Rudy’s Place

Friendly service good drinks but bad food. The prime rib steak wasn’t fresh and tasted like stew meat.

The whole sports bar thing is not for us. We miss the old bar where the rowdies were in the room next door watching sports and shooting pool. The old bar had ambiance, and a few boozers:-) — the new one is just another noisy sports bar. We stopped in after the remodel and haven’t been back. The food was always pretty good, if not great; sort of your midwest comfort food. Don’t know if that’s changed. Saw someone give a shout out to nachos. Nachos are Mexico’s revenge against us for taking New Mexico, Arizona, and California away from them. A pile of corn chips drizzled with Cheese Whiz and some crumbled hamburger for $ 10. They have to be laughing all the way to the bank.

Great good, 22 TV’s and my toddler was allowed in to hang with us while we partook in the madness of March! What is not to like?! Great place!

I really wanted to like this place as it is very near to my house, but I’m afraid it had pretty much nothing to redeem itself. The food was just this side of inedible, the servers were almost completely absent, and the rest of the clientele was obnoxious enough to actually provide an incentive to bolt my slop and go. Add to that complete sensory overload in the form of walls blanketed with an endless number of TVs shoved into a tiny space and it’s safe to say that there will be no return trip.
NOTE: Apparently, I’m not the only one who thought so, as the place has closed.

If I could give zero or negative stars I would.
1. 20 flatscreen tv’s in about a 1000 sf space is OVERKILL, but I get it they are trying to be a sports bar.
2. I ordered a breakfast that when it came, came with 2/​3rds of a sausage patty. Really? Where did the other ¹⁄₃ of my sausaege patty go? Did you sell it to pay for the electricity for all the tv’s? The menu didn’t call that out. LAME. The coffee also sucked.
3. Waittress was a snot when I asked her about the sausage thing. She was nice enough not to charge me for the whole breakfast however.
4. The place was clean, but so clean the water glass had the taste of soap.
5. With all the TV’s going it was media overload, and then they turned on music too. Too much.
I live very close by but won’t go back. It used to be a great little neighborhood place, now it is just a disaster.

This is the perfect sports bar. Good food. Lots of big screen tv’s and good drink specials. During the summer there is an awesome deck to sit out on. Check it out!

I have no idea what others are complaining about. We just had a great 90+ minutes there over a lazy breakfast and coffee watching three football games at once (Ravens/​Pats, Giants/​Lions, Seahawks/​Bears). The TV/​sports bar style setup they went to is great – we hadn’t been there since their remodel.
We went numerous times before that and never had a bad time, bad food, or bad service.
WARNING: The «Southside» omelette will kick your ass. It’s epic.

2 budlights for $ 6.50… eh. This place is a small and chill bar. They have pool tables in a seperate room of the building. Ally is pretty good but it sucked that she said she didn’t have enough ice to make a Black Opal for me. She made a Jolly Rancher for a regular patron after I was told «No». I’ve been here twice and both times were mediocre. It was a change from always going to the Village Pub down the street but at least they have ice.

I stumbled on this place while driving through the neighborhood. I saw the chef outside on his break and he waved at me and said «hey, stop on in» so my boyfriend and I decided it was a good place to stop for a beer. For a crazy UW fan, It must have been a sign as I was elated to see the entryway of the establishment has a huge University of Washington Husky «W» logo painted, in grand form, to welcome each guest. This place is the yin to the Village Pub’s yang (they’re big WSU fans there) and I enjoy the team spirit this place has to offer.
I have to say that the bar, previous to the remodel, was charmingly dive’y. I do enjoy the new bar setup with the extra seating and all of the flatscreen TV’s about the place. I already believe this will be NFL and College football heaven for me. I have had cocktails here but have not had any of the food (yet) but will comment that from what I have seen of other patrons’ selections, the food looks great. Cocktails are reasonably priced and there is a good selection of each major type of alcohol and the beer is always cold.

DAMMIT!
Some friends and I were to meet at the Magnolia Village Pub. The place was packed too packed so «lets go to Rudys» I laughed, thought he was kidding… he wasn’t :-(
Well ya cant screw up beer right? His quote not mine when we left «what a sh*t hole» enough said.

