The Fry Bread House

To be honest, I’ve only tried a few items. AND LOVED THEM ALL! Green Chili Stew is delish and has heat to it. The fry bread tacos are amazing also. My 3yo old has been grubbing on their fry bread ever since he was old enough to slobber lol
You gotta go and get your grub on!

Omg People!!! Had dinner there this evening & while having dinner I found a small roach climbing on my arm! Then a few more small roaches on the table Freakin Gross!!! Disgusting, needless to say I didn’t finish my food! That wasn’t that good! then as I’m leaving I see them kicking a cat out of the kitchen. Man I’m pissed! this place used to have good food I mean really good food & Now the food is just ok & way over priced. I used to love this place. It was a favorite of mine.
So Disappointed !!! Cmon people Clean it up!!!

Omg!!! Can’t go wrong with this place!!! My daughter and hubby love this place! The Fry bread is so good I can eat it plain! Everyone that works there is super chill including the atmosphere!!! It’s worth the drive! It’s YUMMO!!!

The quality of the food has gone down hill since they’ve moved to this location. Don’t know if it’s under different management, but the food is extremely salty and the service is REALLY poor. I will not go back to this place nor will I recommend the place.

Much improvements since my last visit 3 yrs ago. From 2 stars up to 4 stars. The stews (hominy & beef stew) were much hotter, however they were on the salty side. I’ve also tried their green chili shredded beef taco which were excellent & I highly recommend.

I want to say up front that this rating is solely for the interior and exterior of the restaurant. I had lunch here today and the food was good and the staff were very nice. My problem with this place was the décor, (or lack thereof) along with the «old» and dirty smell/​feel of the dining room. Furniture that needed to be replaced long ago with ripped seats that are cheaply taped over, broken tables with hand written notes on them telling the customer «DO NOT SIT HERE!», very poor lighting, and just an overall «dirty» feel. I thought I was eating in some third world bomb shelter or something. Outside wasn’t any better with overgrown weeds, dirty windows, etc. Now thinking about my experience today, I wonder how clean the kitchen is? Won’t be back.

Best and largest fry read taco I’ve ever had!!! The menudo didn’t have enough meat but I honestly can’t complain it was still delicious. I’ve been ordering the burritos lately because the are delicious and I’ve never had a tortilla like it. I can’t recommend this place enough!

A memorable meal to say the least !!! When working out of town I discovered this place my last week in town. The red chili stew meat was amazing !!! The best way to to describe it is for someone to imagine a fresh gordita type tortilla warm and filled with great meat and cheese and veggies. It’s just comfort food at its best. I live in California and every time I hear someone say they are going to Phoenix I tell them this place is w must stop !!!
Amazing food. Thank you all for memorable lunches while hundreds of miles away from home. Cheers !!!

A local business recommended this to us, otherwise I would not have stopped. Curb appeal isn’t the strong suit, and neither is the décor. However the food was tasty and the servers were super friendly. I enjoyed it, and would come back again. Be brave and check it out.

I am the type of traveler who loves to eat food specific to the area instead of running to a chain restaurant I can get back home. The last time I was in AZ which was about 12 years ago, I tried the fry bread Indian tacos and even bought the mix to make at home. It has been a long time and will have to see if I have pics, but for some reason I don’t remember it being this huge, not that I am complaining.
I knew I had to stop by again and introduce my dad to something different. The fry bread is thick but soft and have a slightly airy quality to it. For us non-​spicy lovers, we got the hamburger filling (ground beef, cheese, and lettuce). Funny thing is my husband ordered the ground beef combo which we thought came with sauce but the only difference was the addition of refried beans. Regardless, it was a tasty and filling meal right after our flight in.

Being that I’m Native American and its pretty popular with ppl I hang with I was kinda disappointed. Frybread was a little too crispy and maybe I’m just used to my family’s style of chili but it didn’t satisfy me. I also had the menudo and I’m very particular about menudo so I didn’t enjoy that either. Overall my experience wasn’t satisfying but other ppl should give it a try and decide for yourself if you like it. I probably won’t be coming back.

When your friend who makes fry bread, vouches for this place and says it’s the real deal, you go down there and check this place out. And that’s exactly what I did. It is mosy definitely good, greasy, junk food. In oh so glorious fry bread. Some of their items are a little pricey, the honey and sugar fry bread, for one, but it sounds and tastes so good, you suck it up and order it anyway. The flavors are overflowing, both figuratively and literally as the tacos mostly fall apart the second you try to pick it up. They do provide a fork and knife to help with this, but don’t do that, use your fry bread and scoop everything right up even if it makes your taco fall apart again. My only little gripe is that although I taste the meat, the texture of it reminds me of refried beans. Still good, nonetheless, and I’ll definitely be back.

