Very good server. Couldn't help us enough. Whatever we needed she would get. Very good. Kristen.

I asked my friend to pick a restaurant that was not a national chain. This was the choice. We met for lunch and caught up reminiscing old times. I know this place was the original home of the Buffalo chicken wing so of course that's what I placed an order for. My friend chose a pizza. Besides the buffalo wings, I also ordered a salad. The salad did come before the chicken wings and the portion size was pretty good. Hard pass on the onions and croutons so the salad had only lettuce, tomato, and cheese. I would've passed on the cheese, but I didn't know it came with it so I just picked it off. Quite a few dressing options and I went with the raspberry vinaigrette. Overall decent salad. Onto the main course, Buffalo wings. You are offered a number of different ways. The wings can be coded with. From hot to very hot sauces to garlic and other ways, I went with the honey barbecue. The sauce was OK there was just an awful lot of it. The wings were very good sized so big credit for that. I did try a piece of the pizza and I would suggest they stick with chicken wings. Super friendly waitress with quick service and good banter. read more

Anchor Bar - Amherst - Garden Salad - American Near Me - Amherst, New York

I ordered boneless wings and french fries. I've had the boneless wings in the past. They weren't as good as I've had them other times they were just OK. The french fries were a little bit cold I didn't finish them. The service is always warm and friendly. The food had been getting better there, but it seems like it's slipping a bot read more

Anchor Bar - Amherst - Boneless wings and french fries - American Near Me - Amherst, New York

Sadly, not a huge hit. The first beer my husband ordered was flat and we had to send it back. When I got my buffalo cauliflower it was barely lukewarm. Very disappointing. I didn't say anything about the cauliflower because we already sent the beer back. The waitress didn't even come and check after giving us our dinner. The wings are small. With so much competition in Buffalo, this place wouldn't even make my top ten read more

Anchor Bar - Amherst - Buffalo Cauliflower, wings, onion rings - American Near Me - Amherst, New York

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I went yesterday and the food was horrible. The loaded fries were over salted and cold. We told our server and she took them away but did ask if we wanted them remade which we ordered plain fries instead which were hot but undercooked (white). We ordered wings mild and no sauce and the seasoning was off on both. I ordered a beer and he had a lemonade. We paid for the loaded fries $10.99. The total bill was $72 and I had a gastro issue when I got home. I should have gone to Duffs (my husband paid so he gave a tip) my tip would be do better with your food read more

Anchor Bar - Amherst - American Near Me - Amherst, New York

When in Buffalo you gotta have wings and why not go to Anchor Bar that created them? I ordered traditional wings because I had a hankering for juicy wings where the sauce wouldn't overpower the flavor. These hit the spot. Probably the best wings I've had in a very long time. read more

Anchor Bar - Amherst - Traditional Wings - American Near Me - Amherst, New York

In fun atmosphere definitely a sports bar to visit especially if you wanna try where the first Buffalo wings where ever made. Delicious and service was great. It's always good to complement your wings off with a good beer. read more

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My husband and I haven't been to this location in about a year, but we decided to come back tonight because we've had such great experiences here in the past. Unfortunately, this visit was a disaster from start to finish. It's clear the quality and service have taken a serious dive. The issues started immediately. Even though it was a very slow night, we sat at our table for 15-20 minutes without a single person asking us for a drink order. The waitress was working the table literally right behind me and made eye contact with my husband several times, but she never came over. It wasn't until my husband finally went up to the front desk to speak to the person who sat us that a waitress finally acknowledged us. The food was just as bad. We started with the queso, which was not great--it was extremely thick and pasty. When our main order (the traditional wing combo and the 4-piece finger combo) finally arrived, none of it was hot. My chicken fingers were honestly disgusting; they tasted like they had been bathing in grease and the chicken was mushy. I couldn't even eat them. To top it all off, I asked for a water refill, and they took my cup away. After I mentioned my disappointment with the food, they never even bothered to bring my water back out to the table. Being a nice person and knowing that waitresses depend on their tips, I still left an 18% tip, but the service and food were nowhere near that level of quality. We were very disappointed and will not be back to the Anchor Bar on Maple Road. read more

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Great wings, interesting environment and friendly service. If you call yourself a wing aficionado you have to make the pilgrimage to the place of origin! read more

