Top Shelf Sports Grille

Worst bar ever. Service is horrible. Only gave it one star because the beer was cold.

Very slow and inattentive service. Food was poor at best. I had a ‘Pancho Burger’ and it tasted like a preformed frozen patty with out of the can chili and guacamole on it. The fries were out of a bag and soggy. Nothing tasted fresh or home made.
The only saving point from a 1 star review is a chicken and rice soup that was tasty and there was a large area for my son to play in and not bother anyone during the very long wait for food.
Also, the meal was very expensive for the poor quality of the food and the serving sizes. My table had four people who all had water and one was a two year old and the total bill, including tip was over $ 50 (no alcohol included).
I wish I had read the other reviews before going here. We would have had better tasting food, saved money and time if we had gone to McDonalds.

This. Bar. Is. Awful.
I feel dishonest even giving it one star. If I could, I’d give it one smelly dog turd. But Unilocal doesn’t have that option. Dammit.
THE BOTTOM LINE:
Terrible service. Terrible food. Woefully unaware staff — from management, down.
You probably like this place if you’re a local with low standards. Otherwise, AVOID LIKE AIDS.
FIRST IMPRESSION:
When you walk in, the place looks very promising. It’s a wide open space with a lot of TVs — the start of a very good sports bar.
I’m afraid this is where the compliments end.
SERVICE:
It’s like they went to mall and screamed «Hey, who wants to be a bartender!!!» and hired the first 5 girls that responded.
I’ve been here a dozen or so times, and it’s always the same. We usually go during the day to watch football or basketball games and the place has never been very busy when we went. But never the less, we get slow, inattentive service. Sometimes we’d wait 10 – 15 minutes just for a beer, inexcusable.
YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO POUR A GUINNESS?!? REALLY?
Don’t serve Guinness if you’re gonna pour it like a Bud Light. It’s a sign that you have no business behind a bar. The tap is made that way for a reason.
SPECIFIC GUT WRENCHING EXPERIENCES:
1) You’re a sports bar. You should know something about, well… sports. — Every time we go in, it’s like pulling teeth to get the game on. And when I say «the game» I mean a nationally televised, major network, major teams involved, big stakes game.
But every time I go here the staff is like «Huh? What game do you want… lemme check on that». — No. Don’t check on it. You should know when you open the doors what big games are on that day, and then put them on the TVs. That’s how you run a sports bar. Go to a real sports bar and see how they post schedules of games.
Oh, and when I ask you to put a game on, don’t act like I just asked you cut my grass. It’s your job. You should be happy to make me happy. That’s how you get tips.
2) You ran out of Jack Daniels? What? — -It is never OK to run out of Jack Daniels. Ever. Its poor management. It’s like Olive Garden running out of pasta. BUT WAIT IT GETS WORSE! After being told they ran out of Jack Daniels, they somehow «found» a bottle. I was happy to have my JD, but embarrassed that they can’t even keep proper inventory of the most popular whiskey on the planet.
3) 25 total patrons in the bar. And we sat 15 minutes without a beer. I counted. — I have no idea where the waitress went, but she didn’t bother apologizing when she came back.
THIS PLACE SUCKS:
This place sucks.

I have been here many times for various reasons: trivia, karaōke, draft party, and just to hang out. The place is just OK. The servers are quick and usually friendly. The beer is often really low cost, especially the domestics. The food is fine, nothing special. Occasionally the lack of carpet creates this extreme echo chamber whereby your brain rattles. There are TV’s everywhere so you’ll never miss a single second of the game. There are a few arcade machines, Keno, and some other games that can occupy the slow times. This is one of the few places that has an outdoor patio area where you can smoke and eat/​socialize. It faces the parking lot, but at least you can say hi to people. Parking is ample and and bathrooms are clean.

It is often hard to right a 3 star review, because basically that means it wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great either. That about sums up Top Shelf for me. Just middle of the grade, average sports bar with no outstanding features to make it pop!
They have a huge open space with TV’s appropriately placed and one big screen right in the middle. They also offer a space in the corner for simulated golf, though in all the times I’ve been there, I’ve never seen it used.
Service is always fast and good and they have a decent selection of draught beer choices. Just your basic beers, not too many craft beer, but that works for watching sports when you plan on hanging out for a bit. Food was just okay.
I welcome any new addition to the west side and I still head on over to Top Shelf on occasion, but it just needs that something extra to really make it stand out!

At then end of my street but I can not seem to enjoy it. I feel as if there is no character to the place. It is in a strip mall amd feels as if you are in a strip mall.

The lunch special was the chicken sandwich with cheese & bacon w/​bbq sauce.
It was great.
Came with Saratoga chips, that I“m not a big fan of– but the dipping bbq sauce made them surprisingly good. The price was fair for it too. ~$ 6.
Every time I’m in the place the age group seems way out of place. I’m in my 30’s and most people are well over 40 and many look 60 or older. It’s strange. It doesn’t say Applebee’s on the outside?!
I’d up the stars if the atmosphere was better. TV’s are no problem, and look OK. I think the place is ‘too open’ looking. I like bars where I can sit against a wall of sorts and feel I’m ‘out of the way’ (visually).
Best I can describe it!
Worth a go. Food and beer are good in all my experiences (so far).
Cincinnnati Bell customers get free wi-​fi.

Service was great. Had an awesome burger with fries and a drink. Very nice in my opinion.

Some of the worst bar food I’ve ever had set in front of me, and I’m a great lover of bar food. Especially avoid the $ 12 «hot brown,» which consists of one slice of cheap white bread topped with stale-​tasting turkey and a few shreds of american cheese, served COLD. The $ 8 club sandwich suffered from the same almost inedible bread and turkey. Our server was pleasant and said it was her first night working there, but had no clue what kinds of beer were available. We finally had to go to the bar ourselves to find out.
Oddly enough, the salad which came with the hot brown was a nice, fresh bagged mix with a variety of greens, and was topped with a tasty, garlicky blue cheese. It was the highlight of the meal. Go figure.