J W’s Bierstube

Very poor quality food for the price. Had to wait 35 minutes for the last meal to be delivered. Our kids meals were sent out 10 minutes before ours. First adult meal was sent out 30 minutes after we ordered and the second adult meal was sent out 5 minutes later. Waitress is apologize saying they had a rush (only two other families entered after us). First adult meal was sent out with cold fries. Silverware was sent out well after kids meals were served. I have had better food at fast food places than here.

Prices and service is great! The bartender was always very friendly! A good bar to stop and get a quick drink at.

My husband and I had dinner here last night. There was no greeting when we entered the restaurant and we had to seat ourselves. The waitress was friendly but did not bring us silverware with our meal. The booth was dirty and the menus were greasy and full of food. I ordered the deluxe grilled cheese and it was the worst sandwich I had ever had. It was soggy and the bread was disintegrating. I would expect this sandwich to be crisp and crunchy but it was just mushy. My husbands sandwich was fine but not memorable. I don’t think we will be back.

I’ve been here a few times in the past to enjoy a burger and beer with my son and his wife. It use to be a friendly fun place to get a ymmy Monday night special/​burger and beer. But the waiter we the past few times has issues– he was arrogant, angry and disrespectful.
I usually get a tall tap beer but was told by staff last year it’s a better deal to get a small pitcher. When last we were here, 2mth ago– the waiter changed the price of a small pitcher of beer from $ 5 to $ 15 for a Small pitcher. So this time, last monday, I asked first– how much is a pitcher of beer. He said $ 15. I showed him the website which notes, $ 5 small pitcher tap beer. He said, ‘it’s wrong. I keep trying to get them to change that’. My thought now, am I suppose to believe him and not the website? He started a rant about ‘oh i remember you from last time and…,’ To where my son interrupted him with, ‘Moving on.’ Honestly, what was the point. I was asking a question.
He said «it’s on the menu’. I don’t remember seeing it there so I asked him to show me where it’s noted priced otherwise. He began grabbing menus and tossing things around in a little temper tantrum, finally showing me the price $ 3.50 for special on tall tap beer mugs. Nothing about pitchers, large or small. I had enough of his crabby ways and let it go.
I order my burger and tall tap– The burger was wonderful with the chips, beer was cold. When it came time to checkout, I usually tip pretty good but I also base it on service. Got the bill and as I was sorting my cash the waiter asked ‘will you be needing change back’? no thanks. I was so taken aback by his remarks and disrespectful ways. I left the cash along with a dollar tip on the table. My son, his wife and I were out the door nearing the parking lot when this raving maniac came out the door (our waiter) chasing us and harshly yelling– Maim… maim, excuse me Maim. You forgot your change! as he’s waving a dollar around.
I was stunded– he flashes his pompous abrasive additude at customers and expects a tip at all is rediculous notion. He’s lucky he got anything. We hoped to enjoy a burger and beer on a lazy monday night– enough with the drama angry waiter.
I guess I will return to my 20yr monday night burgers standby, Brine’s in Stillwater– where the burgers and beer are wonderful, reasonably priced and staff is happy and respectful to customers.

It’s a dive. Used to have better food but its fallen off. Different cook every time we’ve been there might have something to do with that. Wait staff varies quite a bit. Some very good, some terrible. Started coming here when I moved nearby 5 years ago, as I had been to the Hastings and Red Wing locations. Those two seem to be better managed. This one is definitely more of a bar than «family restaurant» like the other two.

Was here on Sunday a month ago for the Game, first and last time I will eat there. Beer was ice cold, great view of the game but food was horrid. Knocked the wind out of my sails about what I liked about the place. We had cheese curds which we were trying our hardest to find any cheese, and my the sandwich is something that looks like it came from a gas station, one slice of cheap deli meat and a kraft single. I’ve been here before and liked the view of the game and the price of domestic beer but the food and the attitude they put into serving it make me look else where.

