Red’s Bar & Grill

Great casual restaurant. We recently stayed at the Wigwam Resort. we had an excellent room, very clean. We tried Reds Bar and Grill, and found the atmosphere AND food was excellent. Great Burgers. cooked to order.. Try the wings too. Excellent.
Waitstaff was very friendly. Chef Jason came out to our table to say hello. Seems to be a professionally run, fun, friendly establishment.

Terrible experience. Called ahead and was told their patios was dog friendly. I bring my well behaved dogs to what is a TOTALLY EMPTY patio. As in NO ONE ELSE THERE. We sit and order a glass of wine and burgers.
When the burgers are delivered, our waiter informs us that the patio is not dog friendly and while we can stay and eat, don’t bring the dogs back. The waiter then comes out 4 more times to apologize. Then the bus boy apologizes.
Turns out the person who made the call is «Chef Jason» who was more concerned about my dogs on his empty patio than cooking my food the way I ordered it. Both burgers were overcooked and tasteless. Buns were cold. Fries tasted like the bottom of the oil vat. Chef Jason would be fired from In and Out since he can’t seem to cook a basic burger.
To make the visit all the more special, my waiter begged me to not «take the dog thing out on him» — meaning I shouldn’t tip him badly. Seriously? I gave him 15% but that’s because he was a below average server. He was slow. Didn’t remember two requests for a glass of water. Couldn’t remember to turn the TV to the football game and didn’t even ensure we had tableware. Had to beg a bus boy for that.
I was there during happy hour. Don’t waste the stop. $ 1 off beer/​wine and $ 1 off a select group of appetizers.
If you want to watch sports, you’ll need to do it inside. Their patio only has one TV.
They have four so-​so beers on tap. The selection is almost minimal and boring now that even chain restaurants are getting more mirco brews. In fact the Chevron station at Litchfield and McDowell has better beers at their growler station. A gas station beats this upscale bar.
Consider I was here on a Saturday afternoon during an NFL playoff game — the barrenness of the patio should speak volumes on the restaurant.
For local folks who support these places after the tourists melt, I’d appreciate more respect. If my dogs were causing a problem, I could see asking them to leave. But two well behaved dogs on an empty patio … What a jerk, chef jason. Go back to Denny’s where your sub-​standard culinary skills blend in.

Played golf here again, but this time decided to get a bite afterword. Am I glad I did!
Just a little nosh, the crustini with the most delicious light seafood topping, and onion rings to DIE for, not frozen deep fried rings. Real sweet fresh onion in great batter fried to perfection. Worth the drive just for the onion rings!

Celebrating a big birthday with family. A pretty large group and our waiter «Hunter» was totally awesome throughout the entire evening. We will all return just so that we can visit with Hunter again! Woohoo!

Came to Red’s to celebrate our niece’s birthday. Large party of about 18 adults and kids. Hunter provided excellent service throughout the entire evening. Service and food were fabulous!

Great place after the renovation. Good beer selection and seriously the BEST burgers but they do need more variety on the menu. Good overall prices (not like $$$ W Bar) and good HH and you can’t beat the atmosphere. Beautiful patio on the course with fire pits. Gorgeous in the evening. And I hear they have a breakfast buffett but I need to check on that.

Went there tonight with our kids, expecting to meet another couple from out of town. Four of us met in the bar for happy hour drinks, waiting for the other two! Great service in the bar!
We moved outdoors at 5 pm when the other couple was supposed to meet us. It soon became 5:25pm, and they still hasn’t arrived! Hunter, our waiter, kept checking on us about every 5 minutes… He was AWESOME! More on him later!
Turns out the other couple mistook the date we were supposed to meet… They’re in Hawaii tonight!
Hunter took our order and we all ordered burgers with no buns! After the last off our orders with no buns, he asked, «is something wrong with our buns?» I said, «not really, your buns are just too big… Uh, not yours personally, just the ones you serve here !!»
After that, Hunter was very at ease with our group… But… What really bothered us was the way the manager treated Hunter. She came to our table several times, asking how we were being treated… Every time, we said were VERY happy with the service. We got the distinct impression she was looking for dirt on Hunter, and we didn’t like that, AT ALL!
Check comes the table and its for $ 82 and some change… We all realize that’s a little short on what it should be. Then we realize that the bartender didn’t add our bar tab (while seated inside). We tell Hunter about the issue and he tries to talk to the aforementioned bitch of a manager, and she openly shrugged him off… She finally decided to meet with him to discuss our bill, and discovers that a group of diners liked their waiter SO MUCH, they didn’t want him to get in trouble, that they ended up with a bill for over $ 120.
That manager needs to be fired, in our collective opinion!

