The Chieftain

This bar is walking distance from where we live but have always kind of avoided it as it's the local college spot. Decided to swing in on a whim to quickly watch the Seahawks and grab a quick drink. Unbeknownst to us they open at 2pm... we learned this as we walked in at approximately 2:04pm. After a couple beers and a stressful performance from Russell Wilson we decided to stress eat a chicken quesadilla for the hell of it. We were INCREDIBLY shocked how much flavor it had. It was delectable, and the first time in a long time I excitedly wanted to order more food from a college bar. Servers were also super kind and personable. I would give it five stars but seeing as I know this wasn't an average visit (we were more or less the only people there at the time), going with four for now. Nonetheless, we will be back, and will update on the next visit as needed!

Was looking for a refuge in the heat over the weekend and stumbled on this place. We just had drinks but the food at the table next to us looked good. Staff were friendly and went out of the way to make our drink just right. Also... the bathroom was bright and clean, which was a welcome relief compared to most of the dingy piss-covered bathrooms in Capital Hill.

This place is hit or miss and over the years it's not been great. I've had a couple of bad incidents here of people taking advantage and being rude and I don't blame the staff for the customer's behavior. That's why I've tried going back at other times and there have been some good times. However, the final straw was someone stealing my brand new iPhone after I had asked for help finding it and to call my phone so I could find it. The staff didn't do shit about it besides just telling me to look for it after reassuring me they have working cameras... That just tells me a staff member took it or a customer that is a friend of one of the staff. Even other veteran regulars here have agreed it's just not a good hangout even if we live nearby and it's better for us to just drink at home or Uber/Lyft somewhere else. I've been doing exactly that, both the former and the latter options. The customers and staff both here can be problematic and the staff admittedly plays favorites. So it can also be somewhat cliquish especially when friends of the bartenders come in. Next door at Rhein Haus is no good either. Just avoid this area as it has negative Capitol Hill vibes. I definitely don't recommend going alone as a female because of the creeps...

I and a friend visited this bar yesterday, two men of color, and we felt singled out by the bartender.The bartender said it was against the law to serve us three drinks a piece. On a prior visit, other bartenders would serve us whatever amount of drinks we wanted. I did my research, and found that there is no such law in Washington that sets a limit on how many drinks a bartender can serve a patron at a given time. The bartender therefore lied to us. Forced us to take one of our shots in front of him before he gave us our other drinks that he already prepared.We ordered food and he purposely took longer to bring it to us. Then he just slid it across the table instead of presenting it to us as he did other patrons that were not people of color.Later on, he came to our table and accosted us about not tipping when we in fact did tip for the drinks we bought. He asked if we were at Chieftan fives weeks ago and why we did not tip that time. We in fact we're not at Chieftan five weeks ago. It was months ago that we were there and we did tip. He was also not our bartender at that time. This started to feel very racial and prejudice because he started to harass us the whole night. In closing, the guy singled out and harassed us. We did nothing wrong. We come to the Chieftan often but not regularly. The service is usually great but last night it was horrible.

I lost track of the number of times I've been here, and frankly it's my least favorite bar in Cap Hill. It's popular among GROUPS of people, but almost never just 1-2 patrons. I assume they're mostly students of SeattleU. If you're not one, you stick out like a sore thumb. If you are one, lord of judges vibes. What's great about it is that they offer specials every day at almost every hour of the day. They also have triva, karaoke, and open mic nights. Most of the prices are reasonable. The quality of food is average and there's nothing special about the menu. The drink menu is very limited, and there's only 2-3 special cocktails here.The place feels like its a fraction of what it used to be, dated and never restored, and lots of unused space. Lots of seating, but it's never full. So, If I had to guess why anyone would come here, if not by force like I am, it's because the food is affordable, there's a lot of space for people to hang out, and there's a free pool table.

I really enjoyed going to this place. Simple inexpensive, and the food was half decent. Prettty disappointed that in the past three months they jacked up prices up around 25 %. Now I know this is needed for places to stay around, but it was just nice to have a place with regular non-Seattle prices

Gotta love this place: good prices, excellent staff, fun atmosphere, and great drinks. Tuesdays are a must-go here.

Took a second to get noticed enough at the bar to order anything. We were drawn in by this great deal about dollar hot dogs on saturdays at 10pm plus live music. neither of which was actually there. we paid $30 for drinks and mozzarella sticks even with the nightly special drinks. just being honest about this place, it's pretty mediocre

Had a couple beers for a WC game, seemed fine then went to pay, didn't honor their "happy day all day" on Monday policy (guess WC is an exception) then bartender said I owed them 17.46 for my two beers, I handed him a 20 he gave me two bucks back. Bro, what? Anyways, tipped my two bucks, and uh, 54 cents I guess and left.

So much fun having a gathering at The Chieftain. Great, friendly staff, food was terrific!