I was in Chattanooga for a 3 day stretch for a buddy's wedding and we stopped in to this place 3 times. Â The inside is one of the coolest pubs I've been in. Â Loved all the wood and the chandeliers gave a nice contrast to the old saloon style. Â They have an excellent and large selection of beers in bottles, on draft, bombers, and cans. Â The service is great and the staff is very friendly. Â Only downside is you'll smell like an ashtray when you leave, but that's something I can live with.
Review Source:The missus and I stopped into the Honest Pint during a self-imposed pub crawl around the area (we like to do that in new towns we visit)... and ended up on the fence about the place...
The building itself, is fantastic! Â Went from brothel... to something I forgot ...to a pool hall... to the Irish-American fusion pub and grill it is today (done by the same owners as Terminal Brewhouse and Hair of the Dog Pub - both of which we also worked into our crawl). Â It's a huge place with pool tables, darts, a ton of seating, and is obviously set up for live music (though none was playing while we were in).
The brew list was pretty decent: a good smattering of UK and craft stuff... along with some local brews, of course... and the food menu looked really inviting!
The big problem was their service...
Walking up to the place, two employees were sitting on a car hood (taking up the space right in front of the door, of course) smoking cigarettes and cursing up a storm. Â We're no prudes, but I doubt that's the first impression the owners would appreciate...
Walking in, nobody said anything... so we meandered over to a high-top that looked comfy...... where we sat... read the bar-top stuff... sat some more...... and were just about to get up to let someone know we existed...... when our server walks in from the front (she was one of the young ladies already mentioned).
She literally said, "Sup?! Â Want something to drink?" Â Classy...
We ordered our beers... which were dropped off, in passing, while she LITERALLY shouted obscenities across the place to her coworker behind the bar.
We didn't bother ordering food... since we never saw her again until I had to get up and go find her (leaning at the bar chatting away with yet another employee) for our bill...
The place has potential. Â Good brew list... looks like a nice menu... a great facility...... but the teeny-bopper grunge wanna-be-rebel staff didn't strike our fancy, so we moved on. Â Shrug.
Visited for the first time last night and will definitely be returning regularly. The setup for live music is great, and the service was excellent. Had the Irish Cheese Dip (served with soda bread) and was in heaven; the tater tots are equally delicious. Cool atmosphere, friendly staff, and reasonable prices.
Review Source:An amazing place with great atmosphere! Plenty of room to blend with the crowd or take your friends to find a quiet corner. Play darts, people-watch, see a live band. I love the historical details of the building (I was told it used to be a brothel back in the day..)The food is so good that it's something I daydream about! Only drawback is smelling like smoke when you leave - but I can deal with that. It's a bummer that you have to be over 21, because eating at unique places is something our family likes to do together. Try to carpool and have a DD, because you are sure to let loose once you get there!
Review Source:Found this place online while preparing for my trip to Chattanooga. The beer menu won't let you down and the food was really good! I went for the 24oz Snakebite (lager&cider) and found the ratio of both to be perfectly blended. Well done bartender! Also, live music on a Sunday evening is always a plus! Though, the $3 cover was not. We thoroughly searched our pockets for cash/change since the ATM was not working, and apparently hasn't worked for a very long time. 3 floors of tables to dine and pool tables, also a darts area on the 3rd floor. Be aware, smoking is allowed here, and the crowd, mostly college students in the area, take well advantage of that.
Review Source:On a winter night in Chattanooga, The Honest Pint is the place to throw down. With pool tables, darts, pinball, and three floors of boozie goodness, I can't think of a better place I've been to party in Chat-town.
Crown & Gingers for only $5.50! That gives you 50 cents to go use at the pinball machine. There's an excellent selection of draft beer and the bartenders (while somewhat intimidating) know how to make a good cocktail.
My tab for the whole night including several rounds of drinks, plus a few shots, was less than $40. Being accustomed to Atlanta prices, I couldn't have been happier with my time at The Honest Pint.
