Highland Pub & Brewery

There’s very few people here even for a Sunday evening. Food is the typical mcmenamins. Was given a sample of a drink on request not sure what prior reviewer had issues with unless they were rude to the workers. Yeah the workers are talking and laughing behind the counter but the server still checks on the tables/​customers every few minutes

Good beers. Little bit out of the way but we’ve stopped in a few times for passport stamps. Friendly service.

I was here on a Friday night and it was pretty busy which you would think the servers would enjoy but NO. We sat at a table for 1:15min before we got our food. The service was horrible and the one of the servers was extremely rude by making a comment and literally dropping our order on the table. I been going here for 10 years now but I will never come back due to the lack of service and rude server.

I am a fan of all the McMenamins and the happy hour here is quite good. The cajun tots were very competent and the selections of their beers was good.

This use to be one of our favorite places. Now it is just so so. We went in for a quick beer and received the worst service ever. When I asked our server Sara for a taste if the root beer she looked at me like I was an alien and then decided she needed to inform me how weird it was. Unfriendly and zero smile will keep us from ever returning. Too bad because we loved suggesting this quaint pub to others. Be careful because it only takes one employee to spoil the entire place.

Let me begin with this USED to be one of my top 5 places to recommend people.
Tonight we walked in and though the new guy wasn’t supposed to be our waiter I’m glad he was… Alicia was supposed to be our server but she had something against the new guy and was bad mouthing him with in ear shot while trying to look busy.
The 3 other female servers looked at us then ignored us for 7 minutes.
He was busting tables when the waitress we’ll refer to as Red was repeatedly walking past us but never acknowledged us. Again Alicia was our server but she watched us sit there while she did pretend side work behind the counter in the kitchen watching our guy scramble to do all the «actual» work.
The two L’s…were snarky in tone when new guy asked for information and when Alecia came to the table after she watched the new guy take our order and asked if we needed menu’s.
Alicia…I would fire your behind so fast for what you pulled tonight.
So he got the tip.
I originally thought I left my debit card and was gonna have to drive all the way home in Woodstock and come back… turns out it was in a side pocket.
When I went back in I waited for new guy who’s name I didn’t get I wish I had he was cute. But Alicia snotty twit that she is said «oh I’ve got your ticket…» in a really wicked witch of the east tone… I said… but he was our server…
She charged me for cheddar when it came with the meal and got snotty when I looked at the menu.
I gave HER nothing and walked his 20%… over and let him know that she tried to take his tip.
I’m calling the manager tomorrow I can’t believe how bad the service has gotten and the new guy doesn’t stand a chance with the four bitches of eastMc… minemans…against him.
Oh AND the pierced one behind the bar kept picking her nose ring and biting her nails… Ew gross.
Massive FAIL FOR EVERYONE BUTT THE NEW GUY.
HE’S THE ONLY REASON THEY GOT TWO STARS…

This is another McMenamins in a strip mall. But this also the location of one of their breweries. I had the Bittersweet Street IPA, which was very good. Hungry? Try the Scooby Snacks (mini corn dogs with yellow mustard). They were just the thing for a light lunch and beer.

Wow! Big changes from last visit. Hot sandwich & fries and good/​fast service during lunch hr rush. Thanks!

This is not a bad review on the food! Stricly Service. We visit alot of Mcmenamins, the food is always good… especially since we have passports. Well on our visit to this one the server (Geayl) was way not interested in us because we didn’t order food, even let our beers sit there empty and ask if we need anything else… we just wanted to have a couple beers and get our stamps and our 8^th prize. finally after asking her several times to please stamp our passports and she just continued to talk to some guy at the front and walk around doing whatever she could to not stamp them… I finally asked another server to stamp them. he gladly stamped them and gave us our prize… and we gave him a nice tip. sorry I didn’t get his name because he deserves to be mentioned. he had a beard.

I was meeting a friend here and she was sitting at the bar for 10 minutes and texted me while I was en route that no one had greeted her yet. She asked the bartender if she should move to a different section was met with this reply «yeah, you can sit wherever.» By the time I arrived my friend said several other people and their parties who had arrived after her had been greeted and had their drink orders taken.
At this point, it had been over 20 minutes and a server came to our table. All he said was, «what can I get for you?» We ordered the wine sampler. He replied, «just so you know that’s going to take a while to come out.» My friend and I just look at each other like, wth? No acknowledgement of how long we had been waiting, no apology, he was impersonal, and short. We both have extensive customer service backgrounds and were appalled. We love McMenamins, but it is starting to become common to go to their locations and receive mediocre to poor customer service.
I do not recommend this location. Very poor customer service. We will never come back to this location again!

Consistent good good and brew! Love the seasonal ciders, yummy desserts and regular professional staff

Killer diller. !!big fan of the awesome cheeseburger and always game to see what’s new ontap ! I finally opted for tots vs fries tonight an omg !!! They rock!! seasoning is mmmmm flavor of basil –mmm

Right when I walked in, the server didn’t bother to look at us and just said sit wherever.
When I finally sat down, the waitress was rushing us to order and when we did order the food it took 45 mins to cook. All we order was Cajun tots and a sandwich. Also the restaurant was no where near busy with only about 6 other people at the bar.
Half way thru eating the waitress came back and kept rushing the check on me like she was trying to get me out ASAP.
Never coming back again!

