Yard House

My new favorite restaurant in tucson! Aye dinner last night and lunch today. Amazing menu selection and variety. Everything I ate I absolutely loved! Huge beer selection.
For food anything with their ahi sashimi was to die for! The enchilada stack was really good. I had their surf and turf burger per the bartenders recommendation and there are literally no words for how delicious it was! Also, the lobster crab and artichoke dip is a must try!
First time I’ve tried a tucson brewed, the Dragoon IPA, beer and it’s one of my new favorites. Bartenders and servers took great care of us and we’re extremely friendly. Not one bad thing to say about this place! I travel a lot for work and it’s hard to find good places to eat. I’ll be trying their Vegas location next month when I’m there for another work trip.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND for anyone and everyone!

Below average good. Above average prices. Good atmosphere. Good selection of beers on tap.

The food was VERY good and definitly worth the price. However the waiters were very slow and a little rude. I asked for something and after 10 minutes of waiting I had to remind the waiter to get it. I noticed that other people around me were also having the same issues. Overall I was very pleased with the food but disappointed with the service.

Had a really great time here again. Service at the bar was great. Happy hour specials keep you full and tipsy (if you are into that). Food was SO good! Shrimp seviche was flavorful, ahi sashimi was tender and red, and my bfs chicken wings even seemed to have a higher end quality. The prices are a little much during non-​happy hour times.

Boy oh boy! The Yard House in Tucson was truly a treat. It was our first time and luckily we snagged a local (Phil) as our waiter. He was extremely thorough and honest in explaining the menu, but besides that, his personality was charmingly refreshing.
On Phil’s recommendation I went with the Cubano Pork Dip, which comes with The Sacred Mojo Sauce and perfectly crispy thin fries. No lie, I probably would sacrifice a virgin to the Mojo Gods if it meant having a lifetime supply of Mojo Sauce on hand wherever I was. That stuff is dynamite. Like au jus, but with some sort of red chile spiciness. It’s dark magic y’all.
My mom got the Ginger Salmon Whatever Plate with wasabi mashed potatoes (subtle & divine). The salmon was delicious, but yeah I would choose the Pork Dip any place, any time.
Thanks for an awesome meal!

I’ve been to this place three times now and every time is just as disappointing as the first. The food is subpar and overpriced. Don’t let the long lines and crowded atmosphere fool you, it’s not worth the wait and definitely not worth spending your hard earned money on.

There isn’t much to say about the Yard House that isn’t positive. It’s a chain, and that’s about the only negative thing I can think of. The location is fine (if you don’t mind mall traffic and parking hassles), the wait is usually not too hard to deal with, and once you get your table, the service is standard or better.
We love the Mule flights. Our favorite is the Hawaiian Mule. Thankfully, they use great copper cups, adding to the drink’s deliciousness.
We’ve tried a few appetizers and meal items, and I keep going back to these: ahi tuna appetizer, crap and lobster dip for apps, and the salmon or street tacos for dinner options. The chicken tacos do have a bite that is a bit too much for me. We usually skip the meal and order a la carte.
The salmon portion is more than enough for one person.
Recently, someone at our table tried the fried coconut shrimp and they were ahhhhmazing! I will definitely be ordering these next time.
I don’t think I have ever made it to a dessert here. Appetizers and meals are very filling portions. Or maybe it’s the drinks.
Expect a normal chain restaurant tab: $ 85 (pre tip) was the result of 4 Hawaiian Mules, one ahi appetizer, one crap dip appetizer and 3 street tacos a la carte.
Bar is loud but not so loud that you can’t hear the conversation at your table. I’ve never had a problem having one of the TVs changed to a particular game.
All in all, Yard House is a safe bet for a great meal or place to meet a group of friends.

