Heard it was the best pizza in the area. If it isn't, it sure isn't far from it. There are reviews stating that the interior is "Dated." I don't think so. It actually feels more, "Vintage." Lots of old Detroit Tigers and other sports and area memorabilia around the bar. Pictures all over the walls. Dated implies worn out. I don't think it feels that way, at all. It sure isn't modern. But its nowhere near worn out. Staff was friendly and offered me a complimentary drink while I waited. They were backed up on pizza orders. After eating one. I get it. You might have to wait a little bit for your pizza, as others have noted. But, in this case... I wouldn't fault 'em for it. It's a family business and its obvious they try hard to keep their customers happy. read more

Food was great! I had the fish and chips and my wife had the masticiolli. The service was great! The interior is dated but very clean. We are planning on going back for the pizza next!! Ok. Editing this review to include the pizza we just had!! Absolutely the best Pizza I have had since moving to Michigan 8 years ago!!! read more

Pizza is sooooooo good!! We dined in, server was kind and helpful. We also got the mozzarella sticks which were okay and potato skins that were good. read more

Rogala's Bar & Grill - Pizza - Bars Near Me - Garden City, Michigan

My family heard that Rogala's had excellent pizza and wanted to check it out. Wanting to avoid a crowd, we went around 4:30 on a weekday, but the restaurant was still about 70% full when we arrived. The atmosphere is definitely an old school bar. Service was excellent and very friendly but the food took forever to come out. My family ordered a pepperoni pizza and I ordered the half rack of ribs entree because several people said the liked the ribs in the reviews I read. The food was cheap - $11 for a large pizza and $12.99 for the ribs, but the ribs came with a cup of homemade soup (I ordered clam chowder), a starch choice (I chose spaghetti since it was the most unique option), and a cheese roll. The waitress also brought out a bread basket with various options. The pizza was ok, but not something I'd come back for. There was an option of a garlic crust which sounded good. The ribs were very meaty and fall off the bone, but they needed more bbq sauce. The spaghetti had a nice marinara sauce and the cheese roll was excellent. The entree was an excellent deal and I'd be interested in trying other dishes there sometime. I saw many people ordering fish and chips, and they did look really excellent, so I'd probably give that a try sometime in the future. read more

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I've lived by this small little restaurant for many years and have never tried it. The food was great. The atmosphere is cozy. It is a bit tight and crowded, which I normally don't like, but the you get the feeling you belong. I have a feeling it is one of the central hangouts for Garden City along with Sports Venue, which also has great food and a family atmosphere. read more

First time in to this bar/grill. They have a varied menu that includes standard sandwiches, burgers, pizza and full dinners. I tried the chicken parm that came with a side of basic spaghetti & garlic toast. Large serving could have easily fed two; chicken was a little dry though. Companion had one of their 1/2 pound cheeseburgers; she took half of it home. She said the burger was good. Their pizza is supposed to be good, but was not in the mood for it. Might try on a return visit. read more

Pizza was very good. There was some issue in the kitchen and it took along time to get the pizza but our waitress was very nice about the ordeal. read more

Got the pizza and bread for take out and it was great! The staff was very friendly, we will be back.

everything was awesome from the moment we walked in. We have found our new Saturday date night place

Some of the best pizza in the area! It's a small, old school bar and restaurant that serves high quality food. They serve pizza, sandwiches, salads, pasta, burgers, seafood and even ribs! We ordered the perch and chose spaghetti as the side and a large pizza. We will definitely be regulars read more

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We used to be regulars but no more. On the bill, we found they charged us twice for a Fireball and Coke (soft drink plus the shot). My soft drink was a $1. My wife's "soft drink" was much smaller but twice the price. That was in addition to the Fireball shot. The chicken on my grilled chicken sandwich was small enough to qualify as a McNugget. Half my sandwich was bun. Secondly, I asked for lettuce and tomato with NO mayo. Guess who had to scrape mayo?! read more

Service is nice and the food is good, but they really suck on answering the phone for carry out orders.

