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    The Trough Bar & Grill

    3.5 (83 reviews)
    ModerateBars, American
    Open 11:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    THE TROUGH BAR & GRILL ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    DJ
    Live music
    Divey

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    Deanna H.

    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.

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    5 months ago

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

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    1 year ago

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

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    10 months ago

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

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    1 year ago

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

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

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    2 years ago

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

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    2 years ago

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

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    3 years ago

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

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    3 years ago

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

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    2 years ago

    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%

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    2 years ago

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

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    3 years ago

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

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    3 years ago

    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...

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    4 years ago

    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.

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    I dont get to go as much now due to living chandler but when I can I do :) good food and cheap drinks.

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    Red White & Brew

    Red White & Brew

    4.3(1.2k reviews)
    4.8 mi
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    Red white and brew not only has fantastic food (with large portions) but outstanding service. We…read morevisit regularly because they make us feel like family - especially Natalie, who Is the bartender there. Natalie never forgets a special occasion and because of that our Saturday lunch crew celebrates each of the regulars birthdays. In a world where we don't always feel seen or welcome, it's rare to find someone like her who makes you feel important and special. And as I said they have great food! I've never had a soup there I didn't love and their breadsticks are to die for. Highly recommend you visit...and if you are in East Mesa - become a regular too.

    This was our GO TO place for the past 15 years. At some point the owner sold and since then things…read morehave slowly changed. Recently the restaurant has been remodeled. There used to be a few low tables in the bar that were very comfortable and now they have been replaced with Hi-Top tables. My feet dangle and fall asleep, the foot bar is very low and out of reach. My husband had the same problem and he is taller than me. The stools at the bar looked a little easier to reach. There are low tables in the dining room. We have returned three times since the remodel and just find both the atmosphere and the food are not what we were used to. Maybe it is just us. The food was just okay and the red velvet cake was very dry. The bread didn't have the garlic flavor that we love and it was pale and a bit undercooked. Hoping things will get better here as we used to enjoy this place.

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    4.6(65 reviews)
    5.5 mi
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    Raina was fantastic, food was delicious, and the cocktails were strong and tasty!…read more Excited to get back and try more of the menu (beef tips were outstanding) Thanks Raina!

    Reading all of the reviews here and maybe I just caught them on an off night, idk…read more.. First things first, it was hot in the restaurant, potentially the A/C was not working as well as it should have been or something, but it was not super comfortable. The service was good, I didn't get her name, a younger woman waited on me and she was very kind and did the best she could. The food came out super slow, I ordered empanadas to start, the waitress said they burned the first order (I appreciated that didn't just serve me overdone empanadas lol) once they finally arrived they were just unfortunately bland, and just kind of lacked authenticity. When she finally brought out my main dish, she even apologized for the wait and said "I had to go yell at them". For a main entree I ordered the French dip with onion rings, another reviewer mentioned they were the best they had had. The meat was kind of tough and dry (which is odd for a French Dip, and everything just lacked flavor. Even the au jus really had no kind of salt or much flavor to it. I really hoped after seeing how everyone else rated this place that I had found that little hole in the wall spot putting out killer food that we all long for, sadly this wasn't it.

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    The Vig - Blue Crab Cake

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    4.0(138 reviews)
    7.6 mi

    I have always loved the atmosphere and decor here. We are now regulars here and they have reached…read morethat stage of knowing our names, our habits, and most importantly, how to take care of their regulars. If you establish a presence here, they will take care of you. Consistency is another major selling point. Go here 10 times, and your food is going to be on point about 9.5 of those times. Those are pretty good odds. They have just recently started a soft launch of their fall/winter menu, which means they are experimenting with a few new dishes while bringing back some old favorites. One of those returning favorites is the crispy cauliflower. Last time around, it was fantastic. This time, while still tasty, it had apparently filed a formal complaint against the word **"crispy"** because there was very little evidence to support the claim. Even the bartender agreed with me that it was somewhat misrepresented. **Pro tip:** Get the sauce on the side. It will help preserve what level of crisp that is intended for this dish. Now, let us move on to the **star of the evening.** The new chicken parmigiana! **Holy mother of God. Butter my butt and call me a biscuit.** This may genuinely be one of the most beautiful, perfectly textured, and downright delicious chicken parmigianas I have ever had. The chicken was crisped to absolute perfection, and the way they layered the marinara on top was brilliant. Rather than drowning the chicken in a traditional, liquidy sauce, they used more of a bruschetta-style topping, which gave it texture while somehow allowing the breading to remain gloriously crispy. **Hands down, one of the best chicken parmigianas I have ever had.** Now we just need to pray to whatever culinary deity is responsible for consistency that they can replicate this thing every time, because this one was *ridiculously* good. One final recommendation: **split the dish.** Unless you are the kind of person who considers a family-size portion a light snack, there is plenty of food here for two.

