Our main purpose to visit this place was to check out the ale Mecca touting over 70 types of beer. When told that the night's special was PBR, we wondered if we took a wrong turn and ended on a different planet. Â We later learned from the waitress that their ale collection is at the Roselle location instead.
After having pored through menu, they appear to have a few craft beers worth staying for. The other reason is our server. She 'accentuates' the outfit but I can't say the same for the others who look like Tilted Kilt seconds.
As for the food, Saturday was 'build a burger' night. Â The burgers were pretty good with unlimited toppings at an awesome price. Overall, great visit...thanks in part to the 'eye-friendly' blonde server. ;-). Â Next stop, the Roselle location!
Overall an enjoyable dining experience. First the positive - immediately greeted and seated. Payton was a pleasant and knowedgeable waitress. A variety of food and daily specials. The boneless wings were great and a big hit with the variety of flavors. Â The BDA Burger, and Memphis Burger were both cooked to perfection and delicious. Reasonably priced. Â Now the negatives - The Menu's, salt, pepper, ketchup, were all horribly dirty, greasy, sticky. That is why they only get 3 stars, otherwise it would have been four. The French Dip, a new item, was too dry and too much grissle, yuck. Â The Burger Bits were overcooked and tasted more like charcoal than burger. Â The music was a bit irritating with the head banger type music but not too loud (Hold of Loosely, Ballroom Blitz, good songs but not what I want to eat to). Â The menus really need to be cleaned. Â Hubby and kids enjoyed it more than I did. The boneless wing special was the best part, and the friendly personality of the waitress.
Review Source:This is a great place to go with friends. Its a bar restaurant, seems to keep a younger crowd on the weekends. Has pool tables and a few games. They have a nice fenced in patio area as well. Food here is awesome. The burgers are some of the best I can find in the area. They have good specials every night of the week. Tons of Tvs with all the games on. Service here is almost always good but they do seem to get a lot of new staff in and out of here so sometimes the waitress' can be a little off their game. All in all I really like this place.
Review Source:Wasted times. This place is bad for the young soul. This is a really depressing bar.
Service:
I have been here twice and have been disappointed twice. Waitresses here seem to not give a damn about doing a good job. I been here on a moderately busy day and didn't get my order until about an hour and a half later. It was All You Can Eat Wings Day.... My final time, service was still bad and our order took close to an hour to come out. How much time does it take to cook up 10 wings? You shouldn't have to walk up to someone else to get refills on drinks either. Friendliness is lacking from the waitresses as well. You are supposed to be having a good time at a bar! Not getting frustrated over serving yourself.
Food:
Probably the least exciting food I have had in awhile. Fries were lukewarm and not very flavorful even with Ketchup. And the All You Can Eat Wings might as well be All You Can Eat Bland. Every sauce I tried from their limited selection was very lackluster. It always ended up just tasting like the blandness of the chicken meat. At least the food didn't make me sick. I don't want to bother with trying other options considering the service.
Atmosphere:
Not my sort of crowd. Literally all the creepers and dropouts from my High School go here. As biased as that sounds, I am not even the least bit exaggerating. Place feels devoid of the typical sports fans or young people. You go here if you were part of the awkward social outcasts or you're over 40 in the lonely suburbs. This isn't Bulldogs fault by any means, but be warned. I highly doubt you will find your one true lover or best friend here. Unless you are the type who excessively swears and talks about sticking it to the man as a hobby.
This place depresses me and felt like it sucked away a bit of my youth. The food, the crowd, and the service all tell me never to return.
I was pleasantly surprised with this place. Went with a group of 4 of us, and our baby on a Sunday afternoon. There were a good amount of people there. Our waitress was very attentive and sweet. Two in our party had the boneless wings, and thought they were very good. One had the burger and also gave it high regards. I had a chicken wrap and really enjoyed it. They had a bloody Mary special for $5 on Sunday, which was tasty. My only complaint was that the bloody Mary should have a pickle spear, instead of a pickle slice. Always a spear, people! But, I digress....
