Hitching Post

Nice social vibes and really chill atmosphere. Perfect place to bring your friends to hang out. I highly recommend to anyone passing through the valley to stop up here. Food is always amazing, as well as the service. Things can get busy in no time, but that’s expected at any bar. I’ll definitely be going back for another enjoyable experience.

Lived here for four years and finally tried the famous Hitching Post for Taco Tuesday.
I had to try the tacos since it was Taco Tuesday. They were very good, American style tacos. My wife had a burger which also was very good.
Kinda surprised that the place was pretty empty for lunch time. The six in our party plus another couple… that’s it.
Atmosphere could use some updating. It is a little dark and dingy… kinda had the look and feel of a bar, which is what it is.
Even a bar can be classy looking. I’ll bet they could increase business by giving it a complete facelift. I know the bar thing is why we have never gone for dinner and even though the lunch was good… still probably won’t go for dinner.

There are virtually NO vegetarian options on the menu. Other dishes are okay but not outstanding. Have only been there for dinner.
Lots of mountain flavor — pool players and barflies start rolling in at 7pm.

This was one of the biggest burgers I ever had! Tasty too!
The place itself was a bit odd. The room setup was strange — almost like a wedding was about to happen or something.

Friends brought us here for lunch on a visit to Oakhurst before we left exploring nearby Yosemite National Park. The outside is nothing impressive, just a local western tavern. Inside, a dance floor and very long bar reinforces the impression this is a place for partying and drinking, not the food.
Appearances can be deceiving, everything we ate here was outstanding. The burgers are awesome, gigantic, and so appealing one of our friends was almost eating the plate. My son enjoyed the wings, my salad was so large and so good, I couldn’t finish my burger and shared it with my son. The french fries were outstanding. It’s always a treat and an unexpected pleasure when a restaurant’s food really exceeds your expectations.

What can I say. The biscuits and gravy are really good. I have not been able to finish a meal because the portions are massive. Four of us went to breakfast here and walked away extremely full for around forty bucks. I will say however, the hash browns were a little over done for my taste. Other than that, I highly recommend them for breakfast. Going in for burgers next!

Stopped here with friends for a delicious breakfast. Portions are huge. Staff is super friendly. We all enjoyed our items which included chicken-​fried steak and eggs (tip — get your sausage gravy on the side) and the western omelette was ginormous. Coffee and water stayed filled. No complaints here. We will return.

burgers that take 2 hands to hold and 3 mouths to swallow, a covered smoking room, and good karaōke.
That’s what I love about this place.
This restaurant, tucked on hwy 49 is the best bar on the mountain by far.
They have the western bacon, which measures about 8 – 10 inches high. Try eating that in one bite!
Can’t really speak for the booze, but the employees have good service, food is always hot and done timely. Portions are beyond me… I can never eat a whole plate of their food, they just pile it on at good prices! Love it.
Great place to shoot some pool and sing karaōke on Friday while enjoying good grub.
This place also has taco tuesdays and Mexican food.
The only thing they need is to carry Cope Wintergreen and Marlboro Smooths at the bar.

The Western Omelet is fantastic. Ortega chili’s and tasty ingredients, just bomb. The hash browns were excellent too. This place is a great bar with suprisingly great food, good portions as well. Wouldn’t necessarily think that getting hammered here in the evening. Ha! Go Post!

Our family eats here all the time. Go for the western burger, it’s excellent and it’s stacked a mile high. Everything on the menu is also a good choice.

The foods okay, staff is friendly (enough) and the bar is alright. Overall, however, there is much room for improvement. Last time we came here, from the time we ordered and sat down, it took a good 30 minutes or so before the food came out. It got to the point where your eyes followed every tray of food out to everyone else’s tables, hoping the next one might be you. Nope! We sat and sat and sat, listening to the drunken commotion from the bar until finally the food arrives. Most of it. The salads came out later than any of the hot food (what???)
as mentioned above, the food tastes fine. Not a 5 star meal (it’s all from Sysco), but I would give it another chance if I was hungry and out of options. There aren’t many places to go in oakhurst… Just hoping next time I won’t wait an hour or I’m walking out. Give it a try, the burgers are pretty tasty and they make a mean root beer float.

I came here several times after work while remodeling a cabin in Bass Lake. Its a pretty down to earth bar and grill. Its Awhannee so you gotta expect the local mountain residents to be frequent in a place like this. I had a few beers and had one of their monster bacon burgers. It was pretty damn good and the coleslaw that came with it hit the spot.
If you stay long enough and have a few cold ones you’ll start conversating with the locals… and believe me, it’s priceless.

