I love what they're trying for. I left America ten years ago with no plans to return. But oh! Life does like to throw us curve balls and somehow this world traveling big city human finds herself in Brunswick, GA for a few months. My first day here I did what I always do in a new city. Go to Maps and find all the coffee shops and restaurants I want to try. Coffee shops? Easy. None. Bummer. Where am I going to write? Next. #1 place looks like Reid's Apothecary. I was eager to try it. The good: that incredibly good looking bartender who is so gosh darn charming. Wow. I'll give another wow here. He deserves it. In addition, he told me he loves his job and his boss treats him well. That's important. Hm. Good? Okay, yes, the interior design is pretty. The bad: the restroom was kind of gross. There was only one trash can in the room, a large one over by the door and it was overflowing with paper towels, chewing gum, and who knows what else. For those prices? I'd expect cloth towels to dry my hands. The place wasn't really that busy when I was there. I can only imagine what it must look like on a busy weekend night. The food, oh! The food. I feel I should preface this with I had a sausage & cheese hash brown bowl at Waffle House on my drive down here and I loved it, some of my favorite places to eat have been shacks with dirt floors and chickens running at my feet, and in Africa I would stop the woman with a bucket on her head and happily eat whatever slop she was serving out of it. When I look at Reid's Apothecary and oh my God those outrageous prices I have high expectations. Wherever I go and whatever I'm eating I expect the quality of food to match the price I pay. If I can sit and have a meal at a nice place in Paris along the Seine river with a view of the Eiffel Tower for LESS MONEY than it costs to eat at a small restaurant in Brunswick Georgia then I expect that to be one freaking amazing restaurant. I ordered the crisp apple salad and added chicken. The chicken was so overcooked and dry I may as well have been eating the leather from the bottom of my shoe. I didn't even eat half of it when I gave up. I've been racking my brain and the only time I can remember having a worse piece of meat was what they called "steak" at the Hotel Kazakhstan in Almaty a couple years ago and I've had a platter of dog served to me when I was invited to a family dinner once. You can't go and charge me enough money to feed a family for a month in many parts of the world for one simple salad and then not even make it right. Not cool. Ugh. Well I guess you can. The place seems to be busy all day everyday. In the end, I appreciate what they're going for: hip, nice, flashy, small town revitalization and I 100% support it. It's exactly what brought me in. I wanted to like it but I can't see myself paying those prices for that level of culinary experience in the future. I'll stick to the cheaper places with the sticky floors where at least I know I get what I pay for.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Katlyn Kraft
Amazing dinner. My husband and I came here for our wedding anniversary and enjoyed our evening very much. We got the Wednesday Date Night feature. 1 appetizer, 2 entrées, and 1 bottle of house wine for $60.We also added an order of the Fried Brussels, which was incredibly delicious. My husband got the Ribeye which he devoured, and I got the Curried Chickpeas with grilled chicken which was absolutely delicious. Overall, everything was great. I would definitely recommend Reid's Apothecary.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Arancini
Lori Anne Franklin
My first review was a “2”. In retrospect, likely to have been about not having right person at the door. Return - spontaneous visit was a complete different encounter! Great atmosphere- wonderful food. Tip? Make a reservation….
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Build Your Own Charcuterie Board, Tomato Bisque
Jay Jackson
The best little hidden gem in downtown Brunswick!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Betsy Dunn
Visited on a Sunday and they were firing on all cylinders ! Great service, great food, great atmosphere.Vegetarian options: The option to order sides as a meal is a great vegetarian option. They also have a curried chickpea offering.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Glasses of House Wine, Grits
Martina Anderson
The food was good and definitely somewhere I would visit again. Their brunch menu has a lot of very appealing options. I chose the duck confit eggs Benedict with a honey crisp apple salad and an up and at em drink. It was all good, not the best I've ever had but good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Lorraine B
Was here for a business dinner. It was also the 1st time I had been here. The food was excellent. I had the rib eye cooked rare. It was perfect and the most tender steak I think I've ever had.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Steak
sara griffin
Food was very good. Unfortunately food was very slow coming out of kitchen.. sat for 1 hour waiting on food on Tuesday night.
