Native Grill & Wings

My family and I have been here a couple of times and after we leave we wonder why we waste our money and our time. The food is not good at all. The staff are super friendly but the food is gross. We will never be back!

This particular trip to Native in Laveen was to try their Friday night fish fry. Being that there were three Wisconsinites in this party, the bar was set high and expectations would be difficult to meet. This is a place known for pizza, wings, and cold beer… but we ventured off the beaten path and tried something new.
I have to start with the service — AMAZING! And while our server was outstanding, the fish fell short. It was left in the fryer too long, so we sent one and a half pieces back to try again. Only one piece came out and it was over breaded, but edible once we pulled all the fish out. This was unacceptable in our server’s opinion so she went to her manager immediately. The manager came over and wasn’t too sure what to say, although the bill spoke the words he couldn’t — $ 20 off the total for the poor food. (Don’t worry, we didn’t tip off the new total… we took care of our server because she took care of us!)
Lesson learned — don’t eat fish at a pizza and wing spot. Stick to what’s good!
They get my five stars and my continued business because of the service and the fact that they made things right.

Not the greatest, not the worst.
I had dinner with my girlfriend at this Native location and wanted to watch the ASU game. Our server was a nice girl, she gave us refills in decent time and wasn’t pushy about making us order quickly.
We ended up getting the pulled-​pork queso and BBQ honey wings. Both were pretty good, although not overwhelmingly great. The TVs were in good locations and we were able to watch the game easily.
This location is in a strip mall, so there’s plenty of parking everywhere. There are lots of big groups and families there in the evening, so it does get pretty loud. But in the end, this was a nice Native location.

4.5 stars would be more accurate for me. My husband and I love this place for its wings and nothing else. We’ve been here quite a few times since its 5 minutes away from our house and we’ve always been treated very well by its staff. I love their honey hot wings. It’s advertised as «America’s favorite wing sauce». I’m not sure how accurate that is, but I def can vouch for how yummy they are! I’ve tried many of their wing sauces and even the mango habanero doesn’t come close. The only thing I don’t like about the restaurant is that it could be a bit cleaner and provide a more appetizing menu. My son doesn’t like any of the items offered for kids. His macaroni and cheese was so dry and tasted like Kraft Mac n cheese that had been sitting out all day. Yuck! But even so, wings are so good, we still love coming back for more!

Really?
Since they put in very little effort to make decent food or run a clean establishment, I will make very little effort reviewing them:
Pure scheisse.

Quite possible the worst service in the valley. The staff was more into watching the football game than taking care of their customers. It took almost 2 hours to have lunch. And the restaurant was maybe ¹⁄₃ full. Don’t go on Sunday’s.

Sorry to update this. Ordered a pound of strippers. There were cold. We didn’t send them back but should have. We told Efrain they were cold. Waiting on a pizza to take home. If it’s cold, this will be a one star. Finally have a couple of decent beers other than the lites and Hensley staples. Native is close by for us, but we also want good food and a nice selection of beers. Slowly going to lose our business. Not much selection in Laveen. Sad.

Ordeded a 2 carryout wing platters with extra blue cheese dipping sauce, they said it would be ready in 15 minutes, i arrived 25 minutes after i ordered and it wasn’t ready, waited a additional 15 minutes then got my order, rushed back to work to find they didn’t give me fries and gave me only one container of blue cheese. Called them back, they said i only order wings and not a platter.
I got no fries, no extra blue cheese dipping sauce, no utensil packets and no celery.
Horrible service…

Our waitress was pretty awesome. We went on Monday to watch football and eat wings. Pretty empty which is good but the tv kept cutting off and on. So missed a lot of the game. This location has improved a lot. I stop going to this location because of bad service. Very bad service. I would give this location another try just because it seems like it has improved a lot.

We have lived in Laveen since 2007 and have always tried to do our part to support the few businesses we have in our small corner of the Valley. We were regulars to Native for many years… then baby came along. We stopped coming as frequently, and each time we came the service and quality was worse each time. I absolutely adore Native… just not this location. The last straw for us was when we had a 2hr lunch about 3 weeks ago… when we intended to be in and out in about 45min. It took 30 min for the server to take our drink order. Another 10 before he took our food order. Food arrived 40 min later ice cold. When the server asked how the food was, I told him it was ice cold but we were far too hungry to wait another 30min for our order to be remade. That is the last time we will go back.

OK since every place can have a bad night decided to give them another shot. Stayed away from the chips and the artichoke dip. Ordered 24 wings and the potato skins. Stressed with the waitress PLEASE make sure the wings are not cold. Well sorry showed up cold as usual. Failed second attempt so off our list of acceptable places to dine.

Been before and the food was always good and service was just ok. Yesterday my husband and I went, it was packed and we were seated right away. Service was actually awesome and food was good. We will be back.

Worst food ever! My husband and I were disappointed in our service and food. From now on we will go elsewhere even if we have to drive further.

Been sitting here for 15 minutes. waitresses have been walking by us the whole time not asking if we need drinks. The lady who’s area it is has served the table behind us about 2 – 3 times now and walked by about 10 times still no drinks. We asked if we could get our order taken and have a new waitress to a waitress walking by. all she said was «oh» and rolled her nasty little eyes. This place is empty for us to not get service! The «oh» lady got the manager and she got us drinks and an appetizer on the house. she handled it very well. And our new waitress was nice. But this place still gets one star because of the attitudes of the waitresses.

This Native is one of the best. The bar has good service and a great crowd, especially on game nights. I really like the service in the dining room. The drinks are on point and the food is good. I will definitely be nah

This place is a pretty good place to go for dining in and taking food to go. The drinks are always on point, nice and strong. I know they are known for wings and pizza but they have some pretty good club sandwiches too!

Came in for lunch. Loved the Turkey in the Rye sandwich. My husband had Chicken strips. $ 7.00 lunches is a great price. Food and service was really good.

I love Native New Yorker generally, but this particular one is terrible.
Every time I visit this store, it’s the slowest service ever. Last night I had to wait for over an hour for a plate of chicken strips. The waiter finally showed up with my food and had a good laugh about how the kitchen apparently lost my food ticket.
It’s good food, but only if you’re willing to wait for it.

So here’s a the deal. Wings are always good, drinks are always strong but the service is like a box of chocolates … «You never know what your gonna get» in my Forest Gump voices.
The bartenders are always on point, I’ve never left Native feeling like I was cheated, but the service can be sooooo good and then the next time you go it Is sooooo bad that it’s literally like a surprise at every visit.
Final Say: Overall nice local spot to watch the game…

30 dollars for lunch!!!
My husband and I came in for lunch and ordered from the lunch menu, even pointed it out on the menu. Waitress came back to get our order again. The menus were gone, she had taken them but we repeated our order. We ate, the food was good… but when we got the bill she had given us regular prices rather than the lunch specials we had ordered. We pointed it out to her her mistake, she then told us WE should have been clear we wanted the lunch special. That we got more food than the lunch special and we had to pay it. She refused to give us the lunch special prices, making our bill almost double. And then had the nerve to tell us that the next time to be very specific and to remeber that the wings are 35 cents on tuesdays. I paid it, but she got no tip and they lost a customer…