Annex Bar

I was pleasantly surprised by how good this place was. I got the tuna melt with fries and holy cow was it good. The tuna was tasty and you could tell it wasn’t some cheap garbage tuna paste — it was quality tuna, done perfectly. The fries were crispy, delicious, and absolutely perfect. Will definitely be going back.

Yes prices have gone up but still the best deal for miles. Burgers best in Solon and nearby. Ground meat blend is A-​1. Want good food without 30 tvs this is a great place.

Good food good service. Will be back :-) cold beer and awesome wings! Tots were fun to eat since I haven’t had them since I was a kid.

You won’t find a bett burger in Cleveland. Monday and Weds are wing nights and they are great. A noisy bar atmosphere great for watching games

It got the mild buffalo wings. Plenty of meat on the bones, delicious sauce. Sampled the tater tots and The Golfer burger. The tots were extra crispy, delicious and not soggy. The Golfer burger was delicious, interesting and, for lack of a better word, burgery.
Great service, great food.

Best neighborhood bar ever! Love this place. Dive bar with mix matched chairs, dingy bar and tables. Typically a good crowd. Nice bartenders. Good cheap drinks. And honestly fantastic burgers. Recommend highly. It’s all good!

Everything from the extremely friendly bartender to the most delicious burgers is out of this world! I would write more, but I need a nap now after that satisfying meal. Sooooo sleepy!

This place has the best burger ever! Small draft beer selection but the fresh cut french fries and amazing burgers make up for it. You have to try the Rick burger!
My only complaint is that they charge 1.00 every time you use your credit card. I work with credit card merchants and the most they would charge is 5%. To me that’s just a dishonest way to make more money.

Wow yes it looks like a scary house bar. You go inside and the scariness becomes friendly. The smell of the fryer is inviting. No healthy eatery but with a few good cold beers order some wings. Once those are gone make sure you bring your appetite because the buyer is HUGE. it is made to order I had a medium rare burger with bacon cheese fried onions lettuce tomato without a bun. What a great meal. I can’t wait to go back.

My better half and I regularly stop by for a beer or two and terrific burgers. The folks minding the store are friendly, courteous, and make the Annex a great place for beer and amazing burgers.

Great local dive bar, play the dice, the burgers are huge, but I wouldn’t order again, no seasoning.

Keep it simple, stupid. Annex does.
If you drive by Annex, you ask yourself «why does that house have a big parking lot?» Well, that house is not a house but in fact it’s a dive bar with a limited food menu. But with that limited food menu, you really do have some simple but spectacular bar food, focusing on burgers and fries. The burgers are fresh and stored in the kitchen fridge. The flat top is basically in the bar so you get a front row seat for your dinner. The fries are potatoes that are pressed a few minutes before dropping in the deep fryer, so you literally can’t get a fresher fry. You want fancy? I think there’s other places that can accommodate you, because Annex definitely isn’t that.
You can probably show up by yourself, but it’s probably best to bring a friend or 10 because it seems like everyone here knows one another and knows the bar staff. Apparently there’s a ton of regulars, but everyone was nice and they served beer, cold beer, so what’s not to like?
If I could give a draft beer, burgers, and fries joint 5 stars, I would. This is as good as it gets for something so basic yet so good.

I am giving the Annex Bar 4 stars because that’s what its average rating currently is, and I don’t want to actually change its rating since I went there but didn’t purchase anything. Nice homey dive-​bar atmosphere.
Just a warning for those of you who want to visit but aren’t familiar with this area. Google maps and navigation take you to the wrong location when you search for Annex. If you type in the actual address it should work fine. Google has the Annex confused with the Glenwillow Grille, which is about 2.5 miles west on Pettibone. I met some coworkers there for drinks, and several of us ended up across town and had to turn around because we had looked up the location on Google maps.

