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Public Market Bar, Sacramento, CA

Public Market Bar

4.4
4.4
71 Reviews
$30 and under
Contemporary American
1230 J St, Sacramento, CA 95814

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2 people
8:30 PM
Experiences are available.

About this restaurant

  • Charming
  • Great for happy hour
  • Healthy
Come dine in the historical Public Market Bar inside the Sheraton Grand Hotel Downtown. Here you will find a great selection of farm-to-table appetizers & entrees, local/imported beer & wine offerings, and hand-crafted cocktails, all surrounded by a grand atmosphere in the heart of downtown.

Lunch: 11:30am - 5pm
Happy Hour (M-F): 3pm - 6pm
Dinner: 5pm - 8pm
Late Night: 8pm - 1am

Additional information

  • Neighborhood
    Sacramento
  • Cross street
    1230 J. St. Sacramento, CA 95814
  • Parking details
    Ace parking garage on 13th and J St
  • Additional
    Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Full Bar, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Experiences

  • Mother's Day Brunch

    $60.00 per person

    May 11, 2025 only
    Please join us for Mother's Day Brunch at The Sheraton Grand on Sunday, May 11th from 10am - 3pm. We will be offering a premium buffet, live music, complimentary valet service, & a complimentary Welcome Mimosa at $60 per person + taxes & fees. A La Carte entrees are also available to order. Pull into Valet in front of the hotel and let them know you're here for the Mother's Day Brunch.

What 71 people are saying

Public Market Bar reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.4
4.4 based on recent ratings
  • 4.3Food
  • 4.7Service
  • 4.3Ambience
  • 4.4Value

NoiseModerate

Loved For

  • Sacramento / Sacramento Valley

    Contemporary American

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews
Public Market Bar offers a delightful dining experience with "very tasty food" and "attentive service." Perfect before a Broadway show, it features themed meals like the "Hamilton" inspired menu. Some reviews note limited menu options, but the pre-fixe deals with valet parking are a "great value."

71 Reviews
  1. Robin

    Sacramento12 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on March 28, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Very good service; attentive waitress; very tasty food; fun people watching ambiance. The only downside was a very limited menu. One meat, one fish, one chicken, one pasta. That being said, our food was well prepared and flavorful.

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  2. Benjamin

    Sacramento7 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on March 22, 2025

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    Bait and Switch. They advertise in all of the Sacramento Broadway programs/playbills for the Sacramento Broadway at the SAFE Performing Arts Center and for the Sacramento Broadway Music Circus (on L St) at the UC Davis Pavilions (on H St). Yet, they do not honor their advertised special offering. 1) They took our reservations via OpenTable. 2) They accepted our notes in OpenTable. 3) We confirmed with them via text the day before our reservations. 4) They advertised in both the Broadway Sacramento programs/playbills (in the Broadway Sacramento & Broadway Music Circus) Dinner for Two $85. In both of these ads there is zero mention (even in their fine print) of it ONLY being for performances held at the Performing Arts Center. This is very misleading & not at all appreciated. This is a bait & switch! Plus, they did not reply to the direct messages we sent on Saturday; so now we place this out publicly as our review four days later. The Sheraton Hotel and the Public Market Bar does not care.

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  3. OpenTable Diner

    Sacramento12 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on March 9, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Great dinner. Pre fixe three course meal was very good and a great value. Will definitely go back

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  4. Angela

    Sacramento6 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on March 8, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Great food and service! Our favorite restaurant before a Broadway show.

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  5. Trixie

    Sacramento6 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on March 6, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    We have dined here as a group of 6 numerous times before a our Broadway show. I do not feel as if they are properly staffed for these evenings, as we are on a time schedule. Our reservation time is 5:30. Wait Staff is good, drinks take to long, Kitchen gets backed up as all our meals come out at different times. The Show Special Dinner is a great deal if you like the 2 options and Red/White Wine. Best Bargain, and this time we learned it would have included Valet Parking. We dined there 2 weeks prior and had not heard this. The deserts are delicious, but with the lag time in getting dinner served and receiving the dessert, let alone our bill... we race to get over to the Theater. The manager stopped by our table that night and explained the Valet, as well as how we would know the dinner options in Open Table - under Experiences. Next time I will remember this. But our next show is not until May.

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  6. anthony

    Sacramento7 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on February 22, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Everything was great, the service was wonderful and attentive; Our server, Pru was fabulous. The ambiance was good. Our steaks were off by one level. I ordered the steak medium-rare and it came medium and my friend ordered her steak medium and it came medium-well to well. The dessert was delicious, flour less chocolate tort. The cabernet sauvignon was ok.

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  7. Kathleen

    Sacramento1 review

    5.0

    Dined on January 18, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Monica was our server and she was wonderful! We will be back on February 22 and hope to have her as our server again. Food was great. We went to Hamilton and the names of our food matched the meaning of the broadway show we attended. I wish we had come to the Sheraton during our other broadway shows.

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  8. Susan

    Sacramento1 review

    5.0

    Dined on January 17, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    With parking prices going up, we decided to try this $75 meal deal. We LOVED that the meal was themed to the play that we were seeing ("Hamilton") with Sam Adams Braised Beef Short Rib and Boston Tea Party Cream Pie. The entree was beautifully plated. They must have run out of the dessert as we were served cheesecake instead. It was OK but would have been perfect with what we were expecting instead. House wine was good as well. Our waitress was especially attentive! Service was a bit slow but it was SUPER busy so not her fault. We arrived at 5:50 and left a little after 7; good timing to get to our seats. I highly recommend booking at 5:45 so you aren't stressing about missing your curtain time. We LOVE our date nights at the Broadway series. Adding this made the evening stellar! Will do this again!

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  9. William VIP

    New York City6 reviews

    2.0

    Dined on January 13, 2025

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 2
    We fell for an ad in the Broadway in Sacramento playbill. Dinner for Two With wine. Very disappointed. Food was poor, service was ok. Not her fault.

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  10. Melissa

    Sacramento2 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on January 11, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    This was a really convenient way to dine and park for the theater. Food was tasty. We chose the package that includes valet, 2 entrees, 2 desserts, and a bottle of wine. Would have liked to have had a little more menu flexibility, but overall it was a good experience and definitely a great value.

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Public Market Bar is rated 4.4 stars by 71 OpenTable diners.

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Make a reservation

2 people
8:30 PM
Experiences are available.
Google Map for Public Market Bar

1230 J St, Sacramento, CA 95814

Additional information

  • Cross street
    1230 J. St. Sacramento, CA 95814
  • Neighborhood
    Sacramento
  • Hours of operation
    Lunch Daily 11:30 am–5:00 pm Happy Hour Mon–Fri 3:00 pm–6:00 pm Dinner Daily 5:00 pm–8:00 pm Bar Daily 8:00 pm–1:00 am
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Contemporary American
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Parking details
    Ace parking garage on 13th and J St
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive chef
    Vincent Alexander
  • Additional
    Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Full Bar, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
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