Public House Brewing Company: St. James — Restaurant in St. James

A gastro-pub that is missing half the “gastro” and most of the atmosphere. The indoor seating area is insanely inefficient and unwelcoming. The outdoor area is quite gorgeous, apart from the smokers and the dog that tried to attack my 3yo daughter when she walked by too closely on the sidewalk of the back patio. We should have just left there, but we were visiting our family (we are service-members stationed in Japan) and didn’t want to make a scene. Alas, it took 20 minutes to get the (warm) beers we ordered. 5 minutes after I ordered the “deviled egg flight” they came back: “sorry, we’re out”. It wasn’t even very busy, but I said I would take the trout fritters instead. They came back moments later: “out of those, too”. Joke’s on me, because I said to just give me the steak salad I ordered so we could get out of there as fast as possible. Took another 20 minutes to get our food on the not-busy night. It came separately over 5 minutes. My brother-in-law’s order was wrong. All orders came without silverware or napkins or ketchup. Is salad supposed to have a dressing? Oh... pesto is ... the dressing...

Would you pay $14 for this salad? (pictured)

I wouldn’t come back here if you paid me, which we probably won’t be worrying about since we’re heading back to Japan where service and basic public courtesy (and food-that-brings-people-in-the-door logistics) are...

Plenty of parking outside and tons of seating inside. Decent sized beer list and we ordered a flight of 6:

Cream Ale - Not as creamy as I anticipated but very light and crisp. Easy to drink and pretty good. Among the Willows Pilsner - I really enjoyed this Pilsner, it was refreshing and easy to drink as well. My favorite out of the 2 lighter ones we chose. Revelation Stout - definitely get the Roasted Coffee through the taste and enjoyable. Not overpowering at all and a great Stout. Giddy Goat Coffee Milk Stout - bit of a creamier coffee and the sweetness is a great aspect of the beer. Probably my favorite out of the 6. Anthony's Pacification 2021 - Maltier than the other 2 Stout but still pretty good. House Party 2! Guava Gose - Fruity notes in the smell but more tart than I anticipated. The tartness is not overpowering and you do get hints of the guava. Pretty good introductory sour.

For food, we ordered the Deviled Eggs Flight and Ploughman's board. Deviled Eggs were pretty decent and the ploughman's board was also alright. The pretzel was pretty tough. Overall good beer and...

We had our wedding reception here last month. It was incredible. The staff was so accommodating. The general manager, Bradon was so great to work with and made our big day so much easier. Gina, events coordinator, was great to work with and went over so many details for the day. She even got our daughter a special glass to enjoy her Shirley temples in. Chef Gabe prepared the food, which was amazing. Damien, the shift lead and bar lead, was so awesome. He created a couple of signature drinks for the day, he made sure to order grenadine just so my daughter could have her Shirley Temples, and he even tied in rainbow shots as a special throwback when I told him he served me my first drinks at 21. The entire staff was incredible!!! We partied as long as they let us and it was clear they were all there to go above and beyond to make our day that much more special. I cannot stress how perfect this venue was for us and how each staff member was responsible for the perfect reception. We love Public House in St. James and we are so happy they helped create such a special...