Good bar food. I love their butternut squash soup! Their pretzel sandwiches are also pretty tasty. They have good happy hour and daily specials. Great for groups! read more

I have eaten at a lot of the food establishments on McKnight Road but I still keep finding places to try. Stokes Grill was a great pick. It is a bar and restaurant which are separate. They have a great selection if beers and you can choose some to take home. Their menu had some nice offerings. I chose the Shrimp Tacos. The tacos had two small flour shells. Two were needed because they were stuffed full! There were a very nice portion of crispy fried shrimp. Along with the shrimp was a crispy tasty slaw. I don't know what all was in the sale but it complimented the shrimp perfectly. There was lime juice and a salsa too. The tacos came with hand made chips which were light and crispy. I also ordered a cup of their Mac & Cheese. It was made with a white cheese that is melted and poured over small pasta shells. It is creamy and smooth and a bit rich. I can't imagine eating a bowl of it as a meal, but it is offered as such. I will definitely go back and try more items on their menu. read more

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I really WANT to like this place, but every trip it gets harder! I've given it two chances, and needless to say I won't be back. It's a shame, the food is very good but it takes a LIFETIME to get it! The last straw was today when my sister and I stopped for lunch. We waited over 40 mins for our sandwiches and my sisters was wrong! When we sent it back, we received the corrected one 10 minutes later, with our apology, but according to our sever we "lucked out" because the age charged us for the incorrect one which was $1 cheaper. I was still in shock it was on my bill! Paid, left, and won't be back! read more

I've been anxious to try Stoke's for a while now, and when a Living Social deal popped up, I jumped on it. My husband and I were both home one week day and needed some quick lunch to-go. Despite looking from the outside like a sit down bar and grill type joint, I had heard that Stokes was more of a grab and go sort of place. I was impressed by the menu, so many things sounded good. I decided on a half a sandwich and soup combo, the grilled cheese and the pepperjack tomato soup. My husband got the BLT and the chili. My grilled cheese was on soft, delicious bread. The cheeses were melted until oozy - just the way I like it. The pepperjack was a nice variation on traditional tomato soup, giving it a spicy kick and bold flavor. My husband's BLT had a lot of crispy bacon, which he enjoyed, although he said the chili was "just OK" (I'll pretend that's because chili I make is out of this world). Stoke's made us a very satisfying lunch, definitely a step up from other quick places in the area. Two reasons why I did not give it 5 stars, though... 1. The marketing of Stoke's is just all wrong. The exterior really makes you think it's something that it is not. Also, their menu, although impressive, is designed so that it is very hard to read. I'd like to think this place would be way more popular if they fixed these few small details! 2. The pricing is a little steep for what you get. Our lunches were over $20 total, which I thought was more than what I would pay elsewhere. Still, I'd compare it to a local Panera Bread, with better ingredients, flavors, and choices. read more

Call me a food snob and I've had more overcooked burgers than I care to remember...but not at Stokes! A perfect medium well, cooked through but still juicy with a crispy outer layer. The side of broccoli salad was excellent, the service with a smile and terrific draft list ....its a gem on RT19! read more

I had a very nice (and fast) lunch at this place. I tried the BLT, fried pretzel and took the tomato pepperjack soup and mac and cheese to go. The BLT was "classic" style, quality toasted white bread and lots of crispy bacon. So much in fact I managed to knock over my water glass while trying to stuff it all back in the sandwich. The fried pretzel was very meh, I wouldn't get it again. The soup and mac and cheese was excellent and reheated well for dinner at home. Lots of homemade mac and cheese is oily/greasy but the consistency of the Stoke's version was perfect, super creamy and the cheese hugged the noodles. Soup had a great flavor, very peppery. Pricing was a buck or two more you might pay at your average diner but you can tell they use quality/homemade components which is why it is a little bit more. Overall I enjoyed my lunch here. The order at the counter style is nice if you are alone or want to get something quick for takeout. read more

Great tap list and a large selection of bottles also. The pizza is great, especially the Hippy Dippy. I would definitely recommend for a fun casual dinner. read more

I waiting forever my food. Personal very friendly but I think they have problems w managing cook time. Next time I'll order from different place read more

I was traveling through Pittsburgh & stopped for dinner near my hotel. Not only was the food amazing with great prices but owner & staff were so professional & honest. I left my wallet at the restaurant & they did everything thing the could to locate me. The manager stayed after the restaurant closed that evening so I could pick up my wallet. read more