Overall, good food, good service, clean and great prices too. We will definitely be back!
Overall, disappointing to the point of recommending that potential new patrons 'just say no'. Â I suppose its a decent place to catch a game if you find a drink special you like, the hamburgers are decent, but everything else our party of seven had was so-so, the beers were expensive and the service...OK at best. Â Where the place really fell down was thanks to the manager. Â It was bad enough they screwed up a pizza order, but to fix it by sending out the right pizza that was horribly undercooked, and then make things worse by having the waitress make empty offers to adjust the bill only to ultimately remove the charge for the inedible pizza only? Â Sure, when we then complained about the deception, an additional $10 gift certificate was offered, but at that point, the manager's true colors already showed and our family evening out was already ruined. Â Do yourself a favor and go elsewhere.
Review Source:We had family in town and were looking for a place to watch the Blackhawks, have a few beers and get lunch. Turned out we made a bad decision going to Bulldog Ale House. While the beer selection was OK, everything else about our experience was fair to bad. Drink orders were frequently screwed up, the food was bland at best and service was terrible. For example, someone in our group ordered a personal cheese pizza and got a meat lovers pizza instead. They apologized and brought out the correct pizza but it was drastically undercooked and inedible. Despite the plethora of mistakes, the manager was only willing to comp the pizza, saying, "that's all I can do." No, dude, you can do more. You can train your staff better, taste your own crappy food and at least pretend you want repeat business.
Review Source:I've been here a handful of times and every time it has been enjoyable. Read this review based solely on Thursday night specials however, since those are the nights I go to Bulldog Ale House.
Thursdays are awesome because it's $2 pint night! Any beer (or beer combination) is only $2! By beer combination I mean one of my favorite beers, the Black and Blue (half Blue Moon, half Guiness). Their boneless hot wings aren't half bad neither, and their kitchen is open fairly late.
Service here is not too bad, but, as mentioned before, this is based on Thursday nights, which are super busy. If you wish to find seating for your party, I suggest you show up a little early, although there is plenty of seating.
TV's, sports, beer, food, friends, need I say more?
Nice looking place, bad food and service...that sums up my experience. Â
Waitresses are dressed in low-cut tops and skirts. Â Some are cute, some are not. Â
I went here for my first time on a recent Thursday night around 7-7:30 PM. Â The place was fairly busy, but had a lot of open tables. Â They had $2 drafts and $.89 chicken strips; I decided to take advantage of the chicken strips deal. After sitting for 15 minutes with no waitress visit, other than the initial visit, I ordered. Â I wanted 4 strips, but was told that I can only get 3 or 6; I ordered 6. Â I guess their POS system is set up to do those quantities. Â Not a big deal, but it would be helpful if the menu stated that. Â I also got a 1/2 order of fries. Â The 1/2 order is big...not sure what the full order looks like. Â I got a beer as well. Â The beer was delivered quick and in a large glass. Â The beer selection is pretty solid.
The food came out ultra quick, which is usually not a good sign. Â
The chicken comes with a sauce and celery. Â
It was cut in small to medium sized pieces and was very dry looking. Â The taste matched the look. Â I thought I ordered fresh chicken, not dehydrated chicken. Â The sauce helped moisten the parched meat, but I was still unimpressed with this nonsense.
On to the fries...also dry and stiff. Â These things must have been sitting under the heat lamp for a while. Â I usually don't send food back, but I did with the fries. Â A new greasier and hotter batch came out a few minutes later. Â It was almost as if they just took the fries that I sent back and dropped them in the oil again. Â While they were crispier and hot, the inside was still stale and dry tasting. Â Come on, who can't do fries right? Â Food (at least the food that I had) is not the strong point of Bulldog. Â Why is it even called Bulldog anyway? Â Dumb.
The bathroom was decent, but they don't have paper towels to dry your hands. Â This is a huge pet peeve of mine. Â People generally HATE hand dryers. Â This place, along with all of the others that only have hand dryers, need to stop being cheap and put paper towels in their bathrooms. Â
Bulldog Ale House is just another bar that offers food. Â I would possibly go here for drinks only, but never again for food. Â Maybe they'd offer better food if there was some competition in the area.
