The Randazzos’ Grid Iron

I would strongly advise against eating here but it is an ok bar.
This is one of the places that is within walking distance of my new house and I was excited to try them out. I ordered the salmon and could not have been more disappointed with the plate that came out. The salmon was way over seasoned, over cooked and had a suspicious smell. The veggies were almost raw and unseasoned. The mashed potatoes at least were passable. To her credit the waitress noticed that I didn’t touch my salmon (though I did eat the potatoes and veggies) and offered to bring me something else. At that point my group was done eating and after the disaster salmon I didn’t trust that the next dish would be an improvement but they get credit for the offer.
We stayed for a bit to check out the bar scene. On Friday nights they do beer pong tournaments which looked fun and the bartender was prompt and friendly with the drink orders. But without anything in particular to recommend the bar we left early.
Since it is so close I will probably return for drinks but not food.

Some of the worst service I had ever received. I went for Monday night football and was ignored by the staff the whole time. After 45 min someone finally told the bartender I hadn’t been helped. One she came and talked to me she told me the kitchen was closed. So so annoyed.

Decent service, the food is horrible, like so bad I have no idea how they are able to continue selling it, when these folks owned papa penos the food was just as bad, again real confused how they are able to do what they do.
I give them a one because they actually have the ability to serve semi cold beer, limited selection.
I’ve come to realize there are a ton of places like this who cater to the younger crowd, not sure if that’s fair but it is what it is.
The original grid iron had very good food, this place is ruining that good name.
To many better places within a stones throw of this place that actually serve good food.

Yeah so the food sucks! It’s like they offer so many options, American, Italian, Seafood but nothing is good! We’re new to the area so ordered take out the other day, I got spaghetti and my husband got seafood and neither one of us liked our food. It was so bad I couldn’t even finish it and what’s with the seafood coming with a side of spaghetti? Yeah cause that really goes together?! The place sucks, avoid if you want good food you could have made yourself at home

I had a bowl of their French Onion Soup. At $ 6 it was a complete rip off. The portion was very small and the cheese was not toasted, it was like they just put a glob of cheese in the bowl along with one croûton. Oddly enough, it tasted good. I would not order it again, though.
My friend and I shared the artichoke and spinach dip. It was very good as were the pita chips only they were not ‘normal’ chips, they were much better. We also shared the mozzerella sticks and they were really good. It was obvious they were hand battered and not frozen. The dipping sauce was okay.
Our service was excellent but it was also not busy whatsoever because we came at sort of an odd time.

I think two is fair. No bugs or rodents. The place is clean. But the service is slooooowwww. And the breakfast isn’t very good at all. The coffee is watery. That’s how it was for two visits to this place for breakfast. Maybe they do steaks right. I’m afraid to take the third shot though. You do it and tell me if the steaks are good. So yeah I say it’s a two star joint.

The Grid Iron used to have much better food for the prices that you pay. The service and live music was nice. But the burger I ordered was not any better than a number of places to eat around Fort Mill. In particular they use some type of mayonaise like sauce that is not very good on all of their burgers.

This place is great, much less pretentious than Hickory Tavern. Prices are great, atmosphere is relaxed and staff are super friendly and knowledgable. I’ve been here many times in the last 5 years and I can assure you that within the last two years this place has become a great place to go. Back in 2012 – 2013 it struggled but now the management has turned things around. If you want a local place that’s comfortable, with good food & great prices (great place to watch sports too!), go here. You’ll enjoy it!

The food was good Nothing to brag about. The service was great. I passed this place a few times and finally came in.

I’m surprised at all the bad reviews. I frequent Grid Iron. The staff is friendly. Food is good, and comes out hot. My mom loves the Alfredo. I typically get the fried flounder or the grid iron burger. Sometimes you just have to experience things for yourself. I have no complaints.

My 93 year old father and I had lunch here for the 4^th or 5^th time … service is always slow but the burgers are good and it is never crowded. Today the service reached such a low point that I think we will not be back. We ordered a glass of wine which took about 20 minutes to arrive. I inquired why (place was virtually empty) and was told she was waiting for the bartender. The bartender was rarely at the bar, and in fact was waiting on tables and had more tables than this one waitress did. I ordered Pinot Noir and she finally arrived with a glass of white wine and had no idea that this was wrong. After another 10 minutes while waiting for the «bartender» to have a free moment, I was told they no longer have Pinot Noir and that is why she brought me Pinot Grigio. As if that made any sense at all. Eventually a glass of Cab was produced. It took almost 45 minutes for them to produce two burgers. People came, ate and left while we were waiting for this food. I really think she forgot to put it in until I asked what was taking so long. The bizarre answer I got to that question was that the burgers take longer because they are made to order. Also they didn’t expect so many people. (There were 5 tables of people and the «bartender» was waiting on all of the others but one.) The burgers were well-​done (ordered medium rare). My knife was dirty … waitress did kind of say «yuck» but never came back with a clean one. All in all, it was a really bad experience. It is too bad but these service issues are easily remedied with a little thoughtful management … and yet it gets worse and worse. There are many other options in this area, and will get our burger fix elsewhere. It is too bad … we want to like this place.

