The Elegant Pub

Usually the pub is somewhere you go after you’ve already had a few. At least in my book.
Friend and I came here just the other night after a day of drinking and just had to have that one last beer and this was the perfect place for it!
It’s really close to me but is never my first choice to stop. Decent bar though.

Good For drinks! Prices however sometimes don’t work with this place. Across the street at Round Table I can get a pitcher of beer for cheaper.

A place with character and lots of fans. Lucked out to be ‘shared’ this place with some new friends.
Mellow bar, cozy booths and a roomy seating area. Must come again to keep the party going!

Cool spot. This pub is really easygoing with a relaxing vibe if you want to have drinks with friends. Intimate enough to hold audible conversations but also ambient enough to lose track of time. Great staff are always prompt with drinks and are constantly engaging with guests. Definitely a cool hidden spot. Check it out if you have the chance.

Love the drinks the employees and the music. friday and sat there’s a dj!!! Love it!

It’s not the perfect pub, but I don’t think I’ve found one either. This is a good neighborhood bar. The service is consistent and friendly. Even to a stranger like me from out of state. Seems they started some pub food options which always goes great with a beer. Come in and try this place out. DJ’s on Friday and sat nights but I prefer the Mondays and Tuesday’s, nice mellow crowd.

It’s alright. The bartenders are fun and friendly, music not too great.

You can’t go wrong stopping by here for a drink. The drink specials are good and they have a live DJ Fridays and Saturday nights. The bartenders are great and pour heavy.
Oh and best of all they have a pool table with some legit local competition.

I love how weird this place is. It’s like a nightclub in a Denny’s/IHOP. You might ask yourself a few things when you walk into this place…
Why is there a gazebo? Why is there a dance floor? Why is no one on the dance floor? Why so many lights?
hahaha there were 30 of us so The Elegant Pub became our own private dance party. The DJ played whatever we wanted, the bartender was quick to get to our group and our group had a blast. Drinks are cheap :) I love the local bar feel.
I will have to come back and try the breakfast there because I heard it’s nommy.

Maybe I went on a bad night (Friday dinner time) but my friend was advised before going in by people in the parking lot not to wear his sharks hat. Just walking from the car to the pub people were acting drunk and aggressive, some looked drugged, an older biker lady yelled at me not to look at her and we left. They also had security which was weird bc it was not that late maybe 8 at the latest and they were totally sketch too. Reminds me how unsafe the east side of San Jose is.

I have mixed feelings about this place. I have been here countless times during the day during breakfast hours and am a fan of the food. But my first visit at night was a whole different experience. The fact that they have bouncers at the door patting men down and checking women’s purses says something about the crowd you are going to encounter. I came here with a local regular and noticed a lot of people from Silvercreek High School go here.
A couple of things I did like was that the bartenders know how to make a stiff drink. And even though they stop serving food you are allowed to bring your own! I saw some people eating Taco Bell at the bar lol. There is also a DJ on weekend nights that plays really good music! None of that EDM garbage you constantly hear downtown. But I just can’t imagine getting down where I eat breakfast with my grandparents.
So overall, if you live in ESSJ and want a chill environment this is worth checking out.

Ahhh, my good old neighborhood bar… been going there since I was a kid, and still enjoy walking in. A LOT of good memories there, and a few bad ones. Overall, it’s a good place to relax during the weekdays, but as soon as they tried to make it a «nightclub», it bothered me enough to keep my distance on weekend nights.
Btw, if anyone partakes in the Lagunitas on tap, you can thank me now! ;-)
It’s not always great, and it’s mostly NOT bad… but it is a neighborhood staple, and it sure beats the heck out of going downtown!

Since I’m originally from this area I have always gone to the Evergreen Inn whenever I was a little girl. However, now that I’m grown-​up Cristal, I rarely frequent the area other than to visit my mom and grandma. This spot is the cool little bar area of the Evergreen Inn which is connected to the restaurant, but you have to be 21 and up to access it.
As the homie and I entered, we definitely felt welcomed by the usuals and the bartenders. It was funny to see that some of the girls from my high school were working there so that made me feel more at ease about the direction I took in life. This place serves the typical alcohol and beers. You also have a pool table and juke box to keep you entertained. They also serve the food from the Evergreen Inn, but I am not sure what time they stop selling it at. Overall, whenever I’m in need of a good drink and don’t feel like stooping it on a porch with my 40 in a brown paper bag, I’ll go to the Elegant Pub.

Total local bar but not necessarily a bad thing. I used to come in here all the time and run into old high school friends which was a plus but I noticed that this places attracts a lot of hood rats as well. The drinks are a little on the higher side, especially the beer. You can order food which is a plus and I’m talking a bacon burger with fries which is pretty solid. Bartenders are alright depending on who is pouring. The guy during the day could use a personality improvement. I stopped coming here as much but I tend to drop by here and there. They have a pool table and juke box which is a plus.

This place is pretty much my neighborhood pub. I love it because the drinks are so cheap here but sometimes i hear it can be a little dangerous and fights break out. On Thursday nights, they have free karaōke and everyone goes up to sing and it’s a blast!

Kareoke night Thursdays! Pool table and beer pong too. Done deal. Great summer hangout when u wanna get away from the typical crowd in dtsj. Laid back, friendly, drunk people. My kinda place.

