Super surprised the reviews are so low. We went on a Saturday, found a table right away, and ordered in about 10 minutes. The burgers and onion rings were fabulous! Reasonable pricing, friendly service, and a great patio if the Ohio weather permits. read more

Hank's Pub - Pubs Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

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This establishment is now known as Hank's Local. I recently ordered carry out via DoorDash and I was pleasantly surprised. I ordered the Flyer Patty Melt and well done and upgraded to a side of Chili Cheese Tots. The Flyer Patty Melt was very good. A true patty melt burger on rye bread with Swiss cheese, sautéed red onions and a light sauce similar to thousand islands salad dressing. The rye bread was grilled nicely, and the burger fried well done as requested. It was a very good patty melt burger and is a generous portion. The upgrade of the Chili Cheese Tots, was loaded with cheese and chili. It's a meal in itself truthfully. The chili wasn't evident upon first looks, but it is underneath the cheese. Hank's did a good job of layering the chili and cheese on these tater tots. It is messy, and will require utensils but the tater tots were really good. Overall, I give Hank's Local 4.5 - 5 stars. Food was packed very carefully and Hank's included plastic utensils and ample napkins. I highly recommend and would love to try some of their other food. read more

Hank's Pub - Flyer Famous Winged Patty Melt - Pubs Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

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Loved the food, Saturday 2 NY strips 8oz for 29.99 each entree with two sides (what a Saturday special). For sure need to come back when it's warmer and check out their room with the garage door. Looks like you could also book the room for a private event possibly. Clean and enjoyable, ice crown on a Saturday night. We'd go back for sure, just be patient with that service, it was slow and had to give a free reminders for things. It's all good we can be gracious and accept that things aren't perfect. Keep up the good work Hank's, for our first visit we loved it. We want to come back and try some of your shareable, those pretzels sound amazing. Keep up the good work!! read more

Hank's Pub - 8oz NY strip - Pubs Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

Not sure why the reviews for this place are so low. Yes, the service is on the slower side - I won't argue that, it's definitely the kind of place where you wait and wait and wait. But the quality of the food and the price for it are virtually unmatched by anywhere else in Dayton. read more

I've been a semi-regular for a couple of years now. Yesterday was the first time I've eaten outdoors in the newly renovated space. My only complaint is that there is no way to separate the smoking area and nonsmoking area. It wasn't a problem yesterday as there were few smokers. I'm not especially sensitive to smoke but if you are be aware of that issue. I took a buddy who was new to Hank's. He was very impressed with the black/bleu burger. We both love how crispy the tater tots are. Our server was friendly and helpful as usual. read more

Hank's Pub - Black and bleu burger. Yum! - Pubs Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

Well I can certainly see why there are more negative reviews of Hanks lately. Service and food has gone downhill. I've been a handful of times since my first review, and it got worse every time. Today I went to brunch with a group of friends, our server said it was her first day so we were extremely understanding. But for whatever reason we waited 2 hours for our food, while the rest of the tables sat, ordered, ate and left. Some items were never even brought out. The food was disgusting. My pancake was hard and full of grease. My egg tasted like it was cooked on the floor. it was also cold. And looking at other items on the table, I wouldn't suggest the pizza or brunch tacos or biscuits and gravy to anyone. I'd rather eat Waffle House sober then ever eat brunch at Hanks again. read more

Hank's Pub - Baja Fish Tacos - were delicious Fries - soggy and gross - Pubs Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

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Honest thoughts on Hank's Local. We ordered them via one of the delivery apps for dinner on Friday and it was insanely good. I had the fish and fries, best fried fish I've had in Dayton. My husband ordered the "roots mac" that came with pulled pork. We also ordered the Big Sky pretzels with bier cheese and everything was wonderful. This morning we tried to grab breakfast at Tank's but there was an 1.5hr wait, so we decided to stop in at Hank's to try their brunch. Great Bloody Mary. I ordered the farmer's breakfast with eggs over easy. My husband ordered the loaded biscuits. Food came out quick. Husband's food was decent, if only a bit too cheesy. My eggs were made scrambled, not over easy as requested, but I was not going to say anything because it's not a big deal. However, took a bite of my sausage to find it was raw inside. Pretty unappetizing. Kindly let the server know when he came back over, mentioned the egg thing but said I wasn't even going to say something about that part, and we didn't even receive an apology. He kind of looked at me like I was Karen-ing out or something. I opted for them to not remake anything because at that point after taking a bite of raw pork and how nonchalant he was, I didn't want to eat to be honest. When we were trying to leave all he said was "sorry you're leaving hungry." Super disappointed in how it was handled. We will likely try them again for dinner because that was very good. But brunch was a huge fail. read more

Hank's Pub - Undercooked breakfast sausage - Pubs Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

Always enjoy going here. Good music, great burgers and wings! I recommend the Black n bleu Burger. Dining area is pretty tight quarters, especially when there are bands, but worth the experience. read more

If you want to wait on your food and drink this would be your place!! Bar manager always looks pissed off at life!! Chicken wings are great !! Too bad it's Drama central!! read more

It is so understaffed that you have to wait for ever to get waited on.The food delivered to your table sometimes takes an hour,and to get refills you might as well forget it.Unless you have 2 hours to waste don't come here. read more

Ordered food. Waited an hour and then the cancelled onnne . horrible if you can't fill an order don't take it. !!!

