We picked this place rather blindly and I was a little concerned since the Yelp score was kind of low. What a place! We had just a great time there: great, friendly, and fun service (yeah, I'm talking about you, Jasmine :)). Very good food, good beer selection, and a calm atmosphere to boot! Also there is a funky little craft/gift shop in the front featuring local hand made goods. Possible Christmas or birthday present source? We will be back! Thanks you guys!! read more

The Lumberyard Pub - Very cozy but clean atmosphere is relaxing and inviting. - Pubs Near Me - Afton, Minnesota

I really liked the Lumberyard expect for one thing. Pros Going in the winter is off season due to its proximity to the river and marina. Wait staff were extremely friendly and prompt and the menu offered great choices. We especially loved the fried ranch appetizer which is a take on the State Fair classic. Great options for burgers, sandwiches and pizza. The Lumberyard felt like a cozy cabin and a great place to watch sports. Cons The drinks especially the mocktails, what always gets me is if prices are not published and when the bill came I saw the 4 mocktails were $15.00 each the same price as an Old Fashioned I tend to think "Really". Nevertheless it is a great place and we will be back just ask for prices when they are not published especially for underage kids ordering mocktails. read more

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Not really sure why the heck this place is scored so low but they definitely deserve at least four stars. Maybe I can help with this review - DO NOT MISS THE CAULIFLOWER BITES. Honorable mention, Mac and cheese bites. Tacos and pizzas seemed like a popular choice as well. Cannot beat this spot on a nice day. Run don't walk my friends! read more

The Lumberyard Pub - Pubs Near Me - Afton, Minnesota

My husband and I met our friends at this quaint, Little Bar & Restaurant tonight for Burgers and appetizers. As soon as we walked inside, it was a surprise! We were taken back to a small town cabin bar from Our childhoods. When you first walk in there is a little vintage storefront. Think miniature Crackle Barrel meets tiny Flea Market. The whole place inside has seating room for 30 people top level and 30 people bottom level. There is a cute light-up Patio to sit outside if the weather permits. Our server was Amazing! She was Minnesota sweet and friendly, Attentive, and on it! She made me a custom Jalapeño Margarita while we looked over the menu. We ordered the cauliflower Bites, Cajun seasoned breaded cauliflower tossed in sweet chili sauce and tortilla chips served with queso blanco, fresh guac, and salsa. Both came with a plethora of delicious sauces! Our friends Ordered Bacon cheeseburgers with sweet potato fries and regular fries! The burgers were huge and delicious! I mean look at the photos they don't lie one bit! I loved this place! It's tiny but, you get A ton of Good food, wonderful service, and the price is really reasonable! Give it a try! read more

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What can I say about the lumberyard pub? Other than that? It is a must visit if you're in the Afton area! First you enter into Afton, which is one of the sweetest Eastside Minnesota towns you'll ever find! The town is loaded with fun shops, ice cream shop, etc. in the midst of this quaint tone off the St. Croix, you have the lumberyard pub which is waiting for you to step inside! Most people walk in through the backyard patio and make the way right into the bar, which is separated by movable garage doors that are always open and inviting for you to come in and have food, a beer and make memories with the people you're with! I ordered the wings and I was blown away! This little pub does not mess around when it comes to wings because these were the best wings I've ever had! I ordered the boneless wings because I don't like picking through the bones, but I did not expect these boneless wings to be pure white hole chicken breast that they Bread, spice and make all on their own! This is no frozen chicken tenders from a box... These are handmade, hand rolled, hand, breaded, and prepared perfectly for you! Well, these are the only things I've had here, I won't probably not have anything else as these wings are perfect on a spring summer or fall night next to the fire, listening to live music or playing cornhole in the patio area of this hidden gem! Get yourself to lumberyard pub and not to mention, the staff is outstanding! I asked one of the staff members what should I get and she enthusiastically said the food here is incredible And she wasn't wrong! Not to mention, the bartender was an outstanding gentleman who took pride and his work, made me feel like I was his best friend and gave me outstanding service! Lumberyard pub you have my heart!! read more

The Lumberyard Pub - Inside/outside seating that is perfect for spring, summer and fall! - Pubs Near Me - Afton, Minnesota

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Service was good, bottle beer price for Miller Light was overpriced at 7 dollars A bottle.

