Big Red Restaurant and Sports Bar

Big Red Keno is an excellent choice if you are in the mood for a good sandwich or hamburger. Their menu is extensive and has reasonably priced appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches and larger entrees. They feature daily specials and easily have the largest selection of beers on tap anywhere in Norfolk. It’s refreshing to have so many good beer choices as opposed to the standard few domestics nearly all the other restaurants have. It’s also nice to have a place to go for dinner and drinks that stays open later in the evening. I think it’s ridiculous that most of the restaurants in Norfolk close at 9:00 or 10:00 p.m., even on the weekends.
Be forewarned however, Big Red Keno is usually very busy regardless of the time of day. It’s also very noisy with more of a «sports bar» atmosphere. If you are looking for a quiet, intimate dinner, this is not your place. If you are looking for a loud, fun place to entertain a large group of people, Big Red Keno is a good choice. Big Red Keno is also our favorite place to watch the game.
We don’t play keno but we frequent Big Red for the excellent food, good selection of beers on tap and great service.

The people that gave this place high rating have clearly never had food before, or eaten at a restaurant…
The Rules:
Apparently if you’re under 30 you have to wear a tacky wristband to drink, like WTF is that sh*t? Am I in a nightclub rave or a restaurant? And why 30? Like if I’m 30 years old am I all of a sudden a high class snob who can do no wrong?
The Food:
The food was definitely items that you buy at Costco (or at wholesale), but that’s not so much the problem, because a lot of places do this and put their own spin on things… Not this place, straight up open the bag of «whatever-​you-​just-​ordered» and cook it up. Let’s not any seasoning, because the people who eat here have no taste buds anyways. Let’s not put any effort in so that people will say on our commercials, «I eat at Big Red’s because their food reminds me of eating hospital food.» And then once you realize what you’re eating, the prices are insane.
The Staff:
I must have been early for «rush». There had to be 10 people on the wait staff loafing about with their hands in their pockets, with nothing to do. There were about 5 customers in the place. So instead of working on something (like a non-​bland recipe), they were goofing off. One of them used foul language in my presence (yea it’s a sports bar, I get it.), then they starting gossiping about a customer, then they started trash talking another employee on the other side of the room. Like what is this, High School? The conversations they had with each other were so stupid, like how Tina got bubble gum in her hair or something… Seriously, most of the wait staff will be there their entire lives trying to support their meth habit.
The Atmosphere:
When I read the reviews on Unilocal,I thought, oh cool, maybe a buffalo wild wingsy type place… WRONG. You walk through the door and you’re instantly transported to your best friend’s dad’s basement… It isn’t that bad, but the styling was like wow, people around here must not have basements or something. Everything is pretty much black and seriously no class or attempt at a theme, unless basement is the theme. You have the bar area and then the seating area looks more of a mosh pit.
Bottom Line:
The place has potential if they’d try, but pump the customers full of booze and they’ll never notice right? Why try to show some class? Our facility and food are so bland you won’t even notice how trashy and classless the staff are. Come and wear a wristband of your under 30 for some reason and eat and Big Red

Ordered the elephant ear pork tenderloin. It was awesome. The breading was perfect, light and crunchy. It was huge and I ate the whole thing. You should order this. You will be happy.

I’ve always wanted to try here, but 9 out of 10 times we drive by it is so packed that I don’t even want to try walking in the door. To me that shows its good, but I’d rather not deal with that big of a crowd. We decided to give it a try on a Sunday after church. The parking lot looked pretty packed but when we walked in there was plenty of seating. The seating has more of an older look about it, but they were nice. Our waitress was nice and pleasant. Our drinks were brought to us right away and the food didn’t take long at all. My husband ordered the anytime burger. It has a fried egg, hash browns, country gravy, bacon, and cheese. His face the whole time was rather entertaining, he absolutely loved it. He already wants to go back and get it again. We went two days ago. I tried a bit and it was amazing. Mine, however, I was less then impressed. I ordered the western chicken sandwich and it was a pretty big piece of chicken. It was grilled and very dry. The chicken itself didn’t seem to have much seasoning on it. My sweet potato fries, however, were AMAZING! I could just go back and order a plate of those and be content. I also had a strawberry margarita that was alright. It was very tart for my liking. The drink menu was quite extensive, and if you want it they have it. The menu is also very extensive and you can order just about anything from sandwich’s, wraps, burgers, salads, steaks and more. I was very impressed how at the bottom they had a list of all the things you could add to your sandwich. You could add mushrooms, cheese, bacon, an egg, and so much more. I was very impressed how big the list was. I know if my husband has a say we will be going back very soon, but I would like to give it another try and try one of their burgers. The prices were also very reasonable and you get plenty of food. There is also a T.V. at all the booths which was fun and it has a big sports bar feel about it, which it is.

Food is excellent and at a reasonable price. Big Red has a fun sports atmosphere… especially on Husker game days!

I would give them a higher review because the food wasn’t bad but the waitress was slow and as dumb as a box of rocks.

Brings me back to 1978 with the vinyl swivel chairs and the open seating. Other than that the food was average.

Considering there really isn’t that much to do, aside from visiting Johnny Carson’s boyhood home, this sports bar/​Keno lounge has a pretty decent menu. Something for everyone and large portions, if that’s important. Staff is very attentive, plenty of bottled beers to select from and 8 on tap. Well drinks are very reasonably priced.
TVs are mounted one after another all around the wide open bar. Lots of room to see, including a large screen projected on the back.
Not the end all to be all, but a well rounded facility, served up right in a rural town. Worth a lookey-loo…especially if your team is being televised.

GreAt food. Lots of TV’s. Great sports bar and you can at keno and pickle cards to boot.
On sat they have brisket sandwich which is really good.
Good staff.

Very nice place. Clean and large selection for beer. bartender super nice too

Still a decent place with lots of beers, good service, plenty of space, and an adequate take on basic food.
The wings here are quite good and are really 4-​star wings… standard food executed well.
It was taco night [Tuesday] for me, and enormous tacos came out on a funky low fat shell. The beef was seasoned OK… and the lettuce, cheese, and tomato were standard Ameri-​Mex additions. They needed some extra pop, so I skipped the sour cream and salsa, and used a little leftover Ranch from the wings. That did the trick! :) And the Ranch dressing here tastes like Hidden Valley… good stuff.