Ordered the lasagna and got mush instead. It was a pile of cheese in a sea of grease. The manager came out and gave a backhanded apology saying that people have different tastes. Waitress was fine and was sincerely apologetic. I disliked my visit and treatment there so much that I downloaded the Unilocal app just to complain about it. Won’t be visiting there again.

I had the blackened tilapia fish tacos and they were pretty good. Staff was friendly.

Didn’t like it! We ordered breakfast from this place and my French toast was very soggy… There was no one there to greet us at the front entrance, the waitress was very nice but I could get over the out dated décor… My eggs was a little dry and they put way to much powered sugar on my French toast.
As far as I am concerned I will not be returning back to this place. Sorry but you guys deserve a –1.

This place used to be pretty decent back in the day when it was a real sports bar. Now it’s the unholy marriage of a failed sports bar and a family run «American» Italian eatery.
The food is barely passable.

Baked ziti was great! I love that kids eat free… That’s a bonus. my server Christine was freaking awesome… my kids love it and they were actually well behaved in a restaurant (about time)…so it’s a winner for me… I Will be back!!!

Made the mistake of or ordering clams and then tried the Ceaser salad both were equally terrible. The service was great though! Our server was really nice and accommodating. All in all definitely don’t recommend.

1 star for service
3 stars for food
Evidently this place used to be very good. The boyfriend lives down the street and we went for breakfast today. He wanted to see what it was like with the new ownership. Well… my breakfast was OK, but its obvious this place is being run into the ground, again.
The prices are reasonable, that’s a positive.
The service was terrible. We had to stand in the lobby for at least 5 minutes waiting to be seated… now I wasn’t bothered too much b/​c we had several servers and the manager promise to be with us shortly — so we weren’t ignored.
The manager seated us and told us she’d be taking our drink order b/​c our server was ‘tied up’. She was pleasant and brought us our drinks on a tray… she apologized b/​c she wasn’t used to doing drinks… she then left our drinks on the table, ON THE TRAY. It was kinda funny.
Enter our server. He was, well, creepy and had to be tripping on something. Like seriously, dude was either on something, or *should* be on something. It was unnerving how out of it he was. Ugh.
My waffle was good and the bacon was perfectly cooked. The hashbrowns were also on point. I subbed out fruit for eggs… all of that was only 8.95.
Boyfriend ordered scrambled eggs with cheese… what he got was a mound of scrambled eggs with a slice of un-​melted cheese on top. They should also be ashamed at what they called sausage… it was burnt an curled up an just looked awful.
Suffice it to say we will not be back.

So I know this place has gotten pretty bad reviews but my experience was really pleasant.
First off I brought my dog, everyone loved him and he isn’t this tiny poodle I can hold in my lap. We sat outside and the waitress put our game on the tv and was very nice to my dog.
Second, the food I ordered was awesome. I didn’t order anything fancy, but their pizza was great. Everyone agreed. I’m not sure why a «sports bar» has such fancy Italian food on the menu. But If they simplified it maybe more people would order what I had. I mean why go to a place to watch sports and eat manicotti??? It’s Weird.
Third, just a nice atmosphere. Really did enjoy my afternoon here. Hopefully more people give this place a chance. Stick to the bar food like pizza and beer. I mean really it’s a sports bar why expect its Italian to be outstanding.

OK… whenever I see a one or two star review I read the reviews with skepticism but, after eating here, I have to concur with the reviews.
#1. Grid Iron splashes «Italian Food» everywhere and I was expecting good food. Instead, I got tasteless, bland marinara, factory-​created breaded chicken, and bland spaghetti… I know good Italian and this ain’t it… I guess there’s a reason they provide jars of Italian seasoning, pepper flakes, and parmesan, it needs it ALL,
#2. Beer and service are AOK so come to this place for the sports TV and non-​Italian food…