We wanted to try somewhere new that neither of us had ever been to before. Unfortunately, this was a swing and a miss. There wasn't much that actually went well from the second we walked in - maybe it was just an off-night for them but it was so incredibly loud with the game on, we wouldn't go back anyway. I think if the purpose of your visit is to watch a game while having something to eat, it's your spot; if you're just looking to go out to dinner, skip it. The food isn't so great that it's worth going back for. It's just ok, at best. Service, also, is just ok. Overall, it was not a return-customer experience for us between the noise level, the service and the food. read more

The competition style chicken is excellent, super flavorful, smoky and tender. The server brought us extra bbq sauce because it is dry rubbed and I sauced, but it didn't need it! Fries are like potato skins and French fries had a delicious baby. The burnt ends were tender and Smokey and fatty. We asked for extra pickles and pickled onion and he brought us big side serving bowls. He also brought us extra garlic bread because my husband and I split the meal. My husband loved the west coast IPA as well. Great service, even better food. read more

Bonfire - What's left of a sample platter: onion rings, fried zucchini and scooper fries - Sports Bars Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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Our visit was kind of odd. We arrived just before 9pm on Saturday night. We stood for a good amt of time to be seated. Not due to it being busy, but the opposite. There was even a blonde server who walked by, looked right at us, didn't say a word and kept walking. Okayyyy. A man named Jared approached us, said we could sit where we liked and followed us to the table. As he was seating us he bent down and said they were closing early due to not being busy. I said "Oh! Are you closing soon? Did you want us to eat elsewhere?" He said no, but just wanted us to know they were closing early. My friend said "Can you get drinks started for us?" He was walking away, turned back and said "No. Your server can get you a drink." I told my friend I thought he was a host so maybe can't get a drink or put in an order? Turns out HE WAS THE BARTENDER. What bartender won't get you a drink? Anyway, our server Justin was great and totally saved our experience. I asked if they were closing early? He said no, that's the bartender and he's probably just mad he hasn't made any money tonight being slow. We joked about how all of PHX leaves town for 4th of July. He said he was working til close and happy to serve us. We both started with the shrimp cocktail and absolutely 10/10. Great size shrimp, presentation was nice and just fresh and delish. I ordered the BLT and my friend ordered a bud your own pizza. When my sandwich came out it was the grilled chicken club. I told our server and he immediately made it right even tho the sandwich's are very similar. I wanted the BLT to try the different bacons they put on it and man, it was great! Huge portion, flavor was good and would order again. The pizza was also great! My friend does not like spice at all and it was nice they offer two options for sauce. She got the "kid sauce" (no spice), which I expected to taste like spaghetti oh's but was really good! We'll definitely be back to try more food items and just hangout. They have a great drink selection. My choice this evening was mojitos and they did not disappoint! read more

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If I could give a zero it would be too high. Came in for lunch. No hostess up front so we sat at the bar. Spent ten minutes watching the bar staff, hostess and other employees on their phones totally not acknowledging the customers sitting at the bar. When we decided to leave, they didn't even bother to ask why. Totally ridiculous! read more

The food was amazing. I had the smoked wings all flats. The customer service was just as amazing! read more

Bonfire - Sports Bars Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

An absolute 100% rip off. I was there today for the games and I will never step foot in a Bonfire again. It's bad enough prices are high on everything, but to be grossly over charged for bad drinks served in plastics cups with little ice. Too much. Cocktail menu descriptions are misleading. Do NOT order the Redneck Margarita. It's a tiny jar of beer for $10. Zero craftsmanship in the bartending. I left my game at half time because I'm so disgusted at being overcharged for a horrid product. Do not waste your money. It is the same as all the other places in the valley that don't pay attention and over charge because they are entitled. read more

