Jaybird Parkhurst
I love this place! I travel to Juneau a few times a year for work and eat most of my meals here. I love that the menu changes and offers so many incredible dishes. Today I tried the aged New York steak and winter salad. I’ll be thinking about this meal for a while. Absolutely to die for. We also got the blackened cod and I’m not lying when I say it was the most delicate flavorful fish I’ve had out in Alaska. I will come back again and again to eat here. Staff was beyond friendly and gave great service!
… moreKris H
We stopped in to try some local beers and food. At Red spruce we ordered the salmon burger(delicious!) And Farmer’s market salad with prawns(also delicious with fresh ingredients, tasted of summer). Both dishes were flavorful, well seasoned and perfectly cooked. Topped off the meal with a devils club shake. Never had devils club in any shape or form before and wanted to try it. Mostly tasted like vanilla ice cream with a hint of herbal flavor. Still very good. Very nice establishment with nice views and lots of outside seating options as well with firepits to keep you warm.
… moreRenee Schiller
Amazing food! Might have just had the best burger ever!! Bacon, Havarti, and caramelized onions. Don’t even get me started on the fries… so addicting you will clean your plate, easily! Great vibe with the brewery. I will be back! Located inside the Forbidden Peak Brewery with not much signage, but worth the effort…so good!!
… moreTom Elwood
Update – great ambience and adventursome cuisine.
Today’s special was “4 Taiwanese Bao Buns,” and the flavors and textures were genuinely good. The steamed buns were light and soft, the pork was tasty, the spices were authentic, and the fresh basil was perfect. I really applaud the chef for bringing such specific Asian cuisine to this remote location and doing it so well.
Previous visit:
Surprisingly nice ambience and great food. Noodle salad with an imaginative garnish of pickled rhubarb that was surprisingly delicious, and adorned with a few edible flowers. Not what I was expecting in Juneau – very impressed. Pad Thai, however, was lackluster, without the classic bitter tamarind flavor, and with skinny, ordinary, spaghetti noodles. But still better than average.
… moreQuinton Smith
Absolutely insanely good ribeye steak. Probably in the top two I’ve had in my lifetime. Staff was friendly and the food was so good we went twice in one day.
… moreG L
Updated 2024.11.03. It’s been a while since I have updated on this listing. Their menu keeps changing. Their latest offering of the French Onion Soup for USD 13 is excellent tasting, especially with the pretzel croutons and sweet onions in a rich beef broth just entices my palate. Nothing spicy for once, just all flavor. Don’t always like what they offer, especially if it’s even slightly spicy.
Updated 2023.03.04. Red Spruce no longer imposes a 3% credit card fee. Ordered the Royale Burger $17 which consists of ground beef and pork, includes fries. It was overcooked, not juicy.
They promote themselves as global street food. The food quality continues to be variable. Sometimes the food ordered tastes good, sometimes not for the same thing ordered before. The first time we tasted their Pad Thai was very good, the last time we tasted it wasn’t nearly as desirable. Same with their smash burger. What’s constant is their annoying 3% fee added for each credit card transaction. We tired of their food quality and would now prefer to dine nearby at the Hot Bite when they’re open, then come over for Forbidden Peak beer and nitro coffee afterwards. Hot Bite food is more consistent and prices are slightly better, plus there’s no fee using a credit card at the Hot Bite.
Red Spruce is a relatively new eatery located inside Forbidden Peak Brewery, open daily 1100-2000. We wanted to taste what their food is like. You order and pay at the window, you take a tag which keeps falling down if you’re sitting outside with any wind.
The food took quite some time after ordering before it arrived as we didn’t time it. The Salmon Burger USD 13 was quite small and not great. You do much better with frozen salmon burgers from Costco. The Pad Thai (small USD 10, large USD 22, add chicken USD 4 or 8, pork belly USD 3 or 6, tofu USD 2 or 4, to burn USD 2) was very good, quite tasty, that I would recommend.
They charge 3% additional for using a credit card, no free Wi-Fi.
… moreKristine Evans
So good! Vegetarian and GF options. Picture shows miso butter noodles, brussel sprouts, and pad Thai.
… moreLyf Gildersleeve
Amazing food! Super flavorful, probably my favorite restaurant in the Juneau area. Fried chicken sando is . Chicken & waffles on brunch menu is . Great job all around . Be patient, orders take a while, but it’s a great setting inside brewery with awesome views.
… moreFletcher Neil
This is the best food in Juneau, hands down. Sometimes it can take a while to come out, but you can’t rush greatness!! Besides, it’s such a nice vibe to chill out; if you really have that big of a problem with the wait then it sounds like you need to go home and shut up! The Korean chicken sandwich made me cry more than once.
… moreCasey Atkins
Came to eat here twice and everything we tried was above and beyond in quality. From salads to burgers to fish and chips everything was excellently prepared.
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