The Old Bag of Nails Pub - Lansing

Rustic burger is a GOAT level burger.

Excellent place to est at!

Fish and chips were so good !!

Decent food and service. We stopped by for lunch one afternoon. I'd like to stop by again and give it another try.

My friend and I found this place by accident and on a nice sunny day, the outside seating looked inviting. The food, however, was terrible. My friend ordered chicken quesadilla with sweet potato fries and I had blackned fish tacos with what I thought were going to be shoe-string fries. First - the fries - lukewarm and limp and the seasoning on the so-called shoe-string fries was terrible. My friend's quesadilla was bone-dry with literally nothing inside except pulled chicken and terrible cheese. Fish tacos were a waste of good fish. Neither of us finished our food and we both got sick once we returned home. I hope this place stays hidden. There are enough terrible restaurants in this town anyway.

I have been here a half dozen times or more and enjoyed myself. This evening I went with two friends for their happy hour and dinner. This time was exceptional…ly regrettable.

1. slow and poor service.
2. “Loaded Nachos” came decidedly unloaded and devoid of beans. We asked for more beans and were told ten minutes later that they had run out making our nachos.
3. I am a fan of their onions rings and hand breaded chicken. It is premium. Tonight the chicken was inedible due to mouth destroying sodium levels. I ate the rings and when i flagged the server down at the end of our meal (she never checked in) she said that’s not the first time I have heard that. I said it was my first time having this experience with this meal. She said they would take it off the bill.
4. When the bill came we got a partial credit because I ate the rings. :/ we asked to talk to the manager. The manager would not come over and instead gave us another $5 credit.

We can no longer recommend this place.
It was not busy from a customers perspective. No wait. No dirty tables. Not full. Tuesday night.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 1

Great carrot cake

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Delicious!!!
Giant Pretzel to start off, fish and chips dinner with shrimp for main course.
Really pleased and super close to campus!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fish and Chips

We went here to celebrate my mother’s birthday, and I asked the host if we could have a booth with a tv since the Michigan game was on. My mom is a huge Michigan fan and can’t see well. But the host said they have to sit in order for the servers, and wasn’t accommodating at all. It was 5:30 on a Saturday night but they acted like their tables wouldn’t fill up fast. There were several tables open that I requested but refused to sit us there. Thought it would be a nice birthday celebration and she would have been thrilled to be able to watch the game at the table but even after asking several times and with gifts in our hands they wouldn’t take any seating requests. The food was enjoyable but the portion sizes were a lot smaller than previous visits. First pic is from February 2023 and second pic is from tonight.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 1

OMG! The Fish&Chips is amazing! The portion size is good for multiple servings IMO but more importantly the flavor was so delicious! I can't wait to go back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fish and Chips

Very good food and portions. Great atmosphere! Highly recommend and we'll go back again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fish and Chips, Fish Sandwich, Fried Mushrooms

Fish and chips were very good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

First of all, why are the Employees allowed to Vape in the restaurant?!! Not okay! Also, we arrived an hour before closing and staff made us feel unwelcome and rushed. They were more concerned on closing than their guests.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Staff is non caring to the customers. Hostess sat at the bar with an employee who is smoking a vape at the bar. Seriously, two steps to outside. Hostess seems bothered by anyone walking in and greets them from the bar being extremely grumpy . Bartender is rushing to clean up the bar and not giving customers service. We are the only two customers . He is Making us feel extremely rushed. We are here at 9:50 and the place closes at 11:00. They are moping the floor. The Cobb salad was delicious but the potato skins were cooked in very old oil. French onion soup not good. I understand since Ive managed restaurants that Oil is grossly expensive but better to not serve fried food over serving food cooked in rancid oil. The hostess is sitting with an EMPLOYEE who is SMOKING a vape AT the bar. My rating is kind. No paper towel the entire night in the Women’s room. WHY. Would anyone pay money for this experience?

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 1

The carrot cake that they portray as a signature dessert wasn't very good. I got a piece to go and when I went to eat it the entire bottom was burnt. I also got the chicken wings parmesan garlic but I couldn't tell because there wasn't much flavor on them. I'll give it another shot and try something else

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5