Zipps Sports Grill

The scorched burger was fantastic! Good and spicy and really juicy. The fries and onion rings are made onsite crispy and chewy. Amy was my server and she made certain I was comfortable and had everything. I normally get stouts but they didn’t have any on tap. Amy recommended a local lager. It was great!

We order appetizers and two drinks. Drinks took about 25 minutes to hit the table. No water no other drinks were given needless to say we threw our drinks back thirsty as hell. Ordered 2nd round manager made server wait to put in our drink order. Because we drank our basic ass small drinks. Mind you it’s noon it’s our first drink of the day we were not loud obnoxious or doing anything to show signs of drunkenness. Because we weren’t. Won’t come here again. Old town Scottsdale location was subpar this place is trash. Save your money for a place that doesn’t over charge for drinks and food and find somewhere that the manager doesn’t act like your mommy. Picture of small drink next to ketchup bottle for size

The staff deserves 5 stars! The food is horrible. Fries are tasteless and soggy the fish in fish and chips were frozen McFish tenders. The beer menu was more limited than I expected. If this weren't a large-format restaurant near downtown, it'd be a complete failure.

Wing sauce was a little too greasy. Focaccia was just barely satisfying. The girl who sat us seemed annoyed that we walked in. The neighboring Edmonton Oiler fans showed us more love than the employees. I've been to almost every Zipps in the city. Most of them only have select employees that care as much as the entire staff at Goldie's. Especially including the food.

This specific location of all that I have been to in AZ has been the Best. I come for the Foccasia as it's signature to their restaurant. Though they all have the same item on the menu...this was the best..plus the best vibe. The waitresses/waiters/bar tenders had absolutely great personalities! We sat at the bar for fastest service...which we did when it came to getting drinks, but they forgot about us when it came for the food order and the bill...hence the 4 stars vs 5. I really needed to call it a night, being a work night, 30 to 40 min prior but the wait due to forgetting us kept dragging it out. Overall though, great atmosphere, food and personalities!

Zipps is pretty decent sports bar with plenty viewing options through the restaurant. Had a mushroom and Swiss burger and was not disappointed. French fry’s that came with the burger were petty decent as well! I think I would definitely come back here again for another meal and would not hesitate recommending this Zipps to others! That’s being a winner baby!!!👏👏👏

The chicken tacos were very good. Would be good if they offered Tortilla chips with it or as a side with salsa. Service was excellent, it was a bit noisy but after all it's a sports bar.

Golden hot wings were delicious. I asked for extra crispy and the came out perfect. Server was really friendly and quick with our drinks considering it was busy. Would definitely recommend Zipps to my friends and family.

I had a mushroom cheeseburger with onion rings and it hit the spot. Bartender was on top of the service all the way around the bar and the shift change was seamless.

I had a very disappointing experience at Zips on Central Ave in Phoenix. I ordered the chicken skewers, and when my food arrived, there was a Live Bug crawling around my plate. One of the waitresses promptly notified the manager, Brandon, who initially approached the wrong table that wasn't even part of our group. When he finally came to me, he immediately dismissed the situation by saying the bug probably came in through the window. I explained that I was very uncomfortable eating after what had happened and asked to be compensated appropriately. Rather than being understanding or apologetic, Brandon became defensive and offered no real resolution. I didn't want to argue or escalate things further, so I just let it go. I told him I would be posting a review about the experience, and he said, "OK" and shrugged his shoulders... So here I am. Hopefully this helps others be aware of what kind of service and cleanliness you might expect at this location. Very disappointing. May 25th, 2025 7:55pm

