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A friend recommended this spot when I visited Portsmouth ... knowing full well that I love dive bars and vintage places. I would say this qualifies as both. The pizzas are a lot more expensive than I thought an individual-sized bar pie would be ... and the pizza was honestly nothing I couldn't make at home in a toaster. However, the 70's atmosphere didn't dissapoint. The best part about this place ... other than the fantastic waitress ... was the ice cold beer. It comes in a frosted mug and is some of the coldest beer I've had on draft. The prices weren't terrible at about $5 - $7 per glass, although the glasses seemed a little small. 12 ounce maybe. The best of the pizzas we ordered was the roasted garlic pie. The garlic was sweet but also had the typical garlic taste. Hamds down, I woukd order this again. The hamburger pizza was the worst of the bunch with dry, tasteless burger crumbles on it. I was surprised to see so many good reviews about it. Everything else was just okay. Next time, I'll try one of their more intrtesting pies like the bratwurst one. A one-topping pizza was $15 - $16 and was about the size of a frozen Cape Cod pizza from the supermarket. About the size of a dinner plate and enough for one person ... probably not to share. I heard interesting things about the wings bit I am not a fan of 'heat challenges', so we skipped those after hearing another customer say they could barely finish one due to the pepper. Overall, if you want to feel like you are in the late 70's/early 80's, this is the no frills vibe you'll get. Except in the 1970's the cost of one pizza today could buy dinner for an entire sports team back then. This place gets my recommendation, especislly if you like a thinner/crisper crust and well-done cheese/toppings. Places that have been around since Gerald Ford was President are a rare thing these days, especially off the highway in a town like Portsmouth. read more

Bratskellar Pizza Pub - Half garlic, half hamburger pizza. - Pizza Near Me - Portsmouth, New Hampshire

We've been coming here for years, and it's always extremely consistent. Bar style little pizzas. Frozen glasses for beer so cold that ice will form in your beer- so cold and so good! Potato skins are the best I've ever had. Staff is always super friendly, but can be a little slow when they're busy, and understandable so. Apologies for no pictures, this review wasn't planned. read more

The service was great considering it was a packed Friday night. The food was excellent I had their classic Buffalo wings and their "Bavarian Pizza" bratwurst and onions. So unique , but oh so good! Entrenched with the red glow from the lights it's a good place to go for a few drinks and amazing bar fare!!! read more

Bratskellar Pizza Pub - Buffalo wings and The Bavarian pizza - Pizza Near Me - Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Food was pretty good as was service. My only problem with the establishment is they don't specify everything that is in certain meals. My fiancé ordered fettuccine Alfredo expecting broccoli chicken and Alfredo. Instead she was met with mixed veggies(peppers, snap peas, mushrooms,) and broccoli had to be ordered on the side for extra cost. Other than that atmosphere was good not too loud especially for a Friday night! Would go again but apparently will have to specify what I don't want in my food read more

Got 2 pizzas and split them. One Aegean and the other Kappy's. The sausage on the Aegean was sweet and the tomato on the Kappy was fresh. Good pizza but very pricey for the size. Service was very nice. Inside was very spacious and plenty of parking. read more

Back area has personal size Pizza so everyone can customize their own service was excellent Parking convenient as well read more

We had only been in Portsmouth for an hour or so when my wife and I independently decided that pizza would be a good choice for dinner. We wanted something very local versus a pizza chain. This place fit the bill perfectly for that. Plus the reviews were good. So off we went in search of this place. A quick 7-8 minute drive from our hotel found the restaurant. We went in, we knew we had made the right choice. To say this place felt local was an understatement. Grandparents with their grandkids. Parents with their kids. People like us. Our server was an older gentleman who really knew his stuff. We had a few questions, which he answered perfectly. He told us that basically this was a Greek pizza place. And he was right. The place was not fancy, but was definitely clean and welcoming. The Pizza was really good! The beer was cold. All in all, we really enjoyed our visit here. read more

A Portsmouth legend. Best Bar Pie in the world. I've been here at least monthly since 1970 and always get a hamburg pizza & a draft beer. Perfect read more

Been going to the Brat for over 30 years. It's always great. Love the pepperoni mushroom and onion pizza the best. Great spot to catch up with friends. read more

This place has my favorite pizza in the world. I always have to come here at least once every visit. In fact, I went there twice on this visit. I had a meatball and pepperoni pizza the first night (pictured) and a hamburg pizza (not pictured) the next night. The service is always good and the food gets out to you pretty quick even when packed. It's usually busy because it's got a good bar area and the booths are great for families. I always recommend this place to all of my friends and family. read more

Bratskellar Pizza Pub - I had a meatball and pepperoni pizza while my mom had a pepperoni pizza. - Pizza Near Me - Portsmouth, New Hampshire

the service is always excellent and we have been going there for at least 50 years! they serve the coldest beer along with the best pizzas, sandwich's , salads and wings you can find anywhere! local iconic establishment not to be missed if you're visiting or especially if you're local! read more

