Baumhower’s Restaurant

The food I had was mediocre at best. I sit at the bar and had horrible service the roof was leaking due to the rain. I would not eat there again.

Great first time experience. The location had a good crowd. The food came out hot and well presented. Two Wing Combos and Boss Burger with a fried pickle appetizer for my group left everyone full and happy.

Been coming here over twenty years. Consistenly great bar food. But, it is time for a remodel

Don’t be dissuaded by the aged building and worn furniture. This is the the best place for wings in Huntsville, hands-​down. My wings are always perfectly crisp here and seasoned perfectly. Games days are loud, but otherwise, you can have a conversation with your dining companions as well, which I appreciate. Prices are reasonable and the wait is never long, even when there is a line to be seated.

Everyone knows about their wings but I get excited about their black and white chicken and the black beans & rice with jerk chicken. These two entrees are so good that I have not ordered wings in years!
It has been a long time, but I also have to say that the ribeye I had 12 years ago is still the best I have ever had. I don’t know why I never ordered it again but I need to try it soon.
You can spend a lot here but the value is good overall.

Avoid this places unless you are forced to come. The beer on tap is obviously coming from dirty lines. The food is average for bar food. The staff was friendly. The hostesses are lost, didn’t greet us nor did they know where to sit two people. This place used to be amazing. Went down hill very fast!

Fail. Pretty much just a run of the mill sports bar. Nothing special. The staff was friendly, but the beer selection wasn’t great. The burgers are average. The roof was leaking and they had buckets catching the drips. Ghetto.

To be fair the place is a sports bar that serves mostly unhealthy snack food but they do it pretty well.
Friendly staff although my server seemed to rush me through my decision and had no clue I wasn’t local and a first time visitor.
This is apparent when my dinner choice was buffalo chicken nuggets and loaded French fries. Far from what I wanted to to have for dinner.
Other servers were refilling my water glass but my server was fast not efficient. Also neglecting to leave the itemized bill or return it when she brought my credit card back. I had to re-​ask for it.
Looking for a beer burger and nugget place this is it. Looking for an appetizing sit down balanced meal you won’t find it here.

How this restaurant garnered a 4-​out-​of-​5 star rating is beyond me. Ate there tonight with the fams while in town for the space center & it «baumbed.» Major disappointment.
I was excited on the front end as the majority of Unilocal and TripAdvisor reviews were positive & it had a higher ranking. Now, keep in mind, when you search for restaurants in the Huntsville area, the first several suggested places are chains. Then, when we pulled in the parking lot a little before 6 pm, it was crowded, so we took that as a good sign. (Maybe it was, but it was the last one.)
When we walked in, we entered into a medium-​sized waiting area & were smacked in the face by the smell of burned popcorn. They had a popcorn machine in the middle of the lobby with a threatening sign that read «Popcorn is for guests only. If you are not a guest, NO POPCORN FOR YOU!» OK, I’m paraphrasing, but it was something along those lines. I thought (a) who all is coming in here trying to eat the popcorn but not at the restaurant? and (b) how long are people having to wait that they have to try to placate them with popcorn?
The hostess stand was teeming with staff…4 different people crawling all over one another. But a gruff guy was the one apparently in charge & he flatly asked, «how many?» & then stood & looked at the seating chart & menus in a half confused/​half aggravated way before instructing one of the other people to take us to a designated table. No, «welcome» or «come one in» or «good evening, folks» or «enjoy your meal.»
AMBIANCE: B–
We were seated & took a look at the menu. It’s overwhelming. There are wings, burgers, salads, sandwiches, etc., etc. It’s a classic scenario of trying to do too much & doing none of it well. We ordered «chips & homemade salsa» to start with. The chips were stale & had no salt. The salsa was not unlike Pace from the grocery store.
APPETIZER: C–
We have a daughter who is 11 & on that cusp of still wanting a kids’ meal but actually neeing more food. When we asked the difference between the kids’ menu chicken tenders ($ 4.99) & the adult tenders meal ($ 11.99), we were told «one tender.» So, we wound up ordering two kids’ meals & came out better for it. Maybe. More on that in a minute.
The waitress was friendly enough, but even after we offered that we were from out of town & that this was our 1^st time there, she didn’t really offer any suggestions from the menu. After being led (e.g., «I’m thinking about fish and chips or a burger… what do you think?»), she was able to offer a little direction, but her overall body language & hesitancy in answering said, «look, I’m just working here to get through school. Are you going to order or not?»
She did offer that if there was one thing they’re known for, it’s their wings, and my husband loves wings. He was disappointed to find that, when his wings came out, they weren’t so much coated in the sauce of his choice but rather had had the sauce poured over them. This left ¹⁄₃ of the wings completely «naked» and another ¹⁄₃ only had their fronts sauced with naked backs.
My daughter’s chicken tenders were greasy & the fries were completely void of any salt, pepper or seasoning.
My burger was actually OK. The bun was a week past its prime, but the burger itself was prety good. When I ordered, I asked the waitress if they put the condiments (ketchup, mustard, mayo) on the burger or if I did. She replied, «No, I’ll bring it out.» But when the food came out, there was no accompanying condiments. I had to ask the guy who brought our food out for mustard & mayo (he was not our actual server). The waitress came by, asked how everything was, and I stated that I needed mustard & mayo & had asked the other guy for some. A couple of minutes later, he reappears with my condiments. I kid you not, I was over halfway through my burger when the waitress swings by & puts down some more mustard & mayo. The burger would have been cold and the bun would have been a week and 10 minutes past its prime.
Drinks were slow to be refilled. It was just lacking organization and love all around. My husband articulated well the evening: «every touch point has been disappointing.»
As we were trying to flag down the waitress & beg for the check to put the experience out of its misery, a/​the manager stopped by. He said, «hello, folks. How was everything?» He didn’t seem to genuinely care & I almost let him move along, but instead I offered, «
it was OK. Just OK.» He came back and stopped and did seem concerned. Kind of. He asked for more details & I just shared a little with him (the grumpy welcome from the host, the lackluster food). He did what I guess they teach in restaurant & hotel management and that’s to offer more of a bad thing. «Oh, you didn’t like your meal or anything about this place? How about a free dessert?» No, guy, I want to get the heck out of here & forget this ever happened. No, I don’t want more of a bad thing, but thanks.
OVERALL EXPERIENCE: D+

