Now, let's start off by saying that I believe we are going to have to make a return visit to really get an accurate perception of this place. We went on the Saturday after 4th of July and I believe that business may have been significantly lessened as a result. We are looking for a new place to "get a drink" since our current fav is closing down in a month or so. This was our first time here. It was a Saturday night, and the place was dead, but see above. We sat at the bar. My wife and I specifically enjoy sour beers, so we noticed that there were a few on their tap list and decided to give it a go...plus, it is on the "Beer Trail" and could be checked off the list. We did not try any food since we had just eaten with our kids (cookout, post July 4th). They only had about 5 of their own beers on tap, but did have an extensive variety of guest taps. I was shocked at how many options there were for such a small location. The staff was extremely friendly and helpful...they were very willing to give us sample cups to taste the different beers before we committed to a full size drink. Without a doubt, whatever style of beer you prefer, you are sure to be able to find something you enjoy...and probably multiple selections. We will be back to give it another go. One note, we had stopped by last week, but left bc there was a band, the room was full, and they were charging a cover per head since the band was there. I'm not paying a cover to listen to music. If you want to bring in bands, make sure you can pay them without making your customers eat the charge. It is a small seating area, probably only about 50 people could fit. So, just make sure to check if you are going. read more

Big Bottom Brewery - Brewpubs Near Me - Dillsburg, Pennsylvania

I stop in from time to time when traveling through the area . I have always found the service to be good . Subs are decent along with the sub rolls that seem to be made in house . read more

Wow. Seems like folks want to hate on this place--please look at more current reviews before deciding. Stopped in tonight during a mini Tour de Dillsburg. 9 house beers on tap, 40 other drafts. RyePA was solid as was the CaliCORNicatiin Cream Ale Fairly crowded, which I interpret as a good sign about the food (which I didn't try). Bar area was a bit too bright for my taste but that's a personal preference. Definitely worth a try. read more

Pizza undercooked. Beer was questionable. We stopped by in afternoon two times before and could not find anyone working inside or out. We just left without anything. read more

Our first visit here and it was a nice experience. Monday pizza specials! $5, $6 & $7 pizza and toppings $1 each. They have their own brews plus many others. 40 available I believe it was. Pizza was decent and wings were okay. We will probably go back and try different food options. The subs looked delicious! read more

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BEER REVIEW: Stopped in on Friday to retry the beers on a tip that they'd gotten better. The first time I tried their beers a year ago they were all unimpressive, not worth trying again. I've heard they made a change at head brewer and it shows after trying 5 of the 7 they had on tap. The Peach Cobbler Ale was surprisingly good and the IPA/DIPA were both solid. With 41 beers on tap (7 of their own) they have a very good and diverse selection of craft (and some macro) beers. The food is hit and miss, pretty simple, don't expect much. Best bet is to stick with the beer. read more

Big Bottom Brewery - House beer draft menu - Brewpubs Near Me - Dillsburg, Pennsylvania

Found this place on the way home from a Memorial Day weekend in Antietam. It is kind of tucked away right off of the main road. We really enjoyed our time here. The logo and the name are classic. The beer was refreshing. I had the apricot wheat. The pizza was really solid too. The crust was thin and floppy, which I prefer. The prices were very good as well. Everything was pretty cheap. It was also fun talking to Bob. He gave us a hard time for our Philly teams, but that's what it's all about. I'd love to go back if I'm ever around again, especially when they have some music going. read more

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Tried this place for the first time since I went to see the entertainment. Atmosphere is really nice but a lot of improvements are needed. The handicapped spaces and where they have the ramp that door was locked and when we left there was no lighting. Had the fish and fries which was good and a good portion for the price. But no butter for the homemade roll and the salt and pepper you have to ask for and hardly any in the packs. Chicken wings were nice and large but was not fried long enough. Service was really good and enjoyable. Think with some more effort this place would be ok. We traveled a distance to see the entertainment which is nice to have with your meal. read more

Although we really enjoying coming here... ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! PLEASE update your menus and beer lists to actually reflect the prices you are charging. It's been months for the menus and never on the beer list. We should not be surprised by our bill when we receive it. It's a deceptive business practice. read more

The band was really great! Too bad there weren't more 2 or 4 top seats! The food wasn't great.