Susan Storey
This was our first visit. The food was delicious. The staff were nice and friendly. I rated overall 4 stars because we waited about 10 mins before our waiter took our drink order. Once our food was out, we were not asked how everything was, and my husband did need a refill on his sweet tea, but he was not asked if he did.We will go back again for a special occasion!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Steak, Grits
Nicolas Knerly
Fantastic food, absolutely worth the price. Great atmosphere and wonderful service. Highly recommend.
Amazing little place with a great atmosphere and service. The food was amazing. Definitely recommend the shrimp and cheesey grits, steak and eggs, crab cake sandwich, and the chicken biscuit. Everything we ordered was amazing.
I had a great steak salad. They left off the balsamic dressing but brought some out when I asked.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Grilled Steak Salad
Julie Hay
Love everything about this laid back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Victoria Holloman (Tori)
Reid's easily has the best food in Brunswick. They have a cool setup; I like the theme. It's a good idea to get a reservation, and you have to be quick about it because they get booked very quickly. I've been lucky the few times I've gone without a reservation with still being able to be sat. Service is always good. Somehow more often than not, I end up in Sofia's section, and she's always great. I haven't had a drink or meal I haven't enjoyed there.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jose Martinez
We were walking around downtown Brunswick place was recommended by a friend the best chicken and waffle I've ever had this was two nice thick juicy pieces of chicken ( not chicken tenders) served on a delicious waffle my wife had the crab sandwich ? which was tasty and delicious I washed it down with a chocolate whiskey old fashion drink ? I will be coming back soon to go through the rest if their menu ?Update 1/8/2023 went for Brunch today this is now my favorite place for brunch,lunch or dinner the drinks are fabulous and strong the food is out of this world I'm working my way through their menu haven't had a bad choice yet
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Biscuits and Gravy, Build Your Own Charcuterie Board, Chicken and Waffles, Reid's Burger, Creme Brulee, Duck Nachos, Steak
I love what they're trying for. I left America ten years ago with no plans to return. But oh! Life does like to throw us curve balls and somehow this world traveling big city human finds herself in Brunswick, GA for a few months. My first day here I did what I always do in a new city. Go to Maps and find all the coffee shops and restaurants I want to try. Coffee shops? Easy. None. Bummer. Where am I going to write? Next. #1 place looks like Reid's Apothecary. I was eager to try it. The good: that incredibly good looking bartender who is so gosh darn charming. Wow. I'll give another wow here. He deserves it. In addition, he told me he loves his job and his boss treats him well. That's important. Hm. Good? Okay, yes, the interior design is pretty. The bad: the restroom was kind of gross. There was only one trash can in the room, a large one over by the door and it was overflowing with paper towels, chewing gum, and who knows what else. For those prices? I'd expect cloth towels to dry my hands. The place wasn't really that busy when I was there. I can only imagine what it must look like on a busy weekend night. The food, oh! The food. I feel I should preface this with I had a sausage & cheese hash brown bowl at Waffle House on my drive down here and I loved it, some of my favorite places to eat have been shacks with dirt floors and chickens running at my feet, and in Africa I would stop the woman with a bucket on her head and happily eat whatever slop she was serving out of it. When I look at Reid's Apothecary and oh my God those outrageous prices I have high expectations. Wherever I go and whatever I'm eating I expect the quality of food to match the price I pay. If I can sit and have a meal at a nice place in Paris along the Seine river with a view of the Eiffel Tower for LESS MONEY than it costs to eat at a small restaurant in Brunswick Georgia then I expect that to be one freaking amazing restaurant. I ordered the crisp apple salad and added chicken. The chicken was so overcooked and dry I may as well have been eating the leather from the bottom of my shoe. I didn't even eat half of it when I gave up. I've been racking my brain and the only time I can remember having a worse piece of meat was what they called "steak" at the Hotel Kazakhstan in Almaty a couple years ago and I've had a platter of dog served to me when I was invited to a family dinner once. You can't go and charge me enough money to feed a family for a month in many parts of the world for one simple salad and then not even make it right. Not cool. Ugh. Well I guess you can. The place seems to be busy all day everyday. In the end, I appreciate what they're going for: hip, nice, flashy, small town revitalization and I 100% support it. It's exactly what brought me in. I wanted to like it but I can't see myself paying those prices for that level of culinary experience in the future. I'll stick to the cheaper places with the sticky floors where at least I know I get what I pay for.