The Pound Bar & Grill
Bar, Gastro Pub, Wine Bar
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Location and hours
Location
139 W Main St , Brighton, MI
(810) 588-6242
Hours
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Reviews
Overall rating
(151 reviews)
Service was slow but, good good
Nice location easy to find. Good selection on the menu
Nice location easy to find. Good selection on the menu
Thursday's special is BOGO hamburger. The burger was very good and too large to finish.
Our server was so slow for everything. Would walk away before we were doe ordering. Rolled her eyes when I ordered something to go (which I do for my husband every time I visit). And then forgot to bring us the to go food. Which was cold and a lot less than is normally given.
Our server was so slow for everything. Would walk away before we were doe ordering. Rolled her eyes when I ordered something to go (which I do for my husband every time I visit). And then forgot to bring us the to go food. Which was cold and a lot less than is normally given.
Our server was so slow for everything. Would walk away before we were doe ordering. Rolled her eyes when I ordered something to go (which I do for my husband every time I visit). And then forgot to bring us the to go food. Which was cold and a lot less than is normally given.
Watched glasses get knocked off the roof top bar onto the floor and the bartender then attempted to serve a customer from one of the dirty glasses. Waitresses were very unfocused and ditzy.
Waiter was awesome, food overcooked & atmosphere way too noisy!!
They had one 1 healthy option. I had a choice between french fries or pita and hummus. Otherwise its all meat and cheese based food which I cannot eat.
More than a bar...
Food was very abundant and good. Wait staff very accommodating, we started to dine on the roof and had to change to indoors due to sunset and cold. Always just a little to noisy here to carry on a conversation.
Friendly service,Great atmosphere with outdoor seating and good entertainment
Festival menu did not have many choices
Good, food, service and value
Great friendly service and great brunch.
Good food and admosphere
Fantastic food and service. Havent been ther befor but will certainly be there again in the future.
Very little meat, no tomatoes or beans on taco salad. Waitress brought dinner, never came back till time of check. Charged$1.98 for 1/4 spear of extra pickle. Waitress did not tell of an upcharge for extra pickles Did not like liercings of waitress
Excellent elk burger and great bartender Ryan!!
The special drinks was entered incorrectly on the board as $5.00. I brought it to the server's attention. In addition, my drinks were late because of a computer problem.
Great service Taco Tuesday is awesome(taste and quantity)and inexpensive
Food & service was great--------Chips served with the meal was 40% crumbs and 60% chips
Good food fun atmosphere
Great food, love the turkey burger with feta, spinach and tomatoe! Service is always good and the rooftop deck the best place to dine!
It was OK until at 10pm, they bring in a DJ who plays the music so loud, you can NOT hear the person next to you. I would visit again but in the early evening hours or lunch.
good service and lunch arrived quickly
The service was good. The food was good. The only issue I have is that they are pricy. $10 for a burger is a lot, I don't care where you go. However if I had the time and money I would go back. It's just a sports bar, but it was nice.
The lady at the bar took excellent care of us. Ran all our kenos quickly... got drinks and food quickly. She was awesome. Blonde lady.
The calzone was Burnt And the service was a little slow. It would be no nicer if the restaurant.com coupon was for more than just five dollars. But we could only buy it in increments of five dollars. Should be for 20-40 dollars.
Pleasant server
The waitress was very friendly and efficient.
Wonderful she was very attentive and the food was great I ordered a pizza and it was very delicious almost better than mancino's Pizza very very comfortable to mancino's Pizza
Service was horrible. Girls just stood around had to wave them over to order. Very disappointed sat on the roof. Would not do it again table was very wobbly and our waitress just laughed no offer to fix it or change our seats!
love the rooftop
excellent service. food was good
Waitress was awesome and the food was excellent. Definitely return to this restaurant.
would like to see lobster and mac on the menu
Our only issue was an overcharge which was removed when brought to the attention of our server. Would suggest checking your bill carefully. That said, great burgers & outdoor seating make it a wonderful summer destination.
Great pizza and service
employees attitude and service was excellent
Good food. Great waitress and love that I can play keno!! Lol
Great specials on the menu
Too loud
Absolutely fantastic burgers. Enjoy the rooftop dining on a sunny day.
good food. like rooftop dining
Loved the nachos and dip
Our server, Lauren was very friendly and efficient. The Pound serves very good burgers and chips.
They changed the wine list and my favorite is gone..
Good food, decent prices,friendly service staff.
Love the atmosphere and the food! We will be back and bring friends!
Server very sweet...
Salad was not good otherwise would have been top rated
very pleasant waitress
Burger and beers after work. Need I say more?
The service was very good and the food was tasty!
Attentive waitstaff. Excellent food. Fair prices.
shared a salad and they brought a large salad bowl with the salad and a smaller bowl and then charged us a $2.00 fee and called it a meal split fee.
We had a great time. the waitress was very good.
.99 charge for pickles on my hamburger--------kind of petty, but I found it unacceptable.
