J Brian's Pub & Grille

Come down and see Crystal & Brittany!! - Great drinks and an OUTSTANDING Roast Beef 3 way! Thinly sliced roast beef with mayo Cheese drizzled with James River BBQ sauce.

I went here to celebrate a friend's birthday & was overcharged on my TIP. My server was Nika & she did a good job serving but I don't understand how I was charged more for my tip than I visibly wrote on the receipt. I called & spoke with the alleged owner & he gave me his number to send him all the info. It's been 3 weeks & he has ignored my messages. Be careful getting scammed yall.

Overall the food is good NOT great and the particular waitress I had was not good. I ordered Jamaican jerk with as an appetizer they were yummy I would get them again. My only issue is the waitress asked if we wanted to place our orders yet or just the appetizers and we said just apps cause we haven't decided yet on meals. We ended up waiting about 40 mins for our apps to come and she never once in the 40 mins came to our table again to ask us what we'd like to order. After the apps came I had to stop the waitress in her path and tell her we are ready to order. After finally ordering the food came out my sub was bland and dry but the fried were very fresh and crunchy, I loved them. This is definitely not fine dinning and if you're in a hurry I wouldn't recommend it.

Imagine this - you walk inside to what appears, on both the inside and outside, to be a dive bar. And it's true - you're vodka soda burns a whole in your heart, you get a bucket of high noons, there's a group next to you shaking their butt after being there for a few hours. You sense you'd have a decent time there with some townies.

Then you smell something. You realize there's food here, even late night. Haddock chowder is on the menu? Oh god. But no... someone's food actually looks devine... those chicken tenders! Hm. You order food. AND ITS DELIGHTFUL. I did not see this coming.

I have had the chicken tenders (boneless tenders) here and they were in all seriousness the best I've ever had - and I only had one drink prior! I mean it. Meat was thick and fresh, breading was perfect, fell off like a leaf in the fall time, and sauce cups triple of what any other place is giving out. My friend got the haddock chowder and clean bowl. Got a taste of onion rings and a wing and mmm mmm mmm.

Down side - I'm not sure if servers exist here (and the kitchen takes some TIME) but if you're in no rush, not so hangry you might hurt someone, and with good company, then an underrated location from what the naked eye sees.

Amazing fish and chips. Totally a "local" but don't underestimate the food or the hospitality. The fish was so tender and moist inside, crispy outside. The fries ere perfectly brown and not flaccid. The bar service was perfectly homey and attentive. Drinks came quickly. Beers were cold. Bartenders were very personable. If I lived in the area, I would be here all the time.

Got the hamburg one day . It wasn't bad. I see this place is getting some not so good reviews. But i'll tell ya one thing one of the bartenders really knows how to rock those skin tight leggins. I hear she's pushin the big 50 too. Has a bod of a twenty year old. So I really don't care how good the food is. She would get 5 stars from me!

Beautiful day in May and I just wanted a nice pint of Guinness. Surely a bar with an Irish flag proudly displayed would have pints on tap right? Wrong. After I ordered the (overpriced) pint of Guinness the waitress arrives with a chilled water glass and a can for me to pour myself at the table. Either take your tri color down or install a tap. Day ruined.

First time here for takeout on a Friday night around 5:30pm. Ordering via phone was easy, meals were ready when I arrived exactly as quoted. Friendly server at the bar assisted me with checkout. Appeared to be a very local, regular crowd.

We ordered the baked haddock with Cole slaw and onion rings and the steak tips with fries and the vegetable of the day which was broccoli. The haddock portion was on the smaller side but everything else was generous. The tips were perfectly cooked and fairly tender. We put the fries and onion rings in the air fryer when we got home and they were re-freshed perfectly.

We'll be back!

Would have liked to try the food. The meals delivered to the table beside us smelled good.

We got there around 10:45PM or so and asked the bartender about ordering food, were told kitchen is closed. When others behind us got food delivered after 11, we asked a different bartender that was nearby about getting food and she said the kitchen had closed at 11.

Nobody at our table was giving attitude or any trouble. He was just asking nicely. And, in fact, we had gotten there before the kitchen closed... and he did not mention it. We accepted that we would not get food. We did not complain.

Then, the original bartender came over, seemed really annoyed with us, and said that the other people called ahead to order and that's why they got food. She seemed unreasonably annoyed about it.

Maybe the really loud guy beside us was making her crazy... Maybe something else happened earlier... who knows. All we knew was our first impression of the place was less than good.

I was in the restaurant business for many years, and I get that people can be rude and nasty. But a perfectly nice person should not expect to be treated poorly because you have had a rough night.

Taste:3
buffalo wings were ok it was definitly under whelming due to all the over hype ive heard about this places wings i was expecting the best in town and ppl even travel 30 min for these wings... onion rings didnt taste home made they were just regular nothing special. the wrap was just ok as well. the wings were borderline under cooked and sauce wasnt really buffalo-y enough it was a bit on the saltier side too for my liking. my wifes chcicken finger wrap had some pieces of wilted lettuce in it too...

Presentation:3
everything was nice and neatly paxcked .

Value:3
kind of pricy for what we got and for what it is.

Service:3
Service was ok *corona season* it was close to closing time 15 min before closing and i think i was the last order for food and 3 guys were sitting at the bar and a few people outside.

Overall:3
probably wont be coming back anytime soon to be honest...