Food review: awesome, hand-​packed, not-​frozenHUGE burgers. The mini was even huge! Order a few burgers, tater tots and wings to take home to the family…

Shot and a beer place that is a bit of a dive if a sterile chain is your idea of what a bar should be. If you want a fancy drink or exotic meal, you’d be better served going somewhere else. If you go to bars to drink beer, eat standard bar food and talk with friends, then you’ll probably enjoy the place. The burgers are well cooked (always medium rare for me) and large. Have been there a few times and the bartender has always been attentive with drinks and food orders.

This place looks scary. My fiancé heard that they have the best burgers. «They’re better than B Spot or Flip Side!», his buddy claimed. We drove by and debated going elsewhere but the parking lot was packed so we went in. The floor is covered in dirt but we sat down hesitantly. Service was okay… We got fried pickles as I do everywhere I go. It came with this weirdo ranch that had cumin in it, we are guessing. It was disgusting so we got regular ranch. We got the Rick and the pizza burgers and split them. Despite ordering them medium they came out dry. It’s a very thick burger and I wish it were a wider patty and thinner because the toppings got lost because the patty was so big. Tasty bun and the pizza one was preferred by me but my fiancé preferred the Rick better. Needless to say, we won’t be back. Oh, and they charge you $ 1 to use a credit card.

My family has been coming here for years, long before they had a *gasp* actual menu! They used to only have burgers on Tuesday and Thursday nights, but they have since gotten an actual menu and serve them any day. I have tried a few other things on the menu and while good, nothing measures up to their burgers. They have a full size burger as well as a mini burger, and there are many toppings available including onion (raw/​grilled), grilled mushrooms, bacon, and the usual lettuce/​ketchup/​mayo/​tomato/​etc. For sides they have onion rings, fries, onion petals, and maybe one other choice. The burgers are always juicy and delicious.
It has been a few years since I have had their wings (last time was when wing nights were only Monday/​Wednesday) but if they still offer the garlic ranch sauce I would highly recommend it for anyone who likes garlic. It was the best wing sauce I have ever had, and the wings were always meaty and reasonably priced.
Their drinks are cheap, and they have cherries soaked in grain alcohol as well!

This place is not an Applebee’s (or similarly shitty Solon-​esque franchise). Rather, it is a neat little dive bar with a clean bathroom, a pool table, and cheap drinks. In Solon, Ohio. Let that sink in: a real dive bar, in Solon. I know; it’s shocking, but once you get over the shock, you should head over to the Annex and order a $ 2 shot of whatever the special is.

My bf lives in Solon, and recently while visiting him, we found ourselves out late, looking for somewhere to have a drink. He’d known about The Annex for years, but had never ventured inside, so we decided to give it a try, so glad we did. The drinks are strong, the prices are cheap, and the environment is comfortable and quaint. We wound up here a couple of nights, and Laura was the bartender there every time we were. Laura is great! She actually really seems to have a great knowledge of the liquor they have, and let me tell you, they have a HUGE selection of liquor, one of the best I’ve ever seen… they had a decent selection of bottled beers, but didn’t seem to be much of a wine joint. Laura was constantly recommending new drinks for me based on my tastes, and honestly, I’m sad to say that I’ve got to expand my home liquor collection by 5 bottles thanks to her advice.
Every time we went to the bar it was a bit too late for food, however one night we walked in the kitchen was just closing, and the smells were amazing, I almost kicked myself for not coming 30 minutes earlier.
Seriously, this bar is the best in the area (possibly the best in my area too.)

I’ve never eaten here. And frankly, I never would. Everything is dirty and covered in a mixture of dust and cobwebs. More power to those brave enough. I went tot he Annex once when they had lights on and had to leave it was so dirty.
However, at night when all you want to do is get hammered — this place is great. It’s location is pretty central and it’s almost always packed full of people. Drinks are cheap and strong. Bartenders have their favorites & if you’re not one of them it takes a while to get served. There are a lot of locals who frequent this place, making it a great place to go after a long night of work.