Elm City Brewery Reviews

Great wings and craft brews. Onion rings the size of doughnuts.

My husband and I had our anniversary dinner here. It was great! We started with Spinach Artichoke Dip with chips. For my entree I had pork chops in maple cream sauce with sweet potato fries and mixed veggies. The sauce was very sweet, but it was tasty and perfectly cooked. My husband had the blackened steak and said it was wonderful. He also enjoyed both beers recommended by the waitress. This wasn't our first here, just first of fancy entrees! We will definitely go back again.

The place has surprisingly reasonable prices on their menu. The food was good but the portion sizes were "French" style, if you know what I mean. I had three young kids with me and they all finished their food. I will send my friends to this place as our favorite restaurant has closed permanently.

Good food but slightly overpriced. Cute place and great beer!

Great food and great beer brewed right on the spot!

Ordered a burger medium, came out very rare. Was pretty good but I got food poisoning.

It s a shame that the woman behind the bar who was identified to me only as the owners daughter, has such an abhorrent attitude. I was there for over an hour and finishing my third drink (and an entree), when she had the waitress inform me that I would not be allowed to order a fourth. When I went to the bar to ask her why this was the case (I have been going to this restaurant/pub for over a year and never had this issue before), she immediately began baiting me and attempting to provoke me to anger. I just calmly repeated that I was not arguing with her I just wanted to talk to the manager. She then had the gall to tell me that if I was going to keep arguing with her she was going to have me thrown out of her bar, HER bar? When I finally did speak to the manager she was sweet and respectful, but had to stand behind her staff. That s reasonable, and I can t fault her for it. Unfortunately for Elm city, I will never again give them a dollar of my business, because while the manager certainly does have to look out for their employees, if the owners daughter is going to cut people off because she doesn t like the looks of them, and then try and get in their face, that is not an establishment I want having a penny of my hard-earned dollars. All it takes is one worthless employee to lose a customer for life.

Awesome. One of the best places to eat in Keene. Good clean food exceptional service and the best beer in town. Highly recommend a peachy Keene with your meal. I have never left the Brew house unhappy.

Best spinach and artichoke dip we ve ever had! Great food great service! Definitely would recommend!

Amazing burgers, great food, fun to hang out. Beer lovers like it, too.

Actually only picked up. Didn't have the full experience but customer service was great. Good looked good. Next time...

Great atmosphere, even better food. Everyone was very friendly and my little ones enjoyed it as well :) That makes it a winner to me!

My favorite casual bar. Everyone is friendly and willing to chat. Beer is awesome, made right there.

Never had anything less than a quite pleasant experience here. The food is good, priced fairly, and proportions are generous. The service has always been friendly and accommodating... occasionally a little slow, but nothing unreasonable. Clean and casual, but doesn't feel "cheap". Hopefully the construction in the parking lot is finished soon, as I feel some may not realize that restaurant is still open and accessible.

The food is always freshly made and it's different from all the other places in Keene. The atmosphere is light and open, staff is friendly. I really enjoy their own brewed beer as well.

Antique antique! Great food with friendly staff . take a step back in time and see where they made uniforms for the silver war.

A must visit if you never been. You can never go wrong with specials but menu is good too. Thier brewed beer is the standard for the area. Great buffalo wings too!

The best place to eat in Keene. Great selection of craft beer, and great food. Staff is friendly and helpful.

Same as it was eight years ago, amazing. Great food, great beer, great service!

Great selection of Microbrews. Great menu. We have been coming here for years. Both the beer and the food are consistently great!

I have the T shirt. A fun place to dine. Great beers and good menu selections.

Awesome service very cool Vibe you have to try these beers they're all drinkable I love the fact this is not just pure IPA beer house. Great pub food

Great brews, good service and the food is flavorful and delicious!

Always a great place to dine and have conversation. It is brew pub fair.

The food was great and our services was even better!!

GREAT place for a beer and snack! Can't wait to try more beers and food here. Love the old mill building. Staff was great. We had the Old Man Porter, calamari and spinach/artichoke dip. All 3 were amazing. Looking forward to going back!

Food average. Beer selection decent. Service friendly.

It was not cooked as well as we'd of like fish was ok other than that it was GREAT service!

Good food selection and a number of beer styles. Prices are very reasonable.

Excellent food and drinks. Service couldn't have been better.

Good beer.

Good fish sandwiches.

