The Redd Dog Puyallup

This has been on my list for a while. BUT it was the 6th ave spot that I was planning to go to, since it's closer to me. I hairbrush to be driving home from NW Trek and my friend found out there was a Puyallup location! So, we stopped by and I'm so happy we did!
My pup got the bacon from the dog menu. Obviously, he loved it. And we got to take the Frisbee home. I got the fish and chips. The fries are top notch. Crispy and delicious. The fish was perfectly cooked and the batter wasn't too thick. My friend got pizza and the pretzel. She said it passed her pretzel test! She asked for more salt because most restaurants barely put any, so the regular amount of salt is probably enough.
The person that greeted us was so helpful and explained EVERYTHING. It was so nice, since it was our first time being there. The staff is great and hilarious.
I plan to try out the tacoma location, even more so because of the great time I had at the Puyallup one.
Parking at this place is abundant. Behind it is better than trying to get a spot in front and competing with the other businesses. It is in a good place to do other errands or shopping.
The outdoor dining area has clips towards the bottom of the tables to hook up your pup.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Always great service and delicious food!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Had a great time at The Redd Dog! Food, drinks, staff and dog friendly---alll A+! Cannot wait to return!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

To order food they want everything. Email, phone #, full credit card but I already gave them the Cc info when I checked in. Stupid place.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

They would not take a takeout order over the phone. Not a big issue. The issue is the pound of “hot wings “ contained huge drumsticks. This is a different cut of meat than what I purchased with an entirely different taste. Since they sell by weight, I suspect this is a cost cutting measure since an equal weight of actual drumettes would cost them more. The actual wings that were included were soggy, misshapen and mediocre. Very dissatisfied and will not return. Not worth the money at all.

Food: 1

Service: 2

Fun self service beer, cider and wine restaurant. Pretty standard fare for food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

“Must love dogs”. This place is weird and not the spot you’d wanna take your grandparents for lunch. If you don’t love dogs, you won’t get it. You won’t understand why dog cookies are prominently displayed, and human cookies are tucked away in a jar, and look 1/10 the quality. You won’t understand why the staff literally make YOU go fetch— not talking about the u-pour, though it’s overpriced. They make you order online through your phone. No one is coming to help you. No one is going to seat you. No one is going to talk you through your questions or offer you a recommendation. They double down on tips/gratuity by default, which is crazy since I’m the one doing half the work, and good luck trying to undo that gratuity, it’s hard-coded. The sign says cocktails, but what they really mean is “I’ll pour you a shot and you buy a chaser out of the fridge”. The shot wasn’t even measured to the first line on the glass. It was insanely overpriced. I don’t get it, I don’t want to get it— I hope we can collectively say “not this one”. Offer a service, offer a smile. Offer something to people and give full disclosure at the door that I have to put up with dogs in every corner of the establishment, whether they are well-behaved or not.

I think the burger was also made for dogs, as that’s the only thing that would explain the flavor and how dry it was. Not that anyone asked me how to cook it!

Edit: do not respond to me with your overly defensive needless commentary— the gratuity keeps coming up for a reason. Stop blaming everyone but yourself for your own poor image.

You also DO have to pay every employee, in training or not. That’s the law! Even in a working interview. Even if you think they’re “disgruntled”. You talk about the gratuity a lot for staff, can staff confirm they are regularly paid at all? Anyone wanna sound off?

Damn someone needs to come get in here before they tell me to go to Top Gun. Bc we’re the problem, right? The customers? I bet they take criticism better than you my dude! That’s saying something

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

I had high hopes for this place, but unfortunately, the experience was underwhelming. The food was either bland or overly salty, with no real balance in flavor. For the high prices they charge, I expected much better quality and at least decent service but that was lacking entirely.

What’s particularly frustrating is that when ordering online, you’re prompted to leave a tip before even tasting the food or experiencing any service which, frankly, is minimal to nonexistent. Guests are expected to bus their own tables, which might be fine at a casual spot, but not at these price points.

The only real positive I can mention is the wide selection of spirits. If you’re just going for drinks, you might be okay but for a full meal and experience, it’s simply not worth the money.

