Bar looks old inside but that gives it characteristic. The wings are great, especially when you get the $.50 wings. I get the hot wings and they have a great flavor. Tried the sweet chili sauce this last time also and it was AWESOME!!!!Love this place, plenty of TVs and they actually have some craft beers. Good service, haven't been disappointed yet. The food is definitely better than hooters!!!!
Review Source:I facebooked The Press Box before going there, Â and got a response saying it was 50 cent wing night, with $2.25 pints. Â You'd think awesome right???? Â Until you get the bill. Â Will never return, their customer service sucks!!!!!!!! When I showed them my facebook page on my phone, the manager told me he would take care of it... because it doesn't have domestic pints or anything specific.... just PINTS. Â So he took my phone with him and while he was adjusting my bill, another manager comes by and tells him NO, Â then comes to my table and says well it doesn't say anything specific just that we have them...... Are you kidding me???? Â You are under minding another manager AFTER he told me it would be taken care of????? Â I was so pissed that I said I'd pay the damn bill but would never be back and would tell everyone I know not to go there. I can't believe this is the customer service this place wants to have representing them And for what... 6 bucks. And to under mind one manager who says they will take care of this for only another one to come over and say no we wont. Customer service means alot and says alot for a business, Â this experience alone has completely ruined it for us.
Review Source:I've been going here for years of lunch breaks, and this place is consistently good. Â The lunch specials are $7 for an entree (ranging from wings to shrimp to a few burgers) and a basket of fries. Â Service is quick and friendly enough, and the wall of TVs lets anyone even slightly interested the sports catch one or two things. Â
The place is, however, old and well-worn. Â Plus, they took out the lobster claw-grab game.
One of my favorite sports bars -- they have cold beer, good wings, and lots of TVs! What more could you ask for?!
Their wings are among the best in Tampa. I am a big fan of the tangy and sweet/spicy wings, so my favorite is their Sweet Chili wings, though their plain Hot wings are fantastic, as well. Hot/Honey BBQ combo is good too, though the honey bbq flavor is pretty subtle since the spiciness from the Hot sauce overwhelms it.
I love that they have tater tots.
Their Juicy Steak Hoagie is my FAVORITE. The sliced rib-eye meat is so tender and flavorful and juicy and DELICIOUS!!!!! Comes with onions, mushrooms and peppers (I get it without shrooms because I don't like them) and melted cheese. Oh my god. It's like a party in your mouth. If I could eat this for every meal (including breakfast), I would. It's SOOO good!!!
Pretty solid and consistent sports bar that needs no introduction; seems to have been here forever. At any rate, the place is pretty simple: a large open area crowded with tables and a section of booths along the wall. Other side has a bar. TVs up high along the sides and a wall with 6-8 TVs. They do have a unique dining section featuring "stadium seating." There is also memorabilia on the walls.
They have a really good buffalo chicken sandwich, I'd say it is my go-to at the Press Box. Prices are also pretty fair...for food and beer. Wait staff has always been easy to deal with and quick.
Another draw for me is that they are one of the few places in South Tampa besides a Hooters that shows UFC fights.
After my less-then-thrilling experience at the South Tampa AT&T store I was ready for a cold beer. I still had my out-of-town clients with me, and we were looking for one final hoorah before I took them to the airport.
Press Box was on my way back north along Dale Mabry, and the idea of some cold beer, hot wings, and the opportunity to watch a few innings of baseball sounded good to all of us. You'll find Press Box Sports on South Dale Mabry, just a few blocks below Kennedy.
This place has been around over 20 years, and it has always been a popular sports bar with their five big screens and 23 screens total. My California guys were all excited that I was taking them to a dive bar, and even more excited that the Yankees spring training game was on the big screen. We sat at one of the 4-top tables near the TV and offered a pitcher of beer while the guys looked over the menu.
We ordered 20 drummies, naked, and served half-Cajun and half-medium with celery and extra bleu cheese. Since the guys had a direct flight from Tampa to LAX, they also ordered some burgers to hold them over on the long flight.
The menu has all sorts of choices, but I've always stuck with chicken wings and burgers when I've eaten here. They're open till 3 in the morning which makes them a popular end-of-the-night stop after a long night of partying and alcohol consumption.
Worth a stop if you're looking for a good sports bar in this part of town.
This is one of my "go to" places for wings and too many calories. I love being able to ADD my way across the many TVs and watch several sports at one time.