Awwww yeah. Do you find yourself low on sodium? Do you want more grease than the ADA nutritional guidelines recommends? But do you want your face to explode with flavor rainbows? You should try The Fry Bread House.
We visited there and their sparsely-​furnished dining hall was in transition. We overheard they’re moving so I can understand. But let’s be honest: you’re not here for the décor or for a fully-​paved parking lot. You want el sabor supremo.
I got the ground beef taco, hubby got the chorizo. Oh wow. So much punch. So salty. So delicious. This is the kind of meal you are sad that bits of cheese and meat are still stuck to the serving paper under the taco and you want to eat them but are afraid of also consuming paper fibers. But you do it anyways because YOLO.
Times visited: 1

OK. Food was good, couldn’t help but stare at all the awkward seating arrangements. Seating area needs a little TLC. I also feel it necessary to say if a customer asks for water, I suggest bringing each table a pitcher as opposed to little itty bitty styrofoam cups that I\they have to get up to refill every 2 minutes.. Makes me feel little tacky. If they’re worried about people filling the cups up with soda instead of water they should change the area of the soda. Lemons are 1.29 for a half a lemon cut up in thirds.(could resist) Lmbo #detailsmatter
There is a native table next door if you want to purchase jewelry or dream catchers. Enjoy the food try not to stare at all the damaged seats\ booths\ statues\ Tables. Staff was friendly and maintain customers as they came in well.

I love this place, don’t let the outside fool you, it’s in the «hood» to most people, but to me it’s just a midtown city area.
This place as been around forever, every time I come here, the food is great, consistently great.
I had the ultimate taco with green chile, hubby had same, but with red chile. We both grubbed.
And if you feel like shopping, they have a little area where a Native American art/​jewelry is sold.
I even bought a cute bracelet!

When I was living in NYC I attended a nation wide food award event. The Fry Bread house won an award that night. When I moved back to Phoenix I decided to look them up and try the food. I had never had a savory fry bread before so I had nothing to compare it to in that sense, but it was delicious. I have had the fry bread covered in sugar and honey, and their version is excellent. I have only been to the old location which was limited seating, but I’ve heard they moved to accommodate their rising popularity.

Never a disssapointment. In the past as I read the reviews I see attitude with the employees, but that is gone with the sister running the place. My guest and I had a wonderful experience and everyone was very helpful and friendly.
We ordered the beef and vegetable stew and powder sugar fry bread.
The beef was wonderful and a little bite to iy. Dip your fry bread and you would be in heaven. My guest also really enjoyed her vegetable stew which she commented was very flavorable. My only complaint would be the quantity which could be more for the price. I felt like the bowl and quantity were too small. Maybe because it tasted so good.
Now the best part of all is the Fry bread with powder sugar and honey. I can only say I went back for seconds.
Definitely worth the 20 mile drive and we will be back.

The fry bread here is delicious. Above all lots of flavor and top notch customer service.
I got the special beef and potato burro that was pleasantly pleasing.
The décor needs a lot of work but otherwise very good!

Best. Food. Ever. The green chile fry bread taco is to die for. Posole is excellent too. Always consistent. Always authentic.

I crave fry bread and grew up in the Midwest with it These hit the spot. First of all huuuuge !!! I had one with beans meat and all the fixings and one with honey. So delicious !!

It was okay not quite what I was hoping for. Very friendly though.

Who cares if the interior ain’t pretty? The food here is to die for and the staff is so sweet. I talked to the lady at the counter for 10 minutes about thrift stores in the area and my food came out pretty quick. Its a huge portion for the amount, so just order 1 taco if that’s what you’re getting (you can even share. I’m not joking its a TON of food). I got the refried beans, definitely going to try the chorizo next time.

This was amazing. Wow, I had the green chile taco, chips and the white stew. I’m only in the area for 4 days, I will be at this spot everyday!
Going to bring my NASA friends too!

This used to be my favorite place to get Indian fry bread when the state fair wasn’t around. This is my first time going to the new location and it’s kind of scary. Inside, it looks like an old Mexican restaurant and they have cloth hanging everywhere to hide windows and openings. The staff doesn’t try to make conversation at all. As far as the food goes, the fry bread itself was great but the beans were cold. I don’t know if I’ll return. I’m kinda disappointed.