Owner or Manager needs to figure out how to run a bar. Is it a sports bar? Is so act like it. Is it a wing place? If so offer hot wings that are better than franks. Are you even a bar? I go frequently and they are typically out of 2 to 5 beers if not more every single time this is my fifth time going with multiple beers empty on tap. Staff is fine doing the best they can. Management this is on you! read more

Anchor Bar - Amherst - Empty taps. - American Near Me - Amherst, New York

- Roast beef & Weck: this is just a lovely sandwich. The jus is perfect. - Wings: regular Buffalo (medium) sauce: these wings were fried perfectly. They are not huge; so an order of 10 is doable. Excellent wing sauce. We think there is some habenero in it. - One of our party got the boneless wings with chipotle BBQ sauce, and was very pleased with the "wings" and the sauce. The sauce definitely has some zip to it. - We would visit this classic wing joint again. read more

Had to try this restaurant since it's the OG of chicken wings. Service pretty quick. Ambiance is typical bar scene. Food... the burger was ok. Wings was a lot better. crispy and tasty. read more

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On our visit to Niagara Falls we stopped in at Anchor Bar. Our waitress, Courtney, was amazing and the food was fantastic. We got to meet the owner and had a great experience. read more

Want to warn anyone about Anchor Bar on Maple in Amherst. Ordered wings tonight and the ends were cold. The wings themselves weren't hot enough to melt the sauce Sent them back and waitress said 3 min later she had new ones made. I know wings take more than 3 min to cook. Wings again were cold on the ends. Told waitress and she said , maybe next time the food will be better. Beer was also flat On the way out , saw the manager and told him when he asked how everything was. Offered no solution other than he would talk to staff. He mentioned something that made me really sick. I said the wings were cold and he said , they couldn't have been because we par cook them I looked up par cooking chicken (feel free to look it up. ). It's bad because the bacteria isn't killed with this process. Avoid this place at all costs. read more

Anchor Bar - Amherst - Not even hot enough to melt sauce. They look like they have been sitting out - American Near Me - Amherst, New York

This place is not as good as the original anchor bar and service was incredibly slow I ended up getting a grilled chicken sandwich and it came with lettuce and tomato and onion but no mayonnaise or any kind of sauce on it so it was a bit dry. It was very large so I took half of it home. It came with a generous portion of potato chips and that was it. They also charge for refills on drinks and they didn't tell us that ahead of time. Our waitress was very nice and friendly and very helpful but that was about the extent of the reason I would give it to stars. My friends got beef on weck and they said it tasted good. read more

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We had never been to an Anchor Bar before so while we were up from Houston and my sister's fam was here from Missouri, we decided to get some ORIGINAL Buffalo wings. We came at an odd time, around 3pm. The place was empty, as expected. Plenty of seating. Atmosphere was a great sportsbar. We even saw a dart board, a past time we used to LOVE! Our server, while nice, wasn't as attentive as desired. BBQ sauce was missing from our niece's boneless wings and my brother in law said it had been 20 minutes since the server was there. Poor girl sat there waiting while everyone else was enjoying their food. Some of the things our party got were: beef on weck, wings, tenders, kid's pizzas. The beef on weck and the wings were great. I was thoroughly under-impressed with the tenders. I personally found the exterior of them hard to bite/chew. I wouldn't get them again. (Had a bite of my husband's beef on weck and should have gone with that.) The kids did not like their pizzas ($7.99). My 6 year old nephew said his pizza wasn't good but maybe it was because "the pepperoni was burnt." Prices: Well, like everything nowadays, prices are a bit high. $15 for 4 tenders and fries. $8 kid's meals. Beef on weck with wings was $22. 10 wings was like $17.50. All in all, good wings, good beef on weck. Would be a good place to watch a game. For me personally, I don't think I'll seek this place out again. read more