My friends and I have been coming here for the last few years. I've had many disappointing encounters but kept coming back but I just can't do it anymore. They have lost my business and mostly all my friends as well. Their bartenders are older and can't seem to keep up. The one who works Thursday and Fridays always has such an attitude and is rude, just makes you feel not welcome there. The other older skinny one is so slow and forgets things and screws up your drink orders and your bills every single time. The food is over priced! 15 dollars for a bean dip?? 7.50 for a mixed drink that is in a tiny glass and 7.00 for a shot and they are small shots also. You can go to other bars in Garden city and get bigger shots and drinks for less money and better service. The owners obviously are money hungry and don't like to spend any money on updating the place or on a new register. They have a 1980 register system that only the bar tender can cash everyone out and it's a inconvenience to everyone that has to wait for drinks at the bar because the bartender is too busy making drinks for the whole restaurant, getting their own soup and salads, putting carry outs together, answering the phone and running everyone's tabs. I've sat and waited 10-15 minutes just to pay my bill. This place needs bar rescue to come in and show them the ropes, they would let them know this is 2025 and not the 80's so get with the times and the technology. New owners and management is needed or this place isn't going to be around much longer. If you need a recommendation on a different bar go to sports venue. They know how to run a business and treat their customers. read more

Pizza is so delicious! I like to order mine well-done; it was perfect. Even the leftovers were super tasty the next day. Good, cold beers. Friendly, attentive service. What's not to love?! read more

Rogala's Bar & Grill - Delicious old-school pizza pies. - Bars Near Me - Garden City, Michigan

I'm surprised I'm the first to review. Woohoo - my first first! We've been going here for years for their pizza - we always get the deep dish. 98% of the time we get the 'Strictly Italian' which has that pepperoni that curls up, ham, onions, green peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, pepperoncini peppers and, the best part, Italian dressing. This pizza is amazing deep dish, but I advise you eat in because the salad part on top won't hold up well to take out or leftovers. We prefer this to Buddy's (similar type of pizza), hands down. We've tried the Taco pizza, also deep dish. But the Italian is the way to go. Compliment your pizza ($16 for 6 good-sized pieces) with a mini taco app ($7 for 12) and a pitcher of beer ($7.50), and you've found nirvana. This is a pretty traditional bar, and small (6 booths and 6 tables). We've seen other entrees go by - ribs, city chicken, prime rib - and they all look good, but we go for the pizza. read more

I will never eat another pizza from any where else it was awesome the Long Island was great an our waitress was attentive thank you for this Garden City Jewel read more

I had pizza and it was one of the best I've had in a long time. Staff is friendly and it makes me want to come back. The first time I went, I had the Chicken Parm, it was very good also. I need to try the lasagna. I am happy to see they are adamant that you wear a mask when enter/exit, if your not sitting at a table, you are expected to wear a mask. Thank you for making me feel safer to venture back into restaurants. I'll be back for PIZZA soon! read more

Food is really good. Awesome pizza also. Chicken Parm a 5 out of 5. Decent appetizers. Only downer is not a ton of seating but worth the wait. Small place but nice atmosphere . More than just a bar and grill. Sandwiches are great also read more

Went there last night sat at bar waited 20 minutes for service, older bar maid with black hair waited on us she took drink order, She came back 15 minutes later with drinks. She took dinner order, 30 minutes later no soup. We tried to get her attenti0n but she kept ignoring us and took care of everyone else at bar. We left being as two tables that came in after us were eating. 1 hour sitting for nothing will we go back again unlikely. Issue was bar maid, sad wife and I were treated this poorly. read more

We've been coming here for years. Unfortunately this time there was so many fruit flies flying around while eating. They need to address this ASAP or it's only gonna get worse. We were really a turn off. read more

So we walked in it was a bit busy.we gave it some time and finally got our order taken after 15 minutes of sitting there.Ate our food and our food was mediocre we got the chicken parm and it was burnt to the pan,the spaghetti had 0 flavor at all and was cold.We used to go here with our grandma and it's not the same.not to mention we didn't even realize until we paid that we never got our side salads.We politely asked if we can get them to go.The waitress said sorry yes i'll be right back.We saw her literally take a whole tables order,put their food in and she stood by the counter and waited for those drinks the other table ordered.We watched this for 13 minutes she wasn't busy,it takes less than 1 minute to make a salad.I know this because I went up to her and told her never mind on the salads we don't wanna wait much longer,and she ran outside as we were pulling away with not two but one salad.What a joke.It would've been nice to have before the meal.Maybe waitressing just isn't for you anymore. read more

