Rival Pittsburgh

"This place replaced a Walnut Grill that occupied the space for many years. The menu looks liked elevated bar food, and we were in the area, so decided to give it a try for lunch. Our overall impressions were not all that great. The layout is the same as it was as far as the structure goes, but all the rooms were changed. Gone are the banquette tables. Now you have mostly tall bar tables and lots of large TVs tuned to many different sports stations. The wall décor is many different sports quotes, all painted on a very dark background, which is Ok for what is clearly aiming for a Sports bar atmosphere. There was not a large crown when we showed up so we were immediately taken to a table in the middle room and left with menus and the bar/beer lists. Our waitress came over quickly for our drink order and was back with them quite quickly as well. However, from this point on things started going South. While our waitress was very nice and professional, it seemed that they are probably very understaffed. It took more than half an hour from when we gave our order until the good arrived. Considering that we ordered a chicken sandwich and a salad, and that there were only two other parties in our room, none in the back room, and only two parties at the bar! Once the food finally arrived, it was kind of ordinary. The Spicy Korean Chicken sandwich tasted of Gochujang – which was good and what I expected – but any spice in it was almost totally obliterated by the sweet pickles and pickled red onions that were in this sandwich as well. I upgraded to the onion rings as I am not a big fan of shoestring fries. The ones that came were decent. Not greasy, but surprisingly tepidly warm, as if they had been taken out of the fryer some minutes before the other things were done and left to cool down. The Jerk Shrimp salad was pretty ordinary. There was only the faintest hint of jerk flavor on the shrimp and the shrimp clumped together, which surprised us. Once we were done eating we sat and waited for our bill. And sat. And waited. And waited. Fifteen minutes later the waitress showed up so we can finish the transaction – which she handled promptly. This is when the last bit hit us. For this chicken sandwich, salad, and one soft drink lunch ended up costing us $50. That is way, way, way too expensive for what we ultimately got."

"This place is so great!! Great food, good times, fun atmosphere, clean, friendly service- no complaints! We had such a nice server, a fabulous meal, got to watch the Pirates game, just the perfect night Definitely check this place out! It’s new My favorite menu items were: jalapeño popper dip, the shrimp appetizer, and the cheesesteak"

"Very cool atmosphere with ping pong tables, Cornhole, outdoor space and large bar. Would be awesome for an event! Service was friendly and helpful. Our favorites were the Philly cheese steak, onion rings, hot honey pizza, and fried pickles. Awesome drink menu with different options for everyone including N/A beverages. Looked like good specials, too!"

"This place is amazing! Food was delicious and hot! My server Shauna was fantastic and the owner of the establishment was very personable! Drinks were great as well and options were lovely! I went there today with my aunt and grandma we will definitely be back again! Great job guys!!!"

"Restaurant is updated, a fun atmosphere, clean. The service we had was great, no issues at all, quick and friendly. The food - we were disappointed. We all ordered sandwiches. The buns being grilled tasted great and was a nice addition. The items on the sandwiches were fine, nothing special really. The French fries were not hot or crispy, seemed like frozen shoe string fries, really didn’t have any flavor. We would have much rather had fresh cut fries or just crispy fries that were hot. And then the prices for what you get just wasn’t worth it to us. Overall would try them again but I enjoyed walnut grill more."