The Dow

Love the patio options here! Perfect summer spot for food & drinks! I ordered the buffalo chicken wrap. The homemade chips are amazing!! We also ordered the flatbread. Small but decent! The service was wonderful. Kind and attentive waitress.

Located in the middle of a busy Birmingham street. Parking is important, the city loves to enforce street pay parking to the minute and garages can be pricey. Visually, the bar and pub looks great. Dark wood Irish and semi modern furniture. Great covered patio fronting the sidewalk with heaters. Good beer and liquor selection, rear bar for events to be leaving the front bar for normal customers.The bar stools look great, but have odd side ridges that mean they are only good for skinny people. The menu does not have prices, a real concern for some of the more traditionally expensive liquors available. I also got left at the bar after the initial service and it was hard to flag down another server-- they seem good at not meeting your eye.

The Dow is not what you would think for a "pub". It is way nicer/ they recently redid the back area and it's perfect for a Sunday game day. There are lots of TVs and beer options. The back area has high top tables as well as a couch area to lounge and enjoy bar food. The pretzel and dip were very yummy! The truffle fries were VERY fried but decent. I got the sliders plain and they were perfect. We would definitely return.

I was here eating with my my girlfriend and our 9 year old sons after movie night. We were almost done eating our snacks at 9:30 when we were told by the owner, who I thought at the time was a manger, that it was getting late and we needed to leave with your kids. It's was fine to take our money for drinks and food at 9 pm when we ordered. I have been going to Dows and eating downtown since I have lived in Birmingham, 16 years now. I have never been treated so poorly. Do yourselves a favor and go anywhere else in downtown Birm but Dick O Dows, now Dows, it's over priced, bad food and the owner thinks he is above everyone!

This place is so expensive and for no reason. They have a lot of draft beer. The service was fast and good. I was under the impression that the beer prices changed based on how often they ordered, nope. They have a beer list and no prices on the list. I asked the waitress for the pricing and she didn't know. We order the deviled eggs for $6 and only came with 3 half eggs... this place is a rip off. Would not recommend.

First time visiting The Dow. Locals in Birmingham and many southern lower Michiganders referred to the restaurant and pub as Dick O'Dows. It's common. They've invested a lot of bucks in a new presentation (I didn't know the old). Front of house is a Scottish Pub atmosphere that suits folks coming in from Maple Street. The dark wood and pub-style bar are great. The connector to the back room, a far more spacious place had indoor/outdoor seating that works well. Food (lunch) was delicious and ordered/eaten on a Wednesday so clientele was smallish - really fine service. The outdoor seating is back-alley so that's a bit of an oddity. Regardless of price (and in an inflationary period - they're pricey), The Dow has good presentation and makes anyone feel as if they've discovered the hidden gem of Birmingham City in Michigan. Do The Dow!

Cool place! I saw it from behind the jewelry store and didn't even realize it was connected to Dick O'Dows! Kind of a genius concept/fits great with the name! The Dow is set up like a beer stock market. I came by for the first time tonight. It wasn't very busy so I didn't see any price fluctuations but it was a neat space and our waitress was great! She brought me a few samples of beer before I selected one! I would def recommend this place. I need to come back for the food!

Never have I been treated so poorly. The owner and the manager do not belong in the hospitality industry. We were snapped at as we walked in, ignored when we sat down and then ordered our drink and paid for only to be told we have to leave. As we were walking out the door the manager was still clapping at us to leave. Do yourself a a favor and go anywhere else, you will be glad you did.

Avoid unless you enjoy drinking out of glasses with scummy buildup you can scrape off with your fingernails

The bartender Marissa was very rude. I've never been the type to not tip someone especially in the service industry but from the moment I sat down to the moment I left I felt like she didn't want me there. She never greeted me. Didn't bring me silverware for my food until I almost had to scream excuse me when the people next to me knew for sure she heard me. She is not a pleasant person and should not be in the service industry especially because she doesn't seem to want to be in the service industry. And with this being a place where people come hungry she really should not wear clothing that shows her stomach sticking out further than her breast. My glass has been empty for 12 minutes now and she hasn't asked me if I would like a refil.