I went to the Highland Pub for the first time last night, and had a good experience. The food was good, the server was nice, and the chandelier was really awesome. A little bit over priced for pub food, but whatever.
Also, I left my cell phone there and didn’t realize it for a few hours. Called them, frantic, and my server answered and told me she had it. I went back and got it from her, thank god. It’s a pretty nice phone and she could have kept it, sold it, whatever, but she was honest and held on to it for me. I am so grateful for good people :)

Waiter with the longer hair and hairband touching hair and then plates. Ew. Pastrami sitting out partially weighed and into servings in a container out on the counter THE ENTIRE TIME WE WERE THERE 40 MINUTES. Seriously lacking in food handling rules. Seriously unsafe.

We’re not huge fans of McMenamins these days, unfortunately. We’ve had a bad experience at both the Sunnyside Pub and Edgefield– Sunnyside used to be a daily haunt a few blocks from our home where we’d meet our friend (who worked next door to the pub) after work for happy hour. Same ol’ story as the other McMenamins– the happy hour dwindled and that particular Sunnyside pub hired a really awful waitress (Alex, NOT Lexi– Lexi was WONDERFUL). Anyway, Highland Pub actually gives the best service among the McMenamins that we’ve been to (and we’ve been to MANY of them). Today we sat down to a beer and sandwich– my partner ate; I was indulging in a carefully planned protein bar as I like to keep the caloric room available for the things I really love (Like Pad Thai kitchen tomorrow with friends). I did order a green mint tea that was loose leaf and a nice step up from the tea they once served. Today we were waited on by Sarah, who was a really nice girl, like her fellow waiters and waitresses at this location. My partner has a weakness for tuna salad sandwiches, and despite having been removed from the menu, they’ll always make it for her if she requests it, and she does so often, as this is one of our go-​to places to get her a late-​night meal.
I have to say– we’ve ordered burgers and the hot dog on their happy hour, and haven’t been able to love those items. I have always preferred their brewers salad, but seldom order much as, like I said, I budget my calories. However, their Cajun tots, fresh cut fries, and sandwiches are actually really good. Their selection of beer is reliably delicious and the service at Highland is ALWAYS welcoming and friendly. I am giving this a four star because, as a place to go in and order simple things like fries, sandwiches, tots, or beer, it’s a convenient place that delivers. I would probably not indulge in a full meal at any McMenamins though. Once bitten.

With only a few other people here on a Sunday afternoon, I was waited on and served incredibly fast. The cajun tots were to die for (as usual), and I had the grateful veg burger which was the best burger I have ever had. No regrets on coming here!

We had dinner at McMenamins Highland pub again tonight and I realized I’ve never put a review on Unilocal.Chris was our server and I was really impressed and how much knowledge he had about their product. From my uninformed description of my tastes and what I did not like in a beer, Chris brought me two samples to try out. One I really enjoyed and was happy to order. But his description actually taught me more about the process of ordering beer.
Dinner at McMenamin’s is always tasty. The food is not what I would consider high-​end, however, it is always good. Tonight’s dinner was very well prepared. The food was delivered quickly and it was very hot and fresh. This is a place we go often later in the evening. I’ve never been bothered by children or drunks. It’s a comfortable place to hang out with friends.

If, for no other reason, go here to see the most wonderful vintage glass chandelier, (Mcmenamins calls it out as the psychedelic-​Italianate chandelier) that’s basically hidden in the dormers. It’s as if they are storing it for some future use. It used to be at the Crystal ballroom (or it is its sibling) and I believe Janis Joplin even sang under it once. It’s truly stunning.
Aside from all that, this place has a real nice laidback feel to it. This is one of the really old McMenamins restaurants and it has its own charm because of that. Don’t get me wrong. It’s clean and all that and you can see the place where the beer’s brewed (or used to be brewed) through some glass windows. It’s got mahogany running through the building. It has some old hippie type plants hanging and funky curtains to go with.
I loved that I had not one, but two choices of vegetarian burgers. I decided to go with the hemp burger as I’ve never had one. It was pretty decent as it had a pomegranate/​walnut spread over it. I got a side of salad with raspberry vinegarette dressing.
The service cannot be too bad here either as the place is not really big enough for the servers to get lost and forget you, like in some McMenamin establishments.

Really, only one review for McMenamins out here? Does no one in Gresham know how to eat? Oh yeah… look who I’m asking, Gresham and foodie do not go hand in hand.
I wouldn’t say McMenamin’s is a ‘foodie place’ but you know what you’re going to get. A damn tasty burger, some killer cajun tots, all for $ 4.50 at daily happy hour! There’s a reason McMenamin’s owns such a huge portion of bars in this city, they’re good. Their beers are decent too.
The caramel ale brownie with ice cream is good enough that I’d give it up on the first date… (To the brownie, I’m married)
But really, McMenamin’s just does it right. Laid back, chill atmosphere, good food, awesome rotating specials, killer happy hour, and my HEART. Sure it’s not a place you go all the time, but it’s one that you go when you don’t want to be dissapointed. That’s exactly the reason people don’t go to Gresham. The only reason people come to Gresham is for Garage sales, and that’s just to buy their stuff back. See how I ruined one of my favorite jokes? That’s how I roll.