Aj’s Eatz N Drinkz

Great lunch spot with daily specials also a friendly environment. Good good food for a bar.

It’s a gamble, but something on you plate won’t be right, my burger, the bacon, and the bun were burnt. They were out of fries so I got tots and they were way over cooked. I asked for no AJs sauce but the music was too loud so I got a dry burger with no mayo either. I recommend McDonald’s or Burger King instead.

I was road-​tripping through the area recently and knew AJ’s had good food from prior visits, and I wanted to find a place I could see the NCAA basketball games while feeding my face. Not too many places in Ephrata/​Soap Lake fit that description, and AJ’s was perfect. Their menu seems to have grown since I was there a few years ago, so I would say they are working hard to be a restaurant, however the atmosphere is definitely like a small-​town saloon. With lots of TVs.
They had a good selection of pacific NW beers on tap and the food portions were huge, so I have no complaints about AJ’s. The service was also really friendly and attentive. It’s as good as it gets in Ephrata! I was there on a Saturday evening and left before the karaōke entertainment for the evening started up, because I’m sure that would have knocked off a good 4 stars from my experience.

What a joke this place is. Service is non existant! The sign on the door says open till midnight but the bar tender calls last call around 8:30pm. It has the potential to be a decent place but the owner’s and staff don’t seem to want business. Really sucks having to go to the other crappy bar a block away after 8:30. Highly recommend not going to this crap hole.

My wife and I stopped in on a Friday night and enjoyed an outstanding and reasonably priced prime rib dinner. We thought that both the food and the service were excellent. AJs also offers weekly Karaōke events including one for children. We think that AJs reflects a friendly, caring attitude and brings out some of the best of a small town. The food we had was great and what we saw being served to others looked great. We’ll stop by again when we travel to Ephrata.

We went for the beer! We are huge fans of Manny’s beer and found out that AJ’s carries it on tap, we were overjoyed. That was about it for being overjoyed at this place, the décor is a muddled mess of bad beer signs and knick knacks that just clutter walls and corners. We ordered a beer and then ordered our dinner. The food is sub par, I had a blue cheese burger and I could not finish it. We then had one more beer and decided that it was time to leave. Trying to get the check was difficult, the barkeep was too busy talking to people behind the counter and a few friends. The waitress just disappeared. My husband finally had to track down or check so we could leave. It may be a small town but that doesn’t excuse bad service, I would hope that any business owner would want to have the best customer service they could so that they could retain customers.

I went here with some high school friends and while it was pretty slow for a Saturday night, service was still slow. The food took forever and the drinks were a little more on the expensive side for being in Ephrata, so I stuck to beer the whole night. Also, there is a charge for using your debit card, so make sure to bring cash to avoid this charge.