Grub’s Uptown Bar & Grille

I love the Hickory burger and onion rings! They have a good special sauce that comes with the fries. Even my husband who doesn’t really like hamburgers enjoys coming here. Kids pretty much eat free you just have to pay for the kids drink but still paying $ 3 for a kid to eat is a great deal

I visited this location for a work lunch this past week. We had about 20 – 25 people show up in our party. The waitresses were very organized and handled our large group great! I ordered the Bacon Cheddar burger with a half order of cheese fries on the side. It was delicious :) Grubs is great!

I don’t eat there often, but I haven’t ever been disappointed when I go. I almost always sit at bar because the bartender there (I think her name is Jordan) provides excellent service and knows her drink menu to a T. Cheese fries and a bloody mary are my regular picks! Grubs is a tradition and a classic of Fayetteville.

Horrible experience
After being told the kitchen lost our order we got it to go. The burgers we tried to eat were so over cooked, literally burned crisp we could only throw them away. I would never recommend Grubs to anyone. I have pics.

This place is a sit-​down burger restaurant. They have other items, but it is special because of its burgers, so we ordered a regular burger, bacon cheddar burger and a mushroom burger. All came with generous helpings of fries as well. Buns, lettuces, tomatoes, pickles and condiments (including seasoned salt and a special sauce that tasted like high quality tartar sauce) were all good…4 stars.
Tea was excellent… as to be expected. Also got a soda and a water.
Burgers were so-​so, maybe a bit over done and one appeared a little charred but, not quite. 3 stars.
I understand on Tuesdays they run a $ 4.95 special, which would make this an incredible value.
With 3 of us, plus tip, our bill was about $ 40…which is pricey. Sounds like this is a place to come to when burger plates are on special.
Overall, 3 stars as this place did not have enough to be 4 stars. I think the overall 3.5 star rating that Grub’s has is about right.
If here on the $ 4.95 special day, would push rating to 4 stars simply on value.

The food was good and the atmosphere was perfect for an afternoon of watching NFL. The pizza dip was good & plenty for two people. It only comes with a few fritos which is why this review didn’t get 5 stars. Tostidos or more fritos would’ve been great. Someone next to us ordered the loaded cheese fries and they looked amazing. The pizza dip was delicious though. Being from Tennessee, I asked if they could put one TV on the Titans game. Being we are 3 – 12 & no other Tennesseans in the house, I told her that I understand if they can’t. She said she’d make it work and she did. Sundays come with $ 3 Bloody Mary’s & Mimosa’s. I tried the Bloody Mary and it was perfect. Sit at the bar and ask for Brittany. You won’t be disappointed.

my mom and i visited the grubs uptown fayetteville location today (12−27−15). neither of us had been to a grubs before, and we sat at the bar. the bartender brittany was *amazing*. she treated us like regulars even though it was our first time. she was very friendly and attentive, and our glasses never went empty. The pizza dip and drinks were good, but brittany is the reason i’ll be back!

I’m very sad that I will never go back to one of my all time favorite burger joints in town. I love the food, drinks, servers, and overall atmosphere of this place. Over the last 20 years at the Dickson location I’ve seen concerts there, played poker there, had parties there, drank there, and drank too much there. The problem is in a shady pricing policy.
I met my wife and 11 year old daughter at Grubs Uptown after work. As many people know, they strongly advertise that kids always eat free. So, my daughter had a burger with cheese from the «free» kids meal. Here’s the breakdown on my bill:
Burger and fries — free
Cheese — $ 1.00 (I’m ok with that)
One leaf of lettuce — .25
One slice of tomato — .25
Three pickle chips — .25
Small side of thousand island dressing for fries — .50
Kids size 10 oz drink — 2.29
Grand total for a «free» kids meal? $ 4.54
Now, let me clarify something. I am totally fine with paying five dollars for a good kids meal. I’m not ok with a shady backhanded pricing structure that sticks parents with a five dollar kids meal that should be free. Just be honest. If you cannot afford to cover a free kids meal, than charge for it. I’d easily pay $ 3.99 for the meal and $.99 for the tiny drink.
Farwell giant plate of cheesy bacon fries. I will miss you.

This is a cool sports bar with a nice interior with a lot of cool memorabilia. A lot of large tv’s with plenty of space to view. The price was reasonable and the food was good along with the service.

My husband ordered «Mucho Macho Nachos». I remembered from eating them in the past at the downtown restaurant and it was a big plate full of chips, cheese sauce, etc.
His order came out with 10 (ten) tortilla chips covered with a little cheese sauce, lettuce and what looked like bacon bits. (He had added beef.) This cost $ 10.99. He tasted one and it was not good. He sent it back and got a fajita wrap that was edible.
I had a quesadilla which was good for the most part. One bite tasted like the chicken was a little freezer bitten. The service was good and the server was friendly. Sweet iced tea was good. Won’t return to this restaurant. I had to rate it at one star. I didn’t want to give it any stars.

The burger was ok, but the milkshake and fries were delicious. I like Steak and Shake’s shakes but the burger here is a bit better with really good milkshakes. The customer service is really good.

