Northside Drafthouse
Bar · Richardson
About Northside Drafthouse
At Northside Drafthouse, we're all about gathering 'round for a great time with friends and family. Our lively hangout is the perfect spot to catch your favorite sports game on TV, challenge your pals to a round of pool or darts, or simply enjoy a cold pint from our extensive beer selection. We've p...
At Northside Drafthouse, we're all about gathering 'round for a great time with friends and family. Our lively hangout is the perfect spot to catch your favorite sports game on TV, challenge your pals to a round of pool or darts, or simply enjoy a cold pint from our extensive beer selection. We've perfected the art of classic pub grub, serving up tasty favorites like our signature burgers and crispy wings that are sure to become new favorites. Our friendly team is always happy to share recommendations and make you feel right at home – whether you're meeting for a quick bite or celebrating a special occasion with us.
What Customers Say About Northside Drafthouse
Northside Drafthouse is a popular spot with a great beer selection and a lively atmosphere, especially for UTD students. Customers rave about the pizza, Nashville chicken sliders, and friendly staff. Some find the food inconsistent, and outdoor smoking can be an issue.
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Tip: Visit on Sunday afternoon if you want to bring your kids. Check the beer list online, but be aware it may not be 100% accurate.
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Northside Drafthouse Richardson Reviews
Sports-oriented college bar with 50 taps, many of them from local or regional breweries and the staff is willing to switch tvs to specific games.
I stopped in for a visit but the atmosphere seemed friendly. The food (someone was eating pizza) looked great. Im not a pizza fan but it made me hungry. And De was really fast and friendly
I’m rating this within the context of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex-Dystopia, and within the context of what this pub seeks to be. There’s better food and better drink in this world but this place is a solid spot in Plano. Decent atmosphere, sometimes there’s karaoke and you have to flee for your life but that’s how it goes. There’s lots of beers but most of them are horrible TX breweries, but then it is in Pano
Northside has a large selection of beers. I occasionally meet with coworkers here to chat after work. Not too crowded, so we can always find a table and have conversation.
Wife and I love this place, it’s a weekly staple for us. Excellent rotating beer wall, solid menu and the food is legit. The staff is super friendly and always willing to help. Atmosphere is great with a bunch of TVs all over. Also they will always have the Stars game on with fans watching! Go Stars! And Go Northside!
The food here is great (especially the pizza and Nashville chicken sliders) and it's close to campus facilities like the freshman dorms and makerspace. There's a huge draft beer selection and there are many fun amenities like an arcade cabinet, pool tables, darts, and a Nintendo 64. They've even let me plug in my Steam Deck to the CRT and play retro games with friends.
Great place, really seem to care about their patrons. Their beer selection is impressive. Kid friendly, at least om the Sunday afternoon we went. Great portion sizing on their food. We ordered a pepperoni pizza, the Diablo Burger, and the Crispy Chicken sandwich. Food was out quickly, Great flavors. The ketchup on the Diablo burger delivers!! There is one gentleman who works here, I failed to get his name. But he is a Texas native, and provided us a list of fun places, and restaurants we should try, since we ar3 new to the area. We will be going back. We love it here!!
I was very pleased with this bar. If you're not an alcoholic there is pool, darts, and televisions to watch. There is also poker on Tuesday nights (while it lasts. They need players to keep up the venue). I ate a really delicious burger and the quantity of fries was excellent. I asked one of the staff members to change the channel so I could enjoy the Big Game. He happily obliged. The proximity to the UTD campus and housing can't be beat. You can get trashed after bombing a test or getting dumped by bae and still walk home afterwards.
What an incredible and long overdue addition to the Richardson/UTD area! Come for the 50+ rotating craft beers on tap but stay for the killer food and atmosphere. Seriously, the variety of craft beers is so well thought out and constantly evolving and you would never expect such a creative and diverse menu full of GREAT food to be housed inside a laid back and casual drafthouse full of games. We came for brunch on Sunday and wound up there for 6 hours hanging out on the patio, playing darts, pool, etc. Keep it up!
Great place, can't beat their specials ($5 select Texas beers on Thursdays). Be aware that the lots surrounding that entire area now have signs where you scan to pay for parking. The price was a little over $9 the last time I was there.
Would give 5 stars but they let people smoke outside which really ruins the atmosphere. They also allow dogs, so it's nice to be able to bring our Beagle with us, but it'd be better without all the cigarette smoke floating around. Food is awesome.
Decent food, i can appreciate the fried mushrooms not being mushy. The elote dip was a bit too mayo-y, not enough corn. Beer menu was solid but it was a bit annoying the website list didn't match what they had up there. Pizza was tasty, however floppy as hell. If you guys can find a way for the bottom crust to match the crispyness of the edges it would be solid. This was for the omnivore so maybe the veggies i dunno. Staff was very friendly. Thanks guys.
More kids in the kitchen doing anything but working. No server, do they really cook one meal at a time? Got sick off the cheese curds. Burnt hamburgerf, pizza was terrible.
Had the quinoa black bean burger with side ceasar salad. The burger in itself was really good - not too greasy and the patty was not too small, however the croutons in the salad were completely burnt and tasted almost bitter. All in all, a decent place with many vegetarian options and excellent service.
I ordered the Fried Appetizers Basket and the Chicken Tenders. Both of which came out somewhat burnt from the oil. The pickles and mushrooms were good for the most part, but I would very often bite into one of them and there would still be some dry batter on them or they were very burnt. The chicken came out very burnt, the batter on it was a dark brownish/black. As well as the fact I wasn't given very much condiments with the food, in which I asked for extra ranch with my chicken but I didn't get it.
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3000 Northside Blvd suite 800, Richardson, TX 75080
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