bad service rude hostesses We had to wait 25 min then when we sat down we had to wait 45 min ohhhhhhh so bad read more

Good food, good location and overall vibe, good bartender, they all took care of us late-night. read more

Gabriel's Gate - Grilled chicken pasta! - American Near Me - Buffalo, New York

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The only place to go for wings in Buffalo. Gabriel's Gate is a place we would all be lucky to have in our neighborhood - the service is fast, the staff is friendly, and the bar is cozy. read more

This place is an absolute f****** disaster. Do not come here. Came here on a Saturday night with 2 of my buddies because Bar-Bill was closed. Went in and put our name and number down, they said 30 minutes okay. We went to the bar, bartender was a cuck, and rude. We waited over an hour for our table, random people kept coming in and seating themselves, hostess said table would be ready in 5 minutes we waited another 30. After an hour I went to see the ETA and then he told me he actually didn't know. Got seated finally after complaining to the bartender asking what the deal was. Shi*tty ambiance. Sh*tty neighborhood, Allentown is for losers and hippies. TERRIBLE service. Rude staff. Too expensive, food is mid. DO NOT COME HERE. Go to barbill, a little cheaper and the food is better. read more

Awful service - waited for 1.5 hours for a table and they crossed our name off the list because they claimed they called us but never did. "Hostess" was incredibly rude, would not make any exceptions for our group when it was her fault. Hands down worth going to any other place for wings in Buffalo, not worth the wait or awful service. read more

Awful. Wings were rubbery and blond bartender was extremely rude. She had no customer service skills at all. Waited an hour for rubber wings and we specifically ordered crispy. She said the kitchen only had one deep fryer and it would take another 45 to get a new order . read more

My wife and I came here a few months back because we had heard how great it was, and I'm on a personal spiritual journey to eat wings at every restaurant in Buffalo (or die trying). We ended up ordering 20 wings (half hot, half medium) and a basket of fries, and I had a couple of beers through out the course of the meal. Our waitress was friendly but kind of slow. It wasn't a particularly busy day, we went on a weekday, so I felt we could have gotten our food much quicker than we did. The wait gave us plenty of time to admire the.. Interesting decor. When the food arrived it was hot and delicious. The wings were cooked to perfection and hot half of the basket was amazingly good. The medium half was a bit mild, even for my wife's taste, so she ended up enjoying a few of my hots. The fries were great too. The Bleu cheese on the other hand wasn't good. I'm admittedly kind of picky on Bleu cheese, this tasted like plain kraft out of the bottle. The meal itself was a little expensive (mostly because the beers were higher than some places) but overall it was a great experience. I would recommend this to people and we will definitely be back. These absolutely were some of the best wings I've had in a while. read more

Gabriel's Gate - Poutine and 20 hot wings! - American Near Me - Buffalo, New York

Wings were great! The restaurant was lively without being obnoxious. It is an eclectic environment that shows its age.

Best wings I've had in buffalo! Forget Duff's or anchor BAR. Service was amazing during COVId 19. Wish they had more sauce flavors but overall food is amazing! read more

Also great food at reasonable prices,tried tested and true ,establishment with years of quality service in the community.

First trip to Buffalo in 15 years. I wanted the BEST Buffalo wings. Gabriel Gate didn't disappoint in the least. The Bartender was a pro, my server a Buffalo native was great and on roller skates quick. read more

Way overpriced. Wings were okay. Salad was awful. The waitress acted like she didn't want to be there whatsoever. Everything was subpar, which sucks considering the cool vibe of the place. read more

Great vibe, great wings. Friendly bartenders. What's not to like? Def would recommend.

Came here to try the world famous wings, if we're being honest they weren't anything special. They tasted like any other wings you would get from your local pizza place. Service was alright, waitress didn't seem pleased with all of our questions. Very expensive for the quality, not to mention subbing fries is a $3.25 up charge and no free refills on fountain drinks (as is they give you a tiny cup mostly filled with ice). Cheeseburger wasn't the best, lacked flavor, nothing special. Restaurant is overall smaller than expected, interesting theming but seating was a little crammed. For the price, I would not recommend. read more

Gabriel's Gate - Cheeseburger - American Near Me - Buffalo, New York

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5 Star Wings Buffalo Style!! - Service to be desired! Waited an hour to be seated during a busy time. When we asked host about our place in line, he said he called our number and no answer. That was untrue. Never received a call and placed back in the que for another 1/2 hour wait. Unacceptable. read more

