Do you guys remember when the reboot of the Ninja Turtles movie came out last summer and there was a huge backlash because the turtles looked like the goombas from the Mario & Luigi live action movie/Splinter had a British accent? I feel like my experience at Sally's caused me to have that same exact reaction because the restaurant that used to trigger so many great memories from college got "Michael Bay'd" and now is ruined forever. I was so excited to finally be able to try out the newly remodeled location so when my friends and I went there for happy hour, we were stoked to see how beautiful everything turned out...until we sat down. It took our server 35 minutes to bring us a menu and water...and then another 20 minutes to come back to take our order. Here is a summary of the good, the bad, and the ugly. The Good: Great happy hour prices. Ridiculously cheap prices for rail drinks and full appetizers. Awesome decor, fun music, lots going on, cool patio, fun mix of people. The Bad: The service. SO INCREDIBLY SLOW. It was so slow that half of our table missed the happy hour deals because it took our waitress almost an hour to bring menus and drink orders to the table. The Ugly: They removed the buffalo chicken dip from their menu and decided to kick their food up 30 notches by adding like a pound of salt to everything. We had the queso (pretty much velveeta but way thicker), dry rub wings (aka salt city wings), mild wings (typical buffalo wings), and tachos (tater tot nachos-actually pretty decent). Overall, I am sad to say that I will not be returning for a while because for the first time, I left a happy hour not happy at all...good service goes a long way and after my experience, I can't say there was any to be found at Sallys 2.0. read more

Sally's is now owned by Cowboy Jacks. So they are on the same happy hour schedule - 3-6, 10-midnight and have the same deals - $2 rails and domestics and 1/2 off select apps. Their dry rub is what dreams are made of and for $5, it's an easy split with a friend. Their service is hit or miss, but the manager, Greg, wants to know when it's a miss. read more

sals is a slay if you love freshman and frat boys!!! Im the girl who damaged property last week!!!! didn't even catch me! I only peed all over the bathroom!! wasn't even stinky !! I was hydrated!!! my pee was almost white. the wings were mid. bring back monday sloppy pete's. My lily please never let me in again read more

Wish I could give this zero stars. Servers have no idea what they're doing and should be trained more. Couldn't tell the difference between a Mich Golden and a Guinness.... The food is awful. It tastes like it came out of the freezer and was microwaved. Oh and management is extremely rude! I don't think I have ever been treated like this in an establishment before. If you've been to the "old Sallys" this is no where close to the same Horribly disappointed when it re opened! Don't waste your time. read more

Love this place! Came to visit my brother at the U for the weekend and ate here 3 times in 3 nights! Great prices and atmosphere! The dry rub wings are nuts! read more

Sally's Saloon - Free popcorn while you wait for your meal! Sally's Amber is fantastic! - American Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

I have never had a good experience at Sally's. The service is always super slow and disorganized. I've heard that the old location was extremely beloved, so the new incarnation has been disappointing. read more

I LOVED this place in college, as I'm sure all people did back in the day. But I'd first like to say: the lack of love in this review is not due to a whole "you ruined my college nostalgia by giving the place a facelift!" deal. I'm actually very impressed with the upgrade, the place looks awesome and the addition of the giant screens will make it a great place to catch a Gopher game without having to buy a ticket to the game. So... the 3 stars comes in for this reason alone: the service. We arrived WELL before happy hour was over, and half of our table missed out on the deals because our server would ghost us for large periods of time. This I may have been able to forgive, if she was nice about it. But after she messed up our order, and then proceeded to argue about our order and say that we may not get the HH deal on the wings she forgot to order, even though we originally ordered well before the 6pm cutoff. And she was pretty rude about the whole thing. The food was OK... and really cheap on Happy Hour deals, so I'm not going to really fault them on $4.50 wings being average. It's a saloon, not a 4-star restaurant. So... 3 stars it is. I'll definitely give it another shot, and if they've worked out the kinks, I'll upgrade the review. I'm rooting for you, Sally's! read more

Marginal at best. I had the turkey avocado wrap and it was all lettuce and very little turkey. I miss the old Sally's. Glad they're open during Covid. read more

Come here if you like being thrown out for no reason! Came here on Saturday, sat at the bar for about 20 minutes with about 10 friends. Tried ordering my second drink and the bartender absolutely flipped out at me claiming I'm "talking shit about the bar" -I WAS a regular here and never said anything remotely disparaging, in fact I didn't say much at all while I was there. He promptly had the bouncers forcibly remove me "leave my bar before I kick your ass". -Dave They refused to give me any insight on why I was being removed, would not make an attempt to resolve the conflict. I have 10 witnesses that were absolutely appalled and disgusted by the behavior of the employees here. Ask for Dave! read more

I have been waiting in line for almost an hour and every time we progress in the line I witness underaged kids nudging me therefore we are not progressing. The bar is EMPTY so I don't know what the hell is happening but I am PISSED. Never coming back again. Bar for teens. Should get shut down. Waste of my fucking time. read more

