Happy’s Pizza & Pub

Just found a hair melted into the cheese on my pizza. I was enjoying my pizza until… now. I doubt I’ll come back to this location.

Happy’ s and I have a strange relationship. I’m a fan of the five dollar burgers when they are actually cooked to your liking (which happens once in a while). The service is pretty terrible, almost every waitress and bartender seems uninterested that you’re there. That being said I do like their «happy sauce» which is sort of like a spicy mayo but thinner. They need to work on their consistency and service.

I’ve showed up here a few times since my initial experiences and I can not say it’s improved. I will only sit at the bar, because that’s the only way you are going to get served. In the 6 – 8 times I’ve sat down at a table, service meant having to go get a wait person when you needed something, at least twice. I like the bar though because the beer is cold and they have a great selection. Had a hard time getting the bartenders attention because she was busy playing on her phone or flirting with the only other person at the bar. What kind of a restaurant would allow wait staff to play on their phone while working? Pretty unprofessional and disrespectful. Food is usually pretty good if you can get them to bring it to you.

The family and I have been here several times. As it is very pricey, we do not go often. However, it was Sunday, and kids are supposed to «Eat Free» on Sunday. First of all, the service sucked. We told the waitress three times that my wife wanted a Diet Coke, but when she brought out all of the drinks, she brought her a Iced Tea like mine.
When we were ordering, we were discussing in front of the waitress that it was kids eat free day, and my daughter decided that she was going to order off of the kids menu which she usually will not do.
After eating out food, the waitress brought the bill to us and we were charged for both of the kids meals. When the waitress finally came back to our table to collect the payment, I informed her that the bill was wrong because they had not taken the kids meals off. She then said «You were supposed to mention that to me at the time of ordering». I told her that we did talk about it while we were ordering. So she left with the bill and then came back and told us that the kids meals could not be taken off because the food that my wife and I ordered did not qualify for the free kids meals.
I told her to get us the manager because that is not our problem, especially since the advertising does not state that there are qualifications. All it says is to «Ask your server for details». However, she did not say anything to us when we ordered, so we did not know.
The manager came out and told us that there are stipulations and you have to order what is classified as a «Dinner» item. I told him that as far as I am concerned, when you charge my wife $ 11.50 for a veggie burger with cheese and sweet potato fries, that it is dinner since it costs just as much. I also told him about the drink situation with the waitress at the beginning and he stated «Well, that is a different problem». So in the end, he said that because of the mix up, he was willing to take one of the kids meals off, but not both. I will never be going there again as far as I am concerned, and this is the first time in my life that I was so angry that I said I was not leaving a tip.

Live music on Friday night’s nice crowd Monday Tuesday Wednesday beer and wine anf wings 59 cents!

I’ve been ordering from this location for 3 years and dining in since their renovation into a sports bar. Sad to say, my last experience was utterly dismal. My wife and I went in to watch the 49ers game and were one of only a few tables and a modest crowd at the bar for most of the afternoon, so it’s not like they were busy.
For no apparent reason, there were consistently at least 15 to 20 minute waits after beers were emptied before the waitress would even address us, then another ten or more minutes to actually receive the drinks. They went to the trouble of printing out a revised beer list as of the 14 of September, and of course, the first beer I ordered «Wasn’t on tap yet» on the 21^st (are they really that lazy that they can’t hook up a keg for a week even for a football Sunday?) until two hours later. The waitress would consistently come to our table, ask how we were, then abruptly walk away before we could order anything. My wife ordered a quite lousy bloody mary that had almost no vodka in it, then a half-​lemonade, half-​iced tea with raspberry vodka (we call it a raz Daly), and they forgot the lemonade, and that took another twenty minutes or so to rectify, which the waitress split the now-​watered down drink of melted ice into two glasses and added lemonade, which we said would be been fine, except that she didn’t add any vodka into the second glass, so it became an even weaker. My wife then ordered a coffee cocktail, which the waitress promptly forgot, then replied she would brew some coffee (what kind of restaurant doesn’t have coffee brewed?), which then took at least another fifteen minutes. There were literally periods of about a half hour where no one would check on us. At one point, fifteen minutes elapsed without any waitstaff, bartender or manager anywhere on the floor.
We started with orders of chili cheese fries and wings. The wings took about twenty minutes and they forgot our chili cheese fries. They forgot to bring wing sauce, then brought the wrong sauce, before we finally got the right stuff while the wings sat getting cold for about fifteen minutes. I ordered a cup of chicken chili, which used to be pretty good, but they changed it somehow and it’s now pretty lousy. They did not take it off the check. We tried to order a burger, which is supposed to come with garnish of lettuce, tomato, and a pickle, medium-​rare with a side of onion rings. We received a well-​done burger sans garnish with a side of French fries. They did take this off the check after we complained. We asked to see a manager, which never happened, got fed up and finally left.
I really want to like this place and we gave them every chance to take care of us, but they literally could not have screwed up worse if they tried. Unfortunately, if they don’t care to remedy their precipitous drop-​off in service and ridiculously low standards they maintain, then I no longer care to spend my money there. If you enjoy receiving correct orders in anything resembling a timely manner, steer clear.

