Surprisingly, in Michigan there are not a lot of restaurants that offer game meats. At Champs they have, Buffalo, Elk, and Yak. When you walk into this place, my first thought was of the college bars, I used to frequent. Very dark inside, not to big, but they were jammed packed for lunch. There were only 4 people working for what looked like at least 50 people in the restaurant. There was 1 cook, 1 waitress, a bartender, and what looked like to be the owner or manager. We came for the game meats, we ordered an elk burger with cheese and hot peppers, and a Yak burger with cheese and grilled mushrooms. My son ordered the cheese hot dog on a hoagie roll. For appetizer we ordered the fried zucchini which was solid. The elk burger was juicy and tasted great, you could tell you were not eating beef, my wife and I both favored the yak burger which the meat itself had this sweetest taste to it not found in beef, very good. For my two game burgers, my sons hot dog, the fried zucchini, and 22oz dead guy ale the total bill was $46 including tip, a little pricey, but anywhere, I have ever eaten game meat tends to always be expensive. Compared to chains like 5 guys or elevation burger you can easily spend 10 to 15 dollars on burger fries and drink, so relatively speaking, I thought the prices were ok for what we were getting. read more

Food is always good and hot, but some of the servers are the crabbiest people around. One female bartender is so kind and sweet while the other one is downright hostile. read more

Pretty darn good lunch salad, but Dawn does a phenomenal job distributing food and drinks, while keeping everyone happy. Excellent service!! read more

Champ's Pub - Chicken Caesar salad pretty darn good for a Thursday lunch! - Pubs Near Me - Brighton, Michigan

This is my kind of place, an old fashioned neighborhood bar. Good food, decent prices and good service. The burgers, sliders, grilled cheese are all excellent. read more

Was planning on meeting some family and friends here for burgers, but as we were walking up the cook popped out of the back kitchen door with a lit cigarette and put it out in the ashtray just outside the door. NOPE! read more

1. I don't eat here. 2. I don't eat here. 3. Currently watching the sous chef? wipe his nose, reach into potato chip kettle bare handed and put chips on a plate and then wipe hands on his shirts. 4. Repeat 5. Enjoy read more

No matter how many times over the last twenty five years I have tried to like this place, It always disappoints. My last visit was no exception. The guys behind the bar are always unfriendly, and have attitude problems. The servers are always miserable, and beat down with life drama. The f-bombs dropped within hearing of customers is classless. Even the kitchen boys get in on the act, and they are well taught. They cannot even get the dive bar thing right, which isn't difficult. They're not getting any more chances from me. Good bye, and good riddance! read more

Couldn't even get anyone to talk to us for the ten minutes we stood there. Wait staff ignored us, so we walked to stouts and had a better time. I guess only locals go here. Won't return. read more

Decided to go back to Champs after along hiatus. Never again. Bar tender decided it was better to talk to a pissed off hockey parent than serve us. WOULD of loved to get a 2nd drink or refill for my husband's. But this bartender just blew us off. AThe waitress running her ass off had to call him a few times till he left the conversation to fill her drinks. read more

This is my first ever bad Yelp review to submit. I walked in to Champs and the two workers stared at me like I was in the wrong place. Only one other patron was there and was at the bar drinking beer. I asked if they served lunch and they sad yes. I sat down, and the waitress brought me water and a menu, and then forgot all about me. I sat there for a long time. They got the bar patron another beer. Texted. Talked to vendors who came in. And just stood there. I was CLOSE to them and in their line of vision. And the only customer for lunch! After maybe another 15 minutes of what felt like them purposely ignoring me, I finally walked out. I went next door to Jameson's which had excellent, friendly service. 5 stars for Jameson's. Zero for Champs. read more

Great dark low key bar has some good appetizers and local crowd and feel.. I am from az but will tell my family who lives here to come in

My family and I love this place. The food is always good and Linda is the sweetest waitress and provided us with great service.

Champ's.. always my experience to have good food, good service, except on a Weekend eve. It was busy.. fine my husband and I didn't have to wait long for a table, but we were pretty much ignored after that. Our drink order was taken, but we wondered if we were forgotten. After we finally got our and beer and wine, our good order was taken. We sat with empty glasses, then finally just left without eating. Others were served that came in after us. Won't go back on a weekend. If we go back at all. PS: we were prepared to spend a bundle since we were celebrating a special occasion. Too bad Champs! read more

AMAZING. This is my first time trying Champ's but I had a big cravings for a club sandwich and I saw they had one and it was GREAT! With it being my first time here and Due to COVID-19 we had to do take out. My husband went in to get it and he said they did amazing my staying sanitary down to the pen jars! I am so glad we chose them for takeout tonight and will defiantly be returning! My club was GREAT and my husbands steak sandwich was another win! Great job guys! Can't wait to be able to experience the real Champs when everything opens up again! read more

