Totally average fish fry with interestingly seasoned coleslaw, Mac salad and potato salad. Breading was crispy but dark and almost burned, leaving the fish flavorless. My suggestion is to call ahead for pick up as seating is as claustrophobic as the parking lot. It took me almost an hour from seating and beverages to having food in front of me. Also, set up a group text with your party as it's too loud to hear a person next to you talk. TLDR food was passable ambiance is what you'd expect from a neighborhood bar with a small kitchen. Takeout is a must with this place. Note, the steak I smelled cooking smelled divine. I should have ordered that. read more

The epitome of why Buffalo is called city of good neighbors. We had so much fun sitting at the bar and loved Patrick/Sponge who was behind the bar serving drinks and on the grill. He made the day! It's a tavern. Youre getting paper towels as napkins and tight seating. And you'll love it. We split the french onion and the fish fry. Im not usually one for fish fry sides. But damn--they were good. Both the Mac salad and the potatoes were excellent (and I dont love mayo) and very dill forward. Fish fry. Our new favorite. Maybe favorite stateside, not just wny. But definitely favorite in WNY. Crispy. Perfectly cooked fish. Not fishy. Huge. We split it. French onion: so much cheese! I ain't complaining. Good broth. Melting onions. Croutons that are not totally mush. Would do over, over and over read more

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Came to try the Filet Mignon on. Toasted Bun. We got 2. One was made medium rare. With onions, peppers and provolone cheese. It was buttery soft. Meat was so tender. Side of really delicious Macaroni salad and chips and a pickle. Our bartender Scott was nice. read more

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What a fun place to hang out drink, eat, play darts and trivia. We called ahead for trivia and they saved us a table- there are so many tables inside and out- if you want a specific seat (like by the dart board -call ahead) Trivia was fun- great prizes. I had the pickle chips- they were greasy and salty. The loaded Mac and cheese was ok. For my entree I had the grilled chicken wings-so good! My husband had the fried chicken wings- they were over cooked and dry. We also had the fried shrimp and Okra- it was delicious. Our service was very good- the three work as a team. Bathroom was big and clean. You can bring your dog in the outside patio. read more

Brunner's Tavern - Grilled chicken wings - Pubs Near Me - Buffalo, New York

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Best steak sandwhich ever! Get it loaded with the peppers, onions and cheese. Side of fries with gravy, it's enough for two people huge portions and great friendly service. read more

Brunner's Tavern - Fries with side gravy - Pubs Near Me - Buffalo, New York

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This has been on my list of places to try and decided to make the journey. Unfortunately, my experience wasn't what I expected and we left without eating. Upon entering, the bar area was lively and crowded. Surely they were enjoying themselves! But on the table service side ... it was dark, cold, and empty feeling. We stood there for a couple of minutes waiting to be seated. When no one came, we sat ourselves and waited. Eventually a woman came over, but we were handled a smaller, limited menu than we saw online. She said only the grilled foods were being served. I asked when do they have the full menu? She replied before 2pm and Fridays. This isn't on the website at all that I saw. I thoroughly checked again when I got home and saw nothing regarding a limited menu during certain hours or days. It would be assumed the full menu would always be available at dinner, especially on a Thursday. I guess not. I made the decision to leave without ordering as I was looking for a different type of meal and experience. So I am not judging how the food tastes or portions, just my brief and underwhelming experience. Maybe I'll come back on a Friday and get a different experience or be able to speak to the food itself but first impression was a bummer. There is a private parking lot at least. read more

Just got back from Brunners and what a disappointment it was. How this place is a highly rated is beyond me. Fairly busy and Exceptionally loud. Started with the chowder, it had a strange taste but a lot of green herb, very over powering ( barf). We both had fish dinners, one baked and one battered. Both very overcooked! Fries and macaroni salad both over salted and how do you mess up a green salad, not sure but they did. We took a couple of bites and left both dinners. When it was time to pay the bill, we had another server who came over and was confrontational and told us she had been there for over twenty five years and nobody ever complains about there food. Very disappointing experience. I'm not sure why they were so offended. I wish I didn't have to give it even one star, it wasn't worthy of that. Terrible customer service! read more

