Blue Ox East Restaurant & Lounge

This place had taken a severe down turn. Went on a Sunday night like normal and the waitress there now is rude, and doesn’t even know the menu.
Ordered the fish and chips and they served it with their homemade potato chips instead of fries like the menu says out comes with. Then argued that we were wrong and that is what we ordered. Strike one.
Ordered the cheese quesadilla, which is just an appetizer, and a dinner salad. The dinner salad is listed at $ 4.99 and they served me a tiny bowl with a half a handful of lettuce, two slices of tomato, and a slice of cucumber, for 5 bucks! It normally is a nice sized plate full salad as I’ve ordered it many times before. Again, the waitress argued and didn’t even know what I ordered of the menu. Not would she look it up. Strike two
No apology, just a waitress that didn’t deserve to be in front of people and a cook who didn’t care. Strike three.
Sorry, but will never return to this place. Even after being a long time customer for 20 years. Recent price increases along with a rude, ill informed waitress was the last straw.

So this place is supposed to be a Minnesota bar. Came here with 3 friends to watch the vikings game on sunday. Guess what, this location does not have nfl ticket, so no vikings game on there. So we took our business elsewhere. Very disappointed considering I’m from Minnesota and this place is advertised on its Web page as being a Minnesota themed bar, yet doesn’t even have the vikings game available

As always awesome chicken fingers but I have even started eating their deep fried cheese curds and wow good!

The Blue Ox has been a favorite Haunt of mine for 25 years. Awesome burgers and bar food. A little smokey these days, but the wait staff and bartenders are great. Awesome local dive.

We were surprised about this place! The food is good and the place is quite and relaxing.
the people that works there are very helpful and friendly, and we are really planning to go back.

The Blue Ox Tavern is a quite little restaurant/​bar with good food. This place has an easy and laid back staff that is also friendly. They have three tvs for you to watch the game’s on and a fully stocked bar.

I’ve only been here once but maybe a random person subbed for the cook because I just ordered a grilled cheese and it looked like two pieces of toast with a slice of cheese in between. My bf ordered chicken wings and the sauce was on the side (weird). But I really wanna try it again and order a grilled cheese cuz I thought that a cook or chef would really know how to make those at least LOL.

Awesome hangout. Great food. Love the wings and chicken fingers. Great staff always friendly.

Terrible food, little portions I get the feeling by looking around that it’s not the cleanest place in town got a glimpse of the kitchen I won’t be going back

Terrific chicken fingers!!! A great deal!!! The cheese curds were good but a lil pricy for amount you get… Food and service was wonderful. The atmosphere is very dated and the sounds smoke from drinkers at the bar were a tad bothersome… But we would come back for the Chicken Fingers!!!

I’ll be brief… Food is good. Service from the bartender is not so good and the beer was warm… Been here 4 times and food is always good and food server is always nice… Next time I will not sit at the bar. Unfortunately the bad overshadows the good… It’s unfortunate too, because like I said the food good.

The food is always consistently good. The chicken fingers are to die for. Never seen them at any other location anywhere. Wait staff and bartenders are very friendly. Even the chef steps out to say hi! Definitely a great neighborhood place to visit.

Nice local hang out… Being here for only 6 – 9 months while we build a Cheesecake Factory we love to find a local spot… This one fits the bill of these two Phoenix transplants. this dive bar has food to make this personal chef happy… Try the shrimp cocktail. and a French Dip that makes Phil happy. also try the chicken tenders. homemade chips.

