Flanny’s Bar & Grill

I LOVE Flanny’s! One of the best kept secrets in Tempe! GREAT beer, GREAT food. They’ve obviously upgraded the menu and it shows! If you miss Flanny’s, you’re missing out!

Went for the Boulevard tap takeover on a Wednesday night, which also happens to be trivia night at Flanny’s. The place was packed. Every seat was full and no one was moving.
We drank some delicious Boulevard beers (bartender was very attentive and we had little to no wait for a drink) and waited patiently, and finally a large table with two seats to spare offered us a spot as long as we were part of their trivia team.
Even though our waitress was slammed, we received water, beers and food in a timely manner and with a smile. We both had the fish and chips and found them to be fresh and flavorful (enough to make me want to come back and try the rest of their menu OR come back and have the fish and chips again).
Team Trivia was fun and the whole place was involved. Flanny’s on a Wednesday night turned out to be way more fun than expected. Can’t wait to try it on a non trivia /​tap takeover night to compare, but I have no doubt the service and food will be just as great.

Service was excellent and food was good.
I do think it was a bit pricey, but the burgers satisfied our craving. Total bill was just over $ 60 for 3 burgers and 2 appetizers. Only problem with the burgers was the HUGE bun. It was a little too much bread for my taste. I like the onion rings a lot though, they were cooked perfectly so they were nice and crispy.
I’m sure we’ll be back.

Horrible customer service, small beer selection, overpriced and the owners a prick, Avoid at all cost! Hit up San tan instead

Went to this bar for the first time the other day after driving past for years. I wish I wouldn’t have. The food was not bad, beer selection was alright, but the service was terrible.
I was ‘served’ by a tall, dark haired girl, who clearly did not understand the meaning of customer service. She was extremely cold and uninviting right off the bat, and it only got worse.
A couple of young kids were there, who were clearly friends of hers. She completely ignored me to hang out and socialize with them. Huge dissapointment. Very frustrating.
When I finally got her attention, I attempted to ask a couple of questions about the beer list. She clearly had no idea what was going on. She mentioned that she was still pretty new, but I just wanted to suggest maybe she should study up on the beers rather than having social hour at work. She was very rude and had no personality. How about a smile?
Easy to say, I will not be returning until they do something about the service.

I would not recommend Flannys for anything other than beer. Make sure to go during happy hour as their beer is incredibly overpriced. Do NOT make the mistake of eating here. Also I’ve been multiple times when their Tap Hunter app was not up to date and the beer we came for had already blown.

Great food, great beer, amazing staff… What more could you ask for? Their staff is very knowledgeable on the craft beer and make great recommendations!
I had the buffalo chicken wrap and can easily say it was the best I’ve ever had. I will definitely be returning here frequently.

Well, I did not get a picture of the burger. It did not last. It was that yummy. Portion size was HUGE. I had enough left for a very delicious (if not picture perfect) dinner. I had the blue cheese and bacon burger and I have to say I was very impressed. I’m always leery about ordering this kind of burger as it seems like most places either over do it or under do it on the cheese. Here they had it just right: creamy, tangy, and a little bit salty, but not over powering or funky. The fries were another high point. They were light and crispy and just down right yummy! As a side note, my boss upgraded her ordered to include the sweet potato fries and she swears by them. I myself can’t stand sweet potato so I’ll have to take her word for it.

Let me tell you about this place, wow!!! Just wow… I had the cheddar cheese burger (add bacon to it), and fries. Well cook, delicious flavor, and good service. Love the my burger it was good. My daughter had the chicken pot pie, she liked it. She gives it a 7 out of 10. My girlfriend had the Southwest Burger she said it was yummy. So if you’re in the east side of town and want some good tasting burgers this is the place to go.

Burger: good soft bun, meat was cooked as requested. Burger was ⁷⁄₁₀. It was seasoned well but was a preformed, probably frozen patty.
Fries: coated shoe string fries ⁶⁄₁₀
Pretzel: We didn’t prefer either sauce. Pretzel itself was meh. ⁴⁄₁₀
Mac n Cheese: cavatappi noodles with homemade rich, milky cheese sauce. ⁹⁄₁₀
Fish n Chips: 3 thick moist portions of white flaky fish with light coating. Excellent tartar. ⁸⁄₁₀
Accompanying salad: quality greens with excellent blue cheese dressing. ⁸⁄₁₀
Cole slaw: midway between dry and creamy. Very slight fruity flavor. ⁷⁄₁₀
Iced tea: Fresh and tasty (important for me since I rarely drink anything other than water or tea). ⁹⁄₁₀
Service: Very good, friendly and helpful
Ambiance: laid back, friendly and very «Cheers”-esque.
Will we be back? Most likely, especially for Seahawks football since they play all football games!

This is a really cool place if you like local beers, or just craft beers in general. It is right near my office so makes it a great place to grab a quick beer during lunch, or a slow beer after a long day… or many beers after a long day.
Food is pretty good, usually just get some appetizers or pretzels but everything seems to look pretty good. Will be back, Cheers!

So it’s been a couple of years since I wrote my last review, and I come here enough I figured it was time for a update.
Flanny’s is still my goto neighborhood bar and grill. If I’m after a drink with a friend, dinner because I don’t feel like cooking, or a growler fill of some craft beer. Flanny’s is my first thought if I’m starting out at my house.
The food is consistently good, some minor tweaks to the menu over the last year or so seem to be perfect for the bar. The bar tenders have completely changed over from the names in my last review… you know what they are still awesome!
I think the thing that impresses me most about Flanny’s is that on any given night you will see John and his wife working the floor with the servers helping to keep things going. And when they aren’t helping John is almost always talking with the customers, if he doesn’t know your name he will know your face and almost always come over and say «hi».
Since my last review Flanny’s has gotten involved in events for the local craft beer scene between outdoor beer gardens for special events (no patio so they have block out part of the parking lot) and the consistently excellent «Third Thursday Tap Takeover» Flanny’s is as close we get to a «Cheers» type experience in Phoenix IMO.
Do yourself a favor, call up a friend and have them meet you at Flanny’s you won’t be disappointed.

