Came in for some live music and dinner. Â I had their Green Chile burger and my companion had the Guacamole burger. Both were served on a pretzel bun with spicy Jack cheese. Â We agree it's one of the better burgers we've had in a long time. And our server, Cathy, was great! Â Coming back for breakfast soon.
Review Source:I enjoyed this place very much. Had a great burger. We sat outside, and the only downside was the place next door started mowing their lawn at 7:30 pm, and it kicked up alot of dust. This was not the fault of the restaurant of course, and they took care of it very quickly for us too. I would like to go back and try some of their other food!
Review Source:We live nearby and have given the Groves ample chances to up the star rating before writing the review, but it's just not in the cards. It's obvious they use a microwave to reheat things because a lot times a platter will arrive and the food is various temperatures.
The final straw was a couple of weeks ago we went with our inlaws and ordered standard food (wings, burgers, and a salad). If you're a "Bar & Grill" you should have wing making mastered. Well, my husband's wings arrived and the center of them was ice cold. We were told by the server that there was a party of 20 on the patio so the cook was just trying to get the food out. That's not our problem, and undercooked chicken can make a person really sick. So that will be the last time we go to the Groves.
Also, they only serve breakfast until 1pm on Saturday and Sunday, so if you walk in at 1:15, you're not getting it.
So, I'll preface this review by saying that I had pretty high hopes for my next dining experience. After my first meal, I was REALLY looking forward to trying out their pizza and have a nice beer or two.
So, we stopped by and saddled up to the bar. After looking over the menu, we ordered a pizza, some wings, and a couple of beers. The service from the bartender was prompt and attentive, so we sat to enjoy our beers for awhile.
... time passed, and after my first beer was finished, our food still hadn't come. The bartender apologized profusely and told us it would be just awhile longer. We really weren't in a rush, so this didn't trouble us.
The food came out, and... well... Â
... as the rating says: Â "Meh". It wasn't BAD, by any stretch of the imagination, but it wasn't anything notable at all. The wings were small but decently meaty- the sauce wasn't spicy but it also wasn't wholly tasteless. The toppings on the pizza were a bit too large to really fit on each slice (especially the bellpeppers and mushrooms) and the pizza was undercooked (I'd be willing to bet that they took it out of the oven prematurely in order to delivery it in a timely fashion with our wings). So we had a few pieces each, and took the rest home.
My girlfriend had the brilliant idea of heating them up the next day in the oven instead of the microwave, and I can honestly say that this made a TREMENDOUS difference. The pizza got thoroughly cooked through (it was quite 'leaky' when we had it at the restaurant, but after a bit in our oven it was perfectly crisped yet still soft in the center of the crust) and the wings were brought to new life.
I can't really say that this was a 'bad' experience, it just wasn't much to my taste and I didn't find anything in either of these dishes that I'd want to come back for. However, we WILL return on another night for burgers and beers. I'm sure that there will be people who will enjoy the pizza and wings here, but I'm also sure that I'll never try them again.
The groves bar and grill this place sucks all I could hear from my table is a very depressed elderly man screaming at his kitchen crew and his servers. I felt really bad for the staff listening to this old man scream and gripe about every little detail, although my food was made fast and tasted really good... simply because the disrespect I heard from a owner to employees this is not the type of establishment I want to spend my money at....not to mention the roaches we caught out our table
Review Source:We had breakfast at The Groves last Saturday. Â The Eggs Benedict were super tasty and very reasonably priced. The $3 bloody marys were a great deal, too. Â The funniest thing was walking in and thinking "this place looks really familiar" only to realize later that it looked familiar because I'd seen the episode of Mystery Diners that featured The Groves! Â We can't wait to go back and try the pizza (wood-burning oven) and burger - the pretzel hamburger buns look amazing!
Review Source:Last weekend we left the Gilbert Farmers Market hungry for breakfast, but saw lines out the door at the places nearby, so we wandered on down Gilbert Road and saw the sign for The Groves. Â After glancing at the yelp reviews it looked like no one had discussed breakfast yet, so we thought we'd give it a try.