Very delicious food! The mushrooms and pretzels are the best I ever had. Service was really good and friendly, my only complaint would be waiting for the check, but in all fairness they were drawing in a large crowd because there was a very talented funk band playing while we were there. Entertainment during the wait! It is a little smaller than I expected, very friendly, food is amazing, I can't wait to go back! read more

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I stoped by today around noon. I had a good review last time and thought I would try it again. Sorry to say for as few people in the place you would think I would have had great service, not the case. My eggs were over cooked, I couldn't get a refill of coffee and the waitress grabbed my plate before I was done. Not the kind of place I want to revisit. Sorry folks maybe go for drinks in the evening but not for the food, JD out read more

Hank's Pub - Pubs Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

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Visited on a weekend mid-evening with friends while visiting into town. The unassuming exterior had us almost drive by and miss. A band was playing on the patio but not inside. Food was 4/5, service was 4/5, atmosphere was 2/5. We sat inside and enjoyed the air con. One server seemed to be covering the whole place, but was doing a fantastic job running around. We sampled several of the signature items, rinds, nachos, pretzels, and pastrami. The nachos with pulled pork (recommended by the server) will have us wanting to stop by on our next visit. The chips are homemade and the loads of cheese and pulled pork made the dish grand. The pork rinds and pretzels were good, but not that memorable. The pastrami was unique, including "wings" of cheese crisped on the sides of the sandwich. A memorable and tasty crunch to the sandwich! The sandwich felt light, and makes me want to order "double meat" next time, but otherwise good flavor. The inside atmosphere was bland, but the band was jamming outside. When we come back, hopefully it will be cooler weather and we can enjoying sitting by the live music (inside the music was not broadcasted). read more

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They got rid of the "Pork Rinds"! Now you have to pay for the fries to go with your sandwich's. No more salmon dinners either. read more

First time since remodel. Whole new place. Food was delicious and plenty of it! Drinks were priced to sell. We had a girls reunion, fantastic service. Salmon burger was excellent. Definitely my new favorite spot, especially with the bigger outdoor deck. Way to go!!1 read more

We'd heard great things about the food here on FB and decided to try it. The place was bustling with people but we only waited about 10 minutes to get a table. The servers were all helpful and engaging. The FOOD - was fabulous!! I had the fish tacos and I'd say they are the best I've had in Ohio. My husband had a burger that was delicious. The fries could have been more crisp but were ok. My friend had a huge bowl of macaroni and beer cheese with pulled pork that looked amazing and will be what I order next time!! We all agreed that we would return. read more

We ordered through DoorDash, we actually scheduled our order ahead of time before they opened so that way we could get our order in. We tried ordering from them a week prior on DoorDash but had our order cancelled and we were told that it most likely was because they got busy and when they get busy they cut off DoorDash, even though we had placed our order 10-15 minutes after they had opened. We did have a large order, but we called to make sure they received it and luckily they did. I figured it'd take a moment to get everything because we had a few items being delivered. When we got our food, we got it around the time it was scheduled for, which is great. But when going through everyone's orders, there were some issues. One of the orders was the Parmesan chicken Mac and cheese. It had spilled over while in the bag and the cheese sauce seeped out from the box and all over on the inside of the bag. My co workers who got meals that came with fries-their fries were all cold and hard and did not taste fresh at all. I had gotten the Cobb salad and asked for no ham and no blue cheese crumbles with ranch instead of the blue cheese dressing. One of my other co workers got the same, but she kept the ham and blue cheese crumbles on hers. When I opened mine up, I still had ham in it, but I figured it wasn't that big of a deal and wasn't upset with it. I was just happy that I didn't have any blue cheese on mine. I ate a good portion of my food and then I discovered something in my salad that literally made me jump because I didn't know what it was. It's hard to describe what it was, but I showed my co workers and they all asked the same thing I had asked myself, which was, "what the heck is that?" It didn't match with anything in the salad. I took a picture of it and sent it to my fiancé. It was a grey-ish color and kinda hard, but it had a weird texture to it. Needless to say, I couldn't eat my salad anymore and just felt totally turned off and disgusted. None of us were really happy with our food, and even more so of the money we spent on it hoping it would be good. We really hoped it would've been good because a lot of the items on the menu sounded absolutely delicious. One of my co workers and I figured maybe this place is better to eat at in person than delivery. Unfortunately for us, we won't be ordering from here again. read more

Hank's Pub - The "strange thing" found in one of the Cobb salads - Pubs Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

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Wow..down hill..this place is terrible. Over an hour to get a sandwich, so left; won't return. Only friendly to the few locals that keep them in business; everyone else gets treated like dirt; I live local places, but this one is not on that list. Literally, worst service I can remember having. Never got food today, to long a wait, but it is medium at best anyway, so did not miss out except for the time wasted...plenty of great local places, don't waste time nor money here!!! read more

