Long Branch Saloon

Female bartender will make fun of you and charge you double when she «doesn’t want to make your drinks».
The food is amazing! The service is amazing, today we had Lesley and she was wonderful (how she put up with the bartender today is BEYOND me). So really this review should have 5 stars, but today really upset me! Since they have such a large selection of booze we thought we would try some fun mixed drinks. We have been there before and the mixed drinks were always delicious. However, today the bartender didn’t want to make drinks for us. She loudly made fun of us and our drinks in front of other customers (we were in the back and could hear her quite well even though the place was full). Then quite loudly told the waitress she had to charge us double because «she didn’t want to make them». I kid you not.
They were pretty simple mixed drinks, we have ordered more involved mixed drinks in the past here and they were fabulous. We have always loved this going to this place, it is our local place. However, getting charged double and getting made fun of is totally unacceptable. We only order mixed drinks because they have such an extensive bar (what dive bars do you know have 15 year old scotch… none!). We brought my mother-​in-​law here today because we wanted to show her our local place. Now we are unsure if we will ever go back.

Chili cheese fries are toooo die for. It’s annoying the staff makes you feel kind of weird being in there when you’re younger but whatever, I’m all about the fries

Fast and Friendly Service with Good Food. A bit of a dive bar that could use some upgrades, but the food is always good and the wait staff is always on top of things.

These bar burgers are very delicious, the price is good. But its also a bar, I would recommend pick up. However I would say these burgers are among top 5 in town.

Best burgers in Anchorage in my opinion. Divey but chill crowd and friendly staff.

Burger is preformed, overcooked and dry, leaf lettuce whilited, cheap cheese, nasty nasty soggy fries, warm pickles,. it’s like a bad gas station burger.

After not having been in in a while, my husband and I stopped in on Saturday. We sat at the bar for over five minutes and were never acknowledged. Oh! Silly us. We forgot it was halloween which was why the bartender was busy applying makeup to the server! So much more important than customers!
Very unusual for Long Branch. Service had always been so good in the past.

Perfectly cold, crisp beer. A burger put together so expertly that the bun doesn’t get soggy from the juicy burger patty. Fries that are crunchy with a tender center. Football.
If that doesn’t sound good to you, you need a lobotomy my friend!
In short good food/​beer, friendly service in dive bar environment!!!

Overall, this is my favorite place to grab a burger and a drink! It has been my preferred «watering hole» for a while now. Fair prices on alcohol and food with a very friendly staff.
The menu is limited however, due to the fact that the kitchen has not been completely rebuilt from the fire that had occurred there previously and they are working out of a mobile unit. I have to say though the burgers are among some of the best I have had! And for some reason the fries have gotten better since moving out to the mobile too :)!!

Burnt sacrifice for lunch. Guacamole bacon burger real well done. Bacon burnt, burger over cooked, and dry. To be fair the cooking is out of a truck parked out back. The full kitchen is awaiting final inspection. Beer was cold!

Only 3 stars. Burger was amazing but the service was horrible. Bartender wasnt friendly at all. Could use a customer service class or 2. I might return only for a good burger every now and then

First time back in for a burger since the kitchen reopened, they’re better than they used to be too!

Let’s get one thing out of the way: yes they have amazing burgers.
They most definitely *some* of the best in Anchorage.
Are they *the* best in Anchorage. I don’t know, I honestly don’t know.
Long Branch recently had a kitchen fire. They have been out of burger-​making capacity for a while…
UNTIL NOW.
They are 95% back. The friendly-​yet-​surly (let’s just call it «furly») bartender told us that they are now making the burgers in a food truck that is on site. When asked if they are the same, he replied «they are almost as good, we are not going to give them [food truck] our famous bun recipe».
So, there you have it, I cannot pass judgment until the kitchen is back online and the official LB buns return.
The burger was insanely good, as was the furly service. Tap selection was decent, but I wish there were more IPA’s on tap!
I will be back, for the 100% official LB burgers!
Lifehack: this is a great place to come to after a weekday hike/​climb in the Turnagain Arm area. It’s right off of the Seward Hwy AND it’s open late! Get a burger and a beer, you DESERVE it.

