Reviews Red Arrow Tap Room

Fun new beer bar/restaurant in Elmhurst. High tech meets craft beer in a highly effective, efficient, and elegant way. In short, this place is a pour-your-own beer place where you pay per oz so you can sample many beers and even a few wines and pour whatever amount you want of each. They also have a full kitchen serving up some delicious barbecue. Tax and gratuity is included in all prices. As you walk in, you'll be greeted and asked for your ID and a credit card. They'll keep your credit card up from like an open tab and give you a Pour Card. Once you're seated, you'll be able to order from a full barbecue menu. There are appetizers, salads, desserts, and plenty of great entrées to choose from, so don't only think of this place as a bar (though just drinking and not ordering food is also usual here). Ordering food is a very new (for 2017) experience where you'll use a little tablet fixed to the side of your table to put in your order exactly as you want it. While you wait for your food to come out, you might as well get to the main course and go samples some beers and pour a pint of your favorite. There is a selection of 40+ craft beers, mostly local, from a variety of breweries and beer types. Two beer assistants were available and gave friendly input whenever we had questions or thoughts on the beers we were sampling. Across the 4-5 I sampled, I had some amazing beers and really nothing less than damn good. A waitress arrived with our food quickly, and we enjoyed what turned out to be a delicious entrée of brisket, mac n cheese, and sweet potato fries. Hanging casually is encouraged as there's no rush to leave, and we hung around and had a few more beers and more sampling. All in all, it was a great casual time and we'll definitely be back. Highly recommend.

Staff was helpful and friendly. Great weather so doors were open to outside. Large indoor with plenty of seating. Dozens of drink options that let you try as much as you want of anything. Obviously subjective but good pop punk and current pop music. The food looked good online but I was in Chicago for a day and wanted to try Lous and they accommodated and let me hang out and drink. Great place!

Went here with a group, we were overwhelmed by the selection of beverages. Great choices for everyone. Tons of information on the different brews. Even had wine a cocktailsAbsolutely great service and food was delicious! A definite go!

Neat place, love the whole self-pour thing! Good choices if you're not a beer drinker, which is nice. Decently priced, and my chopped salad was tasty! Tried both Strawberry sauced cider and the Apple one, and those were yummy. Then moved on to the mixed drinks...mermaid water was cute, but a little sweet for me. Cranberry crush was my favorite of the evening.

What great idea...beer by the ounce! Try as many as you like with no fear of emptying your wallet. The food is not served like standard bar fair..it has a bit of style in presentation. I wish the "smoked right here" meats had more smoked flavor. The food is a bit more expensive than I liked but it isn't over the top...this is "downtown" so to be expected. This isn't a place to hammer down beer but rather explore a wide range of beers easily and inexpensively. I'd take anyone here who had an interest in checking out new styles of beer they might not consider otherwise.