If I could give zero stars, I would. This place is awful! The decor is cool, but the service was probably the worst I've ever had in my entire life. My husband and I only ordered drinks because we were in disbelief at how rude and terrible the service was.
Also, not to mention.... I ordered wine and the glass was completey dirty and covered in caked on food on the outside of it. Gross!
Baked Artichoke Dip! Â YUMMMM!
SITREP
It's funny. Â Some item will grab you and become the ICON of a region for you. Â For me, when traveling around the State of Washington (my sometime home of many different years in Seattle, Spokane and Walla Walla), I am no longer surprised at the variety of establishes that now serve some form of Artichoke Dip!
SETUP
I actually first fell in love with Artichoke Dip at Chandler's on Lake Washington in Seattle, and since then no matter where I have gone in Washington State, the restaurants I seem to patronize have....Artichoke Dip.
ARTICHOKE DIP
Well, now I almost always ASK for Artichoke Dip because it has become an item I am addicted to (or at least it's more pronounced when I am in Washington State (suddenly struck by a thought: Â "Do artichokes even GROW in Washington State?" Â - must google quickly........Oh okay. Â Apparently Google is telling me that they are a "Hardy Plant" and grow well in Washington State. Â I guess that answers why I do see an ABUNDANCE of artichoke dip in WA State....well, anyways...)
Catacombs make a delightful BAKED ARTICHOKE DIP that will knock your socks off. Â Only the aforementioned Chandlers, and the Hogs Breath Inn in Carmel, CA are probably in the same neighborhood of arti-goodness.
STONE OVEN PIZZA
I would be TOTALLY REMISS if I didn't give some great kudos to Tuscany Pizza that was enjoyed on this stop through Spokane. Â Delighting in the melted mozzarella and gouda, and tomatoes, mushrooms and spinach was just an overhwhelming WOW.
THE LOWDOWN
Definitely will be stopping by here for more pizza and artichoke dip when I hit Spokane again!
This is such an awesome bar. It reminds me of the bar at an old hotel I worked at in Boulder, Colorado, but only in name and the fact that it is subterrenean. Â This is a wide open space, with rich interiors. Â It used to be Boiler Room for the hotel. Now they have a beautiful pizza oven make great, quirky, delicious pizzas, with a REALLY awesome underground bar experience. Â It's got beautiful wooden interiors, and it's an incredibly warm, masculine experience - it feels solid and safe. It's a place to warm up when it's chilly... for sure.
Review Source:The first thing I noticed about nearly every restaurant in Spokane is that every interior is just so darn charming. The restaurants seem to have first dibs on every old and quaint building. Catacombs is no exception. In the basement of a hotel, it is cozy with exposed brick walls and a great fireplace.
The food was decent. I had the GF pizza with spinach and artichokes and pesto. It was my first experience with a GF crust so I did not know what to expect. It kind of reminded me of pie crust.
Hubs had a calzone and that dough looked quite delish. It was huge.
We split the salad with feta, tomatoes, and olives...no lettuce-a bit disappointing. I love feta but there was A LOT of feta. They also charged us $3 extra dollars for splitting the salad which I thought was kind of ridiculous. Otherwise, a pretty decent meal all around.
We arrived in the early evening at the Montvale for a weekend in Spokane. Not wanted to venture far, we dined at Catacombs.
Cool use of the old boiler room in the building. They did a nice job of transforming it into an inviting pub space. The pizza there was very impressive. Crust, sauce and toppings were superb. Our server was excellent, as was the hostess and other staff.
Nice overall experience.
Oh Catacombs what you lack in food you make up in decor, but then again we can't eat decor! Catacombs could truly be great, but it always seems like they're trying to hard to please everyone. What we are truly trying to get at is, there is food then there is pizza. Your pizza could be argued as one of the best in town, but the food is just missing something. We say scrap the regular menu all together and stick with pizza. Lower your price a little bit, and put out some truly awesome pies, and we would come more often. We also think that if it didn't feel like we always wanted to order spaetzle or a snitchel when entering the place... we might come more often as well. Get your identity crises together, and we will come more often. That all being said, Catacombs is a place that should be visited at least once for the pizza alone and the rest aside.