Made reservations for a nice night out with the family for a special occasion only to find out our fire table was not reserved for us even after calling two times to confirm. Sat outside freezing our tails off until a table was free only to find that the restaurant staff couldn’t put a reserved sign on it, literally had to fight off all the other freezing patrons from snatching the table right out from under us and the staff. Our waiter was horrible and inattentive, didn’t ask us how our food was or refilled our drinks, outright disappeared at times and we had to go find him, pathetic. Complained to manager several times only to be greeted by a full bill at the end if the lackluster cold food served to us. Horrible food, service and experience, don’t bother «reserving» anything here, I thought this was a nice place but I was wrong

Food: I ended up just getting couple apps here during happy hour. I got the fish tacos and pretzel with cheese. The fish taco was pretty decent. The pretzel with cheese was pretty generic. Kinda reminded me of the ones you sample at Costco.
Service: This is the main reason this place got only 2 stars. Very slow service, I had to waive someone down to get a table then it took awhile to get a waitress after we were seated. The person that waited on us, did not seem like she wanted to be there. Didn’t provide any happy hour information until we asked and then they blurted eveything out. Only heard two things, which is why i only got the apps. Ended going somewhere else for the rest of my meals. Probably won’t be going back there. Hope you guys have better service.

Within the last year, this place has gone through a great transformation. The former bar and separate restaurant spaces have been combined into a much improved open area. The outdoor seating area is great when the weather permits.
The bar offers a nice selection of beers, including rotating seasonal taps. This summer, we received a few 1 cent beer flight vouchers, which is unbeatable. A few large screen TV’s are spread around the dining area with a collection of smaller TV’s behind the bar, all showing sports programming. There is also a small play area within site of the dining room with two video game consoles for the kiddies.
The food is upscale bar food, with a nice selection of burgers, sandwiches, salads, and appetizers. All of the burgers are great and the onion rings with a side of house made spicy ketchup are awesome. Try the Arizona burger or the BBQ beef burger, if you have an appetite.
Finally, the service is always top notch.
One other thing: Keep an eye out for Groupon deals.

I love this spot. Great selection of seating, food, alcohol. Helpful staff, and a quality food for the money! I look forward to the live music schedule, too!

Great beer selection on tap. That was the highlight. The hot wings were lousy because they were loaded with salt. My girlfriend and I know wings and she stopped at her first wing. I ate a few more because I’m a guy but couldn’t get over the salt and left half. I always eat all
My wings. When the bartender ask how the wings were, I let him know. There wasn’t an interest or any kind of response from him and just assumed no one really wants the feedback. Nice guy but not sure the wigwam really cares to listen. They did a nice job on the re-​model though. We also had fish tacos. She liked them, I was unimpressed. You get three deep fried frozen fish strips and some corn on a corn tortilla. All in all, I will not be returning.
Good luck.

Tried this out on a deal. The food was great. The place was quiet, but it is at the Wigwam off season, and we didn’t mind. The Arizona burger and Big Pig are must tries, along with the Korean wings. Great service. Good prices. Delicious food.