Had high hopes... the location is great, good parking options, lovely patio, and great indoor seating with lots of TV's to find your game! Food was ok, dining companion enjoyed his burger, my tortilla soup lacked depth and the chicken was rubbery. My big problem was the service. The host seated us immediately, and our server came by quickly to get our drink orders... almost too quickly. I like it when servers stop by, point out favorites on the drink menu, ask if we want water, and if we're ready to order any drinks. And if not, she'll stop by soon after we've had a chance to view the menu. But hey, I can deal with it. Once we got a drink, we ordered an appetizer. The pretzel bites were served with the yummy cheese sauce, and they were hot and hit the spot. The problem was, as they were delivered she wanted to take our food order. We asked for her to give us a few minutes to review the menu. I always like to have a little bit of time to enjoy my appetizer without having entrées, delivered shortly there after and you have to decide do I eat my entrée while it's hot or stop eating the appetizer and let it go cold. Also, as this is a sports bar, I kind of wanted to drag the time a little bit in order to enjoy the energy and the game. However, once we told her we would delay a little bit to order our entrées, it was almost like she decided that we no longer needed service. I'd look over and see her visiting with the other staff members in one corner of the location, the next minute she would be over in the middle of the bar area, talking to bartenders, and the next minute moving over into the Kitchen area to visit with people. When she did come into our area , she would walk by us almost as if trying to ignore the fact that we were sitting at the table. No eye contact possible. She would take an order from another table, and then walk by us again with her head turned away. I hope it wasn't this, but it felt like she was trying not to look at us so that she didn't have to stop by the table. This happened several times. Finally I got her attention and waved her down to come over and take our order. Food was delivered and we ate and never saw her again. Waters were not filled. Never an offer for a drink refill.. Check was not presented. No questions food, about is there anything else I can do for you? Every time she moved through the restaurant she ignored our table. I had to waive her down and ask for the check, and ask for a refill on my water. When the check came, she sat it down on the table and I had to waive her down again a few minutes later to come pick up the credit card. We had to ask twice for a 'to go' container. I hope patrons in other sections didn't have a similar experience. I have to say, I have never felt so ignored in a restaurant than I did here.

I'm not a fan of any Zipps. Poor management and they don't respect their employees. I've known a lot of staff over the years that are not treated good and customers are not treated good by Young, untrained, arrogant managers. (That would definitely be Mary and Trevor at the Citadel location) God forbid you have a bad food order, well unfortunately you're responsible for that because you ordered it, and management very, very rarely will replace it and they'll offer you $5 Zipps bucks coupon for your next return. Managers are trained to stand their ground and "DO NOT" give in to the customer and their complaints, if something's not right and you don't like it as a customer you don't have to come back. I wish more people would wake up to the way Zipps is run and it starts at the top with Todd Goldman! This is not how a restaurant should be run specially having a manager by the name of Trevor over at the Citadel location sexually harassing every female employee and nothing being taken seriously by upper management. If Zipps did drug testing he'd be fired today. There're so many better sports bar options that actually appreciate your business, and yes I get it the bartenders and servers are what makes Zipps a okay place to go, but behind the scenes it's absolutely nightmare for staff.

Go somewhere else. Our server seemed irritated to be there. Another server ran over as we were leaving to tell my son he couldn't bring in a smoothie from next door, As we were walking out! Crazy behavior. I'll pray for her. No restaurant should serve mozzarella sticks wrapped in spring roll wrappers. Food was gross.

Roaches!!!! We are regulars here, love our regular bartenders. But tonight legit a cockroach ran across the bar straight for me. My boyfriend slapped it away. Not before me and one of the bartenders seeing it. We had just ordered cheese sticks. Which we ate half but felt gross. One of the bartenders kept joking "look there it is!" Which i thought was way inappropriate. When i paid the check i let her know it's not funny. Its disgusting. And we will never order food here again. She immediately shaped up and was like "yes no i agree" Zipps you have roaches clearly running around your establishment. You need to fix it. It's so gross!!!!

Nice place, good location, plenty of parking and a lot of TVs. Ivanna was our server, very pleasant and took our order right away. They have some good weekend specials that we didn't notice until after we placed our order. She was fine with making a minor change to the order. I read the reviews and thought I'd bring our group with an open mind. First glance was that the reviews were tough. Well, we did have to inquire with our server on our drinks. She went and checked, came back with them, "problem at the bar." We ordered a couple of apps, they looked good when they got to the table but the fries were super greasy and limp. The pretzel bites really did look good but they tasted like they were slightly burned and the Bavarian cheese was horrible. It was so thick you could caulk your bathroom with it. Too many choices in the area to have just fair service and poor food quality.