Bartender Erin was awesome and very helpful with food selections.
very prompt and friendly
great service, atmosphere and menu; food was just so-so.
The food was great but they had a special menu because of an outdoor venue going on. A little disappointed because we were looking forward to the regular menu not a shorter version. But food was great.Jackie our waitress was a great server and knowledgeable, we enjoyed her.
Pretty good service. Small table for 5 people on the roof. Very petty to charge for extra salsa and sour cream as there was very little given in the first place.
Could not order fish and chips cause it was on the specials and use coupon.
Great staff, great food, great atmosphere. Love the roof.
I paid $8.99 for an appitiser of Portabella Mushrooms. It came with a SMALL container of Ranch dressing. When I asked for another Ranch dressing it was brought to me. HOWEVER, I was not told there is a 50 cent add'l charge for it. When my bill came,50 cents was charged for the extra dressing. I questioned the added charge. Mgmt. came and told me that is the correct price for the extra dressing. I suggest, because of the size of the order @ 8.99, the Pound either serves at least two containers of dressing, reduces the price, and tells the customer when charging an add'l price for the extra dressing. After much discussion with the manager, he offered to take the 50 cents off the bill. By now, I had had enough discussion over the price. I only wanted to pay my bill and leave. Which I did after telling the manager the Pound just lost at least one customer as I will not come back. Nor will I bring, or reccommend others to go to the Pound because of the price gouging.
Anthony our server was super! We had a great time because of him. He suggested dessert & we enjoyed it!
The waitress was great!
The spinach/artichoke dip and chips were great. It is a little loud, but had good atmosphere. There is rooftop dining available which would probably be fun but not in the rain.I didn't see most of the menu shown on restaurant.com on the actual menu at the restaurant. That was disappointing.
it was a great atmosphere and good food!
The service is always kind of stow
Nice atmosphere
the food is always good
We were seated at a time the restaurant was rather empty, but to have our order taken and to receive our food took way too long. Not to mention, the waitress seemed to care less about this fact.
Slow service.
Nice service
It took 15 minutes to get drinks. It took 30 minutes to get our food even though it was a post-dinner Monday. Burgers were under-cooked, not according to our requests.
There was downstairs versus upstairs drinks, we were unable to get drinks from downstairs because we were rooftop which I didn't understand. We waited a bit for our food but it was busy. Server could of been more friendly and maybe smiled. Server did remember things we asked for and was prompted in delivery.
We sat outside on a beautiful day and it was very relaxing. The waitresses were great. The only thing I did not care for was that the bun that came with my Turkey burger was too much. Would have preferred less bread in order to taste what's inside the bun.
Warm rolls and warm vegetables would be appreciated.
Food great. Service great. Would go back again.
Excellent all around. Food and service
Cool place, great burgers!
we sat on the upstairs deck at the bar Erin was excellent
very attentive waitstaff even though they were very busy and food was good but the burger was done a little too much.
Service was pretty good and I liked the room open up to the outside.
LeMaire's is wellknown for their delicious catfish and seafood.
Great food ,great service
pretty noisy place, as are most restaurants today that prefer no noise absorption. Next time will be during weather when we can eat on the rooftop, where hopefully it will be quieter, and we can have a conversation.
It was a beautiful day so enjoyed sitting outside on the patio. Brighton is a beautiful town! Our server, Adrienna, was extremely attentive and made for a very pleasant trip to the Pound.
Calzone was huge....and delicious. My turkey burger was great.
Ordered large pizza, had it before, always was very good in past. Today it was undercooked.
Friendly waitress!
Great atmosphere super friendly staff!!
Servers were friendly and professional. Service was fast. food was fantastic
ordered an omelette -- came with no cheese; nachos grande were very weak - lots of chips but not much toppings and tasted like cheese wiz
First time I heard of PJ Ryans was in restaurant.com. Went to eat there and really liked it so have gone back many times. Good food, friendly service, nice atmosphere.
disaapointed a rueben for turkey was a sub versus grilled
Bland food. Tasted like generically sourced from big distributor.
great calzone
Great place.
Drinks were weak, food was overcooked, service was slow.
Music was too loud, annoying. The grilled chicken breast in my dinner was marinated, not indicated as such on the menu, I was disappointed.
Burgers were overcooked after being asked how we would like them prepared. No difference between rare and medium. Service almost lacking after being seated but server did a rebound late in the meal.
WAITRESS WAS VERY PLEASANT AND HELPFUL WITH SELECTIONS
Booth seating not comfortable and benches too far from the table. Cold in the restaurant. Specials shown upon entrance only and should be on a paper menu at seating.
All 3 of us had hamburgers, and were quite pleased. A lot of choices, even on side dishes.
Great Food, Just Very Noisy
Excellent food and excellent service.
Positives: My wife and I both ordered burgers, and they were better than expected and quite good. Service was polite and professional. Good selection of local Michigan beers – please keep that up! Great location and looking forward to the rooftop patio and first-floor “garage doors” in the Summer.Negatives: Dining atmosphere on the first floor was a bit bland, uninteresting, and not cozy enough. The atmosphere and mood is something I can find at nearly any sports bar & grill anywhere – yawn. Menu could use a few more entre options other than burgers and sandwiches
Not crowded and very LOUD!