I'm going to break it down easy for you here:
Beer: Â They've got everything from trash to treasure. Â The treasure end doesn't have as many choices, but there's some good ones on there to choose from. Â Plus, we came on $3 draft night so it was cheap too.
Food: Â Not bad. Â I got a burger and it was cooked perfectly and loaded with toppings. Â Just the way I like it. Â It seems like there are awesome deals in this department as well...although I passed up the 1/2 price pizza.
Service: Â We had an awesome server but I can guess it's not always that way in the bar judging from the looks of people around us. Â This one's a draw. Â I guess you can always sit on the restaurant side if you're really worried about it...though I can't vouch for it.
Atmosphere: Â The place looks nice, it's pretty big, and there are two sides to choose from. Â If you want sports bar, you've got a side with a bar, tables, pool tables, darts, blah blah blah, and if you want restaurant, they've got a side for that too. Â The clientele on the bar side is a little annoying (as is the crappy music they play all night on the jukebox) but if you don't mind screaming over said crappy music at the people around you, then you're alright here. Â Obviously, it gets louder and more annoying as the night gets later, but maybe I'm just old and crochety. Â Bah humbug.
Fantabulous! Just wish this place was near my Elmhurst home because I would definitely spend a full Sunday afternoon watching football. I had the Bulldog burger that was tasty and well priced and the client I was entertaining enjoyed a chicken sandwich that he thought was superb. The seating arrangement and open space as well as the user friendly set up of the TV's makes this an attractive spot to watch games. I found the service to be solid, and yes, the girls are there for a little eye candy. The "freshness" of the atmosphere helps keeping the Moe's tavern depression from creeping in and I felt confident in the value I got as I paid my bill. If I had a "DD", I would definitely make this a destination for an afternoon of football debacle.
Review Source:Bulldog is a really great restaurant/bar. Its always poppin on wednesdays and fridays and saturdays. I love it there, I go there all the time. If there was one thing I could say tho is that at the bar and you want to order food you have to tell the bartenders and I feel like you always have to yell for them and stuff. Thats probably the only thing bad I can say.
Review Source:This was my first visit to Bulldog's - Overall I give it a solid 3 stars despite a few mis-haps (and you really have to read the 'fine print' of certain things), but nothing major. Â Read on:
I went with my family on $1 burger night (Monday's). Â First, we ordered an appetizer (nachos) before the meal.)
Nachos were 'okay to good' - not worth the 7.99 to almost 9.00 though. Â Two things - we asked for them just beef, cheese, and beans only - seems simple enough. Â They came with tomatos all over them. Â Not that huge of a deal, because the tomatos just came right off. Â Secondly - the chips themselves were a bit strange. Â Hard to describe - but when biting into them, thet weren't cruncy and at times felt like hard-to-bite-off 'pita' or some other type of bread (yes, no exagerration), and not the standard crunchy nacho chips. Â Kinda weird. Â Okay tasting but wouldn't get again even for $3.
** LASTLY - be careful what you ask for. General condiments like 'guacamole' on the side (most places this just comes standard or on the side) are an extra .99. Â This makes a 7.99 plate now near 9.00. Â Overall they were 'okay' but not that great and not worth 8 or 9 dollars.
Meal:
Burgers were decent. Â Again - read the fine print. Â If you ask for "cheesburgers', these are not included in the 'special' and are a bit extra. Â Okay no big deal.
I ordered a simple hamburger with ketchup only. Â When it arrived, it was just a plain hamburger. Â No kethcup. Â I had to put the ketchup on myself. Â Again, no big deal - but again a simple request not done. Â My family's other burgers were all okay.
They were good, but nothing spectatcular. Â Would I come back here - maybe. Â
Place was clean and appeared classy - though it wasn't crowded when we went. I have heard when the place gets packed at later hours of the night, they have had instances of trouble. Â Our waitresses and hostess were decent and attentive and attractive, thats part of the gimmick though to draw business into this place.