I like the size and quality of the wings. They are not pigeon wings like so many places. Chili Lime wings are a great change up. Honey BBQ is a great option for those who think ketchup is spicy. I like the home made chips and I usually hate potato chips.
They have Yuengling on draft, the service is usually good, unless they are packed. Parking is troublesome, but welcome to South Tampa.
The wings were delicious with crispy skins. We ordered 50 wings and four appetizers for our group and everyone was satisfied. It took a little long for the pitcher of beer to come out for members of our group who ordered it, but other than that everything was good! I bought the yelp deal before we arrived and it was definitely worth it. Thank you for a great night!
Review Source:Daniel was Very good & the manager stopped by twice asking if we were OK, then he came by again to clean up our table! I was not expecting that... Wings & couch fries were very tasty & hot... I also took advantage of the $15.00 for $25 deal & paid 1.70 out of pocket plus extra tip... NICE Thanks Press Box & YELP!
Review Source:I bought the yelp deal before we arrived here and it was very worth it! Â This place is fun with TONS of TVs, a bar area, and a table seating area. Â
The wait staff is friendly, and pretty quick to serve.
We ordered a special of the night that had wings, shrimp, potato skins, and a pitcher of beer. Â We also ordered fries.
The sweet chili sauce that we ordered with the shrimp was VERY good! Â I didn't try the wings, but they looked rather dried out. Maybe they were cooked too long? Â The potato skins were just gross. Â There is no good way to put it. Â They were cooked WAY too long and then drowned in blue cheese. Â I like blue cheese, but this was not tasty. Â The fries were cooked perfectly though!
All in all, we'll go back to watch a football game on the TVs and grab a bite to eat!
The Press Box is a Tampa landmark. Â They have great wings and run a $0.50 wing special every Tuesday. Â Obviously it's a sports bar, don't expect true five star dining. Â They do have a wall of TVs running constantly, additional TVs throughout and a separate bar area. Â The service can be a bit spotty when it's busy and the wings seem to vary a bit size-wise week to week, but it is a great place to watch a game with some friends and enjoy some good bar food.
Review Source:Great Big Burgers, Wings and Salads. Â Service is a bit slow but this place is open late and the food is always good regardless of what time you go. Â Their parking lot is cramped so try to get there before they're busting at the seams friday happy hour. Â the outdoor tables are great for a fast drink but go indoors to eat. The decor is oldstyle and so is the menu. Â But we don't complain when the food is this good. Â Well worth the wait and we think authentic atmosphere like this always has a draw back - which in this case is the layout of the dining room. Â Get a table on the edge if you want to get in and out quick. otherwise you will be singing excuse me all the way to the door.
Review Source:Checked this place out recently after looking to grab a bite with a good friend. We chose this place on account of the hours they are open till 3am and it had decent reviews here on Yelp. Â
Unfortunately I have learned , ALOT of people do NOT know what good food is and to give this place 4-5 stars is a huge stretch.. I understand its not fine dining, but this format could be better executed for the benefit of it's customers and the owners.
The decor is outdated the seating consists of bar seating and tables. The seating is old . worn and not very comfortable.. There are ample amount of large screen displays around the place but placement could better, sitting in the dining area resembles sitting in the front row of a movie theater.  I also felt the noise level was excessively loud and it was only moderately busy.  I understand its a sports bar but sound was overpowering to dining area and made it very difficult to hear the person next to you.  The food is typical bar grub , the menu is quite extensive  but nothing that I saw on my visit stood out as a have to try.
We ordered the Jamaican Jerk wings which were served hot and were decent. I also ordered the steak sandwich and I felt it was worse than you would get at a Subway, too little ingredients , dry bread and not very flavorfiul, the only saving grace was the steak fries which were good. Â My friend ordered the " cheese " bread which basically amounted to dry Italian bread with some mozzarella on it, it was decent at best. which came with a small side of marinara sauce which I have to say was the worst I ever tasted , I thought Dominos was bad this had no taste , very acidic .oily and downright nasty .... She also ordered the Fish dinner which consisted of your typical fried fare you would find at Long John Silvers again nothing really stood out. The prices were a bit high considering the quality and medium sized portions. Â On the plus side our server was friendly , helpful and provided very good service. Parking is limited and spaces can be cramped for big vehicles.
.   If your looking for a place to watch the game and grab a bite of  basic grub and  that's open late and that in itself is hard order to find in the Tampa, The press box has its good and bad points however, the bad outweighs the good 70/30.  Fortunately for me , my company made a otherwise subpar experience better.