I arrived before my family and the lovely hostess seated me immediately. Moments later I met our server, "Dom" who got me set up with a beverage while I awaited my family. Dom was terrific! He was patient yet attentive, well versed on the menu items and a delight to talk to. My family finally arrived and since it was a gathering of the siblings from around the country, everyone was very chatty while we all got caught up. Dom was extremely patient with our never-ending delays due to conversation and never once made us feel rushed! Once our orders were place and food arrived, everyone quieted down as the food was so good, no one wanted to talk! We had Dinner salads, Pizza, Burnt Ends, Chicken Wings and more. We even had a beer that was flat and it was immediately corrected. The experience lasted 2 1/2 hours and everyone had a great time! Great Company, Wonderful food and overwhelmingly great service! I had never been here up until this moment, and I will definitely be coming back!! read more

If the small doesn't make you crave BBQ the moment you walk In the door I don't know what will!! What amazing choices in not only food but beer and drinks such a variety we wanted to try it all! The food melts in your mouth delicious such amazing flavors. Only rated it a four as the cleanliness of the bathrooms was pretty gross and the service took a min but they seemed short staffed but overall if your not on a hurry great place to chill and get some mouth watering good food and BBQ! Definitely will be going back! read more

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Customer service sets them apart. Get their smoked wings and dive into the rest of their menu. Could eat here every day and not get tired of the variety. This area is about to experience a huge boom. We need places that are laid back like this one with local vibes. read more

Bonfire is "Our Home" spot to cheer on our Buffalo Bills, the manager Kevin is awesome. He runs a smooth team from kitchen staff, bar staff, waiters & bussers! Ask for Daniel or Julio on your next visit, you won't be disappointed. All food is scrumptious, that's because my fav Chef Nicole is the kitchen manager!! read more

Disappointed and Disrespected at Bonfire Tempe - Won't Be Returning I had high hopes for Bonfire Tempe after a fun DJ Bingo night on October 24th, where I won two $5 coupons and genuinely enjoyed the atmosphere. I even planned to make it a regular spot and recommend it to friends, family, and colleagues. Unfortunately, my return visit on November 4th was a complete letdown. From the moment we arrived, service was extremely poor. It took over 12 minutes for anyone to acknowledge us, despite multiple staff members loitering near the bar. We were seated at a hi-top directly across from them, yet no one seemed interested in serving us. We ordered a modest meal--happy hour wings, a chicken Caesar salad, a Philly sandwich, a Bonfire BLT, and drinks. My husband's water refill took over 20 minutes and required us to actively hunt down our server. The same happened when we were ready to leave; we had to search again just to get our check. When the bartender finally approached, she quoted our total as $90 but refused to provide a printed bill. I offered my two $5 coupons, which she took with visible annoyance, saying she needed manager approval. Then she disappeared. After nearly 30 minutes of waiting and being ignored, I approached her at the bar. She went to find the manager, then came back and quoted a new total: $107.64. Confused, I asked to see the itemized bill before paying. She refused, saying I could see it only after payment. Reluctantly, I handed over my card. Only then did I learn the breakdown: an 18% auto gratuity, a 2.99% credit card surcharge, and an additional 7% tip--bringing the final total with tax to $114.40. When I questioned the excessive charges, the manager, Jaya Martin, stepped in and responded with condescension and dismissiveness. Her justification? "We have the right to add the gratuity... to protect our servers." When I asked for a refund of the extra tip, she flatly refused. Her final gesture was to smugly point to her name tag and suggest I grab her business card "on the way out the door." To Jaya Martin: Customer care is what protects your servers--not hidden fees and poor service. I've tipped $100 for great service before. But this experience? It earned nothing but regret. I will not be returning to Bonfire Tempe, and I'll actively discourage others from dining there. If you value transparency, respect, and basic hospitality, look elsewhere. read more

The establishment is a neighbors dream it's a place when the weather is nice you walk or bike to. The owner and staff are awesome food is really good large menu not a lot of food allergies options but a variety of delicious eats and cuisines to get you comfortable and coming back. I had the bonfire porter, who knew I need that beer the owner and he was fantastic with helping us navigate the establishment definitely recommend with football kicking off! read more

