The Trough

9303 E Apache Trail, Mesa
(480) 986-1119

Recent Reviews

brian Jónes

I absolutely love this bar just feels good and if you like country like I di stop in you won't be disappointed.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jason McCorkle

I'm 50 yrs old and was the youngest patron there. Fri, Sat, and Sun used to be a DJ with a mix of music types and a younger crowd, lots of people. Now it's snowbirds and karaoke with maybe 30 to 50 people.Sports on tv? Most of the tvs have the Chive channel, which is boring to watch after 20 min. If there were 15 tvs in the room, 3 had a sporting event going, and the biggest one had a football game going, Alabama vs. Alabama (Same team scrimmage game). 1 live baseball game going on and when I asked if the baseball game could be put on a TV behind the bar where the Chive was playing the bartender gave me a sigh and nasty eye roll like I was an inconvenience to her. Yet she couldn't keep my beer full without having to ask for another. Waiting 10 - 15 min between beers is crazy. Food was better than decent. I ordered beef nachos no onions, jalapeño and salsa. My nachos arrived with minced red onion all over. I did my best to pick around an item I'm allergic to but it became more trouble than it was worth so I gave up my $13 nachos half way through. Would I go back? Maybe. If the nasty attitude bartender that was in there that day was there I would leave. They could get more business if the quit catering strictly to the older crowd and get some entertainment for the younger crowd and MAKE SOME MONEY.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Nachos

Peter Imperialy

I will see that their food is good and their drinks are pretty stocked the service is decent not the best but certainly not the worst. They seem to have an abundance of employees there for the time that I arrived which was not lunch nor dinner time it was right in between their price point on their food is excellent and the portions are pretty big. The atmosphere is so so nothing special nothing terrible they have a couple pool tables it's very dimly lit in there so it is hard to see if you have sight issues although they do have an outside patio that's accessible as well unfortunately people are smoking out there so that kind of kills the vibe of being outside and I certainly don't want to eat where there are people smoking. I've been here a couple times prior to this and stayed for a bit but I will probably just order food going forward and bring it home. The bathrooms are clean the bar area was kept tidy by the bartenders the floors were not sticky it did not smell like old liquor and cigarettes inside the facility and there's plenty of parking out front and back

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Miranda Daniels

"owner" called the cops last night because of my service dog. We shall see how this plays out lmao

VaLori Schaefer

We went into check out the karaoke on a Saturday night. The service was fine and the karaoke operator was pleasant enough. The atmosphere was the most unwelcoming my husband and I had ever experienced. It seems like the clientele were all regulars who knew each other. They kept staring at us like we didn’t belong. Songs were sung about shotguns being aimed at strangers at the door, etc. We sang one song, finished our drinks and got the heck out of there. We didn’t feel safe. It’s a pretty rough place.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 2

Pyxzee Erickson

I went in for karaoke. The karaoke was fun as usual but I could not get a server. She did finally come over and I asked for a menu. She never brand the menu. Quite a while later she arrived again and asked if I was ok. I ordered cheese sticks with ranch. It was nearly an hour before they came out and they were barely warm and no ranch. I waited about 5 minutes for her to bring the ranch and ended going up to the bar to ask for it. By then the cheese sticks were ice cold. Won’t be ordering food here again.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Victoria Hobson

The best hot wings ever and homemade ranch and blue cheese! Good tap selection and live music with a dance floor some nights.

Gman J

Went in during the day and had a good time.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 5

Joshua Borchers

That place. Yummy. Yummy.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mary Whittier

Plenty of room but no service at all. None. Zero. Zilch.

Manny Alonzo

Nice bar with live music and

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Michael Trombi

Criminals, Drugs, Shootings, Stabings, watered down drinks, warm beer, smelly bathrooms invading the atmosphere! All the makings of a bad bad night. Have fun!

Wayne Headrick

We went there seated ourselves and sat there for a good 15 to 20 minutes and no one came near us or acknowledged us, so we left. Won't ever go back.

Atmosphere: 2

Service: 1

Bill Pritchard

They never staff enough people for rushes, so if there's a few cars in the parking lot be ready for a wait.The food is sometimes ok. Heavily depends on what you order. Word to the wise, the "Sonoran Dog" is unrecognizable. They take their regular hot dog, on the regular cheap white bun, and put a piece of bacon on it. And then give you a cup of honey mustard on the side. I told the server to tell management they need to take Sonoran dog off the menu and make it "add bacon".The fries are ok. Buddy said the fish n chips is ok.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

fred johnson

I like the atmosphere and the food was decent at a fair price. The service from Drew was excellent. I will definitely return it !

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Hamburger, Wings

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