Dunkers Sports Food Spirits & Fun

Although this is a quick and convenient stop to have a beer after taking a hard test/final at NKU, that's about as far as the 'pros' go for Dunker's.

The food is overly fried and greasy. Waitresses are friendly, but don't come back to refill drinks and when asked for napkins to wipe our hands after eating wings, brought us cocktail ones. I had to get up and grab actual napkins from the server station. At least they still celebrate Wing Wednesdays (after replacing BW3's.)

Also, (perhaps most obviously) the smell of tobacco/smoke chokes you from the moment you step foot in the door until the moment you leave. Not exactly appetizing to us Ohioans who have long gotten used to our restaurants being smoke free.

I give Dunkers a big 'ole C-.

This place may have a huge selection of burgers, but the miss the mark on the thing that matters most, the quality of the patty.  I tried the hot mett burger, which had sauteed onions and peppers along with slices of hot mett on top.  I also had it on the optional pretzel bun with a side of sweet potato fries.  The bun, toppings, and sweet potato fries were great, but the patty was horrible.  I've never had a more bland piece of meat in my life.  I ordered it medium, but it was more medium well to well when it came out.  The consistency of it was very gritty as well, and there was absolutely no seasoning on it as well.  Making a good burger is not a secret in this country, and if you have eleventy billion burgers on the menu, you better get it right.  Their beer list is pretty lackluster too.  There's a few good offerings, but it's mostly macro swill.  You don't need 4-5 taps for light beer, sorry.  Make people that are dumb enough to drink that junk drink it out of a bottle.  The service wasn't bad at all, which was nice.  The atmosphere could be brightened up a bit though.  The place was very dark, even on a nice sunny lunch day.  I understand they probably don't have to deal with glare on their endless supply of TVs, but maybe increase the indoor lighting or something.  I may come back eventually, but I doubt I'll try another burger.

0 stars ~ the stench of smoke between the vestibule doors was so strong we turned around and left.