I'd go back, but there are better food restuarants - and double check your orders and READ FINE PRINT ON THINGS!!
3 out of 5 stars.
I was in the area looking for some grub and I heard that Bulldog Ale House might have a decent beer selection.
I parked in the lot and thought I had scored a pretty good spot because it was right next to the patio. Â Then I realized that the door is on the other side. Â The walk didn't kill me, but I was puzzled for a second.
When I entered I was surprised to see that this was another bar with girls wearing short plaid skirts. Â I had been to Tilted Kilt and was not particularly impressed. Â I did not think my chances for good beer were good. Â Girls hired for their looks and willingness to wear short skirts are not typically about the beer. Â Don't get me wrong... I like pretty waitresses, but good service is still the most important thing
This place is big. Â I was seated in an area just beyond the hostess station, and there were tables in all directions. Â I didn't feel overly crowded. Â There were far too many TVs, with one on practically every surface. Â I guess people like that. Â I don't.
There was no beer menu on the table, but I didn't know whether there was supposed to be one or not. Â When the waitress stopped by, I asked what they had on tap with a preferance for something besides BMC. Â She then realized I had no tap list and retrieved one from another table. Â Leaving me to look it over, I noticed that there were indeed a few possibilities. Â Rogue Dead Guy caught my eye for one. Â There were also listings simply stating "Goose Island" Â and "Leinenkugel ". Â As soon as I started asking the waitress for some details on these selections, I realized that she knew nothing about beer. Â Looking around at the other patrons, I noticed a lot of Bud Light. Â What a shame.
So long story short, the Bulldog does have a few good beers on tap at a reasonable price per pint. Â I sampled a few and despite being served in a Miller Lite glass, I don't have any real complaints about the beer.
I ordered some food. Â It was typical bar food. Â Nothing that stood out for me. Â It wasn't great, it wasn't bad.
The service was fair. Â Our waitress did not really seem to be trying. Â She wasn't rude, but just because you are wearing a cute little outfit doesn't mean you can skip the personality. Â In fact, I think it may even set the expectation that you are an outgoing person that may even like your job a little. Â Sell the fantasy a little or go work at Denny's. Â At least there I expect the waitresses to be wishing for death.
So overall, The Bulldog Ale House was big, clean and had some good brews. Â The sports bar atmosphere was not quite my style and the pretty girls are a nice gimmick but not enough to make me rave about this place. Â I might stop in again if I was in the area, but I wouldn't make this a destination.
If you want beer or good specials this is the place of you. On Thursday's they have $2 drafts. That is an amazing price that can't be beat. Atmosphere is cool. Typical bar with sports on screen. They also have events. On Tuesday's they have Karaoke and it's pretty damn fun/funny. When you order food, let's face it, it's bar food. Yes, that's right, it's -just- bar food. I know some people have been complaining about that. I have ordered the jalapeno poppers and they have been perfectly crispy on the outside every time so far. Curly fries are also great and crispy. Pizza is terrible, tastes frozen and mine smelled funky. Not sure if the plate was wet or something, but it killed my appetite. My boyfriend likes the dollar burger days...who can beat that? Even if it's just a burger with the typical dressings. I have ordered the cheese sticks too, and one time I got them lukewarm and not crispy. Guess it can be hit-or-miss sometimes. The female bartenders and some waitresses are cold, and not sure if it's a general hostility that women possess when interacting with other women, but yeah. Also, on even a busy-ish day you can expect to wait a couple of minutes to hail someone to order unless you do something to grab their attention.
Review Source:Went here for dinner last night with the hubby and our 4 kids. Was great to find out that kids eat free on Tuesdays!!! BONUS! Â The food was great. Â Nachos were outstanding. Â I had the Magna Fry burger, wasn't sure if I would like it, it was AWESOME. My oldest(16) had the all you can eat wings, we sure got our monies worth...our 13 year old had a burger with bacon and bbq sauce, he loved it. Â The younger ones ate of the kiddie menu, boneless wings and cheeseburger. Â Hubby got ribs. Â He is picky about his ribs and loved the sauce. Â This was our second time here and everything was great both times! Â Can't wait to go back and try the pulled pork!