Maybe next time, I'll come earlier to try the food. Sully's Nachos and tater tots fried in duck fat sound amazing.
Went here for lunch and was pleasantly surprised. Â First of all, you have to 21 or older to enter, regardless of the time of day. Â I assume it because you can smoke so a bar this is. Â The food was good, not magnificent but good. Â I finished it off with.....brace yourself......bacon cheesecake! Well the verdict is that it was good, not amazing but good. Â Sound familiar? Â Not a bad place but not me, it's more of a hang out.
Review Source:The Honest Pint rocks my world. It takes me back to vacationing in Ireland. Despite popular opinion, I ate very well while touring pubs in the southeast portion of the country, and the same can be said about the Pint. It features very brave culinary delights, and they have been spot on! My favorite sandwich is the spread head, featuring grilled eggplant and onions, with two fantastic spreads. The chocolate bacon cheesecake seemed like a risky choice, but it was amazing. The beer selection is solid.
I am not a smoker, so the smokey main dining room, while full of pub charm, can be a little overwhelming. They do offer a smoke free dining room, but it feels void of the ambiance. The service is good in either section. Parking is limited and it is 21 up.
This was my first place I dined in Chattanooga. Â One of the best. Â
Good beer selection. Â Great Irish spirits. Â
Food is New American with a twist of Irish. Â I had potato pancakes which came with some nice sauces. Â Non-typical Irish condiments, but very good nonetheless. Â There was a chipotle mayo, a srirasha chili mayo and another sauce I'm forgetting. Â
Tater tots fried in duck fat. Â Outstanding. Â
Reuben sandwich is the best I've ever had. Â Homemade cured corn beef. Â Rye bread. Â Amazingly good. And generous portion. Â One sandwich was enough to split for 2 people.
Service was good by the bartender. Â Nice place. I'll go back.
Food is awesome.. the burger is one of the best I've had. But we're here to discuss Guinness. You have to order a "large" Guinness in order to get the proper glass.. but it's still reasonably priced. It was at the Honest Pint (the staff are great... say hi to Jules for me!) that I was inspired to get my first tattoo; the Guinness Harp.. about the size of a silver dollar on my left bicep... constructed for me by Jennifer at the tattoo place right next to the Honest Pint. Definitely the place to go in Chattanooga for a Guinness!!
Review Source:First sought this place out on a Friday night after seeing reviews here on Yelp and glad I did. I was staying in a hotel a couple of blocks away but would have come a lot further for this place, had I known how great it would be.
I was stunned when I walked in and saw the huge interior, which is among the most impressive (yet authentic) pub interior I've ever seen. Adding to my sense of wonder was the abundance of pool tables and dartboards. Meanwhile things got better and better, as my server was great and the food knocked me out. Yes, pub food that knocked me out! I had a "boxty," a traditional Irish pancake folded and stuffed, in this case with sausage and caramelized onions. It was monumentally good! For drinks I had the pub's own draft house ale (a red ale made right in Chattanooga) and then later a Woodchuck. The beer list is long and well organized. (There's also a whisky list.) For dessert I had the bread pudding, which included whiskey and was tremendous. For the kicker, the bill was damn low, compared to what I am used to in Atlanta, where I have a favorite Irish pub just as good as this one.
The next day, Saturday afternoon, I wandered over again after having done on a long walk and feeling in need of a cool down and some food. I went in around 1 or 2 when the place was pretty empty, but I got service right away, just as good as before. More people drifted in as I ordered. I had had an amazing breakfast at my hotel (the Stone Fort Inn) nearby so I wasn't ready for another boxty or heavy fare, so I ordered a house salad with sautéed portabello mushrooms, plus a Woodpecker cider. So that was a light lunch but a yummy one.
I would say this pub is one anyone can enjoy, including pub snobs and British folks who I'm sure have had their share of American "pubs" being total impostors. As the pub's web site says, it eschews trendy hype, contests, etc. and aims to "reintroduce said olden concept of less unnecessary stimuli and more fun and camaraderie."
