Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
Linked: Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant
1661 Airport Blvd, Terminal A
San Jose, California, 95110-1216
United States
(408) 294-5108 | map
gordonbiersch.com
Located at Gate 11 of San Jose International Airport.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by elNopalero from Michigan
4.24/5 rDev +18.4%
vibe: 3.75 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4 | food: 4
4.24/5 rDev +18.4%
vibe: 3.75 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4 | food: 4
One of three Gordon Biersch locations in an airport in the US (along with six in Taiwan!), and the only GB location still operating in what I believe was once their hometown of San Jose. Six taps, with a full range of their standards pouring fresh. I found the experience to be perfectly acceptable for a pre-flight pint, given the available options.
Jan 09, 2025
Reviewed by chrisjws from California
3.59/5 rDev +0.3%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3.5 | service: 3.75 | selection: 3.5 | food: 3.75
3.59/5 rDev +0.3%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3.5 | service: 3.75 | selection: 3.5 | food: 3.75
In all the mid-af options you have at SJC, this is easily the best one. The other spots you may find a drop of craft here and there, but they all come and go and their menus change through the years if they even last. GB provides a reliable, predictable set of options. You got your Marzen, Hefeweizen and Pilsner, some IPA they made because it's the post-2010's craft scene and a few cans of Sierra Nevada and other craft. I have not seen the seasonal bocks on in awhile, hoping they have not nixed that.
Get the cheese curds or the garlic fries
Jun 05, 2015Get the cheese curds or the garlic fries
Reviewed by DoubleJ from Wisconsin
3.23/5 rDev -9.8%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3.5 | service: 3 | selection: 3
3.23/5 rDev -9.8%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3.5 | service: 3 | selection: 3
For all you frequent flyers flying out of San Jose, there is a Gordon Biersch located in Terminal A of the airport. Plenty of tables, a long bar, TV's, and some Gordon Biersch memoir provide the decor to this pub. It's a lot better than waiting at the gate of your flight.
6 taps at the bar: four are Gordon Biersch offerings (Hefeweizen, Pilsner, Marzen, one other), the other two are filled by Budweiser and Bud Light (pourquoi?!). Beers are served in a plastic cup, and if you get a Gordon Biersch offering, expect to pay $7.25 plus tax (almost $8 a pint!).
Didn't need much service at the bar as I drank the hefeweizen at 8:30am. Oh, and if you get the hefe, be sure to tell the bartender to hold the lemon, as the Gordon Biersch hefeweizen rivals those in the Bavarian tradtion.
It may be a bar under a chain name, but there are busier airports which don't have a place this good for beer.
Aug 26, 20096 taps at the bar: four are Gordon Biersch offerings (Hefeweizen, Pilsner, Marzen, one other), the other two are filled by Budweiser and Bud Light (pourquoi?!). Beers are served in a plastic cup, and if you get a Gordon Biersch offering, expect to pay $7.25 plus tax (almost $8 a pint!).
Didn't need much service at the bar as I drank the hefeweizen at 8:30am. Oh, and if you get the hefe, be sure to tell the bartender to hold the lemon, as the Gordon Biersch hefeweizen rivals those in the Bavarian tradtion.
It may be a bar under a chain name, but there are busier airports which don't have a place this good for beer.
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