We had regular eggs/bacon/hash brown/toast breakfasts, with the addition of some B & G and everything was cooked perfectly. Â The coffee was not memorable, but not bad. Â The service was also ok. Â They have several really young gals working, which is fine, but sometimes the lack of focus is there. Â After they drop the food, they should come back within 1-2 minutes to see how everything is. Â We were fine, but don't disappear until it's time for the check and my water glass is bone dry because I've chewed up all the ice cubes. Â
The dining room is one big room with the bar on the north side, and I think if we go back we'd sit at the bar. Â That seemed to be pretty lively which I always enjoy. Â The only thing I didn't like about one big open room was the toddler across the way bellowing his needs for all to hear. Â His complaints echoed through the entire room. Â I see from the pictures there's some outdoor seating so maybe next time we'll give that a try. Â Overall a pretty good first visit and I wouldn't shy away from going back.
Just saw this place on Mystery Diners and the food looked good so we decided to give it a try. Cute place, mediocre food and terrible service. If your gonna have a Guacamole Burger on your menu, you better have good guac. It was days old, brownish in color and tasted terrible. Thank goodness the delicious pretzel bun and fries made up for it. Obviously the owner's son, the cook, didn't care as he was one of the 2 in the kitchen at the time our food came out. We knew it was his son by the obnoxious conversations he was having with the rest of the front of house staff, bad mouthing his father. Oops!
The bartender was unattentive and took our order wrong. Didn't know what the food was when it came out and had to ask the cook which burger was what. Â She missed where we said we wanted sweet potato fries and had regular ones for us and didn't use gloves while making our salad right in front of us.
It's sad that Dennis takes pride in his restaurant and even after making an appearance on the show that the staff and food is still satisfactory.
The decor is confused. Â Is a sports bar? Â A wine bar? Â A Mediterranean theme? Â Mexican? Â Just amateurish and weird. Â Seating made me uncomfortable, felt temporary and out of place. Â Felt like at any moment the tables would be pulled out and be replaced with a pool table and bar stools.
Food was adequate but unspectacular. Â One step better than bar food.
The waitstaff was friendly but unorganized. Â I had 4 different people bothering my table every time one of them walked by. Â Give me one damn waitress that visits on occasion and other than that, leave me alone to converse with my party.
Worst place for breakfast in Gilbert, horrible food. This place really needs to invest in a real cook.
Will never come back, period.
We estimated that half of the patrons sent thier food back (at least one time, some folks had to send back more than once) and the smug servers were totally unphased, they must be used to it.
Save yourself the headache and go somewhere, anywhere, else. This dump only survives on the overflow from the Farmhouse next door.
I would give no stars if I could. Absolutely worst meal I have ever had. The meatloaf was cold. The meat was full of hard pieces. I wondered how many days ago it was made. The shepherds pie was mushy and all you could taste was the beer in it. Service was slow . . . but we expected that going in. Â All around bad experience.
Review Source:I would never, ever write a review about a place I have not been until now. Â My parents went to The Groves today and were so upset about their experience (and they do not use yelp) that I had to share the lack of customer service and terrible experience they had. Â
When my mother got her roast beef sandwich, it had a greenish tint to it.  After research the USDA website: <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fsis.usda.gov%2Ffactsheets%2FColor_of_Meat_%26_Poultry%2Findex.asp%2310&s=2b216308d48923e440180cabb81199ef1ad2ac45a64777dde23f25db71f66e31" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.fsis.usda.gov…</a>
I found this can happen with that type of meat.  My mother was not aware of this but was completely disgusted. She told the server took her plate away. When she returned, she said the chef would not and had not touched it because she should be grateful that his knives are so clean and sharp that it actually oxidized the meat.  After reading the USDA website, this does not seem to be the case.  My mother was so grossed out she said she had lost her appetite.  The server did not even apologize and gave her some attitude.  When the bill came, they even charged them for it. My  parents did not raise a stink, they just left their money and will never be back. I worked in the industry for almost 4 years, anyone with half an ounce of customer service skills would have taken the food away, offered something different, and/or taken it off the bill or at least discounted the bill.  Instead of trying to do guest recovery they chose the "I know better than the customer" road and have a bad yelp review, two people  who influence a lot of diners in the area who will speak poorly about the place, and a frequent AZ visitor who will never go to this place.  All for what?  A few $$ and some swallowing of price. Oh well, plenty of other great places to eat in AZ.