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Amazing dinner. My husband and I came here for our wedding anniversary and enjoyed our evening very much. We got the Wednesday Date Night feature. 1 appetizer, 2 entrées, and 1 bottle of house wine for $60.We also added an order of the Fried Brussels, which was incredibly delicious. My husband got the Ribeye which he devoured, and I got the Curried Chickpeas with grilled chicken which was absolutely delicious. Overall, everything was great. I would definitely recommend Reid's Apothecary.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Arancini
My first review was a “2”. In retrospect, likely to have been about not having right person at the door. Return - spontaneous visit was a complete different encounter! Great atmosphere- wonderful food. Tip? Make a reservation….
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Build Your Own Charcuterie Board, Tomato Bisque
The best little hidden gem in downtown Brunswick!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Visited on a Sunday and they were firing on all cylinders ! Great service, great food, great atmosphere.Vegetarian options: The option to order sides as a meal is a great vegetarian option. They also have a curried chickpea offering.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Glasses of House Wine, Grits
The food was good and definitely somewhere I would visit again. Their brunch menu has a lot of very appealing options. I chose the duck confit eggs Benedict with a honey crisp apple salad and an up and at em drink. It was all good, not the best I've ever had but good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Was here for a business dinner. It was also the 1st time I had been here. The food was excellent. I had the rib eye cooked rare. It was perfect and the most tender steak I think I've ever had.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Steak
Food was very good. Unfortunately food was very slow coming out of kitchen.. sat for 1 hour waiting on food on Tuesday night.
This was our first visit. The food was delicious. The staff were nice and friendly. I rated overall 4 stars because we waited about 10 mins before our waiter took our drink order. Once our food was out, we were not asked how everything was, and my husband did need a refill on his sweet tea, but he was not asked if he did.We will go back again for a special occasion!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Steak, Grits
Fantastic food, absolutely worth the price. Great atmosphere and wonderful service. Highly recommend.
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Amazing little place with a great atmosphere and service. The food was amazing. Definitely recommend the shrimp and cheesey grits, steak and eggs, crab cake sandwich, and the chicken biscuit. Everything we ordered was amazing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Steak, Crab Cake Sandwich, Fried Chicken, Grits
I had a great steak salad. They left off the balsamic dressing but brought some out when I asked.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Grilled Steak Salad
Love everything about this laid back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Reid's easily has the best food in Brunswick. They have a cool setup; I like the theme. It's a good idea to get a reservation, and you have to be quick about it because they get booked very quickly. I've been lucky the few times I've gone without a reservation with still being able to be sat. Service is always good. Somehow more often than not, I end up in Sofia's section, and she's always great. I haven't had a drink or meal I haven't enjoyed there.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We were walking around downtown Brunswick place was recommended by a friend the best chicken and waffle I've ever had this was two nice thick juicy pieces of chicken ( not chicken tenders) served on a delicious waffle my wife had the crab sandwich ? which was tasty and delicious I washed it down with a chocolate whiskey old fashion drink ? I will be coming back soon to go through the rest if their menu ?Update 1/8/2023 went for Brunch today this is now my favorite place for brunch,lunch or dinner the drinks are fabulous and strong the food is out of this world I'm working my way through their menu haven't had a bad choice yet
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Biscuits and Gravy, Build Your Own Charcuterie Board, Chicken and Waffles, Reid's Burger, Creme Brulee, Duck Nachos, Steak