This sports bar nicely designed on my opinion. I do like how some of the tables have signatures on them. The music is a bit loud, which is good with it being a sports bar. The server is very sweet, friendly, and professional. She does check in at the right times. The BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger (I had it without the bacon) is delicious. The warm BBQ sauce is perfect on it. The crinkle fries are just right, crispy and soft. read more

Fricker's - BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger, crinkle fries - American Near Me - Middletown, Ohio

Very bad quality food. No staff, there was on lady working all the tables and at checkout for them. There was no a lady at the checkout on her phone doing nothing, also they had forgotten 2 orders from my table and had to wait extra time for it. Definitely don't recommend. read more

I ordered some chicken tenders and fried cheese to go. The chicken was very saucy and juicy I ordered like a 10 piece and only ate maybe like 3/4 . The fried cheese was fried cheddar balls and a few mozzarella sticks and it came with marina sauce which I enjoyed . Next time I will definitely try a different flavor of wings read more

Fricker's - Fried Cheese - American Near Me - Middletown, Ohio

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I think about 3 different wait staff walked by over the 20 minutes we were waiting. Not even drinks. Won't be back....

Stopped in for lunch, to try the Fricken chicken chunks. I like them much better the any boneless wing, you all know I'm a wing guy. My salad was nice too. The staff was supper attentive and friendly. I still don't get the red lights at Frickers, I think they need to brighten it up. read more

Fricker's - Chicken Chunks - American Near Me - Middletown, Ohio

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sidney is the best bartender ! great attitude and service!!! she always gives the best service .

I got two orders of cheddar cubes.... Which were horrible. I tried calling the store multiple times to ask for manager but no one answering phones now. Im not sure if these things are freezer burnt or just cooked in really old oil or what, but nothing like they used to be. Same can be said for inside as well. Middletown Frickers used to be clean and more welcoming.... after many years since being at this location I will say Im not sure how they pass health inspections. Upon entering it smelled strongly like a mix of pot, urine, and mold along with musty spilled beer. Completely disgusting. I want a refund for this nasty "food".... And certainly never intend to step foot inside that cesspool again. Sorry to seem hateful, but dang. It truly has gone down hill into what seems not far from the 'arm'pits of hell. read more

I waited 20+ minutes before anyone came to the register so I could pick up my carryout order and then the employee just disappeared. It's been 40+ minutes since my order was supposed to be ready and it's empty in here?! Did they send all of the employees home and forget to turn off the "open" sign?! read more

First, Fricker's are very commonly a great place to eat, and I believe this one is a exception to the fricker's standards that are set. Of course we didn't expect much given the 2 star rating and the 13 health code violations. As soon as we walk in no one is at the front desk, and it isn't until we walk into the bar that we are told we can sit anywhere we'd like. As we walk over to the table, I look over and see a person vaping, at first I thought maybe it was a customer and this was a one time thing, but they end up behind the bar shortly after. We end up waiting about 5-10 minutes just to see a waiter, even when workers are just standing around talking. We finally get someone to come and take our drink orders and eventually our food orders. So we wait. As we do so, I look over and see another person vaping, once again someone behind the counter, now talking to a friend that was clearly not a coworker. We aren't regulars in Ohio, so we thought maybe this vaping at work thing was legal in Ohio. We look it up and find out it's still illegal and obviously being ignored at this establishment. We're still waiting for our food during this time and waiters continue to do absolutely nothing even as more and more people are coming in. Eventually getting to the point that those people were never helped and they ended up leaving. The only waiter actually waiting disappeared a lot and would just randomly show back up and ask what it was we and any other table they were waiting on needed again. The food was fine, wings were ok but everything was cold. We wanted to watch the hockey game so we asked if we could get it on TV, we were told that they could do it but after 15 minutes of sitting around waiting, the game was almost over and they hadn't turned it on. Overall, the 2 star rating almost seemed too kind for what we saw out of it. The waiter serving us was the only person who seemed to be waiting on anyone, even with 4+ waiters there at the time. Overall we had high expectations, with it being a franchised Fricker's. So what we saw was questionable as to the safety, environment, and overall quality of the restaurant. read more

Sabrina is awesome. So attentive and friendly. Best Sunday watching football in a long time.

