We stopped at Griff's to celebrate Saint Patty's Day and MEAC. We did not eat this time even though I've previously had their food and can say it's decent bar food. The Chef Lonnie wings are amazing. A play on a sweet and spicy wing. They had Saint Patty Day drink specials which included $5 Jameson shots and $5 Green tea shots. I was sold! They also featured a list of specialty drinks specifically for Saint Patrick's Day. The Orange Irish Mule was amazing! It's spacious on the inside with pool tables on one side. They also offer smoking outside on the patio read more

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Cool vibe! While I have yet to dine here, I have dined at their sister restaurant that's located on Portsmouth Blvd. and I love the local hangout vibe there. But here... my babe and I wanted to catch a few minutes of the Bears preseason game last Friday night. Kudos!! All the games were playing on the TV's!! So around 9 pm 930 pm this place turns up a bit... a live DJ was setting up on the other side of the restaurant. On the other side, there is a full service bar as well. If you come around this time, please make sure you have your ID. I am not sure if guests under 21 are allowed... I'm thinking no, but call ahead to check. We had a few drinks and mingled with a few guests. The bartenders were working the entire restaurant... about 30 guests were present at the time. The bar seats were filled and everyone seemed to be having a good time. I will visit again to try something from the menu. But the restaurant is spacious and has outdoor patio seating out front. Parking is available on the street and parking garages are within walking distances. Have fun and enjoy life :) read more

I would give 0 stars if possible!! Ordered and paid and when I arrived to pick my food up they said they didn't have it. Didn't even offer to make it quickly and fix it. So I literally am pregnant and now have nothing to eat at 10pm, the order was placed at 9:18!!! Also no one answers the phone so I didn't know until I arrived. Trash!! read more

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Food is good, drinks sometimes take 20+ minutes though. White girl bartender had a terrible attitude and her breath stunk. Don't work a bar close to people face's if you can't even brush your teeth. read more

Came here 2 days in a row, so obviously I like the place! First night I ordered the Thursday pork chop special (for $8.99). Came with 2 sides and is a great deal! The fries here are perfectly crispy. The pork chops were fried to perfection! The only thing I wasn't a fan of was the mac and cheese, but most places don't make a great mac and cheese. The next day I ordered the fried scallops and flounder special for only $10. It was really good, the scallops were so tender! Most places overcook them, but not here! I wish I had another day in Portsmouth because I'd probably come back here again! read more

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Chill bar in downtown Portsmouth, that offers a decent happy hour from 11-7 daily. $3 well drinks was what I was sippn' on. Please know that it's bottom shelf liquor so you'll have a headache after one too many... the bartender was sweet and made some decent recommendations. We didn't eat here simply because we were bar hopping but I would go back to try their food. There is another side to the bar that opens up on the weekend as a club. There is an outdoor patio, ample amount of TVS and a little lounge area with couches on the side on the way to the bathroom. read more

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Excellent service. Taco Tuesday is a must. Great local bar and restaurant. No frills but comfortable.

Me and my homegirl pulled up here on a Wednesday night ( MY first time here ) .... very welcoming and the music is bomb . only thing is ..... once we ordered . we waited close to a hour for our food and once i got my food , IT WAS COLD . i ended up ordering The flounder dinner , with mac & cheese and French fries . don't get me wrong the fish would have been bomb if it was hot , well of course because who eats cold fish anyways , but the mac and cheese was hot and it was good ! the fries came out 15 mins after my meal was served so i asked could our server put them in a to go box . by the way our server was a tall white guy ( super friendly , super nice ) . it wasn't a busy night and i actually so 3 cooks in the back so I'm not sure why our food took so long . I would go back , but i hope my next experience is better . read more

Best wings ever, hands down. Cute local spot with pool tables. The staff is always friendly and the drinks are good too.

