Collision Bend Brewing Company
Main Beer Listing
1250 Old River Rd
Cleveland, Ohio, 44113
United States
(216) 273-7879 | map
collisionbendbrewery.com
Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by Coho11 from Ohio
2.55/5 rDev -18.3%
vibe: 2 | quality: 3 | service: 3 | selection: 2 | food: 2
2.55/5 rDev -18.3%
vibe: 2 | quality: 3 | service: 3 | selection: 2 | food: 2
Too much upscale for brewery....didn’t like.
Jul 10, 2018
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
2.43/5 rDev -22.1%
vibe: 1 | quality: 2 | service: 2.5 | selection: 3 | food: 3.5
2.43/5 rDev -22.1%
vibe: 1 | quality: 2 | service: 2.5 | selection: 3 | food: 3.5
Four hostesses, who are fairly confident they're working in a fine dining establishment, greet you at the entrance, leaving you to wonder if you're in the right place.
"Do you have a reservation?"
Huh?
"It'll be an hour wait."
Nah...seriously, WTF!? This is a brewery, right?!?!?!?
The standing space at the bar gives about a foot of space between you and the bartop diners lounging in their massively padded leather bar stools who are just trying to have a quiet, calm, scaled up dinner with slow jazz playing softly in the background to keep the calm ambiance...(!)
In a word, this place is stuffy, with missing signage and inappropriate or downright misleading marketing. Watching group after group walk up to what seems like the entrance only to walk back to the unlabeled entrance like this is some kind of apartment or speakeasy--just like we did--is just one glaring opportunity for improvement. Not to mention, $10 to park for the privilege of not getting a beer without a hassle? Their site mentions exclusive parking, but fails to point out that it comes at the same premium that the rest of The Flats parking does.
They're going to have to kill this "brewery" shtick sooner than later because this is a restaurant through and through, and not even a casual one. It does not feel like any sort of experience that might resemble an actual brewery or bar experience whatsoever.
If the beer was great, this all might be forgivable. Unfortunately, there were four different full pours between us, and none were finished. Three of our beers tasted damn near identically--the Grisette, Saison, and Kolsch were all variations on intensity of banana and clove and were totally outside of style--while the Pale Ale had no aroma, but did feature the wonderful, mild flavor of Melba toast.
It's not usually my thing to tear down breweries, but I think they'll be fine without us beer geeks. Hell, they already "won" best brewpub without us! They do have a really cool space in an absolutely awesome location...but the execution and overall experience here is very poor, for a "BREWPUB."
Apr 01, 2018"Do you have a reservation?"
Huh?
"It'll be an hour wait."
Nah...seriously, WTF!? This is a brewery, right?!?!?!?
The standing space at the bar gives about a foot of space between you and the bartop diners lounging in their massively padded leather bar stools who are just trying to have a quiet, calm, scaled up dinner with slow jazz playing softly in the background to keep the calm ambiance...(!)
In a word, this place is stuffy, with missing signage and inappropriate or downright misleading marketing. Watching group after group walk up to what seems like the entrance only to walk back to the unlabeled entrance like this is some kind of apartment or speakeasy--just like we did--is just one glaring opportunity for improvement. Not to mention, $10 to park for the privilege of not getting a beer without a hassle? Their site mentions exclusive parking, but fails to point out that it comes at the same premium that the rest of The Flats parking does.
They're going to have to kill this "brewery" shtick sooner than later because this is a restaurant through and through, and not even a casual one. It does not feel like any sort of experience that might resemble an actual brewery or bar experience whatsoever.
If the beer was great, this all might be forgivable. Unfortunately, there were four different full pours between us, and none were finished. Three of our beers tasted damn near identically--the Grisette, Saison, and Kolsch were all variations on intensity of banana and clove and were totally outside of style--while the Pale Ale had no aroma, but did feature the wonderful, mild flavor of Melba toast.
It's not usually my thing to tear down breweries, but I think they'll be fine without us beer geeks. Hell, they already "won" best brewpub without us! They do have a really cool space in an absolutely awesome location...but the execution and overall experience here is very poor, for a "BREWPUB."
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