A few miles from home, always consistent, hot food. Friendly staff, lively pool games, strong mixed…read moredrinks. Nothing fancy. No muss, no fuss. Lots of locals. Your typical bar/restaurant in southcentral Alaska. Easy to keep coming back......

Fishhook is where halibut meets happiness. The beer's colder than glacier melt, the fish and chips…read morecould win Olympic gold, and the staff treat you better than your own family. If you skip this place in Palmer, that's a bigger mistake than forgetting to plug in your truck at -40.

Great local hangout with friendly patrons and staff. Food and drinks are reasonable. Really enjoyed…read morecoming here several times during my visit to Alaska. Try the awesome bloody mary!

I'm going to call this "Darwin's of the Valley."…read more Slightly less friendly, and no free popcorn. Better speakers and they have a full service kitchen with excellent steak Wednesday through Sunday. In fact, the menu is excellent. Highly recommend. Good service, and great local tap list. Pool table. Red Bull. Four different flavors. Five if you include sugar free as a flavor. This is your full on dive experience with great food and loud music.

The Palmer Ale House is one of those places that I'd love to return to time and time again, simply…read moreto try the many different menu items and beers they offer. My family shared a Hawaiian Pizza and a Palmer Special Pizza. The crust was authentically hand-tossed, and the toppings were fresh. The flavor? It was really good, but not amazing. It needed some garlic or a bit more flavor. The beer--amazing selection! We enjoyed the GlacierBrewery Raspberry Wheat and the Turnagain Mexican Lager. The hand-cut fries were disappointing. They were very wet with grease, almost as if the fryer wasn't working quite right. The service was personable and on top of their game despite being busy.

I often get the eyeball roll when I tell someone that we are taking friends to Palmer Alehouse…read morealong with "seriously? Why would you go there". Well, sweeties, we like beer and this place has the best tap menu in the valley. The food isn't fine dining. But it doesn't suck and if you like decent pub food then this place will work for you. Like I said, we come for the beer and the food is just to fill the belly. We've always had good service. The live music in the summer is an added bonus. My favorite food is the Thai salad wrap, sweet potato fries, chicken tenders, the burgers are usually good as is the pizza.

If you are looking for a friendly and really clean café near Palmer Alaska, look no more. I'd…read morehighly recommend this place. After doing the Matanuska glacier hike, Google led us to this café. Excellent service and the food is very tasty too. Their homemade pies are so yummy. We will defiantly try their handmade oven pizza next time we go back to Palmer, AK. Highly recommend.

Pretty bad all the way around. Service was very dismissive. Bathrooms are dirty. Pay for shower…read moreafter paying $65. All in all, worst camp of our 40 day trip. Didnt eat there and left a day early and ate the $65 fee.

Our group ended up having dinner at Caboose lounge from our driver who actually lives in Palmer…read more The restaurant wasn't busy but by it being in a small town, a group of 24 could have overwhelmed them but it did not. They have a large choice of food items and they serve breakfast all day. We ordered corn fritters w honey butter to try. They were amazing! I had two and could have eaten more but my dinner hadn't come out yet. I ordered the Halibut fish & chips. I was impressed how tasty they were. Perfectly fried and seasoned well. The tartar sauce was good. The cole slaw was okay so I tried the potato salad which was better. Overall great meal! Since we had a large party, they ran out of desserts before I had a chance to order. The 17 kids in the group were able to get order desserts, the adults did not. No worries. The trip was for the kids.

- - THE UPSIDE It's…read morefast. Service is courteous, knowledgeable, and incredibly efficient. Food arrives quick! It's cheap. The menu is a little overwhelming and the print is small. But so many options makes the possibilities feel almost endless. The bacon is crispy. If you like your bacon chewy, maybe ask for it that way. I like mine crispy and it's been that way EVERY SINGLE TIME. YAY! - - THE DOWNSIDE The decaf coffee is not great. I've had it three times and I think it's instant coffee, maybe? Whatever it is, it's bad. In a state with so much great coffee, this seems like a point that shouldn't be bad. Sigh* The over medium eggs are really over easy. This is a bummer. The diner of Alaska that can make me true over medium eggs will forever earn my patronage. - - Conclusion It's okay the coffee is bad, because they had a porter on tap which was almost like drinking an iced coffee. At least that's what I'm going with. =]

Of all the food items we had, the French fries were by far the best thing we ended up with!…read more The seafood enchiladas were really good and I couldn't finish the whole serving. Didn't mention the fries were amazing?

"ok we turning up" ^…read morethe above was my review at check in right before a very unfortunate series of events happened. It stills stands, unfortunate events and all. The night I went there was a local rapper doing his thing on the dancefloor with one of his boys TM, recording. real provincial activities, which I love check it out!

Dear Reader: if, like me, you thought the Fairview Inn was the "true locals bar" in Talkeetna, the…read moreI am here to tell you that, like me, your are WRONG! The Teepee is the *TRUE* locals bar. Drinks are dirt cheap. Maybe the cheapest I've ever seen in Alaska. You can get some beers for $4 which is unheard of in the 49th state in 2023. Are they great beers? Not really. Do they fit the friendly-divey vibe of this local watering hole perfectly? Yes, really. It's pretty ironic that the most locals-only bar in town is part of a hotel...but it's true. Disregard all the reviews talking about this place being smoky. That has changed and this place no longer smells of smoke, nor is it allowed. If you're a dorky tourist, you'll likely still be welcomed here. Just expect to be the only dorky tourists in the joint.

GREAT Spot!! Where the locals go. Highly recommend! The Blueberry Mojito brewed by Denali…read moreBrewing with a touch of soda water is delicious!