We stopped at Drake's while staying near the horse farms, and it was a great choice. Service was excellent, with our server offering helpful menu recommendations. The menu is an interesting mix of tavern favorites and sushi. I wasn't sure how well they could do both, but they do. Our table enjoyed a perfectly cooked BBQ burger, chili, tots, and a couple of sushi rolls, and everything was very good. The atmosphere was lively, and with the large doors open on a beautiful evening, it was a great place to relax. I'd recommend Drake's for anyone looking for a casual meal with something for everyone. read more

Got the juicy Lucy and it was amazing! Say patio side and server was great and never had an empty beer or water. Togo sushi was amazing. Drakes vibes are always good and was traveling through for work. read more

It's a chain, clearly, but the service was lovely and the food was delicious. I love an over the top sushi roll, and they definitely delivered - that roll could have been a small meal by itself. read more

Drake's Leestown - Burgers Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

Rating: 3.7/5 Stopped in at Drake's for lunch and was really tempted to try the trash wings, but ended up going a different route. I ordered the three buffalo chicken sliders with tater tots on the side. The chicken sliders were very good -- flavorful and satisfying -- though I do wish the bread had been toasted a bit more. The tater tots were solid; you really can't go wrong with those. One downside was the service. For the number of people dining at the time, I was surprised by how slow it was. Nothing terrible, just noticeably slower than expected. Overall, it's still always worth a shot. The food is pretty good, but the prices have definitely gone up, which makes the experience feel a little less of a value than it used to. read more

Drake's Leestown - Three Buffalo Chicken Minis - 7.1-10 - Burgers Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

My husband and I stopped in for a late dinner. We were promptly greeted by friendly staff and told to choose a table. The atmosphere is pretty cool. Service was quick and our waitress was super friendly. We ordered the pretzels with cheese app which was 10/10. The Juicy Lucy mini burgers were amazing, served with crispy fresh crinkle fries, also amazing. My husband had the fried bologna sandwich and said it was one of the best he's had. We will absolutely be coming back! Great experience all the way around! % recommend! read more

Our first choice was closed, so we came to Drake's. We had 3 burgers and a fish sandwich. The burgers were not soggy. They were good. The service was a little slow. We couldn't get to the Kentucky Horse Park today. Nice lunch spot. read more

Our server Michael was great with order taking an explaining the drink menu and food selections...his help was Nick idk if he's management or not but both of them combined was a 100% exceptional performance tonight. Would recommend going here anytime they are scheduled. -Benji JSG Franky read more

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Service was excellent and food was delicious! I usually never order a burger at a sit down restaurant, but I sampled both these and this is the first time I regret not getting a burger. I will get the juicy Lucy next time. The burgers were flavorful and seared perfectly. read more

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Convenient location. They always have good food options and drink specials! Was too hungry I didn't take a picture of my cheeseburger minis. Great patio for the summer! read more

When we arrived, we were told to seat ourselves via the sign. Clean and nice indoor area with a bar. Friendly staff. Food was delicious. We had the buffalo chicken quesadilla with ranch and sour cream (very thick) as well as chives, beautifully sprinkled on top for our "starter". It was rich and full of flavor. For our main course, we had the three buffalo chicken sliders. They had a bit more spice to them than the quesadilla did, but still delicious and well cooked, however could have been a bit more crisp. On the side was mac & cheese with a sprinkle of breadcrumbs on top. This was rich and creamy, but a bit of salt and pepper would've accentuated the flavor even more. Another side that we had french fries, these french fries were crinkle fries and well, seasoned with salt and pepper. They were well crispy. If I were to come again, I would just get the buffalo chicken quesadilla over the three buffalo chicken sliders. I enjoyed the fact that the toilet paper was set up in the bathroom. I can't really explain it but once he go go, you will see ha ha however, the tapwater pressure was substantially weak. read more

Drake's Leestown - Buffalo chicken quesadilla - Burgers Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

Food was excellent. Recommend the chicken tenders and tater tots. Chicken pulls apart easily and lives up to the name of tender. Tots have a special seasoning for added flavor. Worth the venture! Service was friendly. Prices are wonderful. Worth the trip out! read more

Drake's Leestown - Tenders and Tots - Burgers Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

I ordered take out, a bbq burger and tater tot's. my tarter tots were so hard and old they weren't even edible. read more

Drake's Leestown - Tater tots - Burgers Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

