The Dirty Pelican Grill

Worst bar I have ever been to. Service is so bad. Sat at a table that was dirty and took 5 + min to even be noticed by a server. Had to ask her to remove dirty dishes and wipe down table. A rough older crowd that are not nice to anyone new. Will not be back. Don’t waste your time.

Band rocked!
Food was wrong after it took 55 minutes for a hamburger.
Even the drinks (beer) was wrong.
But the band rocked!

How in the world is this shit hole in such a beautiful neighborhood? This area deserves a great neighborhood bar thats friendly, clean, and safe. Saddness. Disappointing. No other words to describe this bar. Someone call «Bar Rescue»

Was there Friday night and the band was fantastic!
First let me say, I witnessed 2 conversations between the owner and 2 staff members and he is a nightmare! Now I know why the staff is not attentive, why they look like they are being forced to work there and why they plain old just don’t give a crap!
The recently closed down to make «improvements» and what a waste. They also rearranged the set up and dance floor and the layout is stupid! The dance floor is way too small.
The band brought in a great crowd, I mean when the tables were all full at the same time as the dance floor and there are people standing at the door waiting for a table, you have a potential for a successful place! Not so here with the lack of customer service and just plain inattentive wait and bar staff. I stood at the bar for no less than 8 minutes before I was even looked at by the blonde girl behind the bar. It was almost like she did everything she could to ignore me! Then when she did look at me, she first walked over to the couple sitting right next to me and asked them for a drink refill and did that before she took my order. Now in normal situations and at a successful bar, I would never have to belly up to the bar to place my drink order as there would be staff going around the tables TAKING drink orders but here, you are lucky to see anyone walk around but maybe once about every 20 minutes.
Throughout the night, most of the people I knew and didn’t had to go to the bar to order drinks yet there were wait staff around, where, I’m not sure as they certainly weren’t working taking care of customers.
Next, go into one of the two womens bathrooms, the sink (where patrons and employees are to wash their hands) was stuffed full of a trash can, a plunger and something else that was all rusted so no one using the bathroom could wash their hands INCLUDING EMPLOYEES. I guess that doesn’t matter since they weren’t serving drinks any way!!! The men I was with said both Mens bathrooms had no soap in them… YUCK!!!
Air conditioning??? We live in Arizona and the last 2 times I’ve been here, it’s been hot as hell. Maybe a plot to get people to drink more? Okay, I’ll go with that but that strategy doesn’t work if you don’t have your staff available to take drink orders. TURN UP THE A/​C cause your staff isn’t available to take drink orders, not even at the bar!
Last, the fact that the sign outside on the front of the building has 50% of the lights out and god forbid you hadn’t been there before and were trying to find the place, unless you were looking for «PELICAN» you’d never know you where there! This in itself pretty much sums up the lack of keeping this place in «working order» shows that the owner is running this place further into the ground. Don’t be surprised if this place goes under soon…

This place is a pretty cool summer hang out when in need of hanging with friends and having a few drinks.

Shady crowd! Shady owners! Service is hit or miss!
Some bartenders are great! Others not so much.
It’s nice that this place isn’t a corporate place and has a very wide selection of liquor and beer that changes constantly, down side to that is you have to see it to get it… servers/​bartenders alike have no idea what they are carrying behind the bar… I guess I’ll just stick to the coors light and well whiskey instead of getting a craft beer or a 12 year aged whiskey that I can see on the shelf and ask for it just to be told «we don’t have that»
Upsell! Get my tab higher! Get a better tip while you make money for the business! Open your eyes!
I still come back only because it’s the closest place to home base.
Forgot to mention the countless fights I’ve seen between guests that happen very frequently! Even worse when you see the kitchen staff run out to fight some poor drunk people. Of course the police don’t come and the owner is present with close to no reaction of what is happening! 2 stars for overall experience. 5 stars for the shadiest place in north glendale!

Microwaved food and I had to wait 10 minutes just to get a soda. Music is INSANELY loud for such a small space; wear earplugs and you can still hear every note. People are playing on phones or texting cuz you can’t physically talk to one another.

It always baffles me how rude the staff is here and they are still in business, and if you read the reviews I am clearly not the only one that thinks this however I have tried several times always same results rudest staff ever

Menu has been redone wings an loaded fries are great always fun to people watch… like any bar it’s got its bar fly regulars! Ted do need to get more variety of bands and possibly a country night!