I really like the value on the buffet. It was not a lot to choose from but it did include wings that were made to order. food was good Enough that I'll be back. Hopefully the value and quality stay the same. read more

Great beer. Great food and great music. Best pizza in 50 mile radius. Try the old bay chips too.

DO NOT ORDER FROM HERE. The staff is incompetent, they have terrible customer service, and the food is inconsistent. I ordered a large pizza with breadsticks and not only did I receive a medium with 6 slices but when I called back to tell them they argued with me over the phone and the manager hung up in my face. I have ordered from them previously so I know what their large pizza's look like and this was not a large. All I wanted was a new pizza or a price adjustment but they thought it was more appropriate to go back and forth. Horrible service the owners should be ashamed of themselves hiring a manager that is not only disgusting to customers but rude and argumentative with zero people skills. Unbelievable. read more

Dont you use your credit card here unless you want them to give themselves a 40 percent tip instead of 20. Also the serving of fries is small enough to feed a bird. read more

Very disapointed. ordered a salad and bread sticks to be delivered. Price was good delivery fee couldnt have been very much and they were delivering pretty far. And they got here fairly quickly. I specifically told the lady on the phone that i didnt want cheese on the salad. Normally ill just pick out whatever i dont want but its incredibly difficult to pick put shreded cheese. The bread sticks are completely saturated with oil. Soggy and limp. It doesnt look or feel very pleasant. Im not going to send it back because it would just take to long and im hungry but im def. Not ordering again. Correction . I will be sending this back. Its no wonder they put so much cheese on the salad. It was to cover up all the brown lettuce. And the bread sticks are nit edible. They are to full of oil. read more

Big Bottom Brewery - Brewpubs Near Me - Dillsburg, Pennsylvania

I have been to this establishment several times through the years... Never really had a giant complaint until this evening.... service was slow, and the server forgot things several times...We thing she was too busy serving the outside patrons watching the music act....not really a big issue. This issue was the owner/person in charge named BOB ..... I was trying to support local business, as always..... I ordered their own brew....I don't think the price was listed on the menu, however, in our geographical area, beers such as this, are usually 5-6$ for a cold mug. However tonight, I was served a plastic cup with warmish beer... I didn't worry about the price, as it was assumed for a country town, it would be on par with other area establishments. Service was very slow. I finally got my bill and a 12 inch pizza with 1 topping, and 2 beers was over 30.00. The warm beer in the plastic cup was $8.00 a piece. I am sorry, but this is ridiculous based on the geographical area, venue, and the size and temperature of the beer. I mentioned something to the owner/person in charge, "Bob".. Instead of practicing common sense customer service, I was given attitude. I mentioned the price of a plastic cup of beer... (he states all the glasses were dirty). He stated the price of the beer was listed on the menu (it was not-- if so, I would have gone with a brand I am familiar with, instead of a $8.00 gamble on their own brew). In a nutshell, he was pretty much a condescending ass towards me. He is sitting in the middle of the country trying to be an artisan brewer. #epic failure. The attitude alone was enough for a bad review, let alone the warm overpriced beer. Go further south, down the road the Devil's Eye Brewing, if you seek the brewpub atmosphere in Dillsburg, PA. read more

The food was good but the staff was annoying they cussed and used Gods name in vain would not recommend for little kids

This place is now named Brewery something or other. Changed hands. New owners cut out the previous home made sub rolls for a far less tastier version. The Philly Cheese Steak was not impressive either. Not thin sliced but chunks of cheap meat. The previous owner did a very good job. These new guys are going to be in the obituary column if they continue to sacrifice quality offerings thinking they'll have a bigger payday. It never works like that in the restaurant business. This review is proof. read more

Always in search of a good gluten-free pizza and I found it here! This is a white pizza with extra garlic and spinach. They giggled about my special request but did not disappoint! DELICIOUS!!! read more

We spontaneously ended up here around 6:30 on a Saturday. There was music and it was crowded. I asked one of the waitresses about how long for a table and she said around 20 mins. We sat to wait but she came back and got us and said she had made a spot for us so we could sit immediately. Best service ever. Food was good. Band was good. They have a large beer selection. We will definitely be going back! read more

