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Friends and I went to Gill's for their Friday afternoon special. A monstrous amount of crab and shrimp cocktail. Very generous portion and their cocktail sauce had a fantastic amount of heat from the horseradish. We also shared a plate of fries. But star was the fantastic crab. I recommend getting there early as tables go fast. The staff were very friendly and attentive and could seem to remember everybody's order without writing anything down. That speaks to years of great service.
I promised myself to try more of the menu. I did that today with the Reuben sandwich. Take a look at it. It was a perfect combination of corned beef, thousand island dressing, Sauerkraut on toasted marbled rye bead. If you have eaten a better one, please post it. This is possibly the best Reuben in Southern Idaho. The place was slammed on Friday at 5 pm. Parking lot was full and people were standing inside and asking people to share tables. We got the last two seats at the bar. The performance of the kitchen was impeccable with the food appearing very quickly after ordering. Drinks were refreshed often. Even for a dive bar with slumping padded seating at the tables, Gil's is getting too popular. The prices are up these days. Ugh.
A definite must for breakfast and adult beverages. My sausage and eggs was fantastic, and the biscuits were nice and fresh, and the gravy was delicious. The service was super friendly and attentive, and the atmosphere is casual and comfortable. Will definitely return!
I am a self proclaimed dive bar connoisseur and this place has it. From the dark interior, old decor, strong drinks, bar food menu (pretty excellent mind you), to the multi generations of bar belly-uppers, not sure it can get any more fabulous. Join the relics for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The cocktail tower (what we call it) is worth a visit (on Friday's and expect it to sell out). Roll a few shuffleboard pucks down the board. Sit back and enjoy a step back in time at one of my favorite bars. The back booth, that is my spot, so if you see me enter and you are in my spot, expect the stink eye ;)
Gils is the real deal dive bar. It reminds me of the lyrics to the tv show 'Cheers' theme- "... Sometimes you want to go Where everybody knows your name And they're always glad you came You want to be where you can see Our troubles are all the same You want to be where everybody knows your name" I came with my date after tripping across the reviews in yelp. I sure wouldn't have noticed it otherwise. The outside of the building looks like a plumbing supply warehouse and all the customer pickups parked in front are consistent with the image. Don't be intimidated by the blue-collar exterior, inside people are just plain folks enjoying a drink and tasty comfort food. The bar itself stretches nearly from end-to-end of the building with tables mostly at either end. Both bar and tables were filled mostly with regulars and a handful of newbies like me. The servers knew their regulars well, but treated everyone equally and expeditiously, even a clearly confused guy like me. Because it was Friday, we felt compelled to get the famous crabmeat and shrimp appetizer which is a mountain of dungeness crab and bay shrimp salad piled on top of some hidden lettuce and shrimp cocktail ($40) And we complemented it with a large side of fries ($7 or so) and of course drinks. They serve the appetizer with a large basket of saltine crackers. We ate maybe 1/3 of all the food before we were full. The food isn't gourmet or instagram worthy by any stretch of the imagination, but it hits the spot. And the place is clean and unchanged from 30 years ago, just what it should be; not some Cheesecake Factory or Chili's stamped out plastic palace or craft brew pub with an industrial look. Together with the alcohol, the experience will relieve the stress of the day, especially if your kids and boss have been making your life hell. I expect to be going again and bringing my unpretentious best friends with me next time.
What a great place- wonderful servers and excellent pours. Annie's martini is one of the best in town. The Friday night crab & shrimp tower is not-to-be-missed (served at 6 pm till sold out).
I had heard people rave about Gil's massive Friday night-only shrimp and crab cocktail. We saw a pair of older ladies tackling one apiece, but we weren't sure the two of us could polish one off, even though we were famished. Boy, did we ever guess right. The two ladies finished maybe a third of theirs and motioned the waitress for a doggie bag. Do they call them that anymore? I'm guessing the 60-ish crowd there still calls them that. We couldn't believe the amount of shrimp and crab in this cocktail for $25. It was a mountain. And good-sized shrimp, nothing baby about them. The taste was wonderful. Get there early or be prepared to wait. When we arrived, there wasn't even any room at the bar. But we hadn't waited 10 minutes, after arriving right at 6 p.m. -- when they begin serving the shrimp and crab cocktails -- that a table opened up. Service was friendly and though every table around us had the food cocktails -- nine total at the three tables -- we didn't have to wait long for ours. It was a great dinner.
Who would have thought that Gil's has top shelf bourbon? Friendly environment with the additional benefit of food. Looking forward to coming back soon for the crab cocktail. My only gripe would be to get some Glen Cairn glasses for the bourbon.