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I am originally from Buffalo but had never been to Anchor Bar. After a long day showing my family around, we discussed where to eat. My cousin gave some suggestions and then I said we had been talking about trying Anchor Bar. We all met there around 9:45 and sat down and ordered some appetizers. We got the Buffalo chicken dip, queso and chips, and fried mac and cheese balls. The amount of queso and Buffalo chicken dip for the price was pretty crazy, but it tasted good. The chicken dip had very little chicken in it. It was more like Buffalo cream cheese dip. We put our order in right before the apps came and the wait began. We waited and waited and waited. It was over an hour since we arrived until we got our food. The place was not busy, but our server was too busy cleaning to check on us and make sure we didn't need drink refills or have any issues. When the food came out, it was pretty silent. I didn't hear anyone say "This looks good!" or any other positive remarks. I looked over at my cousin's plate and the chicken tenders were big masses of something and were burnt, crispy, and hard. The chicken inside was dry and way overcooked. My grandson got the kid's tenders and his were the same way. My daughter got the beef on 'weck and boneless wings. Both were inedible. She passed the sandwich around to see if it was just her or not, and everyone confirmed it was terrible. My mom's fish dry was downright disgusting. It was hard and she tried to get some of the fish out but there wasn't anything inside the breading. The boneless wings my son and his finance got were also inedible. This whole time we never saw our server and our drinks remained empty. We asked for a manager and told her we wanted every except the apps, one order of wings, and drinks taken off. She explained that they're trying something new with the tenders and boneless wings and making them in-house. They need to practice on non-paying customers! She seemed unsurprised about the complaints we had and said she would redo the check. She came back and handed us the check. It was over $130 for three apps, 10 wings, and a couple sodas. We then looked at it further and saw they charged $34 for a mandatory tip of 18% that was figured off the bill before the food was taken off. We protested it and wanted it removed but she refused. My son went and got his wallet and paid cash for the cost of the food and what he thought was a tip that was commensurate with the service received. We walked out and were chased down by a different manager threatening us with calling the police and yelling at us, calling us scumbags. We went to our car after she went back in and then she returned and was saying she's doing her due diligence and started taking pictures of our license plate. My husband demanded she remove the pictures off her phone and she refused until we paid the rest of the bill. He went inside and paid the remaining tip of 20-something bucks and we left. After the food and service we received and being called derogatory names and being chased out of the restaurant, we were all in disbelief. We have never been treated like this at a restaurant and the upper management needs to take a look at what's going on there. The first manager's breath smelled like alcohol. We all smelled it across the whole table. The server barely came to our table. We had no refills on our drinks. We had no utensils, plates, or napkins. The wait was unacceptable for the amount of patrons in the place, and the food was godawful with small portions for the overinflated prices. I now wish I would've taken my cousin's suggestion. This whole thing was very upsetting and had my 72-year-old mother shaking!! read more

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The wings are always great here. Crispy, the way I like them. You can't go wrong here.

Tiny beef on wecks. Maybe 3-4 oz of beef but tasty - charged $15 each. Plus additional for fries. Music a bit loud. Server lowered it on my request. Service friendly, but had to remind server- took a while for glass of wine (~10 minutes). Place was rather empty Monday around 12:30-1:30. Not terrible. But not that awe inspiring either. read more

We had a private event in their side area. The food: salad, pizza, pasta and wings were always replenished, it was easy to find wait staff, the bar was quick. We had a wonderful time. The setting was private enough, being out of the way but close enough to not feel secluded. read more

Anchor Bar - Amherst - Variety off of our on site event - American Near Me - Amherst, New York

JT and staff host sports business dinners and meetings best in town. Thanks for the great service and support. read more

Anchor Bar - Amherst - American Near Me - Amherst, New York

Great big pretzel. Decent burger. Very average wings. The place was nasty. Sticky floor where we were sat. Sticky floor when we moved. Ordered salad without tomatoes, it came with them diced all throughout. Order Beef on Weck, it was rubbery and the au jus was so light it was the color of light pee. I had to ask what it was. They brought back a slightly darker one. I never complain when I go out. I did this time. The place is a reflection of the manager. It was dirty and the food was bad. Do better. read more

Large draft beer selection however they are out of half of them. The one beer I did decide to get taste like vinegar probably due to dirty lines and bacteria. Food took over an hour to come out. When it finally was served it was under cooked. Both my wife and I got sick. This place has gone down hill beware and stay away. read more

I had a great time music was good customer service was great shoutout to the manager deli and the whole staff food came out wonderful

Food normally here is just okay and leaves us wanting more, but we decided to try the restaurant for a family party. The hardest part about planning this was the delay in email communication, and getting a reservation in writing in an email to confirm we could confidently invite our guests here. But they did put together a great buffet for us for 50+ people with reasonable costs in a sectioned off area of the restaurant with designated waitstaff for drinks etc. They did not rush our guests out at the end time and had to-go boxes for all the leftovers. It was the perfect low-key way to meet with family. read more

