A year ago a friend and I visited The U, and upon our arrival, we were met with discrimination. The waitress, a brunette woman wearing glasses immediately refused to provide us with service, and when we inquired about her reasoning, her response was simply, "because I can." Despite our peaceful demeanor we decided to leave the premises without causing any further disturbance.Regrettably, a similar incident took place when I revisited The U today. To my dismay, the same waitress recognized me and proceeded to kick me out once again for no reason. Considering the lack of diverse clientele present at the restaurant, it is disheartening to believe the only plausible reason for such treatment could be attributed to our race. Both my friend and I are African-American.I have made the decision to escalate this matter by reaching out to the NAACP and local news outlets to shed light on the discrimination I have faced at The U.
Kristi Vanlaere
We love this place! Sasha always greets us with her smile and her laugh is contagious!We have always been pleased with our food. The atmosphere is friendly and the bar is always clean!
Dave E
Owners both working when we came in. That gets my respect. Food was good, salad is better than most nice restaurants. Beer is in chilled glasses. TVs are plentiful. Give them a try.Kid-friendliness: Chalk boards for kids.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Sandwich
bill Wentz
It was ok but left. Was very busy so ended up going to the Blue Shark.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Brad Bennett
Great burgers, nice relaxed atmosphere....
Derek Hess
Stopped in for a bite to eat and a couple drinks. Service was good, food was o.k. but the worst part was we were having to swat the gnats/fruit flies off our food and drinks the whole time.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger
Janelle Lutz
Was a frequent customer of this place for many years while it was VIctor’s & The U. Always loved their food. New ownership now. Went in today & ordered the grinder. Worst sandwich I’ve ever had. Was shocked how quick it was served. Not on toasted bun as it was for years. Flavor was not there, served cold with Mozzarella sprinkled on top & not melted. Ordered onion rings for my side ~ obvious oil in fryer was over due to be changed. OR were very dark and could not even taste an onion. Complained to bartender and her response was “well we have a new cook” Sat at bar & customer next to us complained to bartender ~ showed her a bug in his draft beer. Overly disappointed and after spending $65 including a few drinks & tip … it was Wednesday wing day. I ordered 20 wings to bring home. They were dry rubbed, made sure they were fully cooked, ate one & will be throwing the remaining 19 off the gravel road for the critters. What a waste of money, they will never see me return. Bartender should of never served the sandwich & if I had not been so eager to make an appointment, I would of complained to mgmt. before leaving! John Taffer would of been disgusted! ~ guessing we will hear it changes ownership again soon. I’ll never return ~ Pretty sad that what was once a thriving spot in Urbandale is no longer! I will add that I worked at Victor’s for 10 years part time, we had a full bar regularly & repeat customers that ate there often. Never closed before 1 am as we were always busy. Writing this review I was shocked to see how early they were closed. Obvious they don’t have enough customers to keep the place open! We were there at 1:00 in the afternoon & they had more staff there then the total of 3 customers at bar & 3 customers at a table that were playing cards.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Jerry Van Horne
Sunday morning breakfast is the Bomb!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brian Hutzell
Nothing really special here, but I kinda like it. Just your basic feel-good bar.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Greg Smith
Recently downgraded after recently trying brunch there. The cook didn't know how to properly cook over easy eggs, not sure why that person was making brunch. The bartender was also the only wait staff when we were there. She was very pleasant but clearly overwhelmed. Our food sat awhile before it was brought to us, and she forgot that we asked for our check. We've stopped here many times for a beer and will continue to do so. We just won't be back for brunch.
Great food. great Atmosphere and friendly staff. Food isn’t heavy or greasy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brooke Timmer
We had Leslie on the 4th and she was wonderful!!! Recommended bone-in wings with Carolina Tangy sauce and they were ah-mazing. And my daughter (who is so picky) had the chicken quesadilla and loved it. My French dip was also great. We will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Christine Lockheart
Got to get their Bone In Buffalo Wings! Fantastic! Best in Iowa 4 sure!Carry Out in 15 minutes or often less, makes the U Bar faster than the average drive thru.The nicest gals give great customer service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Homemade Boneless Wings, Home Run Pizza Meat Lovers Pizza mmm, Buffalo Chicken
Min M
Friendly local place. Stopped in for beer and wings. They happily changed tv to golf for me. Bone-in wings were large size and sweet chili sauce great. Will definitely drop in here again.