Hands down, one of the best sports bars in town. Wings are outstanding and you can find any game you want. Drink specials daily and friendly crowd. Service is good and several staff members have been around for a long time. Menu offers a nice variety including healthier options. I love the selection of wing sauces!
Review Source:I'm basing this review on my overall experience at Press Box, which is good considering my last experience here was 1 star! They've recently changed management so this could be the reason...
That being said, it's a great bar to watch your favorite team because they will put on most any game you want to watch. It's mainly an SEC bar though - at least for football, but what bar in Tampa isn't? I usually get great service here, with the exception of the last time I visited. It was extremely busy for the BCS Championship game, and they were tremendously understaffed. Our server started out alright, then went missing for about a half hour before we realized she was now tending bar. I don't mind going up to the bar to order my drinks, but when I'm seated at a table and see our waitress has changed hats I expect at least another server to pick up our table.
Press Box has really good wings though and there is a bartender there usually that takes good care of us (can't remember her name). They have awesome specials, too. Last time we went, they were having $2 domestics and specials on double flavored shots. Their pitchers are $7.
Overall, it's a great local bar that I enjoy visiting during football season!
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The Pressbox website shows-off the place's ability to house Bucs players in their down time. No wonder-- it's minutes away from RayJay Stadium. The place is easy to pass-- built to look run down with wooden planks and scribbled murals, but inside it's typical sports bar strangeness-- sexy servers in tight umpire gear, full bar, laughing customers and loud TVs. It's a mecca for the local sports teams (and UF Gators)
This place seems to attract all sorts of people, so no fear for sports-idiots like me. My sexy server was very helpful, showed up at the right times-- and my marketing eye noticed-- also subtle in upselling. Nice.
Food-- Burgers DA BOMB! Cooked how I wanted, juicy, and the right amount of toppings. Bun's bottom half was soggy with juices at arrival-- I didn't like that part. Menu has about 14 types of "famous burgers." No boring BLT there-- all burgers scream butt loads of zing and flavor.
And I detest steak fries, but these had flavor (tasty seasoning) The wings tasted like typical wings-- still yummy, but normal. The sandwiches are trampled by the burgers, but still delicious.
I feel strange giving an establishment five stars when there aren't table cloths, but for a sports bar, this place is as good as it gets.
I was visiting a friend in Tampa and he recommended Press Box, so we decided to check it out. We ended up going twice in the 4 days that I was visiting. I had the philly cheese steak, the buffalo chicken quesadilla, and the couch potato fries. The portions were generous, the quality was excellent, and the service was perfectly fitting.
So I'm really new to the Tampa area, and I have been in search of a place to watch my hometown teams. The Press Box is the best sports bar I've found yet. Everything about this place is great!
The food is reasonably priced and tastes fantastic. I went with the giant appetizer sampler, and everything I had was delicious. The menu is huge, and they have a ton of drinks and drink specials. Bartenders are friendly and helpful. There are a TON of TV's everywhere, so this is the place to go if you're like me and have multiple games to watch.
There's lots of other stuff to do as well, such as pool, darts, jukebox, video poker arcade games, etc. Surely is never a dull moment at this place. I can't wait to go back.
Synopsis: Go here- you won't regret it. One of the best Sports bars in Tampa.
Love, love, LOVE THIS PLACE. Â It's everything it's supposed to be: Â It's a sportsbar, so it's usually packed with loud, semi-drink to drunk sports fans!, and the food is really good!
I had a fun visit last week; met some new friends and hung out with some old ones. Â I had wine, chardonnay, and of course, this is NOT going to be a top shelf brand. Â I knew that, it was decent, and I drank it. Â The wine glasses are really small, probably really old!, so it's not difficult to consume 4 or 5 glasses in a visit, which I did! Â Everyone eles in our party drank beer,of all kinds, and no complaints were lodged.
I ordered Chicken Wings to go for our Krewe, and they were hot and yummy! Â We decided on Hot with Honey BBQ sauce and it was a great choice. Â I've also had salads, sandwiches and appetizers in the past and never once have I had a complaint about the food ~ maybe I was too drunk to notice a problem, though......Just joking!
The bartender was cute and sweet, as usual! Â I NEVER had to ask for another drink, nor did anyone in our party, which REALLY earned her a big, fat tip! Â GOTTA love that.
I will ALWAYS be a Press Box Girl!
