Blue Frog’s Bar & Grill

This is a nice place nice décor and the owner is a great guy. The negative comes from the food. Come on ate lunch there and found it not to be good at ALL. The three people that ate with me were not impressed either. The quality of the food was pretty much a joke, like more bun than meat, very small portion of very greasy fries. I would not eat here again. I hope the owner realizes he needs to step it up on the food end.
Also, need to increase the speed the food coming out of the kitchen. Waiting 30 minutes for a small lunch order is ridiculous. This is a competitive market and you need to provide a good value to your customer in order to thrive.

Went after a DMV trip. Absolutely the nicest waitress… And the worst food. In addition it took at least 20 minutes to be served although there were perhaps 3 other customers. The cook appeared to be waiting on something? All in all… not good.

My son and are burger connoisseurs, we tried burgers from all over the western US. We both agree, THE BEST BURGERS WE HAVE EVER HAD! That may seem like an exaggeration, but, when you use Angus Beef, labeled Choice and prepare it right, then add Top Notch service, you get a rating like this!!! We have never had a better burger!
Service was excellent (it added to our enjoyment)! Recommend, recommend, recommend!!!

Well, we tried the breakfast — disaster. Didn’t have hot coffee. Gave me Decaf when I hate it and gave my girlfriend cafinated which she can’t have. No they didn’t mix up our drinks they gave us each a half cup of both since they didn’t have a full pot of either. We were only the third table being served. No rush group, it was a weekend day, not too early or late for brunch. Our coupons threw the waitress for a loop, as did providing butter for our toast. They didn ‘t have any!!! My portions were small for a 2×2 type of breakfast and we felt uncomfortable with the «manager/owner“‘s attitude. We’ve lived in Poway for 22 years and we know our neighborhood. We were met with smug inderference when we suggested better competitive prices and more care to atmosphere if they wanted to bring in families for breakfast. Food was not good. Service fell short, we met the mad person referred to in another review who said he was the owner — we’ve not gone back since. On our previous visits we’d met a 50 something owner with an accent who was a real people person and should continue as the restaurants front man. Oh, btw, we had stopped in for a friend to grab a fish taco one day while at the DMV and it was great. I didn’t order anything but an ice tea.

Who let the cook out of the kitchen?!!
Started going in there shortly after it opened. Get into Poway once or twice a week for work. Spoke with the owner Eric, and liked his attitude about his place. Food was good, likeable staff, owner etc. So then I go back a month ago and there is a guy who I thought was one of the cooks just fuming mad at a delivery driver. This guy has anger issues for sure. Something about a cashiers check for 1100 dollars, Kieth said it would be here. Emelio (the owner?) can’t hardly speak he’s boiling so hard. One table got up and left. Not a comfortable meal to say the least! Just curiousity got me there a few days ago. Ordered my Blue cheese hamburger I like. I get talking to a couple guys at the bar and they are telling me that the part owner Eric is supposed to be taking over. Most of the patrons support the place just to keep it going until Emelio leaves. That is a shocker! This guy shouldn’t be around the public. Read between the lines of most of the other reviews. Can’t wait until the rightful owner is back. Will somebody please post when Eric returns?

Delicious food, and the service is great! The waitress was always prompt to fill my empty glass. This bar has a casual, relaxed atmosphere. Would definitely go back again!

Low key, casual, very good value for money and wonderful, attentive staff. Music can be a bit loud but great for children and youngsters.

Great place. The staff is very nice. It was the only place open July 4^th. I only had a beer and nachos. The nachos would have been better with more chicken. I will be back to give it another try.

Since this place opened, we’ve loved the food and the nice bar. We used to go by once a week or so, but lately we’ve noticed a change in atmosphere around there.
Last time we were there, a man who I thought was a cook was giving a waitress a hard time right in front of many customers and was VERY rude… a friend of ours told me that he was actually the PARTNER to the owner and apparently, the owner (Eric, a VERY wonderful man) hasn’t been around much and this jerk has been running the show… SOOOOOOOOO disappointed to hear such a thing. It takes good, honest people to keep a place running properly, and this guy is NOT it.
Basically, he was so rude to the waitress and I can’t say I’m surprised to hear that friends of ours are all rooting for Eric to return. Get that other jerk out of there and bring Eric back to get this place back up to Poway Standards PLEASE!