I wish I could have given this place 3 ½ stars because I feel 3 is a little harsh, but I just can’t do 4. In the end I’m paying for a meal and the food has to meet the mark.
Nestled into the huge campus of the Wigwam Resort, this place inside is cool indeed. The layout inside is conducive to small groups hanging out and having a few drinks. The bar and patio were substantial. The view from the patio is great as it is right off the golf course.
My party and I went for breakfast and sat outside. We were passed by several servers for about 5 to 10 minutes before one of them approached us and decided to be our server. (Maybe we looked like bad tippers?) They had a breakfast buffet which looked good but didn’t seem worth it to me for the $ 15 price tag. I ordered the monte cristo sandwich. It came open faced which was interesting. The turkey was dry and the cheese was bland. I must admit, I prefer the monte cristo battered and deep fried with the raspberry preserves and powdered sugar. (Like at Disneyland!)
I was turned off when they scoffed at an order for a simple ham and cheese omelet from a child in our party. They suggested we pay for a child’s buffet and order one at the omelet bar. It was undercooked. The menu was limited and they didn’t entertain any type of variations/​substitutions to the items listed.
We all know this type of place. They rely heavily on the view, location and the resort business to carry them along. The prices are high and the food mediocre at best. I would rather spend my money at a dive and receive awesome food I can’t get anywhere else.
I guess I just convinced myself… they deserve the 3 stars.

Tried the restaurant for the first time yesterday. Went for breakfast at 6.00 but they were not open till 7.00. The operator for wigwam told us the hours of operation. For lunch we had their burgers. I tried to order the AZ burger but the waitress insisted that we tried the burger with gouda cheese. I hated my burger because of the cheese. The burgers took 20 minutes to be served and we were starving. The waitress was friendly but I tried three times to order the order the other burger. The place was about 60% filled

Wow what an improvement and what a change. Not only the décor but the service is amazing. The family and I have tried the new Reds on several occasions for both lunch and breakfast. I rate it one of the top in the west valley. They’ve figured out the service side which is lacking at nearly every west valley establishment. The food was also great. The new Reds should help up every restaurant owners game I the Litchfield Park area — great food great atmosphere and great service. Kudos keep it up.

I have been to this place when it was Red Allen’s Steak House and reviewed it under that name. However, it has undergone a drastic renovation from its previous iteration. They have done a phenomenal job.
Gone is the subdued carpet, black and white clad wait staff and claustrophobic bar. They removed the wall separating the dining room from the bar area, essentially created one large open space. The floor is now done in a wood motif and the staff is wearing cute (if maybe a tad on the nose) Pendleton shirts with jeans. Now there are lots of TVs to relax and enjoy, but it isn’t the loud sort of atmosphere your find at BWW, just a smidge more mature and refined than that. There is an accordion door that leads out onto the patio which overlooks a putting green and has views of the 18^th green.
The menu for lunch/​dinner has also undergone a massive change. The Redwings are seriously delicious and the Bacon-​IPA cheese dip is a hit. They also offer Korean Crispy wings which looked super yummy, though we didn’t try them last week when we went, we may well try that tonight. There is also now a decent selection of local (San Tan and Four Peaks) draught brews as well as some smart major brewery choices. Other Items range from burgers and fish tacos to steak frites.
The only «negative» comments and the reason for the lack of the star is two fold. The chicken drummettes came out the first time, ever so slightly under cooked. Since this is chicken, it matters. When they came out again, the fat ones were just over the threshold to be eaten, thank goodness. The flat portions were fine, which explains the problem. Pieces of chicken which are that different in size (the drummettes are generous) can’t be cooked for the same amount of time. I was told they double fry these, which is awesome, but they need to cook the drums separately on the first go and add a couple of minutes to their cooking time. They can then be combined and fried the second time together. (Not like they are going to read this, but my .02 anyway). The second «issue» if you will was just an inexperienced wait staff. This is understandable given the new format.
In short, a long overdue local bar and grill with a good selection of freshly made, quality foods, paired with tasty beers and cocktails. Headed there again this afternoon for happy hour!!!