Look, I get how much some people miss the old Sally's. I used to be one of them. But, a lot of that was due to the nostalgia, and this version of Sally's DEFINITELY has the pieces in place to get to that status. Atmosphere: has that cool exposed brick and warehouse-y feeling the old version gave, but this one is even better because it has SO much more of an open feel with twice as much bar space (remember trying to squeeze into that small circular bar for a drink order?). In addition to the open feel, nearly every window can be retracted garage-door style to be more of an open-air atmosphere, awesome for enjoying the spring, summer, and fall. The food is your classic bar fare with a little kick. Especially considering this is a college bar, the menu has great variety. I ended up with the dry-rub boneless wings, which were incredible, and I've tried a lot of dry-rub recipes in the metro. For those of you who think the food is too salty, people need to remember this is primarily a BAR; if you feel the food is too salty, have a damn drink :) Lastly, the service, when not overcrowded, is excellent. The bartenders, Carli and Sami, were extremely attentive and friendly during my visit. Sami was very knowledgeable with the drinks, and Carli was great with the food options. I was greeted right away with nothing but smiles and attention. Overall, the experience was exactly what I wanted. A great, open, relaxing atmosphere with good food and great service. The wait may be a bit longer during the concerts and football games, but I can assure you, for a college campus establishment it's more than worth it! read more

Food is very average and took FOREVER to get to us. Service was so not friendly and unprofessional. A manager was wearing a sweatshirt? Female servers all wear yoga pants? They clearly do not care about having an reputable image clearly. Full of underage looking kids. Also extreme lack of consideration for COVID. I hardly saw any sanitation procedures and there was no hand sanitizer provided. The servers also did not wear gloves and the tables were not marked for social distancing practices. Little effort and regard for safety of their guests/customers read more

Terrible service, the happy hour is not the same as listed on the website. DO NOT GO HERE.

If you go, ask for HALEYYYYYYY she is absolute sunshine and will make your happy hour 10x better. The cutest nice blondie server on the block. read more

Hailey W is an amazing server, she got us all of our food and drinks on time and constantly asked us if we needed anything

Oh Sally's.... I really do not like writing bad reviews but you have left me no choice. We'll start with the pros since I do like to see the glass half full. Pros: It is a great atmosphere with a variety of seating types, booths, high tops, bar seating, and patio. Nice decor and a good mix of people. The happy hour prices are great too! The happy hour menu includes a variety of bar food and cheap rail drinks and beer. Cons: Good food but a little on the salty side. I love salt on my food but it can be overpowering to those who don't like to overdo it. During my visit we had the queso, dry rub wings, mild wings, and tachos. The queso is very thick so don't order if you are expecting some kind of runny dip, the wings were pretty standard, the dry rub was salty so watch for that, and the tachos (tater tot nachos) were the star of the evening. The worse part is that my friends and I almost missed the happy hour specials after waiting for almost half an hour to get our menus and another 20 for the server to take our order. I do not blame the server completely since it was obvious that the restaurant was severely understaffed on a busy Friday. Understaffing is not doing the restaurant or your staff any favors. If you do chose to visit Sally's I recommend avoiding Fridays. Also parking is very hard to find you can park on the street if you can find a meter or in the U of M Washington Ave Ramp. read more

They have a lot of room to improve, to sum it up. I went the second day after they opened this new version of an otherwise UMN iconic restaurant. It's now a biker's sports-bar, with two motorcycles at the ceiling, tatooed servers, metal furniture, food with a Mexican twist. The Philly Cheese Steak used to be really good. Now it's just another item on the menu. No games anymore. Very loud. Coziness is gone. Patio has about 10 tables currently, in a surprising location, with 3 high walls surrounding it, somehow invaginated in this dorm/ apartment building on Washington Ave. Will update this review when it's worth the effort. I am hopeful. read more

Had the wings and they were good. Kind of busy for a Thursday night and lots of college kids but cool ambiance. Weird that they didn't have Absolut vodka though. read more

The old Sally's was a great place to go before a game! The new version lacks atmosphere. Food is expensive and not very good. I guess all good things must end eventually? read more

I recently went after the reopening and I was very satisfied. Me and 6 of my friends went to drink and get get their $5 bucket of wings deal on Thursday. The wing varieties were all on point and the tater tot chili appetizer was fire. We ate a stomach full of wings for $6 dollars a person! The happy hour beer selection is HORRIBLE though, they recently removed Summit from the specials and now I don't even know what to get. read more

love their happy hour! $2 beers and rail drinks and half apps, best place to watch sports on campus

Over break a two. Sick of the townies coming here. Leave it to U students. Decent drink prices. Under age crowd. Tryna yak in the bathroom. I played varsity in HS. read more

We had a great time at Sally's Saloon this weekend. We came in with a large group of volleyball parents and fans and they were very accommodating! Service was great! Food was great! We'll definitely go back the next time we're in town and nearby. read more

Sally's is such a great place! They always have great specials! The bartenders are amazing!