Review Source:Beer, beer, more beer, tables, high tops, TV's, lots of TV's  and a clean facility with very nice employees. I loved this place, specially for a chill night when you want to just watch a game and get a drink or two (or thirty) with friends.
The place is HUGE!! Dining room and bar are separated which is nice. The bathrooms are big, they needed a little up keepin at the time, but I'm sure they're not always like that. Â The waitresses could be a bit more attentive though, when a guy brings me a drink faster than you do, guess who's gonna get that tip?! lol j/k
What did it for me was their beautiful patio area with a fire pit!! Perfect for summer nights. They have darts, pool, and video games. It's lively, large, inexpensive and fun. Can't go wrong. Next time I'll try the food. :)
I've lived in Carol Stream my entire life. It doesn't take a lifetime of living here to realize that this town is BORING AS HECK. That's why Bulldog Ale House is refreshing. I've been here 3 or 4 times and it is a pretty fun place to go out when you dont feel like spending the $$ or time to make your way out to Chicago or Naperville. I'd prefer the latter two options, but this place is less than a mile from my house and I'm not made of money. I'd give this place 3 stars but because it is in Carol Stream, it gets 4 for convenience and because there hasnt ever really been a fun place like this in this town before.
Service was decent- our first server got cut halfway through our meal and she was much faster than the second one. I had a burger here before that was really good. My friend had a shrimp wrap twice, which she loved, but the second time it was about 75% lettuce, 15% shrimp and 10% wrap. The music was good- lots of electro on Saturday night (which is my favorite) and the crowd seemed like a lot of people my age (early 20s). (I did not go to GBN so I cant attest to the high school reunion criticism I hear often from friends in town). Drinks are good and reasonably priced. They have good specials most nights of the week.
Overall, I'll definitely come back here again because of its location and would recommend it to other locals
ROSELLE, IL LOCATION
Heard they took over the old Bud's place location and we wanted to check it out. WOW! They improved the look, without getting rid of the upper tier seating that was great about the old place. I loved the new layout.
We went opening weekend so I think they were getting some kinks out of the system. Our entrees came out before our appetizer. Our waitress offered to give us the appetizer for free, but when we got the app it looked like it got thrown together at the last minute.
Great drink specials and wings were ok. I'll defitnley go back on just the atmosphere alone!
Went for dinner at the new Roselle location with my husband last night and the food was good. Roselle really needs a great neighborhood place like this and I think with a few corrections, Bulldog could make it.
Our server, Caitlin, was sweet and helpful. She was struggling with the computer system but was on top of any issues. The food was good for the price which is pretty inexpensive. My husband had the fish, shrimp and chips and it was good, crispy and not greasy. I had the steak fajitas and the flavor was good though it would have been nice if they were sizzling when they came out of the kitchen. The Cheddar Broccoli soup was excellent. And the Brownie Sundae was definitely a two person treat.
The atmosphere was an improvement over Ballpark, the restaurant that was in this location last. We liked that they moved the bar to the side to allow for more tables. The music was at a nice level for talking and was actually a great mix of rock and country. The TV's were everywhere but not intrusive. It would be great if they had some live music on the weekends.
Read some of the reviews from over the weekend, and having owned a bar, it sounds like the management irritated a few drunks, so we took those reviews in with a grain of salt. Glad we did, it's worth a visit.
Bulldog owners and managers, please work out the kinks in your processes and make this place work for Roselle, we need you more than you need us. And thanks for not over serving alcohol, we don't need drunks on our roads.
My family and I came here mainly for the food. Â The environment setting is not good for young children,. Â The waitress is cute and dress sexy. Â The price is reasonable. Â The food taste great. Â I like their buffalo wings and my son love their bulldog burger.