Original buffalo wings were decent. The wings were very slightly rubbery. The blue cheese sauce was good, with a lot of cheese. The sampler platter had mozzarella sticks, pizza logs & fried pickles. All were good. All 3 had a light batter & stayed crispy for a long time. Roast beef on weck with spicy gar par: the gar par was decent. The bun was decent but quite salty (the bun was crusted with salt). Got a bowl of chicken wing soup. It was pretty nice - rich & creamy, but on the salty side. read more

My husband and I stopped in today, for lunch. A very large party of a youth hockey team was just leaving. Upon us checking in, hostess mentioned it would be a bit before they could clear a booth/table. We elected to wait, within 5 minutes we were shown to a booth, Staff was cleaning up after large party. They were all very respectful to us, as they cleared tables. Our waitress, Amya was so super sweet and attentive, Very personable and quick. Our food was hot and delicious( wings/roastbeef combo and fried shrimp). Would recommend this place. Amya was SUPER. read more

Server: Erika She was great! Buffalo chicken soup 7/10 Okay. Needs more flavor. Kinda bland, gets spicier with each bite but not while it's in your mouth. More like after taste of spicy. Chicken I think could be from a can, does not taste like fresh chicken at all. I taste a lot of the parsley garnish too. Chicken Wings: Buffalo ranch & all Flats! 9/10 Spice builds as you eat it. Good flavor. Fantastic crispiness, and juicy chicken. Last time we got this same flavor, it was more of a dry rub. This time it's very saucy and has a lot of oil/grease. 1 point lost for inconsistencies. read more

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Last night I had a reservation for 7pm. What I experienced was awful. We ordered the last of the chicken wings in the entire restaurant, and waited an hour and half for boneless wings. My friend also never got her wings, it was a disaster! We made the best out of it and will never forget our night at good ole anchor bar. read more

Who runs out of wings on a slow Saturday in Buffalo? This place does. The new owners are apparently awful. If you want a better wing than this place offers, then you have literally hundreds of options in the area. The Anchor Bar name is being tarnished here. Stay away! read more

This particular location is truly awful. Everything from the fryer tastes like 3 month old fryer oil, the burgers are bad, even the dips taste wrong. Save your money or go to the significantly better locations on Transit or Main. read more

We came in to dine after a fruitful Hockey game in which my girlfriend's team won in Buffalo !! After ordering our food the wings came out first. One of the most absolutely wonderful wings we've had in some time. After the wings were devoured we had a Burger and Philly cheesesteak that ended up being cold and less than exquisite the quesadilla was wonderful. We called our food back and got the Burger and cheesesteak replaced. Our replaced meals were absolutely divine! The atmosphere of this restaurant is a classic and unique take on the sporty yet calm bar. Wonderful service they gave us 20% off on our food. Would come again for the Wings read more

Anchor Bar - Amherst - My Girlfriend and Myself - American Near Me - Amherst, New York

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When we were looking for somewhere to eat for our first meal in Buffalo, my wife came across the birthplace of the buffalo wing, and knew she had to take me there, knowing my love of wings. They do not carry Dr Pepper, sadly, and the staff did not check on our drinks very often - and the store was NOT that busy. We got the Buffalo's Best to split - it came with five wings and a roastbeef sandwich. She also got a soup, and I got another 5 wings on the side. The two wing flavors were the garlic parmesan and the honey garlic. The garlic parmesan wasn't that great, but the honey garlic was really good. We both liked it the best. I really like the sandwich, and could see why it was a favorite of the menu. We got our daughter the pizza sticks, but she didn't really want them and sadly just stuck to the fries. It was worth trying, but I'm not sure I'd come back to this particular location. read more

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We called on our way to this location after a Bills game to find out what time they stopped serving. We were told as long as we had an order in by 9:45p they would serve us. We walked in at 9:29p and were turned away! They said they assumed we were a party of 2 and not 8 so they could not serve us! The woman claimed the manager said no! What restaurant turns away customers because they want to go home? Absolutely poor business and if the manager made that decision the owner should think twice on who they have in charge. A Bills home game is going to bring in business. read more

All I will say is, this place needs a manager. Slow service, no one cares, place needs repair.

