Great food and good beer selection. Bring your time and patience as the poor bartender was running the floor the weeknight we visited. He did great and was very friendly, though!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Bavarian Pretzels, Craft Beer
Greg L
Not sure what was worse, the lighting or the music!?! We only had the pretzel & loved it, thankfully not microwaved. Bartender was great, beers were great, heavy metal music sucked, very bright lighting sucked more!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 5
546MP
I was looking for a brewery and lunch on the way to Laramie. Found this and wo glad we stopped. Not a very large place but well worth the stop. Our lunch was very good. I had the special, half Sammie, beer cheese soup and an IPA. Also had the Mexican beer. We all liked our meals and very happy with the beers. Service very good. Good stop near CSU.
Luke
Great food and some fun and interesting beers. Teddy was the best waiter my wife and I have had in years. Will definitely be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Susan D.
We used to love Black Bottle! Made it a fall tradition since 2012 when daughter went to CSU. We stopped by yesterday for lunch with our daughter and her children. It's not the same. Muscles are gone, as are most of the favorites from the menu. Beer selection lacking. Children's food was terrible. Clumpy Mac and cheese that was bitter. Dino nuggets burned. French fries so hard. I really hope they can make changes and go back to what they used to do!
Michele R.
I come here once a year when I'm in town. The beer is always good and it's always been a friendly environment. (Music City lager is my favorite) Today was disappointing - and I hope that's not the new normal. The service was awful, the food was served lukewarm at best. I don't know if he's the manager or an employee - but his lackadaisical attitude towards customer needs was appalling. Multiple people left after interacting with him. I don't want to say I won't come back because all previous visits have been so positive - I'll give another chance. Hopefully a better experience next year.
Abbey Hadachek
Love their food - upscale bar eats, with absolutely the best Mac and Cheese! And so many great beers, you can't go wrong!Staffing has changed over the years. Less personable. Less on it...
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Benjamin Willen
Really bad service and their beers are meh. We left after 45 min without getting to put in a dinner order. Also menu online does not match restaurant menu at all. Where are the sliders, tacos, and pizza? Really disjointed
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
Zach Grace
The food is really good, and when it’s not busy the wait time for food is fast. The craft brews are all good, and the variety is nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bavarian Pretzels, French Dip
K. Harrison
This place is so great! The service is amazing, McKenzie is so friendly. Delicious food and casual environment, the staff are very accommodating. Love this place!
Come for the beer; Skip the dining experience. Visited on July 5 and found out the menu has been dramatically scaled back from what their website shows. (Get that updated, guys!) Mussels? Gone. Oysters? Gone. Lunch special? Gone. Sausage Plate? Gone. Waited at least 45 minutes for a French Dip and Brat during weekday lunch. There were one or two other patrons there. Server was pleasant, when we saw her. Kinda sad, as I always recommended this place as a "unicorn" in Fort Collins: serves their own beer, serves other brewery's beer, full bar, and food. I would no longer recommend.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Daniel Garcia RM
Nice brewery. Interestingly decorated. Fast and friendly service from the female bartender, great attitude. No flights but individual small pours available. One of the owners or managers has terrible customer service and awareness, he was showing some decor to another person and burping behind us, gross. Then he asked the bartender how many glasses she had broken while loading them in the dishwasher in a very rude way. Then another couple arrived and he was just telling them how they were better than all the other breweries and complaining about rising costs and telling them that customers were d*** as we didn't realize how the costs had risen in the last years.Parking: Plenty of parking in the free strip mall parking lot.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Becca Black
My man and I have been waiting to come back to our once loved black bottle brewing. Upon entry we were not greeted. I ordered a flight. My boyfriend noticed that the first one we tried may have tasted better if it was cold. Right after the beers landed on the bar top they were warm! We figured there was a mistake and asked her if there was a cooler issue since they were all 4 warm. She said “idk can’t really help you with that.” She didn’t tell me that she could comp them or better yet re pour them. I would have preferred they all be dumped and me get the same cold one my boyfriend had. Got our food to go. Blonde female, we know it’s not your fault, but please be more apologetic or provide options. Clearly didn’t leave her name on the receipt so here’s the receipt for proof.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
CC T.
This place is a good brewery, the drinks and cocktails are fine but the food is not very good at all. I ordered the brat sandwich with a beer cheese soup as the side. There was literally nothing special about it, it was supposed to come with caramelized onions the onions weren't cooked all the way through and it was served on a cold hoagie with yellow mustard that was supposed to be beer infused, but just tasted like yellow mustard, zero notes of beer flavor. The beer cheese soup was watery so I sent it back and got fries which were not crispy. They tasted like they were just microwaved or something. My friend got the pork green chile mac and cheese and it was watery beneath the cheese. It wasn't made with pork green chile at all, just pork pieces and what looked like an undrained can of green chiles just thrown in. For the prices they charge I could make better at home and honestly I have.Oh and we literally waited forever for our food.Will not be back to eat, maybe to have a beer though.
