Fat Point Brewing

Great food. Excellent beer, very fresh. Owner and staff are super friendly. Great music.

Good selection and even had an 11% Belgian triple! Careful, it’ll sneak up on you. Atmosphere was modern and cool, open and laid back. Good crowd. They have lots of games to play too. Good available, though we didn’t have any.
No wine, champagne, or liquor served.

Another satisfying meal at Fat Point. We stopped for a couple of cold ones… Big Boca is still on my top 5 list. We ordered another chicken, bacon, onion, black olives & jalapeños pizza. Again… Delicious. We like the slightly thicker crust and this one has a nice «chew» to it. It’s local for us, and we keep going back. It is becoming our «go to» place.

Great brew pub! They make all their own beers and they are really good! The menu is very limited but very good and creative; but honestly you go there to drink beer, not for «dinner». They have a bunch of TVs for watching sports and typically have cornhole playing outside. The building isn’t very big but nice, well kept and clean. If you like craft beer you have to go here!

Fun atmosphere and tasty IPA. I liked some of the design touches. It’s so fun to have games available to play.

I loved the Pumpka Gourda holiday beer. Also the pizza was the best we’ve had so far in this area. Still a frozen crust but better ingredients. Ver pleasant eating outside.

I was happily surprised with Fat Point Brewing. The way I ended up here is that I was on a road trip to St Petersburg for the weekend to check out a beer festival and some breweries. I figured I might as well look for a city along the way that I wouldn’t normally ever be stopping in and that’s how I ended up in Punta Gorda, Florida!
As the GPS announced that we had arrived at the brewery, my friend and I both said in unison «where?». But as we crept forward a bit further beyond the trees we could see the brewery. I still had very low expectations but as we walked in, I learned I had underestimated is place. It was large, clean and spacious. We were greeted from the pretty bartender behind the bar as we walked over to belly up to the bar.
The bar offers a large area of seats as well as numerous tables. Very spacious! On top of that, there was an entire outdoor section too! There were many games to enjoy with your drinks.
Finally it was time to order beers and I still had low expectations. Of course I ordered a flight so I would have the opportunity to try as many of their beers as possible as its hard to imagine I’d ever be in the neighborhood again. The flights are $ 8 for four 4-​oz pours. I really enjoyed all four of my beers, but I loved Bru Man Chu. This is easily one of the best Belgian tripels I have ever had! I made sure to buy two bombers to take home too.
Next, I ordered a pizza and another flight of four different beers. The
Pizza served its purpose as I was hungry, but there was nothing special about it to me. It tasted on par with a frozen pizza. But I was happy to have it with, y new four beers.
I also need to brag that on this random stop, I was able to snag the very last bottle of their special release rum barrel pumpkin beer called Pumpka Gourda. Apparently there were 100 yesterday and I got the last one!

I wholeheartedly disagree with the poor service reviews! There were very few people there, but I’ve never had a server more attentive. The food was delicious, and I was very impressed with the beer selection and flavor. Their seasonal pumpkin was not available to be included in the flight was my only complaint, but this was due to the brewing process.
The atmosphere was great as we ventured outside to enjoy the weather and games. I will definitely be making a trip back.

Beer = excellent
Service = poor
I agree with the other reviewers. Don’t expect service and you won’t be dissatisfied.

While the beer is good, the service is not. I’ve been here one time before and it was the same, slow service.
While they were very busy, they only had two servers/​waitresses covering the whole dining room, so I understand it wasn’t our waitresses fault.
The food was awesome. I got the Philly specialty pizza and my friend got a made-​to-​order pizza. Good decisions! The menu is on the wall, so make sure to take a picture before you sit down. I asked a gentleman that worked there if there was any menus and he rudely pointed to the wall, so be warned.
Big Boca is a great beer but my favorite Fat Point beer, is their seasonal Pumpka Gourda. Make sure to stop by and get one before they stop making it!
Also, they have seating outside, which is nice at night with bistro lights, corn hole boards and giant jenga.
Good times, good beer and okay service.

My son the craft beer maven is trying to educate us on the many options available, so when we were in the area we visited Fat Point. It has a spacious tasting room with plenty of seating and food is available. As a novice it was hard to choose 4 beers for my tasting flight from the dozen or so available. I went lighter and fruitier while my husband and son were more adventurous. My son had one called «Jazz Hands», a bier en garde, a style he’d never seen before. He went nuts for it because it was the first time he’d had a really great wheat beer (he tends to prefer rye). We bought a growler ($ 6) and filled it with that beer to enjoy later. To go with our beer we ordered their pretzel sticks, which came 3 to an order, accompanied by honey mustard and cheese sauces, and they were delicious. Service was friendly and fast, and we had a very enjoyable afternoon.