Came here on a whim before going to a comedy show and we were blown away by how awesome this place is. It's a renovated building that used to be a brothel in a simpler time, complete with a top floor and chandeliers. Classy, yet casual.
The food was amazing. I had the salmon BLT (ask for it on a potato roll, trust me) which was delicious and perfect for salmon haters and lovers alike! The sandwich was perfectly portioned, with smoked applewood bacon that I swear was thicker than the tomatoes. On the side I ordered their signature tator tots fried in duck fat. They are simply the best tator tots you've ever had: crispy, buttery, and they melt in your mouth.
My boyfriend ordered the tator tot appetizer, which came with a variety of sauces, including a Srirachi mayo (which is pretty hot, warning) and a very interesting curry ketchup. Worth a try!
The service was excellent! Granted we were the only ones on the top level, but our server was dedicated to showing us the best of the menu. Great recommendations and even samples were given to us, including an extra dipping sauce for the tots free of charge!
Honest Pint is a great place for anything, whether it be lunch, dinner, or binging during a live show. If you don't mind the smoking, that is....however, don't let that discourage you from the place: the nonsmoking area is just as nice
Haven't tried the food or the dreaded non-smoking area, but this is a great place to shoot pool (they charge reasonable rates by the hour and half-hour) and throw back some beers. They make a good Olefashioned, but sometimes you have to ask them for the club soda (I guess they stick to the ultra-traditional one). The 2-story bar is quite attractive, with elegant chandeliers and wood paneling everywhere. I would rate this as one of my favorite Chattanooga bars (along with Chattanooga Billiard Co.), and it only gets 4 stars because I haven't tried the food. I'm usually preoccupied with the booze. Cheers!
"It's better to live tonight like there's no tomorrow than to live tonight like there's no money."
So I really like this place. Love the atmosphere. Drinks are decent. Service is great. Â I have dreams about the Sully's Nachos : A bed of housemade chips with Honest corned beef, kraut and Swiss cheese topped with our Russian Dressing.
Pure heaven, is what that is.
I've had a couple of other things on the menu also and they were pretty good as well...I am a fan.
This is an awesome venue for live music. Though I cannot speak to the types of music one may hear there, as I have only been once, the two bands I did see there were Fantastic! One was a pretty gritty, soulful blues/rock band with a distinct southern flair and the other was more of a modern pop/rock band reminiscent of some great alt rock and indie rock on the late 80's and 90's.
The food I had there was solid and the menu did have quite a few options.
Beer selection was modest but well thought out.
Prices and service were very agreeable.
But what the hell, Tennessee? Smoking in public buildings allowed? Seriously? This place was a 4 easy, maybe even a five, but the smoking inside is a major drag and, frankly, should be an embarrassment.
The Honest Pint is a place I would have probably made into a regular hangout if I were 15 years younger, was still a smoker, and actually lived in Chattanooga.
The food was great, and inexpensive. Â The location is convenient, with parking. Â The room is expansive, and with good live entertainment and freely-flowing taps, this is a wonderful place. Â Even the clientele are attractive.
Unfortunately, being an old man who quit smoking, I found myself thinking that the music was too loud, and that it seemed like every table in the pub had at least two or three active smokers on it. Â Which, if you're a smoker, is fine. Â But when you're an ex-smoker, is hell. Â Because nothing beats a good drink and a good smoke; and after a good drink or two or ten, that loud music no matter what it is, is awesome.
The building itself is historic. Â If you're not drunk, or if you're bored or if you're into architecture, you'll notice some very neat things in here. Â Beer is good, my burger was great, and tater tots deep fried in duck fat are just... amazing. Â When I returned home, I started doing the same with reserved duck fat from roasting duck. Â So yes, thank you Honest Pint for teaching me the merits of deep frying and basting in duck fat. Â It's wonderful.
With that said, if you're not a smoker, you'll probably choke and pass out in here so be aware of that. Â I think every smoker in Chattanooga hangs out here.