This place is a dive but the food is awesome! If you skeeved out by an old building and furnishings then take your food to go. I was a little worried about the food being terrible but it was so good and my mother is a champion fry bread maker!
I took note of the sanitary aspects –hair nets and gloves. I get freaked out when I watch people make my food at restaurants but it was nice to know they are pretty sanitary despite the building being run down. Just in case you were worried.
My fry bread was FRESH not greasy and bigger than my face. I got the vegetarian taco which came with hatch chili –it was a little hotter than I like but not overwhelming. The lettuce was green and cheese didn’t taste low grade aka imitation cheese or a «cheese like product». But next time I will probably get the regular taco because of spice.
Everyone was friendly, worth the price and I will definitely be back when my little mother refuses to make me fry bread.
Don’t forget to check out little art market located inside with the natives selling their bead work, pottery and jewelry.

Disappointed
The Fry Bread House is an unpretentious spot serving fry bread, burritos, tamales, and various other items.
I use to be a huge fan of the Fry Bread House. However, lately the food has been somewhat disappointing. My lunch group and I were looking for a spot to grab a quick bite to eat. After noticing that the parking lot at the Fry Bread House was full we decided to give it another shot. After all with that many cars in the parking lot the food had to be good.
However, our lunch was a disaster. The Fry Bread we ordered was soggy, greasy, and lacked any real flavor. My lunch companion ordered green chili and it ended up being the worst green chili she had ever received — and that was after sending it back because the original order was wrong.
My other lunch companion had the red chili fry bread, he said it was okay, but nothing special. I would recommend trying somewhere else.

Great Native American food! I always get the Vegeterian Indian Taco when I come here and it never dissapoints. Great taste! Just make sure you add salt to it cause they don’t seem to put much or any in it. Biggest fry bread house I’ve been to. This place is huge compared to all the others around. Great spot.

Easily the most unassuming James Beard winning establishment that you will ever visit. A bit of a dive but the best a great place to get introduced to some of the culinary heritage of our Native friends.

Gross.
Flies all over the dining room. Ripped up upholstery. Big divots in the floor where structural elements were removed and never patched.
Now the food. I ordered the ground beef taco. The meat had absolutely no seasoning and was oily. The fry bread was not fully cooked and oily. The scant bit of lettuce that was put on the taco was wilted and brown. And the salsa the counter attendant raved about we couldn’t try because the ketchup type bottle they put it in was sealed shut with gunk.
2 bites in and we left. Waste of money and now I have a stomach ache.

I’ve driven by this restaurant over 100 times. I was finally curious enough to give it a try.
Because I had read the reviews here, I knew what I would order for my test lunch. A simple red chile beef taco. I went ultimate — all the toppings.
Holy crap!
I hate it when I drive by a gem 100 times without giving it a try. This is going to be a regular for sure.
It’s a 5-​star bit of food wrapped in a weak service and marginal cleanliness package. The table we sat at was sticky, the guy who brought our food dropped it splattering a salsa bottle all over the table. They give you only 1 see-​through napkin for what is a messy meal, and although he said more were available — not handily. Treat it like a giant immobile food-​truck.
I’ll make it a to-​go place, but I’ll be «to-​going» once a week.

TBH, the place looks run down. The service? Well, I asked for a cup of hot water (was trying to brew some herbal tea on the go) and they charged me a quarter for the «cup.» Fair, except the water was tepid. #Disappointing. There were folks loitering in the parking lot, but they seemed harmless.
Food? The fry bread was lukewarm and not piping hot.
What good is fry bread if it doesn’t singe your fingertips???

This location will probably be closed when you read this, but this place is still amazing no matter where it is located. The food is the absolute star with fantastic meats and the best fry bread anywhere. I was dreaming of their food before coming to Phoenix and am always tempted to fly down just for lunch! Hopefully the new location will be worthy of the food!

The Fry Bread House is a tough place to figure out. We’ve been to this establishment three times at two locations [they didn’t add a 2^nd restaurant — it was a relocation], and now according to the lady behind the counter they are moving yet again in February. On our previous visit, they had been open at this property for only 3 months — now they are packing up to move yet again. I’d rather of course that the Owners find success wherever the are, but maybe deep down I’m kinda just a little bit more hopeful now because I think it’ll work out better for the Owners in the long run to take this saloon outa Dodge. This current venue lacks personality and reads more like a big generic cafeteria or meeting hall. The awesome food deserves a better context. We hope The Fry Bread House can find the charm and magic of their first location, where we first waited in a line out the door.
Their food is fantastic. They won a freakin’ James Beard «America’s Classics» award designation in 2012 — totally true. Google it. It is a very big deal. I’ve had their green chili beef stew (awesome), their green chili beef taco with beans (fabulous), and most recently their ultimate fry bread taco with the red chili beef. The green chili is definitely hotter than the red, but the red has great flavors with just the right amount of heat. I love them both but my favorite bite here is always the rich, smooth and oh so decadent refried beans. Love the beans.
My kids always devour the coyote coins, which are little fry bread circles served with their signature refried beans smothered in cheese. So simple but so good. On our most recent visit my son left the coyote coins to my daughter and had the Cheese crisp on chumuth, which he loved as well. Also very simple.
Love this place, wherever they locate. Let’s all do our part to keep this treasure in business. And thriving.