I would give this place 3.5 stars if I could by over all the experience here is a nice breakaway from the mainstream choices found further into town. It is a bit out of the way but not to the point that it would bother you to drive there. I had some pizza and some samplers. Overall the two hop beer is the best! I even took home a growler back to Miami

Are you looking for a cold brew? Thirsty from the Florida sun? I was too, but ended up leaving Fat Point Brewery about 20 minutes after I left so I can eat and drink more.
Don’t get me wrong the one beer I did have was fantastic. I got a Fat Summer brew and it was a great light wheat beer. My boyfriend loves his IPA too. Overall they had an awesome selection of craft beers. The problem with this place was the service. I had a table with my cousins. It was just four of us, but we had to actually flag down the waitress multiple times just to order. They had no menus just a chalkboard to review so we had to get up and walk to it. The waitress didn’t seem to even want to discuss beers with us and looked dramatically frazzled.
When we asked about food she pointed us to yet another chalkboard menu. Across the room and through a crowd. Pizza and some apps. Here’s a thought, menus if your wait staff doesn’t feel like telling us what there is to eat. We were seriously annoyed and out beers were about out. Then we asked about the pizza to which she responded that there’s a long wait to even get on the pizza list. «At least 45 min for pizza,» she gasped.
We were starving and decided to go someplace else. Again had to hunt down the waitress for the bill. She asked why, we told we were hungry, she laughed and said ok. Wow. Then invited us back on a Monday when they were slower. You know I love drinking on Mondays. Informing us that Friday’s aren’t usually this busy. I have news for you Fat Point Brewery, you should be prepared for crowds on 3 day weekends.
This place has potential in this town, but need to create some menus, better staff coverage and look into more customer friendly staff.

Cool looking place. Great selection of brews. Staff look amazing. Also have snacks…

The place is beautiful, service is great, pizzas are tasty, but beers are ok. Very sour most of them.

Great place to explore some nice nice local local brews. Jason the owner manager is a great host who makes things happen.
My wife and I came here after a Tsmpa Bsy spring training game and enjoyed a great double IPA.

Beer: decent for a new brewery. We prefer high ABV. They always have one.
Service: We’ve been here many times and the bartenders are great. Until yesterday.
Not knowing, I was standing in the wrong area to place an order to take to outside. I was not greeted but simply told to walk to the other side of the bar to place my order. Really?
Suggestion: Take the customer’s order and then inform them of the ordering protocol for next time.
Food selection is inconsistent.

lower quality/​domestic style beer here. If you want higher quality beer go to any other bar in the area with craft beer.
I wish I could say something positive about the staff, the bartender was off-​putting/​disrespectful the guy that ran the food out actually dropped it on the table and it took over an hour to make two pizzas.
I really wish I could think of a reason to go back. There are at least 8 other places in the area I would try before going back. If you do end up here there is a silver lining, they have a few beers on draft that they don’t make in house.

I had heard about this place so I hunted it down. Yeah, it’s a bit off the beaten path, but that adds to the charm. I really enjoyed the Big Boca Ale. I also got a flight, and asked my server to select my beers. She chose Big Boca (which was odd since she had already served me a pint of Big Boca), Right Red — a guest brew, Bru Man Chu — theirs, and Summer Storm stout — another guest brew. The only one I didn’t enjoy was the Bru Man Chu, but that’s just me. I could still taste that it was a quality brew, but I just didn’t care for it.
They have a very limited kitchen offering. Very limited. I had a choice of a 14″ pizza and a fruit/​cheese/​meat platter. I chose the f/​c/​m platter. That turned out to be a good choice. My platter was laden with goat cheese, blue cheese, sharp cheddar, and swiss. Thinly sliced pepperoni and prosciutto were the meats. Fresh strawberries and grapes, along with some good crackers rounded it out.
I had my first pint inside, in the warehouse setting tap room. Cool, industrial vibe. After that, I went outside on their patio to enjoy the nice evening in a deep Adirondack chair while I worked on my flight and platter.
Before leaving I asked the bartender if they had any plans to expand their food offerings and was told ‘no’. Sad, that!
But the beer was great and the overall vibe of the place nice, so I’ll be back!

Great IPA! This place will be really fun once it opens. Breezy patio with deep adirondack chairs for outdoor dining or a modern warehouse pub indoors. The nachos are not the greatest (yet– hopefully they will improve). They had that queso/​cheese whiz stuff instead of simple real melted cheese– a simple fix, if they are willing. they will need a few more people on staff to keep up with the crowds. Will definitely go back!