Big Bear Lake Brewing Company - Big Bear Lake, California

Yeni L.

Our waitress was great! She was very friendly and helpful with the beer menu. We ordered a beer sampler, avacado appetizers and the Margarita pizza.

Timothy W.

This place has bad reviews around customer service, and I can see why, but it’s not as bad as you would think. The food was actually decent and the store itself was nice, clean and entertaining. They have TVs with sports on and have a range of beer, wine and cocktails. The wine and cocktails weren’t that great. The customer service could be improved on and it’s not that difficult to fix. We checked in and was told there was a 30 minute wait and we waited and we’re finally seated. They ended up finding us a couple of tables, but it took a long time for a waitress to show up. Knowing this, we placed our food order together and while there was about a 30 minute wait, we noticed our food was ready and sitting on the counter, but no one was bringing it out. After a couple of attempts to get our food, someone finally brought it over. For the most part, the food was good, although the chicken in the chicken sandwich was tiny! The pizza and the pesto pasta was just OK also. This place is pretty good, but could be so much better with a little work. Huge potential.

Sean

My friend and I were up for a weekend getaway and stumbled upon this place. When we walked in we were greeted by a server who was clearing tables and worked to get the table cleaned off quickly for us. Looking through the menu they have a lot of really good options from starters, to entrees to drinks. A server came up without saying hello or introducing himself and asked what we wanted to drink. The initial interaction felt rushed and we placed a drink order quickly as we felt we did not have much time to look at the menu. Once the drinks were brought out we ordered our food which was carne asada fries and a patty melt with sautéed veggies on the side. The carne asada fries were hot and fresh and the beer cheese on the side was very flavorful. At one point as my friend was eating the fries he had bitten down into a hard chunk from the meat which unfortunately turned him off from eating more. The patty melt was hot juicy and had a lot of good flavor. The “sautéed” veggies were not sautéed they were a small cup of steamed squash and onions and had zero flavor. Overall the restaurant is clean, the food was good but the service was not great. I think they would benefit from focusing a little more on the overall service to make this place a 5/5.

Chelsea H.

My friends and I came into town and i specifically wanted to see the local brewery. From before we even walked in, it was awful. We got a Lyft from our Airbnb and the driver said to not go there because of the awful management. I wrote this off as a bad experience on their part. We walked in and realized the driver was right. 5 items we wanted were out. Service was… present, technically. Our server looked like they had never worked in a restaurant a day in their lives. Even the atmosphere was off—bad lighting, no music, sticky tables, and the unmistakable scent of spilled IPA and crushed dreams.

If you love good beer, good food, or just good use of your time and money—go literally anywhere else.

We ended up up going to a place called 572 across the street and it was amazing

Trevor D.

Conveniently located in the Village, this brewery has a pretty good selection of brews for everyone's palate not to mention an even bigger food menu. The mac and cheese burger easily meets your caloric intake for the day (and then some!) and is quite tasty! I felt like the $20 for a burger was quite steep but as you can tell, the portions are enormous!

They have a great selection of cans to go as well!

Paige K.

The avocado bomb was so good. Definitely a must if you come here. Can be shared between two people. Got fish n chips, chicken pesto pasta, and chicken nuggets. The fish n chips was overcooked and only came with a few small pieces. My husband said it’s the first place where he would say the fish n chips were actually disgusting. The side salad was huge which was great. But came in a super small bowl that it was difficult to mix the dressing together. The chicken pesto pasta had good pesto flavor. Nearly drowning in pesto. But only came with two small/medium sized pieces of chicken. Chicken nugs were banging and came with like 10. Definitely plenty for the babes. Took FOREVER to get the check. Atmosphere was good.

Hope you enjoyed this emotional rollercoaster of a review as this was how our lunch was 😂

Jess F.

Wandered around the village with our dog and decided to sit outside for a beer and lunch. Had to wait a bit for an outside table as the weather was nice in summer. Avocado bombs are a must have. Can share one between two people. It was really good. The beer was okay, service was good, I ordered the chicken avocado sandwich and it was good, but bread was a bit dry and hard to eat. Lots of avocado though. We also ordered the kransky, was okay, again bread was a bit too dry. Overall not bad, for brewery food in the area.

Rae C.

We wanted to grab dinner and walked in at 7:45pm. We asked if there was enough time to order dinner, and she said if you could order in 10 minutes. My husband picked the jalapeño burger and onion rings, and I ordered the apple pesto pizza. Our food was really good and our beers were tasty too! We were bummed that some of their beers were out. The 2nd bartender, Daniel, was knowledgeable with their beers, and he told us about Whistling Pig whiskey, which we tried.