Came here to see my friend Todd Pechtl perform & grab some eats. Went with the beef tacos. Perfect choice as I love tacos. Very good food & the service was superb! The ambiance is friendly & inviting yet a little dim due to the dark walls & interior. There is a dance floor for gettin' your boogie on & a stage for live music. There is also an outdoor eating area out front for your dining pleasure when the weather is right. read more

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Literally the worst bar in history nasty cocktails made me suffocate she put and lined an ink receipt in my rum...

Just s solid go to bar. Foods nothing special, but it's well priced and good. The drinks are always good. Generally a low key local crowd and occasional live music which is always nice. read more

Great place to escape the heat & play some pool. Waitresses & regulars are friendly, even to "outsiders". Definitely one of my favorite dive bars in AJ. read more

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Casual but spacious watering hole. Great for a meet up with small and large groups of friends. Lots of Hugh tops. Friendly service.

Awesome food, drinks, and entertainment...and the staff are AMAZZZZING! 5 pool tables,16 big screen t.v.'s, live entertainment 5 nights a week and D.J. on the weekends!! read more

Almost gave it 4 stars, but you can't judge a bar by its patrons. This is a nice dive. Great air conditioning. D [dee?] behind the bar is very attentive, fast, and friendly. The French dip was pretty fucken good, although it's a tough sandwich to fuck up lol. The Cole slaw isn't anything to write home about, and it was a tiny portion. So I'll get the fries next time. But the prices here are absolutely bananas. Idk how this place makes money when they're selling me beers for 2.75. I'll be damn back for sure. read more

Love this place, the live music is excellent. The server we got was named Kat and she was fantastic! Definitely coming back.

Amazing service & the pizza is great. The outside patio is fun & great views. The construction on Apache sucks, but it is temporary.

Have not been back here in forever the place looks really good they've done good things to it the staff has a better attitude. Keep up the good work read more

We love our waitress, Shelly. She is great with customers! Personable, outgoing, obviously wants to keep customers happy and coming back!

The food is always gross, idk why I keep giving it a chance. Pizza was super doughy and I asked if I could get a refund and all that was offered was throwing it back into the oven. My friend and I already messed up the pizza at that point and throwing back into the oven seemed pretty unsanitary. Other than that, pretty nice pool tables and alright company. kinda the grimy type of people lmfao. But I am just super pissed about the food and wasn't satisfied with the customer service. read more

Great food and drinks that wont break the bank. Excellent service. Saturday nights they have killer karaoke with the best sound and singers in town. read more

A great place to dance eat and make new friends ! The service and entertainment is the best !

We were in town to visit family. Stopped in for a couple of cocktails. haha! Apparently they don't get many people coming in for "bougie" drinks but they kicked it up to accommodate our martini and tequila grapefruit. Hilarious! Service was awesome, and as I said, we all giggled about our drink requests. Looks like a fun place for locals to hang for beer and camaraderie. read more

Terrible location for drinks or food. The whole left side of the place is dark. The entire place has a sad vibe

I would not have ate there because it looks very dirty and dated. I expected Jon Taffer to come crashing in at any minute. The bathrooms are a hot mess and the bar is like 70's dark and so dated. A funky odor was the cherry on top. read more

my husband & I had dinner & drinks. staff was great. Manager came by ( Kasen ) asked us how everything was, we told him everything was great he told us about up coming events. We will definitely come back . read more

Very lively bar and the staff is super friendly. Within 10 minutes of being here, there was a girl on girl fight that excited the whole bar. We had a wonderful time with the environment and the unexpected show. And you can buy beer by the bucket which is a neat feature. Will definitely return here again. read more

The service was horrible! It took over 30 minutes to get a drink. The food took forever and the food was mediocre, at best. Will not be coming back here, ever! read more

The food is great but have encountered terrible service the 3 times we have been there. Tonight we had to wait a long time for our drinks. Had to ask another waitress if she could send our server over. After some time she came with our drinks. Our food came which was their Friday fish special which was great. She asked if we wanted another drink. I said I needed a glass of water and my husband ordered a different beer. When she brought his beer and said anything else and I said yes my water please. She said she would be right back with it. She never came back with it and I had nothing to wash down my food with. I finally went to the bar and got my own glass of water. By now my food was cold and I lost my appetite as who wants to eat cold food? She didn't come back and it was 15 minutes later since I got my own water and she comes over finally with my water and I told her no thanks she took so long I had to get my own. No I am sorry so we asked for the bill and a carry out for my unfinished meal. She did take a little off the bill and only said she wasn't in her game. They have wonderful food but 3 strikes and you are out! She also brought the wrong beer for my husband's 2nd drink. read more

I love and appreciate this establishment. This is the place to be for beer, pool & entertainment. This place is like some of my favorite bars in Texas. The bartender is no nonsense, The servers work their faces off and the patio is incredibly inviting. read more

The male bartender (working tonight, Friday night), I think in his 20s- early 30s totally sucks!! He never offered food menu and I was there for about an hour and a half and only had two beers. I decided screw it, he isn't worth getting paid my money. read more