LOVE IT! Forgot I was a Bay Area 49er fan sitting in Phoenix, AZ for the 49er's hosting the AZ Cardinals. Haha. GREAT football crowd and I loved the experience. The nachos were so good. Loved the uniqueness of the fried cheese strings in a light crust instead of the usual fry batter. Super amount of seating and all filled. The bar area is all four sides so. If you want to throughly enjoy a great menu and lots of sports fans on game day, I can't recommend this place more.

This is your average Sports Bar. Lots of TVs noisy atmosphere the chicken breast sandwich I got was nice and juicy and covered the bun. The fries were not crispy to my disappointment. That's pretty much my short review of the place. It's any sports bar on any corner in the valley and nothing special. The service was nice and so was my server and just leave it at that.

I would say 1 star is the most I could possibly give. Started off as a good night, servers were nice at first then they became very short and rude. Would not come here again, just visiting Arizona for the first time and wanted to try something new. Horrible, horrible service. I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt but the way the servers spoke and gave the food was honestly very rude and not pleasant the only reason they even came to our table was because we put a complaint in and even then they were still very passive aggressive. If you don't want to work or serve others don't expect a tip, go work somewhere else. Place is nice though but I guess to get some service you have to sit inside or something, shoot maybe you even have to complain to get service. Overall experience 1/10. Not trying to be a "Karen" but I honestly have to say what I have to say. Also food is not really good. I'd say find something better not worth it at ALL.

I want to begin by saying that my friends and I have been loyal customers of Zipps for years. We go at least once a week and have visited many locations across the Valley. Our usual spot is the Camelback location, which has always been a favorite for its atmosphere and consistent service. In fact, on our way there last night, we joked that we had never had a bad experience at Zipps--until now. What we experienced last night was extremely disappointing and far from the standard we've come to expect. It left us feeling disrespected and unwelcome. We believe this location is in serious need of review by upper-level management. Below is a summary of what happened: 1. First, our party of six adults was seated and greeted by a server who initially seemed friendly. She asked how we wanted to split the check, and we explained we'd each be paying separately. Her tone quickly shifted, and she became noticeably short and dismissive. She began ignoring our table entirely. 2. After one round of Zipp-a-Ritas, drinks we regularly order, she returned and claimed we were too intoxicated to be served further. This was completely false and felt unnecessary and accusatory. Everyone at our table arrived sober. One drink is not enough to affect us in the way she implied, especially since we've had this drink many times at this Zipps. 3. We had asked that our appetizers be entered first, but this request was either misunderstood or ignored. As a result, the food was staggered, with some arriving at 9:02 and the rest nearly 20 minutes later. When we pointed this out and suggested something be comped, the server admitted she had made a mistake in the order but still refused to accommodate or involve a manager at our request. 4. Eventually, a manager did approach our table, but instead of working to resolve the situation, she was just as dismissive. She repeated the false claim that we were too intoxicated to continue being served and showed no interest in hearing our side. To top it off, we were brought a single check, despite previously confirming the check could be split, and given a note stating that they would not honor the separate payments. This experience was frustrating, uncomfortable, and completely out of line with the Zipps culture we've grown to appreciate. We hope corporate takes the time to seriously review what's happening at this location. The way we were treated last night was unacceptable, and based on recent reviews, it's clear we're not alone in that feeling. Sincerely, A longtime and disappointed customer

Excellent Sports Grill, superb service, and great food! Almost didn't come because of the undeserving rating on here. Ignore the haters! We were greeted right away and sat in the middle of the dining room. Marta was our server; she was informative, enthusiastic, and super friendly. The atmosphere is exactly what you would want from a sports bar, with seating available on the covered terrace, open-air dining room, or bar. Family friendly. They have a great happy hour, including $3 pizza slices that are massive. We ordered a Bacon Cheeseburger, Reuburger, Spinach Salad, two slices of pizza and the cookie skillet! All were great, fresh and tasty ingredients. Thank you Marta and staff!

