Crabby Don’s Bar & Grill

Massive beer selection, there is always something new. They’ve got lighters hanging from the patio fence, which I am very thankful for since I’m always misplacing mine. Brian in the back makes some damn good wings. Get them grilled, it takes a while but it’s well worth the wait. Also, ask about the sexy sauce.

I love this place! The entire staff is rad and if you’re looking for a sweet dive bar, Crabby’s is where it’s at, son!

My band played at Crabby Don’s on a Saturday night and brought a good sized crowd to the venue. Probably 65 – 70 people (which is a lot for a small dive). We showed up a little early to eat some food and have a few drinks. We opened a tab with our waitress and let her know that we would like to pay our tab with cash at the end of the evening. She had no issue with this and we went on with our evening. Overall our service was good. When we received our bill at the end of the evening, the waitress remembered and brought us our card as well. We paid with cash and went home. The few days later we see a charge for the total bill charged to our card. When I called Crabby Don’s I was told there was nothing they could do. At my next band practice I told my friends of this experience and was shocked to find out that they had also refused to pay any of the bands, saying we didn’t bring enough people. These people are crooks and thieves. I am amazed they are still in business. I will always tell working bands to stay away from this awful venue.

Typical dive bar. Potential for a great live band bar but music selection steers towards Heavy Metal type bands. Food was okay. Drinks are good. Service kinda sucks. You can tell it’s more geared for the regulars. Not very welcoming to new customers. But that’s the dive scene. Older crowd. Consider mixing up music selection and maybe adding some live music on a weekday?

Very friendly staff, daytime girl on Mondays and Tuesdays is great. (no name tags) ice cold beers and golden tee. Come on down.

They have great bands but don’t seem to promote them??? They could make this bar more popular if they added bands on their websites event page and posted on facebook upcoming bands. It really could of been more packed. Not many people here for a Saturday night.

Very rude manager as well as bartenders and wait staff. Left immediatly after arriving.

Love this bar! The bartenders all great and remember your drink even if you’re not a regular. Food is really good and they serve it until 11. There’s always a mixed crowd so the people watching is always fun. I could do without most the bands that play but if you sit on the other side you don’t have to hear them. Best dive bar in Gilbert.

Food is good. Service can be a bit slow, and sometimes seating is at a premium. They try to accommodate the sport watcher, but many who play games and such take up the seating, which is inconvenient. I’d go there more if they brought back their Crab dip, which was amazing!

Went to see a friends band on a Saturday… Music was good, bartenders were good, pretty divey bar all in all. Super dark parking lot and shady customers hanging out side. Im a big guy so the people didn’t bother me, but it would be questionable for single ladies to go.

The staff (Taylor) was great! The wings are larger than normal and delicious! Caribbean and hot combo! Great music! I’d definitely come here again. :-)

Saw a live band at Crabby Don’s.
This was the first time I’ve been to this little dive bar.
The location was pretty funky — graffiti art on the wall behind the band.
The bar seemed fully stocked top to bottom shelf. For a small dive the tap selection is AWESOME.
Since it was really loud, we ordered from the Bar Keep with a series of hand gestures. It was funny but very effective.
The bar is technically two pieces, one side for live music and one side for the «drinking crowd»
I also saw that they serve food, which I wish I had tried some, because it smelled pretty good.
Overall, it was a dive bar, with a great beer selection.

Not a dive bar. At all. I’d call it a typical sports bar. Good bar food. I had the French Dip & loved it!
Reasonably priced food & drinks. A bucket of Coors lights /​$ 10. $ 2. Rolling Rocks.
Couldn’t tell ya about the liquor… Couldn’t get anyone to buy me any! lol

Sat for 20 minutes and never got served. Crabby Don’s should be Crappy Don’s. Left for Mexican restaurant across the street.

Very nice staff excellent food and a great place to see live bands

Good food, good beer, good service, and i can choose between concert side or just drinking side.

This place kinda reminds me of Patty’s pub from it’s always sunny. Not much action going on and mostly dudes hanging out shooting the sh! t. The service is good, the food is okay and they have an arcade punch machine that I enjoy wasting my money on.

Love this place the service is great good is Delish! My new dive

My hubby and I were out driving around running errands from Tempe to Mesa to Gilbert and with the heat were just downright delirious and in a huge need for a cold adult beverage. We saw the sign for Crabby Don’s, thought it was funny and decided to give it a try. At 11:30 a.m. on a Monday it was pretty slow, but the bartender was staying busy multi-​tasking. Looked like she was setting up glasses for both bars and attending to a couple of patrons who were sitting at the bar. She still found time to be friendly and helpful with us and we did not feel neglected at all.
We were thrilled to find $ 2 Rolling Rocks and then when I asked about food, I noticed they had Breckenridge Brewing SummerBright Ale on tap. (I’m easily distracted when it comes to beer). It’s not often I see a BB beer here in this area, so we gave that a try. Not too shabby. Definitely a passable summer lager. We didn’t want a full meal so shared the sliders. Very simple cheeseburger sliders, but they had a good grilled flavor and the buns had been grilled too which is a simple touch that I like a lot. I also like that they give you 4 instead of 3, like a lot of places do. 4 is perfect for sharing with the one you love, or the one you want to love for that night.
Overall it was a good dark cool divey place for a pit stop with a good drink selection. The food prices aren’t too bad either and it’s the typical bar food menu. I’m probably too old and square to enjoy the bands, etc. they get in there, but I would definitely stop in again if I’m out in the area.

What can I say… if I were Don and owned this place, I would likely be a little crabby too. Shouldn’t have been too surprised though considering this is a bar in a strip-​mall, but I had high hopes since it’s across from fancy-​schmancy Val Vista Lakes.
I like dive bars, don’t get me wrong, but this place was just kind of weird. We walked in and it felt like a big empty room… which it really was actually. I’m not sure if it’s a dance floor at night perhaps? But it was just a strange feeling and layout.
The place was dead, I could count the number of people in there on 1 hand (granted it was like 5pm on a Thursday, but hello… happy hour anyone?) and it was also super quiet and awkward (hello, MUSIC anyone?).
We had one drink and left. Not the worst dive bar I’ve been to, but certainly not even close to being the best.