Fun place with typical Junction decor. Good pizza crust which is key for us. Only one server so plan to wait for refills and check. Good broasted wings. They are in violation of ADA regs for service dogs and will end up being fined if they continue their illegal practices. We were not denied service but had to argue about "credentials" which cannot be requested by any business. Refused to read the copy I offered. Sad. No AC so probably hot in the summer. We were comfortable on this 87 degree day. We'll probably look elsewhere for pizza. read more

Great atmosphere and food to go with Great service Patio had lots of shady areas and friendly staff Gun lockers for Cowboys lol read more

The Hitching Post - Pizza Near Me - Apache Junction, Arizona

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all i have to say is it took 30 minutes for someone to come to us with menus and another 30 minutes for our food. memory was amazing she took our drink order and she was amazing we had to go to her multiple times to get drinks because the service on the back patio from sam and her work twin were shitty. tried to call her to us multiple times and our food was not correct and mistakes were made. they requested my card to get food and then complained that we tabbed out too soon when our food was wrong. if i could give her a zero for sam i would. but 5 stars for memory read more

The bartender that was working the day of the super bowl (today) was the most rude and unpleasant person I have ever spoken to. She made our visit extremely unpleasant read more

Don't waist your time or money. Very rude staff. Took 1 1/2 hours to get our pizza, which was a frozen pizza. Another 25 minutes to get our check we had asked another waitress to help us get our check, she couldn't help us we were not her customers. We use to look forward to going there when we are in az, but our experience. Was so bad, we will not go again. I guess if you are not a regular, don't plan on being waited on. Very disappointed read more

Liked their rattlesnake dinner plate. And during this pandemic,they do temperature check when you getting instead of the restaurant and distance table. Friendly service.Deeply appreciated. Will come back and support them! read more

What a disaster!!! Yes, the reviews regarding the rudeness of the servers are true. I have never experienced such awful servers. Very rude! I'm refraining from the name calling, but what you read is true. Buyer beware! Unreal how you can stay oin business when every server is a complete B to the customer. Go elsewhere and be treated with respect. BTW the food isn't that good. STAY AWAY! I guess it's the "little town, little mind" mentality. Makes sense for AJ! read more

Worst experience I have ever had. The old bartender with blond hair was rude from the moment we walked in. I carried a bottle of water with me because it is hot and it was just water. The bartender rudely tells me (not asks),"Can't have that in here!"From there it was downhill. So I take it outside and I not say a word to her. Unfortunately, she ends up being our server as well. When I receive my food I decided I wanted a lemonade. She goes to get it ..comes back and I ask for a salad as well ( because I got the urge for one) so I nicely ask for a side salad. She then says, "what else do you need?!" ( Like I was a nuisance for asking her to bring me what I need). Still being nice, I simply said nothing. I ordered the shrimp and it was all bread, super chewy, and the shrimp were so tiny. The waitress came back after I tried to eat three and I quit. I asked for the manager because the food was too hard to even chew. From this point on the lady starts telling me no she will not get the owner. Starts yelling at me and my sister. She even went as far to scream and put her finger in her face. The owner of this place did not apologize or try to correct the situation. Instead he said she has been here a long time .. and also ate a piece of my food after my hands has already been in it. Then proceeded to say there is nothing wrong with the shrimp. Then gave it to other customers sitting by us fed them from my same basket and even they said there is too much bread and the shrimp were too little. The owner was rude and tells me there is nothing wrong with your food! ( Eating from my same basket.. Disgusting) there was no customer service displayed and any sign of humanity from him. Not even when his worker was yelling and screaming and pointing. Worst way I have ever seen anything handled. LET IT BE KNOWN THE OWNER IS SCUM! HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT HIS CUSTOMERS! HE SEEMS TO THINK THAT BECAUSE HE HAS OTHER PEOPLE THERE HE DOES NOT NEED TO TREAT HUMANS LIKE HUMANS OR CUSTOMERS LIKE CUSTOMERS. WHATS WORSE, I JUST READ HE KICKED A GROUP OF ELDERS OUT IN THEIR 70'S! DO NOT WASTE HOIR TIME OR MONEY IN THIS PLACE. THE MAN AND HIS FOOD ARE NASTY! THE OLD LASY BARTENDER AND OWNER HORRIBLE ALSO! read more