4/5
My husband's favorite pub...authentic Irish corned beef and a selection of sausage for the Germans. Not much of a meat-eater myself, but hubby loves his pub food. And it's sweet to see him happy over good beer and man food! Â Just over the state line (If you are in northeast AL) and located downtown 'Nooga. Bar is lovely with polished wood and reminiscent of the early 20th century. Â Cozy place and the staff is awesomely friendly. Â And they love tattoos!
Review Source:This bar was only a couple of blocks from where my husband and I were staying in Chattanooga, and as we love pubs and pints, this was an obvious stop for us when we found it on Yelp. Â We had a really nice time here. Â It was the end of our trip and we were pretty worn down (and had also just done a lot of hiking around town, eaten a big dinner, etc), so this pub with its live music and great beer list was pretty much perfect for us. Â The band was the perfect volume for us to really enjoy the music while still being able to talk without screaming at each other and the building itself was really cool (see photos). Â Great service and clean bathrooms. Â I would certainly be a regular here if I lived in Chattanooga.
Review Source:This has got to be the most horrible joint in the south. Absolutely reeks of smoke and sewage. Everyone lighting cigarettes with cigarettes! Staff are scum and rude as crap and drinking along with everyone else. Don't stay for music if you value hearing! I wouldn't recommend this place to an enemy. I would rate it zero stars if Yelp would let me!
Review Source:Powells + Rogue Dead Guy Ale + Tator Tots fried in duck fat = MMMmmm, Heaven!
Visited Chattanooga for the first time on business. Honest Pint was highly recommended by my cabbie and hotel staff. They were right.
This was great time for my crew. Great drinks, pool, darts and awesome food.
Their rueben is just perfect. They make their own corn beef and it is not quite traditional but amazing.
BTW., the location has a lot of history. This was a high-end brothel back in the day and if you are architecture buff, you will really enjoy the small details.
Highly recommended.
I found the Honest Pint on Yelp when I was in town for work. It was a good walking distance from my hotel and I love a good Irish pub. The atmosphere was exactly what you'd want when walking into a pub. There are plenty of pool tables and a jukebox for your entertainment. I sat at the bar for dinner and got quick and friendly service.
The beer selection was good. I chose Smithwick's and paired it with a Tuna Burger. To my delight, the Tuna burger was delicious. Perfectly cooked and went great with the homeade potato chips. I'll definitely be returning on my next trip to Chattanooga.
Hair of the Pint
The Honest Pint
35 Patten Pkwy
Chattanooga
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   Pint is part of the group that also owns Terminal Brew House and Hair of the Dog. All three are beer-centric establishments with active bar scenes. Each has a "theme" to (slightly) differentiate itself from it's siblings, and each serves a variation on pub grub.
    Pint presents itself as an "Irish Kitchen" as well as a pub and venue. Located in a space that had previously been a billiard parlor and club, the main bar/venue section has been fabulously renovated in polished woods, brass and glass. This, however, is also the smoking section. Up a few stairs, thru a door, and down a few stairs is the non-smoking dining area which adjoins the kitchen. The room has all the warmth of a high school detention room with institutional green walls, little decoration and the constant passage of servers in and out to the main rooms, trailing smoke with them.
There is an excellent selection of beers and a very good list of whiskeys, all reasonably priced. There are enough libations here for multiple visits. The menu is sectioned into "Shares Well With Others"-(appetizers) $3.5-$13, Wings $4-9.5, Salad  $4-9.5, Soup $5.5+, Sammy's$6-9, Burgers $4.5-13, Boxty (potato pancake wraps)$7.5-8.5 and Dinners $8-13. Two desserts are offered. Most items have a cutesy  name ("OOOOOEEEEEE!!! for Cajun roast chicken, a "Celtic Cobb" salad) or initials; "B.S.S.D.S.L.T." for a BLT with salmon and sun-dried tomato.
