The Elevator Brewery and Draught Haus

Art Deco Style Restaurant and Bar in a Historic Building.While in Columbius for a conference, we were looking for a spot downtown to host a dinner for staff and customers for our last night in town. I chose the Elevartor due to it's menu and proximity to everyones hotels and the conference center. This restaurant had an ideal menu that I know everyone would enjoy. The Bar was a great place to have a drink or two while waiting for everyone to arrive. There was enough seating and a Big screen TV to captivate our saport fans in the group. Once everyone arrived, we went into the restaurant and sat at a long table that we had reserved. We started by ordering several apps for the menu for everyone to try. My favourite was their take on Poutine. The Elevatoprs poutine was drenched in brown gravy and topped with cheese curds on a bed of fresh and piping hot fries with braised beef thrown in to enhance the flavours. I started with a serving of Wings and then ordered their 'Steak on a Stone', a 6oz beef tenderloin served on a firestone, with assorted sauces for you to dip the sirloin in. I let my tenderlion cook about a minute on each side and had mine medium rare. The service was great, and all of the food came out in a timely fashion. We tried several cocktails and local craft beers to wash all of the food down. The group left happy, tipsy and full, and we all agreed that we had a great time. I will go back again one day.

Went for a presale dinner in this historic restaurant. I had their signature, Steak on a Stone. You can order a beef tenderloin, with or without seafood (scallops and shrimp). It comes out raw but sizzling on a very hot stone. You cook it as you like. It comes with 3 dipping sauces, a small salad, and choice of side (you can substitute the salad for a second side). I thought it was delicious! It's subtly seasoned, so next time I'll add my own salt & pepper or ask them to season it a bit more. They have a nice selection of beers and wines. Service is excellent - they teach you how to safely cook your food on the stone and answer any and all questions. Atmosphere was fine - busy (there was a hockey game that evening) but not too loud.

Made a reservation for Thursday evening date night, but didn't need to because there wasn't another table in there, which was odd. So clearly service was very attentive. And the food was wonderful! I had the cabbage chickpea meal which is vegetarian and gluten free and was delicious. My bf got the salmon and loved it. Nice drink selection, including an old fashioned on tap, and lots of beer. Their red ale was great. It's on the Columbus ale trail and I've always enjoyed stopping in for that, but was really pleasantly surprised by the dinner. It's a lovely building, could use some updating on the decor but would definitely have dinner here again.

This is such a cool spot! This is an old theater repurposed. They kept a lot of the original woodwork and stained glass etc. We really enjoyed checking it all out. The bartender was very helpful and attentive. We looked at the menu, but the Indian restaurant on the corner was calling for us. The food looked good though. I would definitely recommend checking it out.

This is on the brewery trail with Discover Columbus so we stopped here for a beer. The bar tender was very helpful and entertaining. She was full of trivia about the building which used to be a 300 table five story billiard hall. The place is now a restaurant with a very large bar. The bar is beautiful. The restaurant has nice art work but feels very dated. Cannot attest to the food as we just stayed for drinks. The Mexican lager was good, maybe not as good as other one you find at near by breweries, but still decent.

All the food is just average and overpriced. I wanted to like this place but the food missed the mark. Service and lemonade are good but the food didn't have bold flavors. They have a lot of new Orleans titled food but none of it tastes like New Orleans. I'm from New Orleans so I was disappointed. The portions are small and you may leave hungry like we did. We had to send back the penni chicken because of the lacklustre flavors. The bright side is our server was excellent. She was very good. The other issue was the food didn't come with bread that doesn't happen in Nola. If they take pride in the sauce then you need bread to get it all in your belly. I don't recommend this restaurant. It's overpriced and small portions with bland flavors. The Ambiance doesn't match the food served.

You definitely feel the history of being in Columbus' second oldest building the moment you walk through the door. Excellent, vintage decor from the doors to the floors to the bar, itself. I had a couple of beers for happy hour (thumbs up for the Elevator Dark Force Lager and meh for guest pumpkin beer on tap). The sauerkraut balls were top-notch good, and the mustard dipping sauce made a great thing greater. The poutine was a faithful adaptation to the dish in terms of how the core ingredients (fries, curds, gravy) tasted. Elevator's version added braised beef and green onion which complemented and enhanced the flavor. It's good in its own right, but I'm still thinking about those sauerkraut balls. Extra props for the service, too. Our server Katie took good care and seamlessly handled our gift certificate when it was time for the bill. The experience was very nice.

We tried. We really tried to like this place. As we sat down we made the mistake of reading other Yelp reviews. Too late to leave... we decided to give it a shot. We ordered poutine and the buffalo cauliflower, and 2 old fashioneds. The server, Shelby, asked if we wanted the draft version. We said yes. Bad mistake #1. The appetizers were delicious. Sadly that's where the good ended. The drinks were truly undrinkable. Awful. Fast forward to the meals. We ordered chicken wings with chili garlic sauce and the almond crusted chicken salad. Wings: freezer burnt and the sauce was inedibly hot. The salad, edible but not good. The chicken had no flavor. After the awful old fashioned debacle we opted to switch to Manhattans. What came to the table was a drink so heavy with vermouth and bitters it was as dark as a Coke and undrinkable. We let Shelby know that we were not happy with our drinks and meals, she seemed completely uninterested in our dissatisfaction and said the drinks were not great because the bartender was new and "in training." If that. Were the case someone should have been checking his work. Overall this place clearly exists to serve those attending shows at The Palace or other nearby venue, particularly those that come in from out of town. If this is their impression of the Columbus food scene I am very sorry for their experience. Go somewhere, anywhere else besides The Elevator.

During the Columbus restaurant week, we came in for that menu specifically and we are regulars, very good. The mushroom and crap was very good. Not a regular menu item, but we enjoyed it. And we order the filet medallions (see pic). What do we know?

Great spot downtown for groups. The menu has something everyone can enjoy. All of the appetizers were great! The salad was enough for 2 meals as well.