Took my wife here for Valentine's Day, huge mistake. Had a little baby roach go cruising across our table, twice. I notified the waitress, she suggested we move our food to an adjacent table, and retrieved a dishwasher (no manager on duty?) to find the bug. Didn't so much as comp the appetizer. I FB messaged and emailed Arooga's with this information, no reply at all. Avoid. Worn out and dirty, not the Arooga's we remember. read more

Arooga's - baby roach - American Near Me - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

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Pretty terrible experience when you order wings at a place that specializes in wings. Ordered 20 wings, I only ate, I mean I tried to eat 5 but 4 of them were raw, the rest went in the trash. Waste of money and super disappointed read more

Arooga's - American Near Me - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Dined here with family when we were in town over the summer on vacation. The menu was huge. Overwhelming almost. And I was super hungry, which made it harder to decide because so much sounded good. The food was pretty good, and our server was excellent. I can't remember his name now, but he reminded me of Seth Rogen. It was a good time, and we'd definitely come back if we found ourselves in the area again. read more

Awful service. Had a cheese burger and came out bloody asking for little to no pink. and left the restroom throwing up.

Arooga's is a good spot for drinks, sports, and a nice atmosphere. The bartenders are friendly and have a good hometown feel. It goes a long when a bartender or server knows your drink of choice when you sit down. It feels like cheers and cheers was a pretty good show.. SHOUT OUT TO TED DANSON. Jessica does an amazing job with just that. Also, this place has a good amount of Tv's for your sports viewing pleasure. They also have trivia you can play which is a good time waster while you're waiting on your food. They also adhere to all covid guidelines and have a very accommodating TOGO service! read more

Places are absolute toilets! Every time I go there it's a s&&t show! Food is cold...staff is very ignorant and it appears the owner cares more about funding his trips and boats than his business (drinks are watered down big time) over priced. Stay away! read more

Arooga's - One location closed down for sanitary reasons... - American Near Me - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

This is a good bar food place, a very good list of beers on tap, always updating with the season, and certainly a good place to go for burgers or salad or stromboli, lots of TVs in the place and not too loud on Saturday afternoon at the bar, soccer was on, apparently they have live music on Saturday nights, I give 3 stars b/c if this is what you are looking for it is a good place to go, read more

Sat at the bar for Saturday lunch. Love the amount of TVs, just wish they would've had the NFL draft on instead of basketball. Drinks came out quick, he had a mic ultra and I had a Long Island iced tea (which tasted like juice instead of booze). Ordered the bleu chips and pretzels for appetizers... they didn't come out. Our bartender never checked on them until the kitchen staff came out with our burgers and we informed him that our apps haven't even come yet. Not her fault, I saw her ring them in. Just wish she would've been more attentive. We had the apps to go, so I can't rate them. The burgers... are amazing. Pretzel buns, great fries and wagyu beef. Yum. read more

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We used to love coming to Arooga's, but the quality of the food and service has declined greatly over the last year. We ordered wings tonight, and they were absurdly small. At over $1 per wing, these were a terrible value. read more

Arooga's - Wings - American Near Me - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Terrible display of service. Ordered 20 wings, with two different dipping sauces. The genius's working at Arooga's on Route 11 mixed the two sauces and created a new flavor for me, Hickory Smoked Honey BBQ Buffalo Ranch. Utterly disgusting. When I called in, they knew the exact order and said nothing could be done. Will vehemently suggest patrons steer away from this establishment and choose another wing place. This review may fall on deaf ears but do not expect stellar service. Edit: Was contacted to email, no reply. Then was contacted through the app but did not have any closure. I was going to give the business a second chance however I do not believe they put customer satisfaction very high in their business model. Will NOT return. read more

Arooga's - "Wings" - American Near Me - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

An absolute toilet. Dreadful service. Look no further than county inspection reports as published in pennlive. read more

Chicken wings were amazing! they were so spicy i cried. They were just that good. very very good.