Husband and I decided to come here for lunch. The hostess was not so friendly. As we got seated to our table, she noticed the table top was dirty and had us standing until she got a towel and wiped it down.
We had to ask for napkins and table setting.
Ordered a beer and it came after sitting for 15 minutes. Ordered our meal and it arrived 45 minutes later. We noticed that ALL the waitresses are so young, and so I base the service we had at that. Unexperienced.
We asked our waitress why the long wait, she said she was waiting on my burger.
Husband ordered a French Dip, he didn’t like the fact that it was so dry. The burger has been sitting under the heat lamp, because the lettuce and tomato was so limp I asked for new veggie condiments.
All in all, it was like a «wet blanket» over a great morning.
Never recommend it nor going back.

If it says buffalo, it’s good. Buffalo chicken wrap and sandwich are great. Try the pizza dip. Fries are good, reliable. That’s not bad, it’s a challenge to make all-​star fries. Uptown location feels much more like a restaurant than the downtown one, which feels pretty much like a bar.
After eating here, I didn’t throw up. That was disappointing, because I only got to eat my meal once. On the plus side, didn’t die! Would eat again!

This was our first time there. The food was good service good. Parking no so good. It’s a bit loud and not the most friendly place when you walk in or leave. (No hellos or goodby) it’s a college bar with good food.

This place is great!!! Why anyone would ever go back to Taco Bell after eating here is beyond imagination. This is real food, and it’s delicious! I especially like their fresh salsa bar.

Pros:
Great juicy burger, they focus on making the meat delicious.
Fries are crispy.
Great frie seasoning.
Beer and drink selection.
Great student coupons.
Good service.
Fun atmosphere.
Cons:
On occasion I’ve gotten bad fries.

Disappointed everything we go here. Burgers are below sub-​par. One time they even managed to over-​cook chicken fingers…(how do you burn chicken fingers?!?) best thing there are the bacon cheese fries, but after 3 disappointing visits, we won’t be back.

Love Grubs and can’t wait till they open their latest location in Rogers in the Pinnacle area. Had the pizza dip which is always yummy-​how can you go wrong with a cream cheese base? Add pizza sauce, peppers, onions, pepperoni and cheese and give me fritos to scoop it up? Sounds familiar? Thats right-Gusano’s has it too because its the same owner of both establishments. Large selection of drafts. I was not too excited about my turkey melt hoagie, it was average. I do enjoy the fries with their signature dipping sauce which appears to be mayo based with who knows what to give it some zing. My only real complaint is the paper lined «plates». Why can’t we just use a real plate? I hate when the paper gets soggy and tears, exposing the tray below-​how clean are those? Gives me the eebie jeebies. I hope they sanitize them. But watching my husband eat his frito pie… I think he may have eaten half the paper as well. The place was busy, lots of tv’s.

I originally ate at the location in downtown Fayetteville, so I sort of knew what I was expecting when I ate at the Grub’s Uptown location; however, this location has a bit of a different atmosphere.
First off, both Grub’s have the true «Bar & Grille» look to them, having a full bar on one side of the restaurant, and several televisions all around the store for those big game days. However, the Grub’s Uptown location has more of a restaurant feel to it than the feel of a bar.
Now, for the good stuff: the food. Grub’s Uptown has what I like to call «bar food», which consists of mainly burgers and fries, with some sub sandwiches and appetizers that you would find as sort of a «standard» when it comes to restaurants that have the «Bar & Grille» name attached to them, with a few exceptions (like a pasta dish.) However, there is something about Grub’s Uptown that makes it stand out from the crowd: the unique menu for burgers. When I looked at the menu, I immediately saw a burger on the menu that immediately caught my eye for being quite unique: the Taco Burger. I mean, makes some sense: it has shredded lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese on it, giving it the feel of a taco … but that’s not what caught my eye. The taco burger is cooked in a way unlike any other burger on their menu … a way that I would have never thought of doing myself: the taco burger is cooked with taco seasoning actually mixed into the ground beef before cooking the burger! The seasonings make the burger taste all the better. I’m not trying to sell anyone on this burger, but seriously, it was unlike any burger I have ever had before. If you go there for anything, if you are in a burger mood, seriously, give it a try.
Okay, now for the reason for the 4 stars that I gave it … Given that it is still has a bit of the bar feel, expect it to get sort of loud in Grub’s Uptown on game days. The bar area is not made separate from the restaurant area, which would have been a good way to keep the noise level down for the patrons that want to go in to Grub’s Uptown just to get a bite to eat. However, the bar area not too much a bar that it’s something to be avoided by people who basically never walk into a bar for any reason whatsoever; the entire restaurant is not a bar area. So, in other words, for the family people, you should be able to take children with you without having to worry about too many disturbances.
So, definitely give this Grub’s location a try, especially if you are curious about that curiosity of a uniquely-​crafted burger.

Some of my favorite burgers in NWA. Less of a college bar type of atmosphere in this location than the other location off of Dickson Street. Good place to go and watch a game. Not as good of a beer selection as you’d hope for, but the food makes up for it.