Stopped in to grab a bite while waiting for my time at the DMV. It took a while to get noticed. Decided to sit at the bar and have a beer and look at the menu. Bartender never came back and asked if I wanted food.
So I left.
Review is more for service than food, but that is part of the deal.

Service is fantastic! Everyone is quickly welcomed into this sport bar upon entering. You will be quickly asked for a drink order and it will be back before you even settle into your seat. I read some of the other reviews and believe me they have taken care of the «Recent opening Mistakes». They have truely settled into their groove and I enjoy this place for lunch.
If you went in and had a bad experience, I say go back and give it another try. I can only speak for myself, but everyone that I have taken into this joint has enjoyed themselves.
The burger is delicious!
Great joint, excellent services!

The service is slow, but the food was OK. But on Sunday’s the live music is so loud that it was impossible to have a conversation, or even to order food once you do get a waitress. And it is overpriced for what it is. The management is clueless.
Spend your money elsewhere!

I have been here twice. The 1^st time was bad, but I thought they were just new and working out the kinks so I tired them again. Mistake, food is still below average, service is still horrible, although the wait staff is friendly, just slow and incorrect orders.
Oh well, I really wanted this place to work.

Today was my third time here, first time being just a quick stop for an overpriced pitcher because they have no liquor license yet.
Second go round we actually sat down to eat food and we had to end up getting the food to go because it took 45min for 2 sandwiches. Now, they are new and there was a semi large party so we decided to give it another shot today…
We (coworker and I) go in today and order a couple of sandwiches again, there are 7 patrons, 2 cooks, and the owner there. We sit down, order, and proceed to wait 35 min to get our food… A club sand which and a breakfast sand which. 35 min. Middle of the day when the place is empty. Obviously this it longer than expected, epically when I get an hour lunch and I am not even able to eat said lunch.
Get a to go box for my food and go back to work. During my next break I come here to get their number, which is wrong. Google it and call the place and ask to speak with the manager (owner). First I tell him that his number is incorrect then I proceed to explain my less than enthusiastic visit to his establishment.
You will not believe what this guys response was…
«Well good, we do not want people like you in our establishment.»
Crazy stuff… He does not have to worry about me or anyone I know ever coming back to that place. Sad because when it was O’harleys we would go there every other Friday at least. They had 1 cook and old Mama back there slinging out food 3x as fast as this place does it.
Any who, the place got a nice little makeover and the waitresses are all very nice. So if you want a beer while you wait forever at the DMV its an alright place to go. Just don’t expect to get your food on time.

I went to meet up with a friend for a drink after work on a Tuesday. Service was good and they had Fat Tire on tap so I was happy. Looks like it has the potential to be a fun place.

This place is nice. I was here for a luncheon. The food was real good and the prices were reasonabled. We all enjoyed it. I had the fish tacos. The manager was nice. 4 stars because the service was extremely slow. I went in a couple days before and called to ensure we had a reservation and that we would be taken care off. Getting there we had 1 server for 30 people and it took an hour for everyone to get their food. My personal opinion, if you know you’re having that many customers, management should have prepared a full staff for fast service.

Great new décor — better laid out than the past business there, tons of easy parking, good size menu with lots of items that sound good.
I had the Grilled Chicken sandwich (watching my calories, so picked a simple healthy item) which was honestly way more tasty than I had expected. Wonderful flavor with a thin, crusty bun. My husband had the french dip and loved it equally as much. Anxious to try more menu items.
Only problem was the waitress we had insisted on talking about her bad back and related health problems. Nothing we needed to know on an afternoon lunch date…
I’ll be back again to try more menu items.

I have only been here once. I will probably give it another chance since it is a new place.
3 things:
1. Sketchy, disorganized service.
2. I got a glass of pink Andre and it was $ 6!!! The bartender said the bottle would be $ 22. I could get probably 6 bottles of Andre for that much.
3. My boyfriend’s beer was lukewarm.
The food was decent. The place is nice, big and spead out. Hopefully they spruce up the service and change up the prices.

I love this place, the staff is very friendly and the owners are great. They are dog friendly on the patio. I have only had a few things off the menu, but all have been great. Highly recommend this place.

Need to have lower prices on Domestic Beer all the time, cant charge over $ 3.00 for a beer, had breakfest here it was good but Bacon way to thin