Hokie House

Last night, around 6:15, my boyfriend and I got out of class and wanted to grab dinner. We went to Hokie House because of the great happy hour specials and burgers - what we were craving. We got to the door, and the bouncer, I believe his name is Jeff, started to close the door on us. He bluntly said "backpacks go here" and pointed to a wall, with no hooks, that was right next to him. There were no other backpacks. My boyfriend stated we were just there for dinner, and he didn't want to just leave his backpack there. The bouncer said "well, then BYE" and pushed us out the door.

1. What if there were little kids with backpacks with families, would Hokie House be able to accomodate? And what's the deal anyway? We were going to sit downstairs at a booth, not be upstairs at that bar. There was plenty of space.

2. I often get out of class/work in the evening and just head downtown for a quick dinner. I take my backpack everywhere. Never before have I been so rudely turned away for having one.

3. Keep in mind too, this was around 6:15 PM. Not exactly prime "getting drunk" hour. At that time of the day, why in the world would anyone be turning away business? From what I could tell, Hokie House wasn't even that crowded. He turned away two people that were going to get full meals and a drink or two.

I was astonished and upset at how the bouncer so rudely turned us away. We wanted to go there pretty badly! And now I don't really ever want to go back. Thanks for leaving a bad taste in my mouth during my last week of undergrad, Jeff. You are a rude and probably very unhappy person.  

If you want good happy hours, go to Sharkeys or The Cellar. Stay away from Hokie House.

I go there almost once a week. The food is  very good. They have special on food everyday

I was in town for the weekend and came here with my sister. "Famous Burgers" is one of the signs you'll see when you walk up... but the burgers are probably only famous within the Blacksburg/Radford area.

While looking over the menu, I saw that they had a burger with a fried egg and bacon... so considering my love for eggs I appropriately ordered it (called the Hokie Pokie Burger) and I got it with Sweet potato fries. My sister ordered the Blazin Bleu Burger with Curly Fries. My burger was a little overcooked for my preference but the bacon and fried egg compensated for that, so overall the burger was okay. My sister's burger was an awesome cross between a burger and a buffalo wing. The sweet potato fries were extremely disappointing. The sad little strips of overcooked and under-seasoned sweet potato had me wishing I ordered the regular fries or the curly fries. The curly fries were pretty awesome, if only the sweet potato fries were equally as good.

The service was really good so I have no complaints there, but the sanitation is a huge problem-- I used the restroom before we left and simply walking in disturbed a gross amount of flies that claimed residence at the toilet like rotting meat. If the bathroom standard is any indication of the cleanliness standard in the kitchen, the thought of returning makes me nervous.