Service was clumsy. Although our server claimed five years experience, she did not know what fish was in the Irish Fish Tacos (ahi, not cod), nor how it was prepared; seared, she guessed. She was, however, quick to suggest the most popular items which were "awesome" and "amazing" and happened to be her favorites.
Pomme Tots, $5, is a cone of frozen tater tots fried in duck fat. The fat adds a unique mouth-feel and flavor, both of which are obscured if one uses the accompanying dips. Â Bonny Scot, $6, are hard-boiled eggs "breaded" in American country sausage and fried. The advertised ale mustard missed the plate. The eggs were an interesting one time taste. Irish Cheese Dip, $6 was a crock of melted cheese, spinach, potatoes and a bit of bacon (and I suspect, a dash of ale) served with crackers and a nice soda bread. Fully flavored and rich, this is sufficient as a lunch when slathered on the soda bread.
The Rube, $8, is the house Ruben, with thick chunks of corned beef and the usual suspects on thick rye. Nothing new here, but a hearty serving fit for knife and fork. Â The Grilled Eggplant Boxty, $7.5, was a thick potato pancake (not your momele's latke) wrapped around eggplant, feta, olive spread and peppers. It paired well with beer, but the ingredients lacked distinct flavors resembled a veggie stew, and after a few bites the dish became a bit monotonous. Â Herder Pie, $8/$15 present as an island of cheese-mashed potatoes in a pond of wine/mustard sauced lamb stew. There was one thick slice of carrot. The lamb was tender, but so mild in flavor it could have been beef. It was none the less enjoyable comfort food. Â Irish Fish Tacos, $9.5, contained that most Irish of fish, ahi, in corn tortillas with some wilted cabbage and a "Malt vinegar house salsa" which seemed to be little more then dilute vinegar. Flavors were indistinct to the point of being insipid.
The first piece of the Tuna Burger, $9, chopped fish and flavorings, had been passed for sampling when the recipient discovered a hair in her mouth that was imbedded in the burger. The waitress was informed and asked to see the hair  and allowed she was mystified where the hair came from as everyone in the kitchen wore hair nets. She suggested the hair was one of ours. A women thought to be the floor manager (she did not introduce herself) came over to offer a reorder, which was refused, the tacos being asked for as a substitute. A moment later the taco eater discovered a hair in her taco. After finally getting the waitress' attention- she was talking with friends- she and the manager again expressed mystification as to the origin of the hair. The Pint Dip, $8, was substituted for the fish orders. The meat, like thick Steak 'Ums was adequate with onions and stout jus. At this point, others at the table had stopped eating.
The servers clearly did not believe that the errant follicles were of staff origin and said as much, further stating that the hair had been "analyzed" Â was not theirs, but looked like one of ours.. No offer of comping was made nor were apologies offered.
Ambiance: poor-fair in non-smoking section
Value (Price/portion): good
Service: poor-insulting
Food: unacceptable due to hair, fair otherwise
     28-May, 11
The location is convenient if you are staying downtown; the management/servers were super nice; the inside was really nice; the beer tap selection was great; the food is excellent; there are games such as pool and darts and a couple older arcade games; over all one of the best if not the best bars in Chattanooga.
Review Source:Great Food, Atmosphere and service.
The Honest Pint is the third restaurant by the owners of The Hair of teh Dog and Terminal Brewhouse. Â They have a wide assortment of beers on draft and by the bottle. Â They also have various types of specialty drinks with Irish influence.
When you first walk in the front door, there's a jukebox to the left with various types of music, including the Drop Kick Murphy's! Â I was a fan from the start. Â Straight in front of you is the bar, to the right pool tables and tables to eat from and then you can go upstairs to find additional pool tables and dart boards. Â To the left is the non smoking room. Â Unlike previous reviewers, I found the non smoking room to be pleasant and smoke free. Â The kitchen is also next to the room, so you get your food immediately after it's prepared.
