McLain's Corner Bar Grill

I was one of the early arrivals of my large group to meet at this bar, and for some reason the older lady who was bartending saw me going up the stairs to the second level and suddenly stopped me like she had a problem (yelled) with me doing so. A few minutes later, she told me she didn’t mean to be rude but her attitude was still unnecessary and unacceptable. She also didn’t tell me why I (personally) couldn’t go upstairs.

She was abrupt and my friends and I thought the whole situation was very weird.

I only wanted to see if other members of my group were upstairs after this woman told my friends we were welcome to go upstairs.

Hopefully, our group coordinator won’t pick this bar again. This bar made good money from us but the bartender was rude to me in front of my group and the other people at the bar.

Never come to this place is awful the cigarette smell, you can't breathe with all that smoke on the air.

I came here solely for a burger and was pleasantly surprised! As an elder millennial, I am over the subpar overpriced “smash burgers” all over the city.

You’ll see in other reviews that they serve a charbroiled burger here. The meat was plentiful and cooked correctly. The lettuce, tomato, and onion were fresh with proper portions (seriously STL, stop being so skimpy). My side of fries were perfectly crispy. The value of what you pay vs what you get puts this place in my list.

Lastly, the bartender who helped me was incredibly friendly. I’ll come back to try more food soon!

PS: The bar allows smoking, so if that bothers you elect for takeout!

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries

The staff was very nice.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Awesome. I called ahead for a food order since I'm making a pickup down the block.
Food was quick. Burger was overgrillled and crunchy but I was hungry.
Seemed like a nice bar if you're into smokey places, which I'm not. So if you're allergic to cigarette smoke, probably best to avoid.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 5

It's like a 21st century Cheers. Everyone's so friendly. Really great vibe and we enjoyed our food. The trashed wings are so delicious!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries

Readily serve visibly intoxicated patrons. Allow "to go" cups with alcohol.Smoking inside the bar makes it unbearable for non-smokers or anyone with breathing issues. Food quality is greatly reduced from what it used to be.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Great corner bar feeling with awesome food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Friendliest staff around. Lisa is the best. We even got invited to their charity golf tournament and had a blast! Highly recommend. We loved living within walking distance from there and miss going there on the regular.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Corner bar atmosphere

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Always a wonderful time! Good drinks, good people, good atmosphere!

Love this place will be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

They have charbroiled burgers, which is a very nice positive and I really appreciate this place for that. If you only care for the food, don't recommend ordering on Thursday nights because they have karaoke nights starting at 9. I don't know if the booze is any good there, I only get to go orders and don't drink.Just know that they're a smoking bar, so if you don't like that, you might want to try somewhere else. It's a small place and the smoke is hard to avoid, especially when busy.Seems like a fun atmosphere if you're into dive bars, especially if you want to hear people try to sing your favorite songs on karaoke night.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries

Definitely try the grilled wings they may as well be wings lolAnd play a game of pool upstairs it's nice an quite.I'm a regular just for pool and also go on Thursday karaoke ?

Parking: Under the metro link.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Great place to gather friends