This is definitely a fun place to come down to for good old fashion country music, food and beer. We had the frogs legs, chicken dinner and the cheese burger pizza. All plates were pretty good especially the frogs legs and pizza. The place was very crowded on the Wednesday night we came down. We found a table and cleared it ourselves. The bartender saw this and immediately came over and apologized for not getting it and immediately served us our drinks. This is a fun place even for us youngsters amping all the 60-70 year olds. read more

Good pizza, nice ambiance. Older waitress couldn't understand that we wanted 1/2 cheese 1/2 sausage and olives. Not sure why, repeated it several times. Pretty good time otherwise. read more

Cool atmosphere, very rustic cowboy bar. Would have given 5 stars but had a terrible experience with the food. Normally the cowboy pizza is delicious. Waiter talked us in to ordering thin crispy crust. Ok, why not try it. Bad decision. Pizza crust was doughy not crispy, really ruining the entire pizza. Then to add insult to injury, we were charged $2 MORE for thin crust! WHAT?! Who does that? Less dough used, but charge the customer more. And, of course, when the waiter "recommended" the thin, crispy crust, he did not disclose that is was more $$, which by the way, made it a $21 pizza! Total rip off. But there's more - we ordered an app of chicken strips and fries. Got only 2 pieces of small chicken and about 10 fries, for $10.99!! Could not be more disappointed with the food. They should do better. Would be an awesome place to go if they could step up their food game. read more

Sunday 1/5/2020 my son, his Gf & a good friend all took our families out for a Sunday Funday & for dinner before school started again on Monday. There are (5) adults & (6) children in our group . We went to the Hitchin Post in Apache Junction where my sons girlfriends brothers band was playing. This was at 4:00 p.m.not 10 or 11:00 p.m., we planned a lil dancing & dinner till about 7:00 p.m.. My grand daughter was so excited to go dancing with Daddy in her new boots & cowgirl hat. So excited. When we arrived the band greeted his sister & (2) nephews & all of us and my son & daughter (7)immediately went for a dance along with his GF & her son (5). After this song the (2) children shared a dance, having a wonderful time . We were seated outside, no children were ever on the dance floor without an adult with them, never, there were only (3) who were not shy that wanted to dance. I (grandma) was with my (7) yr old grand daughter & her lil BFF girl friend (6) while they were dancing together, I was taking pictures when our server came on to the dance floor & took them back outside and we were told the owner did not want children on the dance floor. Again, these (2) lil ladies enjoying themselves were not there by themselves. There were no signs stating such a thing & had we known this in advance we would never have taken the children here. This was a good drive for all of us that within less than an hr became a horrible experience. My grand daughter just kept asking her Daddy please just go ask Daddy please. I guess you can feed & purchase soda's for children there but they are not allowed to enjoy themselves as the rest of the patrons, guess we should of brought their electronics & kept them in the corner some where rather than allowing them to interact with others. BTW, the other patrons seemed to really enjoy the children dancing given the smiles & comments. Thank you to the owner of this establishment for giving my grand children a taste of how unfair the real world can be. This is not a family friendly establishment & clearly I know he won't shut his doors because these (2) families will never go there again. Had we been able to enjoy dinner & drinks I imagine we would of had a pretty decent sized tab & our server who was very nice would of made a very decent tip as well, that being said if ya want to go there I suggest leave your children at home. Just a very, very disappointed grand mother. San Tan Flats is a very family friendly restaurant where children are encouraged to dance all they want which is where our next family fun day shall be. BTW, Tina one of the owners invited my son & his GF out for this Sunday funday the previous weekend while they were out there on a date night. Tina knows my sons GF and specifically ask her to bring the kids out as it had been a long time since she had seen the boys. Never again, my grand daughter begging her Daddy to go ask why she cannot dance is pathetic, makes it seem as though she was doing something wrong. I wish I could give this place a -10 rating. The owner of this place is just a mean spirited a-hole. read more

Updating my original post to say nothing has changed - still have not returned. But I do find it curious that I see a lot of negative recent reviews that are "not recommended". I find it curious that so many recent reviews that are apparently consistent and accurate are evaluated by Yelp software to be not recommended. Very curious indeed. read more

Wow were there a lot of angry reviews. Sorry about that. We have lived a couple of miles from the Hitching Post for almost 20 years. Things have changed. The first time we were there, broasted chicken was about all they had. Long interval until we went again, on a weekend night during snowbird season -- big mistake, couldn't get in the door which meant someone liked the place. (Went somewhere else. ) Not a lot of great places to eat in Apache Junction (we've pretty much tried them all) but hubby wanted to keep it local today, so we decided to try The Hitching Post at 11 am on a Wednesday. Good timing, as folks started swarming in after us. Our server got busy in a hurry but still managed to take care of us. Both had the pork tenderloin sandwich (which was not midwestern huge she warned us.) Everything was fine but the fries were the best I've had in quite a while. Almost gave 4 stars just on the fries. Somebody complained it was not a family-friendly place--what did they expect from a bar/dance hall? We're planning to go again real soon. read more