Came with my family for lunch today. It took one hour to get our food and it was average at best. There was one waitress in the whole place so it was impossible for her to keep up. Seems like a decent place to grab a beer but we will not be back for food. read more

Dave, we went to your place and it said closing at 1:00am... @ 12:00am the staff said " Last call" Then began to smoke cigarettes INSIDE the bar.. While what looked like friends of theirs continued to drink ... the staff kept pushing us to leave We will not be back read more

We stopped in one night, lured in by the signs claiming they had been voted as having the best burgers in town. We suspect the voting pool was limited to their own staff, because the burgers were little pucks of sadness. The fries were OK, but the portions were stingy. My husband, who normally evicts anything that even resembles a pickle off of his plate and onto mine, greedily devoured the dill spear that came with his meal because he was still that hungry after finishing the burger and fries. He got a soft drink; I had one beer. And yet this meal ended up costing us close to $50 with tip. Service was...present? Yes, I suppose that's the best way to describe it without getting overly critical. We felt more like chumps for having gone here. read more

I heard people raving about the burger here, so I figured I'd go and check it out. To start with, the inside is pretty dark. I'm not sure bar's are supposed to be THIS dark. It didn't add much to the "atmosphere." The service is pretty crappy, to be honest. No one was mean, but no one was very happy to see me and "prompt" is not a word in their vocabulary here. You can tell that anyone who's a "regular" gets treated tremendously better than you. Not only does that look poorly on them, it makes anyone "new" not want to return -- ever. It's just not welcoming or advantageous to have this stance. I ordered a burger with some simple addons. It came after a bit of a wait. It was cooked alright and the addons (lettuce, tomato, onion) were all correct. The bun was pretty much right off of a local supermarket's shelves -- typical white bread that falls apart the minute you breathe on it. The burger was cooked decent, but there wasn't any flavor. It was just bland, bland, bland. I was liberal with the salt shaker on the table and finally got it to taste like something. Not impressed at all. Lastly, for a simple burger with simple ingredients, service that was pretty sub-par, and not even fries, I got a $12 bill. The entire experience was not worth my money. I will not be back and I would not recommend it to others. read more

Been there twice in the last 6 months. Both times servers, staff had no masks. Waitress did not wear a mask when she came to my table. Like the food, but everyone in the bar was not being safe. Won't go back until things change.One star because the burger at least was good. read more

If its on the menu, its probably fried. I'm giving them 4 stars on being unique, old school (been here over 20 years), and the beer selection. Anyone that taps either a Dead Guy Ale or a Left Hand Nitro Stout is worthy of respect from me. You got it Champ! read more

Excellent food, crap service (unless you're a regular). We had the jalapeno poppers, turkey Reuben with wedge fries and a kielbasa sandwich with sweet potato fries. All were excellent. However, the poppers were delivered without silverware or plates. The waitress didn't return until she brought our food. She dropped the plates on our table (with 2 knives and 1 fork), and ran as fast as she could away. She didn't return to check on us until after I got up and helped myself to more napkins. When she came back by, she asked my boyfriend if there was anything else he'd like and left again. At the end of the meal, it took 12 minutes and 50 seconds for her to bring our check. Yes we timed it, and bet on it and I won. The sad part was, our bet was whether or not we'd have the check within 5. For the record, we asked for the bill a good 3 minutes (at least) before we started timing. It was disappointing because my boyfriend talked it up, from his many great times there growing up. However, if you're hungry and not in a hurry (or desiring refills) the food was worth the wait. read more

Stopped in for a burger and glass of wine. Looked around and walked right out. The place was full, no social distancing, no table set aside. Entire staff was not wearing masks. Not even the cook. Won't go there again. Obviously the owner does not care about his patrons or his staff. read more

I'll preface by saying that 2.5 is actually closer to the correct rating. Went in for a basic burger. Got that, fries, some clam chowder, and a couple of beers for over almost $50 before tax. Not the BEST value for that type of food (it was just my wife and I). The burgers are good, but even though they've been rated the "best", I would say they're slightly above average. The clam chowder however is VERY good, and obviously made fresh daily. The fries are good and plentiful. The atmosphere is a bit cramped, and It will be nice when the smoking ban goes into effect in May 2010. Other than that, it's not a bad place to try if you're out to compare burgers. read more

This is a smallish independent place that is a bar - it is not the restaurant chain Champp's (with two p's). This is a local bar, on Grand River, just off Main Street. Its primary function is a bar, with a good selection of on tap beers. They also server bar food. Good bar food, but basic bar food - burgers, sandwiches, fried things and salads. They do offer different ground meat options for their burgers, They have a couple of entrees - but the specialize with their the burgers. It looks like they have a limited Kitchen space, so I'm sure that helps them in the menu selection. They have booths and tables and based upon the number of chairs, they can really pack the customers in. It is a local place, a fair number of people for lunch, and most of them were having a drink with their meal. Wait staff is seasoned, professional, and efficient. read more

