Visited Brew with kids for dinner. Well the beer and food was wonderful BUT most importantly the service was superb. Restored our faith in the service ethic in Rotorua. Lively atmosphere on a very busy night with quick professional service.

I almost didn’t review BREW because I just hate joining up…so tedious…but after reading a review which gave BREW a 1 star … I decided to. WHAT!? are they thinking?
1) BREW’s beer is globally accepted as one of the best in the world. At the superbowl during intermission they labelled Croucher’s beer 9th in the world…and I do not even drink beer… (I drink vodka straight up)…but spent 3 visits now drinking beer (and they do have vodka too)…because it is fantastic!!! Be in before the secret is out. If I was them I’d go to the States become brewer millionaires and never come home.
2) The first visit (April)
I had ordinary old wedges, drank vodka and went over the road for dinner (all pre-planned) forgive me I didn’t know any better. The wedges were just perfect.
The 2nd visit (July)
I had a platter of antipasta-type food shared all ut.er.ly fan.ts.tic.
The 3rd visit(Sept)
I had pate to-die-for !!! ….I wanted more but the toast came out with a sizeable soufle pot -around 250grams and I knew I would look like little miss piggy if I got more….especially as I was having a hamburger after that…and it was huge! and YUMMY!

Had dinner last night at Brew and absolutely loved it. Myself and my family were well looked after, the food was fantastic and my husband really enjoyed the beers. Definitely worth a visit

I have to agree with a previous post.

We chose Brew Pub because of its own discription in the Entertainment Book. Friendly atmosphere, Big Pub Meals for cheap Pub prices. This was not the case.

The portions were very small and the price was very big.

The bangers and mash was dissapointing as was the drum sticks. And the pizza, well that was terrible! My husband was horrified and couldnt believe he had to get up and pay over $20 for a tiny pizza. I dont know if they could have possibly put LESS on the pizza to be honest.

We left nearly $100 down and dissapointed

Reasonably priced, large pub meals they are not!

From the moment we walked into the place, we could not be made to feel more welcome, even if they tried. A cold night outside, the atmosphere inside was warm and relaxed. We felt like we had been here before, even though this was our first time. The service was friendly and efficient, the bar snacks healthy sized portions, fairly priced, beer well chilled and our friends were impressed.

What a cool place. Came for drinks and dinner. Friendly atmosphere. Outstanding beer (the pub is owned by Croucher Brewing – a Rotorua craft brewery) – i can personally recommend the Croucher Pilsner and Croucher Patriot. The beer list is all of their own plus other top NZ beers. Our meals were excellent – think great pub nosh. I had the fresh fish and chips and my partner a BREW platter. Both were excellent. The BREW platter is like a pick’n mix from the rest of the menu – pork pie, scotch egg, smoked meats, etc.
Definitely recommending Brew to others.

If the food had been priced according to taste this wouldn’t have been so bad. However, the food was less than average – a couple of sausages with a dash of mashed potato set us back over $20.

The place was really cold and the coffee was burnt.

It was a really disappointing experience. We won’t be going back.