On the Rocks

Solid 4 stars. Good little dive bar over in the Round Hill center. Drinks are stiff and the vibe is generally pleasant. Good local crowd. That can go one way or another in Tahoe. They seem to have good people that roll through.
Has a pool table to do something while there. TV’s are good sized and not a mile away. Only a few of them though. No biggie. Plenty of places to go if you want a ton of televisions.
Dogs are allowed there so be aware of that. I personally am fine with it but some people do not go for that. In Tahoe we all like to take the fur kids where we can and that is a spot it is ok to. Most of the time they arenoutside so it is not an issue.
Not sure about a happy hour. Do not go there enough to know if there is and the times. All in all it is a good spot. Food is mainly bar food. Not a huge menu.

LOVE LOVE LOVE this place! From the drinks to the food its all around a great place. Great daily specials, I highly recommend the pizzas and the Caesar salad wrap. All the bartenders are very fun, lively and friendly. Jack, Cara, Trout, Dain and Annie are all awesome! We love coming in on different nights of the week so we can hang with all the different bartenders. They have great TV’s for sports, juke box and pool table. They are pet friendly so bring your pooch!

Avoid this place like the plague. Go to subway, the food and the service are much better. When we walked in, Annie, greeted us with a «what do you want.» No hello, how are you, or F off, which, by the way was her mentality the entire duration of our stay. The place was dirty and there wasn’t any music playing. The only think that could be heard was the personal trainer, or as he had announced many times, the owner from anytime fitness, that was downing beers talk. I can’t quite decide if Annie was worse or that guy. The food was disappointing to say the least. I ordered the tacos and the fish came straight from a Van DeKamps box. I only know this because I watched the cook throw the box across the kitchen. At no point were we asked how the food was or how we were doing. I am truly disappointed by the overall experience and I look forward to see what goes into that spot when this place sinks like the titanic.

Really the only bar I go to. Customer service is good food is good and always get a tall cold beer. Thanks Annie and Jack for running respectable business.

Let me start with the fact that for watching football on Sunday this is the place. This was not the reason my group was there, however. Just looking for a good burger after a little Tahoe hiking. There were 9 of us. Reasonable greeting by staff. Good with drinks and taking order. Then they were gone! Refills for ice-​tea, water, hello, anybody home. They were getting a little busy this early Sunday afternoon, and seemed to be understaffed. Also noticed that the employees, owners, whoever they were, were enjoying a little imbibing while working. I guess that is ok if you are attending to your guests appropriately. Then «shots» also. Who’s running the place? Who knows what the cook was up to in the kitchen. Our burgers took about 30 minutes with1 no show and 1 slightly incorrect. By my score, second down and 9 to go. The burger bun looked great as did the side salad on the plate. Hold everything, WHERE’S THE BEEF? The «burger?» if I can call it that was completely invisible under the bun. Seriously, I could not see it. For $ 10, I want to know that there really is some meat there. The picture that you see when you open this Unilocal page is not from here. Sweet potato fries came out cold. Maybe a bad day, bad cook, too many shots, third down and 15. Five yard penalty for calling this a burger. Excellent house salad I will ad. By the way the missing burger did finally arrive after the waiter/​owner/​shot drinking big dude had it taken care of. They did comp that burger, which was admirable. Unfortunately my burger was tiny (as were the 4 others) and pretty tasteless. I hope this was a bad day. On the positive side, fun atmosphere, FULL bar and could see the potential here.

Went here today to watch Sunday football and I don’t think I’ll be coming here again. My girlfriend and I walk in to no greeting nor service. We had to find our own table and FIND our server because there was no host or anyone that was seating guests. Our server was actually sitting at the bar with the local drunks who were using foul language the ENTIRE time we stayed there. Other staff didn’t care as they were right out front of the establishment smoking and joking with other people. It was dark and the floors were disgusting. This is a joke for a sports pub or whatever this place is. Wouldn’t recommend this joint to anyone. The only reason I’m giving it TWO stars is because the onion rings were good but then again, it’s hard to mess up o rings.

Vegans and vegetarians beware! Went with a group here and was happy to see a veggie spinach wrap on the menu. Unfortunately no spinach wraps and the wrap they did have had lard in it. The chef was extremely thoughtful and even came out to the table to try and see what he could do to help. He ended up making us some veggie (chopped peppers and mushrooms) tacos which were ok but I think he mentioned the tortillas had lard in them too.
This is in no way the chefs fault but in this day and age why a decent restaurant is buying products with lard is beyond me.
Our waiter was super fun and entertained our group all evening. I think everyone else’s meals were adequate. We actually just went next door and ordered some good veggie sushi!

After an adventure-​packed day at the lake, we had just packed up and got on the road heading home when my phone rang. It was one of my best friends– she lives in South Tahoe and had been gone all day, and wanted to meet for dinner.
We flipped a quick u-​turn and headed to meet at On the Rocks. She runs a business near there and said she had heard good things.
First impression: bit of a dive bar. The happy hour specials looked good. It was not busy for 5:30.
We started with chips and salsa. The chips are made in house, from flour tortillas. Unusual but really good!
The daughter had sliders and fries, the son had the meat lovers pizza. Husband and I shared a BBQ pork sandwich and sweet potato fries.
Every single thing was outstanding. The BBQ pork was sooooo good and the sandwich had bacon on it! Which is the best idea ever and has inspired me for future home BBQ.
The pizza was really good. I could definitely see going there and grabbing a pizza to take to the beach for lunch next time (as opposed to hitting up the grocery store deli). It’s a thin crust but the edges get nice and crunchy and has such a good flavor. And they weren’t skimpy with the toppings, either. Lots of meat on that thing. I didn’t try the sliders but the kiddos sure loved them!
I was highly impressed. The food far exceeded my expectations. If I could change one thing, it would be to turn the TV down. I hadn’t seen my friend in a couple of months and my throat kinda hurts from trying to talk over the sports cast that was on.