I love it so much. My dad took me here a lot as a kid, so I went back a few weeks ago with my husband. It was so good. Affordable, friendly sweet service, red soda cups and a million refills and a nice Greek salad. Brought back endless memories. Really enjoyed it! Approachable sizes too- you really can split a pizza between two people, it's a hearty crust and not too heavy. read more

This is one of our favorite restaurants for pizza and Greek salad! Service is consistently great as well! Grandson rates them 10 stars and wants to work here when he gets older. read more

My husband mentioned he's driven by this restaurant many times over the years but hadn't ever tried it. This time, it was a perfect meeting place for us and our daughter wanted pizza. The pizza is personal size (or shareable if you're getting an app or sharing another entree) and was good! We tried 3 different ones and enjoyed them all. I had the stuffed pepper lunch special and it was ok, but I probably wouldn't get it again (I prefer my pepper to be less mushy). The service was good. We went on a Friday and it was busy, mostly elderly folks but they were nice and loved the kids. There is a lot of parking. We'd go back for the pizza if we're in the area! read more

The food is the best pizza plus many more menu items. The service is impeccable. I snapped a picture of inside. It has a bar as well as seating in the restaurant. Highly recommend this business. read more

Bratskellar Pizza Pub - This is the inside of the Bratskellar in Portsmouth, NH. - Pizza Near Me - Portsmouth, New Hampshire

THIS PIZZA. Why does it have to be so good? I want to eat this everyday. The crust is crispy and tender at the same time. The cheese and sauce ratio was perfect. I thought I could eat half for lunch and half for dinner but I ate it all. I'm sad I live 50 minutes from here but I'd love to come back. I ordered pickup during the quarantine and service was fast. I would recommend this place. read more

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Great friendly service. We Love the specialty pizzas. We always do take out. Easy parking.

First went in 1976. Still going. They have a truly, in my mind, unique pizza offering call Vegas Special. Made with chicken livers. Delicious!! read more

Nice home style restaurant with excellent wings, seafood & pizza. I definitely recommend it.

Nice atmosphere. Excellent service! Good food. Would visit again. Pizza was okay. Cesar Salad, French onion soup and brats were excellent!

Any more of you bitch about the decor here and we're gonna have a problem. I Like the atmosphere PRECISELY because it hasn't changed since 1975. Don't change a thing. Keep playing that 70's folk rock. I go in there and I'm immediately time-traveling back to my senior year at Winnacunnet... ahh those halcyon days of yore... the pizza is great, has been great for 45 years and will continue being better than any other pizza in Portsmouth. If you want something au courant, of the moment, hipster, chi-chi, there are dozens of places in town that will indulge your snobbery. Go there and be fabulous and stay the hell outta my Bratskellar! read more

The Bratskellar has been a regular stop for pizza and beer since 2002. The service is good however it was a little slow the last time I visit, I think the waitress was new. Small but nice selection of draft beers. Great pizza and apps. The ambiance is typical local bar. read more

We come to this area once or twice a year and the Bratskellar is always on our list of places to revisit. I can really only speak to the personal pizzas as that is what we always get. They are very good! There is also almost always a great selection of beers, including some special ones in rotation. I always get the Hawaiian Poker pizza, my wife always gets mushroom and onion and plain pizzas for my boys. We've been going for years and maybe only once had a subpar pizza. Great interior. Friendly staff. Highly recommend. read more

I love the fact that this restaurant is iconic with a long history serving the seacoast. I love that the waitstaff is as iconic as the restaurant. I love the old world slightly tacky decor and how it adds to the charm. I love that so many people with long histories still swear-by and love the food. BUT FOR ME THE MEAL WAS TERRIBLE. Sorry folks! The greek salad was average but I must admit the feta was good. The infamous pizza is made with a flimsy cracker crust. The pizza toppings, while slightly interesting (chicken livers) tasted cheap and poorly prepared. Sure, they load the pizzas with whatever toppings you choose but they mostly serve to completely demolish the weak crust. The wings which receive a lot of word of mouth local accolades for being extra hot (spicy) are served with soft skins, and I specifically asked for them to be crispy. Chewy skins on chicken wings is a mortal sin. I really really wanted to love the Bratskeller but unfortunately I probably won't be going back read more

Haven't been in several years, but met a friend for lunch. We didn't bother much with the menu, focusing on beer, and my friend ordered a pizza that we split. Beer selection was decent, and I was able to be forced into a choice. That choice was the 603 coffee porter, which was very good... all three times. The liquor menu leaves a bit to be desired (no Basil Hayned, no Bullitt Rye), but service was effective and professional. They were busy and the delivery of the order reflected that. Still, we never "waited" more than a slight delay. Our food was a hamburg and mushroom, done crisp (by order). It was not done crisp. It wasn't undercooked, it was just a normally cooked pizza. Flavor was fine, if not superlative. It was necessary to add parmesan. I minded none of this, as my friend treated, but if I were returning, there is better pizza around. read more

5 stars for pizza Aegean, Porker & garlic pizza are really good. Greek salad & pizza are nice together. Wings are good. Not fried. Tender & SPICY. I loved the spice but others could not handle it, lol. Be warned! Not familiar with other dishes. We always hit the bar for cold mug of beer, salad, pizza. Love the old school vibe. Hasn't changed. Ever. Love that! read more

Ugh! Microwave food, horrible pizza......beer is cheap,nachos are disgusting. Chicken wings will give two stars and that is a stretch.

