The Haymaker

It has good hometown cooking with a twist. It was great food. But, when you go in looking forward to a certain flavor (in my case chicken friend steak) and you get something that has an extra component that totally changes everything you’ve ever had before. It kinda ruins it for you. Even though it tasted good, it was totally not was I was expecting and craving.

Been there twice in the past month and waited over an hour for food. they need to hire some people that show up or find new management. I will not be returning

Been here over a dozen (12) times. The last 3 times have been pretty bad. Seems they have an issue in the kitchen. Hope they can find a better kitchen crew before they go out of business. They try making up with giving out gift certificates but all we really want is a great dining experience. Hope they can find a better Exec. Chef to improve the place.

My husband and I frequent Haymaker as it near our home but that not the only reason. The food is top notch and service has been great too. We have been there a dozen or more times with only 1 service that was slow and that happened to be a very busy for them. (Right after Christmas) all other times we have received great service in the dining area or at the bar. We actually prefer to eat at the bar because it is comfortable and the bartenders are fabulous. I also can’t say enough about the craft beers on tap. We love IPA’s and Porters/​Stouts. There are plenty to choose from and they regularly seem to have something new on tap. Bartenders Jill, Travis, Mandy and Lisa are top notch. The food offerings are so wonderful as well. Many healthy choices are available too as well as gluten free meals. Huge plus for me. Their blackened salmon and grilled salmon are to die for. Burgers are stacked and tasty. Pig wings are great too. Every meal we have eaten there are quite tasty. Too many to list here.
Last time we went we got to know the owner Joey. You would never have known as he was working away serving guests, cleaning up and talking with guests. He definitely cares A lot about the restaurant, food quality, customers, staff and seeks feedback to make Haymaker better all the time. We will continue to frequent Haymaker regularly.

I’ve been here a couple times and have been disappointed each time. The first time, my mom and I went in for a late lunch. The place was dead and we sat at a table near the bar. The bartender was our waitress. Mind you, there was only one couple at the bar and us at our table and the bartender sat and talked to the couple for about 10 mins before coming to introduce herself and take drink orders (I was pregnant, and very thirsty! I’m guessing that’s why this stood out so much in my mind) when she finally took our order and we got our food is was less than mediocre.
The second time, my husband and I went out for dinner here, around 8 on a week night. It was fairly dead also. We walked in and there were four or five servers standing around talking at the hostess stand. One of them sat us at the table directly adjacent from the hostess stand and there was a pile of trash that was swept in front of our table, just sitting there. No one ever came to pick it up and the waiter continually had to step over it every time he came to our table. so gross!!! The four or five people that were at the hostess stand could see our table clearly as they were gossiping away and not one person came to clean up the trash

So we attempted to eat there today for breakfast but I’m not sure what happened to their kitchen staff. We waited for 45 minutes to be sat only to be turned away. Everyone that was coming in the door at that point was being turned away. The manager told us it would be another 45 minutes before he could serve us. Well and then later I saw an add on Craigslist that they were looking to hire kitchen staff. The only thing he gave us for the inconvenience was some cards for a free appetizer. We left and went to another restaurant that was also a disappointment.

Great home made food with a liquor menu centered around whisky. Awesome establishment. Service was slow with appetizer and entrée coming out together. Besides that great dinner can’t wait to try the breakfast.

I am updating my review because the food we had this time was much better. Although we only had appetizers and beer it was good. We had the fried pickles that were delicious but I would rather have ranch with my pickles instead of 1000 island dressing. Next the sliders were just ok, husband and I both said we could go without those next time. Then the last thing was the boneless wings that were amazing! The sauce we got l, I forget what it was called, but it was a spicy BBQ, so good! The waiter, Marshall, was friendly and prompt. He did get busy at the end but overall good service.

Paul our waiter was very busy but got our drink order in shortly after we were seated.
He was Johnny on the spot with drinks, food and answering any questions we might have for him concerning the food, restaurant, etc.
I thought my Gringo Burger was just mediocre, saying that I will return as I love what this restaurant stands for!