Overall, this was a fun experience. We came as a party of three and were able to get seated quickly, despite all of the holiday rush going on. Waitress was friendly and was able to get us drinks quickly. We started with the kung pao calimari — my personal opinion is that you don’t put a sauce over a fried calimari. For me, it ruins the flavor of the calimari. However, it tasted «ok» and my husband really liked it. I would prefer the regular fried calimari though. We also ordered the onion ring stack, which was very good. It was also a decent portion for both appetizers.
My husband had street tacos (fish) and enjoyed them. You can, indeed, get cheaper tacos all around Tucson, but he was pleased with the overall quality of the tacos. They also come with beans and rice, both of which were nicely flavored.
I ordered the carnitas stacked enchiladas. The sauce has some heat, so it is not for everyone. I, personally, don’t think you need the pickled onions on the dish. But most of their dishes have at least one item on them that you don’t «need» but it makes you think the food is New American cuisine. The pork itself was just «ok» for me and the meat had some excess fat here and there (which I’m very picky about, so for others this may not be a problem). Overall, for $ 16 – 17 I thought that the enchilada stack was lacking. I have some other local places where I can buy enchiladas that are, imho better, for $ 2 each.
My mother-​in-​law ordered a shrimp pasta and it was appetizing, but again, a little pricey. Here, you are paying for an experience, so I can see coming here for special occasions every now and then. But, at these prices, I may not make this a «regular» thing. I would, however, like to try out a few more things on their menu in the future.
Tip: It is very loud in here with the combination of the music and televisions. Not to mention, we went on a night where unruly kids were screaming behind us and their parents did nothing to quiet them. That isn’t the fault of the restaurant. However, the excessively loud music means that you can barely hear the person across from you at the booth — not great if you want to have conversation.

The food at Yard House is VERY good. Decent wine list and outstanding beer list. Tonight was my 5^th visit. Twice at the bar, three times at a table. The Brussels sprouts and ripped potatoes are amazing. My veghead daughter loves all the vegetarian options.
Wine list is a bit lacking but some solid choices. Beer list is out of this world.
However. The table service is painfully slow. Each and every time I’ve sat st s table drinks are super slow to come. Wait staff comes by only every 30 – 40 minutes. I’ve ordered a drink or plate and had staff bring my fresh order and not clear my empty plate or glass. I’ve waved down wait staff and been told your not my table I’ll send your server over. I’ve been utterly disappointed by the service at the tables at this place.
Again the food is VERY good. The place is clean and nice. But you may bring a snack and drink box because getting your order at a table is a chore.

I had heard a lot about the Yard House since I arrived in Tucson over the summer. After a few months in, I decided to go. I wasn’t disappointed. The atmosphere was dark even during the day, so it was cool and relaxing. Lots of TV’s with different sports, so I could watch baseball while my companion watched golf. Service was nice and friendly. The food was awesome — I had ahi once and a mac and cheese another time — awesome. My companion loves the gumbo. Add some pineapple ciders to the mix — boom. Parking is mall, so ample some times and tight at others — still worth it.

First time here. I’ve heard many good things about this place but decided to try it out. Drink menu, TONS to choose from almost too many things, I was very impressed they had low calorie drinks so I had citrus crush it was amazing tasted basically like a mojito. Appetizer I had the buffalo bone in wings and truffle fries it was amazing.
Entrees fish and chips and regular cheese burger.
Cheeseburger was amazing perfectly done to my order and it was just juicy and filling I could only eat half.
Fish and chips really good they came with a tarter sauce that had jalapeños which I was impressed with.
Things I didn’t like,
How our waiter didn’t come check on us more often I felt like I was flagging her down.
Prices! All drinks are all 10+ dollars
All entrees are around 12 – 30.
Over all I’d come here again.

This place’s staple should be variety. It has a variety of dishes and a plethora of drinking options. Most all of the dishes I have had are awesome and the drinks are tasty as well. It is a bit dark inside, but it has a friendly staff and plenty of TVs in case you want to grab some good food, have a drink, and watch a game.
The chicken nachos and the carnitas enchiladas stack are probably my favorite out of the 10 things I have tried.

I had the Turkey Pot pie which was excellent. Fresh roasted turkey, crispy carrots, and the gravy was outstanding. It was like eating Thanksgiving in a bowl. The fluff pastry was nice done and crispy.
I like Yard House for good selection of menu items and nice selection of beers and liquor.
Always good service and friendly staff.