Honestly we were really looking forward to trying this place. The reviews were great but our experience was not good. We were seated right away but our experience went downhill from there. Our server brought one water - but there were 3 of us. We waited almost 25 minutes before he returned so we could place our order. It's was about 50 minutes before the food arrived. It was delivered. By a runner and not the server. He didn't return to check on us. The restaurant wasn't very busy for a Saturday night. As there were a lot of open tables. Not sure if the server was new but we were not impressed by the service. read more

Had a very nice dinner on a Friday night! We had Jordyn as our server and she steered us in the right direction through a very diverse food and drink menu. My wife had a good burger and I had a bbq pizza. The burger tasted like it had been near a real fire and the pizza bbq meat had a real smoke taste so we were both happy. No faking it in the kitchen here! We will be coming back! read more

I find it strange that it's a BBQ place that won't serve meat. 2nd time here and no chicken on the salad No anything on the gumbo. Response was sorry both times. Staff were friendly but useless . read more

I had an meal at this place on a Tuesday evening. The bill was presented to me on an electronic device. I complete the bill by inputting my tip amount and agreeing to the final cost. They did not offer the paper method to pay, meaning the transitional way of giving you a paper copy of your bill, you add the tip amount to the cost and sign it. The electronic device was different. I seen my total cost and I add a tip and that was that, no paper copy of the transaction for my record. The issue is the total I agreed to pay doesn't match what they charged my credit card, they charged me more. I have contacted the restaurant thru email, and never received a reply. In my opinion they stole money from me. They compounded the issue by not communicating with me after bringing this to their attention. read more

Sat down immediately and before even walking in, smelled AMAZING! They had music bingo playing in the bar and that was fun to watch along. Cindy was a great waitress and was on the ball Food was good and fun atmosphere read more

Not sure why I haven't reviewed this place before. It has become a very reliable Go To location for date night, double date night, family lunch and "just a quick one" before we go home and pay off the Babysitter! Patio great when weather permits. Live Music fun when it's there. Dining Room side is spacious and clean when it's open. But let's face it...we are Bar people. We like the vibe of the bar side and the Staff is so accommodating even when we drag kid(s) along . FOOD is very good. Burgers are moist & flavorful. Good variety of "stuff" to dress them up. Fries are fresh cut kind of thick "curls" of potato. Buffalo Chicken Dip good but Better is you have them add Bleu cheese (offered as an option, take it). So we have gobbled our way thru the menu after multiple visits and when do I Finally remember to take a pic? On my Sunday Salad Day.....how embarrassing at a good "real food" restaurant but tasty nonetheless. read more

Bonfire - Lunch portion COBB! - Sports Bars Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Service was good, food was good, a little greasy, but enjoyable. I sat outside and it was nice. I would definitely come back again.

Amazing service by page! Great food drinks and service always a good time favorite spot to come for lunch! Tell your friends

Had a great visit here yesterday. There is a great selection of menu items and drinks to choose from. Our server was super friendly and knowledgeable, and the pricing is very reasonable. Surprisingly, the place was not very busy, which had me questioning the time it took to get our drinks each time. The food actually came out faster than expected. We tried a three item bbq combo combo consisting of burnt ends, bb ribs, and brisket, with two upgraded sides of mushrooms and onion rings. My only complaint is that the brisket was very, very dry, so much that the sauce couldn't even fix it. We only ate a little bit of it. When the server asked us how our meal was, I was honest and said everything was great, but the brisket was terrible. It was the only thing left on the huge platter. I was hoping she would offer to remove it from our bill or offer something else, but she didn't. So, instead of leaving it to be thrown away, I decided to take it home and do something with it. It's not a huge deal, but this did disappoint me. I guess they don't train their servers to make accommodations to the customers. More or less how establishments act these days. I'll give this place another shot, but if I have another issue with any of the food, I'll definitely have something to say about it. read more

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The food is really good, but unfortunately, when I'm there typically I have to wait a long time it feels to check out. Which is pretty annoying. read more

