O.M.G.!!!!!!! My son was dying for a chicken, cheese mushroom sandwich so I indulged him and stopped to pick one up and I am posting a photo of the lack luster sandwich he got for a whopping $17.00!!! Uncle Sams - really??? Get your stuff together, this is the worst sandwich I've ever been shafted over!!! read more

Uncle Sam's - See my reviews seriously Uncle Sams? $17.00 for this? Where's the cheese and mushrooms I got screwed paying for - not here! - Pizza Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

Best friend and I were shopping and as that's such a strenuous activity we worked up quite an appetite. She'd been talking about the wings at this place for a whole week since she first tried them so we decided to go so I could check it out too. The building doesn't look like much from the outside and it'd be easy to miss so make sure you're looking closely! It's a lot bigger on the inside than it looks from the outside which I was happy about because no one likes a cramped eating space. We were greeted and seated right away which is always nice and the hostess was friendly. Our server arrived quickly as well and was also pleasant. My friend decided on the Honey Hot boneless wings and I went with Medium, we also wanted to try out the pizza so we split a 10" Pepperoni. The food came out pretty fast which was good because we were hungry. The wings were a good size, perfectly crispy with the right amount of sauce and they had a great flavor. The pizza was delicious as well. We polished off the whole thing and I'm justifying it by telling myself it was small so it's okay. My only tiny little pet peeve (and this is going to make me sound like a diva...) is that the water tasted like unfiltered tap water. I hate to bring that up but Arizona water does have it's own special "flavor" and it just wasn't great. With the exception of that though I loved everything about this place and I will certainly be back soon. read more

I ordered through UberEats. I ordered a pizza, wings, and some drinks. The pizza was ok. The wings were greasy and Tabasco hot, I couldn't taste anything but hot sauce. They were not good. While in Phoenix this was not on our list to try again. read more

Not impressed with the service or the pizza. I was craving some wings and pizza and we were in the neighborhood. We have been here before because we loveee the wings and I thought we loved the pizza. So we order a small pizza, wings and an appetizer, which was fried zucchini. We let our waitress know, Aubrey was her name, that we wanted the appetizer first. 15 minutes roll around and no appetizer! Plus my husband was out of water and she hadn't come around. Finally a different waitress comes out with our order, minus the appetizer. I mention to her we haven't received it and our waitress shows up just in time to hear this and basically scolds the other waitress helping out, like it was her fault that we didn't get our appetizer. So we ask for a refill as she leaves, no problem, or at least we thought, 5 minutes into eating their suicide wings (which are by far the hottest hot wings I have ever tasted) my husband is really in need of that water. Finally I see her come around but with no water, she almost makes it to the table when I see that she realizes the same thing and she does a complete 180, and a few minutes later...daa daa!!! Water!!! Other than the service completely lacking, and the pizza pretty blah, I enjoyed the wings and zucchini. Unfortunately it did kinda ruin that satisfaction I was going for since after all I was really craving something more than what I got. read more

Uncle Sam's - Less than mediocre pizza, just my opinion. - Pizza Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

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The only reason I'm not giving Uncle Sam's 5 stars is: the salads are meh and it's a bit pricey in my opinion. On the other hand, the pizza is really, really good. In my top 5 pizzas ever. But what I crave the most from here are the Mushroom pepper cheese steaks. This is comfort food at it's greasiest and finest. I order it with peppers and banana peppers and it's fantastic. Great wings, too. I order them with extra medium sauce. I've had other items here, but basically, if you want the best of the best, stick with the pizza, cheese steaks, and wings. read more

Uncle Sam's used to be real good but now I think they're going down the drain it's because of the waitress. First of the waitress that served us was not even writing our order. I ordered for crispy fries with my grinder and Philly cheese steak grinder. I watched this lady get our drinks first then before she gives our order to the cook she got interrupted by somebody. I just knew since she didn't write down my order that she'll screwed it all up. Of course the cook will only do what he was told by the waitress. The cook can forget how I want my sandwich since there was no ticket. I want to know if this is something new that waitress don't have to write the customers order anymore. When I order my food I want mayo and ranch dressing on the sides, crispy fries, no lettuce. I just think that they still need to write the orders so the cook knows exactly what we want on our sandwiches. read more

Top 5 worst dining experiences! Food was horrible! Undercooked, cheap bar food that they are charging $12 for. Service was worse than the food! The waitress had the worst attitude and we waited over an hour for our food. Never coming back again. Disgusting!!! read more

i love love love this place! TOP REASONS WHY I LOVE THIS PLACE: -The americana theme -Best happy hour in the valley - service is outstanding :) I had a philly yummmyyy (: its not a fancy place but it is a place you will be coming back to every week! WAY TO GOO UNCLE SAM'S, ITS MORE LIKE I WANT UNCLE SAM'S IN MY HOME KITCHEN !!! read more