***Red’s is a surprisingly good breakfast and lunch spot for a resort hotel***
Red’s Bar & Grill is the casual restaurant and bar next to the golf course at the Wigwam – a hotel, golf, tennis, and spa resort near Phoenix. I tend to avoid resort restaurants, but I was at this resort without a car so I gave this resort’s casual restaurant a try for breakfast and lunch.
I tried them first for lunch. They recently revamped their menu and it offers a mix of casual and not too expensive gastropub lunchtime fare – hearty starters and a collection of sandwiches including a few burgers. I started with the bacon and beer cheese dip with pretzel bites. The warm cheese dip was good as it had a good salty note as well as a smoky flavor from the bacon. The cheese dip was creamy and had a thickness without being overly heavy or rich. The dip was topped with green onions, which provided sharpness.
The pretzel bites were warm, buttery and not too salty. They varied in quality though. Some were too small and kind of hard while others had a nice light and soft quality to them.
For my entrée, I had the Southern Bird, which was a satisfying turkey burger. What made the turkey burger shine the most were the garnishes. The lettuce and tomato were both fresh. I also enjoyed the lightly sweet but also slightly spicy BBQ sauce. The fried pickles provided an indulgent crunch and fried component to the burger as well as a little bit of tanginess from the pickles. There was also melted cheese though I do not think cheese always works with turkey burgers.
The turkey patty itself was slightly moist though definitely not as moist as an expertly prepared medium rare burger patty. The turkey patty though had a good amount of flavor due to the aggressive seasoning of it. The burger sat on a fresh whole wheat bun. The bun provided a sturdy structure for the burger and all of the toppings so it could be eaten as a sandwich and not something with a knife and fork.
The burger came with fries and they were excellent – hot and crisp on the outside but still soft on the inside.
Dessert was disappointing. I had dessert flautas, which were fried pastries filled with brownies, nuts and marshmallows. The flautas were paired with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. The brownie flavor was decent and it was nice to have a warm dessert. This was supposed to a rocky road-​like experience, but the flavor of the nuts and marshmallow were not really there. In addition, the flauta pastry was not crispy enough (it was actually quite soft and almost burrito tortilla-​like).
I also tried Red’s for breakfast and had their Southwest Loco Moco, which was Sonoran rice mixed with chorizo and ranchero sauce. The rice mixture was topped with poached eggs, cotija cheese and sour cream. The flavors were all delicious. The poached eggs were nicely done so that the yolk provided a thick and creamy sauce for the dish. The chorizo was moist and meaty. The rice was cooked to the right texture and all of the sauces and creams and chorizo combined to provide a spicy and savory breakfast dish.
There were a few areas where it could have been better though. The dish was very soft. Loco moco is too, but I think I would have preferred some crispy and crunchy textures here to provide variety to the hearty and comforting dish. In addition, the temperature was a little uneven as some elements were hot while other ingredients (like parts of the rice) were lukewarm to even slightly cold.
The dining room at Red’s works. It is comfortable and suitable for various party sizes. It is also casual while still having a slightly upscale feel making it a good contemporary gastropub option. If you sit outside, you get nice views of the golf course.
I found the service to be very personable and friendly. I also felt the food came out at a quick pace. The waitstaff did not check in as much as other places I have been to and I think this was due to the shortage of staff. I did not think it impacted the experience that much though I did witness one very unhappy couple who seemed to have longer than expected wait times for food and service.
Prices were reasonable. Portions are generous and you do not have to pay the ridiculous prices that you often have to pay at a resort or even just a hotel for that matter.
Overall, I liked Red’s. The food would not compete against top gastropubs I have been to across the country. But for the area, I felt the flavors and quality of their food would probably be above most of their nearby competition. If you are staying at this resort or playing golf, I think Red’s is a satisfying option for breakfast or lunch.
I believe free parking is available.

There are apparently two places. This had a prime rib special on Saturdays for $ 29. Had waiter named Sam and he was great
Food was just ho hum. Looked at the owners associations minutes that were posted outside. I noted that the restaurant is due for a major renovation. It certainly needs it. If they do not do something with it soon, it is just going to shrivel up and die.
Outdoor dining available. Basically this place is a salad sandwich with a few main courses. Carrot were blanched in sugar water and weren’t done very hard and crunchy. type of restaurant. Spaghetti was not good (mushy). The prime rib needed a sharp steak knife to cut it.

After a long day I didn’t feel like driving somewhere to get a quick bite so I stopped at reds before heading to my room. I ordered the hummus which came quickly. It was warm with pita bread that was perfectly baked. I love hummus and this did not disappoint. I also ordered the pork sliders which comes with pickled cabbage on a Hawaiian roll. The flavors were on point! For coming in for a quick bite I was impressed. The service was excellent. I also got to meet the manager Tim, who really cared about my experience at the restaurant. I would definitely recommend Reds.
They also have outside seating with tables that have propane fire in the middle so be sure to ask for a smores kit for only 5 $ my kids had a blast! So did I