The Grand

Very funky vibes. Heads up, kitchen closed (limited hot food items available) and the cocktail menu is out dated. So disregard what's posted here. They have a really sharp team though, so just let them know what you like and we were well pleased with a Strawberry something and a perfect old fashioned.

This place is beautiful and has so many different aspect to it. Go see Ghost Ship bar!
If you come to a restaurant/bar/establishment for Wi-Fi, reevaluate your life, especially if you’re leaving crybaby reviews because you want a business to act like a library .

Good atmosphere, the place is good, great music, I liked everything except the bearded guy with tattoos who serves the bar, from the beginning he ignored me and my friends, when he wanted to take our order he was mad because we didn't leave him the tip from the start so he proceeded to continue ignoring us, I think the tip is for the excellent service that someone provides, not because I have to do it by force 🙃

We visited the Ghost Ship part of The Grand. It's okay, you pay $20 for two coins that you then use to order drinks. The place itself is cool but the drinks were a bit too sweet and hard to put down. Food was the same way. Decor and ambiance was unique though.

There are two areas, one is "a more sophisticated speak easy" called Sanctum (per description by hostess). We did not go in that area.

We went to the second area called the Ghost ship, described by the host as "more pirates of the Caribbean". The lighting, decor, and vibe was VERY consistent with that description. We really enjoyed the atmosphere. However, the food and drinks were not good. Neither of us enjoyed our meal or drink (tried three). Overall, fun but disappointing. ☹️

Bar is fun. Speakeasy upstairs is cool, will let you drink and pass out as long as you aren't a problematic drunk. Good beer selection. Becoming a gay hangout. Not sure when that happened. I used to go all the time and chat with the lady bartender. She no longer works there. Sad. Was like the friendliest and most knowledgeable about Phoenix bar scene. Now it's all guy bartenders and the crowd is eager gay men with lots of male presenting women. Not a problem. Still a good drink selection and the music makes the outdoor patio a great second stop on the light rail pub crawl.

What used to be the best spot in Phoenix for a cocktail or coffee is now just a little different. The ambiance remains (and an eclectic ambiance it is) but gone is the coffee and the beyond 2 a.m. hours. The small-bites menu is small but of excellent quality and the bartenders are great, though the drinks have a dirty water taste to them, perhaps the ice maker needs cleaning or the water filters need a change. This place has always had an identity crisis which is part of the charm, but I suppose they are now trying for a more club-like atmosphere in the main room, and the outdoor stage looks neglected where it would otherwise be the perfect spot for nightly live music. I'm sure this post-covid Grand was thought out from a business standpoint (a ton of detail has gone into the pirate bar), and it's not terrible, I just see it as a step backward from what it used to be.

The vibe was super cool at Ghost Ship. You pay $20.00 per person before you walk in and get two gold coins in exchange to use for drinks. I was not impressed with their selection and quality of cocktails. The drinks were very syrupy, and the one with banana tastes like soap. They really need to work on this. When paying between $14.00 and $18.00 per drink, I expect handcrafted cocktails with fun and creative presentations. The drinks really had no wow factor. Hopefully, as time goes on, it gets better.

The atmosphere is great but service and drinks are horrible. It took the server 4 visits to our table to get the drink order correct. The drinks came as they were made which she didn’t put into the system. We had to wait for limes that they didn’t have to make the drinks, they didn’t have coconut drinks and it took an hour and fifteen minutes to get a drink!! We can’t even drinks the drinks they are so disgusting.

Overall the place has a good vibe. The ghost ship part of it was okay. I should learn not to give into the Instagram hype. Having been to another spot that has a similar concept, I think I went to the Ghost Ship part of The Grand with a different expectation. The seating wasn’t what I expected…so if you get lucky and seated with another group that isn’t obnoxious then your experience might be better than ours I get things get loud but their loud was a different kinda loud and depressing lol

The level of service we got when we arrived was great. Would we go again? Maybe just The Grand part and not so much RSVPing for the Ghost Ship, but how I said the people working there…two thumbs up