Horrible, got an order to go, picked it up 15 min after placing the order, only live a few miles away, it was ICE COLD, fries( that we didn't order) must have been left over from lunch. Paid extra for  cajan, and mushrooms didn't get either one. Was supposed to be a surprise dinner for my husband for our anniversary, it was a surprise alright. Yup should have gone to Sonics.
Review Source:After a very long day of sight-seeing, this place was a beacon of hope. Â The staff could not have been more friendly and they were awesome with a bunch of very tired and hungry kids. Â Kids eat free on certain nights, so the bill was half of what we expected. Â Overall, it was a fantastic place with great food and fantastic staff. Â I would definitely go back next time I'm there.
Review Source:This is a pretty cool establishment with so much memorbilia you could look for hours.
At first when we walked in I assumed that the owner had to have parents in the Antique business. Â I have never seen so much STUFF. Â Comics to sports to antique to food. Â It was pretty cool and huge. Â
The service was a little lacking especially for a friday afternoon and the plates and menus are just a lil too big in my opinion. Â If I have a small table, and 4 plates that are so big and half full but I have no room for my silverware, then it's time to make things a bit smaller.
I would say it's kind of gimmicky. Â I am glad I went but probably won't go again.
This place is huge. Garage theme bar restaurant with hundreds maybe thousands of items you'll find in a garage and sports memorabilia. If you go into the restrooms their more. Â I love it. Â I was surprised to not find a lot of bikers here. A relief cause they were irritating the hell out of me on the road everywhere I went they were there. A hands full is cool but thousands of them shoot me now. Services me right for going in the middle of a biker rally.
It was a challenge at first just to get seated. I did enter through some back door cause I must of walked around for 10 mins looking around at the cool decorations before asking hey I'm hungry where can I sit to the girls in front. One of the girls said to sit by her bar then another pulled me away to sit by her bar then another pulled be away to sit by the tables. Can I just eat LOL. I really wasn't physically pulled.
They have a giant menu with the prices written in words like instead of $9.99 it said nine dollars and ninety nine cents, so of course it throw me off and I had to ask where the prices were. All the items sounded delicious but I went with the Pants on Fire burger and asked if they could throw a fried egg on it, which they did for 50 cents extra. Â For sides I had some sliced fried potatoes I forgot what they called them but seemed different so I had to try um. It was delicious not amazing but pretty good I'd recommend and eat again, maybe no fried egg next time bad habit.
Nice girls ;) I mean very friendly, patient, and good to converse with. It's a good place to go with friends and family. I wonder how it gets at night when its packed with drunk people. They also have $1 beers but I think you have to buy food to get that price.
Too bad Sanford's has taken such a slide from its high point a decade ago. Dinner at Sanford's was a family tradition every-time we all got together in Rapid City. In the beginning, it was a choice of necessity. They were one of only a few places able to accommodate our crew. And their huge menu was perfect for our double digit pack of adults and kids. But times have changed. Along with Sanford's slip from quality, a whole gaggle of new options have moved to town. Finally, and with some regret, Â we had to abandon Sanford's for one of the newcomers. We will miss the old Sanford's, but not what it has become. [bummer]
Review Source:Okay; I've checked in here once, but have had dinner here every time I've been in Rapid  (two - three times a year) since Sanford's moved in.  Sanford's has always been a good pick because the food was good, getting a table for 10-15 people was always doable, and the cost of feeding 10-15 people doesn't break the bank.
Had I checked in a few years ago and written a review, I'd have given four stars; but based on recent trips, by now I would have updated that review to the current two stars anyway. Â The last couple of visits were less than good for the food (food left me and a couple of others in the group needing an antacid (note: I had a salad with no meat)).
On the plus the garage sale decor provides conversation starters to try to figure "what is that?" and there are TVs everywhere (there are always young kids in my group and we need environments like this one that will keep them busy. Â But the pluses don't make up for what has happened to the quality of the food :-(
Hope Sanford's gets it together and returns to it's former goodness and I may give it another chance in the future, but not on the next trip to Rapid as I think they need a winter to fix it (summer in Rapid is all tourist all the time)
Sanfords has gone downhill in the last few years. It was a passable burger and fries place when I moved to Rapid a few years ago, but when I visited again recently the food was all simultaneously bland and over salted. Service was slow and rude, and, worst of all, the place STUNK like a backed up toilet. To be fair, they may have actually had a backed up toilet at the time, but it sure did not help.
Review Source:I think this place had to be one of the first to popularize the "garage sale" type walls - look no further for great food and a fun atmosphere disguised as a dive. Â Since I only visit SD rarely, I allow myself the pleasure of their amazing Monte Cristo sandwich every time - deep-fried ham and cheese with a side of raspberry jelly and worth every calorie.
I wish there was a Sanford's in CA or AZ!
One of my worst dining experiences lately. They don't serve water apparently because they're trying to push their $1 cheap beer. The tableware is dirty and spotty. The bourbon burger came in a plate of sauce and can't be eaten by hand. The waiter seemed inattentive and messed up our desert order as well. A disappointment to say the least.
Review Source:I really enjoy Sandfords. Â When we fly in this is normally one our our first stops to get a large draft beer. Â The food is decent (nothing spectacular) but will defineltly fill you up with the portions. Â Several years ago they had a much larger draft beer selection, so it is sad to see that was cut down. Â I have always had pretty good friendly service.
Review Source:The food at Sanford's is pretty terrible and expensive. The only real appeal of this place is the super cheap draft beers, $2 each or $1 if you order food.
The problem with that is in the hour and a half I was there I could only manage to get one beer out of our useless stoner waiter.
Not even cheap beer makes me want to go back to Sanford's.
$1 pints, crazy food combos, not healthy, large portions, massive menu, bar atmosphere, lots of great beer selections and you get what you pay for.  The food is served on crazy huge tacky plates. The only bad thing  is the service is really hit or miss. The last couple of times we've been there the service was really slow even though it was empty. Again great bar food in mass quantities. Def a place to check out.
Review Source:Sanford Grub & Pub was recommend by our tour director as well as the front desk person at the Raddison Hotel.
Yes it does look like a "junk yard" inside with hub caps, memorabilia, and all sorts of crap fill from the floor to the wall to the ceilings! In addition, there are TVs everywhere! Where we sat I counted 22 that were visible.
The food was alright overall, only the Junkyard Chicken Nachos won everyone's approval!
We had:
Junkyard Nachos (Chicken) $8.99 - some sloppy sh*t that we couldn't stop eating!
Cajun Garlic Bleu Burger with Cajun Fries $9.59 - didn't taste the garlic and not very spicy
Poor Man's Steak and (Popcorn) Shrimp Burger $9.99 - The wife said the burger was too dry
Homestyle Chicken and Biscuits $8.99 - Way over salted - too many carbs in the mash potatoes and biscuits.
Po Boy (Southern Fried Seafood Hoagies) $8.99 - couldn't taste the crawfish meat since it was popcorn style
Service was a bit slower than my liking, but the server was nice.
Overall a good spot, but a bit overrated.