Ordered takeout this past weekend. Food was was fine. Purchased a crowler (32oz beer to go) and was charged $22 which did not include glass purchase! Foolish me for not asking before asking paying. A growler (64 oz.) at Hop Farm is $16. read more

I agree with two other negative reviews. (Over 25 min (on my stop watch) ) and no soup. Another couple who came in later than us got their soup and finished it before ours. We had to complain at that point. The waitress says that their policy is to serve the soup with the sandwich bla bla bla something about 'a side'. I have never heard of this policy in my 50 years of all resturants. The waitress should have warned us !!! First time I only tipped 10 percent in that time too. Oh My wife's Cuban was a burnt crisp with hardly any meat and was so bad our dog wouldn't even have it. NEVER GOING BACK THERE EVER AND SPEADING THE BAD WORD. read more

Pros: Very clean, good service. Cons: A little pricey for what you get. I got a sandwich and onion rings and it cost me $15. I didn't know until afterwards that I could've subbed the rings for chips. Wish the guy would've told me that. Anyway, the rings were fresh and very good. The sandwich? Not so much. Maybe it's what I got, but I'll pass on this one next time. read more

I've stopped in to Stoke's Grill a few times over the last two months, and I've been very pleased each time. As dozens of others commented, its beer selection is high-quality, and they make it apparent to carry as many local craft beers as possible. As for the food... I can say w/o reservation that their burgers, quesadillas and pizzas are super tasty. My favorite is the DunCow. On McKnight, it's chain after chain restaraunt, so it's also nice to support a family owned and operated business. read more

We've been to Stokes many times over the past few years. Their food is excellent - we've never had a bad meal there. But they really need to hire a few more waitstaff! Every time we go, there are 2 waitstaff for the whole restaurant. They walk by the tables, zoned in on what table they're visiting, and never look to see if other tables might need something. I really want this restaurant to thrive - they're local owned - but they are never crowded - and I would bet that it's due to the lack of staff. We were there at 7 pm on a Saturday night and less than half the tables had people. Also, on this particular visit, they were out of many beers. My husband asked for 3 different beers and they were all out - and the people at the table next to us had the same issues. That's not right for a restaurant with an adjoining bar that claims to have a ton of beers. read more

I love Stoke's, it's always really good. I usually get the pretzel queso bites which are awesome! Today I got buffalo chicken macaroni and cheese and it was so rich and creamy. They have great homemade soups- the butternut squash is my favorite and the Nikko salad is refreshing and has a lot of flavor. read more

Love this place! Chill ambience and a great menu. My friends and I loved the buffalo chicken dip and the chili queso. The pretzel bites that came with the queso were amazing, better than anywhere I've been before! My one issue with this place was when I ordered a margarita and our server let me know it would be pretty tart because they didn't have a margarita mix, just lemon juice I think? Not that it's the biggest deal in the world, but if you guys have a full bar, I think that should be something readily available. Other than that, service was great and we loved the food. Will definitely be back! read more

Great beer selection! Food is decent. Great TVs and quiet ambiance. Will definitely be coming back. Landon keeps reading this. He is a silly monkey man who likes to eat chocolate cake with worms on top. Go Rockets. Go Texans. Boo patriots and cowboys. Don't forget the buccaneers. read more

Like a panera bread upgrade. My wife and I have tried many different things from the menu and every one has delivered.

Good Beer selection, food not so good, Cuban sandwich burnt and could not find any meat! Onion Rings were soggy. They schoud take Cuban sandwich off the menu, the waitress talked me into it as her favorite?? read more

Chicken sandwich was good, buffalo chicken mac was also good. Large beer selection, friendly speedy service. The side salad was very fresh and very good, also there is home made ranch dressing which was amazing! read more

I have only tried one thing here the two times I came while in town. I liked it so much that's all I have ordered. Haha! I absolutely love Reuben sandwiches and theirs is really good. I'm from Houston and you can't hardly find anyone who serves those here. The fries are good. The service was good and the place was clean and cozy. I will be back next time i am in town. read more

Um maybe the beer is good, the servers are very nice . However the food was lacking I ordered an appetizer and stopped there. The buffalo chicken dip taste like queso with chicken chunks in it and was cold. The pita taste like it has it had hand sanitizer on it , my first time here and I won't be back read more