We always get great service every time we come here.
I like Bulldog Ale House, and although they get 4 stars on my review, the reviewer average of 3.5 stars is probably more accurate.
Admittedly, my expectations were low when I walked in. The signage on the windows showed some burgers- a regular burger, a double, and a triple. All the burgers in the ad looked exactly the same which meant that the ad agency simply took one of the burgers and Photoshopped it with a cut and paste function. I'm an artist by trade, and stuff like that annoys me- it's sloppy work and it makes the food look bizarre and unappealing. Why couldn't they have just made three of their burgers and photographed them??? These are the things I think about. Reader, you probably don't care, but I'm just saying.
Anyway. Have you ever gone out for a beer? And then you got hungry at the bar and ordered some food? Yes? Then you know what to expect from this place. There are a lot of beer choices, both on tap and in the bottle, and the menu plays it pretty safe. If you're looking for a bold new location with a ton of surprises to impress your first date, this isn't it. For any other occasion it's fine because Bulldog seems to know the type of business they are running and they do a fine job with it.
Normally, I'd give a place like this (see also my Stonewood Ale House review) 3 stars, but there are a few things worthy of note. First, the pulled pork sandwich is one of the best in the area- especially for the price. Frequently, when I get pulled pork at restaurants, someone has done something "special" with the pork to make it an $11 meal that ends up being sub par. Either the pork is tough or unpleasantly crisp or tastes like it's been sitting in a refrigerator or freezer for days. The pork at Bulldog was sweet, smoky, tender, and simple. That's all I ask.
Secondly, while Bulldog might be very by-the-numbers, the value is absolutely outstanding. Portion sizes are spot on, the food and service (over all) are great, and the prices are surprisingly low- especially on Thursday when any draft beer is $2. Dive bars are more expensive. Seriously.
Bulldog's location isn't the most conspicuous- it's set back a bit from the corner of Lies and Gary, but it's in a great spot if you visit in summer. After your meal, you can go for a walk around the many parks in the area. It's quite nice.
I would have to say that this place surprised me. If you want a surprising experience at a fancy bar, go to The Lucky Monk, Ram, or some bar downtown. If you want a dive bar experience, go to Lunar in Villa Park. If you are hungry and just want a beer and a burger for a great price, look no further.
Came to watch the bears & phi game and sat at the bar. Order popcorn shrimp took and it took an  hour to get. My friend order a burger n got it before my food! Then he order curliest fries n still waiting on them after 20 mins. besides waiting how long regular fries came out!  Service for drinks fast but for food super SLOW!!
Review Source:I really wanted to like this place but alas, the food was average at best.
Waitress getups were cute but I am thinking they rely on them to get their tips far more than trying to provide good service and a smile once in a while. They might want to re-think that attitude when serving women. Just saying. Had to ask for sweetener and lemon for my iced tea so many times that I just gave up by the 2nd glass. Had to ask for Tabasco sauce twice. Extra napkins - twice again. The server made me feel as if I should have had the decency to ask for everything all at once so I didn't inconvenience her or interrupt her from her very important conversation by the register.
Our table had mozzarella sticks, Â basket of fries, chicken club salad, a tuna melt, and a burger. While nothing was BAD, as previously mentioned, it was all just average bar and grill food. If you think I don't know what ABOVE average bar and grill food is... please see my review(s) for Dino's in Glendale Heights. Now THAT is the bar and grill food to END all bar and grill food!
Even though we came with a coupon, I can't say I would be back, even with the same coupon savings.
We went in here last weekend because at the 4th of July parade, we sat across the street and said we would try it.
It is not my favorite place, and thats not because we didnt have a good time, WE HAD A BLAST...but its one of those big, open, brightly lit 'family bars' which i dont agree with at all. Â The words BAR & CHILDREN should not be linked together. Â EVER. Â Thats my oponion. Â I guess, its like that Dave and Busters thing. Â
We sat next to a couple that turned out to be a blast...anyway...they have a HUGE MUG and any domestic tap is only $4. Â cant beat that...however, they dont have MGD on tap. Now that sucks. Â They had bud products (yuck) and Miller lite...and a couple others...so that made me sad. Â Then we decided to try the chicken wings. Â I must say, they were the best wings Ive had out in a very long time. Â Seasoned perfectly and cooked where they peeled away from the bone easily. Â Very good wings. Â BRAVO.