Such an unfortunate waste of space. The place has huge potential to be a phenomenal neighborhood bar. The staff had me waiting long enough to order a beverage that I was playing on my phone in order to waste time. They were too busy chit chatting about their personal life drama out loud instead of tending bar. When they finally did help me both bartenders had zero clue on pouring the proper 4 count. I ordered two different shots and they made up their own recipe. As a former bartender I would not recommend this place to anyone. Sorry Dirty Pelican but I recommend a phone call to bar rescue…

A great local bar w/​cold beer and a good selection of bar food. Football always on Sundays and a new selection of breakfast dishes. The wings are exceptional and keep us coming back. This is not a place if you’re looking for high class service. The staff knows their regulars and treats them w/​respect, however, they welcome all patrons and want to keep everyone coming backl

This is literally the worst bar I have ever been to. I heard it was a shitty, so I wasnt expecting much. But this place really WOW’ED me. in a bad way. How is a bar this shitty open? And has been open for 4 years? Is this a money laundering front? From the décor, music system, lighting, and employees. all bad. From the moment I walked in the front door, this place just gave me the ultra-​divey feel. And «divey» is usually not a bad thing. I love a little hole in the wall bar. But this is divey in a «needs Jon Taffer to resuce» way. You cant tell who works here because they have no uniform and wear whatever. They have no idea what they are doing, and even with a completey empty bar, it takes forever to get a drink. They under pour. So many bad things about this place, I would be writing this review for days if I wanted to keep going. This bar needs HELP! Close the place down and put something there worthwhile.
Pro tip: Dont order anything with more than one ingredient.

The wings are cooked in microwave taste like crap. And was told even tho I didn’t eat them that I would have to pay for them or wait an hour till there was a manager on site. Poor poor customer service.

Can you say bar rescue! Very slow and a local drunk handout spot. Wings were ok but soda nasty. A few of the men working there (may be the owners) were in shorts and one in a tank top. Not what you want to see in an owner because it set a standard that dirty and sloppy are ok. Went for the UFC fights — the only positive was no cover. All the female staff had short shorts and most had a bunch of tattoo’s. Just a small no class dive bar. Got two stars only because the wings did not make me sick the next day.

We’ve been here on and off, and everything has just been good enough. But recently they’ve done something with the wings that makes us want to keep coming back. Juicy inside with just enough crunch on the outside. OMG best wings near us for sure.
If you’re looking for a dive atmosphere decently priced drinks and amazing wings, come on over!

Haven’t been back in probably a year because the last time we stopped by, the service was worse that I have ever seen. There was one server and the bartender working. They seemed to be more interested in their personal conversation than talking to customers. Needless to say, we walked out after 10 minutes when no one came to take our order.

Had amazing services! Everyone was super friendly and. extremely nice. Food was amazing. Wasn’t impressed with the bad. but everything else was perfect. BEST NACHOS EVER!!! not ever joking!

Well. Service still slow, but I enjoyed the new menu! Also, they partly changed the place [no more fish tank and they added t.v.‘s everywhere plus added a dance floor and 2 new pool tables. They still need to add a new paint job to the walls to improve the quality and maybe add large booth seating. Overall this place is still a dive bar. I have to say our waitress is awesome because she gave us another round of bbq rib sliders on the house, so this bar does have hope… Try the rib sliders. It’s a real deal.

Well after all my bad reviews I thought I’d give the good old dirty another chance. My friend has been telling me to get in there and it’s actually cool. I was wary but decided to join him for a beer. And the funny thing… I actually had a good time!
Well my last time at Dirty was back I. Jan 13 and I’ve stayed away ever since. Mainly because of poor service. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw 2 full time bartenders, a bar back, and at least 6 servers in the bar. Things looked better already. When I was treated very promptly I ask her what the good beers were and she said «Odell’s IPA». I couldn’t believe it?!? Odell’s IPA… he’ll ya! After that and seeing. Workers actually working and a good positive seen this place has improved greatly. I’m still reserved a little so ill have to go back a few more times and maybe ill give them another star. I did not try the food which I will next time.
Overalls either I was expecting the worse and had a good time or it really was just a good time. Ill check out Dirty again soon!

I had checked in on a friday night 2 weeks ago. Since then, I have been asked by numerous people if this venue has improved in the customer service area. So I decided to update my review to convey my experience here at the ‘Dirty P’.
First, it was a friday night, and though not busy, there was a decent amount of people in here. And the friday night crew was efficient, yet indifferent. If you are expecting warm and friendly greeting and service, you won’t get that. However, the 2 working the bar stayed on top of it. That is all I expect of a place like this, so that is a big improvement.
Atmosphere is a tad better; they changed up the dining area, and we had just missed the band. There is also cornhole in the patio, and that is fun and cool.
I had watch the girl bartender make my margarita, and she only put a quick splash of alcohol (I am not exaggerating when I said splash, it was like a tablespoon of tequila) and filled up the rest with ice and whatever magarita mix they use. I tasted it, and promptly told the male bartender, Nick, that I need just a bit more alcohol. He fix the problem immediately. Very nice change than last time, where I could not get anyone’s attention for a second drink.
Mixed clientele. Pretty interesting. From bikers to golfers.
Why only 2 stars? Because it still falls under the ‘Meh. I’ve experienced better’ definition put out by Unilocal.My negative experiences outweigh the few postive. For those that have asked have they improved? yes, kinda.