Kylea best waitress ever Turkey salad on toasted rye OMG fabulous and drinks were great as always

I have not been to this bar since it was called Spirits . I'm from chandler so this was quite the drive but we were meeting up with some friends to have a few beers and dance / play pool. We arrived at 8pm -/ there were only about 15 people in the entire place . We ordered nachos and they were soooo good! Like seriously the best nachos I think I have ever had ! We played pool for about an hour and the dj arrived and stared playing music around 9. He started with slow music - which was boring and then finally around 9:30 he started playing actual music to dance to. We had a blast! We left around 10:30-11 --- the waitresses kind of acted like they hated their jobs .. one gal especially walked around like irritated to be there ... we just ordered our food from the bar! Super fun- a variety of people too! read more

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Food is reliably good. People are very nice. Still has a Smokey smell and tends to be a bit dark. I would recommend.

Charged my card 60$ for 4 shots (during happy hr) and nachos. Bill wasn't close to that and i gave a cash tip over 100%

Service was outstanding, Kimmie the bartender was very quick and spot on with the drinks. Great drink prices and the atmosphere was awesome. We will definitely have to go back. Very large bar with great potential for bands and events. read more

Came here for the cheap beer and pool tables.. definitely a dove bar ambiance going on.. the service the gentleman behind the bar was so welcoming. Didn't try the food only bottle beer and played few games of pool. read more

It's a drive bar and I'm charged 10 for Jack and coke... over priced.. Great servers but bs prices

Before you even start to read any reviews or consider if this place is for you, back up and read the NAME of this bar. The owners could not make it any more clear, it is named The Trough. Now go look up what that word means, oh don't bother, I'll do it for you ... a "trough" is a container that is used to feed pigs, horses and cows. If you just put on your finest Sunday-go-to-meetin' duds and are expecting white linen table clothes, crystal candelabras, and Michael Buble at the piano bar (as some reviewers obviously did), you're going to be freaked and do nothing but moan about "how dirty this place is". DUDE (or dudette) this is a freakin' COWBOY/BIKER BAR! Just ignore the whimpers about it being dirty, bars are dirty, end of story. The only other major complaint I've seen is that some people say the average customer age is "too young" while others complain that it's"too old", obviously shooting down any credibility for that broad assumption. The reality is it's a mix of both young and old, mostly local folk just whoopin' it up having a good time. They play BOTH types of music (country and western) with a sudden Slayer, Metallica or Megadeath mixed in to keep the drunks awake. They play the music LOUD, so much so that sitting outdoors at the far end of the patio my drink kept sloshing out of my glass. The wait service is perfectly named ... you wait, and wait, and wait ... they are very short staffed, but our waitress Kasey was cool and friendly but we did have to go hunt her down at times. Okay, now for the food - we went for Friday Fish Fry. Where I come from angry mobs have been known to gather with pitchforks and torches at any bar that doesn't make an awesome fish fry. The Trough passes the test. The fish is cooked properly and the pieces are thick and meaty, the fries are basic but not soggy and the coleslaw is several notches above average. And it's CHEAP, dirt cheap! So put on your skin-tight Wranglers and rhinestone tee-shirts (the ladies should also wear something appropriate) and come on down to party with the cowboys, the bad reviews simply missed the point of what it's like to eat and drink at a trough. read more

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We always love coming into the Trough for their Taco Thursday and they have Thirty Thursdays now and happy hour all day! Cheryl was great and always a please to see. They're having an awesome Mother's Day breakfast with bottomless mimosas! Great place, prices and company! read more

Love the food .the service was fast a nice friendly bar and they also have an outside patio.

Rob could serve more customers faster and with a better memory than the two newbs combined. Also, $4 for a glass of iced tea? Come on...

I actually love a dive bar and have only had great experiences here. While I will be honest and say the only carb that has ever gone in me from from The Trough was served to me in a glass, I bet their food is good too. This place is awesome, servers are friendly and I love their little patio too! read more

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Great fun bar... we went dancing many times when Ron E Cash performed. Sounded just like Johnny Cash . The bar was reasonable , waitress's nice! read more

The food is good as is the service. It's a big place on the inside. Kind of dive bar feel. I'll keep going.

I walked into a bar that was a quarter full. I sat down at the bar. I continue to sit for about 10 minutes after being totally ignored by a blonde bartender who seemed to be more interested in anything else than saying hello to me, I left after being ignored long enough. read more

This bar is really big. Has several pool tables and plenty of seating. At the hour we were there, the crowd was 95% under 30 years old. Music was mostly heavy metal and extremely loud. The bartender was attentive, but not real personable. If older, I would suggest going earlier in the day if you want to dine and have an enjoyable time. read more

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Loved this place!! Food is good... atmosphere 5 stars!! Live entertainment on a Monday evening!! Pool tables, draft beers- Not much of a "bar goer" myself but I would definitely come back!! Has super great time for a spontaneous stop.. I LOVED the club sandwich- fries were awesome - Au jus fabulous!! read more