Leighton's Pub — Restaurant in Lincoln

Nice atmosphere for a pub with natural wood tables. Seems more like a gastropub vibe. They have TVs for those that want a sports bar feel. Food selections are pretty much standard American bar food selections, pizza, burgers. Lots of those. BUT their offerings are more like a combo of Honest Abe's and YaYa's for toppings and diversity of choices.

We ordered pizzas and chicken fingers. The meat pizza was super greasy, yet tasty with kielbasa on it, and the crust was very ”moist" from the grease. The grease made the pizza crust limo and soggy with pools of grease sitting on the pizza tray. The Thai pizza had great flavor and didn't have the grease issue; a little overly sweet to me. The chicken fingers seemed home made but over breaded. Pizzas are $1 an inch with a 12 inch or 16 inch offering.

They have a nice selection of craft cocktails but ask $10 a cocktail. Kindy pricey as the drinks have mostly ice in them for the price.

It was too cold for us to sit outside but if you did you'd have a nice view of the parking lot or side street.

Overall I think they're trying to bring an upscale pub to Lincoln and they did it. Just not a good value or quality. If you want better pizza, for better value and quality, go to YaYa's or Fireworks.

If you plan to hang out, watch a game while drinking craft cocktails, expect to drop $30 on 3 drinks. The craft selections are better at Fireworks too at a better price.

For the price they're not quite what they're trying to be as the quality isn't backed by the price.

All that being said, the service was very good. One issue we had wasn't service related but was with the table layout. The larger low top tables are so close together that you end up either bumping the person sitting behind you or playing musical chairs with the same side sitters. If you need to get out while other are sitting next to you, the whole side of the table has to move to let you out.

Overall I'd...

I was taken out for a belated Mother's Day dinner several weeks ago. A lot of times we lean towards Seafood we can share and they decided on Leighton's Pub. We went on a Sunday evening and there were only a few tables occupied so we were seated right away.

My son insisted on the Cheese Curds for a starter, proclaiming them a favorite. He stuck with the Chipotle Mayo and we also got a side of Ranch. They were one of the better versions I've had, very yummy! He also got an order of Boneless Wings so he'd have something to reheat later. Blackberry Habanero sauce which appeared to be literally poured over the top instead of tossed with the chicken. First time I've seen that.

I was excited to try their Lobster Roll, pretty much the only place you can regularly order it in Lincoln. I had planned on sharing it as we have done prior at other places. It was way smaller than we had anticipated however. Barely any actual "meat", they both got a bite. It wasn't what any of us had expected. I liked the Onion Rings although they were a tad on the greasy side.

Fish and Chips we'd also chosen to divide amongst us. Turns out it was little more than glorified fish sticks. Super bummed. We all tried it but we left quite a bit behind. Fries were really good though! Lastly his woman ordered the Goob Burger with peanut butter. She's had it before and enjoyed it with a Sweet Potato Fry side!

This was the first place in a long time that really had me stumped. Service was spotty. Food was the definition of hit-or-miss. I know a lot of people that Really love it here. Super High price tag to have that off of a night.

Originally posted to EAT IT in Lincoln, NE...

Let’s be honest:

The menu is a little clustered and hard to understand.

Burgers are decent, wouldn’t say it’s the best I’ve ever had for the price.

One of my guests ordered a DPG BURGER but the burger was missing The bacon, pickles and sauce. Waitress later brought the items on a separate side dish.

Milkshakes were nice but would be nice to have wider straw to drink out of.

Water is from the tap. So if you’re expecting purified water this is not the place.

Host and waitresses were friendly but the waitress that attended our table had terrible bad breath. It was hard to not notice.

Pizzas were decent, we can appreciate the attention to detail as we were told that the wood they use in the fire stone oven was some special “local oak wood”

*Overall conclusion: the food is edible and they seem to take pride in the quality of ingredients and materials they use. But fail at overseeing the quality of the food that leaves the kitchen before it hits the table.

Atmosphere is nice service is good and music is not distractingly loud . it’s a nice addition to the Leighton district excited to see how they handle the chaos of game nights.

You would think after spending well over $150 that I would had left extremely pleased with the experience but i felt short sighted by the hype and didn’t quite feel the value of my dollar here.

I will come back in a couple weeks with another group of guests to try out the drinks and bar area. Looking forward to to trying that out.

I’ll eventually try the food again in a couple months and post a new review accordingly. Hopefully the experience will be an improved one than my first.

Joe @...