I stopped in here for dinner with my son before a chess match. He ordered the Mac n cheese and I ordered the Pub Salad. First off, I am sad I didn’t get the Mac n cheese because I tasted my son’s and I could have easily eaten an entire pot! The steak on my salad was seasoned and cooked to perfection! I even exchanged some words with the manager whom was extremely polite. My server was a man of few words, but nonetheless, on top of things. The thing that stood out the most was the cleanliness of the establishment. Usually pubs have dingy smell, especially the bathroom; however, I didn’t get any of that from this place. Keep it up, Flanny’s, I will be back, but next time without child to try out the beer side of things!

Best fish and chips hands down! We used to go to Four Peaks for their fish n chips and theirs is always rubbery. We order there fish n chips and southwest eggrolls. The egg rolls come out hot and crispy with a side of enchilida sauce to perfection. The Fish, you can tell its fresh, its flaky with a little crisp. Each time I cut it in half you see a little steam, that’s how good it is.
After trying Flannys this is the only place we go. I have no problem driving 25 miles to eat here. We love sitting at the bar… the bartender talks to you and there friendly. The food gets served fast and it always comes out nice and warm. Its a nice size bar with t. v’s. This bar reminds me of the bars back east. Its a neighborhood pub! If you want a overpriced fancy bar, go to N. Scottsdale, where the startenders won’t pay attention to you.
The staff knows their craft beer and have great recommendations. My husband and I are craft beer advocates and love checking out new places, and right now Flannys is our #1.

2.5 stars
Kinda lame experience, food was a little bland and underwhelming, service was mediocre at best. Ordered the Flanny’s Favorite Burger with egg, bacon, etc and it was lacking in flavor. Everything was fresh but severely under-​seasoned. They should train the cooks to season the meat before they put it on the grill (and the egg too!).
I felt the beer list was a little lacking as well. Lots of choices but many were similar. Only 1 IPA and 1 Pale on the entire draft list seems a bit low in my book. I know it changes frequently so maybe I just caught it at an off time, also 2 beers were out. Would have liked to see more choices of these. Also a more extensive bottle/​can list would have been appreciated. I did enjoy the mac and cheese though, it was yummy. Service was just ok, our girl was friendly but at times absent. I dont think I would return

No patio.
No late-​night happy hour.
Three TVs behind the bar are very small and you sit VERY far away because the bar area is so deep — wasted space. Only 2 TVs in the rest of the dining room, both of which are small.
Good beer selection. Friendly service…

Well, I’m glad I went back and can most definitely add a couple of stars to the review. Last time was so awful. Chatty Cathy bartender reminded me of my brother’s baby mama who never shuts her piehole. I mean never. I think the Bob & Tom song, «She’s Talking Again» was written with her in mind.
ANYWAY, our return visit was perfect. Great beers. We had a couple of pints and also tried a sampler. They had so many choices it was hard to decide, but no worries, I can always come up with a good beer to drink.
We shared an order of BBQ wings which were fried perfectly and had plenty of tasty sauce to get all over ourselves and suck it off our fingers loudly and make the couple next to us with small children nervous.
Then what?
Oh yeah, more tasty beers and then Mr. M had the pulled pork sandwich with onion rings and the sandwich reminded me of Rudy’s pulled pork. Very nice! O rings were good too.
I had the fish wrap and am still thinking about that. It was so simple, but so good. The fish was cooked perfectly and not greasy, and then was surrounded by fresh vegs in a soft tortilla. Loved it.
Our service was perfect this time too. We had two people who kept an eye on us. I lost track of my main receipt, but the sampler receipt says Katy, and there was a dude walking around helping out too. I can’t remember his name, but I want to say Jason. The dude with the beard who knows a lot about beer. He was fun to talk to. I like to see servers helping each other out.
They also had some drool-​worthy choices on the weekend breakfast menu if memory serves. Something like bacon chocolate chip pancakes or French toast. I don’t know. Better go back this weekend and find out. Check their website to make sure I know what I’m talking about.
Overall it was great and now I definitely won’t wait so long to go back.

If you want something fancy… walk away.
This bar is 4 stars for being greatly neighboorhood centered, local driven
Its great, the beer is all local (and semi local)… they don’t even have blue moon or Guinness here. So have fun and try some new stuff.
One complaint — If you are sitting at the bar is it necessary for the waiter to make a receipt for every transaction you make? Aren’t we wasting the bartender’s time and paper. Come on. fix the processes here!

This place is a craft beer lover’s paradise! The selection is forever changing and it’s always interesting to see what they’ll have next. The night we were there, the rep for New Belgium was there and gave us some sweet goblets for trying one of their beers on tap (which turned out to be a great easy drinking summer beer).
The food is better than most bars, but we didn’t come here with food at the forefront of our minds. It’s all about the beer! Trivia nights here are super fun as well.

I adore their tap takeovers. And they always manage to have some tasty craft beer when we drop in. But the food is not good. The hummus is all garlic. Sandwiches use frozen chicken. We always head over for Yupha’s Thai after our yummy beers. Would love a menu makeover to go with the next tap takeover! Even a few fresh fun items would help.