Upland Columbus Pump House — Restaurant in Columbus

Walking in you have the expectations of goodness!

Walking to the table you quickly learn it’s cold, the chairs are metal (old office chairs with padding from the 60s) and cold to sit on.

The restaurant was empty when we arrived and full by the time we left. A good sign

We had a party of 16 coming; we pre-notified the restaurant but they didn’t have enough tables arranged separating the party. We had to request the tables be joined.

Issues The menus were dirty

For an “upscale establishment” the silverware is cheap flatware.

The server took our drink orders one side then down the other but forgot which order they were in. Not sure why they provided an inexperienced server for such a large crowd.

The coke had no flavor possible the syrup needs changed. They were responsive when I brought it up. Immediately changed syrup.

I’m not a fan of straws being placed in my drink, I’d prefer to place my own straw.

Appitizers came out Cheese curds - cold and tastes like fair food Breaded Cauliflower Blue nachos cause regular nachos is not normal. Spinach artichoke dip with chips and pita bread.

While sitting waiting on our food I over hear a waitress say they have no support staff and he’s too new to place a 20 top order.

Conversations among servers should be in private.

Professional attire should be required, not tank tops or shirts without sleeves exposing their bits. Ones Deodorant could fall off and into someone’s food. #gross

The loaded nachos are placed on a small plate without spilling everything. The cheese is hard and when attempting to take a chip it pulls the entire mountain. The black beans are extremely runny causing the chips soggy. However out of all the bad the chips are salty and fresh!

The cheese curds and smoked chicken wings were on point and very well done. The carrots have a hint of vinegar taste.

The soup of the day was tomato bacon. When the soup arrived you wonder where is the bacon. I did find 2.5pcs small pcs of limp bacon.

The soup on initial taste gives the impression of Ragu tomato sauce but as you continue to eat the salt and flavor start to come out and confirm your opinion the soup would be better served on pasta. The soup is piping hot!

Adding crackers gives the texture of chili.

The spinach dip was also another favorite!

Food arrives The tenderloin isn’t a tenderloin at all but rather a frozen pork fritter - #disappointed.

The tenderloin was average...without the onion and condiments it would be flavorless.

The fish was excellent and a toss up between red lobster with flavor! Good job

The hamburgers appear to be hand made and cooked to perfection. The frys are “brewery” frys and top notch with the perfect amount of crisp.

We did have one dish arrived UNDER-COOKED and needing remade. See photos

Overall this was a great experience, they can’t hit a home run every time. I...

Saturdays & Sundays 11-2 is Brunch. Everything on the menu is delicious. If it's a nice day sit out on the patio!

We love Upland! Its our favorite place to eat in Columbus. We love the location, all the friendly staff and that focus is on locally sourced food. We eat here a minimum of 1x a week but honestly usually 2x a week for lunch & dinner and then we will also go for brunch on Saturday or Sunday.

Everything we've had is delicious and we've tried many things on the menu. I don't think you can go wrong with any of it. We love the pretzel w/beer cheese & ipa hot mustard as and appetizer. We've also tried the nachoes & Indiana tomato pie both are good as well we just prefer the pretzel, it's huge and we love it and so do our kids. My husband always gets the beer roasted salmon and occasionally the fish and chips. If we go on oyster night he will also get some Oysters, they are $2 per osyter.. He loves the DragonFly IPA & Bloodymarys as well. My personal fav is the Steak & potatoes, I always request extra potatoes bc they are so good, it comes with mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes (i do not like sweet potatoes but i like theirs!). I also rly enjoy the pork tenderloin sandwich & sweet plum burger. Our kids usually get a burger or pizza. We've tried all 3 pizzas and all 3 are delicious but our personal favs are The Ron Swason and Margherita. We also all love their beer battered fries, they are so good with the perfect flavor and crispness.

All 3 dessert options are fantastic as well.

The brunch is amazing too so make sure and don't sleep on it. We've had basically everything on the brunch menu. Our favs are breakfast pizza and French toast. The bloodmarys at brunch are the best!

The patio seating is dog friendly and just opened back up for the year/season so we can't wait to come and eat on the patio, enjoy the view, and maybe bring a few of our furbabies.

You cannot go wrong with anything on the menu!

All the staff are so cool, friendly, knowledgeable, and welcoming. The atmosphere, location and building are all the best. They also have plenty of FREE parking.

They have lots of options and offer vegetarian and gluten free options as well.

I really cannot say enough GREAT things about Upland Columbus.

10/10 recommend for food, friendliness...

Stopped by here after a dog show with our dog on 9-24-23 and we ate outside on their awesome above ground patio (they also have a ramp for wheelchair access). We went to the patio directly from the parking lot. You just walk around to the backside of it and you'll see a wide ramp that is large enough for cars and you walk up a few ramps to the patio. We called ahead to make sure they allowed dogs. Very friendly staff, awesome, tasty food and really wonderful ambiance. They play music as well. The patio is great and the inside was really cool also (checked that out to and from the restroom). We both ordered pizzas (I think 14in) and shared spinach artichoke dip. Yum! Our dog is a show/sports and performance dog so my daughter SkyeIar put on 2 little performances (for free of course) for everyone to be able to have some fun. New people came and others left so she did it twice. Also some staff missed the 1st perf. so she did it again. She showed off some tricks a 3rd time right before we left for a couple that had just arrived. P.S. Skye's dog is a female Boykin Spaniel named Emi and they have an IG account if you want to follow them. Boykin.freestyle.101 on IG. Almost forgot, the staff gave her a water bowl also. They are amazing and so accommodating. I was very impressed with absolutely everything. I highly recommend...