Good beer for good prices. Sabrina is cool and takes care of her customers well. She does extra by cleaning when it's slow. Ask for the tater tots from the secret menu! read more

I take my three grandkids out for dinner every Thursday. Wherever they want to go, I'm happy to spend time with them and share a meal and time with them. Last night's choice was Frickers. I worked in the area and have eaten here many times. Last night is my last time here. 20+ minutes sitting there waiting for someone to take our dring order. Another 15 before drinks showed up. We were there an hour and a half waiting to be waited on, waiting on drinks, and waiting on our food. we didn't order anything crazy. Chicken wings and fries. Anyway...enjoy my $84 dinner payment you didn't earn. I won't be back. read more

Frickers has a great variety of food, even for those who are healthy eaters. The facility was clean and the staff were friendly. Food came out looking good and it tasted great. We have had nothing but great service at this location. The "three for all" is a great deal for the amount of food that they give you! read more

Not sure why the ratings for this store are so low, because we have had nothing but great service and good food at this location. We love their wings and the variety of items on the menu. The "three for all" is my personal favorite and is plenty of food at a great price ! Thanks guys for Always taking great care of us !!! read more

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Food took forever to get here, the chef took off and they didn't say anything about it. Food was good just bad customer service.

We had a small group of 15 for a co worker Frickers stepped up when another spot declined to service a group of 20 or less. When I called 2 days before our party, They said no problem they would do whatever they could,We step everything up had our party, our waitress did a great job getting drinks and food for everyone. I would give them 5 stars for service food was great the staff was so nice. So once again just wanted to say thank you to the Frickers in Middletown. Great Job. Glenna Baker read more

Haven't eaten here in 7-8 years, and it'll be that long again after today. We arrived around 11:30am and there were only a few other people in the restaurant. We ordered and got drinks fairly quickly, but that's where the good experience ends. Our potato skins were so bad they were inedible, the chicken and burger were okay. Something was off with their soda. I don't know if it was unclean cups or dirty lines, but all of the pop tasted funky. The service was terrible. Never any refills, never any followup. A few people needed extra sauces, etc. but never got them because no one ever came to check on us. We never got our bills, we had to eventually go ask for them. And to top it all off, the place is a DUMP. It needs bulldozed and rebuilt it is so filthy. Never again, at least for 7-8 more years. read more

Stopped in yesterday and our waitress and the bartender were not wearing masks.... we left!

The food wasn't what I expected. The drinks were very watered down almost tasted like pre-made bottled mixed drinks!!

After being xscreamingly frickin' excited for some wings and fries our small group decided to leave after waiting at our table for 20 minutes without acknowledgment from any of the staff. read more

Good place if you want some good greasy food and a beer. A little over-priced in my opinion but not too bad. Sometimes they show the UFC pay-per-views which is cool, except they need more big screen TVs. Crowd can sometimes be annoying in the evening as it's not uncommon for a fight to break out between some drunk guys. Daytime is totally different though. Family burger joint by day, rough sports dive bar by night. read more

Fricker's - American Near Me - Middletown, Ohio

Our first visit here was amazing. Great food. The chili cheese fries are to die for. I had the Fricker's double cheese burger on our first visit. It's a 1lb burger and it was awesome. This visit, our second, was a bit of a disappointment. We had the pulled pork barbecue sandwich. It tasted and looked like the prepackaged stuff you buy from Wal Mart. It Had the usual barbecue sauce flavor. Nothing spectacular. Cole slaw is vinegar based. I'm not a fan of vinegar cole slaw so to each their own. Service was good. Margarita was good. Draught beer was $6 for a pitcher. Anyway, if you visit, get the 1lb burger and chili cheese fries. They have lots of different foods. Oh yeah, one last thing, stay away from the porterhouse steak. Our son ordered it last time and it looked like it was steamed or something. Did not look good at all!!!! Son did not eat any of it. read more