We went there for the first time on 12/22 and won't be returning: As we arrived: - The place was empty, minus a 7 person party in another room. Took minutes to get a waitress. - Waitress does our app orders, then doesn't even bother to ask if we were ready to order. She went away for 5 minutes before returning. The apps: - I got chili cheese fries and a pretzel with queso. The fries were supposed to be large size but were only enough for one person. They used store chili that tasted like it came from the can. No flavor, originality or quality to it. The pretzels were more like one pretzel and came HAND RIPPED apart. Yes, they ripped it with their hands. Gross The meal: - I got a burger on a pretzel bun with chips. The pretzel bun wasn't a bun, it was a pretzel cut in half. What? Immediately went over to a waitress and asked for a bun. I waited and waited, nothing came. Our waitress then came over and apologized and she didn't even bring a bun. I also asked for chips and she gave me fries. We ended up telling them to take the burger back because we didn't want to pay for it and it took so long that I wasn't even hungry. - My mom got a hoagie. If the burger thing sounded bad, this was right up there. The hoagie came on two three inch dinner rolls. There was barely any lettuce and one tomato. It was basically a sandwich, not a hoagie. The presentation and ingredients were awful. My mom was going to give it back but she was hungry and we had wasted enough time on the whole fiasco. - The waitress apologized for the bad experience. Did she get a manager? No. Did they give us a discount to entice us to try again? No. They did nothing. They didn't care. Overall: - This place was awful and may have been one of the worst meals we've ever had. I have no idea why anyone would go to this place when the North Park Longue is right up the street and gives you more food with better quality for the same price. This place is awful and we will never go back. read more

Very poor experience. Waited an hour for food that never came. They never put in our appetizer. People around us who came in after us got served and left. The water tastes like it came out of a bucket. Never even got to try the food. I won't be returning anytime soon. The owner never even apologized. I wouldn't even eat there for free. read more

Where to begin? I am not one to ever domain at a restaurant. I understand the stresses that come with the job, as well as how blame can be spread out. Well after sitting at our table for the better part of 20 minutes for the server to come take our order, she muffed it. I ordered a bowl of soup with my meal. Most sit down restaurants from my years of dining out bring you your bowl of soup before your meal. The server must never have been out prior to this job because she figured I'd like it with my what they called a Cuban sandwich. It was two slices of ham and a sprinkling of pulled pork and what tasted like Grey Poupon mustard. With a menu that came off as well put together I was shocked to get fries out of a bag and not fresh cut. The big shock was the bowl of runny soup that they are trying to pass off as chicken pot pie. they lay some puff pastry on a bowl of soup. The puff pastry was done in the top not all the way through. We asked to see a manager and instead got the hack of a chef to come out and talk down to our table. The beer list looked like the only redeemable quality. My girlfriend said her chicken Cesar wrap was ok bit nothing special. A place like this could only be opened on the suburbs where most people wouldn't know a truly good restaurant if it opened up on their house. Oh yeah I am still hungry. read more

In a sea of chain restaurants on McNight, Stokes is a good pick. They always have 5-6 soups from scratch, and a ton of great sandwich options. I love the veggie pesto sandwich which is on pressed hoagie bread. The mac n cheese is great, especially on these cold winter days. Lots of beers on tap too. Check it out. read more

Wanted to give this place a try with my wife on Friday night. We were seated by hostess and sat for 15 minutes without sight of a server. Asked another passing server if they knew where our server might be. She said that she was in the back of the restaurant and would ask her to come by. Another 10 minutes passed. Nothing. Left and went to monte cellos where we got prompt friendly service. Sorry Stokes. We tried to give you our money. Won't happen again. read more

Good selection of beers but the service was just okay and the food was quite underwhelming. Not terrible but certainly not good enough that I'll return or recommend it at all. read more

This could be the worst restaurant I have been to in a long time. Service was beyond bad. It has been years since I left no tip ( I am usually a 30% tipper). The food was horrible and the portions were small and left us wanting to go somewhere else for dinner now that we had appetizers. We asked to see the manager who never came out. Save yourself the trouble and go els read more

