1881 Steakhouse & Burger Bar

Great service! Amazing food!

We were staying at the hotel upstairs so naturally, we used the bar when we returned back to the hotel before retiring. We met up with several people and gathered around the bar for a chat. The staff were attentive and pleasant. All in all a good time. We didn't eat there so can't comment on the food.

The food took forever to arrive; orders were missed, and the steak was tasteless and unseasoned.

Poor service/understaffed. Mediocre food. BYO ketchup.

1/2 price burgers might on Thursday. Farmhouse burger and the one with pulled pork I strongly recommend.

Add onion rings! Fries are a bit meh, they lack seasoning.

Absolutely loved the atmosphere there as well as the servers! Food was delicious! Absolutely loved going there.

Great environment to watch a game, loved the food!

We stopped in here for a pint. The place was awesome, and the staff were extremely friendly. They had a great selection of beers on tap and many delicious looking Caesars. We didn't order anything to eat but the whole menu looked fantastic. This place is definitely work checking out.

Great place to stop and grab lunch. Daily specials are awesome , and value can't be beat. Very nice servers as well. University crowd can get a little rough late at night but not nearly like other downtown bars.

I was in t restaurant only, food is good!

Great steaks and exceptional service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Steak

Had the burger special good as always
My husband ordered the beer special 5.99
In bottle...was given glass ..his words were check the bill when it comes,
I struggle to pay for mayo on my burger when I don't get any lettuce tomatoe, and onion those items cost more than 1.00 for mayo
Server ask if we would like the bill..yes please...brings the debit machine no bill..I said thought you were bringing bill oh was response normally we don't print one.
.first I ever heard of that...checked bill yup did not get beer special..server said only time you get special if there is no specials on the menu..its hard to explain..mmm okay but you have special ever night
Did find portions smaller then in past

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Great food great hotel

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

The food was OK. We got the spinach dip and it was very runny and had very little spinach in it. I was also surprised how bland it was. For our mains, my partner got a pulled pork sandwich but needed to request a gluten-free bun. It was $3 extra for the bun (which is pretty outrageous to begin with) but that would have been OK if the bun had not been one of those styrofoam GF buns. There are so many good GF buns out there and if you're already charging $3 per for them, I would think you can afford better buns. I got the Peppercorn sirloin and upgraded to the garlic mashed potatoes. Again, not too happy about the fact that I needed to pay extra for a side that is pretty common with a steak, but it was what I really wanted. The steak was cooked just as I had requested (between Medium and MR) so no issues there. But it was a bit gristly and that was not pleasant. Otherwise, an OK steak. But the garilc mashed potatoes were incredibly bland and I was really shocked, considering that I paid an additional $2.50 to get them. As well, they were so whipped and devoid of any cream, I almost felt like they were from a box, but I can't imagine that was the case. They just did not have the consistency of mashed potatoes. Finally, we were very disappointed in the service. Our server was very pleasant and sweet but not particularly attentive. It was not a very busy night in there so this was quite surprising. I had to ask for things a couple of time (e.g. a glass for my beverage), and when each course was brought to us, it took a while for our server to come and see if we needed anything else. We ended up getting more from our food runner than our primary server. At one point, my partner had to get up to ask for BBQ sauce and our server was just sitting on her phone so he to ask someone else to help him. So not a horrible experience, but sadly I don't think I would go back here.

Disappointed! Order two apps. Cauliflower bites was okay, Spinach dip was absolutely horrible! It was just melted cheese for $17.00! 3 meals ordered I had the Buffalo wrap. Chicken extremely dry other two meals were hamburgers and they said they were not bad but not great either! A $170.00 dinner plus tip and I would not go back or recommend it!