I LOVE LOVE LOVE Charly's! Â I mostly come here to drink at the bar areas. Â I have eaten here only one time and it was pretty good, but I can't comment much on the restaurant. Â However, I have been to the bars here plenty of times and I love it! Â
It's right downtown on a busy corner street which makes for great people watching. Â I hung out in the bar downstairs a few times where we've had cheap drinks and some free tacos!! Â Yum! Â Can't go wrong with free tacos! Â Here, you can play pool or dance the night away! Â
I mostly come here after bar hopping around and head to the upstairs bar. Â Sometimes it may have a band or even a wedding reception that is ending in the Zane Grey Ballroom. Â It is usually really busy, but the drinks are surprisingly cheap. Â They always have fresh popcorn and there is a huge patio outside to watch the city. Â
Overall, this is a place I must go to every time I'm in Flagstaff! Â I hope you check it out and like it as much as me!
My two favorite things about Charly's are the Arizona memorabilia on the walls and the second floor balcony that offers great views of Flagstaff. Â
The staff is pretty shitty. Â Charly's has several bars, one of them had a live band and cover charge, in order to go to a different bar we were told to talk to the hostess. Â There were three hostess in a deep conversation about boyfriends, it would be rude to interrupt them so we just stared at them until they were ready to help us, good times. Â My date had some friends in the downstairs bar so we met up with them. Â We sat there for a good ten minutes and not one employee walked through there so we went upstairs to grab a drink. Â The bartender up there was bitchy and gave us attitude for trying to use a card to pay for our drinks. Â We scrounged up the cash and I tipped her with quarters to which she rolled her eyes. Â I just smiled and said "sorry, we spent it all at the titty bar."
Even though I had a one star experience I'm still giving it four because I've had great times at Charly's in the past.
Food is good and the bar upstairs is great. Â You can eat in the downstairs dining area or upstairs in the bar. Â Great breakfasts and dinners. Â Haven't had lunch there (yet). Â Especially nice to sit out on the upstairs verandah and enjoy the view of the historic downtown. Â Food service is a little slower upstairs, but still good.
Review Source:It's a nice place to sit outside with the pooches, but I wasn't too impressed with the food. Â It was ok, but nothing that memorable.
We started with the French onion soup. It was served warm, but I like my soup  served hot,  very hot,  and the temp was just above lukewarm. The broth was tasty,  but the onions,  well let's just say they were not cut correctly for French onion soup,  they were in huge quartered chunks... someone was lazy in the kitchen,  then there was the cheese...OMG  I  think you could have strung it across the street like a rubber band  and stopped traffic.  Way  too much cheese.  I love cheese but yowza!!
My hubby's chicken sandwich was ok, Â the bread looked a little anemic, Â and it was certainly nothing to write home about.
The tapenade, however, Â was quite good, Â very flavorful and a more than generous portion.
I  like Charly's  bar,  we play pool there every now and then and the atmosphere is nice and laid back,  I'll just skip the restaurant for a  meal,  but I  may get that tapenade  again!
Limited space + an itty-bitty shower are completely made up for in kitsch + historic appeal here.
This bar/hotel (only 11 rooms!) was the perfect place to stay for a Saturday night in downtown Flagstaff: It's within walking distance of countless bars, little shops + weekend events.
Granted, there's limited parking so you have to catch it right, otherwise it's a trek.
I wish the weather would've cooperated to enjoy the wrap around porch, but the second floor bar was warm + cozy. The hot chocolate + Bailey's didn't let me down either. I'll definitely be back!
Breakfast here= GROSS. Mimosas=DELISH!
Do not order their potatoes as a side here see if there is a substitute before you dive into some of their stale home fries or diced potatoes. I really wish they would just make hash browns those would have been so much better. I ordered an omelet and the waitress didnt ask me what kind of cheese i had wanted and i totally spaced about asking. Â So when my omelet came out it tasted absolutely disgusting. no flavor and no cheese. AWESOME
It's all about atmosphere at Charlie's. When you start thinking about he people who have been in and out of this place...