I had a chance to go to Rogala's recently. a very impressive original type of place. I enjoyed myself fully. Food and service was very good. A place you will go to again and again. It seemed everyone there was regulars who ate there all the time. thank you Richard C Rollins read more

This is a review I did NOT want to write!!! My wife and I have been to Rogala's 3 times now. It started out with a 5 star the first visit, 4 star the 2nd visit, and now a 3 star!!! The 5 star visit was awesome, then they started running out of things like cheese sticks, etc... Let's focus on the 3 star.. Friday night, 8:30pm... We went in and it was 65% full when we got there. The waitress was quick, but you could tell she was having a bad night as she seemed flustered. We ordered our drinks, which came very light on ice and barely cold to which we were informed that the power went out earlier, and the ice had melted. Ok, that's fine, we completely understood and placed our order. We ordered the cheese sticks for an appetizer and this time they had them - awesome. I don't know what it is, but Rogala's has some great tasting cheese sticks, I don't know if it's the accompanying sauce or not! Then the disappointment came. I ordered the fish and chips for my main dish as I was told the fish was great. The waitress returned to the table and said they ran out of French Fries?!?!?!? WHAT?!?!?!?!? Come on now!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wasn't going to settle for Fish & Baked Potato, so I ordered the cottage fries she mentioned with the fish. Well, they absolutely sucked and the fish was deep fried a bit too long! The batter was over cooked and tough and the fish was tiny little pieces, they gave me 3. Then someone must us squeezed a lemon on each one cause it was overly sweet. The lumpy tartar sauce wasn't a hit either. :( I was completely bummed. My wife got the Club Sandwich and wasn't happy with it either. :( So, needless to say, if and when we go back, we'll stick with what we know, their cheese sticks and pizza. If they have the cheese sticks that is... I think next time the power goes out, they should just close for the night, would of saved me $30. read more

Rogala's Bar & Grill - Fish & Cottage Chips.... - Bars Near Me - Garden City, Michigan

I won't get a cocktail here again. About 4 ounces of drink for $8. My friend's cocktail was in a glass not much bigger than a shot glass. The waitress informed me that the glass would be more full if they put ice in my drink. Um, yeah, that's called science. The food was tasty, although not the best I've ever had. I ordered the lasagna, which was decent. I wasn't wowed here. read more

Rogala's Bar & Grill - Pomegranate martini - Bars Near Me - Garden City, Michigan

The food is great but the bartender is a bitch. Everyone else has to wear a mask but she doesn't. Not sure the food is worth her bull shit. She is lazy and slow and would rather sit on her butt rather than run her bar. I've been coming here for years but I think it is time to find a new regular place read more

Had a bowl of French onion soup and it was superb! Then we ordered the strictly Italian pizza and it also was very good. Service was great. Only con would be the drinks tasted watered down. read more

Right now they're offering curb-side only. Staff was friendly, service was great. My order came out within 60 seconds of me pulling in to the lot. Burger was big and done correctly. Fries were not so good, but it's hard to get good potatoes in January, especially this year. This is a neighborhood hang out and they treat everyone well. read more

Stopped in for Fish and Chips dinner for carry out, was very skeptical saw on another review French fries were terrible and have to say correct, fish was excellent and cole slaw but how do you mess up French fries ( dark dark brown and greasy ) had to throw all away, for the price of the dinners they need to step it up and do not serve food like this, very disappointed. read more

Great turkey dinner on Sundays. Square pizza is a must try. Staff is friendly and very attentive .

great food,!! we come aways regularly from the northside and have been disappointed. a classic rare find!

Charged over $5 for extra sauce. Although the lasagna was passable I will not be returning! Gouging is bad business. Gave it a second chance. Terrible deep dish pizza! 95% dough. Under-cooked. Cost $20 with tip. I recommend avoiding this place. read more