Im giving it a 1 star for the simple fact I ordered for pick up and this is the 3rd time I have gone in to pick up my order and discovered once again that half of the cooks were not wearing masks. My thought was is it safe to be in here, to eat the food why are they not wearing masks and gloves and and why isn't it being enforced. The 1st two times the person who was handling my cooked pizza was not wearing gloves or a mask while cutting the slices and placing it in the box. On this last pick up I counted 4 people not wearing masks let alone gloves. One of the servers was not wearing a mask at all and clearly evident she didn't even have one on her she went back and forth to the side counter and the server room and a bit in the kitchen part. The manager or owner came walking in along with a female who was wearing a mask as she entered and he was not. He pulled up his mask as he was passing me and had that deer caught in the headlights look casue he knew better. He and the lady who was with him proceeded to head behind the counter and could clearly see people not wearing masks and gloves and didn't say anything to them about it. All I could think was thank goodness I'm wearing my mask. We are in a pandemic and if you value your life dont go there. They do not comply completely with the mask ordinance let alone heath codes for wearing gloves. Apparently the owner and manager don't really care. Its sad casue I do like their pizza and food items. read more

The food in this place was absolutely disgusting. I've literally never had such bad food in a restaurant. Calzon=trash, Steak sandwich=trash, Kids chicken fingers=trash. BBQ sauce tasted like crap. Don't waste your money.... read more

Would recommend this place to anyone that visits Phoenix. Firecracker tors are amazing and crust is good. Inside has an old school pizzaria vibe to it read more

I live in the neighborhood and eat at Uncle Sam's a couple of times a month. The food that I order, hoagies, grinders,and cheesesteaks easily get five stars. Here they are : *****. What takes them down two stars is the service. The waitstaff are by and large young and inexperienced, but not bad. What I'm pissed off about is that the management that seems to have no problem berating and belittling the servers and hosts in front of customers. I've complained, but the management seem to all be related to each other. Chicken wings are good, not great. The have decent salads and a big selection of beers. Uncle Sam's runs great specials, too. I don't love the pizza sauce, so I never get a pizza, stromboli, nor calzones. Other folks that I know seem love these items, so it must just be me. Try it out. read more

Uncle Sam's is getting four stars from me specifically for its happy hour. Everything here is at least as good as you'd expect from a divey pizza joint staffed by chicks in short skirts. Not my thing, but they were nice enough and I hadn't noticed until one of the guys I was there with commented. Our group was a little rowdy that night, but this is a great place for shenanigans. The pizza? Thin crust with that low moisture mozzarella that re-melts after they cut it. You know, the kind you have to be careful with, because all the cheese will slide off your slice if you don't cut it again? In other words, delicious and exactly right for this type of place. The sides? Fried food, wings, huge sandwiches. The (reverse) happy hour prices are what makes this place amazing. $3 pitchers of beer, smaller portions of hoagies, rings, fried mushrooms, wings, a 7" cheese pizza, all under $4 each! This may be the most awesome place in town for a weekend late night snack. read more

What a great restaurant! The food is super good! I ordered a mushroom cheese steak and an order of fries. I would say it took the perfect amount of time to make it to my table. Not to quick that I know it was not fresh and not too slow that I had to figure out where my food was. I'm pretty sure they don't make the rolls in house but I'm guessing they are made fresh daily. My bread was still moist when it got to me. The steak was sooooo great too! It was cooked perfectly, made right, and chopped up into tiny bits. The fries were also made fresh! The happy hour deals are something to write home about as well! Great place! I'll be back for sure! read more

Honestly I would give it less if I could. In town for a vacation and we were staying in the area near here and this place kept popping up on recommendations to eat. Ate here our first night in town and was definitely not worth the time. Server seemed less than thrilled to serve us but was happy to serve everyone around us. Never told us her name or introduced herself. Ordered our food and it was bland and was not impressed with flavor. I did ask for a side of mayo and never received it but when other people were asking for sides or extras around us she had no issues in getting things to them quickly. She never once checked to see how things were or if we needed refills. As a tourist maybe not the place to go cause it seems like they only care about their regular customers. read more

Amazing...even bought the tshirt. I live in Nashville now but remember this place from a kid. Their turkey and cheese hoagie is my favorite but the rest of my family gets the special. The service has always been great and my cup never runs dry. We've been here 4 days in a row so far and will probably be here everyday this week! read more

