Hopwater Distribution

Simply but tasty food. Had the Angus burger with Bleu cheese adder ($ 2) and good steak fries. Since I’m not a local, seems like a local favorite. Full of people in deep conversation, oblivious to the Golden State Warriors basketball game on the TV’s.

If you are thinking about going here, do yourself a favor. Call a Lyft or über and go, right now. Great beer, nice people and good food. Highly recommend!

Great spot to drop by for drinks and grab a bite to eat. There are lots of beers on tap! The staff is friendly and great at offering recommendations If you’re not quite sure which beer to try. You could also ask to try out a few samples. The Oatmeal Stout was nice and smooth. It was my choice of beer for the night :)
As for the food, the deviled egg was pretty good, chicken tender was just okay, and the sliders were a bit bland and too dry. Hopwater is more of a spot were you come for the drinks and food is more of an afterthought. Perhaps next time I visit, I’ll find something on the food menu I really enjoy. If not, I’d still be very happy just to come back and check out the new rotation of beer on tap!
It was a pretty good turnout on a Friday night yet it wasn’t hard to find seats. If you have a larger party of more than 4, you might want to come earlier. We opted to sit at one of the booths on the 2^nd floor that overlooks the bar area below. Great ambiance, lots of working professionals, pretty busy but not too loud to have a conversation. Definitely one of my new go-​to spots if I’m in the area. Overall, it’s a great spot to wind down from a long work week!

Great for a quick beer! They have something like 50 beers on tap. Good place for finger food dinners too.
I had the burger sliders and pickle platter. Ask the bartenders to pair your beer with your food.

Review is only for the beer
They have a pretty solid beer selection and a stout that I really enjoy. I think it’s called north coast (?) don’t quote me on that
The food menu is ok but nothing stood out to me so I just stole a few of my soul sister’s fries and nibbled on a bit of cheese.
If you’re looking for a chill place to grab a few beers, this is the spot!

Glowing with lights and charm!
I adore this gastropub that is filled with a varietal of special draft beers and bite-​sized dishes to delve into!
It’s self-​order at the counter and the food compliments well with anything and everything. Yes, it does and I just said it. Wings, burgers and the gourmet of munchies. I.E. I love the wings! You name it!
They have upstairs side booths and downstairs with adequate dining. A hung tv screen to watch whichever game is going on.
Definitely a spot to chill at! Hop on over to Hopwater and get drinking!

Great spot in the FiDi. Came here with a friend for dinner last week and it was just what we had hoped for.
I started off with the cider, which was really good! Not too sweet. There is a great beer list here, which is constantly rotating, I believe.
We ordered the deviled eggs and burger sliders to share & it was perfection. So delicious and just the right amount (considering we had eaten a little bit beforehand). Will definitely be back!

This is probably one of my favorite pubs to grab beer and food in the city. Only because they have not 10 but 31 beers on tab! They also have an awesome selection of appetizers thats meant to be shared.
I think the highlight dish for me here is the Crab Tater Tots. I’m on a tots binge lately it seems… The chicken tenders, the pulled pork sliders, and the deviled eggs are also great here.
Seats are first come first serve style. Usually you order at the bar, you get a number, and a server will deliver it to you. I like their upstairs seating, its a nice little space to catch up with friends without feeling too close to the bar.

Hopwater Distribution is an awesome destination for beer lovers.
With exposed brick walls and high ceilings, the atmosphere is relaxed. The long copper topped bar offers a nice old school touch. Of course, there are the requisite number of TVs, so sports fan can catch multiple games at once. The best seats in the house are either at the bar or the upstairs booths by the windows, but be warned: this place can get pretty crowded at times.
With at least 30 beers on tap Topwater Distribution focuses mainly on California craft brews, but there are a few Belgians thrown in as well. From Santos saison (7%, $ 7 for 16 oz.) to
North Coast Old Rasputin Russian imperial Stout on nitro (9%, $ 7 for 16 oz.), there is a beer choice for everyone.
But wait, Topwater is not just a beer joint: there’s food too. And it’s pretty good. The deviled eggs with bacon jam (6 pieces for $ 7) are awesome. Crispy on the outside, most and tender the inside, the crab tater tots (6 for $ 10) are a must-​try. With a dallop of fresh ricotta and a sprinkling of toasted sunflower seeds, the stone fruit and arugula salad was refreshing and delicious.
Service is friendly and prompt. Bartenders know their beers and can make good recommendations.
If you are near Union Square and even slightly thirsty, Topwater Distribution should be your destination.

Wonderful ambiance, friendly servers, great beers, and a great crowd!
The hardest part was choosing WHICH beer (s) to get. I wanted them ALL.
Why only 3-​stars? I found the food to be really mediocre.
Not «bad», just… not worth eating.
Maybe it was my mistake for feeding myself at a beer joint? I live far north of the wall, in culinarily-​challenged Alaska. My expectations are not high. I figure just about any ‘ol joint in SF will have much better eats than most spots in AK. I am at a sandwich and it was painfully OK.
Would I come back? Absolutely!
I’ll just get food somewhere else, beforehand.

