Pub Restaurant & Caterers

The Pub
Ralston St
Keene, NH
Good morning,
I am writing to give you a detailed account of my experience at your restaurant on Saturday night, January 30.
Our party of 6 arrived on time for our 6:30 reservations, hungrily anticipating a fun evening. We were led through the main dining room toward our table, only to find it was still occupied. We were left to stand in the hallway, until we were asked to stand somewhere else because we were in the way. 20 minutes later we were told that we could be seated at a table for 4 if we wanted to sit down, as it was clear that our table was still not ready. I said to the hostess as we were being squeezed into a small table that we should be given free appetizers because of this. She laughed, but then realized that I was not joking, and then said she’d see what she could do.
A large table became available about 10 minutes after we sat down. The bus boy started cleaning it, but went on to something else before he finished wiping it off. While we waited for our waitress, we decided to move to the large table and clean it ourselves (the bus boy left his towel on it). When the hostess finally came over to us, I don’t remember exactly what was said, but her reply to us all was that we only waited 8 minutes, so ‘that’s not too bad’. It was now 7:15 pm.
We finally ordered beverages and our dinner. The salads were brought out, but my dressing was served to me with a hair on it.
When the food finally came out, our waitress brought only 4 entrees to our table, which still had all the salad plates on it. It was another 8 minutes before the other two entrees were brought out. The remaining side dishes, French fries, rice, etc. were brought out bit by bit, one or two at a time, with the last vegetable arriving as Annie was finishing her entrée. Poor Bill never did get his baked potato, but he eventually did get a steak knife, even though by then he had eaten half of his steak.
By the time we were done with dinner, we had gone over all the wrongs of the evening, and did laugh about it all because it wasn’t just one little thing, but so many things. All this might have been sort-​of acceptable if the food was good, but it was far from special, tasteless and poorly presented. Clearly there was no one watching the dining room, or had the sense to tell the bus boy to be sure to get a big table cleared asap so we could sit at a proper sized table. No one knew enough to send out all the food at the same time, or to give steak knives when needed, or keep an eye on the water glasses! Management never offered anything by the way of a free appetizer or complimentary desert, nor did they apologize for anything.
If you do decide to try them out, don’t bother making reservations, because they don’t know the meaning of the word.
I won’t ever be back.
Mary Lou LaFantano
Brattleboro

Had dinner at The Pub today. Both of us had the Fried Whole Clam Special and, as usual, the meal was awesome. Lightly battered clams, french fries, and cole slaw, all at a very reasonable price. We have never been disappointed with the food and service at The Pub. Will definately be back. Don’t miss The Pub.

A above average breakfast. Service was really slow and we never got refills for our coffee even when we asked. The restaurant has a hometown feeling and was very inviting. The prices were reasonable. I would recommend if you want a sit down breakfast at a reasonable price.

Very reasonably priced family restaurant. The dinner food is standard but the breakfast is very good. Not a fan of the new fee you have to pay to split meals supposedly to keep prices cheap. We always ordered more food when we could split things but refuse to pay a penalty for that. Oh well, otherwise nice place

Went for breakfast and was not let down at all. This place was packed right around 11am on a Saturday. I got the bacon and eggs and hash browns, biscuits and gravy and corned beef hash. Yes, I was starving. But seriously, everything tasted really good and I had no complaints at all. Yes, it looked a little hokey, but the breakfast was good and the server was extremely poignant and friendly.

Like an old folks home: dumpy interior with bland food. Easily the worst coffee in town. Run away!

Stay home!
It is shocking that the elderly (primary clientele) are served the horrific bland grey food here! My inlaws love this place — I can see why — they can no longer taste or smell and cant see well. Accomodations for the disabled are non existent and the wait is ridiculously long for a half empty restaurant. Horrible service, and the worst are the cooks! Where do they find them? Dishwashers? My son got an egg sandwich that was served on burnt toast — literally BLACK — topped with a blackened end piece. I sent it back and the server returned with the same sandwich topped with a non end piece of bread — still black on the edges — the bottom piece was the same –the original blackened piece, My son is a special needs young adult — he ate it! My omelet was SWIMMING in water — my husband almost got sick looking at it. We stayed because of the inlaws who had a great time with their unidentifiable plates. The owners should be ashamed of themselves! There are plenty of folks out there that need jobs and can cook. One of my worst restaurant experiences ever!!!

very good food but the service is terrible. They are so rude, especially to the college kids. Reasonably priced but very rude waitresses

THE best breakfast for the price in Keene. Catch the early bird specials for a great meal under $ 5! The pancakes are always fluffy, the bacon is crisp, and the scrambled eggs w/​feta cheese are a must. It can get really crowded though so be sure to get there early.
It’s the perfect food to cure a hangover. It would also be the ideal restaurant to smoke a cig while sipping on OJ and reading the paper, but you can’t do that in NH anymore.

