M's Pub — Restaurant in Omaha

My overall grade for M's Pub is: A

While I rarely assign A+ grades, M's Pub was very close to getting this. There was not one thing that made this place worthy of a visit, but all of the little things combined, make this a great place to try.

The elephant in the room is that I'm from the suburbs of Chicago and am frequenting great restaurants in large cities and to be perfectly honest, I was not expecting a "big city experience". I was pleasantly surprised and the neighborhood vibe, the bars & restaurants in the area made me commit to coming back on my travels.

Drinks - I ordered a dirty martini & my wife ordered a margarita. They were transitioning from their summer to fall drinks, so the first few drinks on their drinks menu was not available. No big deal - switched on the fly to a dirty martini. Nicely executed. Margarita - also nicely executed.

We started with pot stickers - not really what I was expecting on the menu, but hey - go with it. We are huge fans of pot stickers & gyoza (I know, not the same thing). Let's just say, we love dumplings of all nationalities and cultures. They should names these: Pot Stickers AND more! We were actually expecting 6 dumplings sitting alone on a plate with a side of dipping sauce. They came on a mound of what can only be described as a heaping helping of cold noodle Asian salad. While I am not really a fan of cold noodle salads, this Asian salad could stand alone as an appetizer and I would order it - super nice surprise that, oh yeah, the pot stickers - which were pork, super delicious and the dipping sauce, spot on. Already we were fans of the place.

I ordered another strange thing that I didn't expect on the menu: Bratwurst dish with caramelized onions, mashed potatoes and some pickled cabbage. Delicious. I ate almost the entire plate - but left some mashed potatoes. The brats were grilled and snapped nicely when cut. The flavor was smokey and a great example of a German wurst.

My wife ordered the pork satay - good, but maybe could've used a little more time marinating or something - they just tasted a little 'flat'. But not bad.

No dessert as it was late and we were finishing up a long, long day driving in the car - hence finding ourselves in Omaha, NE.

The only slight miss, I ordered and was dying for a 2nd dirty martini (yes, I feel your looks), but alas, it never came. Either our server forgot to put in the order or the bar lost the ticket. Next time.

Speaking of the next time, the next time you find yourselves in Omaha, NE, do yourselves a favor and stop by M's Pub. You will not be disappointed.

One last thing, we sat outside and listened to glorious cello music being performed on the corner - including an amp and everything. We enjoyed it so much, I dropped $ into his jar, on the way into and on the way out of the restaurant. Really, a...

Had an unplanned lunch here, but definitely a good call! Amazing food, very accommodating staff, willing to make lots of adjustments to the order.

GET THE LAHVOSH! My boyfriend hand I split the Sicilian (but replaced tomato with spinach) and it was really good. Warm, fresh crispy bread, very loaded with cheese! It cracked so perfect when I open and had a beautiful cheese pull! The toppings went really well there too, but I feel there were too many olives and not as much spinach; made the thing a bit salty overall. I took off the olives and it was amazing. 2 of my friends split the Santa Fe (with chicken instead if shrimp) and it looked loaded!very generous amounts of all the toppings. They loved it too.

For my order I had the Blackened Shrimp Salad (with spinach and artichokes, no tomato and avocado - to cut out fat). This was BEAUTIFUL! The shrimp was so perfect, well seasoned seasoned. That mango jalapeno dressing was beyond amazing! Perfect amount of sweet and spicy balanced and it was just so good. The whole combination of the veggies and shrimp and dressing was really really good. It came with a black bean cake which took me by surprise. The cake with the dressing was just unexpectedly good! I could have used a little more of the veggies so I asked the server for extras and he gave me a plate full. Very appreciative of this.

My boyfriend got the Steak salad and loved it. Steak was rey well cooked, and a good serving size. Most restaurants add a load of meat and not as many greens but it was the other way around here. He had quite a generous amount of vegetables to begin with because it came with a side salad too. The dressing here was nice and he actually wiped it all out. Not something I've seen before!

The two friends got the falafel and the pasta and Very much enjoyed the food as well. The falafel was soft and not crispy like usual ones. But they actually like this. The flavoring was really good and it came with a proper fresh bread. I saw the pasta and it looked very appetizing. Good amount of pesto and quite fresh as well.

Overall just an amazing place with really good options. Something for everyone....

We arrived and ordered the wine cheese plate and salmon appetizer. The cheese plate had cheese blocks and the salmon app looked like a open faced sandwich on texas toast clumsily put together not what I would eat as an appetizer. No knife anywhere in sight to cut the cheese or my openfaced sand appetizer. I used my fork to cut the hard cheese boulders while I waited for a check back from our server. I had to go ask for one unfortunately. For the amount the cheese board and charcuterie was (almost 30) very disappointed compared to what I recieved from other establishments. Fruits was just dried figs, Nuts was just sugar tossed walnuts( cross utilized from a salad i assume not good for this application), bread was good but again needs to be crostini not a slice of bread. Maybe add some gourmet crackers, grapes, dried apricots? The addition of charcuterie was just spicy meats that was ok for me not my wife but again why 2 different kinds of spicy meats? So many better selections at any store. Knife skills are in order with this platter and maybe deconstruct the salmon sand and make it look better? The menu had mostly sand and salads and I get having pub fare but have a special with a steak, chicken and piece of fresh seafood on it We ordered 2 more apps because we didn't like anything on the menu. The next 2 had to be better right? Nope. The dijon shrimp they have done for years was overcooked and didn't come with a lemon or bread to dip the shrimp and buttery cheese with. Again some crostini would have been nice. The lahvosh was ok but appearance of haphazardly chopped olives thrown on top was like a child threw it together. We ordered a flourless chocolate dessert that ended the night with no saving grace and tasted and looked like dense crumbly fudge. Probably should have been tempered to eat smoother. Overall Atmosphere gives the feeling of a nice dining experience but the food is subpar and overpriced for...