Brouwer's Cafe

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400 N 35th St, Seattle, WA 98103
Seattle, WA 98103

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(406) 267-2437
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Brouwer's Cafe - Seattle, WA
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Brouwer's Cafe - Seattle, WA
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Brouwer's easily has the best beer selection of any bar in the city. They have more beers on tap than most have total, with hundreds of bottles available on top of that. Prices ...

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When this place first opened it was great. The bartenders actually had pride in the lovely beers they served. Went there last week and got treated like s*&t by the door man and th...

Beer, Frites, oh yeah did I mention the racism? 7/23/2010

Not only is Brouwers rude toward non-americans (see Bazzer1978's review below), they are down right racist. My wife tried to take me here for my 30th birthday. I was very excited to drink some great Belgian beer and try the frites. That was, until the tatted up, black-clad (seriously, he had black sunglasses and a black sweatband, wtf?), hard-core wannabe asked for ID. My ID passed fine, but when he saw my wife's green card he said, ""We don't accept that ID here."" Wait, what? It's a Federal ID. How can you not accept it? ""The State Liquor Board can fine us."" 100% Bull@#$%! You mean you don't want to let in my wife because she's a latina even though that green piece of plastic was bought and paid for with hard earned American dollars and is 100% legal? ""We don't take that ID here."" Well, they take it everywhere else. How do I know? Because I read the State Liquor Board Charter, not to mention that we went to another restaurant pub that same evening and my wife got in just fine. I'm just glad we found out how ignorant the people at this place were before we ate their food. If you want great beer and fries, go to Fred Meyer, pick up a bottle of Chimay and grab some fries from Dick's on the way home. It's Seattle without the ignorant @#$% at the door! Pros: nothing worth mentioning Cons: racists more

Had a great beer there 3/11/2010

They have a great selection of beers there, but I still always have to ask for a recommendation whenever I'm there. It's kinda funny because I go all the time with my friends and I still haven't tried all the beer there yet. They have chocolate beer, fruity beers, and really flavorful beers. And their food is wonderful. They discontinued their thai peanut dipping sauce for their fries, which is kinda sad, but the curry ketchup is still great. Pros: Cool interior decor Cons: Service could be better more

Best Beer Bar in Seattle/#3 in America 2/8/2010

Recently rated America's #3 beer hall by RateBeer--whatever that's worth--Brouwer's is something like Seattle Beer Museum (SBM?)--albeit a museum hopped up on hops and the Melvins. 60-some international beers on tap, many Belgians unavailable anywhere else, plus another 300 varieties in bottles. Tatted and probably hungover, the staff is actually super friendly and knowledgeable enough to help you navigate the mind-boggling selection. Be prepared to spend some time and money getting to know the menu. It's worth it. The food here is also good. Either style of mussel is fantastic (steamed in either cream sauce or white wine) and the cheese plate, though pricey, can be paired perfectly with beer. And it's not all about beer--Brouwer's has one of the best single-malt Scotch selections in Seattle. Pick one or the other, though. The combo of strong beer and Scotch has put down many a highlander before his day. Pros: BEERBEERBEERBEERBEER. Really good beer. Cons: No Bud Light. Hopefully that's not your thing. more

snooty service 2/1/2010

When this place first opened it was great. The bartenders actually had pride in the lovely beers they served. Went there last week and got treated like s*&t by the door man and the bartenders. Didn't try the food this visit, in the past that was decent but it wouldn't surprise me if that took a dive as well...we felt bad spending our money there and wanted to get the heck out. Will not return. Pros: beer Cons: service more

Awful service 1/22/2010

I had some of the most abusive so called service at this place. I walked out and will NEVER go back again. We came in when the resturant was not busy and after a while of just waititng we asked to order and were told that person was not our server. When our server did come to our table she slammed down the coaster and asked in the most hostile abusive tone what did we want. I don't need to pay hard earned money for this kind of treatment. This place is not that special and there are lots of other places in Seattle to drink good beer. more

Maybe the best beer selection in Seattle 10/28/2009

If you like IPA's then this is your place. 63 beers on tap and hundred at least in bottles. Not sure about the food since I only drank. Beer snobes, this is your place! Pros: 63 Beers on tap! Cons: Parking more

