Pickles - Brimley

Very sad and disappointing experience. Absolutely abysmal. Service was terrible at best and food was lacking to put politely. Will not come back and will not recommend. It could be such an amazing place.

Pickles is not the place to go if you're looking for quality, but more to get the job done (getting drunk). We came here immediately after moving across the country as one of the closer things to us at the time. He ordered a BLT and a beer, and I ordered a grilled cheese, a bowl of potato soup, and a mixed drink. The bartender was somewhat friendly but focused more on the barflies at the end of the bar than anything else, including refilling drinks or serving. His BLT was incorrect and missing ingredients, they put raw white onion on it for some reason as well as cheese, which just made it odd in general. Everything tasted dated, old, and like the people cooking the food had never tasted the food before, but were guessing what it might be. My potato soup was a watery beef broth with chunks of potatoes and mushrooms, which I've never seen before in potato soup and am allergic to, which sucked to find out after I ordered. The grilled cheese was also no good, they used somehow too much American cheese or velveeta to where it was suffocating and plastic-y to try eating. Overall, I wouldn't recommend it unless you're looking to get super wasted and maybe meet some locals, but still feel there are better options available.

They can get real busy but they let you know up front! What you see is what you get at Pickles. Good food, good prices. This is the only place I have seen that when the kitchen gets hot the owner calls it for the safety of the staff!

Food was fine, but it is pretty bad when you walk in only to find the waitresses sitting at a small table next to the bar absorbed with their phones. We sat down and had menus in short order but then perhaps 10-15 minutes went by before we were finally waited on and it was a very slow day. When my wife got up to go to the bathroom she found the three waitresses still engrossed with their phones rather than paying attention to customers. My impression is that management must be absent or asleep at the switch. We won't be back anytime soon.

Just stopped for beers by the lake. Service: Dine in Meal type: Other Price per person: $1–10 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4