Sure, it's not 'hip', more 'hipster/tourist/dive-y' but it's a really fun place that we love (go upstairs to the Zane Grey bar for e best view of everything going on downtown!) The owner's daughter often works behind the bar and is cool as h*ll, and drinks are reasonable.
Guys, if you find your way to the minuscule bathroom, do us a favor and head to the stall, even if your need is otherwise, because it's no fun squeezing past a guy at the urinal in cramped quarters when you really need to go...
Another historic building in Flagstaff boasts casual dining and a bar with a pretty neato view of the downtown area. Specific review for the Zane Grey Ballroom patio area, has that wrap around porch/veranda reminiscent of Bourbon Street, three floors up.
Being there on a Saturday night, it was PACKED and the waiter service was slow as molasses in January. I ordered a veggie burger (decent, nothing amazing then again always hard pressed to find a stellar Veg Burger) and a side salad (gotta save carb room for drinking!) I felt bad for the waitress as she was the only one serving the upstairs, so needless to say our food took FOREVER, but she was friendly so it was fine. Plus the little bar upstairs was NOT slow, so it was a good time.
Never again! While exploring the downtown area, we were drawn in for lunch by how cool the old building looked. Unfortunately, the historic architecture is where the niceties stopped for us. Our hostess was pleasant, but our waitress was awful, just like the food we were about to get. She brought us waters after taking our orders, and little did we know that would be the only water we would get. She never came by to refill our glasses once, and I would have asked for some had she come by more than just to drop off our food and deliver our check.
Both my husband and I got sandwiches, him with the fruit, me with the sweet onion soup. My soup came first, and everything in it was raw. The onions were not even close to cooked, and it was garnished with raw carrots, red cabbage and some unidentifiable green stuff, possibly parsley. The broth was watery and tasted like diluted canned stuff. I sipped on what I could get down because the meal was costing us so much, but when one of the many flies that were buzzing around our table landed in it, I was done. Our sandwiches came and mine didn't even meet my lowest expectations. Dry, stale sourdough bread, two thin slices of turkey, a slice of cheese, and two slices of tomato. No mayo, no mustard, no "red pepper spread" they claimed it would have. I would have gladly brought it up to our waitress, but where was she? Lord only knows. Not at our table, that's for sure. My husband was equally unimpressed with his chicken something-or-other that he ordered.
When our waitress finally reappeared to deliver our bill, suddenly cheery now that her tip was on the line, we couldn't wait to get out of there. We never, EVER leave without giving a tip, but there's a first time for everything. I'm sorry, but $30 worth of bad service and even worse food does not add up to a generous gratuity. I don't care if we are starving and they are the only restaurant open, we are never going back.
This review is mainly for the bar areas. I've eaten at the restaurant and it was pretty good, but not great. I'd give the food three stars. What I love to go here for are the bars, particularly the upstairs bar. Very cool scene up there, whether you are inside where it is warm or out on the balcony checking out the heart of downtown Flagstaff. They always seem to have good drink specials, even after happy hour. I've seen people have their wedding reception in the Zane Grey Ballroom upstairs and thought it was a very cool idea.
In the mood for dancing, live music, shooting pool, or eating free tacos on Friday night? Check out the bar downstairs. Great scene there too!
One of my favorite things about this bar? They have a creeper shot (sneaky photo) of Edward Abbey drinking a beer in the bar from the early '90s, not too long before his death. Very cool. You can find it downstairs near the bathroom.
You have not experienced Flagstaff until you go to Charlies! Â Bring your friends, family and even kids can enjoy the view of the peaks from the Zan Grey balcony upstairs. Their food is amazing and they have tones of drinks to choose from. This is also a great place to take a date to; a nice dinner, live local music & right in the middle of down town flagstaff!
It is a very unique laid back kind of place, you won't have to wait in a line to get in or change your shoes cause they have a scuff on them. Â This place really captures the essence and personality of Flagstaff. Everyone is supper friendly and inviting day and night.
