Fat Willy’s

Four great experiences and then a couple that made me question if I was at the same place. Drinks are great.

My husband and I stopped in here on a Tuesday for happy hour on a whim. We are new to the area and the parking lot always seems to be packed so we decided to give it a shot. We sat at the bar and had great bar tenders. The happy hour drink and appetizer prices were great. We ordered Nachos and wings. The wings were great. I don’t recommend the nachos, unless you are a fan of cheese whiz. I personally am not.
The ambience is decent. Just your average regular neighborhood sports bar. Looked like a good place to watch a game!

I love the bar countertop! The food is good. People get rowdy when watching games. Not sure what else to say. Ha!

Good variety of reasonably priced food & great drink specials. Fun place to watch a game & have dinner with the guys or the family.

You can’t beat Happy Hour at Fat Willy’s. $ 5 appetizers that are large enough to be a dinner entrée and great drink and beer specials. Decent craft selection on tap. Great staff, good drinks, reliable food, games are always on. Good place to take the kids, too.

Stopped tonight for a burger — the staff was great. We got there during Happy Hour do we ordered a few appetizers & meals — food was great & very generous portions. Great value.

So disappointing… Margarita had no flavor, charged full price for happy hour items, fish fry VERY over cooked, frys were cold, charged more than menu price for kids items. Not once were we asked how our meal was. The waitstaff brought my daughter the wrong flavor shake and just said ‘oh sorry’ but would not bring the correct flavor (and then over charged us for the wrong one). This meal was a huge waste of money. I would never recommend this place, unless you want to be over charged for bad food.

Hit or miss? I think so.
Red onions and tomatoes don’t belong on potato skins. Onion rings were not cooked long enough. French Dip was good. Waitress was nice and attentive.

Horrible service! My wife and I went there for dinner on a Saturday night. When the girl working the front finally came to the front, we were seated. Not the end of the world. We found what we wanted to order and waited, and waited, and waited… We saw the waiter going to tables that had already been served around our table, but apparently we weren’t worth the trouble for him to even take our drink order. The had a pretty full house, but they definitely weren’t slammed. Service sucked bad!!!

Yuck! Bad service!
We sat down and ordered. Getting refills was hard to do. My son had ordered an order of hot wings and fries and the rest of us ordered normal food. We told the waitress that the wings and fries were his dinner. Wings and fries come out with 5 plates. He was done eating by the time the rest of us got our dinner. Pretty awesome.
A family of 5 got seated shortly after we did. They sat there and no one came and even checked in with them. 10 minutes in, they just stood up and left.
This shows the level of service.
All this would be tolerable if the food was spectacular. It wasn’t. It was barely adequate.

Been coming here regularly for over a year. Used to love the Friday all you can eat fish and chips. Just left there totally disappointed. The breading was twice the size of the fish and soggy. My wife had potato skins and the bacon was nearly raw.
It was crowded so maybe the kitchen was in a hurry but there’s no excuse for the size of the fish. It also seemed to be a cheaper variety of fish than they used to serve.
Bottom line: I’ll be finding a new Friday fish fry.

The food is pretty good and they have great specials. They have a good variety of beers, drinks and bar specials. Love the atmosphere for families. The biggest problem is the service. We’ve been 5+times (different server every time) and always have terrible/​slow service. The last time we had 4 adults and 3 kids. All of our food came out one at a time over the course of 30 mins. After waiting over 30mins for the first dish. We got a large pizza first. Then the sandwich and wings. The kids meals and salads were last. Those should be easy to get out. Over all it was a 90 min lunch, not by choice.
We keep going back because the food is good. And it’s the only restaurant of its kind in the area. However, management should really work on their food times and encourage servers to be more attentive.
UPDATE! We’ve been 3 – 4 times since this post and the service has been much better. I did have to sent my food back last Sunday because it was cold but everything else was perfect.

Had a fabulous time enjoying my birthday and watching football. Great food and drinks!

First time! Super friendly staff! Jen took care of us and gave us all the daily specials and events that go on. Really welcoming and an awesome happy hour! Will definitely be back!

Can not say it enough… We love this restaurant! The bar staff has to be hands down one of the most friendliest staffs in the valley. If you are in the area go there and ask for Mike he is a very cool guy as well as very knowledgeable on all sports!!!

Awesome place! Great people and friendly atmosphere. We have been here many times and always had a wonderful experience. Bridgett is always smiling and ready to help! She is a phenomenal bartender and we enjoy coming to see her

Meh, it was just o.k. My husband and I stopped after a movie on the way to pick up our son from grandma’s.
It was happy hour (after 10pm) so we order the garlic knots. They were somewhat underdone but we didn’t say anything because we were hungry and needed to get going. The knots came with pizza sauce which we didn’t care for (tasted like the can it came out of).
I got the fish tacos and my husband got the Asian Chicken salad. My tacos were editable but not a lot of flavor. My husband said his salad was ok but it didn’t look right to me. Chicken breast over spring mix with Asian dressing and a few fried wantons.
The music was too loud and their was a table of employees sitting in a booth eating.
With so many choices in the area, we will likely never return.

First time here & was quite happy with everything. Service was great, food really good. Skipped the Monday night crowd by arriving around 6:30. Had the breakfast burger sans bun, while hubby had the Southwestern BBQ burger. Very filling with fries. And you really can’t beat the $ 6 price! We’ll be back one Friday for the fish fry.
Note to newbies like us: The $ 6 burger promo is with the purchase of a drink. This was kindly pointed out to us by our server, so this water drinker ordered the iced tea & a milkshake. It was worth it.

We frequent Fat Willy’s very often. Beer is good and cold. Food is consistently good. Not gourmet but good and the portions are nice. Pizza is hit or miss but can be top notch (ask if Mike is at the oven).
It is the staff that keep us coming back. They are always so friendly and helpful. Fridays and Mondays are crazy so get there early or late. The older crowds take over the place for the burger and fish/​chips specials.
Recommend the burgers and wraps along with the pizza.

Our first time here and we ordered the French dip and nachos. Epic fail!!! The French dip was on hard bread with stale tasting dry dog meat strips!!! Oh and the nachos. ewwwww…the cheese sauce was sour and gross.
Never again