Firestone Walker Brewing Company

Beer is spectacular. Food was decent but I cant really remember what I ate so the beer did it’s job. A+ for clean looks and the staff was wonderful at offering suggestions for a noob like myself.

Really enjoyed our afternoon at the Barrelworks. Good food, the coconut shrimp was delicious. Not as hectic as breweries in San Diego, Buellton had a super relaxed ambiance, very laid back but clean and nicely laid out. Great, friendly service too!

Poor service, dirty dining area and better brewery down the street. Went here on a sunny Saturday looking toward for a beer and food. Sat on the patio, There was left over food on the ground everywhere (gross), no one came to help us so went inside to ask and they were annoyed we were asking to be served. Left and went to Figueroa Mtn brewery down the street on industrial way. Beer was SO MUCH BETTER, clean and good service.

Took a break for a while from here and upon returning, the food was great. Good service to go with the great food.

Great brews and good food. Tasters are available upon request, but no samplers on the menu. The brewery in the adjacent building is better for brew tasting. Casual atmosphere that is great for groups. Staff was friendly and attentive.

I’ve visited the brewery quite a few times lately. I got to say both the food and the service have been great. We had a great server. I think her name is Giovanna. I believe she serve for us to or three timestimes already and she’s been absolutely amazing always so attentive with the big smile across her face which just makes everything so much nicer. The beer is great. They also have a tap room and ur able to do beer tasting. They have sour beers. Which I fell in love with. They also have a rosé one. That was my favorite ! So five stars for the great service food and drinks the last four times I’ve been there! Keep up the good work!

Again, a wonderful meal. We have been to the location in Paso Robles a couple of times so this was our first stop at the Buellton location.
First we sat and ordered a giant pretzel and it came with a wonderful cheesy mustard dipping sauce. It was so good. Then Kelly our fantastic server suggested the Luponic distortion beer for my husband that loves to try new craft beers. He absolutely loved it. And then had another one.
Then he orders the chicken wrap and I ordered the coconut shrimp appetizer and it came with a sweet spicy orange dipping sauce. The shrimp was the BEST coconut shrimp I have ever had and the sweet/​spicy sauce was just perfect. The little field greens that were in the middle was a nice touch and was so good with the dipping sauce.
Kelly was a wonderful server. What a great personality she had. Took care of us in such a great way.

I love me some Firestone Walker! Not just the drinks but also because of the food!
We’ve been to this location twice but this is the first time we ate here. We had some pretzel, drumettes, con carne pizza and mac&cheese. Boy, everything was awesome! Although it seems like the food prices are $ 1 more than the main location in Paso Robles.
For beers, I had UDBA — still awesome! And hunby had the nitro merlin which was just like a chocolate milk!
If you’re taking 101, this is a definite pit stop. Also, there’s a Hampton Inn next door in the coming months (still in construction) and it’ll be a win-​win situation! Driving up and down the coast won’t be so bad ;)

This place is basically split into three sections: the bar, the dining area, and Barrelworks, which they let you take drinks from here to your dining table if you wish to do so, after you’ve paid for it.
The staff are all nice and attentive.
As for the food, I ordered the Panko Crusted Ahi, which was so delicious, I can’t rave about it enough. My husband ordered the tacos, and they allowed him to adjust to 2 red snapper fish tacos and the 3^rd one braised beef. The fish tacos were so good! The braised beef taco was good, but compared to the fish tacos, it wasn’t as enjoyable, but I’m glad we got to try it anyway. For dessert, we ordered the mud pie, which was actually a generous slice.

Oh man, does this place have history to it.
My dad and I have been going to this Firestone for over 2 years. The first time was the best though. We always walk from our favorite, San Marcos Motel. As we started walking up the driveway of the solo, commercial style, right-​off-​the freeway building. I stomped my foot and said, «dad, this isn’t the place. You’re so stubborn!» Welp, it was the place. After a good walk around the block, we tried again and lo and behold, it’s a pretty awesome restaurant inside. High ceilings, high windows and plenty of room for cool people to drink cool beer.
Last weekend my dad asked, «so what do you want to eat at Firestone?» Every.Single.Time, we split the fish and chips and chopped salad. Both are great! Not super spectacular and a little on the pricey side, but it’s all about the whole package and we love it here.

