Lazy Parrot Grill

A great spot for wings, beer, TV and people watching. An extensive menu of american classics: sandwiches, burgers, pizza, wings, fish basket, and fried pickle goodness.
The staff are friendly and do a great job. I try to visit every Friday night I am in town.

May be a bit of a dive bar… okay it is a dive bar… but if your looking for cheap beer and some of the best wings around this is the place to go.
I stop here whenever I have time when I’m in Charlottesville for lunch.
If you like wings you need to check this place out.

Very friendly staff. And an awesome assortment of fried goods. Great place to get some late night eats. Get the Fried Cheesecake Chimichonga!

As of 1÷1÷2015, the Lazy Parrot is 100% non-​smoking, and has brightened up considerably. This is my go-​to place for wings in Charlottesville, especially on Tuesday 55-​cent wing nights which usually coincides with $ 2 drafts and live music. It’s really hard to beat such a deal, and the wings are very good. Now that I can come here without smelling of smoke, I’ll probably be back weekly.

Lazy Parrot is the closest thing you’re going to find to a real blue-​collar bar and grill in Charlottesville. If you read a negative review on here, it’s because they’re used to being handed a silver-​spoon in their dining experience. If that’s what you’re looking for, then please do not go to the Lazy Parrot.
I frequent the Lazy Parrot on a weekly basis. The servers are medium-​paced, the food isn’t stellar, and the overall atmosphere is somewhat hostile, but if you’re looking to be coddled and treated like a soft peach that’s easily bruised, then go find another posh white-​collar bar and grille in town — there are TONS in Charlottesville.
Now that that’s out of the way, I love this place. TVs everywhere, all with full NFL Season Pass for whatever game you can imagine. The staff is very funny and will banter back and forth with you. I happen to like the food, but that’s me coming in and not expecting a four-​star dining experience. They allow NFL backers clubs to come in on a weekly basis — so at least once a week I’m in there with the Cleveland Browns Backers Charlottesville. We run the place for a bit and have a great time — again, it’s a great place to get some guys together and just have some fun.
Overall, great bar. Not top-​notch, but you have to be the type that actually likes it better when you can just relax and be served by real people just like you and i — if you want to be treated like a «God-​customer», then stay away — I’d rather not see you there anyways!

Dive bar. Seriously. If that is what you want, you will certainly get it. Also, the whole place reeks of smoke and grease.

The wings are really delicious. I am from Buffalo so I’m pretty picky about wings. Try the crab legs on Sundays. I wasn’t disappointed. Beers cheap too. Great place for Sunday football. Some of the servers can be um, snarky…

The Lazy Parrot Grill is the least pretentious place in Cville. It has the cheapest drinks in town, the wings are good, I love the wraps. Try the sweet potato fries with some Old Bay seasoning on them you won’t go back.
If you are pretentious or posh stay away, if you want to be real and relax come on down and hang out.
Sully

This is the worst restaurant in town. I ordered a patti melt, my husband the wings. It took forever for our food to come out and when it finally came I had a cheeseburger on my plate. I told the waitress it wasn’t a patti melt, and she said «it’s not??? That’s what i put in to the kitchen.» I couldn’t believe she couldn’t tell. Patti melts look way different then burgers, how could she not notice that??? She was going to take my whole meal back, but I asked to keep the fries since I was starving and the food took so long to come out. The fries were cold, but I was hungry. When I got the patti melt back you could clearly tell he took the same hamburger patti and put it on different bread. The meat didn’t even cover half the bread. It was terrible. It took the waitress 20 minutes to come back to us and when she did, I complained. She said she would talk to the manager and come back. When she came back she said the manager wanted to see the burger. When she finally came back again, she said she would take half off since I ate the fries. Seriouslly??? The manager didn’t even have the courage to come to our table herself. And, the waitress promised us water twice and never brought it. Will NEVER go back. Worst service in town! !!!

Been here on 4 different occasions. 2 of those times the service was slow, the server seemed uninterested, and the non smoking section of the restaurant seems like it was just put there to abide by the law that was passed in 2010.
the other 2 times we waited and waited to be seated, and despite staff walking right past us and making eye contact we were never spoken to.
Will not be returning.