Service by Marcos and Marta was exceptional! Salads, the blue cheese dressing and wings were amazing! We sat at the bar and not only did we get exceptional service, the bar area was not too noisy. Great open air, ambiance. I don't know what y'all were talking about in the other reviews. My hubby is a foodie and he loved the wings!

Every time I ask for crispy French fries and every time they are not. Have given this place too many tries to get my order correct. Won't be back.

It was packed when we showed up at 2:00 on a Saturday but there was still enough room to sit at a high top in the bar area! My food was delicious, I got the "cado" burger with chicken and it actually had two grilled chicken patties on it. It was more than enough. Even with it being busy, we still got our food quickly. Also-love that there are happy hour specials on the weekends! Scored a "zipparita" for only $5! Love this place and will be back!

Could not be seated as a couple, minimum 3 people, even though there were several open tables. There were also tables with 2 people. We are regulars at Zipps, not anymore.

When you go to this location, they have the volume up so loud, you would think you're at a concert. Zipp's is trying to be da clerb with the fam at this location. It's not enjoyable to sit with company and try to have a conversation. When I emailed them about this, I received a response from their "marketing" person Tiffany stating that due to the gym being right above them, they HAVE to turn the music up that loud to drown out the sound of weights being thrown around. First off, I'd be willing to bet that you cannot even hear the noise. Second - they are across the street from a couple of tall buildings where the sun, upon setting, the glare bounces off the windows and blinds anytone sitting on the patio or inside in the front. I advised installing shades to help with the glare. The response was that they "can't" due to the rules of the complex. Based on these responses from some twit that probably just graduated from college, this company is not going to receive a DIME from me. I'm going to sit wth my friend, drink water, let her enjoy her Zipparitas (which by the way, y'all put so much tequila in those I'm surprised you haven't been sued for dram shop laws), and I'll give the server a tip b/c the staff is actually amazing. I'm just not interested in contributing to Tiffany's salary.

It's hard to decide which is worse, the food or the service. If you order a focaccia sandwich you'll get a wrap. They clearly don't know what focaccia bread is and apparently enough people haven't told them what it is. My wrap came with stale, cold onion rings that were also flavorless. The wait staff didn't seem to care one bit that the whole thing was inedible. If I was waiting tables, I would have asked my customer what I could do to make it better but they just walked away. I didn't feel one bit guilty for leaving a crap tip. I could see if this was a one-off experience but I've eaten here a few times since my team likes to go here for drinks. It never gets any better.

Food is very good and they have a fun cocktail program. All the sports are always on. Service was slow but our server was nice.

Showed up for lunch at noon, was seated right away even though they were quite busy. I ordered the buffalo chicken salad, I did get the smaller lunch serving instead of the full order. Salad was good, enough to fill me up, Buffalo sauce might be a bit spicy for some. Service was good, first time at this location.

This place is dumb as shit! They cut you off for no reason. I won't ever waste my time or recommend my family or friends.

The service here is terrible. I asked the manager when we arrived if he could accommodate a larger party of 20. As he tried to push us away because they didn't have room, I some how convinced him the empty tables slid together would work. He advised we would have 2 separate services and I was completely ok with that. After I helped clean the tables with the nice hostess to try and speed up this process it was all down hill. We had one server approach us at about 10 minutes in who took our drink orders. She explained she wasn't our server but that we would have someone shortly. That waitress was definitely too busy. It took us over an hour to get a food order. The food was decent enough, but because of the service I will try and find an easier place to go with a large group.

Was refused a table because it was 2 of us and apparently their March madness policy is to save tables/booths for larger groups. Ridiculous! They had several booths open.

Such a fun place. First place visiting any location and the wings were freaken AMAZING.

Refused table due to march madness!!! I am not eating dinner at the bar or standing up!!! Come on zipps!!! Do better!!! However, came to the one on Bethany Home...I guess they get my business now!!! They want my business!!!