Not 5 star in the sense of a fancy place but everything was great so I'm giving 5. Service was quick and we were checked on frequently. Drinks and my soup came out within just a couple minutes after ordering. Seems like a place that likely has a lot of neighborhood regulars. The clam chowder was delicious and hearty. The oysters were each a good size. I had the casino haddock which was one of tonight's specials. It was a large piece of fish with a good amount of topping. The broccoli was tender but not over cooked and had a light garlic butter. Had a few of my wife's fries. They were also good, maybe a little salty for some but I liked them. read more

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Came here today with four other friends. We had chicken wings, steak sandwiches and a sausage special. They have many draft beers to choose from. The food was really mediocre compared to other bars and wasn't as good as my last visit. The wings were small and overcooked. The steak sandwiches were huge but lacked flavor. The sausage sandwich was just ok. Service was great and it's dark and showing its age inside. read more

Cool, local tavern with great simple food and no frills service. Extremely casual atmosphere, lots of loud talk and laughter. Burgers, steak, chicken and other sandwiches grilled in front of you at the bar. read more

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Great little place ! Food was terrific , steak sandwich best i have had ! Service was great too , place was busy and they kept up ! It might become a regular place for us ! read more

Good food, not too expensive compared most places these days. Service was outstanding. Had the Turkey club and it was very good. The place is a bit of a dive, yet clean. Cash only. read more

Dined here for lunch today and the food was delicious! I had a special of grilled capicola and pepper jack cheese with a cup of the day soup which was chicken tortilla, and the soup was delicious. This is a neighborhood tavern and very casual. Great atmosphere. We will be back! read more

Brunner's Tavern - Cup of Chicken Tortilla Soup! Perfect - Pubs Near Me - Buffalo, New York

I'm on a mission to find the "best fish fry" in Buffalo, and this restaurant came highly recommended. We arrived at 6:30 pm on a Friday, during the height of the fish fry season. It was packed. The tavern is small with maybe about 10 tables and a huge bar, so we had quite the wait ahead of us. The hostesses and servers were very friendly and talked with us whole we waited, in between clearing tables. I really appreciated that even tho the place was slammed, they still took time to greet everyone coming in and making you feel welcome. Once we sat, of course, we ordered the fish fry. The selling point on this one was the homemade sides and soup. I had the New England clam chowder to start, which was delicious. Chunks of clam and a very hearty mix of potatoes and carrots with a creamy base. The fish fry arrived, it definitely lived up to the hype. Nice and crispy. Massive in size and not greasy at all. The homemade potato salad and coleslaw had me wanting more. This delicious fish also came with homemade tartar sauce. Highly recommend. The atmosphere was great. You could tell this place is a neighborhood staple, everyone seemed to know each other. I will definitely be coming back to work my way through the menu. Pro tip: Arrive early, as the kitchen closes around 8 pm. Also, bring cash! They are cash only read more

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A coworker was picking up food for lunch and I got a bowl of the clam chowder - it was excellent!! She ordered a chicken breast sandwich and said it was also fantastic. I will make it a point to stop by in person for lunch or dinner sometime! Yum! read more

Great place for food and Drink. I get in there three or four times a month. Usually a big crowd, especially when there's Forward a lot football, basketball and everything else! If you don't want to be at the bar, you can go to the tables and the other side and it's good for kids. A real good neighborhood bar!! read more

Bartenders serve food without wearing any gloves on their hands. They touch beer bottles they touch money they touch everything and your food! Ordered a hamburger which came with potato chips, the gloveless hands touched the roll, the cheese, the lettuce, the tomato grabbing chips out of a bag, put it on the plate. I was totally turned off. Don't recommend this place to your friends if you value them. read more

1st time, wife and friend went at 4pm on Friday. Hostess first asked how long we would be because she needed the table she just sat us at.(???) Ordered 2 fish fries and 1 steak sandwich, sandwich came out in a reasonable time and looked good. Then we waited and waited and waited. About 10 minutes later (no exaggeration) fish fries came out with an explanation of "we're busy", ok no problem but why did one person in our party receive their food AND finish it before the rest of the table was served. Again I asked, "well, the grill is on that side of the restaurant and the fryers are on this side." Guess the kitchen doesn't communicate. Again, no problem, wont be back. But the fish was ok, salads were a bit bland. Cheers! read more

So Friday we went to our regular place Athena's , but they were closed for staff vacation , so I've been wanting to try Brunner's out for bit ,, showed up around 7:30 on a Friday , walked in loved whole vibe of place , cook behind bar making burgers etc on grill , seated promptly went with beer battered fish fry and it was amazing , usually don't do beer battered cuz many places dot let oil get hot enough and makes batter soak up all grease ,but this was perfect , coke slaw and Mac salad also ( usually don't eat all Mac and slaw ) but this time I did ,, definitely will come back for second meal read more