Came in for a quick wet the whistle with family. It was small & about as outdated as a Blueberry Hill that had tv’s & served cheap hooch. Crowded. The weathered «bartender» was less than courteous, as expected though. Now I can tell you this. We didn’t have to wait long to be served. The problem though started when my girl ordered a Pinã Colada. Bartender had that face that lazy ones make when you order something that forces them to bust out the blender. Sorry lady. Then she asked me what I wanted. A simple Cape Cod. I swear I was not trying to challenge anyone’s vocational knowledgebase whatsoever! It’s. Not a complicated drink. Just a vodka cran add a lime. She asked me if I wanted pineapple or grapefruit juice? Huh?.. My party witnessed me explain the simple ingredients. The next person ordered a bud light. I bet the bartender was like, «yes! Trust the white person of the group to make sense.» in her head, lol. Then my brother said he was still thinking. Obviously he picked up on the vibe we were getting from her. In essence we were 4 people who came to a bar and asked for somewhat usual drinks. She came back with a great pinã that she grumpily slapped together, huffin’ & slightly puffin’ during its construction before our eyes. Hahaha ;) my drink came and instead of a bright cranberry red it was a golden clear pink and she popped open a Bud light. Perplexed at the sight of my usual Cape Cods new colored tone. I asked what my drink was? She briskly trotted over and said, «you told me grapefruit right?» lol, I corrected her and she grabbled the drink away and uttered aloud, «Then why did you say grapefruit!» the cynical gent I am did not allow me to engage a close ended defense as such. It came back correct. We drank, and to mutual satisfaction I’m sure. We left, never to return again. ;)

Are you open 24 hours? Wow chicken and home made potato chips was excellent at 3am. Now I know where to go in late night to have a meal!

I have finally found a 24 hour spot on my side of town that is BOTH inexpensive and delicious!!! Finally! But now I’m just mad that I never tried it earlier especially since I’ve always wondered about it everytime I drove by! Soo I had this preconceived notion by looking at the complex that it would be maybe musky or smelling heavily of smoke and it was not at all! You can tell it is very clean with no smell at all! There are also many seats at the bar and many booths for eating.
Onto the food! The menu was pretty expansive for being all offered 24 hours except one page of breakfast. My boyfriend ordered the Western Bacon Cheeseburger and it was delicious! It looks a lot smaller in the picture I took than it actually is in person because it had some height! They cooked it perfectly to what he asked, medium rare and was very fresh and seasoned correctly. I ordered the Reuben and omg I think I had a record breaking time for basically inhaling it lol lots of meat and perfect amount of sourness and thousand island. The rye bread was amazing as well. I could definitely crave both of these! And now let’s add homemade potato chips and then make the total $ 16.30. That’s just crazy. I am already in love with this place and am excited to try all the specials and other menu items! Definitely a regular from now on!

Great people, great customer service. The tempura chicken strips (Lotsa) chicken strips are really good with the homemade potato chips! Def Suggest to check it out!

This is my secret spot in Vegas… It was shown to me when I first moved here… BEST grub in town… Sweet staff. I come here to avoid the usual Vegas crap hahaha.

I don’t know how it took me so long to try this place. It’s literally walking distance from my house. In any case, I finally did. And here’s what’s up.
The theme is Minnesota. The staff are super warm and friendly. The service is great. The customers all seem to be friends. It’s just comfy and the burgers are probably the best I’ve ever had. I actually had two of them this week. That’s more red meat than I usually eat in 2 MONTHS. I just… couldn’t help myself. These are PERFECT hamburgers. I honestly would be ok going there EVERY DAY. It just feels like my little local. I feel lucky to have it so close to me.

My first visit to this delightful «off the beaten path» restaurant and lounge occurred on Friday, January 23, 2013 at 1:36 PM. I was lucky to have TWO servers (Lisa and Cheryl) seeing to my needs and the chef prepared one of the best tuna salads I’ve ever had.
I have been back a few times and have also met terrific barmaids Nichole and Kim, as well as another fantastic cook, «short & sassy» CANDI. You will like all of them, too!
I kind of «over expected» when I entered this place, because I was a regular Monday night diner at the Blue Ox location on West Sahara @ Jones, so I’m used to receiving nothing but the best in food and service. So naturally, I asked myself, «Will this location be as terrific as the other one?»
It turned out that it was, indeed. The food was wonderful and the service was excellent.
My fascination with this place is because of the fact that I attended college at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus) and resided in Minneapolis from 1969 – 70, then lived in Saint Paul during 1973. While there, I learned that the folks in (and from) Minnesota are among the friendliest people on Planet Earth and they KNOW how to make you feel very welcome in their establishments.
It’s my belief that if you visit this fine dining location once, you’ll want to become a regular.