Uncle Sam's - Bought a whole hoagie and ate the other half for dinner at home. - Pizza Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

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2ND UPDATE - MARCH 2018: WHY does my wife keep ordering from this place? Two nights ago they screwed up once again. Wings and fries is our go-to order. We always order the fries "extra crispy" because they are really great that way. When they're not crispy, they are average at best. It is always a 50-50 bet whether anybody actually makes them extra crispy when we ask for it. I was there to pick up our order... my brain said, "check the fries to see if they were made crispy". My patience said, "no, don't: you're tired, you're not going to want to wait around for them to do it right." Sure enough, I got home and the fries were not done extra crispy. UNCLE SAM'S, THE CRISPY FRIES IS WHAT KEEPS US COMING BACK AND LITERALLY HALF THE TIME YOUR PEOPLE SCREW IT UP. Then there's the wings. Two orders of wings, BBQ and Mild flavors. Both undercooked. The "Mild" wings, you could have fed them to a baby. No kick whatsoever. That reminds me, the wings are wildly inconsistent. Sometimes they are wet; sometimes they are dry. Sometimes the wings are plump and meaty. Sometimes they are neither. Even the celery and carrot slices that nobody ever eats, they were limp and inedible. I've laid down the law: WE ARE DONE DONE DONE WITH UNCLE SAM'S. I will gladly drive the extra distance to Oregano's: their wings are much better and they are consistently good. Also, I feel better about patronizing a business that doesn't treat its employees like crap, like the owner of this place does. UPDATE 2-March 2016: Downgraded from 3 to 2 stars. The service is even worse than usual. To-go orders regularly screwed up. The food is so-so. The pizza is good but it's greasy and hilariously overpriced. We would always order wings and the quality varies greatly. About 1/4 to 1/3 of the time they are plump. The rest of the time they are scrawny. Yet more evidence of the owner cutting corners. Sometimes they come out drenched in sauce; sometimes they are dry with barely any sauce. The wings at Oregano's are so, so much better. Phoenix PD and DPS used to be seen here all the time, now you will never see them here, ever. Must be something to do with the owner's well-publicized bust for using illegal labor. Everyone I talk to has noticed the drop-off in parking lot traffic; it's seldom as crowded as it used to be. The owner is also not someone who should be supported by the neighborhood, as he has chosen to put some really sleazy businesses in the nasty strip mall he owns behind the restaurant. We kicked our Uncle Sam's habit (it used to be our go-to place when we didn't want to cook) and haven't looked back. Go down to Tatum and Shea and try Corleone's for pizza and subs. Better food, better prices. ======================= UPDATE: Uncle Sam's seems to have their act together again. Unfortunate that the owner chooses to make this neighborhood seedy by leasing space to a pawn shop and a head shop. I've observed him or his kid driving like an arrogant jerk, too. If my business' name was plastered all over my car, I'd be sure to be a courteous driver. ======================= Newly re-opened after Sheriff Joe's raid, the 32nd St. Uncle Sam's is still trying to get its act together. Been here twice since the re-opening. Food service is rather slow. Both times the waitress did not pay enough attention to our table. On the second visit, our waitress was obsessed with cleaning and straightening the empty tables and practically ignored us once the food was delivered. She also forgot our drink order, we sat for 10 minutes until getting our beverages. The wings come out VERY dry. We will remember to ask for them wet next time, this never used to be a problem. I would advise you to wait until next month (it's August 2013 right now) until the staff and kitchen is back in its old groove. This leads me into another topic, what bothers me more than these failures is the owner's very obvious tightfistedness. Use a coupon from the mailer? It better total at least $25.00 to the penny or you won't get your $5 off. Even if you mention at the start that you have the "$25/$5 off with two drinks" coupon, the waitresses will not tell you if you hit the $25 when you make your order unless you ask them to, and I don't trust them to do the math anyway. What's worse, none of the staff nor the manager has the latitude to honor the coupon if you fall a little short. One time we were denied use of the coupon because our order had totaled $24.95. A FREAKING NICKEL SHORT. We talked to the manager and it was very apparent it was not his call to make and that he would have gotten in trouble for cutting us a break. On our first visit to the re-opened Uncle Sam's, the service was so painfully slow they should have - any good restaurant would have - comped us something. The drinks, the fries, something. Nope. That will never happen here. Uncle Sam's we like your food but we're getting a little tired of making excuses for your shortcomings. read more