I’ve been here 3 or 4 times now, and I have to say I’m really not that impressed. It seems like every time I go, I’m hopeful going in and disappointed going out, and I think now I have (hopefully) finally learned my lesson.
The atmosphere is clean and modern and dark. Lots of beers on draft, ample room between tables, and a sleek menu with a happy hour menu that is extensive both for drinks and eats. Sounds like the kind of place that you can’t go wrong with.
I should start by saying that none of the food I have ever had here has been bad. I haven’t had to send anything back because of a hair in the food or anything like that. But the food is undeniably bland. The service is mediocre at best: friendly but lazy.
On our most recent visit, we had two appetizers from the happy hour menu: Tuna Stacker and crabcakes. The crabcakes themselves were the best item of the night, but nothing else on the plate added to them. The tuna stacker was fine as far as taste goes (my wife would disagree, she did not like them), but to use a phrase coined by a friend, they were a nightmare of usability. The dish consists of raw tuna cubes on the bottom, a 2×2 fried wonton wrapper, a massive pile of julienne’d carrots, another wonton wrapper, and then more tuna cubes. The plate is drizzled with soy. How am I supposed to eat this? Any which way you go it falls apart and is unsuccessful. We wound up making little tuna tostadas, I guess you could say, but there was a lot left on the plate by the end.
My wife ordered a Gardein burger that was supposed to have bernaise sauce on it… it tasted like bland mush between buns and it was dry. She wound up ordering ranch on the side to add some moisture to the mix. I had the large portion of pasta a la vodka with shrimp, which was simply not very large. I can’t imagine how small the small portion must be. The shrimp were cut into tiny little pieces to give an effect that there are more shrimp than there actually are. I would guess there were actually about 3 normal sized shrimp in the whole thing. The taste on mine was fine but nothing to write home about.
The big kick in the balls with this place is the price. My mini pasta plate was about $ 14. The crab cakes and the stacker were $ 7 and $ 8 despite being on the happy hour menu. My wife’s burger was $ 9. This shit is getting expensive. And for what? Fancy STYLE dishes done in the cheapest, lamest, blandest, most boring way possible. It’s food that seems elevated to those that have never had elevated food, perhaps, but at the price of the real stuff. Bottom line, I just can’t justify eating here anymore on any level.

Went here today for my 3^rd visit. Normally I LOVE this place because of two very specific menu items. Sadly, today I could not say the same.
To be fair, today’s meal was tasty, good service, good atmosphere, so on and so forth. This is despite my meloncholy over a recent menu item ‘makeover’ and no stock of my favorite dessert in Tucson…
So, first and foremost — what I always USED to order when I came here was the California Roll. No, it never did resemble the traditional item, but it was rice and avocado and crab meat and nori, etc. I ate it as a ‘somewhat healthy compared to other things’ meal for myself. LOVED it! Today, when we went in and perused the menu, the waitress pointed out new changes, of utmost importance being that they changed my beloved California Roll into some crispy weird swamp thing with tomatoes and other things added to it. NOOOOOOOOO!!! I was so dismayed. I do not eat fried anything, so I frantically had to read through their gigantic menu to find a substitute.
Em… good luck finding something not horrible for the waist line to eat. They have salads, but bleh! I hate salad. Salad is like so 1980s, ya know? Like, totally. I ended up with the hummus and veggies and pita bread. Very tasty, but not my old C.R. fave…
Yes. I’m a big baby.
Secondly — This may sound weird, by my go to meal was the Cal. Roll and part of the S’mores Brownie for dessert when I was indulging and eating out. (I shared it with others… Don’t judge me!) I attempted to add that delicacy to my hummus meal today and was informed that they were out! NOOOOOOOO! I had been salivating over that thing for weeks. WEEKS!
It was a sad day for all of us.
My husband wanted to sample the truffle fries after seeing all the glowing reviews about them and I thought they were ‘meh.’ Fried and greasy wet. Not for me. But if you like that sort of thing, you’d probably appreciate the richer flavor these fries have.
He also had the lunch portion of the beef dip sandwich with clam chowder on the side. My husband loves the chowder and thought the sandwich was simple and good. Simplicity is a nice thing a lot of the time… (ahem… California roll…)
At any rate, I know I will go back, seeking out my white whale, AKA S’mores Brownie. Guess I’ll stick with the hummus and hope they don’t change that one, too.
Now let that be a lesson to you!

Can you say grilled artichoke, yo?! Seriously, they are amazing. They also carry Gardein products for those veggie people out there.
Here is the thing about this place, though. It’s good. The food, depending on what you order, can be really amazing, like the grilled artichoke, but there are dishes on their very extensive menu that are less than thrilling.
The first time we came here, we asked how many ounces of beer could be fit into their yard long glass, and our server was unable to tell us. So, apparently, you are just going to pay for the novelty of drinking out of a really long glass, but with no way to judge if you’re getting your moneys worth.
We have, in the number of times we have been here, found that the service is usually really, really slow. The food comes out timely, but our tea refills, coming to check in on us, getting the bill to us, coming to the table to take our orders… holy crap… it takes forever.

