It's a pretty cozy spot to watch live games. Came here on Saturday with a couple of friends to watch League of Legends Worlds Semifinals. Servers and bartender were nice, and food was okay. The only downside is they wouldn't turn on the volume when we asked them to. read more

Honestly, after the many many times I've been here and seeing the SMALL amount of reviews it has I feel I'm doing a disservice to not finally write one! A favorite bar of mine, although I mostly come for the food!! It's super nerdy decor wise, so it's right up my alley. They have a rotating selection of different cocktails based on what theme it is for the month, for example when Pokémon Legends Arceus released there were drinks themed after items in that game, same for Avatar (you get the jist) so I tend to come back at least once a month, with the rotating drinks they have rotating food, a couple or so dishes rotate out every now and then. I personally always go for the sweet potato tots! They have some lemon zest on top and are always seasoned perfectly and hot, they're my favorite to snack on while you play board games. Oh!!! That's right, I love this place because you can select a game to play out of the many they have on the wall for you, although I wish they'd replace some games due to A LOT of them having a lot of wear and tear. All the appetizers I've had are solid, the burgers are good and so is the brisket Mac n cheese, def recommend adding the add ons!!! If I want something lighter, get the wrap, it's always so delicious and I feel like it's a secret weapon here at this restaurant!!! And I wish I had a picture, but get, the, FUCKING CHEESE CAKE. Get it. Service is the only thing lacking when it's SUPER busy, if you come on a weekend, don't expect the most attentive service, it gets SLAMMED here, and I can always tell they're understaffed, so be patient! Food is worth the wait :) hidden lil gem in uptown that's just a chill place to shoot the shit and place some games with pals, and if you want high quality food, even better read more

Guildhall - The veggie wrap, add chicken with tots - Gastropubs Near Me - Whittier, California

Always a pleasure here. Plant-based options are very slim but the I keep coming back for the veggie wrap and garlic fries. Very casual place. They have board games to pick from. They also have outdoor seating which is greatly appreciated. The selection of brews are good too. read more

Guildhall - Veggie Wrap and garlic fries - Gastropubs Near Me - Whittier, California

Fun place for cocktails. Had a daiquiri and their "razz berry". Both were yummy and not too strong. My brothers had the "hunt the wumpus" and said it was really strong. Guess it depends on the drink you order. The food menu is small but interesting. We ordered the sweet potato tots, so good! The jucy lucy also lived up to the name, very delicious. The house made chips that come with the burger are so light and crispy. Can't wait to try the other food items next time. The atmosphere is nice. It isnt too loud and they play good music, it was oldies when we were there. They also have a bunch of screens with different gaming live streams on cause it is an esports bar afterall, you kind of dont notice though cause it isnt in your face about it which I like. They also have a bunch of different board games and card games to choose from to play with your friends while you're having drinks. Would definitely go back and look forward to bringing friends. read more

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We just went for a glass of wine after dinner and bartender kicked us out and said we have had too much wine and he can't offer. That's so weird and it has never happened in my whole 35 years of life. We had dinner at AZABU and they recommended your place but your bartender f sucks!!!! read more

Went here late on a Sunday. Very friendly staff and delicious food! My friend's food was a bit too spicy (she took a nibble) and they were generous enough to take it back and off the bill. Game selection is wonderful too! Definitely coming back! read more

This place is the best for craft cocktails and good food. My bartender Aaron took good care of us and recommended us very good drinks. I will definitely be coming back ! read more

I love coming to this place with my friends and family. Food is great, drinks are amazing, the sweet potato tater tots are like nothing I've ever had. read more

So happy to be able to go back out and feel safe in a bar/restaurant environment during a pandemic! The staff is working their butt off to keep this place safe and extremely clean for everyone while keeping a great environment This is one of my favorite local places and I can't wait for the day we can resume our card and games here! Thanks guys for doing such a great job and offering great drinks and food! The old fashioned is my favorite :) read more

Guildhall - Old fashioned and a Smog City IPA - Gastropubs Near Me - Whittier, California

Shaun is the star of this business. We came late, right before closing, on a Sunday night & he radiated energy. He immediately cleaned off a table for us, got us sat, and delivered our drinks in a very timely manner (practically immediately). This was my first time here, but Shaun's service will bring me back to try everything else here. I got awesome first impressions. This is a hidden gem in Whittier, thank you Shaun. read more