My parents told me about this place and I really wanted to love it because they do, they met the owners and had a fabulous time there. Â I wish I could say the same.
I ordered a Bloody Mary and asked the bartender not to put Tabasco sauce in it but she didn't really acknowledge me. Â So when my drink came and it was too hot to drink, I reminded her that I had asked for it without the Tabasco. Â She informed me that its not made with Tabasco, it a special blend of habenaros and other spices. Â Okay, it's my fault for not specifying that I don't like my Bloodys spicy. Â Whatever. Â I ask her to take it back and another woman, presumably the manager, tells her to tone it down with orange juice. Â So she gives me the bloody back, with OJ and asks me if I like it, I said yes because I'm a push over and I didn't want to send the drink back again. Â Seriously though, it tasted like something my friends and I concocted in 5th grade from everything in my parents liquor cabinet - the worst beverage, something you'd drink as a dare. Â
The food wasn't much better. Â The potatoes were cold, not just room temperature but literally cold.
I really want this place to make it, it has a lot of potential and I love supporting local businesses. Â I hope they get their act together.
As usual they were out of something in the menu! Which is one of the reasons  why I have not been here in a while. Somehow decided to give it a go and my wife said "you know they are going to be missing something" and to my dismay as history goes it repeats itself. Very disappointing! The food is great!! Our server was great, the owner is a really good guy, I WILL BE BACK (that guy has us hooked).
THE THING THAT REALLY ANGERS ME IS THE FACT THAT I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE.
BEST PRIME RIB SANDWICH....
Went here on a whim because we saw it on the Food Network...
Glad I didn't read the reviews first!
We had a great experience!! People were friendly, they had a great selection of beers, and all the food came out in respectable timing! We had appetizers and dinner, and both were brought out promptly.
Even better - they had live music going on. And pretty decent live music at that. Will be back for a pre-game kind of night.
Horrible service. I went in there with 5 friends. I cannot comment on the food or drinks because they were out of every drink we ordered and I am talking about obvious liquor labels. No Makers Mark, no Ketel One, no Hornito's Tequila... The waitress acted like we were putting her out by asking for specific brands of liquor. We left after 5 or 6 minutes and will never go back.
Review Source:The all you can eat fish was mediocre. Â The good....the cole slaw....excellent, not to much mayonnaise and a great vinegar and sweet tastes. Â The O.K....the fish, very greasy and the grease over-powered the fish. Â Not awful, just not good. Â The bad...the "hush puppies", were not good at all! Â They were chewy dough and not crispy on the outside and soft on the inside...just balls of chewy dough, and no taste of corn meal! Â The service was O.K., but it took 35 minutes to get my meal, at the bar, with no drink! Â I opted not to get the "all u can eat" because it took to long, and the fish wasn't worth it.
The music was good, and  I'll come back to give them another chance, but for something other that fried fish!
Went on a Monday night. NOT crowded. We sat at the bar and the bartender was clearly bored...
This is a tiny place. I can see why some people complained about it being packed... So listen to us and go on a Monday!!!
My lovely girlfriend (she doesn't read my reviews as far as I know, but...) got the stuffed chicken. AMAZING!!! I got a small sausage pizza which was pretty good.