Good service too.

We went to the restaurant on a Friday night. It was busy inside and for outside seating as well. We didn't have to wait which was nice and the hostess was friendly and attentive. We got our drinks right away and then we waited for a bit to place our orders. The food arrived after awhile and it was good. The mussels appetizer was a great portion and tasted good. I would have liked it hotter. I also ordered a large spinach salad which was undersized, in my opinion. The ingredients were delicious though. The server kept our drinks filled and checked up on us.
I would have loved to give them a 5 star but a few minor things kept me from doing that.

Great beers, delicious food, awesome staff. My husband even got to talk to Steve, the brew master. It was awesome.

This is a great family place to go for dinner. Even if you have kids they have games nd stuff for them to do and a great menu for them. The food is excellent. The staff even when busy are great. The prices are good and affordable. If enjoy wine and beer they have a great and wide selection.

Best place for beers and wings! My husband and my favorite place!

They do a great job with their beers and the brats were delish. Also loved the spinach salad.

Food was fantastic. Service lacked on a less than busy night.

I can't be certain whether or not my star rating is accurate as I haven't had the beer here. My rating is based on the food and overall atmosphere

Called ahead the host said 20 minutes waited over a hour finally left they kept seating people saying the only have a few tables for bigger parties we had 7 they could have pushed tables together No one acknowledged us not even the manager. Poor way to run a business

Food was great! Particularly the seafood bisque...just the perfect amount of Sherry! Great atmosphere and service. The only reason I didn't rate a 5 it was a wait to be seated...other than that Fantastic experience.

Cheap wings on Wednesdays! Food is good and the beer selection is too.

Food was great, service was quick, and beer was delicious. Highly recommend especially if you are with people with dietary restrictions like vegetarian or gluten free, they have great options for both. Get the spinach and herb cheese sandwich and make sure to add their house made smoked salmon it was amazing!

Busy place. Make a reservation if you want patio dining.

I like the beers and I've had fairly good service. I decided to try the appetizer (Saturday around 4PM) The onion rings were greasy, burned and tasteless. Then an employee was taking a dinner break next to me and I couldn't help but hear her phone drama about her late night adventures. I hope it was an isolated experience.

The food here was good. Basic bar food, but tasty. Unfortunately, our experience started off on a bad foot. We had to wait for a table, so we went to the bar for a beer. All on premise beer, so we asked the bartender for a beer menu. He pointed us to the blackboard, shown in the photo. Ok, so what's a Blurred Lines? Krystal Ball? Not very helpful, nor was he. Lo and behold, when we were seated for dinner, on the table was a beer menu, describing their beers, just what we had asked for.

It is exactly the same as it was 20 years ago when I first came to Keene. Average pub food. Entirely predictable. They make really good wings, though

We were traveling north from CT looking for a place to grab dinner and stumbled upon this gem this past Thursday September 17th. The previous reviews were a little discouraging at first but we decided to give it a shot on our own accord. More

Lower from 3 stars to 2 stars 10.1.17

Food is usually good. Appetizers, wings and craft beer are always excellent. Steaks are not usually good and usually the sizes and cuts are confused and cooked incorrectly. Service ranges from good to awful with one of the worst front of the house managed restaurants. Overall not bad but you never know what to expect.

Pretty good (though not exceptional) beer. My favorite was the "Open Saison" - brewed with peppercorns! Recommended, for those wanting to try something different. Classic pub menu and atmosphere. Gluten free bun options.

Really enjoyed the service and food. Beer selection was nice and I tried a bunch of new ones.

Always an excellent meal! Service is friendly and prompt. Great selection of dark beers!!

Pretty good. It s easy to find something you like there

I ate two bites of my meal and was all set with this place. Awful.

After all these years I wish their beer would improve. The sandwiches and the salads are good.

Tiger wings. Blue cheese. Always go for the daily specials as well.

A very wonderful place. Everyone was extremely friendly. Excellent service.

Cute brewery with really good beers! I'll have to come back to try the food.

Great food great service friendly staff highly recommend

The food was excellent and the service was off the charts. Our server (Carolyn) was very supportive of the entire company. Telling us about all the homemade items including deserts and dressings etc. Also she brought a to go container as well as as plastic bag because the item was messy and could easily leak on our car seat. We have never had a server do that.....ever. she was excellent. Also a great ambassador for the company .

The fish was a little overcooked but food was decent.