Big House Grill
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Reviewed by ecoboy from Rhode Island
3.33/5 rDev -2.3%
vibe: 2.5 | quality: 3.5 | service: 3 | selection: 3.5 | food: 4
3.33/5 rDev -2.3%
vibe: 2.5 | quality: 3.5 | service: 3 | selection: 3.5 | food: 4
This is a restaurant more than brewpub, and the beers brewed by Big House are, upon inspection of other tables, not necessarily the draw for many patrons. The name "grill" is apt; the food is American big: meat, meat, meat. Wins burger awards.
The decor is dark and mass produced restaurant booths and tables and chairs make up the furniture. I also seem to have less fun at brewpubs where you have to go through miles of sprawl-like blocks with malls and chain fast food restaurants and chain motels. I like my pubs to have a lived-in unique feel and the building, decor and surrounding environs of the Big House Grill make it lose points. I guess what I'm saying is you can skip this place unless you have to go to every single brewpub in the world (which I do.)
May 21, 2003The decor is dark and mass produced restaurant booths and tables and chairs make up the furniture. I also seem to have less fun at brewpubs where you have to go through miles of sprawl-like blocks with malls and chain fast food restaurants and chain motels. I like my pubs to have a lived-in unique feel and the building, decor and surrounding environs of the Big House Grill make it lose points. I guess what I'm saying is you can skip this place unless you have to go to every single brewpub in the world (which I do.)
Reviewed by sponberg from New York
3.5/5 rDev +2.6%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3.5 | service: 3.5 | selection: 3.5 | food: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +2.6%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3.5 | service: 3.5 | selection: 3.5 | food: 3.5
Located at the former Lexington Grille on Wolf Rd. Take Exit 2 from the Northway, head north on Wolf Rd, go past the mall & McDonalds, it's on the left about 1/4 mile past McDonalds.
Comfy, with seating in the bar and in two rooms out back, and outside during the summer. Smallish bar, and a single batch brewery in a small room in the front of the building. Most of the beer here hails from the Big House in downtown Albany, with the brewery here used for small and/or experimental batches. Not a very beer-oriented atmosphere, although the bartenders do know the beers pretty well and aren't averse to beer chat. Never seen a brewer here. Most of the brews are of decent or better quality - as with the Big House, stick with the wheats, browns, and porters.
The food here is pretty good - a clear step up from bar food, with really good wraps. A friend used to swear by some of the pasta dishes, but he hasn't been there in a year or so 'cause our office moved. Service is usually good, occasionally slow.
Feb 01, 2003Comfy, with seating in the bar and in two rooms out back, and outside during the summer. Smallish bar, and a single batch brewery in a small room in the front of the building. Most of the beer here hails from the Big House in downtown Albany, with the brewery here used for small and/or experimental batches. Not a very beer-oriented atmosphere, although the bartenders do know the beers pretty well and aren't averse to beer chat. Never seen a brewer here. Most of the brews are of decent or better quality - as with the Big House, stick with the wheats, browns, and porters.
The food here is pretty good - a clear step up from bar food, with really good wraps. A friend used to swear by some of the pasta dishes, but he hasn't been there in a year or so 'cause our office moved. Service is usually good, occasionally slow.
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