Craftsman Table & Tap

I wanted to try this restaurant after my fiancé & his cousin went during restaurant week. His rave review & leftovers led me to get there! My pal & I went there on a Tuesday at 330p for an early dinner. I was undecided what to try & wanted to try the Mac n Cheese and I had a nice salad. My pal had a Rueben sandwich which she loved. We had cheese curds appetizer & creme brulee for dessert - both were excellent. We also had Old Fashioned cocktails which the server took additional time to explain some options to us. And from 3-530p weekdays is Happy Hour with Old Fashioneds at $5! The interior is classy, the servers are attentive, personable & speedy and the location is convenient with plenty of off street parking available. **highly recommend **

Good experience. Server was helpful with both drink and food suggestions. Both were good choices. Had the peach mango cider, pleasant , could taste the fruit. Not over powering. Had the caprees resoto. Good flavors, nice pesto touch. My son had the fish wall eye fish, decent flavor, lilely breaded and fried. My wife had a burger

Slamming smash burger! Also the brussel sprout salad was a hit! Delicious flavorful food. Excellent customer service?

We really enjoyed our time here. Had the cheese curds which were excellent, I try to Wisconsin old fashioned for the first time. I love an old-fashioned, this was an interesting twist. Non-sweet for me. The burger was for my pregnant niece who joined us for the meal, the rest of us had the brussels sprouts salads along with the cheese curds and the soft pretzel covered in cheese sauce. Our waitress was excellent, but too young to drink so couldn't really tell me about the difference between a regular old fashioned and a Wisconsin old fashioned, but when in Rome huh? When I come back through Madison I will make this a regular stopping place.

The atmosphere is very nice for what we expected to be a pub, we felt a little underdressed, and that MAYBE explains our poor treatment by our server. The cheese curds were as good as advertised and my beer from Odd Side ales was tasty. Everything else was a disappointment. I had a double smash burger, it was tasty but fell apart in my hands and was difficult to eat. My son had the grilled cheese and found the apples in the sandwich off putting. He asked the server for a spoon for his soup but she never brought one. My wife had the fried chicken sandwich and asked for no coleslaw, but it was delivered with a heaping helping on the sandwich. She had to remove all toppings to get it off and ate the sandwich plane. She was not at all impressed. We were never asked about our food. We were never offered refills on drinks until we were done with our meals. This was at 5:00pm on a Sunday and they were not at all crowded. I do not anticipate ever going back and would not recommend to a friend.

As former residents of Middleton, one of the things we enjoyed the most was the abundance of great places to dine. Craftsman Table & Tap is surely one of the places. The brunch menu on a Saturday was a nice surprise that we hope to enjoy another day. I fully recommend the pretzel board for the table. They serve it with stone ground mustard, honey mustard, cheese sauce, and sliced pickles. We were impressed with all of the sauces and mustards. We really enjoyed the pickles, which we think were made in-house. I've never thought to add cumin in my pickle brine, but it added a great flavor to the pickle. There was a large selection of craft beers, including an Oktoberfest series. They tap a new Oktoberfest every week. It is on the high end of the price scale, but we would not let that deter us from going back.

Tried this place on a whim today. So happy we did. Our server Stephanie was great. She definitely went out of her way to make our visit top notch. The food was really good but the topper was the horseradish sauce. I've never had a better sauce. Check this place out. You'll be glad you did.

This was our first time at the Craftsman Table & Tap, we were delighted. The online reservations system was easy to us. The staff was great, especially our server Elizabeth. The beverage choice was extensive, the food came out fast and exactly as we ordered it. We had a great outing and are looking forward to returning.