I was at Showcase Honda getting my car fixed and remembered that the Fry Bread House is only a mile away. What an excuse to try this place. I set my expectations low on the place because all the reviews told me it’s not the interior but the food. So driving there I noticed it’s really sketchy area of town. The outside of the building isn’t maintained and neither is the plants or the parking lot but I really wanted to try this place so what the heck.
I walk in and all I see is a bunch of tables surrounding the place then in the very back I happened to see the counter. Very unusual to be so far back but what the heck.
Everyone told me the menu is in the wall so I walk up to the counter looking for the menu but the menu is to the right of the counter. All the reviews told me Red Chili taco. Had that in mind and that’s what I ordered. I got the choice of retried beans or meat and of course I got the meat. They give you a number and you find your own table.
Anyways, I found my table and before I know it BOOM. I’m served. Very cool. Let me just tell you first and foremost. It’s so dang good. The fry bread is so soft, fresh, and light. The red chili is out of the world. So good. Has a nice little kick to it. If you like it hotter, they bring out home made hot sauce with your meal. I tried eating it like a normal taco but wasn’t successful. It’s so messy but so good. I really did enjoy it.
The lady at the counter was so nice and friendly. The person who brought out my food and even the busboy were so friendly.
Like everyone said this is a true blue dive. Dining area is ok but the food is great. Don’t come here for the ambiance or atmosphere cause there is none but come here for the food and nice service. I was very surprised by this place and for sure will be back.

Met up with the International Supper Club at The Fry Bread house to give them a try, I have been meaning to check them out for a while now and glad that I finally got to!
The 1^st thing I noticed was there were plenty of signs telling you that they are moving soon, well dang it, I finally get here and they are moving! But it’s not too far from this location, so don’t freak out too much.
The menu is on the wall and it’s pretty simple to follow, so when it was my turn to order I went with the ultimate fry bread taco with red chili. Took my number and headed off to our table.
One person in our group also got chips and salsa, and let me tell you, their salsa, its amazing! Great in flavor, I mean I could just make a meal out of there fresh fried chips and salsa, so good!
Order came out to the table and I have to say ITS HUGE!!! I mean HUGE! It was fry bread the size of a plate, loaded with beans, beefy red chili, cheese, lettuce, sour cream folded in half, I swear I didn’t know how to attack this thing, it is def something you eat with a fork.
The red chili is soo good, this fried bread taco was amazing, I couldn’t believe I ate entire thing! So good, in fact I want another!
Another person in our group ordered the fry break with chocolate and butter, offered a piece for me to try, and man that too was simply amazing it was real melted chocolate and warm melted butter, oh that was sweet bliss!
If you haven’t been to the Fry Bread House, you should go! I look forward to checking out the new place next month!

«I like it so much I’d like to eat here everyday for forever.» That was the comment from a four year old when I last ate at the former location of The Fry Bread House. Fortunately, the food remains as good as ever, not harmed at all when the capacity to serve customers expanded.
A great place for visitors to Arizona who want to sample some genuinely regional cuisine, specifically derived from the traditions of the Tohono O’odham. The Native American craft booths are a fun bonus.
Just don’t expect much in the way of ambience. You can sense that the building was once a cheap Mexican food cafeteria. Oh well. Just convince yourself it adds to the charm of the establishment.
I must admit that I do miss the sketchy and cramped confines of the old location, but having a little extra room to dine is nice. It must also be great for the Native American craft vendors to have space inside in air conditioning.
The staff has always been friendly to us. I read some reviews on Unilocal that complained of inattentive service… Surprising to me. I’m suspicious that some of those negative comments may be the result of cultural miscommunications. We weren’t really greeted when we entered on our most recent visit, but the server who brought our food to the table was very engaging and we were warmly sent on our way as we exited. I’d characterize it as a kind of quiet friendliness that you might miss if you aren’t accustomed to it.
Save room for dessert!