The food has been fine the few times I've been here and the staff has been nice, BUT the way they assign the tables to the servers means you might NEVER SEE YOUR SERVER again after they take your order. Each server gets a table from each "level," which I guess guarantees they each get a "big table" by the big screens, but it also means that they are ALWAYS DOWN AT THOSE BIG TABLES (lots of people per table, bigger bill, bigger tip) and you can't even have a chance to flag them down since they never come near your table. Last night, for example, we saw our server when she took our order and when she brought our bill. In between, it was all runners. The runner who brought our food missed something and we ended up having to find a manager to get it fixed LONG after we were just ready to be done and gone. read more

First time here. I cab describe it as a better buffalo wild wings. Lots of different things on the menu like wagyu beef hamburgers. I got wing flaps only original style hot. They were hot and good. Fries and celery with carrots. Fresh and good. Nice beer selection. Tried a friends rib also good. We had a good time, service was good. Overall nice tine read more

We love Arooga's on the Camp Hill bypass but the one on the Carlisle Pike is awful! The past three times we went we've had problems. Last time my husband ordered extra wet wings which we pay extra for and they were extra dry. Then this last weekend we ordered 5 boneless wings and 10 bone in wings with fries for $25. The bone in wings were the length and thickness of a pinky. Not worth the money at all. read more

Arooga's - American Near Me - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

If I could give this restaurant lower than 1 star I would! Please explain to me how you can serve raw hamburger meat! The cooks and kitchen staff shouldn't even be cooking burgers at McDonald's. read more

Arooga's - American Near Me - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

I have had good experiences with this place until tonight. First, none of the three employees standing there could be bothered to greet us. They took us right back to be seated but after being ignored for 15 minutes we decided to find another restaurant that may actually want our business. Very disappointing!!! read more

Like a reviewer said - "never really bad, never really good." Mediocre bar food at best. Place is pretty cool, nice lay out. Music is loud. My review is for the watered down drinks. I order a margarita on the rocks and Long Island ice tea, both had next to zero alcohol. 100% mixer. Nasty. I had the cheese crab topped pretzel appetizer, like five mins later, like two bites, out came the main course. I ordered a smash burger. Forget which, the one with bacon jam. It was forgettable. No taste or flavor, truly forgettable. The old bay and cheese top fries are basically Costco frozen fries with crappy cheese. Plus they were cold and soggy. Overall, I have been to this location a few times and the wings have been decent. Other Arooga's wings are usually my fav, for some reason I deviated, stupid. I will stick to wings and craft beer from now on. read more

Order was wrong, food was cold and barely any sauce on the wings. Arooga's is going downhill fast!

I've been going to Arooga's for years with coworkers or my husband when we want to watch a sporting event on big screen TVs. We stopped going there for awhile because on top of being a vegetarian, I found out I'm gluten intolerant and they didn't have many options for me. During the pandemic, I started to look at what local restaurants had delivery and I found that Arooga's now has a vegetarian menu as well as some gluten free options. We've been ordering from there a couple times a month since being under stay-at-home orders. The food is always great and the order is always right. read more

We've been coming here for 4 years now and the service has been getting worse and the beer selection has gone downhill. The food is generally very good and the kids love the TVs and the sports otherwise there are better options for better value read more

The staff is rude and creepy. Unacceptable wait time. An outhouse full of flies. I went there for a pickup and there was just this ghoul sitting in a chair at the desk giggling to himself. I went back to the kitchen to get help and whoever or whatever was back there got smart with me so I left. read more

This used to be where we went for wings and drinks, now they've raised prices and reduced proportions. They stopped doing $6 pitchers of beer and now they only have pints, but the tall, half the amount of beer, is $5! i ordered 5 wings "Arooga's" style, they were not "extra wet", very little sauce actually, and the wings were laughably tiny and NOT worth the money. This is not the first time we've had a bad experience before, this is just the last straw. service was good, but this is the 2nd aroogas we've had terrible experiences at, will not be going to anymore read more