Randomly stumbled across this place (thanks to a Yelp search) last week after an event in the area and decided to check it out. It's a small-ish space when you walk in. A narrow setting that leads into a decent sized booth seating area. It's a gamer gastropub and by gamer I mean literally from board games (which they have a whole collection of to play and I so want to come back and do that) to screens all over that feature live action gaming. It's self seating and you grab a menu and order at the bar. Their menu is modest and not too many options available for vegetarians. We ordered the brisket mac and cheese and the chorizo tacos. I don't eat pork but my friends devoured the chorizo tacos and I had the mac and cheese, which really was incredible. The brisket is smoked and caramelized, giving it a touch of a crunch and sweet flavor with the rich cheese. They also carry Bundaberg ginger beer, one of my favorites, so I got to enjoy that for the night. Aesthetically, it's a simple spot. Clean and even their bathrooms are decent. There are two gender neutral restrooms available for customers. All in all, a good hangout for late nights in Uptown! read more

Guildhall - Chorizo Tacos - Gastropubs Near Me - Whittier, California

Awesome place to hangout with friends and the food is delicious with fresh potato chips definitely recommend the chicken sandwich and their specialty cocktails ! read more

Wonderful place! If you have been to the Burbank location you will like this one as well! If you like hand crafted cocktails and home made cooking this is your kind of place! VIDEO GAMES OR BOARD GAMES is a huge plus! The homemade chips are the bomb and the pulled pork sandwich is fantastic!! Some of the drinks to try are a spicy mango mojito or a paper plane! BOTTOMS UP!!! read more

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Came here based on Yelp - newer place. Great service (Andrew). I had grilled shrimp salad and it was GREAT! The smashed avocado egg bfast and chilaquiles were very popular too! Great food! Cool ambiance and vibe. Definitely a younger crowd place. Very impressed. Probably a lot of fun on Friday/Sat night. Streaming online gamers on multiple screens. Cool! read more

Cool Spot full of board games . I had a good time with my buddy . They had smash brothers and grew drinks . Definitely recommend. read more

If I could give them a negative star I would. The bar tender is so disrespectful. Their food is subpar and their drinks mediocre. Stay away from this place. Over priced drinks and over price. read more

One of my favorite spots in Whittier, seriously it's got it all, really good food and drink, Love their cheese board, the tallow fat candle is to die for. Great beer! Great staff! Fun games! read more

All staff we're attentative and pleasant, good atmosphere. The drinks were great, ordered the Dragonlance, did not dissapoint. Cons: bathroom was dirty, plus it's coed (not a fan). Food prices are a little high read more

Our new favorite spot in the area! This place has lots of fun board games, a full bar (they make a delicious painkiller!), and super yummy food! read more

Great place, DELICIOUS food & drinks, and nice staff. Loved it! Went there with family who enjoy it often, and they didn't steer us wrong.

Place to have a quality drink and a nice bite to eat while encouraging board game play

This place is great. Special drinks with a cool nerdy aspect I enjoyed the music as well and the non pretentious environment. It's centrally located here in Whittier too! read more

Love this place! Such a fun, chill, geeky atmosphere. The staff was super friendly and the drinks were great. I had the Chareau-dinger's Cat. I took off a star because the food was just awful. I had the brisket mac 'n' cheese, and my husband had the chicken tenders and sweet potato tots. I actually love bar food, so that was not the issue. A good basket of tots or mac 'n' cheese can be an almost religious experience. The food here was just not good. It was flavorless and tasted and felt like it had been frozen. Will definitely still come here, but just for drinks. read more

Love this place! The prices are so reasonable, the drinks are delicious and so is the food. Great vibe, gamers would dig it for the gaming on the screens, but no need to be a gamer to appreciate the food and drinks. The drinks are meticulously crafted, they make their own bitters in house, and you get all that love for $12 a drink. read more

The vibe is just off, but it is new. It's not my scene. Video games were playing on the TV screens, and then video game music was on, at least while I was there. The drinks were pretty basic, and we did not try the food. I may be biased because I really liked what it was before. The bar is a nice classic bar that fits more like a library scene or Classic pub scene and doesn't go with a video game theme. It would be horrible to destroy such a nice bar, so I understand why they didn't make it more modern looking for their theme. I think they should get rid of the video game music and some of the tv screens. The Only type of bar that should have tv screens are sports bars. (In my opinion.) Anyway, if you are into watching pre-recorded videos of people playing video games and listening to Super Mario brother like music in the background, this might be for you. read more

It's a bar that has puns as drinks and friendly bartenders who are willing to chat and make great recommendations! The place is huge, as you walk in you are immediately greeted by the bartenders and the bar. If you look at the right after coming in, you are greeted with a massive amount of new and old board and card games. I went to the back where it was much bigger and had booths and tables for people who were dining in. In order to order however, you had to go to the bar to place your orders and then sit back down to relax. We tried a few drinks and they were all very good and yummy, the food we chose was the most popular, the tots. Yum yum and yum! Would definitely go back to eat more of that! While sitting there, I noticed the tons of tvs all around the whole bar. The only thing they were showing at the time was just Twitch gamers gaming. They had at least three different gamers playing on like 6 TVs?!?! Don't remember how many TVs. I would definitely come back for a hangout night and play board and card games with my friends while trying their different drinks and food! read more