Hopwater Distribution feels like home. Everyone is so friendly! The bartenders greeted me and my friend when we walked in, and even when we took a seat at the tables in the very back, one of the waiters came out of the kitchen to make us feel welcome. Now THAT is service. There is plenty of seating and standing room, but this place gets busy super fast. We came here on a Friday at 5:30PM and had the choice of sitting upstairs or in the back. The bar seating fills up first, and the back area is good for groups.
You can order food and drinks at the bar. I’m not sure why everyone forms a line in front of the cashier because another bartender can just ring you up from the other end… so remember this pro tip. Hopwater has an extensive selection of food and beer on their menu. We snacked on the tasty Steak Fries and used the fancy salt and pepper grinders at the table for seasoning. The beer is great, the atmosphere is great, and just the whole experience will definitely be one for the books!

I really wanted to love the place but I had such mixed feelings about the food here, which kinda drag that rating down.
The ambiance and the place itself was beautiful and a wonderful hang out spot for groups. We celebrated my bf’s birthday here and we had a good 10 or more people so we got here early and sorta took over the back room. But it was that chill. No one cared and it was feel good fun with their so many beer on tap and their food you have to go to the bar to order and one waitress brings the plates to you.
Okay so the food, we ordered the duck three ways, crab «tater tots», burger and crab salad. My friend order the deviled eggs with bacon and some other stuff, i don’t really recall.
Let’s start with the apps. So the duck three ways was amazing! i wanted to lick the plate! Lol the only downfall is that one of our friends came later and order the duck three ways and our plates did not look the same. They added extra stuff to his plate which kinda threw us off and was disappointing. The crab tots are not tater tots, hence the quotes i put prior when i was listing the food. it was good but not a lot of crab and we were REALLY expecting tater tots. They really are just croquettes. The deviled eggs, I would recommend. It was pretty good.
Now the main course. The bf had the burger, which i asked for medium rare and it came out beyond well. It was really dry, which was disappointing because the seasoning of the burger was really good, but for us to keep eating the burger, we had to keep adding ketchup to get us through how dry it was. The crab salad, for $ 17 (i think, might have been slightly more or less) was a completely rip off and definitely did not look like what a few people have posted in the pictures. It was such a huge let down. It was greens with some salty crab meat and sauce, that I can recall… the only thing good about it was the dressing, the dressing was pretty amazing. But like I said, huge let down.
Prob will give this place another shot but not anytime soon.

FOOD:
Deviled egg with bacon jam — 4.5 stars — yum, this was bomb and hit the spot. 6 pieces for $ 7.
Crab tater tots — 4 stars — 3.5 stars — this was good too, though 6 tiny little pieces for $ 12 was a little pricey that I might not get it again. Yes, it is crab. but still. Since the deviled eggs were better and cheaper, I’d go with that.
DRINKS:
30 choices of beer! So if you love beer, come here. I took a sip of El Toro Poppy Jaspar Amber Ale and it was pretty good! Prices are only $ 6 – 7 too!
VIBE/​ATMOSPHERE:
I like it, nice, clean, chill bar atmosphere, very cool spot playing hip hop throwbacks like Mary J Blige. I like how it’s located in Union Square too, great place to chill after shopping or pregame before clubbing.
OVERALL:
Yes. I like and would come back again!

Très sympa.
Bonne ambiance, bonnes bières et très bons burgers (classique & mushrooms).

Das Hopwater Distribution ist eine tolle Sportsbar mit einer großen Bierauswahl und leckeren kleinen Gerichten. Meine Freundin hatte einen vegetarischen Burger mit einem großen Pils als Hamburger Patty der ihr sehr gut Geschmeckt hat. Ich hatte einen normalen Burger der ebenfalls sehr lecker war.
Die Sportsbar hat relativ wenige Sitzplätze weshalb man mit Wartezeiten rechnen muss. Das Ambiente ist modern.

Très bonnes bières, très bon fromage, charcuterie et de très bonnes découvertes gustatives. Le service est très bon et la déci est top, à né pas manquer.

I literally walked uphill in the snow 5 miles to get to this place all for the Brie. Ok so not snow, but the hills were there.
I had an amber that the bartender recommend and it was wonderful. Smooth, light, and refreshing. There are plenty of beers on tap for all. I sat at the bar, it was fairly crowded for a Thursday evening at 7:00. That’s always a good sign. There is more seating towards the back, that’s great for larger groups. You order at the bar and a server brings your food.
Then I got what I wanted-​the truffle Brie with toasted bread. I’ll be honest it was the strangest yet greatest thing I have ever eaten. Tangy but creamy light yet full. I can’t really describe it, but it was good! Just get it if you love Brie.
The Dungeness Crab tator tots were really just a fancy version of mini crab cakes, but again delish. Crispy on the outside and full of rich crab on the inside. The remoulade sauce on top was a great addition. Not too overpowering but gave it a bit of a mayonnaise kick.
I climbed the hill again and I went back a second time.