The service could be improved. The classic tacos were very bland. The atmosphere was great. Musician definitely help offset the food and the service. Took a while to get my drink. I got my food before my drink... lol. And didn't get my silverware until after I got my food. read more

I think the lumberyard pub deserves a better rating on Yelp. We stopped by because of Afton's strawberry festival. The weather is hot and the patio is nicely shaders we were sitting right away and got sit in front of the lawn game area and the live music. The food was Nicely presented l. We shared a Chicago style dog, chicken salad. My parents ordered pub burger and egg salad sandwiches. They liked it. We enjoyed the onion rings. The kids ordered cheese quesadillas and chicken fingers. It's a typical pub food, but it was nicer than all the reviews I saw on Yelp and was surprised to read theirs reviews. The server did forget my lemonade and wish they could come more frequent to refill my water. It is a hot day, so I did drink a lot. Hence taking off one star. read more

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Stopped in for the first time in February 2026. Have been back multiple times. The Lumberyard Pub burger and fries was excellent. Great service each time we went. read more

The owner called my friend a "Karen' for making a small suggestion. Any business owner who would name call customers is not one I ever want to spend my money with. read more

Food was awesome! Service at the outside whiskey bar was amazing, thanks Lauryn!!! And thanks to Tito's for the free samples. read more

The Lumberyard Pub - Whiskey bar - Pubs Near Me - Afton, Minnesota

Food was great! Others had Bloody Mary and said they were really good too. Love the ambiance of this place! Ella was so sweet and took good care of us. We'll definitely be back! Great time at this joint. read more

Food is good, staff is always nice, clean atmosphere.... Always has live music on the patio, fun yard games, you can bring your dog- All around good atmosphere! read more

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In general I like this place. We ordered a supreme pizza during happy hour for $13.99. It's nothing more than a boughten frozen pizza. They have a 2 for 1 happy hour on domestic drafts. Drafts normally are $6 based upon $30 charge on bill for 5 beers however they only gave me $10 off for the happy hour discount. The bartender did correct it but customers should not need to bring up this issue. Also be aware that the place also adds a 3.75% Health and Wellness fee too. Based upon over priced drinks and additional fees I will not frequent this restaurant in the future. read more

Went in with my friend and our two kids for early lunch after gathering firewood, and watching football. Burgers are amazing. They were very great with the kids. read more

Oh what a mess. The food is simply awful. Overpriced. Tasteless and cold. You have to serve yourself at a side window, get your own water and then get an 18% automatic tip added to help with "competitive wages". I'm all for better wages but when you charge $18.00 for a tiny burger you should have some profit in there to share with your staff, the ones that are really doing the work. Fries cost more of course... Newsflash, if you serve decent food at a fair price you will retain your staff and they will be tipped nicely. And you minimize your well executed plan to cater to one and done customers as well. The whiskey bar has an open garage door style wall. Could be great, it's not! It's really fun at night when it's fully lit up and all the mosquitos come in to feed on the patrons. There are two fluorescent coolers lighting up the whiskey bar as well. Zero mood setting ambiance going on. Looks junky. How easy would it be to put cozy seats in there, dim the lights and heaven forbid light a fire outside. It's not what you'd expect a "whiskey bar" to be. Just another room lit up like a runway. Sad. Clearly poorly managed, again....and this round of owners will never survive. I'm a local, and the town's talking, trust me. We so want this place to be successful but it will fail at years end. This place features HOTDOGS on their menu, yes, features them as it's some kind of culinary treat! They have several versions of hotdogs too. $15.00 for a hotdog. Wish I was kidding. Appetizers are $18 - $20, that's entrée pricing. Kitchen is outdated and they have not invested in having a facility where they can serve the people that show up in a timely manner. Your food will be cold. Pretending you can serve real food has to stop. Invest in a full service kitchen so it aligns with the prices and quality of food that you deceiving people into thinking that's what they'll get. I think they are already on their third cook this summer. Servers come and go like the breeze. Do yourself a favor and drive past this place as fast as you can! Used to be much better. This place is a mess. Will go back and try it again with next years new owners. read more