Will I go back. Â Sure. Check it out. Â .39 wings on sunday. Â give 'em a try.
There's a special for everyday. my fav? Tuesdays: Karaoke night (guests, bartenders, and managers all included actually everyone's really good-it's not miserable to listen to!) + $10.99 all you can eat chicken wings and $3 imported beers.
Wednesdays: $3 you-call-it IS AMAZING, that's right people---anything you want is $3 [except the martinis which are $4.50], but come on, patron shots? It's packed wednesday nights for sure.
However-fish fry on fridays? tastes like fish flavored water with batter. Pass. Cherry coke is good for the non-alcoholics, it's coke with grenadine! like a shirley temple but with coke!
Dessert: favorite is brownie bottom pie--a skillet of baked brownie topped with ice cream mmmmm....
The hostess is super cute ;p Hi Bern!
Most of the waitresses are really cool too.
I give it three stars but it has room to improve. Their servers are typical of the style restaurant. Personality is completely missing. I have not gone to drink at the bar yet but on 2 occasions have gone to eat. Each time was pretty much the same. Service was "Meh" food was good.
I just think that the staff needs to work on their personalities and this place would be much better.
If you want to watch some sports this is a good place to go! They have a lot of TV's all around to watch and the prices don't seem too absurd to me.
So once again, 3 stars, but on their way to a fourth in my opinion.
This place was alright. We only went here because we had a coupon. When we entered, we were given the choice of seating which was a plus.
We started with the mini corndogs which were fresh out of the oven, but nothing special. Ordered the wings and didn't like them much. Got three different flavors, none of which I really liked, and they were not hot coming out of the kitchen. The ribs didn't taste very good and the bbq sauce didn't even cover the whole slab. The popcorn shrimp tasted fine but much better could be found elsewhere. The seasoned fries were cooked well, but lacked seasoning. For dessert, we ordered the apple crumble a la mode. That was actually pretty good even though the ice cream melted too fast.
Overall, the service was really slow and our waitress didn't smile. Â For our first time there, it wasn't really impressive. We probably won't be going back anytime soon unless we get another coupon.
Bulldog Ale House is not a bad place to spend some time for lunch or dinner. I spent Mother's Day here (sans mother, but with my brother and my wife) checking the place out.
In a sense, Bulldog is sort of a Tilted Kilt knockoff, but with short shorts or green skirts and less in-your-face cleavage. I got a Bulldog Burger, which has bacon, mushrooms, cheese, and possibly lettuce and tomato. It alleged to come with a bleu cheese sauce and hot sauce, but I don't remember the burger being hot or getting bleu cheese on the side. I did get onion rings, which were nice and crispy.
The burger itself was well cooked, and the bacon was a nice touch. It had a nice hint of charcoal, too. It's not the best burger in town, but I don't regret getting it.
My wife had a ham and pineapple pizza, which was every bit the definition of average. Thick, chewy crust, canned pineapple, ham of unknown origin with unassuming tomato sauce and cheese... it's not terrible, there just isn't anything "signature" about it.
My brother had fish tacos, which I didn't try, but the spiced mayo that went with it was quite good; something I wish I'd gotten with my onion rings.
Overall, I'd probably try this place again. Maybe I'll make a run at the nachos or wings next time, though.
Two stars is being generous, and it's only because the food was pretty good and the bar tenders were attentive. Â
We called ahead to ask if we could make a reservation for 10 people around 6pm, they said don't worry about it you'll be fine....fast forward 1 hr 15 mins we finally get a seat. Â My friend tells the host/manager ? not sure who she was that she should get a free shot since it's her birthday and since we had to wait, the girl says Sure...but how about ALL your friends buy one and then I'll give you a free shot. Um, right.
