Reds Public House Reviews

First impressions are important. Walking into this place the sidewalk was covered in cigarette butts, so curb appeal is lacking. After getting seated, the waitress informs that they have no coffee, they ran out the day prior. So many drink coffee with breakfast. If it is too much to expect for someone to grab some petty cash and drive to one of the many grocery stores that are open 24 hours to pick up coffee then there must be more management issues that are not apparent.

Reds breakfast is simply amazing. I have yet to try anything that wasn't delicious. Try the biscuit and gravy omelette or a breakfast burrito (you can get monster size for a little extra). You will not be disappointed!

Great place with pretty damn good food, especially for a bar. The place has two completely different atmospheres depending on the time of day your in there. Very relaxing nar/restaurant during the day and almost club like feel at night. Highly recommend

We have come to expect poor service here, but the food and drinks typically make up for it. Not the case anymore. We waited an hour for our food, on a morning where there was maybe 15 people in the restaurant. There were only two people working, one server/bartender and one cook. We should have left when the cook walked out of the kitchen, through the bar to have a cigarette on the sidewalk in front of the place. The food was not prepared how we had ordered it. We never received our water, had to get our own silverware, and asked for items to complete our order that were listed on the menu. We were never asked how things were or if we needed anything else. After 45 minutes we should have left a $10 bill on the table for the mediocre drinks and walked out. We will not return to Reds, and caution anyone else to think twice. I would leave zero starts if it was an option.

Went to Red's for lunch with a few friends on a Saturday afternoon. The place was very slow, I think there was 2-3 other people in the bar. Our order was taken promptly and the bartender / server was awesome. Drinks came out quickly. The food not so much. When it did arrive both cheeseburgers that we ordered were cold. The cheese wasn't even melted. I complained that the food was cold and the bartender spoke to the cook about it within earshot. The cook didn't feel anything was wrong with the food and stated he could reheat it, via microwave I presume. I reiterated that the cheese wasn't even melted, how hot can a burger be if it doesn't even melt the cheese on it? My friend had his burger remade but I declined. I didn't feel comfortable having a pissed off cook remake my food. To their credit my friend's burger was remade and looked great. My friend said it tasted great too. After numerous scenarios similar to this I don't think I'll be visiting Red's again anytime soon.

Went for breakfast, very creative comfort food themed menu. I had the biscuits and gravy omelette. Very large portions for a reasonable price, but service was a little slow.

I wasn't planning to leave a review but Google popped up to remind me so here we are. I was with two co-workers on Sunday the 7th of October and we visited Reds to grab a couple drinks. The first round everything was great, the second round, instead of giving me Captain and coke like I asked for, the bartender (I think his name was Chris J) gave me the white well rum. I then ordered one round of Vegas Bombs for the three of us and we go back to talking. The bar's fairly dead and while we're talking, the bartender makes three cherry bombs (4 actually and he had one) and gives them to us. We figured it was just nice of him and go back to talking. Maybe 10-15 minutes later he gives us another bomb- and all I know was it had something with honey in it. Definitely not something I ever would have ordered. At the end of the night I go to pay - expecting to be charged for only the one round of shots I ordered - and either those bombs are $12 each or I was charged for 9 shots. It was a super shady thing to do and as a result, I will never recommend this place to anyone.

The service is a lil unorthodox being backed up and slow and out of order. The staff however is respectable and might need more employees to keep up to pace of customers while events are taking place. Over all, a good place I would still recommend visiting in Cedar Rapids Iowa downtown district.

Unfortunately this was a great place. Not sure what happened. Went in with the kiddos for lunch and was very disappointed when ordering...was told pretty much they had nothing on their menu available except for a burger and fries!