They were soo bad I can't even begin to explain. 1- my wife ordered a dirty martini. It was a glass of Vodka. I ask 10 min later after not seeing a server if they had olives. She said I'll Check. 10 min later she said yes we do have olives. I said well a dirty martini has olive. Could we get a dirty martini? 5 min later we got 1. We were sitting outside. We were told that there were heaters and grandma wanted one. Sever were given heaters but not grandma. I ask again and the sever apologized she forgot. The appetizers were awesome. Beef tips and onion rigs. 5 of us I orders. 2 orders wings. Mine were a 5 out of ten. The young lady said they were tasteless and did eat them. Service sucked. $$$ $300 for wings and burgers and drinks with so so food and bad service. I'll NEVER go back. read more

ATM is always out of cash, foods ok, out of Mich golden for over 2 weeks, dirty restrooms , poor management.

Hey, please keep this on the DL, but I was back at the Lumberyard today. It was a beautiful afternoon to sit on a patio, have a beer, burger, and listen to some live music. 5:00 on a Saturday evening and we were immediately seated on the patio again. (Again, this is between you and me - I don't want this place to get too popular.) We had a few beers, the girls had a burger and mac n cheese. We ordered the Po Boy and a Devil's Breath Burger. The Po Boy was good, but I will be sticking to the burgers. This place does great things with ground beef, bacon, vegies, and bread! read more

Super cute patio and delicious food!! We brought our dog here and had such an amazing experience! The entire staff made us and our dog feel welcome! The bartender even came over and asked to pet our dog, which our dog LOVED! They even have dog bowls you can fill with water for your pup. We all got bacon cheeseburgers, and shared the chips trio. The bacon cheeseburger was to die for - perfectly cooked and tasted amazing!! The cheese dip and salsa and guacamole with the chips trio was so tasty! The patio had very comfortable seats and the temperature was perfect. As previous reviews have mentioned - if you sit on the patio, you can seat yourself wherever and then go up to a window to order. They have trivia on Wednesday nights, which I wish we would've stayed for - it sounded super fun! read more

Just keeps going downhill from when they had a qualified cook. Menu has changed, no more Lobster Mac and Cheese for example, which the previous cook made as good as anyone. The fried pickles were once great and now they are awful. Amazing that I once recommended this place because now it's simply "Oh My" bad food. Go down the street to Swirl My Wine if you want decent food. read more

The Lumberyard Pub - Pubs Near Me - Afton, Minnesota

Food was okay, it's different in these times, and it was our first time so really this comment is about the practices rather than the food. We enjoyed our lunch and happened to arrive at a busy time so there was a normal wait time. However, we were a bit disappointed to see the waitress wearing her mask without her nose covered. And not only that, but she did offer a straw to my fiancé, but grabbed it with bare hands in the area where he would have put his lips. I understand that the risks and perception is much more relaxed in these rural areas, and is not at all like Miami, which is where we are from, but as a courtesy to others, especially in a food establishment, please be mindful and more respectful regarding CDC guides. We were sad to see this was not enforced during our stay. read more

Very good, great service, great food. Saw some poor reviews bit decided to try for ourselves and glad we did. Will be going back. BLTA and salad outstanding. read more

The Lumberyard Pub - BLTA bacon well done. - Pubs Near Me - Afton, Minnesota

Killer bonless wings. Light breast and quality meat. Awesome location in quant Afton. I'd go back again.

I Love these guys. family-friendly at all times of the day. The food is incredible! If you are in the area stop for a burger. Lil pricey but it's family-owned. Can't blame them. Also new patio. Good year-round. Also lurks is closed down rn so best in town. read more

This has been a great place for us to go in the summer in previous years. The menu is new and our food was really good. I'm giving it a 4 for the food. If you're going here be prepared to wait a little for a table and service as they seemed short staffed. But hey - give them a break as they (and most restaurants) are trying to get back into business after COVID! We will be back! read more

Over priced for ok food and drink and fast casual concept. 18% auto tip added " To help with higher wages " read more

