Allsports Cafe Salem — Restaurant in Salem

The website states that Allsports is now taking pre orders for Super Bowl tomorrow. So my husband and I called today to pre-order wings for super bowl tomorrow. We called at 1:30pm and were told that only the manager can take the orders but none were available and to call back after 2pm. Okay, he did that, and when he called the second time the girl said she was too busy to take the order and to call back later. By the time she said that she could have taken the order, also we are only doing what the website says. The person on the other end of the phone said, we don't have anyone to take orders, im running tables. SUPERBOWL IS EVERY YEAR. there is a very simple solution to this problem. You have a host/hostess come in to take online orders for Super bowl. You make time slots for however many wing orders the cook can handle in an hour. Example : 5 orders per hour from 11am to 7pm. So when people call the host/hostess explains which time slots are left and take the order. It's really that simple. But guess where the problem lies? GREED. Just like everywhere else. The owner doesn't want to bring someone in to take phone calls and even tells the employees not to answer the phone when it's busy. What a horrible look for your customers and a way to make them feel like they don't matter. Also, Allsports could be making a killing by simply following the above example but it seems like no manager or owner had any business strategy at all. Just doing stupid stuff that makes no sense and is horrible business practices. Wings ETC. is coming, macados and mac and bobs is all around. Allsports thinks they are untouchable, maybe so but they still don't do business well. Restaurants are closing left and right, the wings are expensive but we used to love them. Honestly we haven't had them in so long bc of the constant issues. Get it together...

After a long absence due to; declining food quality, (esp their hi-rated wings), service, and $ value, we returned for an evening dinner with 4 others. Disappointing to find an even bigger decline to a level of feeling “ripped off”, even after having our tab deleted, except for alcohol (drinks…which were outrageous for what we received)…Management must endeavor to improve Waitstaff training, attention to orders, communication with Kitchen AND Barstaff, prompt delivery of drinks & food, completeness & timely delivery. We had a (minimum) of 5-6 staff piecemeal deliver our order. No one knew ANYTHING when they showed up at our table & orders were totally screwed up, requiring returning to the Kitchen (TWICE) for our Chicken Wing dinner b/c “nobody told me” excuses. This operation is being run into oblivion by the children left in charge. We recognize most Waitstaff are (temp) College hires, & we know & cut them a LOT of slack, but for gosh sakes, teach ‘em how to take an order!!! We knew we were in trouble when we ordered 6 drinks (Ginger Ale, 2 simple alcohols, T, and 6 waters) and the Waiter acted “surprised” we expected him to remember & deliver them! He didn’t. The Ginger Ale wasn’t delivered until 3/4 thru the dinner (deliver by Barmaid b/c it sat at end of the Bar so long!) The hi-dollar-profit mixed drinks were totally blown - they had 3 ingredients; (1shot, ice, water, blew it on mixing combo & delivery). And. It got worse. Don’t Go Here. Never had table-Appetizer delivered (Fried Pickles). 2 Wing orders returned, finally cancelled. If you want cheap, low-quality food served by incompetent servers w/resentful attitudes, do yourself a favor corresponding to those expectations and get it in a sack from a drive-thru. Did we mention?...

This is definitely a sports bar and or sports themed restaurant with a plethora of TVs and lots of sports memorabilia on the walls. It has a Macados feel to it and is located right off of main street in downtown Salem. This is a very active scene and has no shortage of atmosphere.

My GF and I came for a late lunch on a Saturday afternoon and the place was a quarter of the way full. Brandy our waitress was eager and friendly and gave us plenty of time to order. Every TV in the place had some sort of sporting event on and there wasn't so much noise that you couldn't hear yourself.

Our orders came very quickly. We got a large helping of Fried Pickles at ($8.95) from their appetizer menu that came with a filled to the brim serving size of ranch dressing. I wound up getting the Mucho Nachos ($13.50) from the Appetizer menu but without Onions, Jalapeños and Chili due to my sensitive stomach. The nachos are then left with melted cheese, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes with sour cream and salsa on the side, but served on aluminum foil and the cheese was only on the top layer of the chips. My GF got the Dickey V Sub ($15) which has 3 kinds of meat, lettuce, tomato, some cheese on it all on a toasted bun with her choice of shoestring fries with a small portion of Macaroni Salad.

Even with my $2.95 Coke Zero. Our bill was with tip $50. In my opinion, this was NOT $40 worth of food. Lastly the place needs a fresh coat of paint on the walls, there are stains on them from drinks to who knows what and every single helmet or sports memorabilia item hung or placed in there is caked with dust.

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