Great Eagle Bar & Grill

Epitome of a dive bar...
and I mean that with a compliment.
There are regulars who the staff know by name.
Prices are good, food is just ok, but the staff is great.

I have owned in Happy Trails, Surprise AZ for over 13 years.
Our local Great Eagle restaurant bar used to be the place to go for breakfast , lunch, or dinner.
There was tons of bar and beer specials and many TV’s on, with A variety of sports channels.
It was absolutely excellent back in the day and we would ask our friends and other family to meet us here for a variety of functions.
The outside seating was clean, (no bird defecation) and the center breezeway was beautiful and full of visitors, all hours of the day and evening.
Over the last six years, I have seen a serious decline in outside cleanliness and attention to detail in the food preparation.
It depends who the cook is now, whether you get condiments or pickles with your meal.
If you ask for a burger or cheeseburger, you have to specifically ask for mayo, pickles, mustard, and ketchup before you get your meal .
Usually, you have to ask after the fact for a second time for mayo, ketchup, mustard, and fry sauce. The outside of Great Eagle restaurant bar is unfortunately embarrassingly disgusting now.
Every one of the cushions is completely covered on both sides with bird defecation as well as several of the concrete areas that our tables are located.
Most of the garbage cans are at least half, to completely full by mid day and at least 20 cigarette butts covering the top of every ‘sand’ smoking containers.
Unfortunately, the last couple of years the center breezeway has been off limits due to construction, but we rarely see anyone working In the construction areas.
This used to be a desirable place to be from both of our perspective (my wife and I).
We were proud to bring our families and friends to Great Eagle restaurant but now we now go to Arizona traditions, which is a volunteer bar and it is very clean and there is no bird defecation.
If the Great Eagle owners and or managers cared to make more money or cared about their reputation they could clean up the outside, replace the cushions, take out the trash and cigarette butts and it would make a hugely positive difference.
There is enough room both inside and outside of the establishment to host live bands like the local bars.
Great Eagle would make a ton of money on the retirees and local people that used to love this restaurant bar.
I am extremely saddened with the downline of this establishment, I used to brag about it, but now I just tell people to go next-door to Arizona traditions or any other bar in the area area.
It is absolutely unfortunate how the owners have let this go.
It wouldn’t take very much to bring it back To par, I just don’t think they care unfortunately.
This is my honest opinion.
We used to love this place but now it’s gone to bird crap-literally.

UPDATE 10/20: Good with distancing practices and all the comments below still hold true.
Limited hours of service are annoying and the place could be so much more if updated and promoted.
Would love to buy it and give it a make-over.
But the beer selection is excellent, food is good, folks around are friendly, and staff is generally attentive.
One of our go to spots and you can find us there often. UPDATE 2/2020: Been there several times and giving them another star.
While the service can be a little sporadic, the food, drinks and atmosphere is always enjoyable.
We spend a lot of days just hanging on the patio with friends.
Nothing fancy still, and would LOVE to see them update the place, but still a solid place to hang out, eat, and have some beers.
Would be great if they would get a Hazy IPA, maybe Lumberyard from Flag or such. First visit the other day.
Friendly folks and a great beer selection.
Atmosphere was decent, but a bit noisy and outdated feeling.
I swear if they updated the inside and especially their patio, the setup would rival anything on the west side.
Did not try to food yet but the fish fry did roll-out looking good.
That will be the next visit.
Would like to see a pint for the price on beers.
So decent to watch sports or chill, but they could be a lot better.