Who doesn’t love this place. I mean it’s not healthy at all but the royal sandwich is delicious.
Decent beer prices and amazing sandwiches every time I have been here or any of the other locations.

The gooey fries was really good and very filling… The chicken I had was highly seasoned and packed in great flavor.

Flashback! Birmingham 1995 – 1997. I was living there and enjoying Bob Baumhower’s wings weekly. I have had better hot/​bbq/​garlic wings before and since — Frickers in Dayton and Maloneys in Tampa, but no one and I mean NO ONE makes a better Honey Mustard Chicken Wing. Baumhower’s is so good, that since 1997, I have still been searching for something comparable with no luck!
So to sit down to 1.5 lbs of honey mustard wings and a basket of curly fries (for $ 14.99) was heavenly! And to top it off I had some incredible fresh made Beignets for dessert!
Just hope I don’t have to wait 18 years to eat again!
Thanks Bob for keeping that quality and incredible taste!

All about the service. One word, SLOW. I eat here quite a bit and lunch is good but dinner is a different story. I wonder if the manager knew how amazingly slow the service was/​is at night.
I would recommend for lunch. Not so sure about dinner.

Excellent wings! Meaty wings, good sauce flavor, can’t beat it. Best overall wings I’ve tried in Huntsville/​Madison so far (despite being on the pricey scale comparatively).

Get the gooey fries. No question. If you don’t like cream cheese they have another option that’s exactly the same but with shredded cheese. But get one of them. Please. I implore you.
There’s a large variety of wing flavors. Some are interesting like peanut butter and peanut butter and jelly (I was too nervous to try these). Instead I had the po’ boy. It left a lot to be desired. The bread was clunky and too crispy/​hard to actually enjoy the sandwich.
If you come here it would be safest stick with the amazing appetizers and the wings. The salmon dish also looked tasty but my friend are it with a side of wings.

Like most sports bars, it has a bunch of TVs, bar food, and alright service. The drink selection is thin, but maybe I only think that because I come from Buffalo.
It took a while (definitely over 10 minutes once we placed our orders of just appetizers and salad) to get our food at 1:50 in the afternoon. The food was tasty, but nothing to really write home about, and there weren’t any vegetarian options to really choose from. I could have a salad, but aside from that, there wasn’t any ingenuity. It was just a large sports bar.
So it’s alright. Looks good for just hanging out and getting sports bar food. Nothing particularly outstanding about it.

Overall Baumhowers is pretty good. I love their hot lips in the medium sauce. I also love their black beans and rice with a cilantro lime sour cream sauce. My fiancé had the wings and chicken fingers with fries and he was very pleased. If you like wings and chicken fingers Baumhowers is the place to try.

Baumhowers is a great place to enjoy games, racing, and any other random sporting event you deem important. It has numerous TVs and the bar area is a nice place to enjoy games with friends. They have a small selection of beer on tap, but has a full bar and is reasonably priced.
This restaurant is a chain, but only in Alabama. They are best known for wings, but I recommend the black and white chicken, or one of the grilled sandwiches. The cheese fries are the best appetizer on the menu!

I love Baumhowers, simply because they have the best wings in town. I get mine extra hot with cajun seasoning on them. The bacon cheese fries are good, being a curly fry makes them even better. They have great beer specials most of the time. I love sitting outside enjoying the day (if it’s nice) and grab dinner here.
Parking can be a pain though, I have parked at Logan’s and walked across the street before.

Excellent Waiter! My wife and I ate an early supper here on a Monday. Our server, Ward, took very excellent care of us. On the scale of one to five, he was about a six.
I like the Unilocal decal on their door.
The wife and I split an order of Macho Nachos, and a serving of Blackberry Cobbler. All were very good. For this and two coffees, our total bill was $ 20.48.
I paid in cash, and our server rounded the bill DOWN to the nearest bill, instead of giving us coins in change. So we actually were charged only $ 20.
Tip: Be advised that the nachos do have some refried beans in them, in case your digestion has some difficulty with beans.