Hate this place. Went this week after a two year hiatus because of crummy service and long waits for food. Sat in the bar with my wife. Server carded us. We didn't have our I.d.'s. Â server wouldn't let us sit in bar and we left. We are both 57 years old. What type of brain dead rule is that?
Review Source:Ive never had a good experience here and I've tried to like this place. They have good deals on wings,they play a lot of PPV fights that I like to watch, and I even had a cousin work in the kitchen a several years ago which kept me coming back. Despite these reasons I can't say Ive ever had a good experience here. The wait staff always forgets something, then never comes back so you cant even remind them. Every time I order a drink I never get a refill because they just never come back unless its to drop off the check. The wings are always the size of my thumb and taste like old turkey jerky, which I've been told is because they re-fry cooked wings that don't get served. The worst (and last) experience left me so angry I refused to give the waitress the MANDATORY 10% tip because she was so rude with no reason other than we were high school kids who just wanted split checks. This was a hard thing to do because I am a waiter and I almost always tip at least 30% unless someone outright offends me, which she did. With 3 or 4 other decent wing joints in Valpo you should just go to any other restaurant and have a perfect decent experience.
Review Source:I'm going to have to agree with nearly everyone that has previously posted a review. Valpo's BDubs is terrible. Aside from the horrible service, for some reason the cooks here ALWAYS over fry the chicken.
Every time I have eaten here and I mean EVERY TIME, the wings are dry and lacking sauce. I keep thinking that it'll change but it hasn't.
But I've found a solution! I looked at Portage's reviews for bdubs and they were pretty good. And in portage the restaurant is fairly new. So today I decided to drive a little further and take out from there. I was absolutely AMAZED on how much better it is in Portage. Before you're given your wings they show them to you to make sure that you like the appearance. And they weren't dry and had a perfect amount of sauce on them. Delicious!
So my $.02 - GO TO PORTAGE FOR BDUBS. Seriously.
I'm surprised with the negative reviews. I really like this place. I meet up with my friends here almost every time I'm in town. Parking is easy across the street, they have good specials, and everyone seems pretty nice that works there.
They always seem pretty busy so I'm guessing that the negative comments don't really reflect on the general opinion.
My favorite part about this place is how they've integrated themselves into Downtown Valpo. They fit in perfectly with the facade of downtown and I really appreciate that. The newer stores all seem to be really obnoxious in their design.
(The TVs could use some updating.)
Wow - not sure what's with the bad reviews. I go here every week for the past few years for wings and they are easily the best tasting wings around. I am pretty disappointed that the wings are no longer 25 cents on Tuesdays, they used to be the only place around that still had that, now they are 45 cents per wing. New management from what I can tell... It also seems like the wings are getting smaller every time I go. However they taste so damn good that I just don't care and it's still worth it to me.
I have had one bad experience with a server that just plain sucked...she took 15 minutes to bring our drinks as she stood and hit on the male behind the counter the whole time, oh wait she didn't even bring them...someone else did for her. She showed up one more time I think to attempt an apology, yet she didn't show up to bring our food or bring us some napkins. The manager ended up giving us the meal for free anyway, the food was fine and everything, but wow. He tried to blame her poor service on her being new and having ONE other large table. Now I have worked in the restaurant business and COMPLETELY ignoring the smaller table you have over the large one is just plain stupid, because it's so much easier! Needless to say she didn't receive a tip from me. My only rule for tipping is don't piss me off. Usually pretty easy to do. I'm not going to leave someone gratuity for outraging me. Needless to say, I have not seen her there since so am assuming she was quickly fired, or at least I hope so.
Anyway, the bad reviews here are completely off-base and the food here is actually pretty great, well the wings anyway. Of the perhaps 100 times I've been here the service has been good or outstanding with the one exception. Wings are usually cooked well and have a good amount of sauce on them too. I have gotten carry out as well and have found the same to be true.
Food, service, management... all a nightmare. Â I will admit that I really don't like wings joints in general, but this joint is bad even for a BW3. Â I was there on a Friday night once, and they had run out of wings and draft beer. Â Seriously. Â It's just a place where absolutely no one seems to know what they are doing.
Review Source:Yuck, yuck and more yuck. Â Unfortunately, us hicks here in Indiana (that's for you Odysseus) have pretty decent taste in food. Â Lots of us hicks are from big places, too. Â Bigger than Chicago. Â Like New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, so we know BAD food when we taste it. Â Dried out and fried out. A Hooters wannabe.
Review Source:Considering how sports bar "like" the place is, it really doesn't feel like one, even with the gigantic projection screens. Perhaps the TV's were more noticeable because we sat near the bar.
As for customers, the place was considerably empty, although it was a weekday afternoon and in Indiana (not that I have anything against Indiana). Of course it was mandatory we order Buffalo wings, hence the trip here. Our order came quick, but my friend's was a bit over done for their taste. On a positive note, our server did get a new order (no charge) to correct our dissatisfaction and that was nice.
Pros: Friendly Servers
Cons: Limited Menu, parking on some nights
Cost: $$ of 5
Overall Rating: 4 of 5
Recommendation: Recommended
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