Matties Bar & Grill

French Melt is delicious but the service is a bit lacking. It’s not they don’t have enough help but they are just slow taking orders. Kitchen does a good job at getting the food out.
I prefer to call ahead, they’ll have it at the front counter waiting for pick up.

A couple of things to say about this place, bad things obviously.
Ordered a coke to start, and it came 70% water, could barely taste the coke. Then I moved on to the main plate, I asked about an ingredient that was on one of the sandwiches and the waitress didn’t know what it was. She tried to explain it pointing to a different photo on the menu, clearly trying to guess what it was. But I decided to give it a shot anyway. She asked which side I wanted and gave me a couple of options, I chose onion rings, which I later found out that I had to pay extra to choose that side. The waitress didn’t tell me it was extra, otherwise I wouldn’t have ordered it. Two pieces of sandwich arrived with burned sirloin and regular French roll, and of course that ingredient I had asked about was not what she had explained. The onion rings were soaked in oil, on my first bite the oil dripped from my mouth and I left the rest untouched. I told her about the onion rings and she said she would let the cool know, that’s it, no replacement or attempt to fix it for me. Finally I asked for the check and got stunned by it: 21 DOLLARS. For a 6 foot plain sandwich with just the meat on it, soaked onion rings and a coke. Left the place starving and passed by a Chinese restaurant nearby to finish my dinner.
Avoid this place at all costs!

We always have great food and great service at Mattie’s. My husband and I always share a meal, usually a burger of some sort. Last night we shared a melt and was amazing. The brew fries are delicious.
Our waitress was very friendly and attentive. While she didn’t hover, she made sure to check on us and keep our ice tea filled. We have never had bad or rude service, which keeps us going back!

My husband and I ate at Mattie’s on the way out of town before heading west and home. I had eaten here years before and vaguely remember the burgers being ok, the service being borderline hostile and the vibe being «You ain’t from around here is ya?» But, we wanted to have a sit down meal before being in the car for 4 straight hours and the convenience of the location won out.
Luckily, this visit was actually nice. Not great, but nice.
Our waiter was a gentleman with a shaved head and a devilish grin, who seemed to be in on a joke we weren’t but not in a way that made us feel like we were the joke, if that makes sense at all. He was attentive and nice and much better than I was used to in Elko.
Judging by some of the other tables around us, we hit the lottery by getting put at his station. It did not appear to be going as well for some of the other patrons.
I had a steak sandwich melt that was very bad for me but tasted great. Husband had the steak fingers and I snuck a couple and they were as pub grubby good as they looked.
For pub grub kind of fare in the Elko area, you’re probably not going to do a lot better than Matties. Ask for the bald guy as your server and you might actually have a good time!

Came here for lunch. First impression: old, dirty, and outdated. Food was average. Service was good. Probably not going back.

Five stars for the food, 1 star for the service. Our waitress was terrible. Nice, but terrible customer service. We waited at our table for 15 minutes before we even saw our waitress. The hostess came back and took our drink order because she saw us sitting so long. Drinks took another 10 minutes to come out, which was served by the bartender. Both meals were by far excellent. Our side was incorrect though. I will eat there again, but will be sitting at the bar.

Worst service I’ve ever had. Waited an hour and 15 minutes for our food to come out. My friend had to ask for water 3 times before he got it. We were almost never checked on.

Went there last night for a beer and they had no I ipas on tap. Asked what beer they did have the waitress just rattled off a couple domestic beers. I asked what good ones and she just stared at me. I said I will look myself. I looked and the told her I would like an Irish red. She then said that they didn’t have that. I said I will just leave then. Poor beer selection. And again bad service.
Last time I went I ordered food. The food tastes like it had been sitting waiting for someone to order it. It was nasty. The beer was good but you can’t really mess up a tap.
I use to come here often years ago and the service was good and the food tasted fresh. Now they are cheap and nasty. I would avoid this place at all costs. There is better places in the area.

Totally good diner. I came here for breakfast with my $ 4 voucher from Shilo Inn. Ordered the eggs, bacon, potatoes and English muffin. It was totally standard diner fare: tasty, greasy spoon style. Friendly fast service. I’ll be back again.

This is the best one star restaurant I’ve ever been to. The food was below average but had the added benefit that half my order was on someone else’s plate. The coffee was luke warm. The room smelled of stale smoke. Free was too expensive (I had a voucher).

Nice staff. Food was bad. I would only recently mend it if you are starving and have no other option.

