Rixster Grill

Located at 3815 Tinsley Drive in High Point, Rixster Grill serves bar food from 11 to late seven days a week. There are occasional events and live music as well as a foosball table.

Rixster Grill is your standard-issue neighborhood sports bar, but it’s a pretty solid representation thereof. The abundance of TVs make it a comfortable spot to take in a game while filling up on apps/wings/burgers/sandwiches until the final whistle.

My wife and I stopped in for lunch on a Saturday and found the place mostly empty. Annette, the lone server, proved friendly and welcoming. We started with fried mushrooms (no bargain at $7.25) and went with a black & blue burger (a better deal at $8.95 with a side included) and a firebird sandwich ($8.50 and ditto) respectively. The food came out hot with very little wait. I can’t speak to busier times, but service during our visit was impressively efficient.

The food, on the other hand, was decidedly uneven. The mushrooms were battered nicely, but they were begging for a more flavorful beer batter. The burger, requested medium, was served well-done and was very, very salty. On the other hand, the sides were money: mixed vegetables were surprisingly fresh and flavorful while waffle fries were perfectly crispy. The firebird (hot sauce-coated fried chicken breast topped with ham, provolone, lettuce, tomato, and ranch on a Kaiser bun) was not easy to eat – make sure you have plenty of napkins – but it delivered on flavor.

All told, Rixster is worth a visit for a quick bite or a gameday meetup, but the food is too inconsistent to make it a regular meal option.