Campbell Brewing Company
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by CJNAPS from California
4.28/5 rDev +18.6%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 3.75 | service: 4.25 | selection: 4.75 | food: 4.5
4.28/5 rDev +18.6%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 3.75 | service: 4.25 | selection: 4.75 | food: 4.5
Nice chill place in downtown Campbell. Home beer was pretty good and they have like ten guest taps. Burgers were delicious, a revisit for sure. If your in the area pop in. Cheers !
Dec 08, 2017
Reviewed by chrisjws from California
3.73/5 rDev +3.3%
vibe: 3.75 | quality: 3.75 | service: 4 | selection: 3.5 | food: 3.5
3.73/5 rDev +3.3%
vibe: 3.75 | quality: 3.75 | service: 4 | selection: 3.5 | food: 3.5
Edit: I've added a second visit down below the first.
Tried this a few weeks after opening and it was quite a fiasco. I consider this incomplete and I'll go back and give them a second chance. For now, consider this a minor warning to anyone looking to go that they have some issues to work out.
Went on a Saturday night, it was moderately busy (not packed, plenty of open tables) and was told on arrival that the computers were down and therefore they weren't serving any food (not sure how they can't do that the old fashioned way?). They also said they'd have to take cash or run cards manually. Okay fine, I was mostly there for beer anyway.
Vibe: Nice Wood decor interior, stage, full service high tables by the bar and low tables in the self service area. Scattered TVs, some on and some off. No background music. Decent ambiance, could be a lot more dialed in though.
Quality: Sour was served in a tulip glass. IPAs were served in pint glasses filled to the top with no head at all. I had a Hoppy Birthday and it had minimal aroma, that might be a GF issue, a line issue, them not having any head or a combo of all three. Beers weren't terrible, but they need to work on serving up the beer better.
Service: This was the one saving grace of the night, the waitress was very polite and did her best given difficult circumstances. She ended up comping one beer because of selection issues, then our check (3 beers, no food) due to issues running the card manually. She apologized very genuinely and told us to come back and try it again. I probably would have either way, but thanks to her service I'll definitely give them a second shot.
Selection: They have no house beers on tap at the moment, they're all in the tanks according to the bartender. They had roughly 20 beers on their taplist, but they were out of my first two choices. Overall solid selection as far as the stuff they actually had, but it won't blow you away.
Food: I'd give this a N/A if that was an option. I thought about giving it 2.5 as average, but it does kind of deserve a failing grade for this experience.
Bad experience, but lots of potential for this place to be good. I'll give it a month or two and try again.
Second review: Went again many months after opening, it's gotten considerably better. The food is mediocre bar food, but they have great happy hour specials on it though. The BBQ is ok. Selection gets a bump now that they finally have house beers. Some suck (the IPAs), but the malt oriented ones like the brown, scotch ale, black ale, belgian, etc are pretty good but not great. Selection in general is okay, definitely above your average bar. Some guest taps of good stuff. It's worth a stop.
Jun 29, 2015Tried this a few weeks after opening and it was quite a fiasco. I consider this incomplete and I'll go back and give them a second chance. For now, consider this a minor warning to anyone looking to go that they have some issues to work out.
Went on a Saturday night, it was moderately busy (not packed, plenty of open tables) and was told on arrival that the computers were down and therefore they weren't serving any food (not sure how they can't do that the old fashioned way?). They also said they'd have to take cash or run cards manually. Okay fine, I was mostly there for beer anyway.
Vibe: Nice Wood decor interior, stage, full service high tables by the bar and low tables in the self service area. Scattered TVs, some on and some off. No background music. Decent ambiance, could be a lot more dialed in though.
Quality: Sour was served in a tulip glass. IPAs were served in pint glasses filled to the top with no head at all. I had a Hoppy Birthday and it had minimal aroma, that might be a GF issue, a line issue, them not having any head or a combo of all three. Beers weren't terrible, but they need to work on serving up the beer better.
Service: This was the one saving grace of the night, the waitress was very polite and did her best given difficult circumstances. She ended up comping one beer because of selection issues, then our check (3 beers, no food) due to issues running the card manually. She apologized very genuinely and told us to come back and try it again. I probably would have either way, but thanks to her service I'll definitely give them a second shot.
Selection: They have no house beers on tap at the moment, they're all in the tanks according to the bartender. They had roughly 20 beers on their taplist, but they were out of my first two choices. Overall solid selection as far as the stuff they actually had, but it won't blow you away.
Food: I'd give this a N/A if that was an option. I thought about giving it 2.5 as average, but it does kind of deserve a failing grade for this experience.
Bad experience, but lots of potential for this place to be good. I'll give it a month or two and try again.
Second review: Went again many months after opening, it's gotten considerably better. The food is mediocre bar food, but they have great happy hour specials on it though. The BBQ is ok. Selection gets a bump now that they finally have house beers. Some suck (the IPAs), but the malt oriented ones like the brown, scotch ale, black ale, belgian, etc are pretty good but not great. Selection in general is okay, definitely above your average bar. Some guest taps of good stuff. It's worth a stop.
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