Review Source:Visiting from Honolulu and looking for something other than my usual Asian- Fusion. Found it here. Came specifically for Hungarian Goulosh advertised on website. Just my luck, the menu just changed and they no longer served Goulosh... dang! Had a Summer Fruit Salad which was good. Had the Austrian Meatballs instead. Heavy but okay. Probably better if ya just come for flat bread pizza and drinks. Really love the old world charm to the place and the neighborhood. Resteraunt is in the cellar or basement of former boiler room for an old hotel. Loved the stone and red brick walls. Would love to chill out here in the winter with the huge fireplace roaring away. Oh yea, service was excellent. The manager came and sat down with me and we talked briefly about his plan for the place for,the future. I'd be a regular here if I lived here.
Review Source:I actually really like this place. it's quite popular, so the best times to go are on weeknights Monday-Thursday, unless you enjoy eating with nothing but noise. The atmosphere is awesome and the food is great too, but a tad pricey. I've Been there about 8 times total, and to this day the service has never been great, so I go in expecting such. The wait staff is nice, just very inattentive and spacey. Overall though, it's a very interesting and yummy restaurant.
Review Source:Stopped in for dinner 2 Saturdays ago. Told it would be about a 10 minute wait. Woman there asked for my phone number and said  she'd call when our table was ready. 4 other people were waiting too. Stood near an empty table for 20 minutes. Never got a seat. Lots more people came after us. None were ever seated, even one group with a reservation. The nearby table sat empty the whole time. 1.25 hours later we got a call but we'd given up long before that. Enjoyed a great meal at Mizuna instead. Total chaos at Catacombs. Great atmosphere there so I was sad to see the disorganization. Hope they figure it out.
Review Source:Very nice atmosphere with appealing architecture; seems like a whole different world inside. I couldn't help but think it looked like the lower level bar in the movie Inglorious Basterds. Drinks were good as well as the appetizer. We had the Tuscan pizza which was a nice, flavorful thin-crust pizza. The large fed three of us just fine. Service was not the most polished, but nonetheless sufficient. I would certainly return whenever I'm in Spokane again.
Review Source:I really like this place. Sure it's a little on the pricey side, but the food is great, the bar knows how to make good cocktails, and the atmosphere is dark, yet upscale like the dining hall inside of some old German castle.
I've popped in there several times to have a drink or two before a show at the Knitting Factory and have always been satisfied. One night I got there right before they where about to close up, and they let me and my friend take a seat and order drinks, just as long as we didn't mind the off duty empolyees and their friends as they smoked cigarettes inside. I didn't mind at all, in fact I really liked that.
This place sucks! Coming from a place where people are generally more asssssssholey, I was shocked to find the service to be more than mildly unpleasant. The servers are rude and inattentive. I give it 1 star since we actually got our food, but even that was mediocre. The calzones that my friends got were tasty for the most part. I got a caprese salad and tomato soup, both of which were over-the-top salty. Average price is $15-20/person. So not worth it!
Review Source:Fabulous drinks, incredible food and knowledgable help. Five Stars for sure! We started a Jack Daniels Manhattan and an Orange-pesto mojito with an appetizer of Prava Tapa, a platter of Spanish olives, feta, sausage, roasted vegetables & almonds, served with bread. Main course was a small Quattro Formaggio pizza consisting of mozzarella, gorgonzola, brie & fontina cheeses each on their own quarter but we swapped out the traditional red sauce for a fresh pesto sauce. For desert we shared a delightful Catacombs Nutella Calzone with apple. Â The name of this establishment adequately describes the location - a subterranean boiler room - old bricks, quarried rocks and large timbers. Â Enjoy!
Review Source:Cider yummy. Â Busy on a Thursday night, we had a large group, server seemed overwhelmed. Â Chicken skewers with pineapple was kinda like grilled chicken in BBQ sauce. Â Good meatloaf, Ravioli with mushroom were ok. Caprese salad was good and fresh. Â The apple desert was a yummy warm delight. Â Felt kinda rushed though.
