Arena Bar & Grill

1521 Martin St, State College
(814) 237-8833

Recent Reviews

Dave Kraige

Went here for lunch while bowling with friends, and could not believe how slow and bad the service was. There seemed to be only 1 person working there, acting as waiter, bartender, possibly cook too? There were only about 10 customers in the restaurant, but it still took about 20 minutes just to place my order and pay, while I alternately talked to the lone employee and then waited for him to go take other people's orders, make drinks, disappear for a while, etc. It was then about 45 minutes until my order came out (a basket of chicken wings and a small pizza, so not a big order). My friends, who placed a similarly-sized order directly after me, never got their food, and after about an hour of waiting had to go back and ask for it to be remade. The lone employee said he took it to a different bowling lane than us, and I guess just left it there, with other people who didn't order it? The food was pretty good when it finally arrived, but we were just blown away with the lack of energy and accuracy and the surly, shrugged-shoulders attitude of the entire interaction. We thought it would be a convenient place to grab food while we were bowling, but it ended up making our game last an hour longer than it should have. Will definitely avoid in the future.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 1

Jim DeWolfe

Great venue with a nice stage and seating layout, and good sound. Service was slow and erratic, but that probably has more to do with number of staff, which is true most places these days. Food was nothing to write home about. Cheesesteak, salad and fries were okay, but hot stuff arrived barely warm.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 2

Jim Yingling

Nice place to grab a quick drink. Nice folks behind the bar.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 5

Andy Krishak

We love their stromboli, the waiter was amazing and we always have a blast seeing Big Daddy Bangers.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Soft Pretzels

Dean Shunkwiler

Saw a dinner theater play

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Benjamin McMullen

We waited for over an hour and a half for food because they only put one waiter on for an event the bar wouldnt take food orders and turned away food orders. Ill likely not come back. Could not rate the food because it didnt arrive.

Atmosphere: 2

Service: 1

Shane Stillings

Quiet most of the time. It gets busy for karaoke and drag shows.

Deanna Hockenberry

Went out for food and drinks. Was karaoke night. So much fun. Food is good and atmosphere a blast.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tiffany Haines

Cheap drinks and cheap thrills! Nice bar away from the downtown crowd

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pound of French Fries

Lazenca

Great food! Nice bar!

Bart Baylson

Moon is a great bartender, fast and diligent.

Jennifer

The bartender, (Nicole) is outta this world, excellent service!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amber Hefferan

Every single one of our orders were wrong. Waited forever for them to bring out our drinks. The server argued with me over her bringing me regular Bud Light instead of Bud Light Seltzer. The poor server was clearly struggling and new but the manager just decorated a tree the entire time. Usually come every year with family. Will absolutely never be back.

Shady Russian

Yeah I mean this place goes hard. Best happy hour in town and realest workers.

Theodore Luebbert

Excellent food and service. 6 patrons in the bar on a Saturday night.

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