Came on Sunday afternoon so obviously there's multiple NFL team fans here trying to watch their team. Not only did they have a blow out playing on multiple TVs but literally the game with the fewest fans. Manager wasn't trying to budge saying the channels are preprogrammed... we all know how TV channels work.. you can change them. To top it off the San Diego Padres are playing the AZ diamondbacks who are fighting to make the playoffs. They have an IRRELEVANT MLB game playing on multiple TVs as well instead of local team playing at HOME smh. I get trying to pre-plan sections for teams playing but if people are there spending money on drinks & food the least you could do is accommodate the customers & switch ONE tv to it. They definitely need to rethink their approach for being a "sports" bar

I've heard several complaints about this Zipps on Central but it hadn't stopped me from coming here. S/o to the manager for it being the first and last time I go to this location, Rey wasn't accommodating whatsoever. My glass broke, I hadn't had a sip or touched it at all before and was told I still have to pay for it. I had mentioned I was a former employee to one of the servers, the manager Rey's response was "you know the rules." Coming from a former employee, I know better and as a manager you, Rey should do better.

Our server seemed to be the only one taking tables while several other employees stood around and leaning on a trash can talking to other employees, meanwhile our drinks are empty and our food never arrived. I asked for a manager and let him know we noticed our server is the only one doing any work we would like a refill and our food please. He told us that we just had to wait on the kitchen for our food (which was 2 cold cut club sandwiches, a slice of pizza and a focaccia), and as for the drinks he will let our server know. He never offered her help or had anyone else just standing around step in and help the single employee running all the tables. As a life long restaurant employee this is the poorest excuse of a manager I have ever seen in my life, with out a single apology for what we experienced he only provided excuses such as each server has a section of tables they are responsible for, yet this particular server was all over the restaurant. Our chicken wings were delicious but it's not worth the lack of service. This all being said: sadly we won't be returning.

Chicken in the foccacias is ALWAYS overcooked and dry. Managers are always disrespectful no matter how nice you are to them.

Worst customer service of any Zipps I've ever been to. Wouldn't sit 3 people outside with plenty of open tables because we needed 4 people?... Wouldn't refund these guys next to us when the pool table took their $... as a Zipps regular, I would avoid this location and take the extra few minutes to go to Bethany.

The wings were cold and the pizza was okay. The Zipps margaritas are really good. The service was okay.

We had a work lunch at this location, 9 people total. It was not great. First the good things, we were seated right away, and drinks arrived shortly after. After we placed our food order items started arriving sporadically, a side salad and an entree, food runner comes back with 3 more entrees, etc.. one item was wrong & one person still waiting. Item comes back wrong again. We all finish eating and the person with the "wrong" item still hasn't received his food. The food runner was very polite and kept trying to get it right. The item was something with no ranch and the kitchen kept making it with ranch. I had the honey balsamic salad with chicken, the chicken was hard & dry, not worth the extra $3. It's bar food though so maybe a burger or wings would've been better. The waitress never came back to check on us after taking our order. No one got a drink refill or any other service. We waited for a while for a check, she came over and said ready for the check. We paid and left. Not great for a work lunch. Maybe more of a happy hour place for bar food, drinks and a game. Our first time at this location, we'll stick with the other ones.

This place is a joke. They refused to sit us, party of 2, because it wasn't a bigger party. Yet they had multiple booths and tables open.

I've seen this place and finally had a chance to try it. I had heard great things about their wings! We were welcomed and seated right away. It's the vibe you would expect from a sports bar and lots of seating. The service was great, I hate I didn't get the name of the lady helping us because she was stellar. I had the golden wings - BOMB , try them at least once and the green chicken chili egg rolls also very delicious and I will be going back soon!

The food was terrible. There burgers had a nasty aftertaste, there fries are barely cooked, there chicken wings are slimy, and it was overpriced. I don't recommend going here.

Shocked to see such low ratings. I took my family here maybe two weeks ago and enjoyed everything. Service was great, food and prices were amazing for the quantity and the drinks were quick, cheap, and well made. Def will go back. Hate how patio tables don't allow high chair to sit close to the table but other than that I will be back.