So, we order our food and it takes quite a while to come out and once it does 4 out of 5 of the people on my side of the table's orders were messed up- no chili on the fries, no sauce on the wrap, wrong sauce, NO sauce and I got 8 wings and a bonless one when I ordered 10 wings. Â YIKES, not sure about how the other half of the table's came out. Â One plus is when we pointed out the wing situation the girl we told did bring me a free beer.
When we were wrapping up, tons of people kept coming to the table trying to get us to leave...but at the same time to buy more stuff. Â We had planned to stay the night there, but after all that decided we were done. Â I have no plans to frequent this establishment again. Get it together Bulldog!
This place is SO much better than Wild Bull. Â Yes, they have the same menu, but the service here was amazing, and that is really important to me. Â Lately, it seems as if service has gone downhill lately, and Bulldog Ale House goes above and beyond.
First of all, it was $1 burger night. Â Yes, a $1 for a 1/4 lb burger. Â AWESOME! Â Mind you, it's not Kobe beef or anything, but it definitely gets the job done!! Â We also ordered nachos, salad, fries (crinkle and seasoned) and the brownie bottom pie dessert.
All of the food was good!! Â Especially the dessert (they were out of the apple dessert I wanted, though, so that was kind of sad, but the brownie made an acceptable substitute!). Â The only strange part was that the nachos came out, and then our salads came out WITH the food. Â So you were compelled to eat the salad while the fries got cold. Â So that was a little strange.
Our server's name was Jordan, and she was SUCH a sweetheart! Â Very attentive and friendly. Â And a dirty dish never sat on our table for more than 10 seconds before it was whisked away, even if it was by the manager. Â The manager was even very attentive--she was checking up on things, making sure the meal was good, etc. Â You could tell she cared about the restaurant!
I will definitely be returning soon!!
Pros: Food was decent. Not fantastic, but decent. Â My burger was quite good though this is certainly a place where you don't count calories. Our server was attentive and friendly.
Cons: Weak drinks. Â Loud. Â Hey, I can understand...the bar is going for sports and for guys primarily, but come on, the people that were in the restaurant when I was there with my parents and aunt and uncle were all more towards their age, with a few my age thrown in for good fun. Â Still, the music was far too loud. Â Turn the music up after the dinner crowd has come and gone and people are just hanging out noshing on appetizers, drinking beer, and watching sports on the zillions of tvs.
A major con from my POV was the server uniforms. Â Besides the fact that the color isn't exactly flattering, what is the Bulldog Ale House trying to do? Â Be a Tilted Kilt? Â And believe me, I think the girls at the Tilted Kilt are pretty humiliated to wear those outfits, much less the girls at the Bulldog Ale House.
Would I go back with my parents? No. Â Would I go back with friends my own age? Â Maybe if we couldn't decide on anywhere else. Â Would I take a date here or go back by myself? Â No. Â There are far better restaurants out there for me to leave my money at.
Want ok food, lots of sports, and a loud bar that is aimed at the young college frat type of crowd? Â go here.
Third time is a charm? Â This Ale House's predecessors Vangelo's couldn't cut it and Jade did not last long. Â It will be interesting to see if Bulldog have what it takes to stick around. Â Watch out Flip Flops, there's another bar on the strip.
Grand opening was on Feb 25, which I missed but heard they packed the house. Â I came during the week to check out their happy hour menu that they advertised online. Â The waitress didn't even offer me their specials and I had to ask for it. Â Even then, she didn't really know what they offered for happy hour. Â They also offer daily specials, which is included in the menu. Â The $1 burgers on Monday sounds like a good deal!
The inside is very nicely decorated, spacious and clean. Â They have both a dining area and a bar area. Â There were 2 pool tables and some arcade games near the bar area. Â The Ale House burger I ordered was tasty and came with a side of my choice, which was crinkled cut fries.
Service was the only downside to this place, but perhaps it'll get better once they get into the swing of things.
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