Ordered a white pizza, 2 inches of dough with Mozzarella and EVOO - not very good. When have you ever got a White pizza without Ricotta? We could hear the cursing from the employees from our table, not cool. Service was great, she kept apologizing for the circus atmosphere of the employees in the kitchen. They deserve one star, I gave the 2 because of the waitress. read more

I went to high school right down the street from Uncle Sams and it always has, and always will, serve excellent cheese steaks and pizzas. This is another restaurant that I try to visit on every trip to the Phoenix metro area, and in my mind is one of the staple restaurants in the valley. The food is inexpensive and is always hot and delicious. The service is superbly provided by cute chicas in short mini skirts, but alas is NOT trashy like that other restaurant, Hooters. read more

I love Uncle Sam's! I graduated from Shadow Mountain High School in 2004 so all through high school after all the sports games we would go. My family has been going here for decades and still order take out often. I think the food is consistent and delicious. This place has something for everyone. It's not the healthiest but it's good. Perfectly greased and cooked each time. I have to get a side of fries every time THEY'RE CRINKLE CUT!!!!! I'm happy they added boneless wings to the menu (honey hot of course!!). Pizza is yummy but the grinders and sandwiches and cheesesteaks are where it's at. Anyway, I love Uncle Sam's and my family does too. read more

Love this place. I eat the cold sandwiches, hot sandwiches and pizza when I go. I have enjoyed every meal, every time, always fresh ingredients prepared well. The staff is very friendly and I really like the ambiance, the prices are fair as well. I wish it were closer, it's an hour and a half drive round trip each time we go, but well worth the trip. I have taken many friends and business associates to Uncle Sam's and will continue to in the future. I highly recommend you check this place out. Ps. I left my sunglasses there a few weeks ago on a Saturday. They used my credit card receipt to get my name and labeled them with my name. I called the next day, to confirm they had them, 2 weeks later, when I finally went by, they had them waiting for me.... Really cool! read more

Grew up going to US, since 1980....loved it...recently (past 5 years), food hasn't been so good and service started to stink. The past 3 times we have gone as a fam, the food STUNK and the service was even worst. I'm truly bummin about how bad it has gotten over there. They even had my Pop Warner team's pic on the wall from the early 80's. I hope they get new ownership or some major changes happen ASAP. Won't be around much longer with how things are going. SAD. read more

If I could give zero stars I would. I attempted to order a bakers dozen wings, ten medium and three simply left with no sauce. I was REFUSED. Seriously? I'm not asking for two different sauces, I simply want my toddler to be able to enjoy a few without having to order well over what the both of us would eat. Why can't you just set a few to the side? Shame on you guys for calling yourselves a family restaurant. UPDATED: You'll notice that the manager himself called me belligerent when he admits in his statement that he neither spoke with me nor even heard my half of the conversation. Belligerent over wings? No. I simply questioned the legitimacy of the denial and said that I'd rather eat elsewhere. Furthermore, unlike your ridiculous comparisons, what I asked of you would have taken absolutely no extra time and money from your business. read more

Been coming here, for 20 years and never had bad food. The service is decent. I have found many places that sell cheese steak sandwiches but for the best good old fashioned cheese steak hogtie, US can't be topped. read more

I've been coming here for almost 20 years. I stopped after the first visit, as the place was so smokey. It took me another 5 years before I revisited, and luckily they had become nonsmoking by then. Good decent food. Great Philly steak sandwiches. The Stromboli is also very nice. Sometimes a wait, maybe 10 minutes at worst. Always cute women servers, but service sometimes spotty. I hate that I ask for a minute or two to look at the menu, and then have to wait 10 minutes to order. I wouldn't care if they got rid of female only servers, as long as they were attentive. They usually have a good weekly special for $8 or so, with drink. Lots of sports on, if that's your thing. read more

The pictures here (Yelp) don't show the newer Shea location in Scottsdale. Looks like central Phoenix to me. Dined here last night while watching the Spurs wreck the Suns :( Chicken wings are great, the hoagies are amazing, prices are very reasonable, the service is decent. A great casual place to chow and watch a game. read more

Five stars for their new happy hour menu, which they call their "economic stimulus package." 4:00-6:00pm and 9:00pm-close: Domestic drafts are 75 cents. Pitchers? $2.99. Small pitchers are somewhere in between. I'm really, really easy to please. read more