So excited to have another reason to go to the drive in movies, stop here first!!! Huge selection of beers & ciders! Pleasant surprise with a blue raspberry seltzer on tap, which was delicious!! Always a sucker for crab things and they had a few options on the menu that were pretty good...crab pretzels didn't disappoint. But, the best surprise was the Pittsburgh pizza! Always adventurous and wanting to try something different, we hesitated in ordering, I mean who puts mashed potatoes on pizza? But, we will return for that Pittsburgh pizza-fo'sho'! read more

I will never order from here again. $19 for a large pepperoni pizza? Really? Your pizza is nothing special so why would you charge that much? You should be charging no more than $15. And then you tell me that inflation is the reason for the increase in price of pizza? That's laughable. I bet it costs less than $5 for you to make that pizza, accounting ingredients, wages, etc. What a rip-off. Go to Millenium. Their food is 10 times better at a much more reasonable price. read more

We should have listened to the reviews on Google. Went for a late lunch. Place was clean and server very nice. Beer was ok. The crab pretzels tasted like tuna salad with relish, sweet and fishy and the dough was burned. The pizza was just ok. The only thing I might get again were the pierogis. Very sad no place around here can get their stuff straight. read more

I tell myself I'm not going to order food when I come here, but their pizza ropes me in every time! Then I tell myself I'm not going to eat the whole thing, which is in fact, another lie lol. read more

Ordered wings to go got home they were raw went back and they gave me $13 but I paid $15 they said best they could do

We are new to the area and have ordered deliveat from them twice - once pizzas on a Sunday and once dinners on a Friday. Both experiences were awful. Very long delivery time, cold, old-seeming, food. Steak salad was advertised with steak tips but came with cold cheesesteak meat on it. Fries had some that were raw and the fish was soggy and limp. Pizza was burnt but cold and dry. read more

Really good and unique specialty pizzas. The beer cheese is also amazing! Quick service too

TWO HOUR DELIVERY!? Our family frequents Al's at least once or twice per month and have for years. Usually service is excellent and friendly, apologetic if a mistake is made, and eager to make ammends. The food is obviously good enough to keep us coming back. Tonight, however, was a whole new experience for us. We used Al's online ordering system to place our delivery order and paid upfront with my card, including a $2 delivery charge, as well as a $5 tip for the driver. When I verified my receipt online, my order was placed at 5:10pm with a noted delivery time of 6:10 pm. Finally, at 7 pm, I called over to see where our dinner was. The young lady who answered the phone told me she had no order for delivery, only pickup. I informed her I was l looking at my receipt as we were speaking and she replied that her manager would look into the matter and return a call to me, which she did with a minute. This is basically what I was told: 1) she was able to locate our order 2) the online ordering system had been working all day so she didn't understand why it didn't alert staff to our order, sorry 3) our food was being made as we were speaking 4) since I had prepaid with my card, we were good to go. It'll probably be awhile before or family calls again, no matter how much this mom doesn't feel like cooking dinner for five! It was unbelievable to me that after waiting over two hours this was the end result..TWO hour late delivery with a $5 tip read more

Was looking for a place to eat close to Messiah College. Al's was a solid OK. Dining room was mostly clean. Onion rings were tasteless. The cheese steak was short on flavor. The pizza was a bit doughy. Menu selection and service was good but it's the food taste that makes the rating. Safe choice if needed but won't be the highlight of your week. read more

I went to the "grand opening" of big bottom brewery, aka al's. Renovated and a bit cleaner but same old snarky staff. Terrible service. Waited an hr for a flatbread, asked about it several times. Finally thrown at me on an old, dirty, bent up pizza pan. Ice cold. No thanks for coming, explanation of new beers, raffle tickets were given out only if you bought a specific beer. Lots of tv's but staff very distant and stressed. read more