Disappointing and overpriced.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

2 things first and foremost- the female that was at the front was extremely friendly, and I enjoyed that. Honestly, she was the best part of the experience. None of the negative review had anything to do with her!

2nd- I did indeed eat all of my meal…not because it was good by any means, but I hadn’t eaten all day and after paying almost $18 for “chili cheese dog” I wasn’t going to walk out and try again somewhere else, however I did not finish the one and only beverage I poured myself.

The review:
Food 1 out of 5- not good, cold, expensive for what you get.
Service 3 out of 5- while the person at the front was very friendly, all they really did was tell me how things worked and brought my food. I poured my own beverage and ordered my own phone on my own phone…so I’m not really sure what service there was.
Atmosphere 3 out of 5- not amazing, not horrible…pretty average.

Now for the bad:
Self serve beverages is fine- there as there are several places that do that.
Selection of beverage- average at best. My beer did taste a bit off.
Food- this is where my real problems start:
1) their menu did seem to offer a decent selection, so kudos to that.
2) it’s weird that you start a tab for your beverages, and then you have to scan a QR code at your table to order you food on your phone…and then pay for that separately.
-also weird that it asks about a tip before as you pay…before you get the food you order yourself and haven’t tasted/seen.
3) The “Dirty Dog” was very disappointing. All the toppings from the chili, jalepenos, cheese, etc came from a can. My cheese was even cold when it arrived…they were NOT busy.
4) Considering everything tasted like it came straight out of the cans of food in a school cafeteria, I doubt I would care to try the other items on the menu.
5) Like others have mentioned: prices were definitely high for the quality of food. $5 for a sub side salad instead of their “house chips”?

$24 for a chili and cold cheese dog and a 2/3 of a beer was a little aggressive. Next time I’ll stop by 7-11 for a Big Bite and make the chili cheese dog myself.

A few very simple upgrades (make your own in house cheese sauce or buy a better brand of fake cheese sauce…slice actual jalepenos…don’t use canned pickled jalepenos…serve the cheese warm) would make this a 4 or 5 star review, and a place I would visit again.

By no means do I need to be contacted/responded to by the owner (as I see they do a lot here). This was my first and last visit, thank you. Also, I imagine you will get defensive anyway since you seem to do that as well. It’s all good!

PS- and yes, you can bring your own food into several tap rooms that also serve food. I do it often.

Owner- reread the review…do the math…$14.50 + $0.75 (jalapeños) + $0.75 (banana peppers) + $6.50 for beverage + tax = ????

Never did I mention chili cheese fries

Are the jalapeños sliced and pickled in house?
Are the banana peppers sliced and picked in house?
Is the nacho (beer) cheese made from scratch daily?
Yes? My apologies for assuming they were not
No? My point exactly

So the gratuity is for delivering food and keeping the place clean…isn’t that what you as the owner pay them for? lol

True to form, you didn’t offer any sort of apology or chance to make it right…you got defensive (and then even go as far as throwing a jab referring to where I’m better suited to go).

Cheers, and best of luck!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Great burgers and owners, too! Will definitely be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I keep wanting to make this a neighborhood bar but aside from the UPour experience, everything is sub par. We have never gotten all of an order. For example, today, on my husband’s birthday, when we just want to chill with friends and have a snack, they couldn’t even deliver a hot dog to the table with the rest of the food. When they let it sit up in the window we had to ask for it to be refried and when I questioned it…the excuse was that all the hot dog specials were just boxed to go. Even though all the rest of the food was brought to the table as per the order request. There was no apology just an excuse. I would never bring friends here.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 2

This spot NEVER disappoints!! Staff is always ready to help, with a smile and the food is always cooked to perfection.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Avoid this place – unethical treatment of employees.

I visited The Redd Dog in Puyallup multiple times because a good friend of mine worked there.

Unfortunately, despite putting in actual hours on the schedule, he was never paid for his time. This is not just poor management — it's theft, plain and simple.

If a business can't treat its staff with basic decency, it doesn't deserve community support.

Do not support a place that takes advantage of its workers.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

If there’s no star i wouldve gave it, food poisoning and service sucks

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

It was awesome! I have been wanting to try Red Dog gor a while now and they definately lived up to the hype! I cant wait to go back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5