Food was fine (neither spectacular nor lacking), service was fine. But the room was quite cold. Also, they don't take credit cards. I might go back in the summer, but not in the winter. read more

My first time here did not disappoint! Arrived here after work with my partner and the pub was already well occupied. The busy bartender greeted us and advised where we could sit in the dining area. A few minutes later he brought us menus and took our drink order. I began to notice that despite not being full, the pub was very loud! The bartender brought our drinks in a timely manner and took our order. Although their burgers and grilled sandwiches sounded amazing, I had the western burger, partner had the cajun burger, and we shared an order of fries. The fries came out first and were double fried...whoah!! They were super CRISPY and perfectly salted! Then the large burgers (at least 8 oz's) arrived a short time later! They we very tasty, cooked as requested and well dressed! Excellent! They came with a bag of chips and mac salad, which was NOT the typical sloppy, runny, second-thought found at most places...very good! As we ate, the bar became more busy and hence, louder. Despite this, we had a great experience with excellent food and great service! read more

Customer service was terrible. We were charged a different price for the same drink every time we ordered. According to hours they close at 1am, but the server (who changed the price every order) was extremely rude resulting in us standing in the cold for 10 minutes. Do not recommend. read more

Amazing fresh food prepared for you as you sit at the Bar. Great steak Sandwich and Burgers. Plenty of beers on tap. Great place to watch football and baseball. Service is great bartenders are nice and sociable. Has a great pub feel and is very comfortable to go with friends to. read more

Spent $160 (4 people) in an hour and were rushed to leave. Karen asked us to take our drinks and move to the bar where you couldn't move. We are locals and enjoy coming here, however we'll never be back and will spread this word!! read more

Trying to order takeout is horrible. Whoever answered, asked me to hold and never came back is ridiculous. I sat there and listened to her greet customers, taking orders, seating people and delivering pick up orders while I sat on the phone screaming hello. I tried calling earlier and the line was continuously busy. Imagine the amount of business is lost due to this person who just leaves the phone off the hook I was happy to finally get through to someone only to be abruptly told to hold and forgotten about. I hated to hang up because I knew the phone would be busy for a long time but after 27 minutes I had to. Now I keep calling back and of course it's busy. I'm over it. I'll spend my money someplace else. read more

This is a Great Tavern- Food was Great - The Chicken Wings were on point- the Blueberry Beer Delicious- I liked the Chili and Chicken Barbecue Sandwich a hit ! read more

Brunner's Tavern - Nice Tavern- Great Food- best Blueberry Beer - Pubs Near Me - Buffalo, New York

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I haven't been here to eat for decades! I love the atmosphere here, not fancy but comfortable! Service was excellent. Didn't love the clam chowder at all! The beer battered fish fry was excellent and a very good portion! For an extra charge, I ordered the onion rings instead of French fries with my fish fry! I'd definitely recommend coming back! read more

I gotta say this kills me to write ... while this place has the most incredible steaks , burgers, fries and Mac salad ... their fish fry is worthy of the trash can ... tasteless doughy and a Lil fishy smell / ammonia coupled with the nastiest tarter sauce I've ever Tasted ... my wife literally tossed it in the trash after rating it without me asking ... so that's that ... sorry gotta call em as I see em... I drive all the way in for the steak sandwich ... and many times the kid cooking them and bartending at the same time I think his name is Austin is a young miserable prick but the sandwich Mac salad and fries are sooo damn good .. it can be overlooked .., yet I don't understand why they have this miserable sob interacting with the public .. guess it's hard to find good help ... The place is worth the steak not the fish read more