Review Source:I've been here twice. The first time we arrived, ate some pizzas, called it "pretty good" and left. Totally a 3 star kind of experience.
Then there was the 2nd time:
Me and a friend arrived to watch a jazz performer. We approach the bar and order our drinks, but the girl at the bar informs us that there's nowhere to sit, and starts trying to talk us out of staying (??). I inform her that no, we are fine standing, and she looks at me like I'm utterly insane. It IS a pub... right? When we do finally find somewhere to sit, another waitress comes over and informs us that we need to be on "the list" and demands to know "exactly how much alcohol [we've] had." I thanked her for the "service" and took my group elsewhere.
Their staff was flustered and futzy. It was like they didn't even want our business - I was happy to oblige them in that.
The word 'Pub' is very misleading- this is a restaurant more than a pub. We went for drinks and it was a mostly dinner crowd, the bar is 3 (maybe 4) seats long and in front of the kitchen, not the actual bar.
However, two things ROCKED about our visit.
1. We were rowdy, and loud and they treated us very politely for all the trouble we caused, even allowing us to sit in the little foyer behind the kitchen passway by the elevator to the hotel. Â Our poor waitress Rachel said it was her first week. Â Boy were we trial by fire for her.
2. I tasted some of the most well crafted cocktails of my life at this place, for $8 each. Â Seriously, that drink around Seattle would have been $14. One was a Rose something, with a rose petal liqueur, St. Germaine and perhaps Vodka, topped with two actual petals. The second was their Birthday Cake, with a vanilla liqueur, whipped cream vodka, another vodka and 'candied confetti' which were round multi-colored non-pariels.
Next time I'm in town, we'll try the food, it looked and smelled delicious but we were there to drink.... last call there is before 11, so if you want to party on, dude, move it to the Baby Bar.
Summary
The food was grand and the service was OK. Parking was validated if needed. Very close to downtown.
Prices
It seemed to me the prices were a tiny tiny bit high by only a dollar or two. I am not trying to split hairs but it was. I did like the way they listed the entrée prices as a whole dollar amount instead of the average .99/.95 price found elsewhere. 4 of us, 2 drinks each 2 app. and 2 entrées was about $94 without tip.
Food
I ordered the Cheese platter and was very impressed with the selection of about 8 or 9 different chesses. I have had a lot of platters in my time but this one was really good. There were even apples on the fancy cutting board (that I wanted to take home) used to serve it. I must admit, the Cashew Chicken Calzone was likely the best I have ever eaten. I am not usually a fan of Feta but it sure made a good addition to the calzone. Asian Skewers were pretty good. Margherita Pizza was fine too but a bit boring for my taste.
Venue
The super old and interesting place is awesome. There must be 25 steep stairs to climb down to get to the lobby. I did not see a single window so no natural light was to be had but there was plenty of lamps, lights and candles. There was a ton of oldish looking things hanging all around and on the walls. Very cool stuff to see. The place was clean and mostly well lit, its great to see the wall oven where the pies are cooked. Love that feature anywhere.
Staff
A little slow with drink requests and a touch of attitude upon arrival. Over time, it all worked out OK. After engaging our server, she was quick to lighten up and have some light conversation. Our waitress was also cooking so I don't know what happened there but it has to be done sometimes I imagine.
Return
I will definitely get my Calzone on next time I head East. Man, it's a long drive.
Why do I go here: It is a great place when family comes to town. My family usually stays at the Montvale so it is a convenient location for them. I have gone three times and my family loved it every time.
Atmosphere/Decor: Very intimate and great for semi-large groups. I think it is the coolest looking restaurant in town with the stone walls.
Pizza: Best thin crust pizza in Spokane I would say.
Advice: Make reservations! If everyone is over 21, there is more options for seating.
We went here with my Wife and Parents for a Friday evening out. Â We used the Montvale hotel valet which was great! Â We showed up around 7pm w/o reservations and asked for a table for 4. Â The hostess proceeds to ramble on about 6 or more and reservations and that it would be a 45 min wait. Â Puzzled we said we are 4 not 6 and she kept going on about it. Â Notch one up for the ditsy hostess. Â We decided to wait b/c we really like the atmosphere and the promise of good pizza and pasta.