This place is definitely casual, so if you’re looking for a place to have some good fried food and cold beer in a relaxed environment, this is the place.
It also depends on the crowd. If they are really busy, the food seems to suffer a bit, but most of the time it’s great!
The patrons are a mixed bag. There’s definitely no need to dress up or down. Just go as you are!

This is a down to earth bar/​restaurant. My husband and I randomly chose this place after a long day of work. Automatically, we were greeted and served by the bartender, Charlie. She had her regulars but few outsiders… she knew weren’t from town. I like her quick and easy going conversations.
Their food is home-​cooked, which is what we needed after work. I noticed the cook likes to add a dash of parsley… because there was a dash on every single dish we had. Not a problem but a signature that you will know if you have a dash of that parsley, it may be from that same cook… and you’re in good hands.
They had a juke box there but if nobody didn’t put in money, you could hear the chatter and gossip in the room. But I would definitely come back with my husband and bring our son along.

This place is «OK». We used to frequent this establishment more often but after 2 times of seeming like we were a nuisance, raw chicken in one of our meals, and just being treated like trash because we look different than the average patron we will not be back. Also, don’t go there at night. Angry drunks a’plenty. You know the type, checking your woman out, and mean dogging you. Made us feel very uncomfortable. I will say the «bigger & taller bartender» is awesome. Super nice, wish I could remember his name. If we knew his schedule we would go there those days only.

So Much Fun!!! Come sing your heart out. EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT!
Friday Nights… Karaōke With DJ Q-​Tee! Come out for a great time with awesome singers and fun friendly people! Starts at 9 pm. So, get your song on! Also, your DJ/​KJ, will play your «favorite songs» so… That means, if there is a song you want to dance to, or just hear and don’t want to sing, she will get it up for you!
BONUS! They are a Bar and Restaurant. With a full menu served all day and night! Open 7 days a week from 10:00 am –to– 2:00 am

I came to the hitching post to watch a football game on Sunday. On the sign outside it says, «Hitching post, Sports Bar and Grill», this is the only sports in the world that does not have the NFL ticket. I was the only person in there beside the guy behind the bar. Please do yourself a favor and don’t waste your time coming here. Its dreadful.

WORST FOOD EVER! Live in the area stopped by for a quick meal and it all looked like reheated or from a box. Some of the food looked like it had been cooked days ago and reheated. On to the bar only positive was the alcohol big glass but the draft beer was flat and tasted funny, like the glass were cleaned with dirty rag. The place was dirty and was filled with people that looked like they just got released from jail. Several customers appeared to be very in drunk or on drugs. The whole time I was waiting for the cops to come to do a raid. The music was loud and bad I could hear the place a mile away. This place looks like one of those places on a makeover show before the makeover. Will not go back ever and do not recommend it I would rather starve then eat at this place again.
I want to give it 0 stars but the site makes you give a rating.

We are locals and have been to the hitching post many many times. Like anywhere else there are good deals and better deals on the menu. Jack’s review regarding the facility is pretty accurate — they have a large open facility with a wooden dance floor, 2 large screen TVs and 2 bar tvs, 3 pool tables, dart boards, juke box, and on occcasion live bands and karaōke. Bring your kids and let them run around the floor… its OK! This is a family run business and a cross between self serve and full serve to keep costs down. Order at the bar and eat at one of the tables.
The menu is all good, home made, and i think the pricing is reasonable. you get oversized servings, enormous burgers and fries, great home made daily specials, a full bar, generously proportioned drinks, and even $ 2 tall beers. you just have to know what to order. People are used to getting chips for free (out of a bag and salsa from a can) but when they are home made, you can’t do that.
My family has never had a bad meal or experience there– we always have fun and leave stuffed. Remember, this is a locals bar — friendly and inviting to everyone, but it is a bar folks so if you come on a friday or saturday night expect it to be a bit louder than during the week.
you really can’t go wrong here…

We finally stopped here after driving by it a few times while in the area. The place is nothing special, just a large open room with plastic tables and chairs, but a GIANT hamburger. The prices were pretty silly, but I guess they are just trying to capture some tourist dollars. The chips and salsa were homemade and awesome, but not worth the $ 4.50 price tag. Their western bacon cheeseburger was $ 9 and all I could taste was american cheese and BBQ sauce.
If you are in the area, you may be better off going a few more miles into Oakhurst, but we did not find much to like there either.