The first time I went to the Thirsty Turtle was 15 years ago to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers game…read morewith 2 of my fellow Steelers fans. This is THE best place in town to hang out with friends any day of the week, not just on game day. The bartenders and servers are very friendly and the service is definitely on point, even when the place is packed they get to you as quickly as possible. The food there is not your typical bar food either. The burgers and sandwiches are out of this world!! I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, and I promise that you haven't lived until you taste Yankee food, and the food at The Turtle made me so homesick I almost wept. I highly recommend this place!!

My wife and I call it the "thrifty turtle" for the great draft prices and reasonable food which is…read morealso tasty. Haven't been in many years but started back recently and waitstaff is awesome. Great place to catch a World Cup match.

As we were back in HSV last month with our son, we visited Rocket City Tavern again. Not super…read morehungry, we decided to sit at the bar, have a drink, and share an app. Yet again, we were not disappointed with this establishment. The main reason for doing an update this year is to give a shout out to Liz, the bartender. The bar was full inside and out, and she also had a large party she was attending to. Her service was excellent. Her attitude amazing. Her work ethic inspiring. Quality customer service will keep me coming back here.

The service was great, the waitress was very attentive and made sure we had what we needed or…read morewanted. Food was delicious and came out very quickly, will definitely be going back when I'm in Huntsville.

Later aug 2026: After returning from Nashville with the Bears victory on Saturday, we stopped in…read moreon Sunday for a supper Josh, manager of the of the food service came out and greeted us a nice touch on their part waitress tomorrow was so good. I had an old fashioned again and gumbo Wife had hot wings that were really hot! . Followed by a ahi salad. Great service. And of course all those televisions!

It was lunchtime on Saturday but I didn't want fast food. I had a coupon for Walk-On's so we…read moredecided to give it a try. Honestly, I didn't expect much. I figured I'd find a menu full of fried food. Maybe an iceberg side salad thrown in to say they are vegetarian friendly. I was so wrong. Yes, there was greasy food - wings, burgers, fries but most of the menu was salads, seafood, wraps and entrees with a heavy Cajun influence. We started with the boom boom shrimp. Crispy with just the slightest hint of heat. Delicious. I had the chicken berry pecan salad. Big enough to share and quite good. My husband had the mango tuna bowl. Walk-On's knocked it out of the park on this one. Wow!! It was amazing! Service was great and the prices weren't bad considering the quality. There was a large drink list of beers and cocktails and plenty of TV's turned to the big game. We will definitely be back!

Ruggby's Food & Spirits os located on University by Wynn, bit if you were not looking specifically…read morefor it, you would probably never notice ot. It sits far back in a shopping plaza that is hard to see anyway. It does have that bat type ambiance, which is not necessarily a bad thing and the service was friendly enough Not a bad place to grab a drink.

A friend and I were traveling through Huntsville. If you're staying at the La Quinta Inn and want…read moreto get blackout drunk without driving... We had a great night. I was eager to get out, and saw Ruggby's was just on the other side of the hotel. We went over there, and they have one of those horseshoe-style bars. There was some dude who just got fired from his job from a restaurant down the street. A few of his former coworkers were there and were scolding him about how bad his unnamed behavior was. My friend bought the fired dude's drinks. The bartender told us some new beer that he wasn't familiar with just got on tap. We had that, then forgot the rest of the night. Five stars. Oh, I forgot to mention that my friend couldn't find his wedding ring the next day.

Great place to play pool, listen to music and have great drinks. The bartenders are great here.read more

The service was friendly, and the wings were cooked nice and crispy. I can say much else besides…read morethis is a smoky bar. This is a true definition of a watering hole.

Everything about this dive-style sports bar is good…read more Customer service is friendly, fast paced, yet attention to detail. You can tell the owner cares about their name. Food is outstanding. There's actually options for vegetarian diets including pescatarian. So, the Romeo Roll is full of fresh gulf shrimp seasoned well with lettuce , this homemade corn salsa that's just super fresh. Haven't had a bad one yet. Tracy, owner, makes me a Romeo Roll in a salad and it's amazing with goat cheese, shrimp, (I do not eat the Andouille sausage-vegetarian) but I tried a bite because I did forget to have them remove it the second time-it's good. They have no problem customizing your order or tailoring to your diet, this is a good spot in Huntsville. It's loud on certain days which I do not mind , gives good energy. I noticed that they also support the community-important. City folks-this is as close to a dive that I can find here. They have baked fish options and kids menus-prices are very reasonable especially in this economy.

We had such a good meal here. The Tsukemen was rich and flavorful, and the Maki Lunch hit the spot…read more-- salmon roll, eel roll, and my sweet potato tempura roll were all fresh and tasty. My husband also ordered Takoyaki, which he devoured. Even the salad dressing was delicious. I ordered the Samurai Old Fashion, and wow... so good. Service was awesome from start to finish, and they even found my husband's AirPod after it fell out of his pocket. Lifesavers. Great food, great drinks, great people. Easy five stars.

Amazing service!! Amber the bartender was very upbeat and kind! Peggy cooked up the best fried…read morepickles Ive ever had, and the locals are always fun, bruce even gave me a free cigar!

With a name like Hickory House I was kinda expecting BBQ. Instead I got dive bar quality food…read more(which isn't terrible) with "swanky downtown bar" prices. After tip for two people was about $70... My Philly Cheese Steak was on the smallest hotdog bun I've ever seen. Onion rings brought the score from 1 star to 2.

Lively brewery with also food. There was live music outside but not so loud you hear it inside. In…read morefact it's a really weird vibe seeing the band but not hearing them at all. I don't drink but I went with friends and got food. The pizza was good for Alabama pizza but meh for general pizza. The sweet tea was meh for Alabama sweet tea but good for general sweet tea. The water was water. Lots of varieties of beer. The friends I was with liked them so I guess they're good.

Man oh man. This one will be a doozy. My partner and I were beyond stoked that this was opening…read morein Huntsville. We had come to love B40 in BHAM because of their burgers, pizza and beers. Mostly the food. That said, since this location has opened, it's been somewhat puzzling to observe and experience. This location is massive and a wonderful use of space and location, huge bonus. The food here is 9/10, easily. Some of the best burgers and pizza in town. I've also had their wings, RIP white sauce. I've had their beet salad, RIP beet salad. I've also had their Asian chicken sandwich, it's not RIP but it wasn't that great. Their menu changes pretty regularly, which is a blessing and a curse. You sometimes miss great dishes and other times, it's nice to have constant new favorites. The staff here is such an odd thing. Coming from almost two decades in Austin, we had a huge brewery scene and culture. That said, some of the folks working here seem either annoyed by their customers or that they're doing everyone a huge favor by being here. That's such weird thing. Even my partner, who doesn't get bothered much got annoyed by one of their more surly beertenders. Continuing the lamentation of days of yore, they just don't have much fresh turnover of beers here. I often see the same beers month after month, if anything that's a sad testament of the current state of the craft beer economy. Lastly, regarding service, it makes absolutely zero sense as a patron living in SEC country, that leadership of this wonderful space would CHOOSE not to put their TV's on a sporting event with ties to the region. I had an employee assist with a TV only for the manager to chastise him for doing it right in front of me. I can't for the life of me understand why someone would rather be that right about making customers happy, there with other patrons nearby thanking me, only to subject your paying customers to have to watch an infomercial on your ginormous TV's. Holy cow, read the room! Anyway, thanks for coming to my TEDTalk.