We ended up going up stairs to another restaurant called Scratch for drinks and apps. Â I'll review that on their page. Â But it was good. Â We asked the Catacombs to call the front desk and let us know when our table was ready and they DID! Â It was SOOOOO nice to just sit and have a table ready when we walked downstairs just for US. Â The service here was great!
We sat down and was promptly greeted by our waitress and asked for drinks. Â They do call them selves a "Pub" with about 6-7 beers on tap and many in the bottle you could call them a "Pub" but for me it needs more taps. Â I do have to say that the selection of taps was EXCELLENT. Â They had Chimay, Spatan Oktoberfest, and other good beers, ANY place that DOES NOT have Bud or something of the like, I LOVE. Â Even if you are a fizzy yellow beer drinker, step out of your shell and try something new, you might be surprised. Â I had the two beers specifically mentioned above. Â Both were good.
Our Food was Excellent, we had BBQ Chicken and Cashew Chicken Pizza's. Â The wives had Wild Mushroom Ravioli's and a special Tortellini dish. Â ALL the food was excellent! Â Food came out in a normal time frame and the wait staff was very attentive to our needs/drinks.
Everyone in our party was very happily surprised in their experience and mentioned that next time we are in Spokane we have to come back here. Â I'm an avid craft beer fan and can't wait to see what they have on one of their taps when we return.
I gave this 4 Stars b/c the hostess was not all there, if you know what I mean. Â Otherwise I would have given it 5 stars.
Recommendations: Make reservations and don't go with a party to big b/c of their limited space for large parties, unless you don't mind waiting and have made reservations.
Like an attractive woman who is dumb as a bag of hammers, this spot looks very nice aesthetically but when you get in there is a study in disappointment. They're trying to be this hifalutin' eatery masquerading as a pub. It's pricey, the selection of drafts is nothing special considering they're in WA state, and it's overall trying to be a hep lounge when they should just embrace their inner pub-ness. Â I won't be back.
All show & no go.
SpoCompton, right? Â Okay, okay--there are plenty of rundown neighborhoods, meth houses and seedy strip joints to go around, particularly on the Spokane Valley side of town. And yes, half the Real Estate in downtown is vacant--but, blame that on the economy and not the culture, because there is a growing foodie scene happening in downtown, thanks to some young chefs using local ingredients and willing to take the time and love to test their products.
And that's what brings me to The Catacombs. Â Beware, its literally underground trying to hide from you. Â Unless you are fortunate to find out about it through the Montvale Hotel or know a local who's a fan--good luck finding it. The place is cool, small, yet strangely comfortable.
What separates a good restaurant from the chain restaurants blah is the people. Â Ask your server, "What do you like to eat?" Â Some will lie and tell you that they love their restaurant then name off some plain-Jane grilled chicken dish where the vegetables came out of a frozen bag and the chicken is dryer than a dryer sheet. Bland and blah. Â But every now and again you'll walk into a restaurant where she'll tell you their food is the best--and she can back it up. I asked her, "What's good?"
She said, "From the Pizzas or the Entrees?"
I didn't try the pizza, though for locals it's the calling card, and deservedly so. Â Their fired oven is in the center of the bar and you can watch their capable pizza chef add the toppings while you enjoy their premium cocktails. But as a fat foodie trying to lose weight, I can't handle the calories of a pizza.
"Entrees," I said. Â
She said, "Try the meatloaf," and I fell out of my barstool.
I have been a foodie for about 10 years. Â I know that for most restaurants, meatloaf is where leftovers go to die. Â Some business manager said, "Hey, rather than wasting these veggie and meat trimmings, puree it and stick it in a loaf with some bread crumbs from the stale bread, smother it in barbeque sauce or Ketchup, bake it for four days, and put a $10 tag on it. We'll make a little extra money and some rube can have himself a meal."