I can't say that these were the best wings I've had in Buffalo because we were literally just passing through and thought we had to try them while in town. I can't 100% say that they were the best buffalo wings I've ever had in my life, either. But they do a damn good job with the wings. There are still dry crunchy pieces on the tips of the drumettes, which makes me think they do a good dry fry on their wings. I enjoyed the mix of textures and the wings were not too oily. They also had the perfect amount of sauce, I think, which a lot of places get wrong, I think. I don't see the point in drowning wings in sauce. Their blue cheese dip was....more of a blue cheese mayo? It was very thick and goopy and didn't really taste like blue cheese. I ordered a side salad with ranch, and that was pretty good. I wish I had known so I could have just asked for a side of ranch with the wings instead. Service was meh. The waitress that took my order was friendly, took my phone number down to call when my order was ready. They said 20 mins so we decided to take a drive around town to see the area and kill time. 30 minutes passed and no call, so we went back to the restaurant to check on it. When I walked in, I wasn't really acknowledged. I stood by the bar and the woman behind the bar was just like "oh someone else will help you" but from what I could see she wasn't really busy... Eventually I was like oh I'm just picking up an order and before even asking my name or anything, she said that it would be ready soon. A few minutes later, she glanced at the table and saw my order was ready. It had already been there, no one brought it out or anything. And then she was like oh is this for you? I waited by the bar and she kind of demanded that I come to the register to pay instead of helping me maybe 2 feet away at the bar. She just didn't feel as friendly as the first waitress that helped me. read more

I went to Gabriel's Gate for the first time yesterday and I just have to say that I was not disappointed. I had medium Buffalo chicken wings and French fries, and they were some of the best that I've ever had. The wings had the perfect mixture of flavor, crunch, and softness. I was speechless because of how happy I felt after, they was amazing. The fries also tasted perfect, I highly recommend. Overall, this restaurant was perfect and I will recommend it to anyone in the area. read more

Gabriel's Gate - Buffalo Chicken Wings and French Fries - American Near Me - Buffalo, New York

What a cool experience. We traveled from California to Buffalo and went to Gabriel's Gate due to friends' recommendations. I'm glad we did awesome atmosphere, food, and service. read more

Meh. This place is supposed to be an iconic Buffalo establishment, but it left me craving for more. The food was just ok-- nothing special and I'd write home and rave about. The booth we sat at was covered in grime and dead bugs, the table and seats were kind of sticky, and I'm pretty sure the glasses we got for water were the most scratched up glasses I've seen in a while. I'd say this is more of a college hangout where I would've loved to hang out when I was younger. Actually, even then, probably only when it's darker so I wouldn't notice the dead bugs... read more

Gabriel's Gate - 10 bbq 10 sriracha wings - American Near Me - Buffalo, New York

This was awesome experience! Food was awesome, you HAVE to get the French onion soup. Decent prices, overall vibe of the restaurant was awesome, and quality of food was excellent. Only bad part, no parking lot and you gotta pay for refills on drinks. Very small woe, but worth dealing with for this grub. read more

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Wish we never went here. Our first clue that we had a terrible waitress was when she came to our table to take our order with someone's dirty glass in her hand. Disgusting and lazy. She never checked on us, the only way to get her attention was to flag her down if she was waiting on a table nearby. We got the ribs and extra spicy chicken wings. The rib sauce tasted like it came out of a can and had barely any meat on it, what little meat it had was mushy and full of fat. So gross. The chicken wings hand no crunch to to them and smelled like they were doused in vinegar. We asked if we could sample the suicide sauce and were charged an extra $1 for what looked like barely 2 tablespoons. They nickel and dime you for everything. Beware, if you order a soda it comes in a very small glass and refills are $2 each. I ordered a water and it had a foul aftertaste, like it came out of a rusty molded pipe. We got a side of fries that were undercooked, meaning it was cold and still raw. You could see by the pale color they weren't fried long enough. I told our waitress about it, she couldn't care less and reluctantly said she'll get a replacement. Well, that replacement never came. Giving this place one star is seriously overrating it. read more

Gabriel's Gate - A plate of fat and no meat. - American Near Me - Buffalo, New York