I have lived in the area for a hot minute. This place is often looked over because it doesn't seem like much when driving by. We stopped in once just out of curiosity, now it's probably my favorite place in the area. I've never had anything bad here. All the sauces are house made and AMAZING. Reallllyyy good seafood for such a small joint. It's family owned & ran. Great live music and a good atmosphere. Definitely worth checking out if you have not been yet. Won't be let down! read more

Hank's Pub - Pubs Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

This place is called Hank's Local now and was completely cleaned up and remodeled during the pandemic. Spruced up completely from dingy dive to clean and comfortable restaurant with a bar. The daily and weekly specials are fantastic. Butternut squash was the most perfectly caramelized. It tasted like bonfire marshmallows. I like to describe this place as elevated bar food. Stone fired pizzas, delicious salads, big burgers and one of the best Caesar salads I've had. The sirloin steak was very good but next time I'll get it medium. The loaded pub fries are not to be missed!! The wings are tasty and big. I've only tried a couple wing sauces but the Hell's sauce is actually pretty spicy and is my favorite. They do karaoke and have a large patio as well. Super fun, family friendly neighborhood restaurant. As well, the homemade cinnamon roll that comes up on special is divine and reminds me of Cinnabon read more

Burnt nachos (most burn under the cheese). I also wanted chicken and pico, but I think my computer messed up while I was ordering, and the boxes may have unclicked. Either way not happy. read more

Hank's Pub - Burnt nachos - Pubs Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

My only suggestion is if you actually go to this bar make sure you ONLY PAY IN CASH!!! Recently went there and our account was charged $2500.11 for a single pitcher of beer even bough our receipt only said $7.50. Especially if Tina is your bartender, this would be the second time she has wrongly charged our debit card. Still no response from the owner ever though we have called multiple times. Thank god we could dispute the charge. read more

I would avoid this place like the plague, waited forever, never got my food and walked out without eating. Absolute joke. Would not go here for any reason. read more

Food and service was great. Unfortunately our table was in the way of the band, so one of the groupies started chasing us and everyone on that side of the restaurant out. I recommend Hank's, just don't sit in the way of the band. read more

Tried Hanks food for the first time... my fish sandwich was really good and my husband got deluxe chicken sandwich and it was really good but the fries were advertised as hand cut ... we could tell they're from a bag and were very soggy and cold... service was also kinda slow but I think she was the only person serving the whole bar... she was very cheerful though and smiled a lot... if the fries were better it would have gotten a much better review read more

Best place in the world! Perfect drinks And amazing food, will keep going back till the day I die. They really make you feel important when you are there read more

Fine pub that took 2020 off to upgrade to a great restaurant. They still have darts if you bring your own steel tips, bands on the weekends and beer and liquor, but now the kitchen is a high class deli with mouth watering specials daily. read more

So the Dayton Foodies (Uncensored) Facebook group raves about this place. So, because there aren't that many consistently good places to eat, we were looking forward to this. It went as follows: Warm beer. My hamburger was cooked perfectly. That is the one good thing. It had just been cooked 15 minutes or so before I got it. My partner's fried chicken sandwich was the same temperature wise. She found it to be too salty and the jalapeños were a surprise. She was told the "spicy" part came from the sauce. Not entirely. The fries. They were cooked at some point in the day, probably well before we even ordered them. Cold, hard as a rock and no seasoning. We sent them back and we were upgraded from stone cold to lukewarm. Woot! Also...that $4 coleslaw was the worst thing I ever tried to eat. So I quit trying. We were hoping to like this place. But there's really not much to like. The jukebox was out of order, the Ohio Lottery machine was out of order...our food order took forever and most of it wasn't fit to eat. read more

Have lived in this area for a lot of years, literally right down the road from Hank's Pub and had never been there until recently. If you're looking for a trendy bar that serves fancy mixed drinks and has a vast selection of craft beers on tap, Hank's isn't your place. What Hank's is though is a really solid neighborhood bar with super friendly bartenders, friendly crowd (when there is a crowd), lots and lots of dart boards (cork boards, not the crappy electronic type!). There are some times when you can go into Hank's and there will only be one or two other people in the bar, other time they have karaoke (Friday nights), some nights they have a blues band, or other type of band playing, and they have quite a few dart leagues that play there as well. Hank's is our new favorite local / neighborhood watering hole type place, nothing fancy, just a good place to throw a few darts, drink a few beers, and hang out with friends. Oh, and a big plus is that they don't allow smoking inside the bar like many of these neighborhood bars do. They do have a really nice patio out back for smoking, but not inside. So while part of me wants to not tell anyone about Hanks Pub so it'll stay hidden for a few more years, the other part of me didn't think it was right not to write a review about a great local hangout. So there ya go, if you're looking for a no frills place to grab a beer or a really strong jack and coke, this is the place! read more

went here once. foul stench played. it was great. not sure if this place is a rock or metal venue, but apparently quite a few of those bands play here. read more

This place is great ! I love blues Tuesdays ! The food is on point and the Drinks are killer!