This is my 'cheers'. The beer and burgers are great and the owner and servers always treat me right. read more

My latest experience was not so great. So first we were seated at a two person table and we had four people, then they moved us to a bigger one. (It was busy so it was fine) I ordered a veggie burger and instead of putting what I asked on it, put only the things I asked NOT to be. My brother ordered a burger medium, it was like a brick. And I never thought that a restaurant could mess up fries. Today I was proven wrong. Wouldn't recommend to anyone and don't think I'll be going back. read more

1 star is being gracious. This place is the ultimate joke. Good food? Seriously? You are paying for the ambiance? Seriously? Oh, that old basement sport bar from the 50's look.... oh.. ok. read more

I'll start by saying the food was good. Burgers, cheese curds and Santa Fe egg rolls all good. I reserved an igloo on March 11 for March 20 (my birthday). We get to Champs and no igloos, tables outside, but no igloos. So much for a notification they were taking the igloos down. They did have tables outside, thank goodness because the restaurant was full, and waitresses were not wearing masks. I'll say my first thought was super spreader event. Secondly, I'm always hesitant when a bar or restaurants website says they're friendly, it's not something you really need to advertise because friendliness is part of hospitality. Was it an Ed Debievces type vibe?! Friendly rude banter? Nope. This was the most bizarre dinning experience. Waitresses not wearing masks, smoking breaks take priority over serving drinks and dinner. If you would like a decent burger while tapping your non mask wearing waitress on the shoulder while she's on a smoke break,then go to champs. If you would like a good burger, friendly waitstaff and true hospitality walk right past champs pub. Lots of better options in Brighton. read more

I went for lunch, so no partaking in the libations this trip. The burger was pretty good, not the best I have ever had. The onion rings were better than the burger. Seemed to be pricey for what you got, but you are paying for the ambiance. I might go back, or not. read more

Four words: Long-Island Iced Tea. One and done. You're welcome!

We love champs and their food is great tasting and priced accordingly. love ANN best bartender n waitress there is. had the burger n sliders tonight. AWESOME read more

Food was good but was shocked that there was no social distances between tables ( booths did have plexiglass dividers). Very shocked not one server or bartender/ cook wore any protective masks. Must not care about the health of there customers. read more

One of the few places in Brighton that I keep coming back to! I'm going to preface this with saying, we really have the best experiences only when the server Pam is there. She runs that place like a champion. Luckily, she is usually there. The two times without her, were completely different, less efficient, experiences. Champs is a dive bar that has great burgers & a solid beer list. That's what you should get when visiting Champs...a burger and a beer. I especially enjoy their turkey burger. The meat is from Marv's which is a local meat market, right down the street. You can definitely tell when taking a bite that it is not frozen, outsourced meat. I usually get the sweet potato fries as a side, which come with a sprinkle of brown sugar. Their regular beef burgers are delicious as well! The regular fries are pretty average. Skinny cut, which I like, but not something to write home about. Don't visit this place expecting something fancy. If you are looking for a lively dive bar with (usually) great service, and a solid burger, give it a try! read more

Great burgers and food but today the service was slow AF!!!! Not sure what has happened here.

Super disappointed! We love this establishment... came here tonight after the state opened up in dining services . 100% capacity... full...and none of the wait staff were wearing masks! I'm the last one you would see complain about Covid, but come on!!!! I am out because we love supporting the local establishments but if they aren't going to protect themselves, they certainly aren't protecting their patrons either!!!! read more

Great food. The fried duck appetizer was unique and delicious. Boneless wings and side salad were good and the burgers were great. Didn't get the chance to have a beer but atmosphere is a place I could spend hours In drinking a few. Definitely will go back when in the area read more

Wonderful lunch outside. Clean, good service, good food, reasonable prices, COVID protocols in place. We had a leisurely outside lunch with a long-time friend. They gave us all the time we needed. It was very relaxing and just what we needed. Our three salads were tasty, very fresh, visually appealing, generous in size and reasonable in price. They were scrumptious. Dina is a very attentive wait person. Thx for a wonderful lunch. read more

My favorite lunch place. I was very disappointed yesterday when I went to lunch and the entire staff was not wearing masks. Won't be back until virus is gone. read more

This place has really gone down hill... very disappointed with our last experience. Took forever to get our food and when we did, there were multiple mistakes with the order. Burgers were over done, had the wrong condiments on them, and service was incredibly slow. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone based on the new low standards they are setting. read more

Alright... where to start. This was awful our food took an hour to get to us when we ordered so little. I ordered a burger cooked on medium, it came out tasting like a brick. It was so hard and I would genuinely rather eat leather. Not only leather, I would rather eat that goo that orthodontists put in your mouth to form a retainer... yeah it was that bad. I do not recommend going here. Not only that I'll pay you not to go there if u want to. Thanks! read more