S Aiken Bar & Grille

Bring s. Aiken back. Pizza of a lifetime. An absolute injustice to Pittsburgh that this establishment was closed. The white pizza and the BBQ chicken pizza are amazing and I still dream about them.

Mediocre pizza. At best. Hours decided upon each night. Ie tonight it was open til 2a but «the cook decided to leave at 1230 so we can’t make any more pizza». When asked why, bartender goes «maybe you should’ve been here earlier.» I said «but you’re still open for food for well over an hour,» her response [shrugs shoulders]. Questionable business practice, pretty terrible and greasy food. Only redeeming factor is that they’re intermittently open late… when they want to be

Pretty dingy bar on the edge of walnut street. The food is nothing to write home about. It is only good for if you’ve been out drinking and need food (ie pizza and French fries) at 2 AM. Otherwise I wouldn’t recommend going here to eat or drink.

Mediocre food, terribly delivered. The burger from McDonalds tastes better than from here. The delivery was fast but nevertheless the food was cold. The wings’ hit sauce was everywhere in the bag except on the wings themselves. The fries were cold and smoothly.

We order take out from here a lot. Sometimes it has been good but the last two times have been terrible. Last week the turkey club came with toast so over done it crumbled into nothing. Tonight we ordered the same thing thinking last weekend might have been a one time thing and got a sandwich with a huge hole in the bread. They should care more about what they send out. I gave them a 3 for the other handful of times the orders have been okay.

I ordered delivery and my food arrived still hot. Not hot hot like being in the restaurant, but for a delivery I was surprised. They actually have the thermal bags you can get at the grocery store to keep it warm. It arrived about 30min before the estimation. Only reason I gave it 4 stars is because I didn’t actually dine in their establishment. As a delivery service though, they are the best I’ve seen. Ever.

Their menu looked like a great place to go to… Especially when looking for a late night place to eat. However, I was HIGHLY disappointed. I ordered chicken tenders and fries and my boyfriend ordered mild wings. It honestly tasted like it was just frozen store bought food. It was also quite expensive (around 28 $) for the value and quality of food that was given. I’m sure it’s a fun place to have a couple of drinks but I will not be returning to eat here anytime soon.

Walked in around 6 on Thursday. There was one other guy sitting at the bar. We waited for 5 min and never saw a server. Walked out.

Terrible first-​time experience. Ordered delivery thru grubhub. Upon opening our food, we found a long, dark red hair on one of our entrees. I called our driver back (Dan W.), who was most apologetic. He gave me the restaurants number to call in hopes of remedying the situation. I called the store, and spoke to Paul Sabunani («manager» who happens to own this hole with his wife Tina). Immediately Paul was defensive and implied that I was trying to pull one over on him. He had the audacity to offer us a half off appetizer next time we come in. That was all he was willing to do. He then hung up on me. Horrible customer service skills. Hey Paul, lay off the curry and make Dan manager… It can’t get any worse than how you’re running it into the ground. Dan went above and beyond trying to make things right. All in all, grubhub’s customer service came through. We’ll never order from this place again. This seems to be a recurring issue.

I was getting ready to use my Google Offers coupon for South Aiken Bar & Grille and headed to Unilocal for pointers/​suggestions before my visit, only to be mildly horrified by some of the reviews here (those stories from February ’12 about the owner/owner’s wife yelling about salad are pretty wild). I always check Unilocal before buying any Groupons/​LivingSocial deals/​Google Offers, and I guess the eight 1 – 2 star reviews that have appeared since I bought the coupon in early February 2012 really made the average rating plummet from whatever it was that lead me to believe it would be worth giving this place a chance. I was a little shaken, a little disgusted, and a little afraid, but I decided to suck it up and try it anyway.
So I went on a Saturday night (last night, to be exact) around 11 p.m., and was surprised that it was such a narrow space and much more bar-​like than bar-​and-​grill like. The bar was mostly full (there was some sports game on, and it was pretty loud whenever something exciting happened), so my boyfriend and I headed to the back. A host intercepted and cheerfully seated us, and we occupied a table for four. Our server was prompt, despite tending bar, and was also friendly (she even gave us some Halloween candy!). First, we ordered Chinook IPAs, which was probably one of the more exotic beers of their limited tap selection. It looked like they had a fair amount of happy hour drink specials every day of the week, though. Then we placed our food order: a half dozen garlic Parmesan chicken wings ($ 5.99) and a 12-​inch Hawaii Five-​O Pie (bacon, pineapple, onion, spicy cappicola, red sauce; $ 12.45).
Both the wings and the pizza were delicious. Neither was especially greasy, and both were very fresh and flavorful. The pizza crust was exceptional, in my opinion – a little thin and crispy, yet doughy on the inside and golden all around. Their sauce was good, too. And by the time I got to the leftovers this afternoon, it all still tasted really good when I reheated it.
My best guess is that this place has had a dramatic overhaul in management and/​or ownership since some of the terrible occurrences were documented here, although who knows if my one visit could have been a stroke of incredible luck. But from my point of view, South Aiken Bar & Grille is nothing to be feared. The atmosphere isn’t anything special, and I probably won’t go out of my way to head back here, but considering the food is good, the staff was friendly, and the kitchen’s open late (which was one of the main points that piqued my interest), I don’t have a reason not to go back when I’m in the area.

