Reviews for Arooga's in Shippensburg, PA
Wish I had one of these by me great food( with gluten free and plant based offerings) great drink selection. Amy rime I'm in... Shippensburg, I'm going there. Also a great place to watch sporting events on the tv Read more
Faux chicken sandwich was great! Not very hot though. The sweet pretzel dessert is HUGE! Wish they had a peanut butter dipping... sauce as well as the chocolate, caramel and cinnamon dips. Read more
Walked from my truck driving job to this place. Was great service and food met expectations. Nice selection too. Wish they had... pasta though. Only reason for 3 stars not 5 was a lazy chef. Ordered the salad bar to go. Everything required me to cut up againcause all prices were so large. Chicken pieces were huge, eggs were only cut in half, peppers were 4 inches long etc tomatoeswere cut inhalf.. No time was spect prepping the salad. Trying to eat more than one food required a large mouth.. Had to usemy fingers in my truck to make the salad something other than just eating a large piece chicken at a time, or egg, etc. Lazychef. Looks nothing...nothing like the picture. Otherwise would be a 5. But again. Lazy chef. Read more
This was a great find! We were traveling home and I did a search when I saw this place pop up. The staff was friendly from the... moment we walked in, we were greeted with a smile. Our waitor was busy but did a great job making sure all of his tables weredoing well. Overall great place, relaxed vibe, and really good wings!! I would definately revisit and would recommend to othersin the area. Read more
I've lived in this area for over 20 years and have seen this location change hands multiple times. While I was excited to see... Arooga's initially come in and really revamp the place, I was pretty quickly and repeatedly turned off. This restaurant doeswhat so many other chains do- they value quantity over quality. The menu is beyond overwhelming (I'm talking over 6 pages!) butoffers nothing innovative. Most of the menu is fried sports bar food (which I totally understand, given the theme) but evenfreshly made food seems to have a greasy taste to it. All of this gets coupled with the fact that all of the furniture in thedining room hasn't been replaced in at least 20 years (which I know because I've been frequenting this locale under differentownerships for that long). The furniture is cracked, scratched, and downright ugly. The rest of the ambiance follows in the samemanner. I very much want to like this restaurant and have given it MYRIAD chances but it continually disappoints so I've stoppedgoing. Read more
Great food and cold beer. Restaurant has a great layout with lots of seating. Nice big bar separated from the dining areas. ... Wings were very good and have all of the usual aroogas ordering options which are a big bonus. Service was great on a Fridayevening. Soft pretzel appetizer and burgers were excellent as well. Read more
The wings were absolutely delightful. Super helpful and friendly staff, our waiter was extremely attentive and courteous.
My kids would rather go to school than come back here if that tells you anything. It?s not the servers fault, they are great.... They should find a new place to work for a manager that appreciates them. The issue is the manager. This guy doesn?t have aclue. He has 2 servers trying to take care of the whole restaurant and he doesn?t help! He just stands at the front door with2-3 hostesses laughing about the angry customers he created due to his lack of management skills. Here?s $15k worth of adviceleft in a Google review. These 4 things will turn this poorly run restaurant into a OK restaurant. 1. Close the dining roomright when you walk in. You don?t have the staff to adequately service the whole restaurant. 2. Don?t seat people just becauseyou have open tables. Only seat the number of tables that you can handle. If you set the expectation of having people waitbefore they are seated they won?t have to wait 30 minutes to see a waiter and another hour for their food. 3. Take 2 of the?hostesses? from the front of the restaurant and train them to be servers. It?s called reallocating resources to the currentneeds of the business. 4. Finally, Mr. Manager get to work. Standing around is not acceptable when your staff is struggling.Lead by example and gain the respect of your staff. Trust me your business will benefit. Read more