Love the decor in this bar, service was good had a drink and some traditional wings and there is ALOT of meat on the wings, too bad I couldn't stay for the band that was starting at 8pm, will definatly be returning. My new favroite place specially for the hot wings read more

We didn't even eat because after buying drinks the server was a witch and told us we couldn't have any chairs on the dance floor( no signs posted & the actual dance floor would hold 6 small people tops! We had a hungry party of 7 who likes to have fun! We finished our drinks and left. Treating customers like that doesn't impress me. I worked in a bar/grill many years, the server with black hair and braids desperately needs a course in manners! read more

Would have loved to try the food but watching a waitress chew out your 70 year old mother in law chased us away! If you don't want more than 4 people at a table you shouldn't have any extra chairs or it should be posted. Won't be going back anytime soon! Rude service will kill a business and they lost out on a $200 + ticket! read more

This place is a joke! Went there on a Monday afternoon after a nice hike in the Superstitions. The place was packed, and only had two servers. They charged 7.00 for a pint of beer...this isn't old town Scottsdale or Mill Ave, it's out in the sticks. The worst offense however is that they place a surcharge on credit card transactions! This is the first restaurant I have ever been to that does that...ridiculous. Needless to say, I won't be back. read more

We stopped at the hitching post for a meal on an early Saturday evening. We sat in the outside patio area in the front of the restaurant. We had constant overwhelming noxious smells of sewer gases surrounding us the entire time. The staff were rude and unwilling to address the issue. The table next to us kept putting their hands over their noses as well. Eating food with constant smell of sewer gases is unappetizing. We will not be going back. read more

Hole in the wall nothing special bar. Good pizza but disappointing that dogs aren't allowed on the patio even though horses are tied up inches from it? Makes sense. read more

Great service and atmosphere. Food was great, apps are overpriced for the quantity received. Biggest reason for my rating is that they charge a credit card fee. It's 2019, it's the cost of doing business. If you're going to surcharge, build it in to the price of the food. No one wants to see additional charges on their bill. read more

Watch out when you go to this place, the owner/mgr is a total jerk. Food was okay, service was okay, but watch out when you pay by credit card. It is illegal to charge a surcharge when using credit cards, but the owner does this anyway. He charges 3.50% as a surcharge for using a credit card. This is illegal. He could give a discount for cash, but does not. I brought this up to him and he pointed to a small sign on the door with the surcharge information. This does not relieve him from the fact that it is illegal. read more

I love this place, great food. Really fun on the weekend watching the bull riders. Their wings are the best. It's a little far from our house but we will still try to get there 1 or 2 a month. read more

Went here on vacation. Just stopped to have a drink. Very cool place, good service. Many drink options.

AVOID. Food poisoning. Saw a review where food was umdercooked too :(. Read ALL the negative reviews...They are true. I didn't want to believe it, but it IS as bad as they say. Very disappointed. Expected better...but today was not a good day. Saw them be rude to a table next to us too, really sad. Today was awful service and food :( read more

Went here cause the service at Filly's sucks real bad. So six of us get there at 5pm. So far 5 stars. We order drinks, still 5 stars. Order food no issues yet. They bring out the first couples food,two chicken orders, yum looks good. Now for -1 star, 20 minutes later the second couples food comes. Hmm, 15 minutes later my pizza comes out -1 star. My wife who orders chicken got nothing. So we ask, they say will get it right out. Half hour later, everyone is finished, and dozens of chicken orders come out....no chicken for her. We finally wanted to leave so they eventually brought out her order....in a to go bag.... Needless to say I wont be reviewing it again, cause you kind of gotta actually go back to do so. read more

Had a great time here on a Thursday night watching the Rodeo riders practice. A real live Cowboy bar & Restaurant. Food and service was good and a great country band. read more

Last night we found a piece of chewed gum in our glass of ice for bottled water. the owner was very unapologetic & unconcerned about this. It was totally gross & very disappointing. read more

This is a happening place with country music, live bands and a dance floor during snowbird season. It's pretty crowded during season, the rest of the year quiet. The food is just all right, but it's a great place for sitting outside and meeting friends. read more