I usually have had a great experience when I come to this location at Central, but honestly I have been constantly let down as of late. When I hear Zipps I think of a great time and watch my Suns, but thanks to manager Ray, he has ensured to make my past visits extremely negative. From the food service to the interactions, this location has cemented its low-level customer experience to all those who enter that doorway. I will give my business to 16th and Bethany Home, where the managers appreciate my business.

This place has great bar food and burgers! Came in to watch a football game and they have an awesome happy hour!

Zipps is not my choice for a working lunch but nonetheless, it's hard to beat the variety of their menu; burgers, salads, sandwiches, focaccia, pizza, wings, pretzels, etc. Service has been slow every time I've gone but I've attributed (some of) that to our group of 6-7 and the lunch rush. Similar to others, we waited at least 10 minutes to get seated although there appeared to be tables open. The lunch special is decent; half a sandwich and soup for ~$9-10. Salads are a good size portion, but aren't special- you could whip up better in your own kitchen. Focaccia is not focaccia- it comes served in a tortilla/as a wrap. The grilled chicken sandwich was bland and there were no condiments- I had to ask for mayo. The peanut butter burger appears to be one of the better menu items. Have realistic expectations (it is a sports bar) and if that's your thing, then Zipps is okay.

Food was good, did take a while we were the only ones in the restaurant... I didn't appreciate getting charged for the onion cheese and sour cream .75 cents each when I ordered the chilli, server should of told me every item is extra, also asking if we want more ranch but yet charging us for that too.. ridiculous

I just went with my friend to get a drink and some food and when presented with my friends Mexican passport the waitress stated they weren't allowed to accept Mexican passports, not even foreign passports she specifically said Mexican passports. What a form of discrimination, I've always enjoyed coming to Zipps, even when the service wasn't that great. I will never come back to a Zipps location ever again and I'll advise my friends and family of this new "policy". As a Mexican woman, who has many Mexican friends and family, that's unacceptable.

Zipps is consistently great! Especially this location! And the one time (out of at least 200+ visits) it was less than stellar, the manager made it right immediately and had a great attitude about it and was funny! The food is significantly better than your average bar scene but offers everything you'd find on a bar menu and then some! But the zipparitas are by far the best! My fave is what I have coined The Ninja Turtle! It's a zipparita with a shot of midori and a shot of chambord. Do yourself a favor and try it! The drink may be ugly, but it's pretty on the inside! And according to Mom, that's what matters!

The happy hour is quite nice. Drinks are good. I liked the Desert Donkey - a spin on a Moscow mule. The food was decent - typical sports bar faire. Good layout for watching sports with high quality audio to boot.

5-Star atmosphere on Sunday game day. 360 TV's for all of your sports viewing needs. The food is standard for a sports bar... nothing to write home about, but our server Kristen was amazing! I recommend getting the mother of all brownies

Worst service ever, 30 min just to get drinks ordered, another 30 min for the first 2 plates and by the time our last 2 people got there food everyone was already done eating and food was cold, not to mention not once did our sever checked on us. We decided to send back a slice of pizza and fries back do to them being cold and our server had such a bad attitude she snatched the tray of my sons hand. Thank ypu to the manager for coming out and apologizing for her behavior. We are hoping to come and to our regular server. We understand people have bad days but don't take it out on customers. Thank you

Burgers are decent, just not what I remembered years ago. The food is mediocre, the service is mediocre but why it's only two stars? The water is terrible. At least invest in a water filtration system instead of drinking tap water is so gross. Prices are expensive too.

Great happy hour with $6 32 oz beers, $5 chips, salsa and guacamole and other specials. Plus it runs 3-7. This location is right off the light rail and the bartenders are super personable.

The food was not fresh,fries where like wilted flowers. Food was cold, got the wrong drink, the whole place was ice cold and there was too much dressing on my salad the service was good and fast The ambiance was very loud and it was very cold

Great places to watch sports and have a beer but other than that I wouldn't suggest. servers and service were good food was ok. places were pretty busy for because of the game.