Bonfire Restaurant & Country Bar Manchester — Restaurant in Manchester

Edit: 9/17/2023 They definitely did not offer the "free bacon" when I was there for happy hour. It should be taken off the site because it never came up and wasn't listed on the menu. I ventured back here today to give this place another shot. Right off the bat it was "ok" the original waitress was there (only one I believe) and she looked as bored as ever. I sat at the bar, the bartender took my order and asked if I was "one and done" to which I applied, "I'm not sure yet, probably not". I then heard him say to some patrons (regarding some ethnic guys) "I'm just assuming it's their culture" (not sure what that was about). I ordered the large beer (32oz) and eventually ordered the fried cheese curds (they were good). The bartender was pretty dismissive, nice but he cared more about the couple he was chatting with. Then the couple was leaving and the man announced "don't forget to vote for me tomorrow, I asked his name and he said Bob, Bob Screibner (like he was James Bond lol). I paid for my drink and app then left.

I liked almost everything EXCEPT the beer cheese dip that came with 3 pretzels, it had some weird consistency and tasted more like slime than cheese or beer, we were almost grossed out by the texture and taste. the bucket of Bacon is almost exactly what it says, except it's a cone of bacon. The blue lagoon fishbowl gave me a sugar headache and there didn't seem to be any booze in it at all. I really disliked having my bud light served to me in the smallest possible red solo cup and our waitress seemed like she did not want to be there. at first she was at our table every 5 minutes but when we were ready to check out it took her over 30 minutes...

Been here 5 times each time hailey was are waiter. The average visit start by walking down stairs and waiting 10 minutes for a waiter before giving up and going to find one myself... this is every visit besides 1..when I went upstairs she was on her phone against the wall...she came behind me and greeted us as hailey when I told her we wanted 4 tocos she came back with 6 and told me I said 6... so i asked to have them taken back at the same time i mentioned to her that one of the tocos had 0 meat on it and I showed her which realy isnt a big deal because there is free bacon to fill in its place but her response was and I quote "what do you want me to do about it it's a dollar..." and stomped off before I could ask for a watter and more bacon..so I played a game with my thirsty pregnant girlfriend and waited another 15 minutes and went up stairs to get the bacon and watter to find her on her phone again... she comes back with a thing of bacon with 4 pieces in it... I looked at it and asked if there was more bacon because this is less then a quarter of the bacon you normally receive and she walked away and still didnt bring the watter so I went back up for the watter another 10 minutes later and she sent down the bartender with the watter so I mentioned to him how she gave us 4 pieces of bacon and would like some more and he walked away saying ok after waiting another 10 minutes I walk up and he is just standing there talking to someone so I paid and left..this place is very unprofessional and rude the bacon is always cold and half is undercooked and you wont get any...

I went there two weeks ago and I’ve really been meaning to write a review. I thought this restaurant was great. Yes, service was a tad slow, but not as bad as others have written. They were excellent when we were attended to and then got busy..still excellent..just busy. Duh. It’s called BUSY. I went with three friends, all of them drink, and I do not. Food was awesome and yes the free bacon was great. The atmosphere is very unique and I loved it. What I am most impressed by is that I was not charged for any of the soda that I was drinking. That might sound really stupid, but when you don’t drink, and all your friends do, it’s nice when a restaurant comps you the sodas. I’m not saying that this place should give free sodas to everyone who is not drinking, but I am saying from a bar aspect it’s really awesome when they reward a sober driver when they are with others who are drinking in the group. It’s only a few bucks and shows that they take great care in their customers safety. Manchester needs more unique bars with great food and service. I intend to go here whenever I’m in town.

Oh, and I saw someone’s review about the $12.95 drinks. They have a special drink section and you get a free glass which is a mason jar with their logo. My friend get a second drink from the same menu and when it came in a solo cup we asked . The waitress said they serve the second drink in a solo cup at $8.95because “nobody needs a second glass”. I will say it would have been nice if we were told or asked, and now that I think of it, I’m not sure if we weren’t charged...