I like going to Brown's. It's young and trendy feeling. Most of the time you get pretty good service, you can tell they care about what they're doing. The drinks are always great and the prices aren't unreasonable. The atmosphere is big so you feel private in your big booth, tucked away from the rest of the world. It's a great place to go with a group of good friends to drink and chat the night away. The food isn't stellar, I can never decide what to have because nothing really stands out as sounding delicious. But the food always comes out pretty good, nothing to really complain about, just nothing to rave about. They advertise for Sunday brunch, haven't tried it but think it would be a great spot to go.

Brown's Social House is now in Walnut Grove. It was tucked away near the IGA Marketplace. Upon arrival we all noticed the ambiance was very swanky and hip with lots of mirrors, large booths, and tones of brown, black, and tan decorating the place. We were promptly seated in a booth and the waitress took our drink orders.

While waiting for our drinks we all noticed that there were a lot of people working at this restaurant. Perhaps too many people as it seemed cluttered with waitresses here and there with many of them constantly going to a door marked "Office" took about 10 minutes for our drinks to arrive as it wasn't even that busy. The staff is primarily made of of pretty 19-23 year old waitresses who always seem to be looking at themselves in the mirror when walking past.

Drinks came but were shocked to see the $2.50 charge for a tonic water and lime. One thing that was great was the water refills came in small glass milk jars. Here are the items we ordered

-Almost famous blackend fish sandwich
fish was great but way too small for the bun in which it came on, coleslaw was in the sandwich which made it a disaster to eat as I had a lot of bun leftover

- tuna salad
fresh, crisp wonton, good dressing but they placed the tuna on the side of the salad which was odd

- bbq chicken pizza
very delicious but it had a bit of a spicy kick to it

Here is the part that turned me off though. In needing use of the bathroom you have to walk past the kitchen where they have the prepared food waiting to be picked up so there is a chance you may run into a server with food (crash) It's kind of a long confusing hallway as the washrooms are at the end of it on the left hand side. The men's washroom resembled a change room at a public pool. I almost slipped upon entering and there was water and paper towels all over the place.

Although there is ample staff working no one wants to be on bathroom duties by any means. The food was good but didn't blow me away, service was slow but the food came, and the bathrooms made we want to run away screaming.

You can serve the best food, have superb ambiance, and pretty serving staff but if your washrooms are in shambles I say good day to you.

Very upscale , warm and inviting. a little too dark for old eyes to read menu seated in a booth. my wife and i ordered the cowboy and cowgirl salad. both were very well prepared although the piece of blackened chicken atop my cowboy salad could have been larger. service was attentive. bill was presented in a timely manner and questions regarding bill split with other guests was handled well. over all a good dining experience.

ive been here a few times for both dinner and lunch. Nice atmosphere its great in the summer as they have a patio...the food is okay nothing special. price is the same as cactus or earls but their servcie isnt too great. i would only recommend this place if in the summer you want to be outside while you eat as there arent many patio restaruants in the walnut grove area

My wife and I popped in for lunch last week.

The inside is nicely decorated, but being a nice day we decided to sit outside. I'm afraid the ambience isn't quite up to par, with cranes and building going on all around. As well, the outdoor tables seemed to be situated in a wind tunnel area.

We just ordered a couple drinks, a pizza and a bowl of the Thai chicken and rice soup. The drinks were perfect. We had the impression that someone behind the bar knew what he/she was doing. The pizza had a perfect crust, fresh toppings and was a cut above pretty well anything else in the neighbourhood. And the soup was hot and flavorful. We were quite pleasantly surprised.

The service was attentive, although not all that friendly. It being a nice day, our impression was our young waitress would rather have been somewhere else.

From recent reviews and some word of mouth, I went here this past week with a girlfriend for a quick appy before a movie. Decor is funky (love the white deer) and the booth we were sat in very comfortable. Guys were watching the World Series at the bar (do we really need tv in restaurants?) so sitting in the main dining room was loud. We ordered edamame and a spicy chicken appy, both arrived quickly (we told them we were pressed), were hot and tasty. We both had a glass of wine, mine a 9 oz. The bill was $50. I thought that a tad steep, especially considering we only had appetizers and one of them was soy beans. I would try it again and evaluate it on value, and certainly be asked to sit on the other side of the dining room where I might actually be able to talk to my dinner partner.

I have been to Browns a few times and what I like the best about it is that it's a nice place with decent food and yummy drinks that isn't too LOUD. I like to have a good drink, something tasty to eat and stay for some conversation with my friends and we have chosen this place more than once. The pizzas are by far the best things on the menu, but everything else is decent as well.

We went for lunch with a 5 year old and 65 year old and everyone was happy. We were promptly served and the food was just fine. We ordered pizza, ceasar salad, soups and drinks and no one was unhappy with any of it. The portion sizes were not huge and I would recommend appetizers for those who like a big meal at lunch. I suspect the evening crowd is much different, but I will go again with my family and friends - it does have that social feel to it. The booths are always good for conversation and are reasonable size.