I like coming here to play magic with my friends every Saturday and it's nice and spacious. My only concern are the workers at times because we had order some drinks and it took them 20 mins to notice we were ready to order and 30 mins to make 2 drinks... 2 drinks really? And no one checked up on us after that.. our waitress with curly hair did not even notice our waiting for our drinks the first time nor even checked up on us. Thankfully we got a better waitress with short hair but sadly messed up our drink order and I know we are playing magic and we may look like we are not gonna order but surely we were ready a good amount on drinks. read more

Great location with amazing drinks, staff, and game selection. Not to mention, the food is delicious. I can't wait to visit this location again. Truly feel like this is a solid addition to the Uptown Whittier vibe. Can't recommend it enough. Also, this Whittier location isn't 21+ so planning to bring my younger brother along next time. He'd love the atmosphere. read more

WOW loved this place SO MUCH staff was AMAZING and drinks were TASTY and food was GOOD I had a great time, will be back

The music wasn't too loud, so we were able to communicate verbally while playing a couple games. We brought one game and played one of their large selection, too. The food was pretty good, and the bartenders were very nice. We had a couple drinks, and I could see myself having one or two more if it were not just us two. The inside is decorated nicely, with conservative rich wood colors accented with bright illustrations from some classic Nintendo characters. We will definitely be back, though not on a Friday or Saturday, which the genteel bartender tells us are more crazy than the Sunday night we went. Guildhall is much nicer and amenable to gaming than a "nerd bar" we went to in Phoenix that was too loud and where the tables were just too cramped and uncomfortable. While the food at Guildhall wasn't amazing, it was good and most of what we ordered was garnished with interesting vegetables that were pretty and probably healthy. read more

Guildhall - This bartender (center) was nice. - Gastropubs Near Me - Whittier, California

Staff is always rude, lack attentiveness, and overall give a bad vibe. Drinks are over priced and weak. After two cocktails hardly felt anything. Food is decent. Plenty of better bars to go to in whittier. read more

We had a great Friday night experience here. The food and drinks were on point and the service was AMAZING. Thank you Lauren for your attention to detail. We will be coming back soon! read more

Service was horrible food was average. We showed up late but as soon as we sat down they said "last call for food." We had like 5 mins to decide what we wanted from the wannabe hipster menu. Don't recommend this for any actual adults. Don't know the name of our waitress but she was not good. She was ready to go the home whole time. She forgot drinks and our last call food came out very slow. Won't be coming back. Gimmick hall is more like it. Don't waste your time or money read more

Came here Sunday evening with my GF and this place is great! The Bartenders are awesome! The food and drinks are great. They had Overwatch on as well as other twitch streamers on the TVs. The crowd was fun. Definitely coming back!!! read more

Loved it! At first glance, it's well lit (for board games), not too noisy, and very clean. On closer inspection, it has two large gender neutral bathrooms, a fantastic staff, and a large selection of board games that run the gamut from two player abstract to multiple player dice games. You will find a game you like. On our first visit I had the Mac & Cheese with caramelized onion. This second time I had the Mediterranean Veggie Wrap with grilled chicken and their house made potato chips and the Piquillo Pepper Hummus and Pita as an appetizer. All the food has Ben great so far. Their selection of beer is well varied. Their specialty cocktails are excellent! My favorite so far is the Chareau-dinger's Cat which is made with house-infused strawberry gin. I foresee this becoming a regular spot for us. read more

Found this place randomly by driving around Uptown Whittier. Was pleasantly surprised by the whole video game theme and they had board games which we thought was really cool. And food was really good. Highly recommend the burger. read more

What's better than a bar with games! Amazing food and drinks too!!! This place is the best place to be on a Friday night

Drinks were amazing once we got them. Service was the worst I've had in years at any restaurant. We sat for almost an hour before we were even asked if we wanted anything, then we got our garlic fries before we even got our drinks. Never going back!! read more

This place is always dope. We like going for date night on Wednesdays, and I'm a little obsessed with the brisket mac&cheese. When we moved from Fully it was hard to find a spot we'd feel comfortable hanging out for date night. Drink selection is phenomenal and game selection is just as great. Try their changing craft drinks! Free parking nearby, too. Servers are always great and attentive. read more

I've been here pre-Covid. I've been here during Covid. And they are still great. Sean (manager of this location) and our server, Andrew were amazing. It was a chill night and it just felt like we were family. Thank you guys. The brisket Mac and cheese? Amazing. The tacos?! Amazing. Thank you again! read more