This restaurant was very clean and inviting. Parking in the area was terrible. Took a long time to get service even when very few customers were seated. The food was average. I had a wonderful sandwich but the fries were cooked in grease that should have been changed a long time ago. This me of my party had to order three different times due the kitchen being out of items on the menu. read more

This was my first time coming with some co workers on Friday. It was very chill atmosphere. We could pick wherever we wanted to sit and the food was good. I only wish for two things: there was no drink menu to look at and the staff wasn't wearing any masks from where I could see. read more

This restaurant definitely has a different feel than most of the others on high street. Very open, complete with a patio, pool tables and a bunch of tvs. We walked in to only a handful of people, scattered around the restaurant. We sat at the bar and I have to say the service was great! Our bartender knew what she was doing and took care of everything in the way you would expect restaurant service would. The food was good, I wouldn't get the nachos again because the cheese defenitly isn't made in house but everything else was so good I can't hold that against them! I recommend a go! read more

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My mother-in-law comes here all of the time for breakfast and she really enjoys it. It's very well priced and the food was really good. We went with a big group and they were able to handle everything (it took a bit but that's expected because there was 8 people). If you like basic breakfast food I would definitely recommend this place. It's not a super fancy brunch place, but it feels local and everything was cooked well. read more

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This is a great place to catch the game and get a cold beer and the food is amazing. They have a wide selection of beers and my favorite Woodchucks. This place is a hidden gem in downtown Portsmouth. I will continue to attend this sports bar on a regular basis. read more

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I've been here for different occasions, one for a company Christmas party, a going away party and a birthday celebration. The service at this location is "ok", my first visit was not very good at all, it felt like I had to wait forever to get my first drink and the second drink felt even longer. But the last couple of visits the bartenders seemed to be a lot more attentive than my first visit. Griff's features your typical bar food, it's pretty good food and isn't much different than any other bar. This is a bar that can accommodate large or small groups. They have a lounge area with couches which is a nice touch and there is part of the bar that can be rented out for private parties and during the warmer months there is outdoor seating as well. They also have a couple of pool tables along with TVs throughout the bar. This bar is not bad but it isn't great either. If you're in Portsmouth, stop by and get a drink, but don't expect to be wowed. read more

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Griff's is a nice bar with mediocre quality of food. It's just bar food in it's most basic form. We were looking for a place with plenty of TVs to kick off the first Saturday of college football and Griff's proved to be a comfortable establishment. The service was perfect as I never went for wanting. Their were a modest number of beers on tap and the prices were all fair. We ordered the chicken nachos, mozzarella sticks, wings, crab dip, and some other appetizer I can't remember. The best thing were the wings, which were decent. The blue cheese was chunky which was good. Griff's would be the perfect place to watch some games if you didn't have taste buds. read more

When we walked in the waitress told us to sit any where. The atmosphere seemed great. Football was on all tvs, everyone was cheering, and it seemed fun. A waitress didn't come to get our drink orders until about 15 minutes into us finding a table. Then took about 15 more minutes to get our drinks. My cousin and I ordered appetizers trying to tie us over until the food came out... they brought it out with the main course- which took over an hour and a half. when we finally did get our food, most of it was cold. I ordered a tuna wrap, and it was over cooked. Not good at all. Our kids loved their wings, and our family said their sandwiches were good though. There was a random drunk man, loitering out front saying obscene things anytime someone walked by and begging for cigarettes. We definitely won't be back. Nothing about the food, atmosphere or prices would be worth it. read more

Nothing like going to a bar, winning a game of pool, having the loser shove you & then being the one thrown out. Yeah, that's apparently how they roll at Griff's. I'll need to remember to not waste my money there anymore. read more

I work at NNSY not far from here and decided to try out the Wing Wednesday special for lunch. Me and a friend arrived a little earlier than their 11am opening. We were first in a line that formed awaiting entry. Although we were first to enter right at 11:00, all the patrons behind us were served and almost finished before we recieved our food at about 11:37. I would hate to believe that race was a factor in why we recieved such horrible service and classless hospitality, but the thought absolutely crossed my mind given the circumstances. The food was not worth the wait, nor am I encouraged to ever return. read more

