Hopscotch Brick Oven & Taproom

No exaggeration, the driest brisket I’ve ever had. No fat whatsoever and sweet bbq sauce if you like that sort of thing. My wife did somewhat enjoy the short ribs and the caprese appetizer but until the check came and it’s 90 dollars for mediocre food.

The atmosphere is nice, not a bad place to watch the game maybe.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Great spot in Traverse City! Food is exceptional and staff is friendly. Awesome atmosphere

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Craft Beer, Gyro

At first this looked like a really cool spot. Service was prompt and friendly. Kids ordered Mac and cheese off the kids menu and my husband and I ordered pulled pork nachos and a wedge salad with “home cooked bacon” to split. For $10 a pop for Mac and cheese I was expecting homemade Mac and cheese. I could not believe the audacity of this restaurant to charge $10 for Kraft Mac and cheese. Our nachos were good but our salad came out with what looked like store bought bacon bits. Overall we were really disappointed in our experience here and likely will not return.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Delicious wings!! Friendly staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Smoked Wings, Build Your Own Pizza

Love this place. The food is great. We have wings and pizza. I am gluten free and their GF crust is so good. Drinks, service, food all great!

Dietary restrictions: Gluten free crust is very good

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Smoked Wings

Food quality was very poor and tasted bad, chicken Alfredo with no cream sauce and chicken was gray thigh meat and $23, 2 topping pizza chicken was the also the gray thigh meat that tasted old with bacon and was soggy and a 6 piece for $20, do not recommend paying that price for poor food quality. Do not go there unless you like to throw money away.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 2

The pizza was by far the best part of the meal. My pizza was incredible. However that is where it ended. It was extremely loud in the restaurant, mostly due to one man at the bar. No one made an attempt to tell him to calm down or be respectful to other patrons. Really killed the whole experience. Then, I bit into my cheesecake and found a big piece of an egg shell, see picture. The stars are for the fantastic pizza and that is it. It’s sad cause it could be an amazing place.

Very very good pizza. We sat at the bar and got to watch them make it right in front of us. Reasonably priced too.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Build Your Own Pizza

We randomly looked up pizza places for our son and came across Hopscotch. We are glad we did! I wish I could remember the waitress’s name.. maybe Amie? She was EXCELLENT and on her A game. I would come back just for the excellent customer service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place has great food, great atmosphere and great service. I recommend the lobster roll!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Smoked Wings, Chicken Wings, Lobster Roll, Gyro

My wife and I both had smoked ribs. They were not tender, they contained no flavor enhancing spices. The only spices supplied with the meal were barbeque sause and mustard. When applied that is what you tasted. This is not how you apply a dry rub of flavor to make the ribs taste much better. Theses flavors do not instill hot tastes, which some people do not like. They only make the meat instill flavor that last from the lips to the back of the throat. We were both disappointed with the ribs. Hopscotch is a upscale restaurant serving fine food but the ribs were not.
Sincerely,
Greg Fyfe

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 4

First time stopping here and we were disappointed because we seen our food order sit up in the window for a long time getting cold. Not only that, but there was so many food on the shelf that the cooks started stacking them on top of each other. How can that be sanitary? The bottom of the plates were on top of the food underneath it. The waiter was nice, but she seemed very busy. Food wasn't’ anything special, maybe because it was cold by the time it was delivered to our table. We had a pizza and brisket salad. Sorry we won’t be returning.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

As a group of 7, we showed up at the same time. 4 of us sat at 1 table. The other 3 sat at another. I specifically told the server that I was with the girl wearing the pink shirt at the other table. The 4 of us eventually got our food. The other 3 had to wait at least 45 minutes to get their food. A gentleman that was with us at our table noticed plates were just stacking up...not being delivered to the customers. We all ordered at the same time. When a lady I was sitting with got her bill, my meal was included on her bill. After the people I was sitting with left, I had to wait around for my daughter who was at the other table. The one lady ordered an appetizer and kale slaw. Her appetizer ended up on another woman's bill. Two of us ordered sandwiches, another ordered like a quesadilla. We got chips with our order. I gave my chips to another person because they were sea salt, pepper, and onion flavored. My daughter and another lady got the same flavored chips. We asked if they had any other flavors. The server said they had original flavored. Why we didn't get the flavor chips that most people like with our order, I'll never know. The server ended up bringing us the original flavor, after our meal was done. The one lady needed change and another paid with a debit card. The one with the card, had to actually ask to get her card back. The server apologized and said she was busy finding change for our companion. We will never darken their doorstep again and advise you to not go there either.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Pulled Pork

I Loved it! Not sure what people are talking about. Pizza was good, Lobster roll and smoked wings! Yummy! Service was great and we enjoyed the outside atmosphere. We are horrible customers and loud, they were patiently dealing with our indecisiveness. Amen!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

A unique place with good food & friendly service. Lots of choices on the menu and from the bar. Outside dining was perfect .

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pulled Pork, Gyro