Not sure what all the positive reviews are for, I went here the other day and was not the least bit impressed. I heard good things about their cheesesteaks, and since I have never had a cheesesteak before I thought I'd try them out. There wasn't much meat in the sandwich, and it lacked cheese. I told them no onions and yet onions were still sprinkled throughout the sandwich. Even their salad was terrible, the ranch was runny and it didn't even have any croutons on it. The prices were kind of high and the place was extremely dirty. Will never go back again. read more

I love this place. The pizzas, cheesesteaks, honey hot wings, and not to mention the excellent happy hour specials. My g/f dips her pizza in the honey hot wing sauce and boom game over its the bomb. Im almost here weekly if not bi-weekly to eat and have a drink. Cant go wrong with this place and it being 1/4 miles away from my home its a bonus. This place would get a 5th star if it werent for how quiet this place can be which puts out a very uncomfortable vibe. I have been booted from this place twice during happy hour for being too loud and or cursing. They have a jukebox but nobody uses it and they usually dont play the audio from the TV's. When theres no music/tv audio on the place is a ghost town because everybody dining doesnt want to talk too loud to disrupt the silence. read more

One of the better cheese steaks in town. Always busy. Pizza is good too! Expect to wait a bit but it's worth it. Large cheese steak is about $24, no bargain but the taste is excellent. read more

Went in for lunch got some Hot wings, I ordered Togo and thought wings take forever so I'll wait and sat quietly I swear it was 6-7 min my food was done bagged up ready to go the first thing that came to mind was that was fast so I was already like there probably not going to be good.... I was soooo wrong hot crisp sloppy wings just the way I like it and it was so fast!!! I definitely will be coming back cause the Wings were Amazing! Thank you read more

Great selection of all American food. Grinders, fried favorites, salads, ice cream, etc!

I enjoy uncle sams, I was born and raised in the area and have been eating here since I started eating solid food. It's not the greatest food but the wings are pretty good. When you order togo it's hit or miss. Sometimes your food is perfect, and sometimes you get 12 drums and 1 wing with an order of wings. All in all its easy, ok price, and quick. read more

Uncle Sam's - Togo order of wings, had 12 drums and 1 wing. I was kinda disappointed. - Pizza Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

Uncle Sam's is my favorite local eatery. My little one loves the pizza and fries and I am a fan of the Philly cheese steak which is by far the best in town (I have been to South Street in Philly several times and can compare!) The wings and hoagies are also great. The only reason I gave it a four star and not a five is the salads are overpriced. read more

Went back toUncle Sam's a couple of times for the cheese steak sandwiches. Truth is that they still have the best cheese steak sandwich in Arizona. I have spoken with friends in northern Arizona and they know about Uncle Sam's cheese steak sandwich. New competition in the neighborhood with Zipps. Better get some good specials for football season. Bring in the ASU Saturday people. read more

I used to go to Uncle Sam's all the time back in the day! The location on Shea and 32nd is by far the best! I went again last week and sure enough, it did not disappoint! I always get the regular cheese steak sandwich, and sure enough, it was just as good as I remembered! Enjoy!! read more

Bro in Law takes me and the fam to a new place.. and I'm in love. Everyone at the table was very happy with their orders. Wings were good Philly was good Pizza was good Frys were good Hoagie was good Now on to the Great! We happened to catch the happy hour and had some cheap beers! $2.99 each....... Each Pitcher!!!!!!!! GREAT! MEATBALL GRINDER~ GREAT! I can't wait to get back to Uncle Sams! read more

Great service, great food. Their SS Special pizza is one of our favorites. We always substitute Capicola for bacon and that combination is much better IMHO. Their patio is dog friendly but the smokers were a little annoying. A proprietor should not permit smoking within 20 feet of the establishment's entrances, open windows, or ventilation systems, as defined in the rules by R9-2-102. The purpose of the 20 foot rule is to prevent smoke from entering into areas where smoking is prohibited. read more

I was definitely disappointed. I grew up going to Uncle Sam's and came home excited to go! Definitely over priced for the quality of food.

I had Pizza and wings at Uncle Sam's today and as usual it was really good. The wings are ALWAYS tasty and the pizza is the best in the Valley in my opinion. Service is typically great. Quick and always coming back for drink refills etc. Good for watching sports but not a sports bar. I like that. The only reason this place doesn't get a full five stars is the parking at the 32nd Street and Shea location is always dicey. Way too small and I'm always wondering if I'm going to back into someone, or if I'm going to be able to get out of my car! Once inside though everything is great at this neighborhood classic. (A little trivia... this was originally a "Pizza Inn" restaurant that was built in the mid to early 70's around Phoenix. There was one in my neighborhood at 7th Street and Thunderbird. Good times eating there back in grade school!) read more