I absolutely love this place! Always sports on the I think 5 large flat screens. 3 of which are above the bar. This place has a nice sound system as well if they turn music on and just have sports playing without sound. All the staff are fantastic! Jack, Anne, Kerri (sp?) and Mark are all great bartenders. The cooks I’ve met are great too (John and Gracy). This place even allows my well behaved service dog ;)… The BEST!!!
Good is really good… I highly recommend their pizza, pork quesadillas or the meatball sub. All a great!
Check this place out fosho!

Worst bar experience I have ever had. Walked in found 6 dogs in the establishment (don’t get me wrong I like dogs just not standing on top of the bar). A couple of drunk guys got into a pushing match behind us and bartender/​management did nothing. Music so loud could not talk. Give them one star because of good happy hour prices. Bartender handed us a drink menu let us pick then told us beer menu was so old they didn’t have anything on tap that was on the menu.

Love this bar… Very friendly staff that remember you and your previous conversations… Plenty of big screens to watch sport and a good range of craft beers…

The service here is awesome! They are so friendly and attentive to your needs. It’s a fun place to watch football! Plenty of TVs and great company! There’s a great atmosphere when you go in and the food is really great too! I will definitely be back and recommend this place to my friends!

It took 40 minutes for our food to come out. The waitress did not come back to our table once after taking our food order. I ordered the spinach mushroom wrap for lunch and it was so meager. It was a wrap with a quarter cup of sautéed vegetable in it. The ends were not tucked in so the food fell out of the wrap. Even some lettuce would make this floppy flavorless «wrap» better. The caprese salad was equally awful. Thinly sliced tomato and hardly any mozzarella. If you are looking for a decent happy hour for drinks, I am sure this is fine. If you are looking for an actually filling meal — go elsewhere.

The cooks were horrible… they brought my burger out before my fiancé sandwich. I was done before they started hers. We could hear the cook in the back asking what goes in a club sandwich… burger was burnt and the whole place was horrible.
The young lady helping us was great and she made them look a lot better then the fools in the back cooking.
NOT RECOMMENDED!!!

Went with a group. Very fun. Good Pizza! Great service.

Came in to watch the Real Madrid vs. Athletico Madrid game (which they turned on for us). My husband and I enjoyed a few beers, garlic fries, pizza, and a salad. The food was good and service was great. They even accommodated our lil one with gold fish and orange wedges!

Well, this is a hard one. We’ve been here about six to eight times since they opened under this name (been to every restaurant that has been in this location since the mall was rebuilt). If I have it right, two owners and about four management teams for «On The Rocks»?
This is mainly for the current crew based on about three visits.
The servers are good. Aubrey has been good wherever he has been and two other bartenders were friendly and attentive.
And the food has been good. Only had sandwiches and burgers since the DiMartino family moved on so can’t comment on the current Italian fare. I’ve had the Cajun chicken twice and it is good and has been consistently prepared. The fries are too crispy for my taste but the side salad has been fresh and dressings are fine.
But — even putting out good food — the kitchen crew or processes need a lot of work. Last visit, only the two of us dining, around 1:00 on a weekend. But it was over 20 minutes for a burger, a sandwich, fries and a salad to get to us. Tahoe is the land of the 30 minute lunch break and I won’t risk this on a weekday.
Prior visit was part of a big party and that was more tortuous — and inconsistent. Food came out haphazardly and not at all in the order taken.
(Going back to a while, this has been their MO. We had to have our food packed to go under a prior management team).
They are already struggling with a tough location. Good food and a fun front of house crew won’t compensate for unacceptable kitchen processes.

We popped in for some Sunday football and stayed all day. Great food, great service and great ptices. Aubrey is wicked nice and treats you like family. Definitely a fun place to watch football.

Much better than ranking given, under new ownership. Pretty sure the poor reviews and slow complaints were under previous owners.
Food is great and they have great selection of draft beer (IPAs)! Would highly recommend over its neighbor Coyote Grill.

Customer since they opened and love everything about this place. Great staff, delicious food, great drinks. VERY clean atmosphere. Pool table, juke box, and about 8 large screen tvs. Daily happy hr 3−6pm and then 9−11pm. Good selection of draft & bottle beers as well as wine, champagne & liquor. Weekly food specials. Hidden gem of Round Hill plaza for sure.
UPDATE April 2013: Lowered to 3 stars from 5 and only for the new chef & bartender… Under new bar management, took away all the yummy bar food and sauces. Total bummer. New chef & bartender are great though & only reason coming back. Seems the new management wants a high end place but the fancy Italian place at the end of the road took care of that. We needed and had a great clean sports bar and sadly this seems to be going away slowly… Total bummer =(