I try to avoid Al's because I have NEVER had a good experience. The only time I order Al's is when I need delivery, since they are the only pizza place in Dillsburg to offer delivery. If your order is anything besides a cheese pizza, odds are they will get it wrong or something will go wrong. Today, I used the Al's online ordering for delivery because I have no car to drive out. I waited two hours until I finally called to ask if they got my order--trying to give them the benefit of the doubt since I ordered before 11AM. Well, apparently the printer was jammed and they never received my order. What a wonderful reminder of why I don't order from Als. read more

I just don't know. I remember how epically amazing this place was from my younger years. I remember going right after they were built (and frequenting their other locations before that). The buffet was always reasonably priced and with a wide variety. One of my favorite things ever was their cheesesteak pizza. This thing was the bomb. Sliced meat, onion, cheese blend....it was just really damn good. Having not had this pizza in a long-long time and my recent return to the area, my wife and I decided to order a pie. When our cheeseteak pizza arrived we quickly became disappointed. All the cheesesteak meat was missing and in its place....ground hamburger. Yuck. Sucks. I hope this was a one time fluke on the part of the chef and not a permanent change to the recipe. #wheresmymeatgone read more

My girlfriend ordered food online through this establishment they said she was in the delivery zone. She ordered this food at 5:30 pm yesterday 02/27/2018 and they said it would be delivered at 6:30pm. They called at 6:30 ish and said they would not deliver because she was not in delivery zone but yet the delivery locator said the following: Yes, you are in the delivery area. You are in zone 1". read more

Food was fine, but would've been nice if they had followed the instructions and delivered it when requested and not an hour and a half early. What if I hadn't been home. If you aren't going to honor an advance order, don't give it as an option. read more

The place is far from luxurious but the food was delicious. We tried pizza, calzone and eggplant parm. The calzone was huge, and the sandwich was on bread made from pizza dough so it had great texture and flavor. read more

The owner had a social event with free beer and food very fresh delicious they have 40 beers on tap will be frequenting this place during my time here read more

They have a great beer selection so I stop by there and pick up a random microbrew 6 pack from time to time. I haven't eatner here much because after a few strombolis and a bad pizza I kind of figured it wasn't going to get much better. It seems like they are trying to save money on dough and they make their bolis and pizzas too thin. The pizza was like eating sauce and cheese on wet paper. read more

I just ordered from Al's and am awaiting my delivery. I am not from around here originally, so their pizza fills a bit of a nostalgic gap for me. Their sauce does not have the level of sweetness that seems to be the de rigueur in this area. Nothing wrong with it, but it definitely seems to be a regional taste, and I have yet to develop the taste for it. I have ordered salads, appetizers, pizza, calzone, boli, and other items from Al's. I have found them all to be solid. I have not had any of their desserts or pasta dishes, and maybe that is something I can remedy in the quasi near future and update my review. I have been ordering from there (eat in, take out, and delivery) for about 5 years now. I have found them to be very consistent and solid. They even have a drive up window if you are not willing to go into the counter to pick up your food. They have beer and similar alcoholic beverages, and will sell to go. A standby favorite for me when I do not feel like sticking my face outside of my apartment. Al's is easy to access from 15, and is located on Tristan Drive near the Rutters, They have a large dining area with a buffet, but I have not experienced that yet. Parking is adequate, and it is a good place to meet friends, take the kids, et al. read more

Do not order the desserts! The cheesecake that was delivered to us had very visible mold on it and was room temperature. I don't know if they are trying to make someone extremely ill or what. This is the second bad experience with the food quality I have had. Will NOT be ordering from there EVER AGAIN!! read more

Placed an order with an italian sausage and peppers sub for take out. After arriving home and opening the order, there is no sub...only a styrofoam container with a handful of sausage slop with no bread. After calling and being told by the girl at the counter "uh that is really odd because I have to actually select sub and then the sausages", I am put on hold while she gets a pen to take my phone number for the manager to call. Another girl then picks up, asks "what I want" then tells me that there is a 'new menu' that has an sausage appetizer and that's what it was. (Completely contradicting what the other girl said). Regardless, this was not the sub that was listed on the receipt and order. The stellar customer service solution? To sigh and tell me that I can drive back with the container of slop and she can put it on a bun for me. Tip:I believe the Rutter's up the street can make pizza, sell beer, and at least there you can also get fuel. read more