As a local I recognize that this is a dive bar but they have the best halibut in town hands down. Â For years this has been the go to place for the halibut! Â
Who cares about what the place looks like, go here to get your grub on. Â Me and friends make it a point to go as a group. Â We have a great meal, tasty beer and thoroughly enjoy our time visting. Â There are pool tables, shuffle board and a few other games making this a gem among dive bars.
If you're looking for fish and chips in Juneau, this is the place to go. Â Anywhere in town, the price for fish and chips will make you cringe ($15-20), but Sandbar is the only place I'm happy to spend it, because it is delicious. Â
It isn't in the most convenient of locations, and is a little bit seedy...but that adds to the charm, right?
A local recommended we grab the halibut and chips here. There's no sign out front identifying the place, but once you turn onto Industrial, it's the only place that's not a warehouse, so it's pretty easy to find. Big red building, lots of neon beer signs in the windows. Local dive-bar with lots of interesting flair. We were obviously from out of town and got some looks from the locals, but the waitress was friendly enough. The halibut was super fresh, which was nice. But the batter was super bland. More just a vessel for holding the fish and deep frying. (Although, that seems to be a universal truth in Juneau. We're a large group, and at least one of us ordered fish and chips a few more times at different places. Apparently the norm in Juneau is fresh fish and boring batter. I mean, if you have gorgeous ingredients, I agree one shouldn't drown it in over-powering sauces. But SOME seasoning is required (would a pinch of salt and pepper be out of line?!?) Oh well, nothing a little malt vinegar and tarter sauce can't help with).
There's a variety of chips options. I just ordered the regular, and they were uninspired. My sister was thrilled to substitute deep fried mozzarella sticks with her order.
There's a wall of right-wing conservative signs and bumperstickers as you pass through the hallway. Plenty of parking out front. Several beers on tap. We asked what was the darkest they had, and were told Alaskan Amber. So, no stouts or porters. But still, Alaskan Amber is a tasty beer, so not a huge deal.
Absolutely 100% alaskan dive bar. That being said very nice folks inside a bit rough looking but very cool and welcoming. A much appreciated change from the Disney like experience downtown. Bar has two pool tables free on Sunday. Full size shuffleboard and foseball. The fish and chips were great big thick filet cuts of halibut. Think the size of a pack of cards, but thicker. In leu of chips we upgraded to fried zucchini and mushrooms, both were awesome. If you're tired of the cruise ship atmosphere of your shore excursions this is not a fabricated alaskan restaurant/bar. Â Prices were not cheap 14.00 for the fish but hey your not in the lower 48 anymore.
Review Source:After a day of glaciers, geo-caching (don't ask) and a brewery visit we were ready for some tasty Alaskan grub. After asking one of the locals where to go, she promptly pointed us toward Sandbar. She did warn us that it may be a little dodgy for for us and to go eat in the tourist trap part of town if we didn't like the looks of the place. That made me want to eat there even more.
We did happen to have 4 kids with us so I was a little concerned about them letting our party of 10 in, From the outside the place didn't look exactly "kid friendly" definitely my kind of place though) but the gal at the bar said it would be ok. Great. Most of us had the halibut fish and chips which were pretty good. I would have preferred bigger pieces of fish and a crispier batter but it was still good. I matched my meal with a tasty IPA that was on tap. For the life of me I can't remember the brewery in came from (not Alaskan Brewing).
I would go to this place again before I set foot into one of the tourist trap restaurants near the cruise ships. A solid 3 1/2 stars.
I was in Juneau for work and I was invited out on the water for some whale watching. Â Afterwards, my Juneau friends took me to the Sandbar for some fish & chips. Â It was out of this world. Â Fresh, juicy, thin tasty crispy batter. Â I was hooked. Â I then traveled to Sitka, Ketchikan and Anchorage looking for the same delicious fish - with absolutely no luck. (Not to mention the additional 10 lbs I gained looking for it). Â
The Sandbar has hands-down the best Fish & Chips EVER! Â Like Lara M said: NO OTHER PLACE EVEN COMPARES!!!
The ambience can be a little rough, but you won't mind once you bite into the first piece of fish. Â
If you are ever in Juneau - DO NOT MISS A CHANCE to have their fish & chips!!!
Went here a month or so ago based on recommendations for their fish and chips done up with halibut. It's out there and very country roadhouse/bar style. When I got there it was pretty quiet and there was just another table of 6 for some reunion. Bartender took their order then mine... I had some beers and wrote post cards. And waited. And waited.
Suddenly I hear the noise of water escaping food in the heat of the fryer. Ok, here we go.... Not too long now.... and 10 minutes later the six top is served. I get it, first in, first out. I wait to hear my fish and chips drop into the fryer. And I wait. And wait. The bald tattooed cook who ran the food out to the six top was not instilling confidence in me. I drank. I wrote post cards.
Then... out comes the food. The legendary fish and chips. Halibut. And I go to eat the first nugget and it's barely warm. WTF. Seriously?
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