Backstreet Brewery

The brew equipment may be gone, but belching beaver is on tap so I can’t complain. Decent prices, close to home, friendly enough folks…

Two-​for Tuesdays are always a plus! These guys have great, fast, friendly service, and they have made regulars out of us. We have been going there every Tuesday night for the past two years!

Bookmarked this place a while ago but never found it… didn’t realize it was INSIDE the Lamppost Pizza! I thought it was like a unicorn or something. A brewery IN irvine?!
There were probably 10 – 15 different beers on tap. Maybe about 5 that were specifically Backstreet Brewery brews. Bf and his friend had tried the red, the IPA, and the hef. Was told all were very good. I tasted them, but I’m not much of a beer person bc I’m not a fan of the hops. Did have the cream ale and thought that was very smooth and quite tasty. In addition to the beers, we also got an order of cheesy breadsticks with pizza sauce (per Nathan’s suggestion). It was the perfect combo! So ooey gooey cheesy goodness!
Interesting group of characters that hang out here. Loud, hilarious and entertaining to watch. Great place to spend an afternoon drinking and eating junk food. And Nathan the bartender was awesome!

I came here because the Backstreet Boys were in Irvine so it only seem fitting to go to the Backstreet Brewery. The food was greasy and bland but service wasn’t too bad. I’d pass on this place though.

Their brewmaster needs to do more work on the beer. And having «Coors Light» as a guest beer… come on…

Wow new menu
I just say pee you!
Bacon was really baco– bits
Toppings looked like some zits
Rare to see a dive bar in irvine
But this place is not fine
Beer still is flat
Spent my money now just fat
Skip this place —
And didn’t get food all over your face

As divey as a family beer joint can get. Beer was okay, the rest sucked. Costco pizza is better. The sole bartender/​beer pourer spent most of her time smoking with a group of wasted rednecks on the smoke-​filled patio. When she was actually behind the bar, she actively ignored the patrons. One couple came in, sat down at the bar, waited about ten minutes as the bartender twiddled her thumbs, gave up and left. Interior of restaurant and bar smelled like b.o. and mold. Not hops/​brewary funky stink, unclean stink. The bathroom had a major sewer gas backup and hadn’t been cleaned for at least a week. There was no soap and the automatic paper towel dispenser was set to run until the paper towels landed on the soaked counter top. The employees took turns smoking cigarettes on the storefront deck and smoking Marijuana just outside the back/​service entrance to the store where all the weed smoke would blow through the restaurant each time the door was opened. The only employees that appeared sober were the guy working on the brew tanks and the food runner girl. My buddies loved the drunk chick staff because they are horn dogs without fire hydrants, but I doubt most people will because they didn’t do the hugs and rubs like the hooters girls did. Happy birthday steef-​oh. Off to bar #4 and not driving!

This place blows… sorry. save your money and even try maybe buffalo wild wings up the road… for sure their wings are better which is NOT saying much! They were freezer burned… Service sucked. Had to go in and order our own drinks from the bar and sometimes the bartender wasn’t even there. pizza average… skip this place.

Great service and friendly staff. They have good lunch specials and excellent wings. I usually get the two pizza slice combo w/​beverage and upgrade the beverage to a beer for a couple dollars more (the heritage hef is the way to go) it’s a great spot for football on Sundays too

This place sucks, I went in there with high expectations based on the user reviews instead I left unsatisfied and pissed off. The bartenders at the backstreet section have no respect towards his coworkers and customer. He kept saying racial slurs «n***a» and being loud and obnoxious with his friends throughout the night. I could see people’s face’s reaction based on his shitty attitude. Service was bad I had to personally ask for some mugs! Btw This guy seemed drunk on the job. The pizza was OK nothing special I just regret not going to Tustin brewing company last night. The beer selection was great though.

Great beer, good pizza, marginal service. Been a weekly customer for probably two years and have never been told about the mug club. I just read about it on Unilocal.Also, if the bar is full of 20 something men or their employees who drink a lot and get really loud, forget about getting good prompt service. Where is the manager or owner? Its kind of funny and irritating at same time.

They have delicious home brewed beers on tap and there is most definitely a lovable bunch of locals that are here most every night. Sabrina is an awesome bartendress so come say ‘Hi’!! Come for the beer, stay for the service and conversations. Love this place!

Pizza is pretty good, decent selection of beer.
Casual pub that makes their own beers and carries a good amount of commercial beers.
We had the pepperoni pizza, and the small did NOT seem small!
We also had the «Best of Seven» pizza — and that was really good. Nice combination of ingredients.
It got pretty busy while we were there. A nearly full pub, and only one bartender who also served as waitress in the whole pub section. Service got pretty slow then.
Nothing outrageous, and that is only because the overworked bartender worked her arse off the entire time!
We’ll go back. It is hard to find pizza and brew that we’d rate a 3 or better in OC.

The er IPA is really yummy and strong. I like the perfect game pizza it’s freaking delicious!

Pizza and beer… Need I say more. Unilocal would probably want me to. The beer is good– not great. I am an IPA guy myself and I wasn’t really impressed with theirs. They weren’t hoppy enough to me. I want my tastebuds to be drop kicked with bitter goodness.
The pizzas are a little pricy, $ 25 for a med. they are piled with toppings though. Like the toppings that fell off as I was eating was more than what comes on a papa johns pizza.
Great place to catch the game and throw back a couple brewskis with the broskis!

Good beer not great. Nothing creative. Very much «steaks and eggs.»

Brought ten business associates here and was extremely disappointed with the service. We sat outside in the Brewery section, not the Lampost Pizza area, and got service initially but never again. One bartender for Monday night football is unacceptable. Took over an hour to order food and that was only after I tracked the bartender down at the bar. Will NEVER go here again. Place was very crowded but one person working in the brewery is not working for me. When I spend $ 150+ at a pizza/​brewery joint I don’t want to work to find my bartender for food or a beer. Will say that the pizza is very good. Really not sure how this place stays in business, must be the lack of competition in the area.
Found a Buffalo Wild Wings a block away on my way home, damn, really blew this one!!!

This place has great food and lots of diferent beers on tap that are always good. It’s a very comfortable bar and it’s great for watching football on Sundays. They are also dog friendly on the patio and were even so nice as to bring us a bowl of water for our dog on a hot day. We will definitely be back! The pizza bread is surprisingly good!

HIDDEN GEM & LOCAL FAVORITE
This place is awesome! The brew their own beer, and always have the favorites on tap as well as cycling through new ones to try. Joining the Mug Club is a great deal because all your pints get upgraded to steins. Cool local crowd, really good food. I’m glad more people don’t know about this place, because it would be packed 24×7

Try the Heritage Hefeweizen, the Hepcat pale ale, just two of the microbrews made in house at Backstreet.
The pizza is atavistic of 1970’s SoCal pizza parlors, the kind of place where Softball and Little League teams meet at least once a week (and that is what Lampost Pizza/​Backstreet is).
Highlights include:
Meatball and Italian sausage sandwich,
The Submarine is quite tasty, it includes Ham, Mortadella, Cappacolla, Salami, Provolone Cheese on a toasted roll.