The 4 – 5 times I’ve personally gone here, I’ve always wondered why I’ve received such horrible service. Do I have some sort of foul body odor that only I can’t smell? Was I suffering a Tourrettes bout that I similarly couldn’t detect? I’ve even wondered if it had something to do with my race.
I was fully prepared to go off on my suspicions on the latter before I read all the other reviews, and I will hold my tongue for the moment, as it sounds like they’re equal opportunity in terms of their ability to consistently make their customers feel totally unwelcome and a disdain that they have to serve you. As others have said, they will basically glance at you dismissively for about 5 – 10 minutes before they actually seat you when the place has maybe 3 – 4 people in it. I would excuse that a little if the place was totally packed and had amazing food, but the overpriced mediocre meals are far from worth it (more on the food later).
Similar to other reviews, every time I’ve gone there it’s taken several minutes to get even the expected things like water and menus. I almost always would have to wave someone down or chase down our waitress so we could get out of there in less than an eternity.
The food is decent, but nothing special at all. It’s sad because this part of Magnolia sorely sorely needs a great place for dinner and brunch. The little magnolia village area has some all right choices in terms of snacks, baked goods and even some italian, but what Magnolia needs is a great, rib-​sticking, comfort food joint. Unfortunately, Rudy’s Place (patent infringement on Radio Shack?) is far far far from this — my mouth waters more thinking about going to Chilis or Sharis than this sad little affair.
Over the past 3 years or so (forget exactly when the place opened but that sounds about right), my sister, brother and I who all live in the area have given them probably almost a dozen opportunities to redeem themselves — most recently only a few months ago.
Customer service is a huge part of any dining experience and again — my family has always been given a sense of disdain that the servers have to serve us. I have NEVER had a good experience here, and after my sister’s most recent experience dining here for brunch with my brother, I will never give them a chance again. I wonder what this sad little corner will be next?

Ready for a really scary story kiddies?
The ground ‘Rudy’s Place’ sits on, has been home to a few restaurants over the past 20 years. Each one of them has died a slow and miserable death. In short, the ground is cursed.
Local legend has it that this is the hollowed soil of an ancient evil cult, shunned from the main Duwamish indian tribe for their evil undoings to fine local cuisine. Coincidentally, the center of this burial ground just so happens to sit right underneath Rudy’s Place.
I saved this place for last (the last place in Magnolia that is) to eat at, which is a good thing, since it has inadvertently saved me many years of nightmares.
First, is the story of the food that never was. A ghost story of sorts. The dishes are on the menu, but if you attempt to order them, they simply vanish. Like they never existed; But as I went on a Friday, they offer a «Prime-​Rib» special. I ordered, you guessed it, the prime rib special.
The prime rib was cold (not even room temperature) like the cold forgotten cadavers of butchered cows offered to starving Civil War soldiers; It was tough and cut in such a way I can only describe as found in a Rob Zombie script. It wasn’t one piece, but two pieces of cold flesh, one hiding under the other. Why? I have no idea. Maybe it was an attempt to hide evidence that it was another sort of mammal flesh. Perhaps, Human?!!
[FYI: There’s an elderly care-​retirement center across the street. I’ve never seen a produce/​meat delivery truck in front of Rudy’s, ever, but there’s always at least one vacancy at the retirement home. I’m just saying].
The au jus tasted like it was out of a can. Or perhaps, commercial grade Knorr paste with water added (which was served cold as well, not even luke warm) –like the cold fluid found running through the veins of America’s most infamous vampire, Dick Cheney. Only darker, and much saltier.
The baked potato. Ah the baked potato. Covered in what appeared to be used foil, perhaps taken from the scalp of a UFO believer, who, after being sucked up into an alien craft, was all that was left. Found by Rudy, then placed over the spud in order to protect it from alien brain waves. Unfortunately, the foil which wrapped the dead skin of this old creature didn’t quite do its job, because the insides where not fluffy white like our Earth potatoes, but rather the color of ochre-​yellow. Alien jaundice yellow my dear readers!
The vegetables were rubbery like small gangrene fingers. And tasted like freezer-​burned plastic. Perhaps this was the taste of Formaldehyde. Not having tasted Formaldehyde before, I couldn’t tell you. But that’s what I imagine Formaldehyde tasting like: Rudy’s gangrene veggies.
Last but not least, the salad. The salad was fine. Fine because it WAS cold, didn’t taste like Formaldehyde, wasn’t covering a cold piece of Human flesh, wasn’t alien jaundice yellow, and was crisp.
So there’s my review folks. If you like salads that don’t taste like Formaldehyde, then this is the place for you. The rest of the food sucks what little there still exists on the menu.
One word to Rudy’s Place: Euthanasia.

I can’t believe these people are talking about the same place that I visited!
I was there around 7pm on a Friday and it was very slow in the restaurant section, but that was actually good for me b/​c I was looking for somewhere to relax and read (while I waited for a friend to finish working down the street).
At first I felt a bit put off b/​c she was the only one working the room and I had to wait a little while for her to appear and seat me… but after that she was absolutely sweet, patient, and helpful.
I don’t remember the last time I had a float, so I decided to get a coke float. When it came it was super full, delicious, and had a cherry on top. Sweet! I was a little hungry so I decided to also have a cup of the daily soup (something taco?) and that was … interesting, in a good (or at least a-​ok) way. It was served with chips and tasted very cheesy (like she said it would).
Everything else looked like… slightly expensive comfort food. Not sure if I’d ever come here for the regular menu. I believe I remember signs for Burger Wednesdays where they had some nice deals on burgers, so… if I was in the area and in the mood… I’d probably check that out.
What I found interesting was that the alcohol was ONLY mentioned at the bottom of the back page of the menu. Turns out they have a wine/​beer menu as well as a full bar. I wonder why they do that… most other places seem to make it Very Clear that they offer a selection of adult beverages.
The service was probably 4 – 5 stars and everything else was probably about 4 stars. The reason I’m going for 3 is because I feel like I barely tried anything here so I can’t speak for much of what Rudy’s has to offer…

This cozy pub near Discover Park is where the locals come to drink. The food is «what Rudy would get if he wanted food»…followed with one of the patrons pointing to Rudy. It was like meeting the local pub celebrity. That’s the type of pub it is. It’s cozy.
I was recommended to drop on by their pool tournament last night by a friend. The pub had one pool table (probably the best bar table I’ve seen in a while) and more than enough TV’s on each wall showing sports.
This isn’t my typical destination and since I’m not within walking distance, may or may not go there again. If you’re in the neighborhood or just need to grab a drink after hitting Discovery Park, this should be your spot.