We've been here a couple times... servers are very friendly, but service was overly slow both times. Today we ordered a pizza, and the stand they placed it on was angled a bit. As we attempted to get another slice off the tray, it slid and fell to the ground. We asked for a replacement, then, when the bill came, they charged us for both pizzas. I asked to speak to a manager, explained the situation to her, she said she had to talk to the owner. She never came back, sent our poor server to deliver the news that they were only going to give us 50% off one pizza. We were there for over 2 hours, never got asked if we wanted refills of any of our drinks, had to ask twice for a side of ranch, our kids like coming here because of the games but we won't be back. Update: read the reply from the owner below, this is my reply to him: The child was serving herself a slice. She did not knock the pizza off the stand. As I told the server that the stand was angled, she admitted "they're not the best". I mentioned to the manager to check the camera, to see the entire pan slide onto the ground. The manager asked me if the children ran into the table, I said no. She then asked "did the pizza fall due to faulty equipment?" The owners response below is passive aggressive and inaccurate. Check your camera, sir. read more

Large place , good beer selection. Burgers are well grilled to correct temperature as we ordered . Only down side were the fries, too much pepper. A bit on the pricy side. read more

Typical sports bar.. foud is descent lots of beer option from tap Nothing extraordinary read more

Bad atmosphere, horrible food, and somehow even worse service. Greeter said all of two words to us, "How many?" Walked us to our table, dropped our menus on the table and walked away. The chicken on the salad was as dry as the Sahara and the $9 baked potato was a whole other level of mediocre. In response to the owner's reply: Whatever makes you feel better at night. You might think about having your restaurant staffed better. The bartender, who was also our server, took over 10 minutes to even come by to get our order, never checked to see how the food was and I had to go to the bar to finally flag him down to even pay for the meal. read more

First time here and the food was really good. Jada our server was fantastic very polite and attentive.

I've seen this business being built after the closing of the tilted kilt and some chicken place that was here before this. When I originally looked this up, the first picture that came up was a martini. That is specifically the reason I stopped by today. When we went it was pretty dead and quiet. I ordered the s'mores martini and based on the picture (very staged) I was a bit nervous about how it came out. I was actually surprised because the only thing that was missing was the melted marshmallow rim. Everything else came as pictured. Pleasantly surprised with the presentation. Don't confuse this with an espresso martini. No coffee or espresso in this one. Not bad overall. Just not what I expected. There was a huge food menu and drink menu. Like ridiculously huge. Also had the flirtini and red bully boy. Overall drinks were okay but seemed lacking in some way or another. read more

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Good food, good drinks, good service. Huge menu selection. I recommend the brisket. I did not like the coleslaw. read more

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Short version: holy crap, not only is the place huge, but their menus are, too! Definitely worth a return visit, especially since I opted not to try one of their cocktails ... so my next visit will be appetizers and cocktails, plus an Uber. LOL! Longer version: got hungry early so stopped in Saturday around 4 ish and the place was already hopping. We were still seated immediately though. There is plenty of parking for sure, even saw a lot in the back; there is a large dog-friendly patio (with heat lamps), and even walking around to the front door and sitting down, I realized there was a large room in the back. So when I say this is a big place, I do mean BIG. The greeter dropped us off at our table and just as I was trying to figure out why the hell we were given two menus, I realized one menu (front and back!) was their drinks and the other (front and back!) was their food. Our server arrived at our table within seconds and asked for our drink order. Upon delivering those, she asked if we were ready to order food, to which we replied no. She came back again, still no. The third time I told her to give us at least five minutes because, seriously, their menus are extensive. It's going to take awhile to read through and decide. We opted for the cheesy garlic bread, the five cheese pizza, and one of the meat combos. Jeez, I think we'll be eating leftovers for the next week. It was a lot of food, and the prices were reasonable. Everything was delivered hot, and although it took about 20 minutes, there was no question it was fresh food. And if you are a TV watcher, crikey, their entire place is wall papered with TVs. It wouldn't surprise me if there was one in their restroom! :-) read more

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We had the Ole Smokey pizza, ribs, smoke chicken thighs, smokehouse salad (brisket), and a cheese pizza. The star of the show were the pizzas! Cooked perfectly and the toppings were quality. They also put a nice touch on the crust with some extra parm. The ribs were also great. Nice flavor and sauce. The only thing keeping this review from 5stars was the coscia chicken (smoked chicken thighs) were pretty dry, and the salad was small for the price. Other than that we had a great experience! read more