Charly's wooed me with its period-true exterior in this fabulously old western hotel, then dumped me in the gutter like a wet cigar butt.
The food was very expensive and disproportionately mediocre. In fact, it was below the Mendoza line.. I'd have to call it very poor. I suffered through a $10 Navajo taco the meat mixture was as bland as a 1950's cookbook, though the actual fry bread was good. My wife had a crushingly sub-par beef dip.  Over cooked and dry, my wife took it and fed it to some grateful reservation dogs later in  the day.
The service was young and sprite but inefficient. The interior was OK, but done in  the inglorious 1970's Victorian-re-do style.
Much better choices in beautiful downtown Flagstaff.
Husband fell in love with the burger here. I tend to more of a pain in the butt when it comes to eating out because I'm always on some crazy low-carb/no sugar/no starch/no dairy diet, and here's the reason I will continue to go to Charly's when I'm in Flagstaff:
They accommodated me.
No attitude, no painful sigh, no eye rolling. They helped me with a SMILE.
I will always eat at this historic restaurant, and hangout in the awesome upstairs lounge. Great place, great service.
Had breakfast here with the beau while on vacation in Flagstaff. Â Nice setting inside the Hotel Weatherford. Â The menu was on the small side, but adequate for breakfast -- about 10 or so breakfast offerings and many in a Southwest style.
The restaurant (and hotel) are quaintly Victorian with high ceilings, historic photos on the walls and rich carpets and wallpapers. Â The place was clean and well-staffed. Â While we waited for our orders the server brought us complimentary shot glasses of canned peaches with whipped cream & a sprinkling of cinnamon. Â That was a nice, unexpected touch.
I got huevos rancheros that were served with a huge, hot fresh flour tortilla the size of a truck steering wheel! Â The BF ordered some egg dish that came with a HUGE thick, juicy ham steak. Â Both were excellent and I can't say anything bad about the food. Â His freshly squeezed OJ was weak and kind of bitter but that happens sometimes with fresh oranges and the server took it back and comped it.
All in all, a nice, upscale place for breakfast with interesting street views, solid food offerings and great service.
My girlfriend brought me on a date here and their steak is delicious! A pretty big steak and cooked to order. I loved the au jus sauce that it came with, very flavorful. The mash potatoes was pretty good too. A bit pricey, but it was steak.
The big disappointment was the bar. The kilt-lifter was good, but its beer... can't mess that up.. or can you? Their Guinness was super flat and was just not satisfying. The worst pint of Guinness I have ever had. I was also not a fan of their plastic cups that they served our beers in.
But.... they have free popcorn!
WE DID NOT EAT HERE!
We entered for brunch, it was reasonably busy but empty tables so we stood uncomfortably waiting to be seated. Â After being ignored repeadly, Â I told a waitress we wanted a table for two. Â Were told, to go through and check with the seater - who also was the manager. Â
Waited at the his station, reading menu as he went past us 4-5 times before I finally had to ask him for a table. Â His answer "It will be about 20 mins". Â No apologies, no feeling like he ever wanted to sit us, more like we were an inconvenience. Â Despite having empty tables, they obviously are incapable of handling business.
Went elsewhere and had a great coffee and breakfast burrito.
I went here for my 21st birthday. The bartender checked my ID and it took awhile because I just turned 21 half an hour ago. He just smiled. So I thought maybe it was unusual for people to hit the bar once they turn 21. I must be a crazy person. Too excited to become 21. Â
I like the furniture design. It's so nice! It wasn't as crowded on a Wednesday night/Thursday morning. The service was pretty cool. I had fun on my birthday! My friend and i had the same birthday so we got a free drink (both splitting it).
I agree with Ben S.--Charly's falls somewhere between 3.5 and 3.75 stars, but I will bump up the rating for the location and charming, laid-back ambiance. Good pricing on drinks and food, but food was just okay and service was mediocre (I think they were understaffed that evening).
