. We didn't get utensils or napkins. I had to ask for ketchup for the fries- which were good. Seems like a fun local spot but service needs some attention.

Nice establishment. Nice folks work there. Really slow for take out. Plan for 30 minutes on wings

Great food, excellent wait staff, always a crowd, so a little loud.

Servre was awesome on time an helpful

We stopped here because it was close to our hotel as we were passing through. The service was lack luster as our server took our order and we never saw her again. The appetizer came out the same time as the food. Someone else brought our drinks, a different person brought our food and we waited forever just to get the check. The food was edible but could have been better.

The catfish, third best I’ve ever had at a restaurant. First best by white peoples🤷🏾‍♂️, just saying they do it right.

Food was absolutely incredible however, our waitress, Kelly, was incredibly inattentive. I am not usually one to write negative reviews, but we waited 40 minutes for our bill and eventually payed through the bar tender. While we waited, she was outside mingling with her friends that had shown up. I should also add that she messed up our order as well. Incredibly disappointed in the staff.

Great catfish and fries. Good place to eat and have a few drinks with friends

Vary loud on a hoppin game night!

The food is amazing, but the service is questionable. For some reason, it takes so long to get the food out. I went for lunch today, there were maybe 3 other tables and it took 45 minutes to get our food!!

After seating ourselves and sitting for 20 minutes before being noticed, our waitress came over and took drink orders and at that time we placed appetizer orders. Our drinks were brought over along with appetizers and then the waitress left never to return to our table. Our food order was never taken. We sat for an hour without being waiting on and I got up ordered our own drinks once from the bar and after still no service I got up and had to chase her down to request the check for what we had so far. She came over brought the check and said sorry I forgot you guys never ordered food. We paid our ticket and left. Was a terrible experience and is a sad situation because we have enjoyed this place may times in the past. Will never be back.

Friendly place Great menu selection Took dinner home very tasty drink was well made

The biggest thank you from Indianapolis Junior Roller Derby! Food was great, staff was so accommodating and our server - Brooklyn was the absolute best! We brought 40 people for a team dinner after a full day of Roller Derby, not only did Brooklyn take care of us but she absolutely went above and beyond. Brooklyn, go find us on Facebook, if you're ever in Indy, come see us and we will repay the hospitality!!

Service was fantastic! Came in with a soccer team today. Great food choices for both kids and adults. Called ahead and gave them about 30 minutes notice, and they had a place all carved out for us to sit together. Our group was about 35 people and the food came out fast, the drinks were snappy, and we were able to make it to the next game with plenty of time to spare! Thanks so much for having us today!

I loved it, but it was so popular it was a bit loud. Not rowdy, just hard to converse. Food was amazing! Service was kind and speedy.

Great burgers. An beautiful waitres

Great Service………but a COLD Hot Beef sandwich. Which is typical of lunch specials every time.

Surprisingly great food and everything else you’d want from a sports bar.

Very loud. Needs more sound dampening developed into design space. Servers very polite; but quick in and out possibly understaffed preventing that personal feel. Food was hit or miss with those at the table hot beef meat was cold for one of us and salad was ordered and then brought out warm with the rest of the food instead of as an appetizer.

Over charged and had to pay a surcharge on top of our food and drinks orders

Great food! So much of it! We had to take it home!!

I’m not the one to leave a bad review. Normally I understand certain circumstances since I have previously worked in the food/serving business. My boyfriend and I come here once a week since his job is close for lunch. Every time we have came here the waitresses or waiters have forgot something, got something wrong, or just didn’t come back to check on us. This last experience was by far the worst. Didn’t get any of my order right. Ordered a side salad with Dorothy lynch and I got ranch. Not a big deal I ate it anyway I’m not picky. Then I ordered a Ruben and they gave me a patty melt. Again I’m not picky so I decided to try it and it was the greasiest burger I’ve ate in my life. The bread was soaked in grease. We will not be coming back unless it’s for drinks. Even then I’m not super impressed with their drinks. I order a vodka tonic with a lime and got a sliver of a lime. I’d rather not get a lime at all then get a centimeter of a lime. Also didn’t keep up with refills. Not impressed.

I'm not gonna lie. This place has the best fried catfish I have ever had in Lincoln. It was as if the fish lived a good life. After years of hard work and determination, the catfish graduated from Harvard law school, got married, had a few hundred kids and took on a side gig selling retro toys online. Later it published a couple of best selling horror novels. It made the right decision to land in my basket. We talked for a little while and shared a bottle of wine. We shared our life stories. It was a manly magical moment. We became bros. Best bros actually. I'll never forget Fernando. Yes... His name was Fernando. He was delicious.

I wanted to place a carry out order but the online ordering is down and the phone goes straight to voice-mail and the mailbox is full, so I guess I won't get food from there!

Taco Wednesdays are a better deal than Taco Bell.

Grace was awesome. Loved this. Right around the block from my house so easy to go. Great food. Great service. Cheap and fast. Sports tvs pool table. Great environment. Just odd they allow children as it's a restaurant as well.

Food was excellent will recommend to family and friends

Sat there for 40 minutes and no one came to serve us and they chose to serve a larger party that came after us.

Sat there for 40 minutes and nobody came to serve us and they choose to serve the bigger parties that came in after us

Great bar to go to with my wife and Co workers.

Nice place. Like a small town place to gather to eat, drink, and socialize

Excellent food with huge portions! Great service; especially since extremely busy

40 minutes to get order. Ordered drinks when we got there and they lost our drinks and had to remake. Waitress only stopped once to check if we needed anything. Had to stop her to get something.

They've got great food! The Sunday burger basket special is where it's at. Their food is fast, but their prices can't be beat, you can actually still afford to feed your family or your date.. try the Irish mule you won't be disappointed

This space was spotless! Excellent food and service. Host - Friendly and professional. I ordered wings in two different flavors, and also fish and chips. Both dishes were fantastic and their wings were the biggest, juiciest, flavorful wings I've had in a long time. The fish & chips were superb!!!! I shall return. Thanks for the good eats!

Traveling thru Nebraska we stayed overnight in Lincoln and this place was recommended by the hotel staff. Sure glad we came. Took the recommendation of a review and ordered the chicken strips with fries. I also ordered a house salad. Everything was excellent. Place was super busy and loud but we were in and out in 40 mins.

Consistently understaffed owner needs to pull his head out and hire more staff. Waited 20 min for just plates! Get it together. Wait Staff is running the tails off and can't keep up

Great locally-owned establishment.

Low key bar, pretty busy (on a Saturday night). Very nice staff, the guy at the bar was extremely busy and still made sure I got everything I needed asap, awesome service. And the food was good.

Poor service and subpar food. Food might have been better, if it was served at the correct temperature. Food took forever to come out. Server didn’t acknowledge us when we said the food the food was bad. I wonder how long the food sat before it was served? Do yourself a favor and avoid this place on the weekend for sure. I would also say they had plenty of staff. So that wasn’t the issue. Rude waitress/lazy waitress maybe. Asked for items that never arrived or came way late. She said the had sweet tea but arrived with normal iced tea and 3 packets of sweetener. The appetizer were good and served hot.