7 months ago
I've been wanting to come here for some time now and heard great things about their Ruben sandwich. However, I wasn't in the mood for a Ruben and got their French dip. This sandwich is huge and could easily of been shared between my husband and I. Unfortunately that's not what we did and ended up wasting half the sandwich (not a sandwich good left over). Anyway, the French dip was good but the star of the show was the fries! That I didn't waste. Atmosphere is dark. It's a dive bar with really good fries and service. read more
This is a good dive bar. The prices are great and it's not too loud! Went on Friday for the crab night and the shrimp/crab cocktail dish is HUGE! Definitely share it with someone! The salad on the bottom has an Asian dressing that is good and you would not expect to be there on the bottom so save some room to try the salad at the bottom. The cocktail sauce is spicy so beware! I loved it but there is a kick for sure! The waitress seemed like we were a bother just being there and that's why I had to give three stars. I felt like I could not ask for anything I needed because she seemed so bothered by having to get us anything. If the service was better we would have stayed longer. read more
Went for breakfast on a NFL Sunday morning while visiting for the holidays. Biscuits and gravy plus a couple of eggs for the win. Spicy Bloody Mary was tasty. Service is friendly and expedient. This is a clean and well organized bar serving great food. read more
2 months ago
3 months ago
Friends and I went to Gill's for their Friday afternoon special. A monstrous amount of crab and shrimp cocktail. Very generous portion and their cocktail sauce had a fantastic amount of heat from the horseradish. We also shared a plate of fries. But star was the fantastic crab. I recommend getting there early as tables go fast. The staff were very friendly and attentive and could seem to remember everybody's order without writing anything down. That speaks to years of great service. read more
11 months ago
Friendly, fast service and a great atmosphere- definitely try the crab and shrimp salad - we highly recommend it (bonus is you have enough to share with those around you). read more
I promised myself to try more of the menu. I did that today with the Reuben sandwich. Take a look at it. It was a perfect combination of corned beef, thousand island dressing, Sauerkraut on toasted marbled rye bead. If you have eaten a better one, please post it. This is possibly the best Reuben in Southern Idaho. The place was slammed on Friday at 5 pm. Parking lot was full and people were standing inside and asking people to share tables. We got the last two seats at the bar. The performance of the kitchen was impeccable with the food appearing very quickly after ordering. Drinks were refreshed often. Even for a dive bar with slumping padded seating at the tables, Gil's is getting too popular. The prices are up these days. Ugh. read more
A definite must for breakfast and adult beverages. My sausage and eggs was fantastic, and the biscuits were nice and fresh, and the gravy was delicious. The service was super friendly and attentive, and the atmosphere is casual and comfortable. Will definitely return! read more
3 years ago
I am a self proclaimed dive bar connoisseur and this place has it. From the dark interior, old decor, strong drinks, bar food menu (pretty excellent mind you), to the multi generations of bar belly-uppers, not sure it can get any more fabulous. Join the relics for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The cocktail tower (what we call it) is worth a visit (on Friday's and expect it to sell out). Roll a few shuffleboard pucks down the board. Sit back and enjoy a step back in time at one of my favorite bars. The back booth, that is my spot, so if you see me enter and you are in my spot, expect the stink eye ;) read more
1 year ago
1 year ago
Gils is the real deal dive bar. It reminds me of the lyrics to the tv show 'Cheers' theme- "... Sometimes you want to go Where everybody knows your name And they're always glad you came You want to be where you can see Our troubles are all the same You want to be where everybody knows your name" I came with my date after tripping across the reviews in yelp. I sure wouldn't have noticed it otherwise. The outside of the building looks like a plumbing supply warehouse and all the customer pickups parked in front are consistent with the image. Don't be intimidated by the blue-collar exterior, inside people are just plain folks enjoying a drink and tasty comfort food. The bar itself stretches nearly from end-to-end of the building with tables mostly at either end. Both bar and tables were filled mostly with regulars and a handful of newbies like me. The servers knew their regulars well, but treated everyone equally and expeditiously, even a clearly confused guy like me. Because it was Friday, we felt compelled to get the famous crabmeat and shrimp appetizer which is a mountain of dungeness crab and bay shrimp salad piled on top of some hidden lettuce and shrimp cocktail ($40) And we complemented it with a large side of fries ($7 or so) and of course drinks. They serve the appetizer with a large basket of saltine crackers. We ate maybe 1/3 of all the food before we were full. The food isn't gourmet or instagram worthy by any stretch of the imagination, but it hits the spot. And the place is clean and unchanged from 30 years ago, just what it should be; not some Cheesecake Factory or Chili's stamped out plastic palace or craft brew pub with an industrial look. Together with the alcohol, the experience will relieve the stress of the day, especially if your kids and boss have been making your life hell. I expect to be going again and bringing my unpretentious best friends with me next time. read more
3 years ago
What a great place- wonderful servers and excellent pours. Annie's martini is one of the best in town. The Friday night crab & shrimp tower is not-to-be-missed (served at 6 pm till sold out). read more
1 year ago
1 year ago
Got the Reuben and split it. It was huge and so good. Splitting is a must. I can't wait to go back to try other things. read more
2 years ago
2 years ago
I had heard people rave about Gil's massive Friday night-only shrimp and crab cocktail. We saw a pair of older ladies tackling one apiece, but we weren't sure the two of us could polish one off, even though we were famished. Boy, did we ever guess right. The two ladies finished maybe a third of theirs and motioned the waitress for a doggie bag. Do they call them that anymore? I'm guessing the 60-ish crowd there still calls them that. We couldn't believe the amount of shrimp and crab in this cocktail for $25. It was a mountain. And good-sized shrimp, nothing baby about them. The taste was wonderful. Get there early or be prepared to wait. When we arrived, there wasn't even any room at the bar. But we hadn't waited 10 minutes, after arriving right at 6 p.m. -- when they begin serving the shrimp and crab cocktails -- that a table opened up. Service was friendly and though every table around us had the food cocktails -- nine total at the three tables -- we didn't have to wait long for ours. It was a great dinner. read more
3 years ago
3 years ago
Who would have thought that Gil's has top shelf bourbon? Friendly environment with the additional benefit of food. Looking forward to coming back soon for the crab cocktail. My only gripe would be to get some Glen Cairn glasses for the bourbon. read more
4 years ago
Marble Rye Reuben straight outta the lower East side NYC! Get to #gilsk9bar early, they do run out! read more
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4 years ago
This place has great food, atmosphere, and service. Not a big menu but huge portions and the daily specials are amazing. Come in on the weekend and enjoy a hefty breakfast that is only served on the weekend. Hamburger Steak, hash browns smothered in gravy and two eggs over easy. read more
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Good service! Great food! The prawns are the best and HUGE! Drinks are strong and cute! Highly recommend read more
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