The service is horrible and the kitchen is worse. One waitress for each side of the restaurant. On a typical Tuesday, wing night, the place is packed. On a recent visit it took 30 minutes for the waitress to let me know that they were out of the appetizer I ordered and another 20 minutes to get chicken wings. How can it take 50 minutes for chicken wings. We used to love the place. But since the service has become so appaling I can’t bring myself to go in there.

I’m new to town and wanted to sample some local BBQ. I ordered the Brisket sandwich with a side of Mac & Cheese. The brisket was sliced too thin for my liking. It was crispy and greasy (like beef bacon, but not as yummy as that sounds). Besides being greasy, the sandwich was dry overall. I used a lot of the BBQ sauce at my table, but I couldn’t salvage the sandwich. The Mac & Cheese was a disappointment. It seemed like they overcooked some elbow macaroni noodles, mixed them with chunks of cheddar cheese, and baked the whole thing. It turned out to be a limp, oily mess.
Our service was fine and it didn’t take long for the food to reach our table after we ordered. The food was edible, but I wouldn’t order the same items.
I think this restaurant has potential, but I wish they’d pay attention to the food quality. I probably won’t go back to give it another chance.

This place isn’t necessarily horrible, it’s just hasn’t lived up to its potential. It’s a hit and miss. You can come here one night and have decent service, and then come back another night and receive horrible service. There’s no consistency. Nevertheless, it is a place for cheap, greasy food to go along with your beer.
If you’re not here to watch a game, be sure to have a bunch of friends with you so that you don’t realize how long it takes for them to bring your food. The wings aren’t bad, but I would go with a safe flavor, or at least something with which you’re familiar. Nothing is going to impress you; the food is there to soak up the alcohol. Nothing more, nothing less.
They have a shuffle puck board that’s a lot of fun and great for the younger crowd (21 – 25). Oh, and to those youngins’ that may be looking for an underage place — they’re strict about their carding. Don’t try it.
Their drinks specials aren’t very special. You could probably find better deals — $ 1 natty light isn’t really that awesome. I wouldn’t pay much more for that beer anyway.
In the end, go there if you’re looking for a non-​impressive bar that has potential. It may be a great way to spend a week night or a way to start a crazy weekend.

I used to love the wings at this place, and I visited regularly. Then my daughter got a job there. She was excited, as she loved the wings too. Apparently the owner is one of the bosses from hell. After a couple of months, she quit. Not end of story.
A good many months later (maybe a year plus) we went to get a plate of wings and a couple of beers. We sat outside as we prefer to do (it’s really noisy and uncomfortable inside, especially when there’s a game on). After we looked at the menu, our waitress came out and very apologetically said that the owner had told her that we could not be served.
I was flabbergasted. My daughter was with us, and he refused us service because she had quit on him. My husband wanted to go have a talk with Mr. Kirby, but he had conveniently slipped out the back door after giving the waitress her orders to evict us. I hate to see any business with an attitude like this toward its servers or customers continue to be in business, so I would give this a one-​star only because they once had pretty good wings. There are better wings to be had in Charlottesville, without the bad attitude and Draconian working environment.

If you’re looking for a place that eventually gets around to serving crappy, cold, greasy food and week old iced tea, this is your Mecca… enjoy!

I’m not sure why there are negative reviews here. Every time I’ve eaten at the Lazy Parrot, it’s been good and I’ve had fine service. Maybe things have gone down the tubes in the last year, but I’ve been there five or so times and always tried something different and liked it. Their wraps and sandwiches are good, and their appetizers are fine — though nothing to write home about.

The Lazy Parrot has the potential to be one of the best bars in Charlottesville. Unfortunately, there are two things holding it back: its wait staff and and its kitchen. The Parrot is one of those rare bars that is able to take 45 minutes to serve a bucket of beers. And then take another 45 minutes before they serve you buffalo wings. Cold. In short, once you get past the various flat-​screen TVs set up (which again, makes it an ideal bar) and the liberal smoking policy, you’re stuck with a bar that’s just not very good at serving beer and whose food always hits below the mark.
One last note: For a place with as many flavors of wings as the Parrot has, it’s kind of amazing how every time you go there, what might have been hot the last time is now mild. Or, worse, what was once a tolerable hot wing has eclipsed into something that is likely the kitchen’s attempt to ruin someone’s night (and next morning even).
If I owned the Parrot, I’d work to improve service and the consistency and quality of the kitchen — and then it could indeed be one of the best bars in Charlottesville.