My favorite local place to swing by for some chicken chunks and a pitcher of beer for $5! The chicken is not over breaded like Bdubs. Much better flavor. BBQ is a must. The serving staff is sometimes questionable but the bartenders are great. Newer management seems to be getting things back on track. Food is usually good and hot. If not they will fix it. Lots of local regulars around the bar are friendly. I recommend the brew city fries dipped in nacho cheese read more

I have tried this place qite a few times overt the last several years due to the location and the cest I can say is....that it always succeeds in failing. The food is less than mediocre. I don't believe they take the food serious. Try a BLT and see it I am wrong. There isn't anything you can order here that isn;t beeter at a different place with the same business model. If you want drinks at a reasonable price I wil give that to Fricker's. It reminds me of Moe's on The Simpson's where the same people are there and when you walk in they all have to run around to see who you are....lol...A few years agpo there was a lady woprking behind the b ar who was conscientious and did a great job, but now there is a lot of mediocrity. The Servers often look unkempt and act low class, and this is not the place to go with a woman unless she suggests it. My strong impression is that the Ownership does NOT care. read more

First time visiting this Fricker's and must give a shout-out to our server Heather! We ordered appetizer and couldn't decide on my entree, her suggestions were perfect. The appetizer was a little slow coming out but as soon as we were ready for dinner Heather appeared with our food! Drinks were never empty and she brought out extra sauce quickly. If you're going to this Fricker's make sure to ask for Heather, she'll take great care of you. read more

A group of seven of us arrived at 12:20pm to have lunch. Knowing that most restaurants understand a lunch crowd, we fully expected that they would be able to prepare the meal and have it to us in a reasonable time. The Frickers in my town does an excellent job with lunch crowds. We can typically get in and out within 45 minutes on any given day. There were very few (possibly four or five) other people in this Frickers Restaurant when we arrived. We were greeted quickly and the server took our drink orders. It took her quite awhile to come back to take our food orders, however. At 12:55 we had yet to be served our orders. There were no drink refills provided up to that point. When the server came back to the table, we asked that our food be prepared to-go -- as we had to return to our meeting. At 1:12, the food had still not been brought out, so we were preparing to leave. As we walked toward the front of the establishment the server brought out a bag of food. She then proceeded to put it all on the counter to separate it and to try to figure out whose food belonged to whom. This took quite a while to accomplish. We finally left at 1:20 -- a full hour after we arrived. We had to eat the food after returning to our scheduled meeting. Needless to say, it was luke-warm and not as enjoyable as it would have been. This restaurant would do well to better understand lunch crowds. It should have been a red-flag to us when we arrived and found the place nearly empty at 12:20pm. read more

Here is another reason to Avoid Frickers Middletown Journal 09-14-2012 "At 10:45 p.m., police responded to Atrium Medical Center after a subject showed up with a gunshot wound. The victim reported that he had been approached in the Fricker's parking lot by two black males in their 20s. The victim told police the men asked for a cigarette and then demanded money." read more

Visiting from our of town. Was told I needed to try the Bologna sandwich. Had the bologna sandwich with grilled onions & macaroni salad. Sanwich was very good. Service was good. Ice tea was filled plenty of times. Will go back next time Im in town. read more

Sitting here for half an hour and no one even greeted us. Went to the bar for drinks, paid for those, and left!

I loved Fricker's growing up and hadn't been in at least 5 years...this isn't what I remembered. Went for dinner tonight: the chicken chunks were dry with little-to-no sauce, the ribs weren't very good, they had no coffee, and they forgot two orders of fries. My father's pork tenderloin sandwich was good and so was the desert, some sort of waffle fry thing similar to a funnel cake (very good). The 3 stars is basically for the nostalgia and hoping it was just an off night. I was glad that they were at least open for dine-in durning the COVID pandemic. The staff was friendly and we got $10 in free gift cards for next year. read more

Positives- nothing Negatives- our sauce on our chicken did not match what was ordered, we didn't get refills, they charged us for our ranch when in the menu it came with it, and when we questioned it, they said we should know it cost more. They charged us us 3 times for the ranch!!!! Ridiculous and when they apologized is was "sorry you don't know how things are charged." Really?!??!! Terrible experience read more