It was a busy night, with lots of people on the second floor and they only had one server, who doubled as the bartender and cashier.
This place is located within an old, Victorian looking hotel down in the main street area. Very old Americana look and feel to the hotel which was cool. The second floor has an indoor area as well as a wrap-around balcony where it was great to have a drink and look out over the rest of old town flagstaff. They had live music which was another plus.
Good experience and a fun hang-out spot!
Really I'd go 3.75 stars, but I'll bump them to 4.
Located in the lobby of the Weatherford Hotel the decor is very charming and it's a comfortable atmosphere. We arrived and there was a group of "mature" gentlemen at another table discussing how they were going to vote in the election. I get the sense that's the kind of place it is - a gathering place for folks to linger, chat and discuss.
Service was charming but rather slow, especially considering there were only about 3 tables occupied and the voters finished and left before our food arrived anyhow. Â The food was o.k. Â Nicely presented and the powdered sugar on the pancakes was a nice touch as was the complimentary peaches and cream appetizer.
Always walked past this place and made a mental note that I was going to eat/stay there. Â
After a coupe hours of Oktoberfest, the boyfriend and I decided to walk around downtown Flagstaff and find a place to eat, Â we decided on Charly's. Â We decided since it was SO beautiful outside that we would eat outside on the 2nd story. Â
We each had 2 drinks and then decided to order dinner ( On saturdays they don't serve dinner up there till 5Pm) Â Our server was awesome, Â she was very attentive and was very sweet. Â She went out of our way to please us. Â
Service was wonderful, this is a place to go to have a drink and enjoy the Flagstaff weather.
After what seemed like hours of walking around downtown Flagstaff searching for a place to dine with a patio that could accomodate my canine companion, we finally got seated at Charley's.
I'm so glad we did! What a great experience... large selection of beer, if you are so inclined, including some offerings of the region. Â Also, Beam shots on special, since I was so inclined. Ha.
The food was delicious, the service was friendly, attentive and quick, and the other guests on the patio were delightful. Â The restaurant is on the bottom level of Hotel Weatherford in downtown Flagstaff, so you have a great view of what's going on if you sit outside.
Walter (the dog) was even served his own dish of water... and that's great service. He had his own chair and everything. I was most impressed with how well we were treated at Charley's!
Two of the three bars here were open on Saturday night. We went into the one in the back of the hotel with a stage. Seems that one of the bars (likely the best) Â was being remodeled?
Anyway, we watched a local band play and enjoyed several good drinks. Flavored Smirnoff Vodka was on special for 2.50 - felt like I was stealing... One of the few bars downtown we found that wasn't packed to the rafters with college kids :)
The hotel itself looked really cool. A clerk told us about a few of the many ghost stories. I will probably stay here on my next visit.
Downtown Flagstaff has this old vibe which is great. Â This place is part of the Weatherly Hotel, which is an amazing in itself.
I came to this restaurant just because I was only here for a night and this place was recommended on Yelp.
I am only rating the food here. Â The service and ambiance was nice, but when I am going to go get something to eat, I want the food to be at least decent. Â I got the spinach salad and french dip. Â The salad was $9, and for that price, I expect more than 20 leaves. Â The eggs tasted a bit old. Â I wasn't happy about that, but I had to eat it, as when I am on vacation, I have trouble eating veggies, so I had to finish it (not that it was hard because there was so little). Â The french dip was ok, even if a bit on the salty side. Â I'd say I'd never eat here again, but that is probably because I'll probably never go to Flagstaff again.
Charley's did it right.
A large party of us came to Charley's for a friend's birthday dinner and everything went smooth as silk. When rolling 23 people into a place I always expect some type of hiccup, but not here.
They sat us in a room off to the side with a bar and bathrooms to ourselves. Good idea given the surly nature of my friends. We only had one waiter for the lot of us, but she did an admirable job of keeping everything under control and refilling drinks.
The beer selection was good, I believe there were around 7-8 taps with regular American beers and some craft brews. I had a few Lagunitas IPAs that were great.