I think the more I Yelp, the rougher I get on places. Sorry, Rogala's! This was my first time in and the place is definitely small and kind of cramped if you end up being the unlucky ones to not land a spot for your butt in one of the 6 booths...which was the case yesterday. There are some tables between the booths and the bar and that's where we were seated....constant traffic walking by bumping your chair and a bit cramped conditions where you're also seated very closely with possible other people, because the tables are so close together. I guess I don't generally mind that but sometimes it can get annoying sharing elbow room with strangers who also eavesdrop on your conversation. I noticed the one time I went to NYC, a lot of restaurants are cramped and set up like this, and I am not a huge fan, but what can ya do? Beyond that, the service was a bit slow. It really wasn't their fault, there were 2 waitresses working the whole floor who probably all ordered dinner at once, and they were also behind the bar fetching drinks. At 7:00 pm on a Thursday night, the place was pretty full. Including a lovely screaming toddler in one corner that I'd have loved to whip one of the Rogala's table vases of fake flowers at. The fake flowers are a cute attempt, but I say ditch 'em, they just further clutter up the already-cramped tables. We went here for the pizza, this was my mom's call. She said they have those "little pepperonis that curl up and collect oil.." I said, "Teacup pepperonis?" I don't know that that is the technical term for them but that's what I call 'em. I don't care either way, I like most pepperonis and I've found those teacup ones don't reheat well since half the time they're already burnt when your pizza arrives. No matter, I was down. We ordered and antipasto salad and then the "Rogala's Special" pizza, round, which came with mushroom, onion, green pepper, pepperoni. I feel like I am missing a topping but whatever... The salad was good, it came with a nice Italian dressing that seemed to be fresh-made. Pizza arrived and I didn't see any teacup pepperonis...but I was secretly happy. My mom asked the waitress who said that those only come if you ask them with the "special" pizzas. WTH? Weird. Either way I didn't care but I felt bad for momz since it's clearly why she wanted this pizza. The pizza was hot and very good. Sometimes there is nothing like a good fresh restaurant pizza. I'd give the pizza at least a 4 rating. I dinged them for service, though probably not entirely the fault of the women serving that night....they took a long time just to take our order (and you know when you're hungry you're about to munch on anything in site), they didn't really check up on you much and it was difficult to get ahold of her for our check so we could leave. I did get one refill on my pop though without asking. There seemed to be a lot of older people in here ordering dinners...I think yesterday's special was some Polish fare. They had a decent menu, not too large but large enough for pretty much everyone to find something they would like. The sandwiches passing by looked rather generous. I'd go here again maybe, if I got a booth seat. LOL. read more

Good neighborhood bar. I have a good friend who lives by Rogala's and eats there at least once a week. I've been there a few times with him and have always enjoyed the food and ambiance. Rogala's is kind of like the "Cheers" of Garden City, MI. read more

Loved the corned beef sandwich on pumpernickel bread. Ordered a side of ranch for the fries and it really pushed it over the top. Place was a little smoky and freezing but the food was definitely worth the visit. read more

I had the "Oak Park" which is corned beef, coleslaw, Swiss cheese, thousand island dressing on grilled pumpernickel. It was very good. Awesome onion rings for only a buck more. I will be back. read more

Rogala's Bar & Grill - Bars Near Me - Garden City, Michigan

THE PIZZA IS SOOOOO GOOD! Probably my favorite I have ever had, friendly waitstaff & bartenders.. However they don't have craft beer. Pretty lame considering its 2015. Lol read more

Crazy busy for a Thursday but the staff handled it relatively well. My husband grew up going here so he was excited to enjoy it again. He had the blue cheese burger which he has talked about almost every day since. Apparently it was the best he's ever had. I'm a vegetarian so I expect to have limited options when I go out. I tried the veggie pizza which wasnt bad. There were too many toppings for the dough to hold. Next time I'll try just the cheese pizza. Ultimately, it's a small neighborhood place with great staff and clientele what's not to like. read more

Small place, cozy atmosphere. A few of us had the deep dish pizza, which was excellent. My friend had the walleye which she said was very good. read more

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Sept 12 2021..first time ordering from here and I will order again..been looking for a good pizza and they had it..I think next time I will order a medium cuz the crust on the large was a little to thin,but the toppings were great..I have been chasing the old STROMBOLIS PIZZA were I was always at and the pizza joints nowadays are imitation cheese and pepperoni..not here...I wish I lived closer because by the time I got home it wasn't very hot..I remember when Rogalas was on Joy Rd.I will be back when in the neighborhood and send people your way..Waitstaff and Barmaid were very friendly..Good Luck keep the good food going. read more

We come here quite often and always have a great meal with great service. It's like you have stepped into a bar from the 70's that I used to love. If only they had a jukebox! read more