I've visited these folks twice and it's the perfect example of a Yelp A-OK 3 star place.
I sat at the bar both times and experienced a total of three bartenders. They were all A-OK and did nothing good or bad that would make them stand out.
I ordered a boli on one occasion and a burger on the other visit. Â With each item the value for the price and the quality and flavor were fine. Â Once again nothing special or nothing bad to make them stand out. Â It was just another sports bar meal.
The beer list includes about 30 taps. Â They are a mix of domestics, house beers, and common crafts. Â If you are a beer aficionado you would not go out of your way to come here but you would find a craft or two that were acceptable. Â Once again, A-OK.
If you're craving bar food and a beer and want to watch a game on approximately a zillion TVs, this place will get the job done.
Arooga's is a small pub chain with a sports bar theme, lots of TV's. The menu is huge, too big. Good selection of beer but all keg beer no cask beer. The menu was not always accurate. The top of page said all entrees come with two sides, but the dish I ordered was an exception. My main complaint was appetizer came at the same time as my main course. The waitress takes your order but someone from the kitchen was bringing the food so there is a communication break down I suppose. The menu says "natural cut fries" but this is misleading they are not fresh cut fries they tasted pretty bad. What does "natural cut " even mean, is there an un-natural cut of a potato????   My food was hot, tasty and portion size was good. Arooga's is good value for money . So I had some small niggling complaints with Arooga's  but I will give  a second chance to see if I just hit on a bad day, or management needs to be more on top of things.
Review Source:Wow I am so shocked to read some of these negative reviews. My family and myself have been to Aroogas several times and love it. Prices are great you get a ton of food for the money and even the drink prices are very fair. The only thing I can agree with is that the service can sometimes be a bit on the slow side but they are always very friendly.
Review Source:I read the reviews before going here- they were mediocre at best.... but if you are looking for a good sports bar with lots of tv's, a scratch kitchen, good brewery beer, Â and great service (and hot waitresses-at least hot for central PA) then this is a great spot. Â food was very good. nice central location . Â all in all, i was impressed. Â
Thanks for a good experience.
Stopped in a little while ago, on a Friday night I believe. And just wanted to get some appetizers and a few drinks with some friends. There were approx. 6 of us. The food is way overpriced, especially for being pretty mediocre. They have a huge menu, I just wish the food were better if I'm paying that much for it.
Also, our server was no where to be found for long lengths of time.. ended up having to go to the bar for refills. Waited around forever for our check. Turns out she was too busy flirting with some old man to take care of us. I'm sorry, I thought Arooga's was a restaurant... not a strip club...? Definitely not at the top of my list, and far from the best in Hanover.
If they keep going this way, the place won't last... and I won't be sad to see them go.
This place was really fun and really different from the other bars we went to in the area. I was waiting for my friend to get off work, so I went here and sat at the bar and watched football and read a book until he was done. The staff was very accommodating and friendly. They were very talkative and kind and understood my situation in terms of waiting for my friend since I was completely new to the area and simply visiting. I drank a pint of Guinness, a Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA, a Troegs Mad Elf, which was native to the Pennsylvania area, and a very large (not by request) cranberry vodka. Apparently the place gets very packed on weekends, so to the point that you can barely move, but when I was there on a Tuesday evening, it was very comfortable, yet still busy. I've heard from the people that are regulars there that the food is delicious and apparently every Tuesday is all-you-can-eat crab legs for $18 if you are into that sort of thing!
Review Source:How's the saying go? Â "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice..."
I went back. Â My brother and nephew stopped for a visit and I took them to dinner. Â They wanted to go to Arooga's. Â I didn't protest, but I wish I would have.
I ordered the chili cheese burger. Â It was disgusting.
There was only one plus. Â Our waitress was very friendly. Â I believe my brother asked her how the prime rib steak sandwich was and she said she was a vegetarian. Â I would be willing to bet that she was a meat and potatoes girl until she started working at Arooga's. Â One taste of their extremely sub-par meals has her believing she will never eat red meat again.
READ THE FILTERED REVIEWS!! Â READ MY FIRST TWO REVIEWS!! Â This place is a dump, with dumpy food. Â The service was good this time but usually that sucks almost as bad as the food.
GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!
Finally, a reason to travel to Hanover for a meal.
OK, the place is brand new, occupying what used to be one of those dreadful Damon's franchises, and it's got a few flaws. But, I think it's destined to become a welcome addition to the little burg of Hanover. That being said, Arooga's ain't for everybody. If you hate television, you'll hate this place. There are 60 or so TVs dangling from the ceiling. There's a TV at your booth. There are TVs situated a foot above the urinals. There are probably TVs in the women's bathroom stalls, too. And after scanning the main room, looking out over the sea of pixels, I got this great idea: why not open a Porn Bar? Think about it. Sixty monitors dangling above you, TVs at your booth and above the urinals all showing...
Sorry for getting off the track. Now that I really think about it, that's a terrible idea.
The waitstaff, what I saw of them, aren't the most adept servers, but what they lack in professionalism they more than make up for in friendliness and enthusiasm. All of the waiters and hostesses offer you a smile or a friendly greeting as they pass by. I credit this, at least partially, to a group of young Hanoverians who are just happy as clams to have jobs, but their positive demeanor towards the customers feels genuine, nonetheless.
There are a few typos in the menu at Arooga's, but that's to be expected since the thing spans 11 pages (actually, playing find-the-typos is a fun way to kill time while waiting for the food to arrive). That food list is so expansive not because of the styles of food offered. It's all pub grub, but the variations are stupefying. There are over 30 wing sauces, a dozen French fry creations, and 20 draught offerings (not a big deal in Baltimore, I guess, but pretty cool for this little speed trap between Frederick and York).
The food is quite good, but its presentation could use some tweaking. I ordered a General Tso Chicken & Rice wrap, which was a very tasty and imaginative use of hand-held technology. I also opted for the onion rings which turned out to be top notch especially after being dusted with some large-grain sea salt from a salt mill at the table. But the wrap and rings arrived at the table in a paper-lined basket. I know it sound petty, but the addition of a hard plastic plate with a little added color (like a piece of lettuce and a tomato slice) would have elicited a "Whoa!" from my lips when the meal was placed before me, instead of the "Hmmm" that came out.
I arrived there at 11:50 a.m. for lunch and was whisked immediately to a booth. But as I walked out at 1:15, the long front passageway was filled with about 30 people waiting for a table, with another 20 milling about outside. Sure, the eatery was less than two weeks old, so that throng could easily be explained away as curious locals checking out the new place with the funny sounding name. But, I seriously believe Arooga's will continue to thrive in Hanover long after the novelty has worn off.
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