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We're seated and the waiter notices we have beverages from the bar. A few folks in our party need a refill. We mention we're looking forward to wings and he alerts us that it's going to be awhile...well over an hour. Ok, that seemed oddly excessive but, it is what it is, and so we immediately place an order for wings and a few drinks. The waiter disappears for about 15 minutes then returns to take our food order. In unison, the group asks if he placed the wings order. "Uhm...I thought you were waiting". He realizes his mistake and literally runs to go put the order in. Realizing that it was going to be a while before eating, the group processes what appetizers to get...mozzarella sticks, fries and nachos. Now, the appetizers took a surprising long time to show, which the group questions the waiter on. In response he informs us that the fries and mozzarella sticks are actually fried in the same frier as the backordered wings. ...uhm...ooookaaaaaayy. At this point, I'm starting to realize that there may be a management issue impacting the situation we've found ourselves in. The fries and sticks show after we had been at the table one hour. The fries were good. However, half of the sticks didn't have ANY cheese inside...just tubes of breading...delicious! I thought to myself that, since they're commingling everything in the same frier, maybe the cheese would show up stuck to our wings! Strangely, despite their not requiring the use of the one grossly overused frier, the nachos came out even later! The plot was clearly thickening at Gabriel's. While we're waiting on the illusive Buffalo wings, a nearby table finishes their meal. They leave and the table is cleaned. Another party is seated and they place their order. While all of us in our party are starving (and aging) the other table's wing order is filled! They dig into the delicious wings with fervor! The clock continues to tick and I'm wondering if the place is going to close before our wings show up. After what seemed to be another hour later, they do! Now, I signal the waiter over and simply shrug my shoulders pointing to the table in the process of leaving and ask why? The waiter then states that "because our wing order was large, others were served first". ...At this point, you could have knocked me over with a feather. Ok, on what planet does THAT make sense? It strikes me that orders should be processed IN ORDER RECEIVED. Otherwise, a "big order" could potentially be delayed for hours as "smaller ones" come in...hmm, I guess that's what happened to us!!! Now the normal human tendency is to try to explain odd events in order for them to make sense...and believe me when I tell you this was one odd event. So our group turned to mulling possible explanations as to why this was occurring. Aha! It's that, for some strange reason, we must have been perceived as Patriot's fans rather than the Bill's fans that we are. It has to be! To be clear, the only aspect of this that's on the waiter is not getting the wings order in when he was asked to. The redemption is that we were all enjoying our time with one another and it was fun night. I'd give our group a five-star rating...but that's not the point of Yelp...so it doesn't influence the rating here...this place simply seems poorly run. I'd also offer that our crew is very low key and chill, so I was apparently the only person that this absurdity was getting to. Maybe it's that everyone at the table has been through this poutine before...I mean "routine." "But it's a Buffalo institution!"...ok, ok...it's a Buffalo institution that needs better management! Now, I'm not questioning the positive reviews, because they ARE accurate. IF you have the right sized party, at the right time, this place is great! I can only offer that they need more friers. Or, if that's simply not possible, then focus on the wings, and eliminate most/all other fried items from the menu, reducing the backlog. ...in hind site, maybe the burger would have been the way to go. But, then again, maybe the burgers are fried. read more

In a quest to cure a craving for onion rings, my husband and I stopped by Gabriel's for a weeknight dinner. The decor is cool, with an old pub kind of vibe. It's a bit confusing when you enter, though, as you'll see see a sign that tells you to wait to be seated, and a metal bucket of menus, but you can also see a spot further back where some of the staff seems to congregate. It can take a few minutes for one of the staff to come up to seat you. The onion rings were pretty good. Other Yelpers seem to like the onion rings at Allen Burger Venture down the block, but I've tried those and didn't like them. My husband and I both agreed that we preferred Gabriel's onion rings over ABV's. Gabriel's aren't THE best onion rings we've ever had, but they satisfied our craving for the time being. I also ordered the North Street, a portobello mushroom sandwich with roasted red pepper and crumbled blue cheese. I'm not a fan of blue cheese, but my general policy is to try dishes as restaurants make them at least once before asking for substitutions unless the dish contains meat products (since I'm a vegetarian). I still didn't like the blue cheese in the sandwich. The mushroom and red pepper were both good, though the bun would have been better toasted. My husband got a burger, and agreed that a toasted bun would have been better. Forty Thieves on Elmwood has a tastier portobello sandwich, and there isn't much else on Gabriel's menu that's vegetarian, besides sides like fries, mozzarella sticks or spinach bread. Because of these things, we probably won't return for dinner, but might consider it if we were with others who just wanted to grab drinks and share some appetizers, or we wanted to introduce out-of-towners to some local wings. read more

Gabriel's Gate - North Street sandwich and side of onion rings - American Near Me - Buffalo, New York

The wings and food were great, the beer was cold, and our waitress was wonderful. But the ***hole that was in charge of hosting and seating was nothing short of belligerent. Ruined our entire experience for a place that was highly recommended to us from mutiple people. read more

Host was very rude and disrespectful. Waitress was very nice and respectful and Super sweet.