I posted on Facebook suggestions for lunch in the North Hills and someone recommended this place to me. It looked like it had easy enough access for me, so I decided to check it out. I was craving a healthy-but-salty (oxymoron, right?) salad but changed my mind when I checked out the menu. It's an average sized place with a counter that you walk up to and order from. You pay, sit, and they bring your food to you. It is BYO which is nice but not traditional as the place doesn't really seem to "fit" a BYO restaurant in the vibe or menu (it's a deli essentially). I ordered the white cheddar mac and cheese because it had an entire section on the menu for it so I figured it would be good. I also ordered the Motmot wrap which had turkey, bacon, some tomato aioli. I also got a foundtain drink. It ended up at about $15 which seemed a little high for a lunch. The service was quick which is nice for a workday lunch. The (side order) of mac and cheese? It was really good and could be a meal in itself. The bowl was put under a broiler to make it a little crispy. The noodles were slightly overcooked which I do not prefer in mac and cheese but the star of the dish was, of course, the cheese. Thick cheese sauce that I knew was hearty after three bites. Very cheddary--not too sharp. It was more like a glue than a sauce. The wrap came with chips and was served warm which I was not expecting. Too much aioli--this is common at restaurants anywhere, but I don't think a sandwhich needs to be dripping in dressing, especially since this was nothing special. The turkey was nice and thinly sliced. The bacon felt more like bacon bits than chopped bacon or even slices of bacon. The turkey was fresh. I only had a few chips. I couldn't tell if they were house made or otherwise. I went back after my three bites of mac and cheese for more. Outside of the noodles being overcooked, that dish is really something special. I would go back to try something else, just not a wrap because I think for the cost it's lacking in execution and flavor. read more

We have dined in and taken out of Stoke's Grill on several occasions. Their pizza is really really good, and is a good item for take out. Their soups, in particular, their butternut squash soup, is also very good. The spices in the squash soup - the warm nutmeg - and the creaminess of it, make it so good. Perfect in the wintertime! When we dined in, we got the white fries with the white garlic aioli - very very good. I really liked the aioli. While neither my husband or I drink beer, they look like they have a good selection of bottled and draft beers. I'm particularly impressed with the place despite it being in a strip mall. read more

I've been here 3 times in the past week and if it wasn't for the food, I wouldn't be returning. In all seriousness, it is evident that they are understaffed, which is reflected in the service and long wait time of food. This is disappointing because their food is really, really good, but if things don't improve soon I'm moving on to somewhere new. read more

We have been eating here since they opened and have become part of their family. The soups are sooooooooooooo goooooooooooooooood. The sandwiches and burgers are really great, as well. We enjoyed their breakfasts when they had them. This is our first choice when we want to eat out. The Faschnacht Day potato donuts were awesome. I miss the ribs that they had as an appetizer. read more

This place is just OK. The food is average and they have a lot of beers to choose from. The price is a little higher than I would like for the quality of food and service. read more

My sister and I took our kids here for lunch. The server was really nice but the food wasn't very good. The portions are small and the price doesn't match the portions. They gave our kids 10 French fries each with their chicken tenders meal. I'm all for smaller portions but the prices are too high for such small portions. We will not go back. read more

I have opened up a salon on the same strip and I went to Stoke's Grill with my business partner to celebrate. The food and the drinks are delicious! I really love their beers! read more

I love this place and the soup. I always get the crab bisque and I love the pretzel sandwiches. They have lots of options for food and sandwiches (the hitch, monkey fist, etc) and its a good yet fairly unknown place. read more

This place is great! Ordered up a Pittsburgh Dip and the Yellow fries and my son had the Rangamala and White fries. The Pittsburgh Dip is like a French dip sandwich but with fried onion twists, French fries and cheese melted on and comes with an au jus. The Yellow fries have cheddar and bacon served with a side of ranch. The Rangamala is a half pound burger with cheddar cheese and bacon (and super juicy!). The White fries have garlic aioli and parmesan sauce on them. The sandwiches were served with homemade potato chips and a pickle. All were very good! Portions are just right. They aren't skimpy nor overwhelming. I noticed some comments about the cost. My bill did come to $33 but the food is fresh. The hamburger is hormone and antibiotic free. I don't mind paying a little extra for quality food. They are expanding the restaurant and is currently under renovation, but they are open and it is super clean. The other side they are putting in a bar. The staff was very friendly and helpful. Service was prompt. Yes, they are now full service! There isn't a thing I could find negative about the place. We will definitely be back to try more items on the menu! read more

I came here with a group from my conference because it was near their hotel. Their green fries sounded appetizing, (fries, pesto sauce and brie) so we decided to share them around the table. The counter lady asked if I wanted the fries out first and I said yes. Apparently that means "Please bring them out jut two seconds before the rest of the food for the table." The first order had a hair in them. They were gracious and replaced them, bringing them to use when we were about 75% through our meal. At that point we really didn't want them, but there didn't offer to refund me and I didn't really ask. they were bland, the pesto was only on the top 10 fries and the brie was invisible I guess. My chicken fingers were pretty run of the mill, the honey mustard was good however. My friend ordered a pretzel sandwich and said it was really good and another girl ordered the lobster bisque. She said that the soup had no flavor what so ever. read more

Great food and beer selection! 4 stars because service has improved, but still not great. Don't go if you're on a time crunch.