I think I've now hit all the Drakes In Lexington area, This location is closest & easiest to get to. Never been disappointed at any of there locations. Great choices & lots of Draft beer selections read more

Drake's Leestown - Lunch - Burgers Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

Zero is what the rating should be. I had a horrible experience at this location 5 years ago. I've Just started going back. Today after 40 minute- order taken after 10 minutes - finally had to leave with no food, no drink, no service. An embarrassment to the Drakes name. read more

Ordered the BLT salad and fried fish. Good as usual. No complaints about the food. The server on the other hand, bring your flare gun. After taking the order delivering a drink, went MIA. The only times I saw her, was order placement and ....had to ask someone else for my check. Did they find the server, did she walk off the job...your guess is good as mine. read more

Stopped in yesterday for lunch and met a friend. We sat at the main bar. I ordered the Sriracha wings which are one of my favorites. The wings came out hot and crispy. I had a side of celery, which was fresh and crisp and ranch for dipping. Everything was delicious. I had a Kona Big Wave beer which was ice cold. A good pairing with my wings. Our food came out quick and for the most part the service was good. We did have a little trouble getting our bartenders attention when we were ready to cash out. For those of you that have not been to Drake's, I tend to think of it as a slightly upscale sports bar, which is not a bad thing. read more

This location does not pair with Malones and Harry's , so the kitchen has solely Drake's items. The selection was still appealing and the service was good. My party was seated quickly and the food was delectable. read more

Drake's Leestown - Burgers Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

Went here as looked like a clean safe place to grab a late dinner. Turns out this is a very interesting hot spot with a huge local beer collection and some very interesting mocktails. To top this off, in addition to having fancy dressed burgers there was a selection of sushi. As a rule, I don't recommend raw fish at places that are not special: I will stick with that for this Kentucky-based chain restaraunt. That Saud, there is a huge selection of cooked fish rolls that are interesting. The surf and turf we tried was quite tasty and memorable, as was the shrimp tempura small plate. Be sure to verify your order with the wait staff (there was an error in ours, which was fixed). Overall, we were happy and would go back. read more

Gracie and Grant were the best bartenders! They were so sweet and helpful with questions i had and they suggested amazing food! Love the environment and staff read more

I had the club, it was fine. The cole slaw in the place needs to be changed, I never liked it from day 1. It is very roughly chopped, hard to eat and has hardly any dressing making it very dry, they also put too much vinegar in it. See pics below, one piece of cabbage in the slaw was as big as a potato chip. One of the waiters named Janillson had sooo much cologne on, every time he walked pass me I wanted to gag. Mgmt should talk to him about that. read more

Drake's Leestown - Huge pc of cabbage, very dry and hard to eat because it's so rough chopped.....I couldn't eat it. - Burgers Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

Many Drake's restaurants in Lexington but the service in this one is SPECIAL, I visit this restaurant twice a week when I finish my work and I recommend that you have the pleasure of being served by a young man named Cezanne, if all the people were as attentive as this young man the world would be better!!!! I took a photo with him so you can get to know him. read more

Today was the first time I have ever eaten at Drake's--it was a recommendation from my boyfriend (who loves it). Sam, the server, was kind, but the service was so terrible that it was quite honestly the worst experience I've had at a sit down restaurant. We were greeted by someone in training (after sitting there looking around for almost 20 minutes) who brought us waters, then Sam came to take our orders--another 15 minutes later, even though we were obviously not seated in his section (Thank you Sam). Our drinks from the bar took forever to get to us and only arrived about 10 minutes before our food, and when I unwrapped my silverware to eat said food, my silver was dirty. As I was eating, I overheard the bartender ask a server, "You're still here?" to which the server replied, "Everyone is." If none of your servers were cut for the night, why in the world was the service so terrible? For this to be a newer location, the management needs to do better. I am sorely disappointed in this location and I don't think I'll be returning, at least not to this specific location. read more

Yesterday's lunch was not too yummy. I didn't want to post a mediocre review for Drakes in my neighborhood but just a heads up, don't order the filet combo unless you want a piece of steak about the size of a Jr burger but tough as shoe leather (ordered medium) and well over cooked. The chicken tenders were over cooked as well. The side salad was very good. Next time, I'll stick with the fish . read more

