St. Nicholas Brewing Co. MDH

Last night was our first visit and it was amazing! The fries were cooked and seasoned to perfection. The French dip had the perfect crusted bun yet soft with great flavor. My son had his favorite beverage made to perfection.

Overall this place is nice. Atmosphere is nice. on a busy day you get a great view of planes buzzin around outside. To be honest, not big on the food here, however the drinks here are PHENOMENAL!! If you’re lookin for a good beer, go here

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 4

It was a really neat spot , The service was great, food and craft beers were good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nice restaurant right on the runway at Southern Ilinois Airport. You can sit inside or if you want to be really close to the airplanes you can sit outside on the patio and watch them roll by your table. The service and food were great, would definitely return in the future.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Beer and food on a tarmac! Yes please!

The beer is good. And the food was good. Had dinner with my wife and 20 something kids. Prices were reasonable.

I’d go back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Elote Dip - MDH, Salsa

Great food, drinks and service right next to the airport taxiways.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food was delicious we went with a large group and our service was great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amazing all around ❤️

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I love the Hot Honey Brussels. Great burgers and the cauliflower wings are so good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very good food and drinks!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We recently tried SNBC MDH early on a Saturday evening (surprisingly empty in the restaurant and plenty of staff around 4pm) after hearing rave reviews on Google. Unfortunately, you really need to read between the lines in the reviews as it's a lot of "it's great... for Southern Illinois" and "almost thought I wasn't in Southern Illinois" but I don't think that's a fair measure to start with such a bias.

We were seated immediately and the atmosphere is... alright. The large picture windows looked bleakly out onto an empty and frozen runway (I suppose if you're an aviation enthusiast and the runways are full, this can be a fantastic thing) and since this restaurant is literally located on the grounds of the small/regional airport, the entire environment/aesthetic naturally comes off that one is eating at a restaurant at an airport.. Do with that description what you will...

While we were seated immediately we were quickly forgotten about as the waitress hurried off to talk to the hostess for 10-15 minutes and then remembering that we were there, got our drink order. The beer menu clearly uses the verbiage of "taster" for a 4oz serving of a beer so we each ordered a "taster" of a couple of different beers. The waitress brought us all a taster glass that didn't have but .5oz-1oz in each glass... Luckily the beers were nothing special so we simply wrote that off as a loss (but to her credit she must have heard "taste" as we were not charged for these "tasters").

I ordered nachos as an entree and quickly realized my mistake... "Do you want a protein?" That was going to be 4-5 dollars extra. "Do you want guacamole?" Another few bucks... "Do you want sour cream?" Another up charge... Even with all of these upcharges the nachos were decent at best. My wife ordered a grilled salmon sandwich with a highlight in the description of a bacon jam. The bacon jam was a teaspoon of jam in the middle of the sandwich so mostly what was had was a plain piece of bread and unseasoned salmon with a couple of nibbles of taste towards the middle... I can say that our order came out quickly so perhaps there was some sacrifice in quality to get speed this evening...

All in all, based on this experience alone, I can't recommend SNBC at MDH. Perhaps their other locations are far superior and maybe we just hit a bad night. We'll give their main location a try and update the review accordingly but, unfortunately, this metaphorical plane never left the runway.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 2

The food here is great, the happy hour specials are great, the beer is great -- but the place is way too loud. This would be a 5-star place if it was quieter.

This place has excellent food. But it was hard to find because they advertise very little. Just keep driving all the way down to the end of Airport Road and park. Restaurant building is on left.
Food plates are kind of expensive but absolutely delicious!! The atmosphere is fun so it's great to go to bar or table and eat or share meals.
It is sooo good.
The staff is friendly and comfortable to be around. Definitely need to visit here.

Parking: First time couldn't figure out which parking lot to use. Handicap parking is kinda far but there is a drop off right at door.
Overall, We figured it out and it was worth it.
We went about 4:00 to 4:30

Wheelchair accessibility: See above

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Southwest, Burgers

Good food and spirits

Parking: Restaurant parking close to the restaurant.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Shrimp & Grits