Brewster’s Food and Spirits

The food had potential but needed help. Salad had to be returned to the kitchen because it was warm and wilted. Dinner needed to be returned to kitchen as it was about as warm as the salad (couldn’t come close to melting butter). The saving grace (and reason I rated as a three) the service people. Each and every one was courteous, pleasant, and apologetic. I will try again, hoping that they were just having a bad night, our waitress. Hillary, gets a special shoot out for her handling of the take backs!

Typical chain. Decent food and service. Nothing spectacular. It reminds me of a Fridays, Rubys and Applebee’s combo. We did have very good service but there were only three tables.

We went there for lunch on a Saturday. The potato skins were great. Each was half of a large potato and they were filled and really good. But our other food was bad. The chicken breasts tasted like they were microwaved and the veggies were fine but not much flavor.

This place is aged, but don’t let your first walk in deter you. They have lots of yummy yummy bar foods here with a decent amount of vegetarian fare. The building is rather historical and they display the history in the back. The food is rock n roll. I had a veggie sandwich with waffle fries and we had onion battered green beans on the table and they were unbelievable. Don’t pass this one on by!
They could do with a good draft beer selection but the beer was cold and they put cherries in it. Cute!
I loved it!

Ryan and Ellie are the best! Good drinks and smoked Reuben’s and pulled pork Nachos! Will be back!

We come here twice a year as we’re coming back from an event in Kazoo. Okay, we go to a toy show 2 times a year. There, I said it. It’s usually okay food. Nothing really terrible. Even this time it wasn’t bad food. But service was S-​L-​O-​W. And the place was very dirty. Food on the floors, sticky table. We will stop again in Nov and hopefully it will cleaner. If it’s, I will update my rating.

Came in around 9:30 sat at the bar 2 people looked at me. After about 5 mins someone asked what I wanted to drink. After I got the drink they just ignored me. I came to eat not drink. They don’t close until 11 but cleaning up is all they were worried about not the hungry customer

Friendly service. Food is alright, nothing special but I didn’t leave hungry either. Older looking bar/​restaurant with tv’s to watch sports.

On my way home from snowboarding in Michigan, expected to find a nice place to stop in eat, wanted to try The Sugar Bear, however they were closed. We decided on Brewsters. Poor choice apparently. Tried ordering a beer, took my ID to her manager and she refused to serve me because «my picture didn’t really resemble me,» after very much so being over 21. Only to notice moments later, another couple came in and she didn’t even attempt to card these two. That’s the least of my concern though, excise can worry about that. Told our server we needed a minute to look at the menu, however she didn’t come back for at least another 10 minutes. Then ordered an appetizer, the Mahi tacos, which came out after another 25 min of waiting. Oh and as our appetizer came out, so did our entrees. The Mahi was very dry, very mediocre. Then tried my burger which was ordered medium rare, only to see it had come out medium well/​well done. Now enough about the food, this review is mainly because of the service. I have been serving for 3 years and I tip $ 5 AT LEAST no matter the check size. However this specific server, was by far the worst server I have ever had. Had no sense of urgency. When she forgot about us and didn’t take our order for 10 minutes, she finally starts talking our order and takes ²⁄₃ orders and gets to me and just simply asks for my menu rather than what I wanted to eat. She was chatting away with her co workers while myself and the people I was with sat with empty glasses and hadn’t been checked on since she took our order. I get up to go to the bathroom and see a huge chalkboard filled with specialty dishes that sounds appealing, however my server decided to not mention the specials at all. I will never stiff a server because I know that they depend on tips for a living, but the $ 2 I left this server was not deserved by any means. I will never recommend anyone to try this restaurant, actually I will advise to stay away from it.

There were four of us dining last night. I’d found a
certificate, so invited another couple to join us. None of us had ever been there before, but the online menu sounded interesting. First, our service was outstanding… really terrific, and I tipped generously.
As for the food, I’d give my reuben five stars, and my daughter’s buffalo chicken wrap rated five stars, but our guys found their food to be just «meh.» The club sandwich had nothing to distinguish it from every other club in America, and the French Dip was actually skimpy.
All-​in-​all, we’ll probably come back another time, but just try different menu items. It should be noted for other Unilocalers that this establishment is divided into two sections: bar section with T.V.s and restaurant section. We sat in the restaurant section.

Could be better. This location offers a pretty wide range of mediocre food with mediocre service. If you enjoy mediocre, than this is the place for you.
The food does not seem to be all that fresh and the place gives the impression most of it comes from a freezer, which it probably does.
One in our party ordered a quesadilla… Now, you would expect them to put cheese on a quesadilla right? Well… I guess not, because it had to be sent back to have cheese added. About more than ten minutes later the quesadilla arrives back at the table when most in our party are finishing up. How sad! The waitress appeared to not be too concerned about it as she was seen around the restaurant doing all sorts of things, well… Other than putting cheese on a quesadilla and bringing it back to the table in a timely fashion.
I’ve been to this establishment about five or more times now, and I would say nothing has stood out as outstanding, really good, or great. Like I said previously… The food is mediocre and the service is mediocre at best.
You decide.

Average food, somewhat friendly staff. There are a few good things on the menu but mostly boring basic food.

Great atmosphere, great food. The Rueben is excellent, as are the smoked wings. They also have some amazing entrees and great beers on tap. Love this place!

Stopped in last Saturday to watch the Red Wings vs. Blackhawks hockey game and was shocked and disappointed by the food, the service, and the cleanliness. Been to Brewsters many times throughout my life and never had a bad experience but this was TERRIBLE. Had to ask to put the hockey game on… they had Country Music Television on most of the TV’s. Ordered the spinach and artichoke as well as a sandwich both of which tasted terrible. Also noticed while sitting in our booth that the windows were disgusting! Dust and dead insects… nasty. Service was pretty bad as well. Too bad used to be a good place to grab a beer and some food and watch a game. I will not be returning.

They have recently added more Vegetarian options on their menu. tried 2 so far and they are very tasty.
Service is good and the staff is usually friendly.

Try the Good & Plenty shot made with Kahlua & Sambuca. Yum Yum

I really wanted to give this place a good review. There aren’t many things to complain about, but since I base my reviews a lot on service, I had to give it 3 stars. I have been here twice since moving to the area. The first time we ordered the fried asparagus as an appetizer, and 2 salads. The place was not busy in the least so when we ordered those 3 quick to make things, I never expected to wait 30 minutes for all 3 to come out at the same time. I had at least hoped that the fried asparagus would come out first. I’ve worked in the restaurant business for a while, so I understand that stuff happens and sometimes the cooks are just slow. The server was very friendly and the food was good. Just disappointed in the timing.
So, a week or so later I met a friend up there before a football game. We were in a little bit of a time crunch so we just ordered chicken fingers and the fried asparagus. 30 minutes later it came out. Yes, the place was a little bit more busy than the last time, but c’mon. It takes about 3 minutes to throw these things in the fryer. This won’t be my first choice when it comes to choosing a restaurant in the area, but if I do ever make it back there again, I hope that the pace of service picks up a little bit.

Lots of great things to choose from & great service :)

Family friendly place. Lunch menu consists of burgers and sandwiches. Food is fine and service good. Glad to have stopped here on our Michigan road trip.

The food was very good, especially the chipotle BBQ sauce. Alot to choose from on the menu also. The service was decent, a little slow but they seemed under staffed. The waitress was polite and suggested bars to go to afterwards since we were from out of town.