Buffalo Wild Wings - Hermitage

I first started going to this BWW right after it was built, at the start of the 2009 football season. I can't get Direct TV's NFL Sunday Ticket thanks to some huge trees, so I had been driving to Sam's Sports Bar downtown (which I still love) on Sundays during the NFL season to watch my Bucs games, but the drive was a bit lengthy. I decided to start going to BWW, after having mediocre experiences at the old Rivergate location. At first, I was pretty much blown away at the game-watching experience. Assuming the right person was operating the satellite receivers, you can see almost every game from almost every seat. I made a habit of getting there early and asking one of the very friendly wait staff to make sure that my game was on at a TV near me. They're very accommodating about things like that, and outside of a few mediocre servers, their wait staff is friendly and very good, especially considering how slammed they are on Sundays. The food is pretty tasty bar food, and I can't speak for the beer as I don't drink. You can leave feeling pretty dry from all the sodium, but the sports-watching experience is honestly second-to-none. The Sam's crowd is definitely a little hipper, which is more my speed, but the camaraderie of the game-watching experience at this particular BWW is just great. As for game audio, you only get the audio from the Titans game, the consensus best game, or whatever game that the crowd agrees on. I generally avoid chain restaurants like the plague, but because of my love for the NFL and appreciation of the staff (most of them have been there for the whole 2 years they've been open), I honestly love the place. more

I have been eating wings at this BWW off and on with no complaints since it opened. However, the last two trips have not been very pleasent. \r \r Not long after eating wings each of the two visits, I experienced stomach pain and had to use the restroom almost immediately after eating. During the most recent visit, my wings came out luke warm I returned the wings to the kitchen. About four hours after finshing the wings I had severe stomach pain, followed by hours of throwing up and diarrhea. more

BW""s is a great place to watch a game but if you plan on hangin out all day, expect to spend a lot. It's not very hang out friendly which is kind of what they want it to be. If you order anything like a side sauce or you simply would like to sample one of their many famous sauces it will cost you sixty cents.... When they bring it you can bet that it will be measured exactly in a small ramicon. The beer special is $3.75... Bad deal for crappy draft... \r \r On the flip side, they have awesome TV's and I do admit I like those Buffulitos. You'd think for a place that uses the name ""Wing"" in their name that they would have really good wings.... They don't.\r \r I would love to see a happy hour or $2 pints.... Kind of like most other sports bars... Pros: Great TV's, Food is decent. Cons: They over charge ffor about everything. more