John Harvards Brew House, Manchester

7/30/2007 2:58:34 PM, monday, july 30, 2007
Not too bad - typical American brewpub - resturant. nice environment and decent food. Nothing spectacular, but a good place nonetheless.....

5/7/2007 4:26:00 PM, monday, may 07, 2007
Pretty much what I expected for a higher end chain brewpub. 6 taps (I think) of relatively standard fare. The Rye Pale Ale was a little bold, and not bad. OK food; the meatloaf was not what I was expecting, but wasn’t bad. Doesn’t quite have a real friendly pub atmosphere that they seem to be going for, just kinda generic. Worth a stop if you’re in the area, but I wouldn’t go too far out of my way to make it here.

4/25/2007 10:18:19 PM, wednesday, april 25, 2007
OK place - 8 beers on tap and one cask. Beers I had were average, service prompt. Didn’t eat, so no comment on that. Seems pretty run of the mill, but certainly worth a stop.

4/20/2007 11:15:18 AM, friday, april 20, 2007
Of the three area brewpubs, this is the best one, IMHO. When you walk in, there’s an eating area and a nice bar area. There’s usually 5-7 of their own beers on with a daily cask offering. The last two times I was there, the nut brown was on cask and was great and the brown recluse was on which was also very enjoyable. Their beer to go is in a cooler and counterpressure filled which is nice. Service is always good. This location seems to specialize in English style ales all of which are enjoyable.

7/9/2006 6:27:43 PM, sunday, july 09, 2006 [ Updated sunday, july 09, 2006 ]
Went here with DYCsoccer17 the other day. Very quiet friday afternoon. Since wer were the only 2 sitting at the bar, the service was very good. They had about 7 different beers on tap at the time, and none of them seemed too exotic, but they were pretty well made and tasty. Atmosphere was pretty standard for a brewpub. Pretty big inside and can probalby hold a lot of people. We just got a couple beers, so I ddint get to try any food, so cant comment on that. Worth a visit if you are in the area.

11/4/2004 6:40:30 PM, thursday, november 04, 2004 [ Updated thursday, december 29, 2005 ]
This place is always busy and quite dark. There is a lack of TVs as well. They have about 8 beers on tap at a time and sometimes have a cask ale as well. The prices are decent as well as the beers, but the bartenders have attitudes and reall don’t know anything about their beer. Come for the beer, not for the service or atmosphere. I cannot comment on the food.----Re-rate. Since my initial rating, the poor bartenders have moved on and the new ones are quite a bit better. The beer here is a bit above average and the food is VERY good.