Come early! 2/5/2009

A friend recomended that we try Brouwer's. And so began our adventure! I say this because we attempted to eat here three times! Unfortunately, they have abosolutely not concept of how to manage tables......In fact the third time (which was apparently the charm) was marred by this poblem even though we arrived far too early to really enjoy the evening. When my wife and I left our table, two groups nearly traded punches over our abondoned table. The space is open and interesting, but the free-for-all table method is simply ridiculous! With that aside, the food was truly excellent, but perhaps on the heavy side. I had the bison stew which was tender and rich which an earthy flavor I really enjoyed. My wife had the chicken which was well executed, moist with crisp skin. The cheese plate was nice but could have used more selection of breads. However the honey was a pleasant surprise compliment to the cheese. But this is a gastro pub and that should be expected. Further, the beer menu, even for a beer lover is daunting to say the least. The staff was slow, preoccupied AND rude when asked simple questions regarding some beers.....The beer menu is to die for, but at what cost? I would come back if reservations were accepted and the staff was more attentive, because the food was excellent (at least for a cold winter evening) and the beer menu speaks for its self. In sum, I would not recommend this place unless you have nothing to do and you don't care waiting at the entrance and then fighting over a dirty table when sombody leaves OR arrive at 5:15 so you can get in bed at 8:30.........Up side, parking is not an issue. Pros: Beer menu Cons: Poor service, lack of table control more

Lights on at 11:00 PM 10/10/2008

This was ok, service was ok too. Nice to have Wittekirk (spelling?)...I love that beer.\r But this was odd: we were there from about 9:30 - 11 PM and the lights were on fairly bright! It seemed strange to us. Not that we have to be in a dark depressive space, but bars are usually dark at night. Our eyes actually started to get tired from it and we left because of it. more

Extremely rude to guests 9/21/2008

I've been going to Brouwer's for a long time, and always love their beer selection and atmosphere, and knowledgeable staff. I spent the walk down the hill raving about the place to my two guests from the UK today, only setting up the following shock even more. After waiting more than 20 minutes while a waiter passed our closed-menu table no less than 5 times, we proceeded to the bar to order our drinks. There, the bartender took one look at my guest's EU-issued photo ID (accepted literally the world over), before tossing it back at him exclaiming ""I can't accept this Danish cr**."" His words.\r \r The rudeness of this comment was astonishing, let alone the irony coming from a ""Belgian ale house."" The comment was obviously xenophobic and offensive. To be clear, as an attorney, I can assure readers that EU-issued photo ID's are acceptable under WA State law. Further, they're accepted by every other bar we've visited in the Seattle area, and I'm assured they were accepted on my guests' three prior visits to other parts of the US. Apparently though, Brouwer's has a decidedly un-international attitude, if not policy.\r \r My days of raving about Brouwers to visitors, and taking them there to sample good beer, are over. This place should post a sign at the door - ""Visitors from countries whose beer we serve are Not Welcome inside"" Pros: Great beer selection, good crowd Cons: Rudest comment I've ever heard from bartender/waiter more

Never a bad experience 7/1/2008

I've never had a bad experience here. The beer list may be expensive, but it's also extensive! The food is actually the real reason I keep going back. It's very well thought out and absolutely delicious. Everything is homemade, and in my opinion, very reasonable. Homemade sausage, sauerkraut, bread, and mustard for 9 dollars, to me, a good bargain considering the quality of the food. As far as the service, it's perfectly fine. Not overbearing, not negligent, just the way I want it. I hate when people are stumbling over each other to get my table and ask if everything is OK. Give me what I need and leave me alone, and that is what this place does. I would recommend it to anyone, and will continue to go. Pros: food, beer, ambience Cons: parking if you drive more

Never again! 6/9/2008

Wow...the service at Brouwers is HORRIBLE! Not just slow, but overly rude. This tragically hip beer hole is inundated with extremley pompous employees. Their reluctance to provide you with any decent help is written all over their faces. Even with their impressive beer list, I wouldn't recommend Brouwers to anyone for the mere fact that the employees are severly stuck-up and would only ruin a would-be good time. \r Brouwers would be great if the terrible staff got over themselves. I'll be spending my money some place else.\r This one star is gratuity for the beer list alone...nothing else. Pros: Beer list Cons: Everything else! more

Terrible Customer Service, Shortest Pints in the History of Pubs 5/6/2008

Over the last year or so I've spent several hundred dollars in Brouwer's, making special trips up from Portland. The venue is impressive, as is their amazing bottle and draft selection. For someone who spends most of their time brewing, reading about brewing or drinking good beer this place should be a mecca, and for a while it was. \r \r The trouble is the service is terrible, I don't just mean slow or sometimes they forget your drink. I mean just plain rude sometimes. More than that the biggest problem for me is that the bar staff just don't respect the product enough to serve it correctly. They serve some of shortest (i.e. half full) pints I've ever seen and I've been drinking in pubs since I was 14. \r \r I asked the server to top up a very short pint, say a 14oz pour on 20oz pint and was told very emphatically that it was policy to never top up pints. I was furious and asked if she thought that was acceptable, she just walked off. When I asked to speak to the manager she walked off with my pint and talked to him and came back with maybe another ounce or two in the glass, and said he agreed to top it up. \r \r Over the next hour or so, I saw numerous pint glasses going out some of them barely filled over half way, the rest being beer foam. It would seem Brouwer's are actively trying to defraud customers of beer they have payed for, especially if they have a policy of not topping up short drinks. \r \r You can see my full review at brewtherapy dot com/?p=34\r \r My advice, until Brouwers management tackle the problem with rudeness and start serving legal pints skip this place. Go to the Stumbling Monk, the Tap House Grill, Hales, or anywhere else. Pros: Good food, beer selection, ambience Cons: loud music, bad service, short drinks, prententious feeling of superiority by staff more

