My husband and I were looking forward to checking out this place since we live in Gilbert and enjoy having local places to go. We were NOT impressed and these are the reasons why: The atmosphere was nothing special - loud and busy, no interesting decor, very few TV's. For only being open for three days, they were greatly understaffed and the general feeling of the staff was of confusion. The servers were more frazzled than friendly. Our drinks came out slow and our food came out slower. We first ordered a creamy artichoke dip with chips. They gave us about ten chips with two tablespoons of lukewarm dip. For the meal, we both had the Fish & Chips. The Fish pieces were a nice size but the batter was greasy. The fries were awful - chewy, and tasted like they were a day old and had been re-fried. Half of my (not too generous of a portion) of fries looked to be from the 'bottom of the barrel' - they were nearly burnt. This place is not ready to be in business. We have no plans to go back and will not be recommending Thirsty Lion to anyone.