I was looking for a place to nibble on some wings and watch the Rampage/Rashad UFC PPV and this place popped up fairly close to my hotel.
As I researched it I realized I'd been here several times with friends many years ago. I was never really impressed with the place, but they all liked it and I didn't have any better ideas. Anyway, my tastes have changed since then so I figured I'd give the place a shot.
Atmosphere-wise the place isn't bad at all. It's not full of snowbirds or a bunch of obnoxious college kids, but a good mixture of people in-between. There are several TV's scattered around the place, so you can generally get a good site-line on what you want to watch no matter where you're sitting. I grabbed a stool in the bar area right next to a big-screen and perused the menu.
There was a pretty broad selection of typical pub fare, but they seemed really proud of their wings and that's what I was in the mood for anyway. They also have something called "ribeez" which is a deep-fried bone-in pork shank tossed in your choice of wing sauce. Sounds good, right? Not so much. I figured I'd test out the wing sauces on the ribeez, so I ordered 3 ribeez, each with an individual sauce. Somehow this translated to the waitress as "mix all three sauces and pour the result on all three ribeez". It was NOT a successful experiment.
I would ordinarily comment on how terrible the service was in this place, but it was fight night and the place was packed, so the staff was more than a bit overwhelmed. Management should probably add a couple more people to the roster on fight nights.
I saw something in this place that I've never seen anywhere else and I've gotta tell you about it - wish I'd taken a pic! You know those "claw" machines on which people will throw away dollar after dollar after dollar trying to capture some cheap trinket? Well, the Press Box has a combination "claw" machine/lobster tank! It costs $2 per try, but if you can actually capture one of the lobsters in the tank the kitchen will cook it up for ya. I was sitting right next to the thing and watching people go after those lobsters was morbidly fascinating.
Back to the food.... Since my ribeez experiment had gone wrong, I just decided to order wings with Cajun seasoning - a fairly safe bet to me. Long story short, they were over-hyped as well. They were over-cooked and the ranch dressing was watered down with little flavor. I couldn't even eat half of them.
I'd probably go back to watch the fights again because I'm virtually assured of finding a good seat with an excellent view of one of the big screens and the people/atmosphere was fun and comfy, but I'd have to dig deep into the menu to see if there's something else I could much on other than the disappointing wings. Maybe lobster....
This used to be the only place our family goes to for chicken wings until we moved. A friendly sports joint with games and great wings! Prompt service, cleanliness is okay (since its always dim , its hard to tell!), a bit like Hooters because of the server's uniform, typical menu with anything from burgers to salads and everything in between. Full flavorful intact wings at a fair price. I really like the seasoning and saucing of the wings, crunchy on the skin yet soft texture inside. Does get pretty busy on weekends so visit early! Also, there are actual games to play before or after your meal, though I'm not sure if it's still there.
Personally, I think it beats those franchise wing houses -- in terms of quality.
Went to check this out while in Tampa visting friends, had a good sports vibe feel all the games where on and there was actually a group of jets fans watching them lose , lol.... i was told that place gets packed when the Bucaneers r doing good (Bandwagon Fans exist everywhere) but still had a gopod crowd and was worth my time
one thing that was funny to me cause i have never seen it was a Crane type machine like u c filled with crappy toys except it was filled with live lobsters and if u caught one they cooked it for u .... not bad 4 two bucks....
A coworker of mine eats here every Friday, so I decided it was about time I gave it a try, & we just got back from a very tasty lunch.
It's a sports bar, so it's pretty dark inside, & there are screens lining the walls with various games, etc playing, but the lunchtime crowd pays them no mind. It's not super loud, but it's not quiet, either.
The menu's larger than I would've expected for a sports bar; they've got burgers, sandwiches, wraps, salads, & of course a ton of appetizers. For $6.99 cw & I both had a buffalo chicken sandwich -- option of hot or mild (hot for us!), ranch or blue cheese (blue cheese!), & chips, fries, cole slaw, or potato salada (fries for me, chips for him).
Standard steak fries come out piping hot, & the chips were pretty warm, too. They definitely seem like homemade chips -- I was impressed. The sandwich was deLISH. I was sort of expecting shredded chicken, bbq style, but it was 2 whole tender breasts drenched in buffalo sauce.
The service was prompt, the servers attentive & friendly, & overall I really enjoyed it. With the huge selection of food that I'm sure is all as good as what we ordered, I'd have to say this is probably the best sports bar I've been to yet.
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