Unbelievably Amazed at the Rude Service 3/31/2008

The experience was horrible! My 10 girlfriends and I were treated as if we were bimbos who didn't know anything about beer and shouldn't be dealt with. After the waitress was unhelpful, we asked the bar manager to see what he could do to make the experience better. The response we got was ""you are like any other paying customer, so there is nothing special about you"". The manager continued to rant about how his whole week has been horrible and didn't want to deal with us. Fine, we left and we will not come back. Cons: Horrible Service, Not Customer Friendly more

Fantastic pub in Fremont 3/23/2007

by john at Menuism Provided by Menuism
I spent a while looking for Brouwer's Cafe, which is located a few blocks off the main streets of Fremont,... more

Fantastic pub in Fremont 3/23/2007

John Provided by Partner
I spent a while looking for Brouwer's Cafe, which is located a few blocks off the main streets of Fremont, but it was well worth it once I got ther... more

Awesome beer line up and good soups 3/16/2007

It has been nice to watch Brouwers grow. The service is better and the food is much more consistant and has improved a great deal. The beer always has and always will be the best selection in town. Prices are a little high, but you are in a really nice fremont bar, you should expect it. \r I can't say enough about the beer. Fantastic selection of Belgian ales as well as some very good Northwest Micros with everything else in between. This is the real deal. If you like beer you must check it out. Pros: Beer beer and more beer Cons: A little expensive for some beers, but what the hell more

Good choice for food and beer 7/19/2006

I have been to Brouwers twice, and while the food is very good, my experience is that service quality is a bit inconsistent. On my first visit, we had an excellent server who patiently educated us regarding the fabulous cheese plate and numerous beers. Though Im really not a beer person, I enjoyed trying the unique Chocolate Stout, one of over 150 ales. I returned to Brouwers last weekend, and whereas the service was friendly, our server was MIA for much of our meal. After waiting an extended time with empty water glasses and plates, we finally flagged down another employee to assist us in getting our check. The meal was quite good, though, with several in our party enjoying the panko-breaded halibut. I personally partook in the excellent mussels and frites, a must for shellfish-lovers. As Ive said, Brouwers is a beer place, as evidenced by their very abbreviated wine list. The most inexpensive glass was still $9, a bit much for average Chardonnay in my opinion. Kudos to the beautiful interior, with high ceilings and plenty of dark wood. Pros: Beautiful interior, excellent mussles & frites, amazing beer selection Cons: Service inconsistent, over-priced wine more

Enjoyed the beer 5/30/2006

A group of us went for lunch and had great service. The waiter was knowledgeable and friendly and even recommended things based on questions we asked. As to the price of beers, they were right there on the beer menu so we had no surprises. I am willing to pay for a good Belgian beer, especially when it is on draught. Which all good Belgians will tell you is the best way to drink it! Pros: good beer, good food, fun Cons: hard to find more

Horrible Service, too expensive... 2/4/2006

I've frequented many places in the Fremont area and never have I had such horrible and negligent service. It took almost twenty minutes to get a glass of wine, when we asked for water, it never came--we asked a fellow server, it never came--then when she brought our food out we asked again and she snottily replied, "i heard you the first time." The sorry service is not worth your time, especially if you're going to pay $10 for a glass of beer and no less than $14 for a glass of wine. Portions of what we ordered, never came out, the servers ignored us and didn't do anything to compensate for the missed items on the meal. Definitely NOT recommended. more

Unique but damn expensive 1/6/2006

Very cool atmosphere, excellent layout, even has a room with a fire and a beer library. They have a billion local and international beers on tap. Here is my complaint: in total my tab had six beers, two of which were local and served in a pint glass and my price (including tip) $50. Wow. Watch out for the pricey beers. I would never have had that much had I know the price. But it is well worth going, the staff is great and there is no cover, of course watch out for the outrageous line! Pros: no cover, selection Cons: expensive, line more
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The owners of Bottleworks in Wallingford lure beer lovers to their modern-yet-traditional Belgian ale house in a converted warehouse space.

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    An industrial feel pervades this stylish beer hall located on an unobtrusive Fremont street--exposed steel bars, wood-lined walls and hanging pictures and old beer signs all...

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  • Hours: Daily 11am-2am
  • Payments: Visa, Master Card
  • Neighborhoods: Fremont, Lake Union
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