The menu is eclectic. Â You have your choice of many different types of starters, the usual pub fare and an Irish ale and cheese soup. Â We chose not to have an appetizer as we were told from previous diners that the entree's were large.
The Entree's went from a simple sandwich with home made chips to plated dinner choices. Â They also had an assortment of Boxty's which is an Irish potato based pancake with filling.
I choose the steak boxty which was served with a side of homemade potato chips. Â The Boxty pancake is made from mashed potato's and shredded potato's and delicious. Â The steak one is filled with tender slices of steak, sauteed onions and peppers with some jalepeno slices. Â I normally dislike anything with Jalepeno's, but it was the perfect amount and despite loving the meal, could barely eat half of it, the portion was so large. Â My boxty was about $9.
Another one of my companions had the jerk chicken based boxty which was simply delicious. Â The last companion had the pork chops with a stuffing of sausage and apples. Â This meal was pricey at $13, but worth every penny. Â
The server was friendly and always there when needed. Â Not overbearing. Â The Honest pint is perfect for anything from a romantic dinner for two, casual dinner with the family or a night out with the friends. Â Go go GOOOOO!!!
Great Beers in Big Glasses. Wonderful atmosphere. The Honest Pint folks did a great job renovating this old building and turning it into something new and fresh. I had an Irish Reuben, and it was probably the most hardy Reuben that I have ever tried. I visited about a month ago, and I am planning on going back soon!
Review Source:My experience at the Honest Pint wasn't quite as honest as I'd hoped for, but maybe it was my fault being a vegetarian trying to find something to eat in an Irish pub. The dish I ordered advertised no meat in the menu and just to be safe I asked the waitress if it was vegetarian and she assured me it was. However several bites in, I realized there were very large slices of what looked like ham or something. I showed these to our waitress and she assured me there was no meat in the dish, that it was potatoes. On what planet are potatoes pink and fleshy? I wouldn't have been as bothered by the whole experience had she simply gone to the cook, realized oh, this is in fact meat and apologized. This never did happen. Other than that, our experience at the Pint was over all pretty great. Awesome building and great beer!
Review Source:The Honest Pint is the third location opened by the owners of the Terminal Brewhouse and the Hair of the Dog in Chattanooga. The location is very convenient to downtown but out of the way of the overtly touristy areas. The sign out front advertises an "Irish Kitchen / Pub / Venue", and I guess it has some Irishness about it, but really it's another American take on the Irish theme. All that being said, it is a worthy venue to spend some time! I give it five stars because, well, it IS as good as it gets in Chattanooga.
The interior is very airy and spacious, with an extremely high ceiling going up three floors and two huge chandeliers hanging from it. The main bar area is pretty smoky but there is a non smoking area behind closed doors (go up the stairs and you'll see it after the first short flight), so if eating/drinking with cigarette smoke isn't to your liking, they've got you covered. There are many tables around the establishment, so if you don't see something right away head up stairs where you will also find a few pool tables and several dart boards in addition to three pool tables on the ground floor.
They have free wireless.
Say no more :)
OK, maybe there is more to say.
The beer selection is pretty decent, with the normal suspects all available on tap. They also have some rather interesting "Specialty/Mixed" draughts, my favourite being the Irish kilo: 20 oz Guinness with two espresso shots. I thought I would hate it, but was pleasantly surprised.  My first visit here was at the tail end of a rather destructive pub crawl with a friend where someone bought me a Kilo. I'll personally vouch for it - you gotta try it before you criticize it. The free wireless also resulted in some drunk Facebooking. Never a good idea... Speaking of Facebook, they do have a page at  <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheHonestPint&s=a30b0dfafed71c560eb5edf1ab8f47f326289c80440954361b7981888550cf3b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/…</a> in case you want to see what the community is saying.
The food menu is pretty Irish pubish, with a few selections kinda sorta falling under the Irish moniker. I'm currently enjoying the hell out of the flank steak boxty with amish slaw and a pint of Smithwicks. Yes, I'm on line from the location and life is good...
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