So after a family day at the children's museum on Saturday March 16,2019 we decided to stop by this place due to the good reviews & pictures they had. We were optimistic and excited to feast upon some good looking sandwiches. Keep in mind I am pregnant, so I saw and then wanted. ha! We get here and immediately feel weird cause we do not know if its open or not lols. We normally dont eat out in portsmouth since moving here last August. We get inside and sit ourselves down. No one says anything to us for 7 mins and we just look around wondering are we really here? I have a 11 month old so we tried to entertain him with an ipad and netflix. So now we are on borrowed time lols and this does not look good. Finally a server comes dressed in green and greets us. She was friendly but then the conversation turned very awkward by her talking non stop. We tried to be polite and order but she kept talking about her son. So lols we finally get our order in (we think) and 15 mins later get our drinks. Lols we have now been here for 20 mins with no food and just got our drinks. Now i can be over exaggerating but it was a long time so maybe like 13 mins or around there. Anyways she comes back in 10 mins saying "what would we like to order" now I am irritated. We retell her since she forgot to write down our order. Now to give her some credit she was the only server with about 10 people or so in the lounge. So we gave her more patience thats why we stayed so long cause as people who have previously worked in the food industry we understand. But still no excuse for why she did not write our order down the first time maybe if she wasn't talking so much we would have avoided this issue. So we wait some more and the 11 month old & pregnant lady being me are now restless. 5 mins or so pass and another server comes in. GET THIS! Says to other patrons how the printer in the kitchen is not working so she needs to retake orders. I told my husband if she came our way we were leaving because now we have been here for 30 mins without ANY FOOD. And how hard is it to just run to the kitchen and retell orders ? Ive done that numerous times when we had situations like this. How you forget everyones order? The poor girl who just came in had to take the brute of everyones frustration because we all had been there for a long time waiting. WHICH HOW IT JUST GOES OUT NOW when we had BEEN THERE FOR 30 mins!!!! So she comes to us while other people are walking out. She says the faithful words and I say we are leaving im sorry that you have to hear the frustrations. She apologized and we packed the baby up and left. Highly disappointed and extremely irritated we had to find a new place to eat after waiting a total of 40 minutes at this place. Never coming here again and never telling anyone about this place. read more

Yuck. Wings were gross. Garlic Parmesan consists of nasty white chunkage on top of your microwaved dry wings. read more

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Okay, great atmosphere, the food is amazing I ordered the crab cakes to go, Yum Yum Yum not many fillers at all. I had numerous bartenders and waitresses Megan was banging, Kat was fantastic, my food was amazing and I got it to go, that really happens!! I'm giving this 5 Stars, and I forgot to talk about Johnny. Johnny is the sweetest bartender you will ever meet, and he will always take care of you, the good man read more

I work downtown and we eat from here often. One time out of ten they get my order of wings right. I ordered salad today, after waiting 45 minutes, the chicken was fried black and hard, one chopped up cucumber and no onions. I only gave them 2 stars because their waitresses are rock stars. read more

The worst chefs in Hampton roads. My second time coming here, trying to give the chef the benefit of the doubt and they continue to flood the food with salt. And they expect me to pay for it. I would have paid half because I tried to stomach half of the salty hamburger steak and fries. Didn't finish and some hobo looking line cook lied and said I ate all the food. Terrible chefs. Terrible food. read more

Came here on my happy hour day drinking travels. This place had great happy hour specials. Beer and liquor. Happy hour is from 3-7. Pretty quiet when we were there but it was 4:20 on a Tuesday so I'll take that into consideration. Overall the bartender was great service was great too. read more

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Understaffed! We came in on a Sunday for breakfast and this one was the only place open for breakfast closest to the children's museum. They only had one server and she was running around from table to table and no doubt she was cranky! read more

I have been twice now and have had a good meal both times. Watched Seattle destroy Denver in the supper bowl. Good beer selection, waitstaff, and attentiv read more

Great drinks! Very affordable! It's so chill and relaxed ! Decent music . But again , great drinks! I love the bahama mamas read more

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Been a few times. Everything is good. Not bad, not the greatest. Good location and nice atmosphere. Worth a try.