Underwhelmed by the service and the pricing. Food was only ok. My Asian Salad was pretty good, spicier than anticipated and plentiful. Appetizers were only OK, with the lettuce wraps being far too salty to be enjoyed. The spinach dip was average.
We’d asked for water with lemon upon being seated and had to ask twice again for the lemon once we were served our water.
The drinks were good but at $ 10 a pop not conducive to having more than one.
The entrees were $ 13 and up with smaller portions available for some meals. All in all not terrible but not worth the cost.

It was at best average I got the supreme chicken nachos and let’s just say the chicken did not have much flavor the chips are all smashed together with very little cheese sour cream was okay but the guacamole; was less than desirable I also tried the chicken wings now those items they were pretty good but we did have to ask for them to be twice fried and I think that’s what help with the flavoring as well as ensuring that they were well done.
The drinks are a little pricey but I must say I really enjoyed the Miami mojito very tasteful full of flavor and the mint just set it off.
Question is will I be back I think I might give them another shot and hopefully they’ll be more impressive next time but I did have some great time and some really good laughs being able to reconnect with some old coworkers

Good spot for girls night, date night or any night! My girlfriends and I were really excited to give this place a try and although we waited a good 45 minutes to be seated on a Friday, no surprise, it was well worth the wait.
The ambiance is a rustic but modern and has an industrial vibe given by the décor of dark hard wood furniture and exposed AC ducts above your head. The bar is located in the center of the restaurant and is the perfect centerpiece for a brewery.
The service was great and the servers seemed to be well trained and knowledgeable about the food and drinks. Something you would expect at a brewery especially in terms of their beer selection, but they do have a wide selection of cocktails and wines as well.
The food was exceptional as well. As an appetizer we shared the coconut shrimp and I have to say it was one of the best coconut shrimp appetizers I have had, even having had it on the East Coast. The shrimp were surprising large especially considering you only receive about 5 or 6 an appetizer. The coating was slightly sweet and crunchy and the spicy green papaya salad, sweet chili sauce, and thai basil pesto accompanied the shrimp perfectly.
As my entrée I decided on the turkey burger with house made, roasted roma tomatoes, mozzarella & garlic aïoli with fries. For me, the roasted roma tomatoes are what really made this burger. The slight char on the outside of the tomatoes with the burst of slightly sweet slightly briny juices with each bite was great. The turkey itself was very flavorful as well and not dry, a common problem with turkey burgers.
Overall I would say that this restaurant is definitely worth a go. It is a casual yet cozy date night spot or just a place to grab a drink and watch the game.

Desperately looking to escape the damn kiosk people and crowds inside the mall so we stepped out for a breath of fresh air and right in to the patio seating of Yard House. We were greeted by our waiter (Alec? Ugh, I really HATE that I can’t remember because his customer service skills were exceptional) who mentioned that he could give us each two samples of any of their zillions of beers on tap. I love that!
We ordered the Lost Coast Watermelon Wheat (sounds odd but it was incredible and the watermelon was not overpowering) and the fabulous Boulder Nitro Shake Chocolate Porter. That porter is delicious! Both A and I were fans of both brews so we shared.
A had the seared ahi tuna steak sandwich and it was prepared perfectly — seared rare. she ordered the truffle fries with her sandwich and I had a really hard time staying out of them! I think Yardhouse’s truffle fries are much better than the ones at Zinburger. MUCH more truffle flavor. I ordered a trio of tacos ~ the blackened swordfish; the grilled Korean beef short rib and the special Vampiro which is hard to describe but the taco shell is a parmesan encrusted tortilla stuffed with carnitas and I believe chorizo and all kinds of wonderfulness. I thought the swordfish taco was too salty, the vampiro was quite amazing but the real star was the grilled Korean beef short rib taco. Perfectly balanced flavors of sweet short rib, sriracha aioli, spicy green papaya and chile threads… yes, chile threads. Gorgeous little threads of flavor.
Pricing was reasonable and service was excellent. I’m looking forward to my next visit and working my way down the beer menu!