Elva Saint
Great place!! The food is always good and of course so is the beer. This time had the artichoke crostni app. Super good. So was the wedge salad and pork slider.
Great food and good beer selection. Bring your time and patience as the poor bartender was running the floor the weeknight we visited. He did great and was very friendly, though!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Bavarian Pretzels, Craft Beer
Not sure what was worse, the lighting or the music!?! We only had the pretzel & loved it, thankfully not microwaved. Bartender was great, beers were great, heavy metal music sucked, very bright lighting sucked more!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 5
I was looking for a brewery and lunch on the way to Laramie. Found this and wo glad we stopped. Not a very large place but well worth the stop. Our lunch was very good. I had the special, half Sammie, beer cheese soup and an IPA. Also had the Mexican beer. We all liked our meals and very happy with the beers. Service very good. Good stop near CSU.
Great food and some fun and interesting beers. Teddy was the best waiter my wife and I have had in years. Will definitely be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We used to love Black Bottle! Made it a fall tradition since 2012 when daughter went to CSU. We stopped by yesterday for lunch with our daughter and her children. It's not the same. Muscles are gone, as are most of the favorites from the menu. Beer selection lacking. Children's food was terrible. Clumpy Mac and cheese that was bitter. Dino nuggets burned. French fries so hard. I really hope they can make changes and go back to what they used to do!
I come here once a year when I'm in town. The beer is always good and it's always been a friendly environment. (Music City lager is my favorite) Today was disappointing - and I hope that's not the new normal. The service was awful, the food was served lukewarm at best. I don't know if he's the manager or an employee - but his lackadaisical attitude towards customer needs was appalling. Multiple people left after interacting with him. I don't want to say I won't come back because all previous visits have been so positive - I'll give another chance. Hopefully a better experience next year.
Love their food - upscale bar eats, with absolutely the best Mac and Cheese! And so many great beers, you can't go wrong!Staffing has changed over the years. Less personable. Less on it...
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Really bad service and their beers are meh. We left after 45 min without getting to put in a dinner order. Also menu online does not match restaurant menu at all. Where are the sliders, tacos, and pizza? Really disjointed
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
The food is really good, and when it’s not busy the wait time for food is fast. The craft brews are all good, and the variety is nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bavarian Pretzels, French Dip
This place is so great! The service is amazing, McKenzie is so friendly. Delicious food and casual environment, the staff are very accommodating. Love this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Come for the beer; Skip the dining experience. Visited on July 5 and found out the menu has been dramatically scaled back from what their website shows. (Get that updated, guys!) Mussels? Gone. Oysters? Gone. Lunch special? Gone. Sausage Plate? Gone. Waited at least 45 minutes for a French Dip and Brat during weekday lunch. There were one or two other patrons there. Server was pleasant, when we saw her. Kinda sad, as I always recommended this place as a "unicorn" in Fort Collins: serves their own beer, serves other brewery's beer, full bar, and food. I would no longer recommend.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Nice brewery. Interestingly decorated. Fast and friendly service from the female bartender, great attitude. No flights but individual small pours available. One of the owners or managers has terrible customer service and awareness, he was showing some decor to another person and burping behind us, gross. Then he asked the bartender how many glasses she had broken while loading them in the dishwasher in a very rude way. Then another couple arrived and he was just telling them how they were better than all the other breweries and complaining about rising costs and telling them that customers were d*** as we didn't realize how the costs had risen in the last years.Parking: Plenty of parking in the free strip mall parking lot.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
My man and I have been waiting to come back to our once loved black bottle brewing. Upon entry we were not greeted. I ordered a flight. My boyfriend noticed that the first one we tried may have tasted better if it was cold. Right after the beers landed on the bar top they were warm! We figured there was a mistake and asked her if there was a cooler issue since they were all 4 warm. She said “idk can’t really help you with that.” She didn’t tell me that she could comp them or better yet re pour them. I would have preferred they all be dumped and me get the same cold one my boyfriend had. Got our food to go. Blonde female, we know it’s not your fault, but please be more apologetic or provide options. Clearly didn’t leave her name on the receipt so here’s the receipt for proof.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
This place is a good brewery, the drinks and cocktails are fine but the food is not very good at all. I ordered the brat sandwich with a beer cheese soup as the side. There was literally nothing special about it, it was supposed to come with caramelized onions the onions weren't cooked all the way through and it was served on a cold hoagie with yellow mustard that was supposed to be beer infused, but just tasted like yellow mustard, zero notes of beer flavor. The beer cheese soup was watery so I sent it back and got fries which were not crispy. They tasted like they were just microwaved or something. My friend got the pork green chile mac and cheese and it was watery beneath the cheese. It wasn't made with pork green chile at all, just pork pieces and what looked like an undrained can of green chiles just thrown in. For the prices they charge I could make better at home and honestly I have.Oh and we literally waited forever for our food.Will not be back to eat, maybe to have a beer though.
Great place!! The food is always good and of course so is the beer. This time had the artichoke crostni app. Super good. So was the wedge salad and pork slider.