We stopped on by after a hike at Afton State Park to enjoy a cold beverage on the patio. I have never been inside and this was our first time here. To our surprise there was live music! We each got a cocktail, one at $6 and one at $7, which for the size of the drink, cannot be beat. Plus, the drink was tasty! We also decided to put in an order of fried pickles. The pickles were fried to perfection and the dilly ranch that accompanied it was just what the pickles needed to take it up a notch. Minus one star because our waitress was a little all over the place, but she was young so we gave her some grace. read more

The Lumberyard Pub - Pubs Near Me - Afton, Minnesota

Staff is awesome! They always remember us when we return. Love the decor and the drink selection

Been here once in the summer and once in the winter and not impressed. The food is just frozen appetizers heated up, and frankly you can get your own at the grocery store and do better. I think the inside décor has potential but if they really wanted to make a go of this place they need to step up the food game. The bartenders are just youngsters and probably don't know how to make a correct cocktail so if you do go for a drink have a beer or simple pour. They open and close when they want so if you are making this a destination stop you may want to call ahead just to make sure they are open. read more

Stopped in for a late afternoon drink and appetizers on the patio. We were the only customers and service was great. We ordered buffalo wings and a basket of fries. Fries were fresh and hot! We wings tasted precooked, dry and no flavor. I will be back but not buying wings!! read more

Avoid. Do not go here. Poor service, faculty is not being taken care of. We waited over 45 mins for a flat bread (we were one of 3 people there), we went in to cancel the order, they still hadn't put it in the oven. I paid the bill (which included the flat bread and left). It's sad this place has so much potential. read more

Interesting concept here. You must get your own water, order at a service window and you will likely sit at your table after eating with your plates, cups etc... None of this would be a problem if the food was priced accordingly but the big disappointment was the small disclaimer at the bottom of the menu explaining a 18% charge would be added on all bills to support higher wages for employees. I guess the do less for more is the mode of operation here? The receipt on the bill had the 18% as a "window service charge" LOL. By the way, I'm in huge support of higher wages but this seems like the wrong way to go about it to me. Sorry, no 2nd chance. read more

The patio area is really nice. It's along the road, but because it is lower than the road, there is a good block from the road noise. Our food--salad with chicken and a chicken wrap was tasty. The chicken on the salad was warm (which is good). Our server was very pleasant and helpful. The only complaint we had was that service was on the slow side. We ordered a drink and had to ask again if it was coming out. Seemed like it was a while before our order came out (though it was warm, so that could be the kitchen's fault). Then it took a little while to get our bill paid. But nothing to ruin an otherwise nice Saturday lunch. read more

We loved this place over the years but under new ownership the price to quality ratio is very skewed. Get the prices in line and we might come back. The patio is fantastic. read more

Numerous service failures for our group of seven. The first person to order at window meal got lost and did arrive. The order taker did not disclose of the built automatic 18% service charge. So she added a tip on a tip and did nothing t get here meal until everyone else ate. Then some ordered nachos and he asked for extra salsa. The young untrained staff went inside and came back and said we can't to that! So hopefully they work out the kinks before the summer crowds come. read more

2 stars Chicken salad very bland and now now you have to stand and read menu , had to ask for water ! Never again will I go there ! Too many good spots in Hudson read more

First and last time at this establishment we sat for 40 minutes because they were short staffed and we were patient until we watched servers take orders from multiple other tables then when we asked what was happening they told us it would be 45 minutes more before they would help us even though we were seated. Horrible service no apologies never coming back read more

An amazing addition to Afton with friendly servers and great food. The manager and owners are working right alongside their staff, which is always great to see! Pricing is reasonable considering the area..Not sure why people are giving bad reviews? read more

I was excited to hear The Lumberyard Pub had new owners due to a disappointing visit a few years ago. I decided to give it a shot last night for dinner and was extremely disappointed to see that the service is still not up to par, and the food was nothing to rave about. We had a server that came to our table only to take our drink/food orders(did not come to fill up our water glasses besides when we asked during ordering our food even though they were obviously empty for majority of our time at the Resturant) and we had to request our receipts after waiting for 15 minutes from a different server in the area. Will not be back. read more