Water Tower Brewing Company/US Play

Ok, if you're going here thinking brewpub, you're going to be in for a rude surprise. The brewpub is part of a restaurant/bar/video arcade/pool hall/ bowling alley called US Play. From the looks of the building layout on the website, it looks like the restaurant and bar section once took up a larger section of the building, but more lanes were added where the video arcade used to be and the video games had been moved into what used to be the major portion of the dining area. The dining area had been shrunk down. Apprarently it's not a very popular eating place although the prices seemed reasonable and although the lanes in the bowling alley were full and the arcade was doing good business and the pool tabels were busy, there was almost no one in the dining area and the one waiter there around 6 p.m. came over to talk to us because he went to high school with my wife and had no one to wait on. The bar area is too close to the arcade so you have the bowling alley roar and the noises of video games to contend with so it's not really quiet. At least there isn't a lot of smoke. Another problem is that the bartenders aren't exactly the most knowledgable about their product. They're just US Play workers who're serving the beer the brewpub brews (the brewing equipment is on site at least). The beer, at least, it pretty good but I wouldn't advise going here for a drinking experience, but if you're in the north Atlanta suburbs, want to go bowling in a clean bowling alley or play a game of pool and be able to try so decent to good beer, then this place it ok. If you're wanting a beer experience, you're best best is the 5 Seasons or the Buckhead Brewery.