I had the pleasure of visiting this establishment at approximately 2:30 AM on a Sunday morning. This place deserves 2 stars alone just for being open past 2 AM when the entire city tends to shut down. I had the veggie pizza which was decent. Certainly nothing special, but at 2:30 AM when you’re looking for that late night cholesterol laden goodness, pretty much anything edible will suffice. The price was a little more than what I would like to pay, but once again, worth it given the circumstances. If other establishments in the area would follow suit, they’d do well.

Went here because of a
gift certificate that needed using. Our server was friendly enough but messed up a few of the sandwiches ordered, turning my friend’s bacon tomato grilled cheese into a plain grilled cheese. They did let us order a pizza to go on the same check since we hadn’t hit the order minimum, but there’s nothing particularly special about this place that would make me return, other than paying $ 15 for all of this thanks to the certificate. And I’m not sure even that would do it. The manager walked by our table several times without asking us how we were doing. Also we were seated right next to the bathroom despite other empty tables so my friend’s chair got hit anytime someone went in. There was a strange scent of onions coming from the bathroom as well. With so many other options in Shadyside, this is one I won’t be coming back to.

Wanted to have delivery and surely did not want italian. Went on eat24 and ordered a bbq burger fries. granted it was delivery and food cools down, but if i need to warm it to make it mediocre edible, wtf. Burger was good, being smart to have it well done (even though i know it was nuked) and i know cause it came w an onion ring and the ring was unedible. Pls. Dont get me started w the Islys bbq sauce. Gues s i was really hungry

Their food is just OK. Somewhat inconsistent with fries. I’m glad I’ve been here before the new owner took over.

This place is reasonably inexpensive, with good drink specials, but the food is nothing more than slightly below average bar food (with a decent but unimpressively tasting pizza menu). It’s about what you’d expect, and earns a solid «Meh» rating from this reviewer.

Never been here in person, but definitely cannot recommend ordering delivery. We called in our order — phone service was nice enough, she even recommended a smaller pizza to save us money (the menu we were looking at only had one size). After waiting over an hour and a half for it to arrive, we called and were given the excuse that the driver was on his way but having trouble finding us (does he not have a cell phone with which to call us?) and then another one about the roads being bad (there had been a light snowfall and the roads were totally clear, plus we live on a major route not far from the restaurant). My partner who made the call said it sounded like the guy on the phone was talking to the driver in person. Nevertheless, when the pizza finally arrived, it was cold as can be. It was not delivered in a hot-​bag, just a fancy new Volvo. By the time we reheated it in our oven, it didn’t matter what it tasted like.
If bullshit is your favorite topping, or you prefer the cold leftover pizza experience, this place is for you!

If you’re looking for a late night greasy fried food fix, this is the place to come, sadly I live a mere minutes distance from this place.
Their kitchen is usually open until 3:30am and if I’ve been out in shadyside I often come here for a slice of pizza on my walk home.
They also have six packs for carry out which is useful sometimes.
Last time i went with a group of friends we tried one of their hugee calzones, jalepeno poppers and the wings. Its a really small place and their bar seems to never be really busy like shady grove or marios but it is a chill place to just get good bar food. I always crave their pizza and chicken tenders, yum.

Most of their food is just okay; I’ve been there once and got fried mushrooms, loaded cheese fries, and wings.
The cheese fries were good, the mushrooms were kinda not good.
But the wings were some of the best I had. The bartender had his own sauce recipe (not on the menu): he said it was mayo, hot sauce and I think some italian seasoning/​dressing. Either way, they were saucy & delicious. They are also fried/​breading covered, which is not usual. But it made them that much better.

When you work 3p — 7a and forget to pack your lunch, your options are limited when you want a midnight meal. My coworkers and wanted to try something new so we ordered from here. I got an Original Calzone which was just sauce and cheese — nothing fancy. The calzone was very bready, that wouldn’t be such a problem if the dough actually had flavor and wasn’t so dry. Once I cut into the thing, the dryness wasn’t an issue because the sauce was so watered down the dough eventually became soggy. Lacking flavor and spice, it was definitely not worth $ 9. My friend ordered a salad and fries which looked pretty decent, she wasn’t happy with the fries because she told them ‘well done’ and they weren’t crisp enough but she did enjoy the salad. We may give this place another try, but I’ll definitely order something else.

3.5, but I’ll round up to be nice.

I’ve had excellent luck with the pizza from this place — some of my favorite in Pittsburgh! Cheap beer on tap too.

Ordered from here last night via CampusFood. It was pretty cheap — a grilled cheese + fries, a burger + fries, and an extra order of fries came to about $ 15 after tip.
The problem was that delivery was horrifically slow. After an hour, we called to see if they were having trouble finding us, since our street is extremely dark. The girl cheerfully told us that our food hadn’t even left yet. After another half hour, the food arrived but it was ice cold. Once it was heated up, it was pretty decent for the price. I could tell that the fries would have been good if they were fresh out of the fryer.
I wouldn’t mind eating here again, but I think I would avoid having it delivered.