Arooga's - My laughably small wings - American Near Me - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Most of the staff is helpful, there are one or two servers who sat and talked with other customers instead of getting our drinks or even paying attention to their tables. The food and drinks are delicious and for a great price. Definitely going back. Very accommodating, we take our kids, another family and go in a group of 8. The kids love it too. read more

I live in Dallas, TX now, but I previously lived in PA for 13 years up until last year when I moved, and this was my go-to Wednesday night spot for happy hour. Atmosphere: (4/5) * Pretty loud depending on where you are seated, but that's expected of a bar. Food: (5/5) * Their wings are amazing! The sauces are above any place I've been to, and the chicken is always moist and flavorful. The Maryland crab bread is also great, and you have to try their perogies. Drinks are not bad either, the sangrias are yummy. Staff: (4/5) * We had a few run-ins with bad wait staff, but for the most part, the staff is polite. Cleanliness: (5/5) * For a bar, they are pretty clean. Never had sticky tables. Good hang out spot: Absolutely Good date spot: Yes Worth the price: Yes, Wednesday's are a reduced price on bone-in wings during happy hour. read more

After stopping at an other location, the manager called this location to see if they could accommodate a party of 35. Great welcoming staff, fast service and reasonable prices! Sportsbar type food, cold drinks and many TV's in bar area and dining area. Overall a great experience. Recommended for large groups visiting the Hershey Park area! read more

Arooga's - American Near Me - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Aroogas has a decent draft beer selection considering the other choices in the Harrisburg PA area. However, the Happy Hour is a joke. Happy Hour is 1/2 off - which on the face of it sounds great. But in the fine print, they serve Happy Hour Draft beer in glasses 1/2 the size of a normal (non Happy Hour ) glass. RU Kidding me - What a joke I was more than happy to pay normal prices to get a normal size glass. It just shows that the Management thinks the Hicks that come in at Happy Hour are dumber than a rock. I will not miss missing this place in the future. I guess that when they have a discount on their Wings - they rip them in half -- read more

Writing this review purely because the happy hour, as Bob C. described, is such a joke. When my fiance and I originally went for the happy hour downtown, we both settled on a few high gravity brews, so we weren't surprised when the glassware was 8 or 10 oz. After going for trivia one evening and receiving a standard IPA in a similar 8-10oz glass, we realized that they actually pour all of their beer in these glasses during "half off half the amount of beer sad hour." That is absolutely atrocious business practice. They should be embarrassed. If you want to enjoy a legitmate half-off happy hour, I would recommend Anthony's, McGrath's, Shady McGrady's, or Brewhouse Grill. read more

This place is really hit or miss. Let's just say consistency isn't something they seem to strive for. Sometimes you'll come in and get perfectly fried wings, yet other times you'll come in and get soggy, poorly cooked wings. My last visit on 10/2/15 was subpar. I got 10 wings and only half were cooked correctly. Also, we ordered some chips and dip as an appetizer, yet never got it. Our entrees came so we ended up canceling the chips since we were no longer in need of something to hold us off. read more

If I could give this place no stars I would but I cannot so therefore you get one start, first of all it is 6 pm this bar should had customers that was first red flag, second of all they have a seat yourself policy, my and boyfriend and I waited 8 and a half minutes just to be acknowledged with no menus or drinks. At least 3 waitresses saw us and ignored us. Also the manager saw us and did not come by. read more

Tons of TVs, a HUGE menu. There is something for everyone. Since going low carb, I had to avoid the delicious-looking assortment of fried cheesy things. The good news is there were some low carb options available. I had a gigantic chicken salad. The chicken was cooked to perfection and nicely seasoned. Their ranch dressing was a little thick for my taste, but it was better than the wishbone grocery store variety. My philosophy for menus like this? Unless you are the Cheesecake Factory, you can't have a large menu and produce high quality food. Once you understand that, you will realize that Arooga's does pretty well for how many items their cooks have to make. read more

