Harper's Restaurant & Brew Pub

Bar · East Lansing

Harper's Restaurant & Brew Pub

Bar · East Lansing

131 Albert St, East Lansing, MI 48823

Highlights

Family-owned sports bar & microbrewery with a sizable dance floor also features American fare.

131 Albert St, East Lansing, MI 48823 Get directions

harpersbrewpub.com

$10–20 · Menu

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"Visits to Harper’s, a massive college bar and restaurant in East Lansing, fueled a multi-county COVID-19 outbreak." - Brenna Houck

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"Harper’s Restaurant & Brewpub in East Lansing was linked to a COVID-19 outbreak with more than 180 cases. The establishment faced challenges in managing crowd control and was ordered to present a reopening plan to the state Liquor Control Commission. Measures were taken to improve safety, including the installation of a new HVAC air purifying system." - Brenna Houck

East Lansing Bar Owners Must Present Reopening Plan to the State Following COVID-19 Outbreak - Eater Detroit

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"An outbreak of new COVID-19 cases connected with patrons at an East Lansing bar continued to balloon over the weekend. As of Saturday, June 27, the Ingham County Health Department has identified 85 positive COVID-19 cases linked to Harper’s Restaurant and Brew Pub, located near the Michigan State University Campus. By Monday, June 29 that number had grown to 107 positive cases and resulted in new Ingham County restrictions on restaurant capacity." - Brenna Houck

East Lansing Bar Outbreak Balloons to 85 COVID-19 Cases, Spreads to Grosse Pointe Area - Eater Detroit

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"Harper’s, which temporarily closed this week after a customer tested positive for COVID-19. At least 51 cases of COVID-19 are now tied to the bar, which admitted to struggling with enforcing social distancing among customers on the street." - Brenna Houck

Detroit Issues Warning to Restaurants, Bars, and Nightclubs: Follow State COVID-19 Rules - Eater Detroit

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Kelly Harr

Google

Decided to try this for my sons Graduation day dinner and it did not disappoint. Fun atmosphere! We probably ordered everything on the menu with our large party and it was all delicious! Service was great! Poor staff had to deal with a very loud nasty customer and still didn't miss a beat. Has to be said! You don't have to apologize for other people's ugliness. Even the younger people in her party could be heard staying behind and insisting on paying for everyone's drinks they'd had and apologizing for her behavior. Thanks Harper's for making our special day awesome! We'll be back!

Christopher Montoya

Google

Worst experience I ever had. It was my son‘s graduation. We went in with nine people. No one was there when we got there at 3:30. It took about 15 minutes to 20 minutes to get our drinks. He had to print off a new menus for us to order off of. We ordered and then he collected all the menus and took it to another table about six or seven people, we waited another hour and 20 minutes and then he came out with the other people’s food before ours and said he was waiting on a pizza for our order which we never ordered a pizza. Worst service I’ve ever had. I don’t recommend this place to anybody. Couldn’t even bring out our appetizers. So they lost my business and about $300 in a food order.

Sarah

Google

Dj actually is terrible. Asked to play some songs. Tipped generously for a 3 minute song and proceeded to play half the song for that price. Drinks were also extremely expensive for no reason. The riv charges $6 for double shots and this place charges $20

Benjamin Burk

Google

I should have listened to the Google reviews. It was at 3.6 stars. I went here because every other place had a wait and it was full of OSU fans on game day. $5 cover to get in and there wasn't even a band or anything. The gratuity is automatically put on every bill and they make you close out after every food or drink you order. Very odd. Bar tenders would take an empty bottle and not offer to refill it. Got the nachos and they were about the worst I've ever had. Like someone went to the grocery store and got the ingredients then dumped it on a tray and microwaved it 10 sec to melt the cheese. They do brew their own beer and the one I tried was decent.

Gina Karasek

Google

We didn't find out until we got there that this was a college bar. The furniture is nasty dirty and shabby, and lighting is awful. The food was lackluster (from the freezer to the fryer) and barely cooked/warm. We were one of three tables that had customers, the rest of the place was empty and they had multitudes of employees all standing around talking, so that may be why it food was cold- or they didn't fully cook it. They also automatically charge you 20% gratuity without telling you even if there is just two of you (some places do this for a large table but not a small one), so look before you leave a tip. The service was okay but I don't appreciate being forced to leave a certain amount as a tip, especially when it's above the standard. I want to gauge how much I leave based on the actual service. Their brews had great taste- the only positive in our visit.

Gabby Arana

Google

Being kicked out for working at a “competing” bar is just sad and not a justified reason to do this especially someone who wasn’t doing anything wrong and is over 21. Very rude people who work here and the cleaning conditions would make you want to throw up. I’ve seen that kitchen and would not recommend a thing!

Maia Rostar

Google

Went there a while ago and was served by a sweet girl by the name of Evelyn. Haven't seen her in a while. This was probably about three years ago. Hope she's doing okay. Haven't had as good of service since :/

Chelsea Arnold

Google

Harpers was amazing. The bartender Leann was fantastic from the start. Smiling and great personality. We ordered the Grab Ragoons to start. Perfects crispy and melted in the middle. They make them in house. Then for our main course we got the mushroom Swiss burger and FF. Oh my lord. Amazingness! That’s all I have to say. This place is amazing. I’ll def be back!