2^nd visit updated review. Beer is cold and cheep. Service sucks. I watched a man come in beg for money and drink a beer that someone left on a table. Tried to get a manager but appears this place does not have one. I came back to try the pizza as the wings were not to my liking. Nether was the pizza. This will be my last visit. To bad lots it has allot of TVs and great space but it has no class

I experienced the worst service of my life at this establishment. Congrats Happy’s! We waited over half an hour for ONE BEER and members of our party waited 90 minutes for a cheese pizza. It was horrendous. For our troubles we were all given a $ 3 off coupon for our next visit, which will never be happening.

I have never had worse service in my life. My fiancé and 8 of our friends came to Happy’s to watch the red wings game. We ordered food and drinks. The first offense was when our waitress neglected our table for 20 – 30 minutes at a time and forgot to put in my dinner. Finally in frustration we decided to give up on our waitress (after 45 minutes) and go to the bar. We ordered and the bartender gave us the wrong bill, with additional drinks, and a $ 2 surcharge FOR ICE. When we tried to get the right bill the bartender sassed us. Then we talked to the manager and waited 20 minutes for him to still screw up. The wait staff and management is so disfunctional that it makes it impossible to have a good experience. I would not recommend this location to anyone as this is not an isolated experience with this kind of service at Happy’s.

Went here for the first time. It is a big place with lots of TV’s. I had the combo meal with Perch and Rib Tips. I liked the perch, very light and nice flavor. Rib tips were good as well. My partner had the Chicken Salad which was kind of basic but good.
Service was very good. We ate here kind of early on a Thursday night and they were not that busy. I would say that this place is good but really nothing special that makes it stand out from all the other bar style food places around. Prices are not bad and with a coupon it really is pretty good. I would go back again.

I have been to this place twice now.
The first time, had a beer, some wings and a couple glasses of water. Around 4AM I had intense intestinal distress.
The second time, I had decided I was not eating anything and was just meeting somebody to have a quick conversation so I ordered an Iced Tea, refilled once, and that was it. Around 6AM I had a more mild but still beleaguering bout of intestinal distress.
There is something not getting cleaned properly in this place and my bet is its the ice machine or the detergent they are using on the glasses is not getting rinsed off well enough.
I am definitely not interested in revisiting this place. My idea of a good time is not hours of cramps and frequent visits to the toilet and that is exactly what I have gotten from this place on the only two occasions I have been there.

I must say, I did like the atmosphere here. Several TV’s to watch games on. Though, half way through our visit they turned the game audio on and cranked it way up making it difficult to carry on a conversation.
The food was okay here as well — expensive, but good. I had the Michigan Cherry Salad and my wife had the BBQ Pit Burger. The salad was okay, but their raspberry vinaigrette was VERY sweet — not good at all. The burger unfortunately didn’t have much flavor. We also ordered a plate of Happy Wings to share with the Honey BBQ sauce. Those were actually not too bad. $ 8.99 for 8 wings is a tad steep though.
Make sure if you order an item from the lunch menu you say from the lunch menu. I ordered a salad because any salad is supposed to be $ 5.99 during their lunch hours, but I was charged full price. I asked the waitress and she said I had to say I wanted the lunch special and I would have to pay the full price. It was only a dollar more, but still.
The beer was cold — almost too cold. It came out with a lot of ice chunks in it. Once those melted, the beer was watered down. Luckily it was part of their $ 2 pint special.
The service here wasn’t very good either. The waitress never refilled our drinks and only came over to drop off food.

i used to get happy’s pizza all the time when it was just a take-​out pizza place. and i really liked their pizza! especially because they had that awesome tuesday deal where you get two large pizzas for ten bucks (and later twelve, but still totally worth it). the crust is chewy and the toppings and cheese are generous.
since they turned it into a pub, i bought the groupon and came here with my little brother and his friend. we got a sampler app platter, wings, and a pizza. the wings weren’t too bad and the sampler app was pretty standard bar food. the pizza was still really good! but i hate that it’s not as good of a deal as it used to be. but they so still seem to have good deals for each day of the week. for instance, mondays are half off appetizers, which can be a substantial saving.
being here was rough because there were so many tvs. i get that they need those because it’s a sports pub, but there were only two or three channels showing on like twenty tvs. many of them right next to each other! annoying, but okay i guess.
service was really good and our waitress was really nice, she checked on us and apologized for food taking a long time. i can’t imagine another scenario in which i’d dine in here, but i wouldn’t mind it terrible if i did.