I can't believe the reviews are so bad for this Frickers??!! Maybe I am bit protective since is one of my favorite places to eat when I come home to visit. This is one of the only places you can eat and drink after midnight in little Middletown. The always seem to be understaffed and busy, but I normally like to go at night which is their busiest time. I don't mind, to me it's worth the wait. I always order the same thing: chili cheese fries and traditional wings in hot and Bbq sauce mixed. I love the big wings and the hearty chilli they put on the fries. I have never had bad food from here. Poor service... From time to time. But again they are always short staff so I waive a blind eye to Frickers shortcomings. The wings and chili cheese fries are worth it to me! read more

worst experience ever one dish was cold and meat was straight fat nothing done about it the bbq wings was gross tasted like was eating burnt baked beans and very hard charged us for things we wasn't aware of we had to keep hunting down the waiter and when we was done an went to pay she looked and said is there a tip on the table said no and complained to a manager cause she got real rude about it and then after we left she added a tip to our card without our permission like we wouldn't notice read more

Walking up to the restaurant it felt like a dungeon with an odd paint job. It was seat yourself, and luckily we chose a table near a window because the whole restaurant is dimly lit with some off pink lights. Probably to hide the dirty floors and sticky menus. The waitress was good. The food was average but a good portion size of boneless chicken wings. A lot of options but not very quality I guess. They seem to have a lot of beer specials if that's what you're into. read more

Came here for dinner and was completely ignored as we walked in the restaurant. I've been to Fricker's before and I know it's seat yourself, so we went ahead and sat down near the bar. We sat for 20 minutes, were ignored and not waited on at all. Terribly disappointing experience, will never be back to this location. read more

If you haven't pooped in a week and have given up on laxatives...try this place. A friend and I ate there just last week and as soon as I got home I had to poop. But that's not where the fun ends at 4:30 a.m. I woke up huuuurrrrtin with the worst stomach pain ever. I rushed to the bathroom (almost didn't make it) slammed down on the seat and Kaboom worst diarrhea of my life. I'm talking biting my lip, praying to god, and hoping he answers soon! Hot fiery lava was going on in there. I finished up, washed my hands, scampered back to bed, grabbed my phone and text my buddy who works nights at Atrium. "Dude...Fricker's.....never again!" He replied that it hadn't hurt him. But the next day at noon I get a text "dude....it just hit me, you're right....never again!" So needles to say....we are two sore asses that will never eat Fricker's Middletown again. read more

I hate this place. The waitress are too busy socializing w friends or taking smoke breaks to get you a refill. The food takes forever and comes out cold. And the menu is terrible. I only come here because there's no where else to eat in Middletown where I won't pay a lot for my kids. But I hate it. read more

Don't want to say anything mean, but this place is awful. I don't know where these servers come from, but they are usually the worst. There is a minimum of an hour wait for anything you order and when you get it, it's guaranteed to be cold. Don't waste your money. read more

I would say it's the worst service ever received in a restaurant. Actually there was NO service received . We were told to seat ourselves at the front door . Waited over 20 minutes and were never acknowledged, offered water or even talked to. Even when we got up and walked out no one noticed. However, as we sat at the table, a waitress maybe off duty sat 6 feet away with friends and never called for or offered to find help of another server. She didn't even bother to pick up the Skittles she dropped on the floor that went under our table. This place deserves to go out of business. First and last time I'll ever go there. read more

If you actually go into eat the food is mediocre, and the service 1/2 attentive. It took about 40 minutes to actually place the food order after our drinks came. 2nd visit: I placed my order through door dash to pick up myself, after receiving the notification my food was ready I still waiting 20 minutes at the desk for my food, while an employee blew clouds of vape smoke in my face. 3rd: ordered door dash to be delivered waited 45 minutes after I got the notification that he was there to get my food, upon asking him he waiting 35 minutes for the food after they told him they were bagging it up. The order was missing a burger. I called, they said come in they're make me one. Then I received a call back from them to my cell phone saying try would not make it right, that It was a door dash issue. Then spoke to the manager who stated I could place another order for the missing food and come get it. Sat down to eat and the wrap I ordered withount tomatoes came with tomatoes. My wife's wings were cold and we threw the fries in the trash. I'll never eat there or order from them again. read more