I was a bit skeptical after reading some of the reviews but to be perfectly honest, the food and drinks were great. We got quite a few different items between all of us: wings, salad, pizza, hamburger, kids grilled cheese, chicken fried steak, chili, and spinach artichoke dip. Everything tasted great and was presented very well. I am very picky about what I eat and is food was excellent. The drinks were good too. I ordered a margarita and the rest of the party ordered beer & cocktails. They came fast and were not lacking. The service was good too despite the place being packed. Our waitress was attentive and our plates were always being cleared. The dining room is a bit small so if you get there during peak hours, sit at the bar or expect a wait. It has really nice ambiance and is great for families. I recommend going here. Try it out!
Review Source:I gotta be honest, prior to heading to The Groves, I was a bit apprehensive about visiting this establishment due to the reviews about the timeliness of their staff. BUT, I've come to learn that the quality of service is in the eye of the beholder.
So- Here goes...
I walk in the front door and immediately notice two patrons up at the bar, two tables occupied & two booths occupied with customers. The place was clean and quite whimsical for a bar & grill. The ambiance draws you in and makes you want to sit and stay a while. Â There were two young ladies tending bar & floor. This was approximately 1:00PM. I thought to myself, "Oh jeeze... If those reviews are right, I'm going to be waiting for my food".
Well, I really feel sorry for those other reviewers due to the fact that my service was FANTASTIC!
As soon as we sat down a server approached us and took our drink orders. She kept us engaged the entire time until we were ready to order and before I knew it, I had myself the best chipotle burger I'd ever had! 100% Angus beef with (SPICY!) chipotle peppers on a soft & chewy pretzel bread bun! Top that with fries and (another) beer that she had ready for me as soon as I was a swallow away from empty, and I was a happy customer!
Trust me, don't shy away from this amazing bar & grill! It's well worth the visit.
Cheers!
Shawn
One star for the bartender for apologizing to us for the fact we watched our food sit on a serving bar for approximately 20 minutes without anyone picking it up. Â One waitress even brought it to us after we stared at it for 20 minutes and told us the plate was hot.
We didn't even bother with the food and won't be back. Â This place needs some serious help.
After eating 50+ breakfasts at The Groves, I finally went there for Dinner. This ISN'T your usual bar food restaurant. I had the stuffed chicken (Chicken stuffed with a walnut sauce) ... it was excellent. Had a seasonal beer Santan Brewery ... a perfect meal. One of the better restaurants in Gilbert
Review Source:I like a bar that also has good bar food. Â I do agree with other reviews that the service is a little slow, but I am normally not in a hurry when I go out to eat. Â The Jalapeno Mac and Cheese is very good and Love there french fries. Â Everyone is nice and welcoming. I will for sure be back
Review Source:Had breakfast there with friends for the first time on Saturday and was impressed. Our waitress was very attentive and friendly. We never had to ask for refills for coffee or water. Sure it's a bar, but it smelled like cinnamon and was way clean. We shared a cinnamon roll and it was amazing. Huge fresh roll of fluffy with a wonderful not too overly sweet cream cheese frosting. My country breakfast was very good except the gravy for the biscuit. That was pretty bland...ok very bland. But they didn't give us a problem when we asked for separate checks which is always a plus in my book. It was also very reasonable for the amount of food served. My friends and I will be back.
Review Source:Nice ambiance, fabulous patio set-up, excellent server and the food reminded me of Home. Â Not the home where I live and make things in the microwave! Â I mean that OTHER HOME where Mom lives and whips up real food from real ingredients.
Go. Â Try. Â Enjoy. Â Repeat.
Mac n Cheese is a Spoon Experience not to be missed - sliced jalapenos were a nice touch too!
Not the Farmhouse replacement...I haven't even been, but I am going to say "it doesn't compare". Â We had to wait a long time, we couldn't sit outside because there weren't enough sun shades/umbrellas, food was average for breakfast, the spicy bloody mary was good. Â People were nice enough but its a bar atmosphere at the end of the day.
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