We were greeted immediately at the door and seated at a booth by the fireplace. The atmosphere is warm with a friendly neighborhood tavern feel to it. The drinks were perfectly mixed and generous. The Rueben and Mariner sandwich were delicious--served with piping hot fries. Olivia, our server, was friendly and super attentive. She made sure we were satisfied with our meal and kept our drinks flowing. Wonderful experience! read more

Gabriel's Gate is located in the heart of Buffalo's historic Allentown district. An artsy area that still has a bit of an "edge" to it. The first thing you may notice walking up to this spot, is the large, crude looking Angel figure on the roof. It's pretty cool/weird. The interior is very cozy - almost lodge like. Somewhere between dive and lodge. Also, there's a lot of taxidermy... Locals that want to offer a "less mainstream" opinion on who serves up the best wings in town sometimes will cite Gabe's Gate. I had never actually tried them before a couple weeks ago. Frankly, I was rather disappointed. Not because they were bad (let's face it, it's pretty hard to completely screw up a chicken wing), but because I didn't understand the hype. They were perfectly serviceable, pizzeria takeout quality wings. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but to include them in the conversation with a place like Bar Bill (still the wing king in my opinion), seems a bit forced. I ordered the wings hot (my usual choice) and found them rather bland. Maybe it was just an off-night, who knows!? The rest of their menu is very standard American pub-fare. Nothing really stands out as particularly interesting - which again, is fine, just don't expect any grand culinary experience if you stop in here. For me, Gabe's is best as a place to grab a beer or two where one can enjoy the cozy ambience on a cold winter day. read more

What a cozy spot in Allentown! It's quite small but don't let that turn you away. You walk in and it reminds you of the bar in Harry Potter; dimly Lit, fire burning, and a slew of people having their best time. The wings are what they are known for: crispy and slathered in sauce, yum! I however always get the Linwood Ave, it's a burger with sautéed spinach and cheese paired with fries. If you're lucky enough try and score a seat in the front so you can watch the creatures.. i mean people...of Allentown walk on by. read more

Gabriel's Gate - American Near Me - Buffalo, New York

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I bought a chicken salad from there last Tuesday when I get home there was no dressing in the salad so I call and was told to leave my number someone will call me back no one never call ok I call back again just to be hang up On ok so eventually some decent employee answer and told me to call back Saturday when the supervisor was there I call back Saturday once again they took my number no one call back. I waited to Monday and call back I was told to stop calling there and some guy came on the phone and said why am I calling for some fuc--- salad dressing and he told me to come up there and he gonna trow the dressing in my fu--king face and then he hang up there were very unprofessional and rude to me and up to this day it's been over a week and I have not spoken to anyone manager about my food or the way I was treated as a customer that was totally wrong how I was treated all I wanted was for them to make me another salad with dressing I did not eat the first one that's all I have to say. read more

My family is in from Kentucky and that means they want chicken wings. Stopped in and will definitely return. Great ambiance , great food and great service. Wings were fantastic as was the French Onion soup. I wouldn't think twice about recommending Gabriel's Gate to anyone. read more

Trying to cram in as many wing spots is I could while in Buffalo for a few days, Gabriel's was a name that kept coming up. I ended up going here last, and it was awesome! Popped in for a lunch on the way to the airport, and grabbed a spot at the bar. Pretty light crowd, but this is mid-week. The place is awesome to just look around and take in. The bartender was a blast. She spotted me as an out of towner pretty quickly, and let me ask a few questions about the sauce selections. In the end I grabbed a single order of hot wings, and they were fantastic. The chicken was both crisp and moist, and the sauce delivered a little sizzle. Bonus points for having Smithwicks on tap! Fries were super crisp and tasty. All in all, it was awesome! read more

The hostess tried to tell us how hard it was to get a table. We offered to split up our party of 8. She said that was just as bad. Then, Andreas at the bar told us how hard it was to get wings and a bunch of rules associated with ordering wings. It's like these people are allergic to money. We are from out of town and visited lots of restaurants in Buffalo and had over-the-top great experiences. This was not one of them. read more