Our daughter’s first Birthday is a couple of weeks away. We have planned a party for her and my father isn’t able to make it up. So he came up this past weekend to celebrate his Granddaughter’s first birthday. He was staying in Woodbury, so we chose the Bierstube because of the proximity of it to the hotel. Alyssa & I have been here about four times before, eating the All-​You-​Can-​Eat Friday Night Fish Fry half of those times. It is located in a strip mall right off of 694 on 10^th Street in Oakdale. Pretty easy to find. Because of it being in a strip mall, there is plenty of parking available. Walking into the place, you are greeted by a pull tab booth immediately. It’s positioned so if there is a line waiting to buy pull tabs, you can’t walk right in. You’ll have to meander around a big table, avoid the video games, and swing back around to the other side of the pull tab booth, just so you can find a damn seat. Stupid placement of that booth. There is booth seating along one side of the restaurant and the bar is on the other side. In the way back is a little seating area with a few tables and booths. We chose a table back there. The table had menus under the condiment set up they have, along with a drink & specials table tent.
I was looking into what they had for drinks when our server stopped by asking us what we wanted to drink. My Dad asked for a Bud 55, but the server said she wasn’t sure if they offered that choice. I said it was on the drink list and pointed to it. She said she was new and wasn’t familiar with everything yet. I went with a mug of Bierstube Red. Alyssa stuck with water as did my step-​mom. She came back letting my Dad know they didn’t have Bud 55 anymore. He asked for a Miller 64. She took our drink tent to see if that was a choice listed. I knew it wasn’t, and told my Dad if he was going down that route to get a Michelob Ultra Light, which I knew they had. He took my advice and went with it. When she came back with everyones drink, we placed our order for food. In all, 3 AYCE Friday Night Fish Fry’s & A Ruben (Step-​Mom). The Fish Fry comes standard with Beer Battered Cod, French Fries, Coleslaw, & Garlic buttered hogie bun. While waiting & conversing, I take in the place. The wall are adorned with memories of Minnesota sports teams of yore. Homer Hankies. 1998 Vikings. Was that a Kevin Garnett autograph? Nothing Lynx, though. They also had a fall theme, too. Huge pumpkins out for guessing the weight of ‘em. Plenty of TVs.
When our food came, our Fish Fry was served in a basket. Everything kinda stuffed in there. Well, everything but the coleslaw. It didn’t come. We had to ask our server where it was. She said she forgot about it. The basket was deep but had a small, narrow opening on top. Hard to eat outta that thing. The Cod was thick & flaky. Tough to eat with your hands, but with the basket opening so narrow, the fork was tough to use as well. The Fries were crinkle cut Ore’Ida kind. Soggy because of being at the bottom of that deep basket with the Fish steaming heat onto ‘em. Crappy, soggy fries. Bletch. The coleslaw, when it came, was served in a soup cup. It was dry coleslaw with a squirt of coleslaw dressing on top. The dressing has the perfect amount of tang to it. The slaw itself is crunchy & fresh. The tartar sauce is great. It has red pimientos mixed into it. The lemon wedge was the perfect size. Huge & with lots of squeeze for three pieces of Cod. The Cod was good, bordering on great. Big meaty pieces with a nice crunch to the shell. The Beer Batter is almost perfect. The pieces of Cod they use is so flaky, that once your bite into your piece, you must use a fork for the rest of the fillet. The hogie bun is unnecessary unless you wanted to make a Fish sandwich outta your supper.
Half way through our meal, our server asked us about more Fish. We ordered 4 more pieces and Alyssa asked for a plate. She couldn’t stand eating out of that basket anymore. Our reorder took roughly 5 minutes. They were brought in one of those baskets with more lemon & tartar sauce. The reorder pieces were just as full, flavorful, & flaky as the first. The fish is spot on here. However, it stops short there & is the reason for the two star rating. The AYCE Friday Night Fish Fry costs $ 12.99. For that price point, I don’t want to be eating out of a basket. Put that dinner on a plate! Server was new & forgetful. She never cleared any empty plates or baskets off our table and they just ended up piling up in the middle. The French Fries, ugh. Hogie Bun doesn’t go well with this dinner. Texas toast just might. And that pull tab booth. We couldn’t leave without negotiating the line waiting to buy some. Again, we had to go this round about way just to exit. Stupid, stupid, stupid!!! Also, if you find yourself drunk, they have a BAC video game you could blow into just to see how drunk you are. Stay Classy, Oakdale Bierstube!