Best bar in town I absolutely cannot wait until that kitchen is reopened I miss their burgers like I would miss a dear friend that has passed

The kitchen burned down at the end of the year in 2014

Dive bar atmosphere, but above average dive-​bar food; the burgers here are delicious!
We came in for a late lunch on a Tuesday, it was decently busy; a lot of people eating lunch, a couple regulars at the bar for a mid-​day drink, and a couple people playing pool and watching sports recaps on ESPN. The walls are covered in wood, the ceilings are low, it’s dark like you expect a dive bar to be, and most importantly there is carpet on the floor. It’s pretty clean though and doesn’t give off a dingy feel.
Anyways, we read about the burgers before coming in, they deserve all the hype they are getting! The bun is soft, the patty is massive in size, and the fries are amazing! I ordered the Black and Blue Burger; the blue cheese offers a nice balance to the bit of spice. My boyfriend ordered the Cheeseburger, he smiled, nodded, and gave it a thumbs up; it’s a great classic, no-​thrills cheeseburger.
Their beer selection is pretty standard; you can get your Alaskan favorites and Budweiser on tap.
They do have lunch specials, however the burgers were not listed. It’s a bit on the pricier side of late lunches: $ 37 (2 burgers, 2 beers + tip).

Nothing new to say: absolutely the best hamburgers in town (great buns, juicy, good toppings) and best fries. Ambiance is very pipeline-​era — dark and noisy but perfectly comfortable. I love coming here after work for a fantastic dinner.
There is one confusing/​bad thing about Long Branch that I have to mention. Once when I was there I had forgotten my ID at home so I figured I would just have a burger, no beer. I assumed this should be fine, especially since I am almost 30 and there were straight-​up children (like, 3^rd graders) eating in the bar. However, the waitress told me I’d have to leave without ID, even without ordering alcohol. Eventually she let me stay but said it was against the rules. Huh? Children can eat here but not adults without ID? Please clarify your policy for your staff, Long Branch.

Another great stop in Anchorage. It’s a total dive and I throughly enjoyed it. There’s a long bar and then some high top tables. Not much to look at, but it’s a nice hang out and relax place with lots of locals. The bartenders are super friendly and nice. The beer selection isn’t much. The menu has lots of greasy spoon items. After reading the Unilocal reviews, I, of course, had to go with a burger. I ordered the jalapeño cheeseburger with chili cheese fries ($ 1 more). Hint: Order a side of ranch or sour cream for the chili cheese fries. The burger was plentiful and super yummy. The bun, while really white looking, was quite tasty and fabulous. They’re not stingy with the toppings. There were tons of jalapeños and lots of gooey cheese. The burger was perfectly cooked and just juicy enough. The fries were also tasty. Not too done or underdone. And the chili was quite nice. All in all, I had a very pleasant experience here. I will most certainly be back when I’m craving a burger again.

«Yes» to everything you’ve heard about the burgers here. Stopped in here for lunch today, and I got the regular hamburger with a mountain of home cut fries for under 10 bucks. A pretty good sandwich, and a pretty good bargain for Alaska.
Now, it’s off to a couple of other highly rated burger joints to compare!

As I mentioned previously, I am not much of a burger eater. But I haven’t been able to stop thinking about Long Branch’s burgers. Good Deal magazine always has coupons for BOGO for $ 5 and I kept telling myself I needed to go back. My experience this time was even better than the last.
Went in on a Friday night and the place was jammed as usual. The bartender, Melissa, is awesome! She was helped orchestrate musical chairs so every customer that came in got a seat. Much better customer service than last time. We ordered our burgers and they came out in a flash. The freaking fries were amazing. I love that the fries have skins on them. The burger was moist and tender. The coupon helped take the sting out of the 10-​dollar-​burger-​because-​this-​is-​Anchorage.
And Melissa, well she’s my new girl crush.
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