Nikki Duggan
Our server Sasha was awesome! She was so fun and efficient. Food was good, too.
A year ago a friend and I visited The U, and upon our arrival, we were met with discrimination. The waitress, a brunette woman wearing glasses immediately refused to provide us with service, and when we inquired about her reasoning, her response was simply, "because I can." Despite our peaceful demeanor we decided to leave the premises without causing any further disturbance.Regrettably, a similar incident took place when I revisited The U today. To my dismay, the same waitress recognized me and proceeded to kick me out once again for no reason. Considering the lack of diverse clientele present at the restaurant, it is disheartening to believe the only plausible reason for such treatment could be attributed to our race. Both my friend and I are African-American.I have made the decision to escalate this matter by reaching out to the NAACP and local news outlets to shed light on the discrimination I have faced at The U.
We love this place! Sasha always greets us with her smile and her laugh is contagious!We have always been pleased with our food. The atmosphere is friendly and the bar is always clean!
Owners both working when we came in. That gets my respect. Food was good, salad is better than most nice restaurants. Beer is in chilled glasses. TVs are plentiful. Give them a try.Kid-friendliness: Chalk boards for kids.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Sandwich
It was ok but left. Was very busy so ended up going to the Blue Shark.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Great burgers, nice relaxed atmosphere....
Stopped in for a bite to eat and a couple drinks. Service was good, food was o.k. but the worst part was we were having to swat the gnats/fruit flies off our food and drinks the whole time.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger
Was a frequent customer of this place for many years while it was VIctor’s & The U. Always loved their food. New ownership now. Went in today & ordered the grinder. Worst sandwich I’ve ever had. Was shocked how quick it was served. Not on toasted bun as it was for years. Flavor was not there, served cold with Mozzarella sprinkled on top & not melted. Ordered onion rings for my side ~ obvious oil in fryer was over due to be changed. OR were very dark and could not even taste an onion. Complained to bartender and her response was “well we have a new cook” Sat at bar & customer next to us complained to bartender ~ showed her a bug in his draft beer. Overly disappointed and after spending $65 including a few drinks & tip … it was Wednesday wing day. I ordered 20 wings to bring home. They were dry rubbed, made sure they were fully cooked, ate one & will be throwing the remaining 19 off the gravel road for the critters. What a waste of money, they will never see me return. Bartender should of never served the sandwich & if I had not been so eager to make an appointment, I would of complained to mgmt. before leaving! John Taffer would of been disgusted! ~ guessing we will hear it changes ownership again soon. I’ll never return ~ Pretty sad that what was once a thriving spot in Urbandale is no longer! I will add that I worked at Victor’s for 10 years part time, we had a full bar regularly & repeat customers that ate there often. Never closed before 1 am as we were always busy. Writing this review I was shocked to see how early they were closed. Obvious they don’t have enough customers to keep the place open! We were there at 1:00 in the afternoon & they had more staff there then the total of 3 customers at bar & 3 customers at a table that were playing cards.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Sunday morning breakfast is the Bomb!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nothing really special here, but I kinda like it. Just your basic feel-good bar.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recently downgraded after recently trying brunch there. The cook didn't know how to properly cook over easy eggs, not sure why that person was making brunch. The bartender was also the only wait staff when we were there. She was very pleasant but clearly overwhelmed. Our food sat awhile before it was brought to us, and she forgot that we asked for our check. We've stopped here many times for a beer and will continue to do so. We just won't be back for brunch.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
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Great food. great Atmosphere and friendly staff. Food isn’t heavy or greasy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had Leslie on the 4th and she was wonderful!!! Recommended bone-in wings with Carolina Tangy sauce and they were ah-mazing. And my daughter (who is so picky) had the chicken quesadilla and loved it. My French dip was also great. We will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Got to get their Bone In Buffalo Wings! Fantastic! Best in Iowa 4 sure!Carry Out in 15 minutes or often less, makes the U Bar faster than the average drive thru.The nicest gals give great customer service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Homemade Boneless Wings, Home Run Pizza Meat Lovers Pizza mmm, Buffalo Chicken
Friendly local place. Stopped in for beer and wings. They happily changed tv to golf for me. Bone-in wings were large size and sweet chili sauce great. Will definitely drop in here again.
Our server Sasha was awesome! She was so fun and efficient. Food was good, too.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5