For my lady’s spring break retreat day, we took a trip to Los Olivos and Solvang for wine tasting. Our day had some flexibility so we made an extra stop here so I could enjoy a few craft beers. The tasting room experience was a bit bland. There was no music, no games, nothing else to entertain while sipping on $ 3 – 4 short pours of the more rare batches of beers. At the restaurant’s bar, I was able to enjoy a couple of ounces of the nitro stout for less than $ 2, which was quite fair. The people were friendly and there seemed to be many regulars/​locals at the bar which is always reassuring. Overall though, I wasn’t wowed by the experience or the beers. However, if you’re passing through it is at least worth a stop for a little bit of flavor.

I got the taproom burger. It was so damn good. My wife got the rustic pizza and she enjoyed it. We stopped on our way back from visiting Santa Barbara. Service was good and super fast. Didn’t have any beer since we drank all weekend but I buy there beer all the time and it’s great. They have a nice store with shirts and hats.

This place is kind of cool. I like their patio on a sunny day, they have benches and side tables to chat and also tables to sit and dine.
The dining room is rather large. Although I didn’t order anything to eat, it all smelled very yummy. I only got a taster but I was a disappointed there wasn’t more of a variety of beers. Mostly IPAs and ales. The 805 is the lightest beer they carry and is the only one I really enjoyed.
There is this tasting room inside the dining room called barrel works, it’s where they experiment on their beers.
The service was non existent. We had to go inside to the bar and order. No one ever came out to check on us. If the day hadn’t been so nice, It may have ruined my time here.
Overall, I’d say this play was ok. Nothing special. It’s worth your time at least once.

The Firestone location in Buellton was a convenient place off the freeway to meet with family in the area for lunch on our way back to NorCal. Unfortunately, we received the worst service in years. Our server was clearly treating our table much differently from others and openly ignored us and took satisfaction in watching us bus our own table, get up and grab our own table settings at the bar and sit for 15+ minutes twiddling our thumbs quietly as we waited for her to find a minute to help us. (She told us twice in the span of 15 minutes that we needed to wait a minute before she could help us. We waited over 15.) When we finally commented to another server on the wait and the apparent bad service we were getting, our server finally showed up and slammed 6 glasses of water on our table, said nothing while doing so and just left us for another several minutes.
Given the price of the food, I would expect much better service. If this was simply a brew pub that was focusing on quality beers and not food, I could probably excuse the server a bit. However, when you market a certain menu and charge higher than average prices (I.e. $ 17 for a plate of beef tacos), I would expect higher than average service.
I was so disappointed and embarrassed for my family. I wanted us to have a nice experience, and it was pretty clear the level of discrimination and pretty racist behavior that our server displayed towards us. Next time, I’m going to suggest to my family that we just meet someplace in Santa Barbara or SLO for lunch or dinner. There are more options and and a greater chance of finding a place that would treat us with more decency and respect.
(I’m not much of «yelper» and don’t usually have time to comment on any establishments. However, I felt so strongly about the need to share the poor level of service I experienced yesterday that I took the time to finally reestablish my Unilocal account and post a review.)

I had never heard of this brewery before but one of our travel party knew of it and wanted to stop and bring beer back for a friend. I’ve always loved sour beers, so this was a unique treat. There’s a tasting room where you can get small glasses of the beers. This is right next to the manufacturing part and you can see all the barrels. They also made more traditional beers like IPAs and stouts.
We tried Krieky bones, Sour Opal, SLOambic, and a couple other ones that I don’t see online. There was one that was made with szechuan peppercorns. Everything was very drinkable with good fruit flavors.
There’s also a regular bar and a restaurant inside, but we didn’t try any of the food.

This was a great brewpub!
I never had Firestone beer before and we came here for lunch. We got seats right away at the bar. Service was excellent and helpful when asking about the area and where to go. We were even given a wine map!
We started with the calamari. It was so fresh! Crispy calamari with delicious dipping sauces.
I chose the Witbier which was a saison. I had two of these, they were that delicious. For the meal, we split a pizza which was very tasty. The merch area is small but jam packed with stuff.
Definitely a great stop!

Firestone Walker is one of the nicer breweries I’ve been to. It’s also one of the bigger craft beer companies out there. Did not expect it to be where it is located. It’s like a huge brewery located out of nowhere.
The entire restaurant is super clean. Staff was extremely friendly as well. Food is a little pricy though but pretty good. It’s a definitely a ice pit stop if you’re on your way either up north or down south.