Sorry Rudy, whoever you are. But I have been to your place twice and don’t see a hat trick coming from the deal.
Not sure who it was, but when I’m sitting at a table desperately trying to enjoy the Denny’s-esque food, I would rather not hear you and your ex wife yelling about child support in the back. At the very least, keep the arguing/​yelling to a minimum or just keep it at home. Not to mention the fact that vulgar language isn’t something that should be streaming from the back room of a «family» restaurant.
Clean up your act, Rudy. While you’re at it, get those prices to a reasonable level.

I’ve had decent food there. The chicken fried steak was good. Service is ok. Not the best, but definitely not the worst. If you’re not an uptight diner, then try this place out.

We gave this place a try, but it was so not worth it for so many reasons! They service was awful, we waited more then 5 minutes for someone to even greet us, another 10 minutes for menus and almost 10 more for someone to take our order (we should have left, but hey we wanted to give it a try). We didn’t get water till our food came, we rushed through our order, and at that it came in stages, my husbands food first and 5 minutes later my food.
I would never go here again and never recommend this place, oh the food was disgusting, Undercooked raw pancakes, odd tasting gravy. Just horrible

A friend and I went to Rudy’s for breakfast a while back, we’d driven by the place and she pointed out the big R outside and it kind of reminded me/​us of the red Radio Shack R, it intrigued me. So when she asked me where we should go for breakfast the big red R won.
We walk in and it’s like walking into an old folks home, but with out the old folks home attached, but plenty of old folks eating. The décor is extremely dated imagine going to someone’s grandparents house, because you know your’s had better taste than theirs, that’s how the place is decorated. It left an impression on me that wasn’t good.
We were seated and ordered our beverages. A few minutes pass and someone else come by to take our drink orders, still after 10 minutes no drinks. Finally the second person, who ended up being our waitress for the meal, took our drink orders again and after just a few more minutes we finally received them along with some water.
Our breakfast took a while to arrive; I emptied both beverages and no sign of a refill in site. I finally flagged someone down and received the much needed refills, yes I was dehydrated. Our food arrives and there’s something wrong but I refuse to complain because who knows how long it would have taken to get it back, anyways the breakfast was blah, yuck, not worth going back for.
If you’re in Magnolia and looking for breakfast please feel free to pass Rudy’s Place right up because it’s not worth it unless maybe you’re an old folk?

When I first moved to Magnolia, I was desperate to find a place to eat after spending my first night in my new house. My daughter was starving and it was fast approaching beyond brunch. Driving around, I stumbled upon Rudy’s, as I was already heading towards the Village.
I was pleasantly surprised upon entering, almost regretting my decision because I thought it might be a place the frowned upon children. The Hostess, however, happily seated us and brought a covered cup of water for my little one. The Server was quick with my coffee, took our order promptly and Brunch was served within minutes. Scrambled eggs, hash-​browns and sausage for my daughter, traditional Eggs Benedict for me. The portions were HUGE!
The server was pleasant and welcoming. When I returned a few weeks later with my Husband in tow, he was amazed as well. The Interior Décor is extremely tasteful, and while the average price is around $ 9-​$ 12/​person for your meal, you definitely get more than your fill for your money.
I’ve never been to the bar, so I can’t vouch for that, but for the number of times that I’ve been to Rudy’s Place for Brunch on a Saturday or Sunday, I’ve never been disappointed. Next time my parents visit from out of town, I’ll be treating them to Brunch here.

Was that fresh squeezed OJ? Nice… I had a Monte cristo and he had corned beef hash. We’ve each had these same menu items in various places across the country, and this place was not disappointing.
The corned beef hash was fresh, i.e., not from a can.
The Monte cristo was more food than I could eat, although it was perfect.
The interior and service were tasteful and traditional, clean and comfy. Kind of like being at your own house, if you could get your act together and make some damn breakfast, am I right?
It was kind of odd though. I wanted the Monte cristo, which she (the waitress) said was a breakfast item and they only served that until 11:00 am. It was 11:25 am exactly. She told me she did not think she’d be able to ask the chef to make that for me. I must have looked at her in a shocked way when she told me that, because she changed her mind and let me have it.
***Update: Ate here more recently, and it must have been an off day, but the food was slow to come out and the portions were not big. I also asked to sub out the hash browns and toast that came with my order for a pancake instead. She said she didn’t think that was an option… :(*****
I have not been to the bar next door, in the attached building. I imagine it’s not super fantastic.