I don't get it. My boyfriend and I stopped here for a quick lunch on the way back home. First, I want to say that the server did a wonderful job. While there was a game going on, the service was really friendly and quick. It was just the food that we didn't enjoy. I ordered the tuna melt with some wings on the side and my boyfriend ordered the American burger with some wings on the side as well. The wings were very subpar. Ours were small and way over fried and drenched with sauce. It was so interesting because we had recently come from Vermont where we had wings several times and they were incredibly good. I'm thinking because it was a game day that the wings we got were seriously neglected. My tuna melt was also incredibly dry. read more

Anchor Bar - Amherst - Tuna melt and hot wings - American Near Me - Amherst, New York

This review as for the amherst location. I have gotten take out from the original Anchor Bar downtown and it is a much better experience. The food was just not very good. The pizza was doughy and undercooked, and under seasoned. The mac & cheese was inedible for my son; it just had some sprinkled, unmelted cheese over some rigatoni. Plus maybe some cream sauce. Even the wings were just so so, and tasted like they had been sitting out for a while under a heat lamp, chewy rather than very crispy. Overall a disappointment. If you are going to go to Anchor, Bar, go to the original location downtown, which I'd rate a solid 4 stars. read more

So we ended up here because my husband wanted to go to both of the Anchor Bars during our 3 night stay in the area. We are staying at the Hampton Inn located less than a mile from this restaurant, it was late, we were hungry, so we ended up eating here the 1st night. I caved as I did not want to go. I had read my review about the other Anchor Bar that we ate at several years ago when we were here for at the same softball tournament we're playing in now. I remembered the review and the restaurant and that neither of the men who wanted to go here were impressed by the wings. The salad was also average at best. I assumed this Anchor Bar would have the same menu and same quality of food. Furthermore, the reviews for this restaurant were far from good. So here we were. We were seated right away and were at a booth. The hostesses were far from attentive and nice and did not seem happy to be there. On the other hand, our waitress was quite pleasant and attentive. She took our orders and brought our drinks out right away. I got the Diet Coke and hubby got water. We knew right away what we wanted to order. My husband ordered the chicken parm and I got the Cobb salad. The chicken parm came with a side salad. The side salad was brought out shortly. It was a nice little salad with plenty of veggies. My husband seemed quite satisfied with it and ate every bite. A bit later our meals were brought out. Surprisingly, his chicken parm was a tiny piece of chicken and a plate full of spaghetti. He noted {and I found this to normally be true} that chicken parm is usually a big piece of chicken and a small order of spaghetti on their side. As it turned out, the portions were probably for the best as he said the chicken was absolutely horrible. He maybe ate half of the small portion and had to spit the rest out as it was just not edible. He did like the pasta and the sauce. When the waitress checked back in with us, my husband pointed out the problem. She did not seem concerned or offer any remediation. My husband asked if bread came with the meal and she said no. She did not indicate she would make any concession to try in bring some out as his chicken was inedible and could not seemed to have cared less about whether we were good with our meals or not. On the other hand, my salad was exceptional. It was a nice serving of grilled chicken. Plain but moist and quite edible. There was also a nice amount of egg, tomato, bacon, and a very not yet ripe avocado. The one thing missing was cheese. However, I did not anticipate that problem being solved as none was offered when the chicken was inedible so I didn't bother to even mention its missing to the waitress. We finished our meals and left shortly thereafter. While I was tempted to raise the matter with management, the obviously uncaring staff there were giving me the impression that no one really cared about quality or customer service so we just left. The sad thing is that I'm sure my husband will insist on going to the other original Anchor Bar and eating wings there. If I can be guaranteed to get another salad as good as I he had here (and with the cheese it was supposed to have), I would definitely go. But I don't know if I'm ready to risk that not being delivered. read more

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Wish we'd gone to the original location. This was just okay. The White Russian I ordered was pretty bad and the wings were mediocre.

Anchor bar is typically quite busy but I'm not sure why. The food is okay but the prices overall seem too high for what you get. I was even charged 2.99 for a club soda (I was the DD). It's only fizzy water and I have never been charged for it anywhere else. My husband had a deep Eddy with club soda and it was $10. My friend got a very small side salad and asked for just lettuce, cucumber and a lemon wedge and she was charged over $5 (she's on a strict diet). The server was very nice but didn't come around too much. The ambience is pretty nice, the place is large and they do have live music but it's not a place I would frequent. read more