I walked in and immediately I was hit with a smokey smell. I mean immediately like right when I walked through the first set of doors. I was a little surprised at that considering there is a sign that says on the door. «Smoke Free Establishment». That very quiet hostess took me to a table right next to the swinging doors going into the bar. I was still smelling smoke so I assumed it was coming from the bar… I asked to move to the tables next to the window. She pointed me to a table and as I approached. it’s NEXT to the other set of swinging doors into the bar! Comedy of errors but nobodies fault by mine for not being clear. Next time (if there is one) I will just request a table for sure further from the bar. Of course I didn’t actually go into the bar either so I don’t know… maybe Cancer man was just walking through the building before I got there. Call Mulder and Scully.
Anywho…
I ordered the French Melt. It was good. The brew fries were REALLY good. The price was $ 13ish before tax and tip. For a sandwich… not really feeling it. If I do find myself in there again there are numerous other items that piqued my interest. Especially the Wedge.
A few other notes. The parking lot is pretty packed most days but I’m sure you can get a spot a little further away. And someone stole a decal off my work truck!!! Again not the fault of Matties.

When I see a sign that «this is a non-​smoking establishment», I don’t expect to leave it smelling like I spent hours in a casino. My husband and I were seated right next to the bar which allows smoking. There is nothing between the bar and the restaurant but a saloon door.
We waited a while to be served. The service was terrible. It took him forever to take our order, it took forever for the food to come, forever to get our bill, and we finally had to chase him down to get change. I’m sure he couldn’t figure out why he got such a small tip.
The food was OK. The onion rings were really oily. Their best seller, the French Melt, was greasy and just ok.
Would I ever go here again, NO. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

We stayed the night in elko at the oak in and had breakfast coupons for Matties. At first we thought it was going to a crappy breakfast since the coupon was worth $ 5 but oh man were we wrong. We got a #1 and it was cooked perfectly! It was seriously the best breakfast we have ever had. I really wish we stayed again just for the breakfast. The waitress was really nice and made sure we had everything we needed. I highly recommend this place.

Bar rating only: I came here with some co-​workers on a Friday night. I was impressed by the bar food (Mattie’s Burger with fries) but the smoke and noise levels were kind of a drag. There wasn’t very many beers to choose from either. The service was a little slow and at one point waited 10 minutes after glasses were empty before we got another drink.

I kept hearing about this place and finally decided to try it for lunch on 12/​23, It was a mistake! The staff was more interested in keeping up with each other’s social lives than serving the few customers that were in there. At one point there were four employees standing together a few feet from us and I kept yelling out «excuse me» and no one responded. My sister had to get up and walk over to them. Our server kept forgetting to bring things and when the food finally came it was horrible! It was very bland and greasy. This is not a place I would recommend to anyone!

Basically a dive bar with a restaurant attached. They have a brewery, but are not serving beer yet. Lots of TVs for watching the game, I did not have food.

Great food! Great service!
Traveling thru n were headed to Denny’s n saw Mattie’s on the way. Saw the «We now serve breakfast 7am-​11am» n decided to try it — thought «we can only go up» lol. What a PLEASANT surprise. The kindest sweetest most helpful waitress (Stephanie). Food was excellent, large portions, flavorful and all fresh cage free eggs, fresh squeezed OJ, n yummy potatoes!
Oh, and ya gotta read the front of the menu! Inspiring and interesting.
So GLAD we stopped here on our journey. Thanks, Mattie

This review is for the bar.
I had a sampler of their 7 beers; blonde wheat, pilsner, IPA, pale ale, stout, red, and red wheat. None of them is true to style.
I will not break them all down but the stout was particularly disappointing. It tasted like a homebrew made with malt extract. It was not one of clean finish. It lacked the smooth chocolate or burnt flavor of a typical stout. It tasted like a nut brown ale made by an amateur.
I am glad that someone in elko has started brewing but they need to improve for sure.

Trying this place again after a very bad experience with a long black hair sitting on top of chicken fried steak. Tried the breakfast burrito; with some salsa and limes it was good. The hash browns were very very dry. The other person I was with had the miners skillet, it was swimming in grease. The potatoes looked deep fried. Our server was very nice and attentive. Seriously the place is very dirty. Your shoes stuck to the floor as you walked. Other patrons were also making comments about the floor. My advice don’t sit under a fan, check your booth and high chair first. Clean the dining area, please. Added pictures.