I will start this review by saying in no way is this a reflection of the amazing beer that Firestone produces but is just a review on the food. The bf and I stopped in on a Sunday afternoon this past weekend on our way to Solvang and were impressed with the place. I am not so much of a beer girl so I let him have at it as I ordered a few things while watching the rest of the Bronco game. Is this the best brewery/​restaurant there is? No. Does it get the job done if that’s what you are in the mood for. sure why not.
Ambiance: Cool place the you deff get the ‘brewery’ feel when you walk in. They have TV’s which is great if you want to catch a game on a Sunday like we did. Total score: ⁵⁄₅
Service: The workers here are great and also offer some cool discounts. For example you get a $ 2 off token if you get a flight of 4 samples that you can use to buy a souvenir or beer in the gift shop #WIN Total score: ⁵⁄₅
Price: Prices here for great and right on point, not overpriced and not underpriced. Total score: ⁵⁄₅
What was ordered for lunch:
Beer Flight: DUH! All amazing.
Spicy Chicken Drumlettes $ 11: Fried chicken drumlettes tossed in Wookey BBQ sauce, served with blue cheese dressing. These are fantastic and the bbq sauce is just right… thought the blue cheese was a bit too watery for this and not needed as it took away from the great BBQ flavor you got on these.
Bratwurst Sandwich $ 12: Grilled DBA bratwurst with balsamic onions and easy jack mustard served on a toasted pretzel bun and fries. SALTY! I really tried to enjoy this but man was it salty. The sandwich was made even saltier since it was accompanied with that jack mustard. I actually had to deconstruct this in order to eat it as it was too much for my palate. PS: The fries were perfect.
Taproom Burger $ 16 + Bacon $ 1: ½ lb American style Kobe beef patty topped with bacon, cheddar, lettuce, tomato, caramelized onions and chipotle mayo on a brioche bun served with fries. I was expecting great things from this burger since it had Kobe but you know what it was just OK. Nothing to write home about. Again, the fires were perfect.
If you are in the area make sure to stop buy if only for the beer (food is not that bad but I am sure you can find other hole-​in-​the wall spots if that’s the cuisine you are craving near by.) Again… beer is great and you get to taste more varieties then what you will find in the supermarkets or BevMo. Worth the stop.

This is a pretty awesome facility. However, there are two major gripes which makes it three instead of five:
Barrelworks, which is IMO the point of having a Firestone Walker taproom, is where all the unique beers are, and is even attached to the restaurant, but has more limited hours and functions as a separate entity. This wouldn’t be such a bad thing, but the beer selection available at the taproom/​restaurant is pretty milquetoast. Seriously, the beers offered at the taproom/​restaurant are nearly the same as what you can find at Yard House. Having a «taproom exclusive» IPA and session-​ish Brown doesn’t add to the excitement level. So… if you’re looking for barrel-​aged and/​or sour beers, look at Barrelworks’s hours rather than the ones on this entry or else you may come away disappointed.
The food is overpriced, especially for being in Buellton. Yes, the food is good. We had the seared ahi on pea pod slaw and pork cutlet with sweet potato fries. Both of these were very good. But most of the entrees are in the mid-​20s. Even the hamburger is in the upper teens. I suppose the allure of Firestone Walker is enough to price them this high, and given how busy it was on a Sunday night, they’re probably right. But I still think it’s overpriced.
Conveniently located off the 101.

I love Barrlworks. Their famous Bretta Weisse and Bretta Rose is excellent and like nothing I’ve ever tasted. Of course, you can’t get this stuff unless you’re here in their Buellton location. Most everything are in the barrels, just like what you see when you first walk in as you enter the taproom. It was nice and cool on a hot day walking through. That and a beer in your hand, makes this such a nice stop off the 101. Tasters are $ 3 here.
I also recently tried one of their Feral series: Feral Vinifera Component: Orange Muscat. More on the sour side than on what I thought was sweet Muscat. Lovely to drink maybe as an apéritif or dessert., not something you will drink all the time.
So enough about their fu fu sours, if you also like their strong ales this place is a must. I got to try their Helldorado 2014 on tap. Strangely, the ABV on the 2015 is 1% higher. There is some agreesivenss in here, but it does make you want to drink more. Definitely can taste the barrel taste. Always a fan of their Parabola, Sticky Monkee, Sucaba. Good stuff.
There’s the fridge next to the tap which you can buy it to go. Of course, the older stuff like the Anniversary 14 or 15 is stupid expensive, I would totally just get the recent release and hope it ages fine at your own fridge.
I hope FW being bought won’t change any of their beers, I love their beers and fan for life.