This was a Friday night favorite with excellent food and service, great atmosphere with a variety of music, and clean bathrooms. After several months of dinners, this is no longer the place. The food is still good; prices have gone up more than other restaurants; some portion sizes have decreased such as the salads and the toppings. Service is very good. This last visit, however, the server cashed us out while I was still eating. Ambiance and cleanliness - This is where Bonfire has bottomed out. Normally they have regular, recognizable 70's to current, country) music playing. Friday night early (5:30) dinner it was techno music. Someone had puked on one of the urinals in the men's room and the women's room needs attention also. They close off the side of the restaurant that has booths for private parties and during the summer. The side that they seat people on has tables that you either sit facing the parking lot or the bar. If you're facing the parking lot then hopefully you're not there for the 'elevated sports bar' experience because you can't see the tvs. We have had to ask for a 4 top table so we can both watch the game. read more

The host, maybe one of owners, was so rude sitting us. I've been there twice now and they have gotten my order (same order) wrong each time. Chicken was so dry. read more

went there a month ago. hostess showed me to a table..after 20 minutes and no service, i left. tried again last night..ordered the patty melt ..got mushroom burger instead. the taste was off and i didnt finish it...learned my lesson!z read more

The menu is expansive, portions generous and everything was very good. The service was a little slow but was made up by great attitudes and friendliness by both Sita and Dom read more

This place was okay. Staff wasn't super welcoming. The food was NOT good. They had some green pork pasta that was over salted and had huge globs of sour cream. Food tasted like old Oil was used. At the end of the day it's a sports bar and is good for watching a game. read more

Wow! After reading the response from the big bad owner I can see what the problem is now. Thanks for you informing me of MY experience. I would love for that video to be posted so others can make their own decision if they would have stayed. Like I said I'm not staying anywhere I'm made to feel not wanted, and if I was only there for a total of three minutes, your staff has a special way of making people feel unwanted real fast. And no, I don't work for BJ's but anyone who is looking for a good job that works for you should go there so they can be happy ! Terrible service, left not even being served. We sat at the bar because no one came to seat us as we waited near the sign posted Wait to be Seated. The bartender was more concerned with filling up the napkin bins than to serve us. My husband and I were excited to try this place and after trying to talk to the bartender a couple of times who was clearly irritated and made us feel like we were bothering him, gave short answers and kept walking away. We sat there for 10 mins at least without being asked if we wanted a drink. I have worked in the food service industry and can understand dealing with people all the time can get old, but when you're working for tips a little friendliness goes a long way. I normally would just deal with it and hope it got better but with the price of going out these days it is not worth spending my money at an establishment that treats you like a nuisance. We got up and walked out no one even tried to stop us or say goodbye. So we went to BJ's where the staff are friendly, wait on you right away and don't treat you like you aren't wanted. read more

Yummy Smoked Wings! Definitely have to try the wings! Wouldn't expect any less from a place that was rooted and started in Buffalo. Everybody knows Buffalo knows how to do the wings. Service could be a little quicker, but sometimes it happens. All in all the food, quality made up for it. read more

Ever since I discovered Bonfire, it's been my go to spot. Love this place! Food is always solid. I'm working my way through the menu and not one dish has disappointed. Side note, Paige is amazing. Always informative and very attentive. read more

What an awesome place. Our waiter was attentive, helpful, and friendly. It looked like a typical bar at first, but the TVs had different games on and there was a game room in the back for the kids. They also had trivia tonight (Tuesday), but we didn't officially play. The food was SO good. My dad had the smoked wings and said the smokey flavor was great. My mom had the pulled pork and really enjoyed it. Her favorite was the fries, they were a cross between steak fries and typical fries. Very good!! I had the Southwest Mac and Cheese topped with pulled pork. It was amazing!! Finally my son had the kid's chicken nuggets, and he ate them in record time. I definitely recommend this restaurant, and when we're in town we will be back! read more

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