Brunner's Tavern - Trash - Pubs Near Me - Buffalo, New York

In the old days, nobody would ever pay for their food. Hence the name was "Done-a-runners." What to get: Burger. I wasn't sure if I should give it a 4 or a 5, then I saw the stinging review about it not being clean... it must have changed since that review was posted because it's pretty clean now and they are certainly being hygienic when making food, so that review is really invalid. Most of the bars in Buffalo seem less hygienic than this one. The main runners on the Olympic team sometimes get injured. When that happens, you have to call on the B-Runners. I was sent here by a Yelp friend. I was actually going to try Average Joe's, but they really annoyed me and wouldn't serve me, so I went to my second choice, and was really glad I did. It's cheaper than some of the "big burgers" in town (Vizzi's, Ruzzine's, Average Joe's), but it's also a little smaller. If I owned this place, I guess I would rename it "Punners". It was very tasty. It was juicy, it was well seasoned. I didn't really like the bun but everything else on the burger was good. It was just big enough to satisfy me without making me totally stuffed. I got it with Pepperjack cheese and that was really good too. In the old days, only people that fake tanned would go here. Hence the previous name, Sunners. Also the service was really nice here. The guy was super super friendly, one of the friendliest guys-in-bars I've seen in a long time. So yay for Midwestern-quality customer service. Oh and the burger was ready exactly when he said it would be and was juicy and hot. Kind of like you. No, not you. Yes, you. And everyone here is very big on the Constitution and such. Hence the previous name "The Right To Carry A Gunners". read more

Brunner's Tavern - Burger - Pubs Near Me - Buffalo, New York

the food is always great , French onion soup is delicious. I often get the filet sandwich on a toast roll medium rare , fantastic, and their macaroni salad is the best I've ever had!!! read more

Brunners is good overall. It's mostly a locals joint. Cash only. Environment is loud and annoying at times. The bar area is undersized. Service is hit or miss. Unless you're a regular going for some brewskis, you're going to Brunners for the food which is pretty good. read more

It has been many years since I've been here however in previous years I would come here with my parents often for the Friday Fish Fry so after Mom recently saw an article in the Buffalo News she said "let's go." Brunner's hasn't move and it's the same small bar on Main just off Eggert. Actually Avenger's vet is just on the corner. The parking lot is pretty small and the handicap space was full so I dropped my mother and her cousin Debbie off on the sidewalk but luckily found parking once I pulled back. I'm not sure where you go to get seated, there is a half wall walking which would appear to be a host station but since they were seated before I got in I went right over to the table. While sitting I saw many people go to the opening in the wall between the bar area and dining room and the one waitress sat them from there. My mother never eats that much however she and Deb both ordered the fish fry however one got mac salad while the other got potato. I ordered a Ruben knowing she will give me her left overs and I didn't want too much fish lying around. I upgraded to fries with my sandwich however I started with chili "Cincinnati style" a/k/a shredded cheese and onions (who knew). One thing I will say is the food is not as good as I remember, which I know memories can be distorted every time they are recalled by the brain, or is it that since eating here we have ventured to many, many, many restaurants the serve fish fries and possibly found much better options. It was a typical beer batter but also nothing special about. The fries are CRINKLE CUT (what!??!) and so not worth. Both my mother and I found the coleslaw to be good but the mac salad again was nothing special. Special Note - we are not mayo lovers, yes we like Miracle Whip (don't curse us) but the mac salad was just boring. My Ruben was good enough as well, it was pastrami but neither here nor there, it had a good amount of sauerkraut which was great however by the end of the meal, for 3 people a bill of $60 was a bit much, especially since only one cocktail has been ordered. I'm sure Brunner's will do well for many years to come but we've found much better fish fries in the area that we will be going to. read more

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Best wings in buffalo! Have them throw it on the grill for a few min, you will not be disappointed!!!!

Great local bar but often has weird hours or full kitchen is not always open. You can't go wrong with the grill menu though! Their mac salad on the side is awesome. read more

Great food. Plus no matter what day you go the bartender will have music loud and the bass cranked to 11, so every song has no vocals and you can not talk to the person next to you. read more

Divey neighborhood bar. Good service, attentive bar staff. Nice place to watch a Sabres game. Appears they have food, there is a blacktop behind the bar that they were making sandwiches off of, however we did not eat. read more

We came in for a fish fry and it did not disappoint!! Food was great and atmosphere easy going - service was excellent!

More of a bar then a restaurant feel (which I am fine with). Came for drinks but ended up trying some wings and the Mac salad. Both were really good and I would be proud to eat again. The two bartenders were both friendly and attentive to everyone in the bar. read more

Food and service was amazing! The macaroni salad was so flavorful. Customer service was great! Friendly environment. read more

Brunner's Tavern - Italian sausage sandwich - Pubs Near Me - Buffalo, New York

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This underassuming establishment had very solid food. The grill food behind the bar is better than you would expect. People rave about the steak sandwich. Fish fry is huge. Draft beers overpriced. read more