The Pub enjoys something of a good reputation in the community, but we’re afraid the food is vastly overrated. Take breakfast, for instance: scrambled eggs tell us the cook doesn’t know how to prepare basic dishes. The eggs were served dry (with no taste – they need higher quality eggs, clearly). We asked for cheese eggs – that led to a slab of cheese thrown on top of the dry eggs. Ugggh. The home fries were cold and greasy, a most unappealing combination. The sausage was good, the pancakes edible, but we were never served the toast we asked for. Apart from that, our server was friendly and efficient. The restaurant has a decent local vibe and draws crowds, but it looks just a little tired. In some places that might be a plus, but here it’s just tired. We’ve discussed going back, but, seriously, if they can’t cook the key ingredients in a meal correctly, we’re not encouraged. Hope your experiences will be better.

Excellent experience on two occasions. Fine staff. Quality food. Reasonable prices. Nice garden area outside main building. Conveniently located near Main Street and across from Keene State College. Nice family atmosphere. Varied menu. Can’t wait to get back.

Old people like to eat here!!! Food is bland and salty. Greek food was not my thing. I used to live in Vancouver and there are tons of excellent greek restaurants– Hello sailor. Your chances of the bartender knowing what a grasshopper, brandy alexander, white lady, or rusty nail are excellent. Old people drink these! I have had the seafood options, not horrible, and not great.

Food was great. Very long wait times. Would have done at least 4 stars but the girl who took our name to be seated was very rude. She took the couple in front of us their name and after turned and walked away with no «excuse me» or «I’ll be right with you» and left me standing at the desk for several minutes from returning from outback. Also in the waiting area there several electrical cords hanging from signs by the bench and a few people kept tripping or hitting them because the cords were just lying there in the way.

Great prices and locally owned. Be prepared to wait on the weekends for breakfast. That is the place to be and worth the wait. :-)

The food was bland and the portions small. I’ve never eaten at a restaurant that didn’t offer any type of potato for a side dish. My husband was so not craving filet mignon with butternut squash. I ordered the Greek lamb & string beans, several pieces of the lamb were inedible, the sauce was lacking in flavor. The waiter brought rolls at the end of the meal which we devoured because we were all still hungry. I try to avoid chain restaurants but this is one local business I would pass over.

Average, all across the board.
As some have already noted, their prices for breakfast are somewhat on the low side, and that may be considered by some to be a «plus.» The downside, however, is there’s not a whole lot of what I believe most people would call «good taste» to the food that comes out of the kitchen. I stopped by twice for breakfast this past week – once when it was very busy, the second when it was only about half full. On both occasion, my scrambled eggs arrived less than hot, and without much taste to them. The home fries, both times, were downright cold, and again without much by the way of taste.
The one redeeming feature was the bacon: served, at best, «warm» (and a bit too crisp for my liking), but at least they actually tasted like bacon!

Good place to go if your looking for a local alternative to the chain restaurants. Prices are relatively inexpensive but they do nickle and dime you for every little thing. They charged me an extra $ 1.75 for chocolate chips on my kids’ pancakes which only cost $ 1.19 to begin with. They also charged me $ 0.25 extra because I asked for hot sauce. The food is good though. And the menu offers more than the basics you would expect to find at a place like this. You can tell that the ingredients are fresh. The wait staff can be hit or miss but the place isn’t very big so it’s pretty easy to get your server’s attention without being rude. But as I said before, the food is good and I wouldn’t expect better service at a Friendly’s. I just wish they would raise the prices a little and stop surprise charging me for stuff. I would rate them 4 stars if not for this and the spotty service. Check ‘em out for breakfast or lunch. It’s worth it.