I've been here a couple of times. The pool tables were great when waiting for your food. The food is made well. They don't give you the "run of the mill" burger. These burgers are unique and taste great. I had a shrimp burger during one of my trips here, I loved it. read more

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Our hotel recommended Griff's for breakfast and they were right Griff's has a phenomenal breakfast averaging $5 per person with large portions. We went on a Sunday morning around 9:00 AM service was a little slow getting the food out but, we enjoyed $3.00 mimosas and bloody mary's while waiting. There is outdoor seating available and pool tables to also enjoy. It looked like they had a great happy hour every day of the week. Next time we are in Portsmouth we will certainly be back! read more

I've read lots of reviews and have to strongly disagree with some. I have never had friendlier and more bubbly bartenders. They were funny, entertaining and could make a damn good drink! I didnt order dinner but did share two apps with a friend, the crab dip and spring rolls, and they were tasteful! The bar is very open and spacious, clean and well lit. Last but not least, it was a very mixed crowd which I enjoy because theres nothing worse than going to a bar, restaurant or store where it seems they only cater to one type of crowd. Some older reviews of Griffs talk about slow service. My advice?... GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY! You won't be disappointed! read more

Walked in the place was not very busy.. just wanted a beer and some dinner. When the only one of the 5 employees totally engrossed in their phones finally looked up. ..she said sit anywhere.. the several tables we saw were filthy, so we left. There are way too many good places to eat and drink in Portsmouth, we won't be back. I noticed there are paper signs all over about the right to refuse service and bathroom usage, ,my guess inatentive employees might be the root of this issue, that end of High Street is Dicey anyway, somebody should be on the door. read more

WTF! I just got home to enjoy a take-out meal (Fish Tacos), only to find that the "fish" was sparse!!!! They were packed full of cream cheese, cheddar cheese, and veggies but very little meat!!!! As much as I try to patronize local restaurants on High St. (Old Town area), the more I search elsewhere for a great meal!!! read more

My nickname is Griff so suffice to say I had high hopes. I actually chose my hotel due to its proximity to this bar. The place is relatively empty but it is a Monday. The layout of the bar and entertainment space is really nice, giving the place incredible potential to be a great bar. The reason this place lacks greatness is clientele, mediocre food, and slow service. The girls bartending were really nice but it was understaffed which slowed service tremendously. read more

My husband and I were in town for a conference at a local hotel and wanted some lunch. The first place we stopped was a few streets over but the waitress was so rude we didnt even stay to get a table. We found this place and the food looked decent and the waitress was nice. We ordered a cheese pizza. She comes back and informs us they don't have the ingredients to make pizza. I then was what the soup of the day is. She informs me they haven't made it yet (even though we were eating lunch at 12:30...quite an acceptable time for lunch). I ordered a quesadilla and my husband ordered a chicken wrap with onion rings. The food came out in pretty good time. The quesadilla was WAY to full of cheese (coming from someone who loves cheese- it was obviously way to much) and the whole thing was really greasy. The salsa that came with it had a brown tint to it. Even my husband who will eat anything looked at it funny. He said his food tasted good. I tried an onion ring and they were quite delicious. We both ran out of drink though and we actually had to take our cups up to the waitress to get a refill. Maybe we are just spoiled by wonderful restaurants in Richmond, but it wasn't a good experience. read more

To be honest, I don't mind Griff's, nor do I like Griff's. It's a decent bar, has pool tables, and reasonably priced. Not much else to say about it though. read more

We joked this was where the night dies. It actually wasn't a bad place. It was kind of dead the first time we went, but in one room there was a dj and some sexy grannies dancing, like recently divorced and getting their groove back 50 year old women. They were having fun. There are pool tables, but they're always packed. They even have a little couch lounge area on your way to the bathroom in case you finish up before your girrrlllls because the bathroom is kind of small. The patio is cool which is where we spent most of the night the few times friends and I have gone. We just people watch the other bar hoppers. There are always police out front, but they're friendly and you know them Ptown folks be rowdy ;) read more

So I came here to get drinks and food before going to a concert in Portsmouth and I must say my experience was great. The drinks were good and the food the bartenders were very nice and attentive also. I live in va beach but I could see myself coming here occasionally since the service was excellent. I'm not sure how it is at night but I was here on a weekday from about 5-7pm and it was a chill environment. read more

This is my favorite place to go now. It's affordable, clean, with a friendly staff and great food. We had never tried fried pickles before and they were awesome! Highly recommend! read more