    This was my first visit to this location. I ordered the Reuben special and it was great. I had a…read moreside salad, though I should have probably gotten French fries to be consistent with how I've eaten Reubens in the past. But, my wife had fries that I could steal and I appreciate having a salad option. The little side salad had a nice bitterness complemented by the slight sourness of the dressing. The meat was flavorful and sliced perfectly while the bread was toasty enough to stay together long enough to hold in all that juiciness. Our server was attentive and friendly and I'll happily go back to try some menu staples ... unless the next special demands my attention like that Reuben did.

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    The Hub Grill And Bar

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    3.8(119 reviews)
    3.2 mi
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    It was nice to find a good local spot…read more My husband ordered The Devil burger with Cajun chicken instead of beef, and it was packed with flavor. It comes topped with bacon, gunslinger mayo, pepper jack cheese, and jalapeños on a cheddar jalapeño bun--he said it had the perfect level of spice. He paired it with the Cajun garlic fries, which he couldn't stop raving about--they're seriously to die for. I went with the Caesar salad topped with Cajun chicken, and it was absolutely terrific--fresh, flavorful, and really satisfying. The atmosphere inside has a sports bar vibe, with plenty of TVs and a great selection of specialty drinks.

    Been a regular at this location for the past 3 years or so. Not sure if it's been a management…read morechange...but the last few months, this place has taken a total dive. I'd never had a bad meal prior to this, but food quality has TANKED... this evening our food took FOREVER, and when I finally came, mine was cold and the chicken was super dry, and my Wife's was super hot, and obviously just prepared. The staff and bartenders are always on point, but it's becoming more and more evident at the lack of competent management, and any minuscule form of quality control. It's been consistently getting bad...but tonight was hands down the worst restaurant experience we've had in over a decade. Please fire them all and start over. Competent Management and quality control are non-existent. It's a shame. We used to love this place. (Your staff is the only reason this is worded so nicely)

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    The Cheesecake Factory

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    3.4(721 reviews)
    3.8 mi
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    We always like to try new restaurants whenever we can, but this one falls under our go-to…read morerestaurants list... when I can't think of someplace new to try. Always good food, always good service, beautiful atmosphere, and a huge menu to pick from. FYI, It's always better to make reservations to avoid the long waits. The waits can't get pretty long.

    Oh man, oh man. This is not going to be the best review I've ever written, because I am genuinely…read moreupset. Since becoming vegetarian, I have still eaten at The Cheesecake Factory because I believed there were menu items I could safely enjoy. One of my absolute favorites has been the Sweet Corn Tamale Cakes. Unfortunately, I recently found out that the salsa verde served with it contains chicken stock. The green salsa is not vegetarian. The bigger issue is that apparently no one working there seemed to know this. We explicitly tell our servers that we are vegetarian, and yet the staff was not equipped to accurately answer basic ingredient questions. A manager had to check the ingredients and then admitted that he had learned something new himself. That is honestly unacceptable. I have eaten this dish multiple times under the assumption that it was vegetarian-friendly. Finding out after the fact that I had been eating chicken stock in the salsa is incredibly frustrating and upsetting. Dietary restrictions are not something restaurants should casually guess about, especially a chain as large and established as The Cheesecake Factory. This review is not about expecting every single item to be vegetarian. It is about staff training, menu knowledge, and transparency. If an item contains animal stock, servers and managers should know that, or there should be clear allergen/dietary information available so guests can make informed choices. You get one star for being disconnected from your own menu and for poorly training your staff on dietary restrictions. When guests clearly state that they are vegetarian, the restaurant should be able to handle that with accuracy, not guesswork.

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