Wife and I have been here a few times now. I have no idea how this place gets so many 5 star reviews. I think the décor must be fooling people into thinking this is a better restaurant than it really is. The food is not very good. Service is good for a busy place but it’s no better than a Chili’s or TGIFridays.
For a place that is so egg-​centric on breakfast these are some of the worst powdered scrambled eggs I have ever had. The burger is just a dry, boring, frozen patty with no flavor and the bun was horrible. It just fell apart half way through eating it.
The fries were half cooked and just frozen fries from a bag. Fresh cut fries do not cost any more and are SO much better!
We got the fried zucchini appetizer and it was 8 pieces for $ 7! That’s almost a dollar a zucchini. It was pretty good for frozen fried zucchini but come on, $ 7?
$ 23 for 2 beers was the breaking point. Never going back! $ 65 w/​tip for lunch is nuts! If the food was better maybe but this is chain restaurant crap food. Not worth it…

This place is really good for lunch/​dinner. Always satisfied with my meal. It’s breakfast service is very lacking. Which makes me wonder why even bother if everything is just store bought and canned. I don’t remember exactly what it was but I had French toast with some kind of fruit on top. The French toast was great but the fruit on top was straight from a can and very very cold making my French toast cold in the process. If they’re going to do canned fruit at least heat it a little. Throw it in a microwave for all I care I just don’t want refrigerator cold fruit on my warm French toast. Not when it still has all the goopy syrup.
Thats the word I was looking for, pie filling. It’s pie filling fruit. I don’t even like canned pie filling in a pie.
Though I do have to say the wings here are fantastic. I am usually not a person for wings because they always seem to have too much uncooked skin around the meat. I absolutely hate anything that has a fatty or gelatinous consistency. So wings where the skin is not crispy or at least mostly is gross to me. These were awesome.

Had a Groupon chit. Ordered the chicken fried steak. It was like it came out of a cafeteria. Mediocre. Service was good, however. Manager apoligized for my disatisfaction.
I’ll give it another try since it is nearby.

Awesome place. We have been here a number of times, breakfast lunch and dinner! Total winner for all 3! The service is always great, always able to watch a game, and never walk out of here hungry or dissatisfied!
No matter who is taking care of us that day, other servers check on us as they walk by!
The food is always on point. For the burgers you can switch out the meat type for a bean burger, turkey or chicken!
We always make our way here when we are in AZ!

This place is absolutely amazing. I am so glad our resort recommended it to us. I had the huevos rancheros — so fresh & delicious. The salsa it came with is good too, a little smoky. I had blueberry pancakes as well and one of the best I’ve ever had.
My waitress Cherise was so sweet and I really enjoyed her! She is such a genuine sweet woman. Very welcoming … Couldn’t have asked for a better experience at this restaurant.

I rarely head out west but when I do it’s to visit family and chill. I was bringing the din din and they had told me it’s very limited out there so I stopped in to Haymaker because of the good comments on their reviews. I sat at the bar and the bartender was a pleasant young lady who clearly had a following. Plenty of what seemed to be regulars relaxing for a little happy hour and to enjoy some down home foods. I went with a Texas burger and a bowl of chili. A couple ice cold beers and life was good. They actually have a solid whiskey selection to boot. Brought the takeout food to the fam and everyone was happy with true perfectly cooked burgers and kids meals. All in all a success for a small mom and pop like restaurant out west. Check it out.

We only came here for happy hour so haven’t had anything but wings and beer but we are eager to go back! They make there own wing sauce as well as BBQ sauce, the wings were great! Friendly bar tender, Shannon or Jenna I think (sorry). They tout themselves as a whiskey bar with a very extensive selection of American, Canadian and of course Irish whiskey. Good happy hour and I hear their brunch is amazing with items such as South Western Eggs Benedict w a Jalapeño Hollandaise sauce. Nice, dark and clean country/​Americana décor.

Everything I’ve had here is amazing.
Breakfast — get the chicken fried steak!
Burgers are great.
One of the only locally owned restaurants. Owner is just an amazing man.
Miranda is one of the best servers there.

Been here twice now. Service was great both times. The food delivery was slightly slower the second time but the food was excellent. First time we had salads. The BBQ chicken salad and the Steak salad… both great. The second time my daughter had the Texan Burger and the soup of the day which was the loaded baked potato soup which was not too salty like so many others she had tried in the past. She really liked it and it had a lot of flavor. My wife had the BLAT sandwich which she said was good and interesting but she wouldn’t rave about it. I had the piggy wings with orange marmalade. It was excellent and it was perfect blend of flavors; the meat was tender; and went really well with the Devils Ale. Overall we like the place! We will be back!
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Absolutely solid breakfast. Pancakes are a winner corned beef hash is OK well the family liked breakfast no complaints.
Available local newspaper to read. Coffee is good.
Price is very fair Service good waitresses are young don’t necessarily know the menu but that’s okay as long as they stop and simply said let me check with the manager I’m fine with thayd no crap no bs.
Family friendly restaurant and bathrooms are clean good place to go.

Had the huevos benidictos, eggs Benedict and Dutch Apple French toast. None of the food was bad but it wasn’t great either. They used frozen store bought potatoes for the country potatoes and pre-​made frozen hash browns. The apples over the French toast tasted like they came out of a can and didn’t have much flavor.
The restaurant is clean and the service is good which is why I went 3 stars instead of 2.