And here is my cute blond bartender telling me to try it? Â No one has ever recommended the meatloaf before. Â "Sure, I'm game."
It was good. Damn good. The ingredients weren't the leftovers, but locally chosen hamburger beef, red peppers, and onions to fit the flavors.  Flavors? On meatloaf?  Yes, sautéed mushrooms are cooked at the same time to dress the meat slices...now we're getting to some sophistication.  A cabernet sauté with locally grown, fresh mushrooms, perfectly complimenting a lean, juicy slice of meet with a touch of a sweet-spicy barbeque sauce--good on their own, but combined they generate a sweet-salty combination that melts my heart. Then I noticed the bread on my plate. Clearly a multigrain that I would later find out to be a 12 wholegrain from a local grocery bakery. There was no butter.  That's gutsy--a nearly egotistical declaration that your bread is so good it doesn't need anything other than the food it is paired with.  I tried the bread alone and was satisfying.  I tried the meatloaf and mushroom on the bread and briefly found myself covering my mouth to hold back an embarrassingly loud foodgasm moan.
I had a baked potato on my plate too. Â I'm not a fan of potatoes. Though it was steaming, evenly salted, and fresh. Â It wouldn't dissatisfy.
My beautiful and observant bar temptress noticed my complete bliss and went to the kitchen.  She went for soup.  She said, "We're working on some new recipes and I'd like you try this."  It was a Tomato Bisque and to be honest, I'm normally not a fan.  It's tricky to get right.  It is either too buttery or tastes like Campbell's from a can. No offense to Campbell's, but that's not what I want from fine dining.  This bisque was superb.  Smooth and creamy without tasting like I'm licking off buttered popcorn grease from my  fingers.  It was perfectly peppery thanks to a peppercorn filtering technique. Rich, but not enough to break out the Pepto.
I had too cocktails. Â A typical Manhattan and sensational Coffee Martini made from Three Olives Espresso Vodka. Â For coffee drinkers, it was candy. Â Had I stuck around for another I would have wiped my mouth to find the floor. The perfect desert drink in my mind.
So give it a try. Â Ask the blond bar mistress what's good and you won't be disappointed.
I have to admit, my review is limited to the pizza...because I CAN'T STOP ORDERING IT!!
I have had the chocolate chip cookie dessert as well, where they bake a cookie in an iron skillet and top it with ice cream. Let me tell ya, that doesn't suck...mmmm
Really it comes down to thin crust, stone fired 650 degree oven baked, and European style pizza. Â
Happy Hour you can get them for $6 bucks!
Even though I don't drink, I see they have some cool stuff. Â Chimay beer, rumor is that's good stuff. Â Absinthe presentations; its fun to watch them do those. Â
Cool dungeon atmosphere! Â I think it was an old coal cellar.
I was brought here with my sister by my future mother in law just t have a girl's night out. Â
Pretty cool atmosphere. Â We came for the $6 pizza deals. Â It was very good, I got tomato, mushrooms, and olives on mine. Â I think if if were more than 6 bucks it wouldn't be worth it.
They also had 5 dollar cocktails, so my sister and I tried their "lemonades" which was tasty and my MIL had a "Naughty Girl Scout" which was supposed to taste like a thin mint. Â It was tasty, but it was a little far off from the deliciousness of an actual thin mint.
We had their caprese salad- my sister and I split is since their salads are HUGE. Â Apparently in the normal sized one they use two cucumbers so we each got one whole cucumber sitting in a bowl with some chopped tomato, feta, and dressing. Â Eh. Â It satisfied my salad need for the night, but I was so sick of cucumber by the end I didn't finish it.
Overall, very tasty, I would like to come back and try their other food, but I probably won't.
I went here with my relatives in a group of about eight people. Â I was visiting from California. Â The decor and the facility definitely appears to be impressive. Â The prices are high for the area. Â We ordered three different pizzas and drinks. Â I ordered a Vespa and later an Old Fashioned. Â The Old Fashioned was terrible with way too much soda and not enough ice. Â One of the pizzas was ok the other two were not. Â My cousins glass had a chip in it - to the waitress's credit she did replace the drink free of charge. Â The other two pizzas were pretty bad. Â One tasted as if they just dumped some regular tomato sauce on it. Â The artichoke pizza was bland. Â The total bill came to $180.00. Â I thought this was way too high for three pizzas, drinks, and a salad. Â I will probably not be eating here again.
