Stubborn Mule Glendora — Restaurant in Glendora

1/5 star UPDATE (Dec '23): Stopped in at 9:20pm on a Tuesday night after a long journey. I didnt think this would be a problem. The website, Google maps, and Yelp all say they close at 10pm. There was a table of 8-10 people outside and several people having a good time at the bar.

Ive literally done all I can hoping for a better outcome with this restaurant. We came in for drinks and maybe see if they could do something simple like french fries or tater tots. At 9:20 normal people like me dont expect a full course meal... but they couldnt even serve us drinks. We were told they were closed and not serving anyone. Didnt look like it to me. THIS PLACE SUCKS.

1/5 star UPDATE (June '23): Came in to celebrate my dads 90th birthday on a Saturday afternoon. It was not crowded. We had a party of six and sat in the middle. We were seated within a few minutes. We waited 10 minutes for menus, no one came by, so I ended up getting the menus myself at the entrance. Waited another 10+ minutes for any type of service and then got up and left. We walked over to Frisellas which has similar quality food but better service. This place is hit or miss.

4/5 star UPDATE (Feb, March, May '23): Ive been out to eat here a few times now since my first review. Waitresses were attentive all three times, food was pretty good too. Atmosphere = not bad. Its worth giving it another shot.

1/5 star REVIEW (2022): I rarely give one star reviews and I generally dont like to give bad reviews. You either have your stuff together or you dont. This place does not. The service was sub par at best and it wasnt even crowded either. Do I really have to wave people down to get a drink or to get my bill? I wasnt in any hurry and just wanted to experience the place. Its definitely not T Phillips and it doesnt feel like an ale house at all. An ale house has a nice rustic vibe to it. This place doesnt. It just feels like anyplace meant for people staring at their smart phones and "consuming" instead of enjoying their time. With the economy on the verge of a serious downturn and the vibe and sub par service I just dont see this place surviving 6 to 12 months from now unless some serious changes are made, but good luck. A helpful note to anyone in management... An ale house menu should never start with... Bud Light, Coors Light, and Truly. I cant believe I even had...

Nice place for food and drinks in downtown glendora. They have a very wide selection of beer, with different IPAS to choose from. A nice selection of cocktails and wine to choose from.

The food is delicious and always fresh and well made. The tater tots were just the right amount of crispy, and the bacon was well made as well, crispy and delicious.

The outdoor seating area is perfect for people watching on a sunny day, and the stubborn mule also has firepits to keep warm at night, firetowers too.

Happy hour starts at 3 pm here.

Some of the beer selection here is rotating, meaning they will always have something new to try. My go to is the west coast IPA and like to travel around and try different flavors, the stubborn mule was a good choice to stop and try something new.

I would recommend this place for a party of people or even solo because they are likely to have something you like, both food and drink.

Downtown glendora provides a nice walking experience to check out different shops after your meal, and to walk off some calories.

It's a good place to bring your kids because they have crayons and a color sheet to keep them busy. After, you can go for a family walk and tire them out too.

There are plenty of benches and mini-golf right outside (but the balls/putters are locked up I think?) Regardless it's a great area for a restaurant like this because the area and restaurant feeds off each other.

This area needs more places like the stubborn mule, sunny outdoor seating with lots to look at and more stuff to check out within walking distance.

This is definitely a kitchen and ale house to check out! You won't be...

If you decide to give this place a try make sure to expect your food to take a while to make cone out and I wouldn't sit in maddie's section my family and I went there last weekend and it was our servers 23bday and the whole time we where there she was talking and hanging out with her friends who where sitting in her b-day section just talking and enjoying her self our appetizers came out after some of our main dishes salads as well, the whole table had to ask numbers times for whatever we needed. (Refills, side of ranch...) I had to stop other servers and ask for something I wanted it promptly at all. We where a party of 16 but maybe we should of had 2 servers if that was the case it is ridicules to have had to wait for everything we had to we decided to not even waste our time trying to see about dessert instead went to the ice cream place next door. (Really good btw) the atmosphere was nice alot or games on different t.v.s but does it make up for all the negatives no...