Alphy's Broiler - Arroyo Grande

Awesome find in downtown Arroyo Grande! Driving back to LA after ATV-ing in Oceano and was craving something delicious. Plenty of street parking for this casual order-at-the-counter place. Ordered the Chinese chicken salad and the tri-tip quesadilla. Holy guacamole these were both delicious! I loved the diversity of the salad, despite the racy name (haha). It didn 't feel like I was eating the salad. I would get chicken, wonton and all salad in every bite. Very filling! The tri-tip quesadilla was LOADED with succulent meaty tastiness, my husband was a huge fan. Love the outdoor patio. Perfectly fine to bring your pup and people watch. Stroll the main street to walk off your meal. Happy we found this place.

Excellent salads sandwiches The turkey and Philly cheesesteak were both very tasty on delicious focaccia bread Asian chicken salad was very good (recommend dressing on the side though) Terrific lunch spot

Pretty much Generic Non-Ethnic American Faster-Food for tourists. Had a burger here awhile ago, which was rather generic. It had a generous amount of beef decent fixin's, but it the beef was not charred, BBQed, nor too tasty. They did make it toward the rare side, like I ordered it. I made the mistake of eating inside, which lacked any atmosphere, except for watching hearing them prepare food. The boss did check on me, to see if I liked the burger the way it was prepared. I did say think it was OK, but lacking the usual tons of fixin's other features of a savory burger...what else could I say. I may go back some day, but I prefer the more upscale inside sit-down places in AG Village. It has a rather disjointed array of fast-comfort food, that is fresh, but is not inspired. I think that this is a great place to take the kids in AG, not spend a fortune. The Gyro place up the street, is another good place for kids. AG many places in SLO county tend to be pricey. It does have a nice big area to eat outside, but it is not comfy, nor do you have a view of AG village. I especially dislike the hard cheap plastic patio chairs (see the many pics). I have Neuropathy in my leg usually do not sit outside, unless it has comfy higher end patio furniture, so that it will not irritate my Sciatic nerve. In my mature age, I am rather particular about seating. Even inside, I want nice comfy chairs with a cushion. The new fine dining place just up the street, meets or exceeds many of my preferences. Up the street, there are at least 3-4 superior sit-down places with table service, ranging from Comfort food, to Italian, to American, to Fine Dinning...all you have to do, is walk up the Village explore a bit. Some have a real nice covered patio, so you sit outside in comfort...but yes, they may cost a bit more. Since Alphy's occupies a good spot right at the start of the AG Village, the old fact of location, location do apply. In the past, they did offer a very limited Basque special menu, did also own a Basque place in Shell Beach which was closed awhile back. The following replacement with the Brewhouse was a mediocre replacement. Anyway, if you want a cut above fast-food, without ambiance , that offers IMHO rather overrated food, then go here. Here is yet another place where the rating is overinflated, by joyous tourists even locals. Why....I haven't a clue.

This was the place to be on Friday for lunch! We were passing through on our way up to Monterey and we saw so many friendly encounters of friends bumping into each other at Alphy's. Many people were coming for take out orders too! They have a fairly large menu of salads, sandwiches and tacos etc, and we decided to get the Philly cheesesteak and a Cobb salad. We ordered at the counter and sat outside to enjoy the sun. The food came out pretty quickly and we cleaned up our plates quickly as well! I heard someone say their fish tacos are delicious, and I regretted not ordering them. But nevertheless my salad was very fresh. We had some company in the courtyard from roaming roosters, which provided after lunch entertainment.

I really thought I found our go-to place for a good, healthy salad to go. The first time we came here we got the southwestern salad off the special board. It was tasty and the lettuce was fresh romaine which we appreciate. However, since then we've had a couple of salads with brown-tinged greens and sparse toppings. The final straw were the fish tacos which were made with really old, smelly fish that I wouldn't feed a stray cat. We got the order to go, not long before they closed so we couldn't take it back to have them change it. We just picked all the fish off and ate the lettuce and tortillas because we were afraid of food poisoning. I've noted that when the owner is there product comes out much better than when he's absent, if that's helpful. As for us we will be looking elsewhere for a good salad to go.