For appetizers we went with the Charley's Baked Dip. I was pleasantly surprised to find that for the large amount of "dip" we received there was more than enough baked bread chips. It was creamy, cheesy and delicious.
My dinner companion got the NY Strip (Rare) and I ordered the Veggie Chimichanga. Of note, the black beans and rice that came with the chimichanga were great. The salsa was also pretty good. I questioned a few of my friends at the table and none had any complaints about their entrees.
Would definitely come back for a visit while in the wooded north of Arizona!
Enjoyed a decent lunch here with "the girls". We were greeted and seated quickly. Drinks arrived momentarily even though they were very busy that day. I had a seared ahi sandwich, done perfectly, and a good-sized piece o' fish, at that. What else can you say about fruit salad, except that it tasted fresh? Only one person in our party didn't care for her taco salad...don't think it was what she was expecting.
Kudos to the waitstaff for graciously fitting in 2 latecomers to our party. Would like to come back again for dinner and check out the upstairs or bar areas that others have commented on.
This place is really nice. Â Great atmosphere in the historic hotel, nice porches and spacious upstairs for dining. Â
Best Navajo taco in town, covered in grilled vegetables. Â Â The whole order is more food than anyone should ever eat. Â
Nights often have interesting music, and the bar crowd seems more relaxed than average. Â I've never seen it overcrowded. Â I once stopped in after a David Grisman concert at the Orpheum. Â A group of acoustic musicians were on stage, and shortly after David's back up band arrived with instruments in hand. Â Â A great night of music followed.
Wish I could bring Charley's down to Tucson. Â Â Might be the best bar in Arizona.
We weren't quite ready to head back to Camp Verde after dinner at nearby Monsoon, so based on a recommendation from our server at Monsoon, we stopped in at Charlie's for a nightcap. Â
We took note that the host at Charley's told one party that there was a 45 minute wait for a dinner table. Â But anyway, we walked over to the bar section with a jukebox and pool table.
I ordered a "hardcore cider". Â JP had an Alaska Amber Ale. Â I thought my cider was great (it didn't have that much of a kick though), however JP thought it was kinda sweet.
Relaxed environs with speed and friendly table service. Â Wide variety of clientele. Â
Damn, that one older guy over at the pool table. Â He sank all his solids before his partner could even take a whack at her stripes.
I like Charley's.
First off, I love the mispelling, second off, Â free taco fridays are a great way to end the week with friends. Their beer selection is very nice, and the place has a very down to earth vibe about it.
Also, the bartenders know how to pour beer mixtures, and do them properly.
Great place, great times.
3, 3, 3 bars in one!!!!
Charley's was a staple during the college years. Â Whether it was seeing music down in the main hall, grabbing a quick pint at the Exchange Pub, or tying one on at the Zane Grey, Charley's always felt like home.
The food is a great and the atmosphere is unmatched in the city. Â Â They've got a large selection of beers on tap and the bartenders know how to pour a proper drink.
If you're looking for a bit of the old west and something to quench your thirst/hunger, Charley's is a can't miss stop in Flagstaff.
Cool lunch spot. Pretty comprehensive menu. I admit, I had a hard time deciding what to order. Then I settled on the Aspen - a chicken sandwich with guac. Seemed simple enough. I had their Soup de Jour, too, a potato cream soup. It was oh-so-yummy, esp. sitting outside on the patio in the chilly (yes!) November air. To top it off, an Apricot Ale.
Soup = good! (wish I had ordered a bowl)
Beer = mmm!
Aspen (sandwich) = okay. I wasn't expecting having to rip the chicken breast apart with my front teeth.
Price = reasonable for 2 people and a generous tip.
Waiter = amusing. His blase honesty cracked me up.
Location = very cool, esp. sitting outside on the patio, watching the foot traffic, listening to the sounds of a quaint little downtown.
Overall = good! 4 stars. This would be a great place to check out during evening time, when you can nestle close to the bar and drink to your little heart's content.
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