Republic Gastropub — Restaurant in Oklahoma City

We chose this place because it had great reviews and was close to our hotel. It was ranked in the top 30 restaurants in OKC on TripAdvisor, so we thought it would be excellent. The atmosphere is great - upscale casual sports gastropub. We were seated right away. We ordered drinks and the chicken nachos as an appetizer. The appetizer came before the drinks, but we waited 15 minutes before receiving it. When it came, the edges of the chips were burned dark brown and the guacamole was brown/oxidized. We immediately mentioned it and the server was very understanding and took it away. A manager returned with a fresh plate of chicken nachos within three minutes. Our server came by about 4 minutes later and said she would return with some small plates…and apologized that our drinks had not arrived yet but she would check on them. About four or five minutes went by and another server brought our drinks. The drinks were good, but not as special as we were expecting. We thought our server forgot about us, so I asked a waitress who was walking by to ask our server to come back by when she had time. By the time our server arrived back with the small plates, we were down to about two nachos LOL. We then ordered our food. My wife ordered the Belle Aisle burger and I ordered the Ribeye sandwich. Sides come separately so we ordered the shoestring fries to share. The sandwiches looked lonely on the big white plates. The meat on my ribeye and her burger were both over-cooked, solid gray throughout. The ribeye sandwich was good, greasy, with most of the meat in the middle. I left the buttered Texas Toast crust edges on the plate as a full inch in from the edge had no filling. My wife ate half her burger. It was good but not great. Based on the ratings, our expectations were for this restaurant to be better than we could make at home, which wasn’t the case. This might be a good lunch spot or a place to get drinks and watch a game, but I wouldn’t recommend it for...

My friends were celebrating their birthdays and had a large group and we sat out on the patio, which was nice and warm. We had already ate and just wanted drinks. I was served 2 drinks, then a 3rd and I told the waiter there is no alcohol in it. He made excuses, and I said we shouldn't be charged for it then. We kept asking what the problem was and got the run around. The female manager had said not to serve me, however other people had drank far more since it was their birthdays and were getting drinks bought for them to celebrate. I remember first arriving and walking in and seeing the manager look at me with a sour look. I was having a good time and thought highly of the place and service, but after this, and all of our group spending quite a bit of money, we will not be going back because of the poor treatment. My friends were so disappointed in the treatment and I guess they voiced it and then everyone was refused service. None of us were out of control or violent. We were all happy. I wasn't even driving! And the birthday people had safe rides as well. I wasn't even mad, and told the waiter so, but felt that I was singled out for some reason by the female manager. The waiter actually said he wasn't going to be working there much longer because of management. They do have a great variety of beers, couldn't tell you about the food, but the attitude of the manager will run people off. I wasn't even offered water, so I drank other people's. None of us will be back. From some of these reviews saying it's a loud place, I wouldn't think our party being on the patio would disturb anybody since there wasn't any other people outside but our group. The manager and staff Never gave a reason for the bad treatment. Never again! I do not...

Come here for drinks, not for dinner.

I'll start this review by telling you what this place isn't. This is not a nice restaurant. Food was decent, not great. I ordered a burger with a fried egg and the egg was completely cooked, not runny like it should be. The pretzel bun wasn't all that flavorful. It wasn't bad by any means it just OK. The fries we're OK as well and they charge $4.50 per freaking order of fries. That right. The entree price does not include a side. For the scale of the restaurant, I can accept that. But I've had better burgers and fries from Louie's. Honestly, that's not even a joke.

If you want a good burger, Tucker's is right next door. I can't imagine their other food is much better. The food isn't bad but for the price I'm going to grade pretty harshly. This place wants to be an upscale restaurant but it just isn't. They clearly put a lot of work into the menu. There's one page which is exactly how it should be for a nice restaurant. But it just wasn't that good and it was overpriced for the quality.

What this place IS is a fun place to go out for drinks. The atmosphere and decor is absolutely on point and the drink selection is second to none in the OKC metro. If you're looking to go out for drinks with your friends, this is your place. Eat somewhere else and you'll be fine.

If this place hadn't clearly put so much effort into offering food and just made it a bar, I probably would have almost considered 5 stars. But the food really fell short. I really wouldn't eat here again with what they're charging. Again, the food wasn't bad. It just wasn't good. It was OK. And that really set the tone. I'll definitely come back for drinks. I'll just make sure we eat...