This a staple in Buffalo because of the wings. As excited as we were to go here at 4pm on a Saturday, it was a bit of a shit show. We graciously waited for our table of 5 for 45 minutes. We had some hungry kids so we ordered wings at the bar; we were told it would take 40-45 min to get the wings and we were cool with that. We were sat at a table and our server was kind. We ordered and received our food except for an order of chicken fingers. I understand that the frier was backed up but we were all done with our food and could have had dessert and the chicken fingers STILL had not arrived. We were patient but now our patience was truly being tested. Picture this- you've eaten your own food for 20 minutes and wait another 15 min and your hungry daughter still hasn't eaten. Yep - not cool. The server was apologetic and nice. However, if your frier is backed up and we have not received our fingers but you're still going to charge us for them, that's just rude. The gesture would have been nice and would have meant the world to us. The fingers should have come off. And some kind of dessert should have been offered to the kids. Anyways - long story short (especially since I worked in the industry for 10 years as a student). Do not come here if it's ultra busy and you want fried food. Had the fingers come off, we'd come back. But not anymore. See ya. read more

This place was meh at best. I heard many great things about the crispy and flavorful wings. We ordered EXTRA crispy bbq and buffalo wings. And we were served a lukewarm soggy mess with a side of lame excuses. Apparently this establishment that banks it's name on superior wings, doesn't have enough fryers to properly cook them - at least according to the staff - because that's the excuse we got. To which he then added "sorry fellas, I know the feeling, I like crispy wings too..." So yeah not great I'd pass on this place read more

This was a weird experience. Me and some guys were hitting Buffalo for a bachelor party and we went to Gabriel's Gate for dinner, it was a bit late, certainly after 10. My friend initially asked the host at the front if we could have a table and he put up a finger and said he was going to talk to me first (we were part of the same party) then asked me how many. I said 7 and he said he couldn't do that with us sitting together. I said yeah no problem, could you split them up and maybe just give us a call when something opens up if you don't have a table right away. He goes "if you would let me FINISH, that was my next question, what's your phone number?" I gave it to him and he said "where's that area code from?" I said Philly, he goes "uh huh okay." I said "alright thanks a lot man!" And I mustve lightly tapped him on the back while turning to leave, and he did a David Spade impression from Emperor's New Groove and got in my face a little and went "mmmm no TOUCHY." Wildly confrontational and bizarre initial experience for a restaurant, felt more like a nightclub. Needless to say he never did call us for a table. Weird place, weird experience, food looked good though and I remain a fan of Emperor's New Groove despite this interaction. read more

The aesthetic is part hunting lodge part Indian reservation and part old timely prohibition era saloon. Was surprised that the famous highly touted wings didn't have a special section on the menu but the real ones know. Jimi and his lady friends plural basically did a sampler plater of wings with 4 ten pieces orders. Wings were good size but that didn't stop Jimi from putting down a hearty 26 wings. Medium was my jam. Was gassy for the next four days but would return. 5 stars. read more

Was visiting from DC and I'm a confirmed enemy of buffalo sauce, but these wings might have changed me forever. Bright, spicy, saucy, and a whole world of flavor I had never before experienced in buffalo wings. Crispy too! Really really delicious. The waitress didn't know what beers were on tap or where they were from (I wanted to try a local ipa), but that's alright. Overall, an amazing experience. 10/10. read more

Gabriel's Gate - Double, Buffalo Wings - American Near Me - Buffalo, New York

We had friends in from out the west coast and they never had real Buffalo wings, researching online this is the place to go. The service was quick and friendly we shared wings which were crispy and very good. The tuna melt was very good I would go back for that. The only thing we didn't like was drinks are not free refills. Not sure I have been to a place that doesn't offer free refills. Not sure why they have that policy but the food was great. read more

Gabriel's Gate - Great tuna melt! - American Near Me - Buffalo, New York

Solid wings and a cool atmosphere. A perfect stop if you're driving past Buffalo, it's not too far from the freeway and at 3:30 on a Monday afternoon it's pretty laid back. Food: 20 Wings for 20$, with half mild BBQ and half medium cajun. I really enjoyed the medium spice cajun wings, juicy and still crisp where the sauce didn't completely dowse the wing. The BBQ flavor was sort of on the saltier side and for me it was a little too saucy. The blue cheese that it comes with wasn't anything special, it was a little too thick and not enough actual blue cheese chunks. It does the job. Atmosphere: I love the inside, the main area is decorated with some cool animal busts and theres a skylight so in the daytime the bar has great open feel. read more

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The hype is real. Great wings! I've also had a great burger here. They take reservations and can accommodate pretty large groups. Really cool old-school rustic interior, nice back patio. If this place had more parking options, I'd come a lot more. read more