This place is a total mixed bag… I have come here and greatly enjoyed the experience, but I have come here other times and left honestly wondering what I was thinking.
The other evening is what this review will be based on, as this was kind of my final straw when it comes to here… I walked in and spent almost 15 full minutes sitting at a table right next to the bar. A waitress was on the patio having a cigarette when I walked in and sat out loudly talking, yelling, joking, and swearing up a storm with a very drunk guy that was sitting at the end of the bar. Even after coming in the only acknowledgement I got for sitting down was her letting me know that she would «be there soon.»
Fine, I moved up to the bar.
The bartender now actually offered me a drink immediately. I got my staple Vodka Tonic and waited for my brother and his partner to arrive before considering that I would like some food. The menu was placed in front of me and the bartender scurried away. No heads up on specials, or if there was anything good.
I spent the entire cocktail debating on something that I wanted, and after two separate check ins from the bartender asking me if I was ready and me saying no, there was no suggestion made on his part. He stood there staring at me for a minute, and then basically walked away after SIGHING. Like, sorry I don’t know what food I want to buy and pay for in which you would collect a tip on?!
To end it all, I ended up paying for the one drink and leaving. The service here is ridiculously awful, and unless you know what you want, don’t plan on eating or drinking anything.

Have been twice — the first time the German food was very good. The second time the food was not very good. The steak was mostly fat, the waitress tried to charge us for the beers even though the texts said we could bring in our state fair stubs and have a free beer, although the cheese curds were good. Overall don’t plan on returning.

I didn’t like this place the first time I came here. I never thought I would be here again but there I was, standing in the doorway, holding my ears as «Ride a cowboy» is blaring. I didn’t want to enter but I did.
My friend had a certificate to use up so we ventured in, ordered some buffalo wings, some bread/​sausage «thing» for lack of a better word, and a corona for me. I thought alcohol might diminish the annoying noise the amateur one man band was playing.
The waitresses, both times I have visited, have been friendly enough. The chicken wings were OK but barely luke warm so that was not good. In the menu, they say the blue cheese dressing and celery are free but we ended up paying for the blue cheese dressing separately… Really??? But the menu says… and NO restaurant charges you for the condiment that is SUPPOSED to come with your entrée… Not worth the dollar battle so I let it slide.
The bread with the equivalent of one hillshire farm smoked sausage grilled was not worth more than a few dollars… Ughh I would not order that again… Oh yeah, thats right, hopefully i wont ever be ordering ANYTHING from here because I don’t ever want to come here again.
If rural, small town Legions or VFW’s filled with drunk blue collared folks turn your crank, then step into the stube. If not, keep your distance from this place…

I don’t go here as much as I’d like to because it’s in a strip mall right next to Garibaldi’s that I love. I remember them having daily specials. Once it was some kind of large meatball with a cream sauce. It needed and onion or something, it was bland and didn’t need to be. The Friday fish fry was okay. But what really holds my interest, is an exceptional beer cheese soup. It’s up there with Nye’s, very smooth and flavorful.

This is a great hometown bar & grill. They have been opened since 1991 and the décor is still from the 90’s. They have good food I love the asparagus Plate –Asparagus, mushroom Sauteed onions, American and swiss cheese melted on top with ham. YUM!
They have great Happy Hour specials
This is a great place to go to meet with friends and have a conversation where you can hear each other!

A place I used to love, seems to be heading down the tubes. While they serve great bar food, you will find better service and prices almost everywhere.
They used to have a killer happy hour, even on Fridays, which is no longer the case. They also used to have fantastic servers, that would ask you if you needed another beer, or if you were ready for your check, again no longer the case.
Both of these are noted by the fact that we were one of about 10 people in there at 11:00 on a Friday. The other 9, our waitress seemed to know, as she sat at the bar and talked to them, while ignoring us for over 20 minutes, and forcing us to ask the bartender for our tab.

I’d give it more stars for due to the German guy that plays the accordian every few Saturdays — I think he rotates between Stube’s. This Bierstube (in Oakdale) is kind of smelly, but it’s a good place to get a beer. The main entrees are better than the apps (stay away from the Rueban Balls — they are bad here). I’ve been up there when they’ve had a meat raffle — score! All-​in-​all, it’s a nice little joint.

Great neighborhood bar. Food is pretty good and drinks are on the cheaper side. Hands on owner who treats custumers good.