Consistently good pizza, awesome staff, and frosty mugs. Wings (well done). It never disappoints.

Classic place to go for a good old fashioned meal. The decor seems original for it's time and I love it. Nothing fancy - it's about the atmosphere and taking you back to the days when things were much more simple. Everyone who works there is so nice. We keep going back every week. Love this classic place!!! read more

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All pizza's are a meager 10". That's only half the size of a 14 inch pie. ( 78 si vs 153 si) And yet the price is almost the same as a 14 inch pie at the competition. Waaaaay overpriced. read more

The service at Bratskellar was great!!! The waitress came over and we placed our order right away, 2 Caesar salads with grilled chicken. The 2 salads came out within 10 minutes. If you like strong anchovy Caesar dressing, this salad is for you. Anchovy's weren't our thing... so we also ordered chicken Parmesan sub, and a BLT with melted cheese and it came within minutes. Bethany was very kind and sweet, service was fantastic. I'd come back again to have some drinks and try the pizzas! Prices are cheap for the quality/quantity of food that you get... give this place a try! read more

Bratskellar Pizza Pub - Caesar salad - Pizza Near Me - Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Went on a busy Saturday night and our service was phenomenal !!! Liv was super attentive and quick and our pizzas were great.

One of my favorite places when I am in the area. Good food nice people. Great pizza and beer

We've always loved this place. Although we believe they've changed their pizza dough / crust--- not for the better , we still adore the old fashioned/ throwback interior, the wings, the oysters + mostly the pizza. I've admired a certain waiter , they have. His name is Mark & he is worthy of 5+ star service rating. I think he should be working at the Ritz Carlton or the Four Seasons.... His professional manner, stellar service , his wit + humor are second to none. He needs a RAISE !!!! Love him read more

Retro 70s orange booths: check Exposed wooden beams: check Faux-German décor: check Friendly staff: check remodeled bathrooms: check (a pleasant surprise) My wife and I were on the tail end of 14 hours of driving when she found this place (thanks local yelpers for the reco!), and it was great. Everybody in there was a local, and everyone was super friendly. If you're confused, it's behind the fancy seafood restaurant. The draft selection was good. Most beers come in 12 oz. mugs. The pizza was the thing to get. I got the pepperoni and sausage, and my wife got the Aegean, and both were amazing. The sauce was delicious (NOT sweet) and the crust was perfect (not too thick, not too thin, just right). If I lived near this place, I would gain 30 pounds, because I would eat here all the time. read more

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Friendly staff and amazing, delicious pizza! A longtime Portsmouth staple that keeps delivering. Great for takeout and dine in is fun too. Nothing beats beer in a frosty mug! Went a few weeks ago for dinner and our server was super friendly. She was clearly attending to several tables but was right on anything we needed and we had fun chatting with her. We love the salami pizza, but you can't go wrong with any of the pizzas there! read more

I've been driving past the Bratskellar and Dinnerhorn for maybe 20 years and I've always thought that the signs screamed "Tourist Trap". After laughing at the place for years, I just noticed that it was rated highly on Yelp and rated highly by local people. I had to check it out. We went to Bratskellar. It's apparently owned by the same people that own the Dinnerhorn and they share a credit card machine, but they're decorated differently and have separate entrances with the Brat's entrance around back. The Brat is a pizza and beer place. It's decorated in a 60's or 70's style with dark wood everywhere and booths. There are more than a few customers with white hair, but young people seemed to be doing well too. And many of the people knew each other. I was totally wrong about this place, it's a hangout full of locals. The pizza was okay. Not the best you'll find in Portsmouth, but not the worst. Service was friendly, smiling, and efficient (we had Becca). Everything seemed to be clean. It was loud and happy inside, with plenty of laughing. Parking was tight on a beautiful Saturday at about 7PM. I can see us going back to the Brat. Not because the pizza is amazing, but because the pizza is good and the atmosphere was fun. And we'll hope that Becca is our server. read more

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I have a peanut allergy. When we asked the waitress if this is something Bratskellar could accommodate, it took three trips to the back of the kitchen and an attitude on the waitress not fit for a restaurant to find the appropriate answers to our questions. Perhaps they need better training for their waitstaff. Never have I experienced a server throwing their hands up and huffing back at me when I asked "do you know if there are practices to prevent cross-contamination in the kitchen?" It is actually NOT my intention to make anyone's life any more difficult- these are pretty typical questions one will encounter if dealing with someone with food allergies. While it was a bummer we could not eat the food, the waitress' attitude was by far the more appalling part of this experience. (They use peanut oil in their dough. The gluten free dough does not have peanut oil, but they can't prevent cross contamination because it's prepared on the same surface and they can't guarantee it is properly cleaned.) read more

Good selection of beers on tap, served in cold mugs. Always a plus. Menu has a good variety from pizza to subs. I had the buffalo chicken pizza which was very good. Lots of chicken and spicy but not over the top. read more