This reeks of a BWW ripoff, and it may have even been one before. I don't know, I'm not from around here. But the food that I had was exceptionally better than any BWW, there were tons of televisions placed around the perimeter of the restaurant, and not on one or two walls like most BWW locations, and the largest room had STADIUM style seating to the tables leading to the project screens where games are played. I mean, all of that adds up to a good restaurant to watch some football at to me. And the food was damn delicious, too. The seafood nachos were a bit off the beaten path, something like a seafood bisque with shrimp on top of tortilla chips, but it surprisingly worked well with the texture variations and vegetables on top. And their Gouda burger was damn delicious too. read more

My girlfriends and I went here on a Friday night. We waited almost an hour to get in, which for a good restaurant is acceptable on a Friday night (in my opinion). Unfortunately, this place did not meet my expectations. We sat down and put our drink and appetizer order in. It took them half an hour to get them out to us. I understand they were busy, but I don't think it should have taken 1/2 an hour to get us our beers. That's just insane. I specifically asked the waitress what came on my burger and she assured me that lettuce and tomato did not come on it. But when it came out, there were both. My burger [the chili burger] had almost no flavor and the fries were soggy. The only reason I'm giving this two stars is because my girlfriends LOVED their food. I was not so impressed, though. read more

I absolutely loved our server (actually I believe she was a bartender) who waited on us today. Her name was Liz! So sweet and personable. I'll definitely be requesting her the next time I come back. Their new menu items with salmon are delicious and if you've never been here before, I'd suggest trying their wings! They're always great. The hickory bbq boneless + Carolina sweet & tangy are my go-to! Crab pretzel, baseball bats, *THEIR HONEY MUSTARD!!! Seriously, it's to die for* read more

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Its an OK sports bar. Lots of TVs and decent bartenders, but overall, the place feels like the macdonalds of sports bars. Lacks personality, and tries to be too corporate without the polish. The food is decent, but honestly, its just not as good as you would expect. The wings are the only savior, however, they mess mine up about 25% of the time. I get them the same way, everytime, and from everwhere I get them. Always crispy. Most the time, they are very good, but 25% of the time they are way too cooked. Hard to even chew. I love crispy stuff, but this is way beyond. I've never had this problem at another wing place, and I've been to them all. read more

The Mechanicsburg location is great if you walk in and dine. Don't bother calling because they NEVER answer. They have the worst call in to go service I've ever seen. I've tried several times to call in my order on several different occasions and they have never answered. They have always forced me to go out of the way to Harrisburg to order my food. read more

We make one trip to the area per year to go to Hershey Park and Arooga's has become our must stop place for dinner. Phenomenal wings and great service. read more

This place has a huge and awesome menu, TV's everywhere, awesome seating including dinner-theater-style booth seating along the edge of the main dining room where most of the TV's are. I ordered the PD&J burger with bacon (yes you read that correctly). It sounded absurd which is why I had to order it. After all...when is the last time you saw that on a menu?! Guess what...it was AWESOME! The rest of the food was awesome as well. If you're into sauces, their honey mustard rocks. And the beer is ice cold. As in really ice cold like it should be - all their draft beers are kept at 29 degrees. And the service was awesome. The waitress knew the menu like the back of their hand (and the waitresses are all cute to add icing on the cake). I've heard that this place is absolutely packed during games so make sure you get their early or during an off time like us (Sunday night with no games on). read more

Love aroogas. Perfect place for drinks and comfort food! Wings and grilled cheeses are amazing! You cannot beat the deals they offer as well! Ask for Gage. He's amazing server! Make sure you get a cookie pizza for dessert. Best dessert ever. If you want a relaxed atmosphere where you can pick your own music and have good drinks, I highly recommend aroogas! read more

I find myself at their CH Bypass location with co-workers for lunch or an after-work drink but I was pleasantly surprised when I first stopped by the new location on the Carlisle Pike. The staff and service was friendlier and faster than I had been accustomed to at other locations. When going to Arooga's for a meal, THIS is the location to go to. Their menu is massive so you are bound to find something that you like. Obviously, wings & bar food is their specialty. They have more TVs than mission control, which makes it a great place for watching games on a Saturday or Sunday. read more