Waitress was very tentative, but the place was not very crowded and it was really LOUD.
Wings were excellent and the wait staff was top notch.
Went with the Salty Dog! Half pound hot dog battered and deep fried. Laced with chili, cheese and onions... Yum!
They should get rid of those tiny two seated tables that you can't even put a dinner on. Those tables are only good for just having drinks.
Our waiter was very attentive and service was quick.
great atmosphere
Great Food and a Fun Place
Not many vegetarian options
Food was good. Service was quick. Do not like the girls wearing yoga pants/ leggings.
Katie was a great waitress, never let our glasses or chips get empty. Had the windows open so you had the feel of dining outside as well as you could sit on the rooftop if you desired.
The pizzas are great but the restaurant is so loud, it is hard to have a conversation. Also, my husband and I shared a salad and a large pizza and had drinks and we were charged $1.49 for an extra bowl for the salad that we didn't even ask for. We wondered if we hadn't had a Coupon, it we would still be charged the extra fee. This just seemeds sneaky. Sorry Pound but there are other great pizza places. We won't be back.
the food was good--liked the onion rings and fresh vegetables. wrap was good too. But they need to serve HOT caffeinated coffee!
The wings were excellent and the waitress was very friendly.
Alwalys fresh and large servings. Never a bad experience.
The waiter that has the right side of the bar when you walk in is terribly rude, cocky, and assumes what his tip should be by keeping "any change" that is due back to you. Very sarcastic the manager is crazy for keeping someone there like that. Now they charge a $1.49 extra if you buy a big salad and split it with someone. Won't be going back here and will be telling everyone I know about service, attitude and the manager could care less.
slow service and substandard food, use real cheese ad something other then a wonderbread bun.
Typical bar food fare
Great location, great ambiance. Great service. Delicious food. We love Taco Tuesday. It rocks!!! Downtown Brighton Rocks Better because of The Pound. Keep up the excellent work.
the service was absolutely TERRIBLE. we walked in and there was maybe 4 tables full in the whole restaurant. she didn't bring any silverware or napkins. had to keep asking for everything, refills, butter for potatoes, even when we already asked for the butter. the steaks weren't cooked correctly. The one who had it well done received the medium one and the other received the opposite. for as much money as I paid, even after the discount, I doubt I will drive back there.
We both had the prime rib, and it was the best we've ever eaten, delicious!
Brunch menu offered momossa's-----out of champagne---( 1/2 hour after opening)-------Waffles with fruit topping-------out of fruit----( note---1/2 hour after opening)--- Max of 7 people eating---- 15 minuets to get our order----asked for jam for toast---was told--"I'll check to see if we have any"
Food was excellent
Great sevice, Great server
It was a great day to be able to sit on the patio, but we were really disappointed in the appetizer we chosen, which we did not eat & I did not like the chips they serve with sandwiches. Way to crunchy, almost burnt tasting. My husband also was not pleased with the French dip, said it tasted like chopped up hamburger. My chicken wrap was good though. Makes me really question if we'd be back, but we will probably give it a second chance.
paid $6.99 for queso dip and chips then $2 for a small cup of salsa and they didn't give us enough chips for the dip and ask for more chips and they say we'll hsve to charge you, went they offer endless chips & salsa for 2.99 $70 for pizza a few beers and appetizers food was just so so probably won"t go back.
Good food, awesome ambience and attentive staff with awesome smiles too.
Food was good. Service was excellent.
Too many young girls standing around not being helpful or productive (4-5 girls at the front door). Not one of the "hostesses" spoke to customers as they were leaving...they were actually in the way when we were trying to exit the restaurant.
Sat on rooftop for the first time. Very nice!
Food and service was very good.
We had ate here a couple of times when they first opened and was not impressed with food quality. Tonight was our first time back and it has really changed! Good food and great prices.
They informed us when we got there they had no hamburgers or nachos. I find that unacceptable for a place that prides itself on specialty burgers. It's not the first time I've gone there and they were out of hamburgers. Service is very slow and prices are extremely high for bar food. They even charge you 75 centes for condiments like mayo.
food was good but waitress was better
It took awhile to find a server to wait at our table.
They lost the order in the kitchen, but the manager came out and said he was sorry and gave us some chips & salsa while we waited for them to do it over.
We sat on the roof patio and the weather was perfect. Our waitress was very pleasant and personal. She forgot to deduct our rest.com coupon but pleasantly acknowledged that she forgot.
We started dining outside, but due to weather we moved inside. The challenge with dining inside is that it is extremely loud with TVs blaring and poor acoustics that it is challenging to carry a conversation without shouting. The loud environment would be expected after 9pm but not during dinner hours.
wait staff is awesome, Sara is the best!!would love to see some vegetarian options on the menu!