Take a little carry-​out pizza spot, and sprinkle it with some Rapidgrow. Then water daily for a few weeks, and — BINGO — you’ve got a full-​fledged Sports Bar with more TV’s than you can count, cute and friendly waitresses, and of all things — really good pub food!
Happy’s Pizza Pub, on the corner of 14 Mile and Orchard Lake Road has undergone a marvelous transformation that has put it high on my list of fun places to eat, see and be seen, and watch all kinds of sports on TV. In fact, there are so many TV’s hanging on the walls that even a fly with a hundred eyes would be hard pressed to take them all in!
My group consisted of 9 college fraternity brothers, all now way long out of college, who meet once a month to try out new restaurants. No one in the group was even slightly disappointed in the food! We shared pizzas, and a couple of us had burgers. Personally, I opted for a really good size (regular) personal Grand Traverse salad that was fresh, tasty and more than enough to take home some when I was finished there.
They also feature ribs, chicken wings and tenders, Jumbo Shrimp and more. The prices are reasonable, and the atmosphere is great for a guys’, gals’ or even date night out. I highly recommend it for a casual and inexpensive place to hang out, have fun and people watch!

First ill say I was shocked to see this happys turned into a bar. At first I was excited! The menu had a wide variety of things and I couldn’t wait to try some soup and salad. Then the service happened. There wasn’t a hostest so we stood waiting for someone. Finally seated the waiter also bartender came to serve us. Our soup was luke warm. When I said something to the manager he just said oh no. And kept it moving. I asked that they reheat it and bring it back. The soup never came back. The waiter/​bartender never brought the bread sticks my friend ordered. When she mentioned it he did give them to her for free. It took a very very long time to get our bill I was not pleased! I will not be going back to the happys pub unless it’s just for drinks.

Upon first appearance the place is clean and well layed out. Plenty of new TVs to watch any game you wish.
My wife and our two boys (1 ½, 1month) came up for the first time ever going to a Happy’s Pub on a Sunday. Mainly because «kids eat free» on Sundays, as advertised in a menu that was mailed to us. After placing our order of a medium deep dish pizza and a pound of Happy Wings we asked what on the children’s menu was considered free. The waitress advised that we must purchase an entrée in order to get the free kids meal. So for a $ 12 entrée you get a free kids meal, but for $ 20 pizza and wings, no deal. Sorry but that’s bad marketing and I felt like I was slapped in the face.
After a 25 minute wait, our 2 items arrived. The wings were mostly breading and if I weren’t the person who ordered the sauces, I would never had guessed what they were. However, the pizza was excellent. Lots of cheese, a unique sauce, and good bread. It’s all you can ask for.
The beer selection was excellent, and I’ll be going back to try more of their bottled imports.
One thing that is a little frustrating, is that our 1 ½ year old was starting to get restless, and we needed to get out of there. A waitress (not our waitress) dropped the check off. We instantly put a card in the bill and put it at the end of the table. We then sat there for 10 minutes (feels like eternity with upset child) with a manager walking past us more than twice without cashing us out. I know this is kind of picky, but it’s my reality, I don’t want to sit in there with a screaming child and neither do your guests. (I would have taken him outside, but it was freezing)
I’ll be back for the beer and pizza, but if I want wings, you can find me at the B-​Dubs down Orchard Lake.

Easily 20 televisions, Great beer and good food. HORRIBLE service. Food took forever, as did refills. I could see our waitress giggling and chatting with other wait staff in doorway to kitchen area while 3 of our 4 drinks sat empty.
Do yourself a favor and sit at the bar. It means getting your glass filled in 5 minutes instead of fifteen.
Smoked wings were awesome, although one was practically jerky. will be back with LOW EXPECTATIONS.

Just awful. Horrible service. Disgusting inedible food. Manager, who reeked of cigarette smoke and was not dressed professionally, didn’t care or listen to my concerns. One of the worst overall dining experiences I’ve had in recent memory. Heard the owners are going to jail – no wonder!
Pizza was salty and nasty.
Ribs were inedible and even the waitress said they were disgusting.
Fried chicken took 45 minutes and was terrible (how can you ruin fried chicken?)
«Jumbo fried shrimp» were tiny and all breading.
$ 1.00 for a side of ranch dressing (They won’t tell you that)
STAY AWAY

We were in need of a quick bite, and we were thinking Coney, but Happy’s Pizza Pub caught our eyes. We enjoyed the sports bar theme. The pizza and wings were yummy and the service was good. LOTS of TVs made it so we didn’t miss one second of the Michigan game (eye roll… I’m a Spartan). So I’d surely put Happy’s Pizza Pub on my list to watch a big game. Pleasantly surprised. We’ll be back!

If you are desperate, I mean like everything else is closed and you might suffer from starvation, you can make a fuel stop here. The ribs are passable. The pizza is an embarrassment and the fried chicken is greasy. The sandwiches are of low quality. The salads are of the iceberg only variety and the menu in general fits the lowest common denominator of fast food takeout places. You can eat there, but why?