If you’re not from the area, you won’t be down with the pub, period. Yeah it’s not the nicest of places but what makes it cool is always running into someone you know from however long ago. The drinks are decently priced and 2 out of 3 bartenders know what they’re doing. They have a touchtunes jukebox which is my favorite thing ever & the bouncers are cool once you get to know them! That’s all I need!

I come to the pub every now and then, and the restaurant more regularly.
During the day, it seems like the pub crowd is more older folks. I’ve never kicked it in there during that time of the day, but I’ve peered in while eating next door. At night, the pub is more catering to the East Side crowd. The bartenders are friendly and so are the patrons! They have a jukebox and a pool table, and you can order from the restaurant if you get the munchies. I believe they stop serving around 8 PM.
The restaurant’s menu is a mixed bag. I’ve had the corned beef hash plate (my favorite!!), chorizo con huevo (okay), chile verde (meh), strawberry pancake/​crêpe like thingies (yuck) and french toast (okay). The hash browns are hit and miss, sometimes it’s too burnt on the outside and raw on the inside, and other times it’s just right. The toast is served with very little butter spread on it, so if you like hella butter on your toast, be sure to let them know. Everything is served in big portions, you WILL end up taking a box. The coffee is decent, and they serve red for the grapefruit juice option. The service is always good, they’re friendly and attend to you but don’t pester you at the same time. You can order drinks from the bar as well. Good place to bring your family on a weekend morning.

Elegant Pub.
«Elegant» and «Pub»; neither of those two words apply to this joint, but it IS one of the few places on the Eastside that has character. And by character, I mean the spot is the epitome of a neighborhood, reflecting the community nearby. Hardworking. No pretense. Even a little bit hood-​sy. Real.
Depending on when you go to Elegant Pub, you can encounter a whole gamut of people.
During the day (Sunday, whilst the attached Evergreen Inn is serving generously portioned breakfast food), the Elegant Pub is full of friendly regulars, the bar lined with older couples and ESSJ natives that seem to have ritually met here for years. The bar is really just an extension of the restaurant at this point, bustling with people eating omelets and swedish pancake breakfasts, only accompanied by Screwdrivers and Bloody Marys instead of coffee and OJ. (BONUS: on Saturday and Sunday, bar patrons can get a free bowl of menudo with the purchase of alcohol.)
Weeknights are slow Monday through Wednesday, as can be expected. But on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights, the place is lively and frenetic with local clientele (and all that comes with THAT… read: sometimes hood-​sy). Just act right, no bluster, no frontin’, no fakery, and you’ll be fine.
The staff here, day and night, are some of the friendliest bartenders around, adept and quick to serve, whether its to sling Irish Coffees and Chavelas to breakfast/​brunchers, or pouring drafts and shots for the late night crowd.
The décor is outfitted with all the standard fare; a pool table, a jukebox, a dozen seats at the bar, darts, and 4 – 5 dimly lit high-​back booths, you know, for privacy. This is the eastside, after all; people still get hickeys on this side of town.
I’m not quite sure what time the attached restaurant serves food until (I’ve only ever been there on a Sunday morn), but if you happen to be there later in the evening and missed the kitchen, don’t despair. Right outside on the sidewalk, a cart/​stand is set up most nights making and selling tacos with so much authenticity and street cred that the nearby Taco Bell probably has an inferiority complex everytime the sun goes down. And I must say, those tacos have saved my drunk behind many a night…
(And really, I’m kidding, the hood isn’t so hood… I’ve lost credit cards here and gotten them back. I’ve lost dignity here too; never got that back though, but that’s another story. Just saying.)
Live it up.
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Super Chavelas! Beer of your choice, lotsa lime, chile, clamato, salt, tapatio, worcestershire, and sink a tequila shot into it… Yup, THAT’S how we do…

*fist pump*
Thug life.
LOVE IT.
Half expecting a handful of weird people hanging around here? No! Don’t misjudge the place. The first time I came here was with this guy I dated for awhile. He lived nearby, so this was his ‘hood to unwind after a long day of work. I guess he was a regular, because he knew everyone! I mean… EVERYONE! Of course, I didn’t know what to expect when I walked in.
Surprised, everyone is super friendly and the bartenders are sweet! Best time to come is during the weekday. Avoid coming here on a weekend. Not that I have anything against it. Mix crowd is anywhere between 20 to 30 somethings with that good of a good balance, you can’t go wrong with meeting nice people. Great vibe all around because it’s so chill! You won’t get into any fist fights with anyone as opposed to downtown San Jose.
There’s a pool table, dart boards, a few tables and booths. If that’s not your kind of thing, they also have beer pong! Tues-​Thurs after 10pm for beer pong and it’s free to everyone. However, you have to buy a pitcher of beer in order to play which is better than nothing right? They carry a fair selection of liquor but that shouldn’t matter! Music is likeable since they have a jukebox. Bathrooms are well-​kept.
Most of the people don’t just come here for the drinks and shoot pool, but also for the food! Street tacos available to patrons from Thursday-​Saturday. Breakfast food is not so bad. Shocking that a pub would serve breakfast food. Nice!
For a pub on this side of San Jose it never feels like I’m in the ghetto area. It feels like walking into a bar «where everyone knows your name.»