Dear God...anyone that thinks this is good pizza has not had good pizza. We travel for a living, and spend three months every year (for the last 15 yrs.) in the Chicago area...and no offense to Becky m, but Chicago-style pizza IS deep-dish. Hitching Post is New York style, and a pretty bad representation at that. We gave both locations a try, had naked wings, broasted wings, broasted chicken, two different combo appetizer platters, and two different pizzas. Platters were average deep-fried Sysco fare...not bad, but nothing special. The broasted wings/chicken were cooked perfectly, but absolutely and utterly bland, tasted like little to no salt and pepper were used in the batter or the bird, let alone a nice 24 hour brine or buttermilk soak. The naked wings were atrocious, if you are a hot wing fan, avoid these like the plague, they're horrible. Pizzas were, again bland, bland, bland. They had cold beer, so I threw in a star for 'em. read more

I was standing at the bar and the bar tender wouldn't give me and several other patrons the time of day let alone let us order anything. I asked a waitress standing at the bar if we were supposed to order through her. She shouted "NO!, RETURN TO YOUR SECTION AND ORDER THROUGH YOUR WAITRESS THERE." I explained I wasn't in a section. She ignored me. Clearly no training or even simple manners needed to be employed at this honkey tonk. I guess it is what it is. I'm guessing the bull riding is run by a separate group as they are pretty amazing and friendly. I recommend eat dinner at home an only go to this place to watch the bull riding when available. The bull riding only costs $2.00 per person. Don't buy their overpriced, nasty food and don't subject yourself to their very rude staff. read more

This place is amazing! We had such wonderful time eating with our family. The service was prompt and very caring. The food and drinks were amazing as well. We will definitely be back again. read more

Did i just get charged 4.10 for a 16oz Coors banquet beer in the bottle????? Thats what it said on my bill 1/24/15 Seriously hitching post??? No wonder everyone was drinking the bottom of the barrel buckets of mini bud lights. Please explain.... :) read more

A great night at the Hitching Post. Great food (fried Mushrooms, fried shrimp and naked chicken wings) and fantastic music with George Brunson on the electric guitar and fiddle. The people are really friendly and there is plenty of room on the dance floor. They even have micro rodeos at this establishment. This country bar was founded by two truck drivers from Pakistan (they did not drive before they came to America). This bar truly is the essence of the American dream. read more

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Not a fan. I have nothing against the folks who work there or the ambience. I can do better without going out to the middle of nowhere. It's a location issue. read more

One does not go to the Hitching Post for the food, they go for the atmosphere and the music. My grandparents live in Mesa over the winter months and they really like this place. Of all the places we visited, my grandfather could speak of nothing but how he needed to take us to The Hitching Post. The beers are fairly inexpensive for the area and there were some special pricing over the happy hour. The decor is western themed and cool and on Thursdays and Saturdays they have bull-riding out back. The free wifi was also appreciated. The Johnny Cash impersonator was very excellent although the music was a tad louder than desired. It was difficult to carry on a conversation with anyone farther than a few inches away. We went on a Friday and it was PACKED. You can make a reservation prior to 5pm and if you have a large group you will definitely want to do so! The pizza was honestly sub-par. The waitress got our order incorrect and then tried to correct it with a plain cheese pizza (and still charged us for the meat-loaded supreme price of the one we originally ordered). She volunteered to comp the price of the wrong order but did not follow through on that offer. The servers were in general very nice but were thoroughly overwhelmed. Be prepared to have to physically chase down a server for another round of drinks as they are too busy to stop by on a regular basis. Overall, the experience was fun but is not on my Must List for the Phoenix area. I hear there is a similar-themed place right around the corner with better food..... :) read more

Ray Scott, great Country Western singer was great entertainment at the Hitching Post and the food was great; great customer service. May sound silly but the women's restroom was really clean. All of this shows Moe cares about his establishment & cares about their customers. read more

Five of us in are party, had to sit outside because the bar was full. The best-broasted chicken and pizza. The service was great being so busy!! read more

My favorite bar in the state. Great staff, wonderful owners, and an even better band. They'll even play Free Bird if you ask them enough!

Love this place. We ride our horses and tie them up to the hitching post. Great food, with a lot of entertainment. Live bullriding on Thursday and Saturday nights. read more

The Hitching Post - Love the hitching post! My friends and i Ride our horses out there for lunch. Great place to go with wonderful food to eat. - Pizza Near Me - Apache Junction, Arizona