Kelly’s Sports Lounge

Went here to watch final four! Staff was awesome! Very attentive throughout night! Our whole table commented on how nice she was! I wish I got her name! Found was above average bar food so couldn’t ask for more! Well the badger victory was icing on the cake!!!

decent service and the drinks are very reasonably priced, however, you must be able to tolerate a loud environment. It’s very hard to hear in here.

They have totchos… need I say more?
Well, they also have giant draft beers for less than $ 3.
And they also have about a bazillion tv’s. It is a sports bar after all.
I’ve never had any problems with the service. But then again I don’t expect much at a sports bar.

I actually have to say they have really good lounge food, and you can catch a lot of games there with their televisions. They also have had a lot of the same people working there for many years so you will get good service and good people, this is deifnatley a place to check out in town, and they also make real good Bloody Marys. A great way to have on a Sunday and enjoy a game

I give this a 5 star simply because it’s a sports bar (in Rapid City) and it does what it does, quite well; lots’ of TVs and easy to watch a lot of stuff. Also, lots of locals having fun «hanging out».
With that said, the hamburger I had was very good for a sports bar, but it was not gourmet! The toasted bun was very good, the lettuce, tomato and onion were perfect. The burger size was very nice, but it was cooked by someone who simply slapped it on a grill until it was just short of rubber (sloppily over cooked in my opinion, little care to seasoning). The service was OK, very friendly but not particularly attentive, requiring you to get their attention however you can; it might help if you were a local known to the waitstaff.
So, if you want to hang out with the «sports crowd», it’s likely that this is the best place to go in Rapid City. The menu is very cool, actually excellent, and finding it on the Internet, is why I went there. Only because I have little interest in «hanging out», and have a lot of interest in finding excellent food, I will not likely go back.
Honestly, it’s «close, but no cigar», Kelly’s could easily become excellent within the food category if they truly wanted to. I suspect that the competition in Rapid City is weak, and that they have no need to achieve excellence, in order to succeed more fully.

OK, let’s confirm some things. This is a sports lounge. This is bar food. Now, let’s move on.
As far as bar food goes, it doesn’t get better than this in Rapid City. I’ve taken friends here from Illinois, to NY, to CA, MN and then some to here, and they all agree.
Burgers. They’re HUGE and on good butter toasted big buns, and they’re cooked just right and not skimpy. The meat is lean, but just fatty enough to give you that «ahhhh» factor. I’ll just tell you they’re stellar features:
Feel like Napoleon on Napoleon Dynamite and just want some Ore Ida Tater Tots in mass quantities? Then this is your place. Get them with a burger.
But the biggest tickets are their KILLER WINGS. Get them, the regular kind, not their breaded tenders. And their Ranch and Blue Cheese dressing is homemade. They make their own sauce and there’s no need for breading because their meat and sauce are that good. Also killer is their heart-​attack inducing cheese balls. They taste like cheese curds and I’m from Illinois, right next to Wisconsin.
There’s no reason to experiment around the menu. Some of their things are not so hot. The fish sammie for example. But on Thursday nights, or is it Wednesday (call and see) they offer a prime rib special that’s so cheap it ‘s cheaper than ordering out.
Plus, giant, I mean HUGE mugs of beer during happy hour, so cheap you wonder how they make any money.
During the day anyway, the waitstaff is fabulous. Fast and friendly. The soups are not always so hot though.