Review Source:At the same time I wrote this review I also used the contact form on Catacombs' website to reiterate what I have said here. Â I was immediately contacted by management and extended the offer of a gift certificate to return. Â I was told that their cook had walked out on them that night. Â Two things have happened since then: a coworker went and said the service was abysmal, and nothing was ever received by me in the mail.
I am guessing they will go under pretty soon unless some serious changes are made, but probably not soon enough. Â Calling Gordon Ramsay...
Wow, I have to agree with everyone else, unfortunately. This places food has gone from great to abysmal - what the heck is happening??????
We went with some friends for a nightcap and some late night snacks. The ambience was of course charming, historical and a little mysterious as always and the service was excellent. However that is where the compliments end.
We had the wild mushroom ravioli and the shallot sage sauce was like wallpaper paste, thick and goopy with no flavor. OMG it reminded me of The Whitehouse in Post Falls, except at least there wallpaper paste tasted like garlic and to be honest the ravioli here was NOT overcooked. But this plate was a disaster.
We also had a pizza that was burnt on top and relatively tasteless, nothing like the pizzas we had before, with beautiful crusts, nice fresh mozz cheese, sweet vine ripened tomatoes.
Something has radically changed and by looking at the other yelpers I think we are in agreement.
Ambiance 5 stars
Service 5 stars
Drink Value 4 stars
Food -5 stars
Overall 2.25 stars
However I would be highly hesitant to order food there again.
I was definitely not impressed with Catacombs. My mother and sister in law came for a visit and after looking at places to eat in Spokane they decided Catacombs would be the place. Since SIL was only 16 we were forced to sit in this very uncomfortable booth right down the stairs away from all the other diners. It felt like we were lepers. The food was just eh. It can be easily replicated at home (in fact a replicated their gnocchi dish a week later). Even with a lack of excellent restaurants in the Spokane area there is definitely better food and service to be had.
Review Source:It's getting near Valentines day and all I can think of his how disappointed I am with a very cool restaurant. The catacombs used to be a great place. I even had a wedding anniversary meal there.
The Catacombs is the coolest atmosphere of any restaurant in Spokane. Every time I eat there, I am in a movie set. It has an authentic castle dining hall look.
I have taken many people from out of town for drinks and pizza at the catacombs. I think they were impressed, and we have had fun.
However, last summer I had a horrible experience there.
I brought a large group of family into town. Wouldn't it be great to take them to the Catacombs? Turns out, it was the worst dining experience we had during their visit to Spokane.
Once more the atmosphere was excellent. The primary problem was the food. It was terrible.
First we were insulted by a clearly panicked hostess. Our party was only six people, and she acted like we a terrible burden. The place was nearly empty?
We started our meal with drinks and an appetizer. We ordered bruschetta. We drank a few beers and waited. Finally, our bruschetta arrived. The bruschetta consisted of six little cheap melba toast crackers covered with tomato and basil. Â They must have been out of bread. I mean these were literally little crackers that you buy in box under the deli counter. It was laughably bad. Okay, so no big deal. The drinks are flowing and the pizza is coming soon!
The drinks started to arrive slowly on account that our bartender was now the only waiter. Poor guy. What is going on here?
Eventually, the two pizza's arrived. I have had pizza at the Catacombs before. I love the thin crust and delicious toppings. However, this pizza was an entirely different beast.
Were they missing a chef as well as a wait staff? This pizza had the look of something a 7th grader had pulled out in a circle. It wasn't really a circle, more of an amoeba. The toppings were skimpy as well.
Was the dishwasher serving as pizza cook? Perhaps it was the crabby hostess? If you are going to charge big money for your pizza, it had better be superb. This was not good.