Went here while in town for the Chicago Blackhawks/MN Wild stadium series game. As a Chicago native, we have high expectations for service - especially in relation to speed. Ended up liking the food so much we came back 3 times in 3 days. Friday night we came for a late dinner, had the thai chicken wrap and the chicken ramen. Both were excellent, but I have to say I could probably eat the chicken ramen every day. Absolutely delicious and a HUGE portion. Saturday we went for drinks and lunch before hockey game 1 of 2 for the weekend and we were blown away by our server, Desiree. She was absolutely fantastic and catered to our every need. Sometimes it took a little while to get alcoholic drinks, but it was very apparent that it was just due to how busy it was. Bartenders were getting drinks out as fast as they could. We came back Sunday after our wonderful experience with Desiree on Saturday and even made sure to arrive right when you opened to ensure we could sit with Desiree again. Great food and service same as the day before. Again, sometime drinks were a little slow but the place was PACKED and the speed at which we got our drinks did not hinder our experience at all. We came back after the game and had a different server who was also wonderful and a Chicago girl as well. Desiree definitely gets 5 stars, the only con I have is that when we were on the wait list on Sunday after the game it was frustrating to see people take tables after other guests had left instead of using the wait list like we had. The two hosts were friendly and helpful, but could only do so much in regards to getting to tables as quickly as they could to make sure the people waiting got the table. We waited for about 40 minutes for a table, which is completely reasonable for how busy it was after the game, but probably could have been sooner had tables not been taken by other patrons not on the wait list. read more

The servers are courteous, hard working people but the person named Carly who claims she is the Manager isnt a safe person to deal with. She instructs servers to look at drivers licenses of sober, kind, professional people over 60 to prove they are over 21.Even if they are using public transportation. When questioned about this, she claims she is in charge of making sure their IDs are valid. In other words, this Carly has delusions that she is a POLICE officer.This is very scarey, people. The food here is the worst in the city and their Quinoa bowl is to die from-not to die for. Sorry, Sallys, if you werent boozing up the college kids in town, you would lose yourselves. read more

Sally's is a staple if you talk to any student at the U. Pretty fun, huge space. Always packed.

Always a great time at Sally's. The service is awesome! Krissy (the bartender) literally wiped my hands with a warm towel when I got sauce on my fingers! Kia and Jenn were also extremely attentive and were so fun to talk to. The food tasted great and the atmosphere was thriving! read more

Marley made sure our party was taken care of. We had a lot of fun getting ready for the Minnesota United match.

Thought I could count on this place but they did me dirty. They didn't let me friend, a citizen of Pennsylvania, into their bar for no reason. Honestly very disappointed with the service. read more

This is a great bar and restaurant and has amazing staff. Great food and an all around good experience. The reason for 4 stars instead 5 is a new manager, Steven. He is hostile and swears at customers. He is always in a bad mood and deflects this into his customers. Not a way a manager should treat his restaurant goers. read more

The food is lackluster. The $5 bucket of wings is the deal of the century. The drinks are cheap. The atmosphere is fun as an underclassmen for sure. read more

Very disappointed. Was told by the server that they weren't doing the $5 wing special because it was the week of the super bowl. Went to Sally's Saloon for the wings just to get denied. Very unprofessional. Do not trust what their website says because they will make up excuses to not honor their daily specials. Last I checked the Super Bowl doesn't happen on a Thursday night. read more

Loved coming here. Outdoor patio was great. Devon, our server, was fun, attentive and we enjoyed $5 Burger Wednesday! read more

Sally's Saloon - American Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

The food was good and our waitress was decent, but halfway through the meal we noticed a cockroach in our booth. We moved tables and told the waitress who told her manager. The manager never came out to talk to us and we were not given any discount for our meal. The staff made no effort to remove the cockroach and we watched it crawl off into a crack in the booth. Disgusting. read more

My wife and I stopped by to enjoy some apps and a couple drinks before an event we were attending near Stadium Village. We had checked out Sally's website and found they had Happy Hour everyday from 3-6 PM. When we arrived at 4 PM we were told there wasn't a Happy Hour going on. I showed the waitress the menu that had in big letters "Happy Hour everyday from 3-6 PM". She just said, "Yeah we aren't having it today". We ordered a couple overpriced beers, drank them and left. We won't ever return. read more

It was a busy game day but service was fantastic! Food was yummy! Prices reasonable. Fun atmosphere!!!

Sally's is a joke, after midnight they don't let anyone in unless you know the bouncer. I'm actually over 21 and they still didn't let me and my buddys in honestly a joke of a bar. read more

I have never written a yelp review before, but i felt that my experience at Sally's tonight needed to be recognized. The atmosphere was great but it pales in comparison to the top notch service we received. My daughter and I were greeted by a darling girl, whose name we later learned was Christy. She was attentive, knowledgable and exceeded all of our expectations. Not only was she the best server I've had in Minneapolis but she went above and beyond with her sweet demeanor and warm personality She gave my freshman daughter advice about college, what to expect, and made my daughter feel comfortable and excited about the year ahead. She was clearly busy and did not need to take the time and effort to do such but it really made an impact. Due to our outstanding service from Christy, Sally's will be our go-to spot whenever I'm in town to visit my daughter. read more

Sally's is always a great choice. They have very affordable happy hour deals which is essential for college students. It is also very clean and open with lots of natural light. Ask for Taylor K as your server, she is so sweet and always goes the extra mile for her tables! read more