Been to this Drakes location at least 5 times since it has opened and we are excited to have this establishment on our side of town. Service has been great each time we have gone! Can't go wrong with any of the minis on the menu - Buffalo chicken are my favorites, but the burgers are a close second. LOVE that we now have a sushi option close by. Midori roll is amazing and such a great price. Great rotating beer list and monthly specials. Drakes is a well oiled operation and we are so happy to have it open on our side of town! That being said - turn on the audio for sports games....especially NFL on Sunday's. I mean, aren't y'all a sports bar?! Also, invest in additional, better quality high chairs. Two times we've been and no available high chair for the height table we have been sat or it has a broken belt. read more

Nice place. Waitress very nice and helpful. Ordered twin medallions medium. They were undercooked. Waitress took them back and got us another plate. We were asked to cut into the steak; the waitress said, before I did, oh gosh, that's like rare and offers to take it back again. I said no because everyone else was almost done eating by this time. They did take my meal off the check which was nice. Others in our party had the burgers. Burgers were average. The funniest thing is that we got an order of fried pickles. They were the best thing we had. And that would have been great except for the mystery items in the basket. We got three things in the basket that were fried that weren't pickles. One was chicken, and honestly, we aren't sure what the other two bites were but they were extremely spicy. It kinda became a joke at the table that it was the mystery basket of appetizers! For what the dinner cost, we were less than impressed. Probably will not return. read more

BRADY!!!Give this amazing, sweet, kind, best server, some food for you!! I work at Harry's in Louisville, we were a party of 12. Long story short, my adult boys (23 and 22) live out of state. This was the first time in 5 yrs, we were able to all meet up! Food..Amazing! Honestly, it wouldn't have mattered if the food was awful because Brady was so amazing!! Kuddos to yall for having him! Thank yall so much, especially Brady, for being a part of our mini fam reunion!! Best day ever!! Please let him know how much we appreciated him!! read more

SLOW SERVICE, this place meeds to get better management Lazy Slow service Canceled our food order after 45 minutes read more

Nice place, was seated quickly even though it was crowded. Server was polite but may have been responsible for too many tables. Food was good, very large portions. Overall a good experience. Would recommend. read more

Food was good and hot. The group has a variety of taste and we can all get something different. The girls like sushi and we like chicken and burgers. Drake's was clean and upbeat atmosphere. read more

Very good atmosphere. They had multiple different shows/games on the televisions. Service was very good and food was excellent!

Ordered chili and it came out cold. My wife had standard chicken tenders which were pretty good. Service was mediocre at best. I feel like our waitress was to busy wondering off. Ambiance was cringe! Honestly will never be back because of this reason. Very cringe woke tv stations and terrible music. Definitely not "sports" bar material. read more

Brady is the best server! Great overall experience, service, and personality! Drakes always has great food and drinks, love the poke bowl!

Pretty decent chain restaurant with a nice variety of options. The atmosphere was cool lots of tv's to watch the game and music playing over the speakers. The food was ok nothing major, the waiter staff was nice and the food came out quick. read more

Drake's Leestown - Patty melt & fries - Burgers Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

Never heard of Drakes! But it was well worth the try. Traveling though ky and stopped. Evan the server did a great job. Ask for him! read more

Drake's Leestown - The sushi was great in Kentucky! The server Evan was spot on with service. We are just traveling through or we would be back. - Burgers Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

Food is good and reasonably priced. The restaurant is really bigger than it looks from the outside. Our service was the best I have had in a while. Glad to have this restaurant on our side of town now. Great place for a date night or meet up with some friends. Look forward to our next visit. read more

Evan was amazing! He was so funny, kind and accommodating. The food was very delicious as well. I suggest the fried pickles with ranch . If you eat here, be sure to request Evan and leave a big tip :). read more

EVAN WAS THE BEST WAITER! He was kind and even when our food was late he was so accommodating. The food was good as well. If you go ask for Evan and tip him well! read more

Food was great. But the music was very loud causing people to have to scream to one another to be able to be heard. Which made me feel anxious and not being able to enjoy my food. I have always loved Drakes but at this location the music was overbearing read more

This Drakes is very nice for the neighborhood! It is still new but appears to be very well staffed with friendly folks. Food and service is always great. I'm glad they opened in the Leestown area. The bartender staff in the back bar are particularly great. Haley (?) I believe is very good at her job. read more

We have been here numerous times and have NOT been disappointed. The food is OUTSTANDING, service is among the best I have ever experienced and prices are very reasonable. Go there, you won't be disappointed. Very friendly atmosphere. read more