So we paid at least 40 dollars for two lousy pizzas. How embarrassing. The ultimate insult were the 8 dollar crackers they call bruschetta.
Eventually the bartender stopped filling our drinks. Was he too busy serving guests? Or was he ashamed? It's always a shame to see a good person taken down by poor management. If you can't run a restaurant properly. Shut it down.
We eventually got our gigantic bill and paid it. All of us astonished by the price of our meal. The 15% gratuity was already applied to the bill. I don't mind tipping a very busy bartender. However, the management needs some serious help.
Next time, you better believe we will be skipping the Catacombs.
Not worth the walk down the stairs when Farwest and Scratch are right around the corner. The food here isn't anything special, I've been a few times and have high hopes each time, given the positive reviews it receives on Yelp. The setting is small and intimate and that is a plus, I just wish the food would complement that.
See review below where she quotes the servers response to a question about the gnocchi, "Waitress: It's boring, bite after bite, always the same flavors melding into one totally bland meal."
I'm going to continue the trend of good reviews for the Catacombs Pub. The atmosphere is, by far, the best reason to come here. It *almost* beats the nearby Steam Plant Grill for totally cool refurbished spaces. Dim but not dark. Classy but not trendy or snobby. Cramped but comfortable.
I've not had any of the entrees, but I would really like to try their old European fare. However, it's hard to turn down a perfectly good pizza or calzone for much, much less money. They toppings combinations are both extremely traditional (think Italy traditional) and wonderfully progressive (think sausage and saurkraut!) Everything is fresh and made in an oven actually designed for pizza. It is not the best pizza or calzone I've had, but perhaps the best in Spokane.
Several people have mentioned that the beers are moderately priced. I would have to disagree. I think they're a bit on the expensive side. Yes, it is a nice place and yes, we are talking about imports like Stella Artois and Spaten Optimator (one of my all time favorites), but $6 a pint is pushing it in my book. Especially with wonderful beer available for a few dollars cheaper and locally made at Steam Plant or Northern Lights.
3 friends and I went here for dinner one night as an end of the year celebration and wow... it was delicious! Â
We went on a weekend night and it was packed, luckily we had reservations-although they were late in seating us. Â
But once we had our table our waitress was prompt in getting our orders, though she did mysteriously disappear between drinks, appetizers, and dinner. Â It might have been that she was busy, or maybe she was just spacing out somewhere. Â This is the first restaurant I've been to where the waitress was firmly against a diner ordering something. Â Case in point:
My friend: I'll have the gnocchi
Waitress: Are you sure? Â I usually tell people not to get that.
Friend: Â Oh.... wait what?
Waitress: It's boring, bite after bite, always the same flavors melding into one totally bland meal.
Friend: Uh....
Waitress: You should get something else, the ravioli is good.
Friend: Yeah.... ok. sure.
He said it was good, and I had the stroganoff which was also delicious. Â Also, the bartender made a mean Gin and Tonic.... which is always a delightful occurrence. Â
Even though they were packed we weren't rushed. Â Be aware that it's close quarters - the restaurant was originally the boiler room for the Montvale Hotel above. Â
This is definitely worth your time and money. Â I rank it among the places I miss the most now that I've moved away from Spokane.
Yes definitely a "trendy little basement".
 I love the Catacombs, and I try to make it there at least once whenever i'm in Spokane. The food there is delicious, especially the Pizzas.  Good food prices, good beer prices. Not exactly cheap, but given the environment that you're in, the beer and food prices are very fair, or at least seem cheap. Â
 If you have young ones with you though, i'd go earlier in the day as there are only two tables for people 20 and under. This place is a great place to hang with some friends with some good food and beer, or even great for a date. I highly recommend stoppin at Catacombs.
~G
OK, the name says "Pub", but this trendy little basement (thus leading to the name) is anything but a simple little beer joint. Â They have a great variety of wines and trendy cocktails to go along with some fun dining options. Â They have some great pizza options and enough on the menu that pretty much anyone can find something enjoyable. Â This is a great place to unwind after work or get prepped for a night on the town. Â Look for this great little spot and you won't be disappointed.
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