Stopped here to see friends - since it was Friday we all wanted the fish fry! Started with the nachos - very tasty, eclectic, fresh jalapeños. As it was Friday we dropped the pulled pork but added onion straws - delicious! The fish fry ( and broil) was very tasty; well cooked, choice of sides. The half portion was plenty for dinner! Side note - bloody Mary's were also good, although had to add a bit more Franks to spice them up. read more

Out of the first 2 items ordered. One being brisket, other coconut shrimp. One item ordered was a salad. Salad mix was warm as well as the salad dressing. Very overpriced ! read more

Overpriced ale. Underwhelming food. Manager is greedy and does not take care of staff.

I got the half fish fry which comes with two sides of your choice, so I selected tater tots and green beans. The fish fry was bigger than what I expected for being a half, but really a great size for anyone watching their portions. The fish was perfectly fried, crispy on the outside and flaky and a little juicy on the inside. I also ordered a cup of the Buffalo wing soup as an appetizer so I left full. Their beer menu has a variety of local craft beers so I got a hard cider from Hamburg Brewing. Service was great, our waitress checked on us frequently. We came on a Friday and the restaurant was just about half full. read more

Buddy Brewster's Ale House - Half fish fry comes with two sides - Gastropubs Near Me - Fredonia, New York

Dameon served us tonight and was wonderful! Very polite and attentive with spot on service!! Food was solid. Burgers and wings were solid. read more

Avoid the Shepherd's Pie . First , it is not at all a traditional Sheperd's Pie . A traditional pie is made with lamb , this is made with mystery meat akin to beef . That would make more of what is called a Cottage Pie . My dish today had mashed potatoes , as expected , but also cubed potatoes . One of my friends at the table observed that it looks like mashed potatoes with a can of beef stew mixed in . Exactly ! Before I ordered it I ask how it was prepared because years ago , under the old ownership , I ordered it and it arrived cold and tasted like a frozen dinner . The friendly wait staff said this would not be the case , "it is made fresh". When it arrived it was between cold and lukewarm warm . I sent it back , when returned it was lukewarm , not hot . I tried it , tasted OK but nowhere what a sheperds pie should be . I decided not to eat it and was not charged for it . Terrible but a good wait staff member . read more

Went here last week and was pleasantly surprised at how good the food was after only seeing 3 stars on yelp. Liz was our server and was very sweet and gave us great recommendations on what we should have being our first time eating here. All the food was great. We had wings, fire cracker shrimp and the fish fry. All were great. However...The chicken lips are 100% a must. read more

Absolutely gross food. My salad was supposed to have bacon...it was just chewyglobby goo. Lettuce was hot and wilted. Will never be back. Husbands salad was mediocre at best. Rice pilaf had no flavor and over cooked. read more

Service was shitty, they messed up our order, our waitress said she would have it removed, we thought free of charge, no she removed it completely smh. Then recharged it after asking if we still wanted it. To add insult to injury after we said we still wanted it she stated she would wrap it to go! Like wtf, you guys messed up and we still got charged ( we left the food anyways since they made it seem like we couldn't pay for it) Anytime I've EVER been to a restaurant that messes up your order they usually give it to you for free. The manager looked at us like we were crazy because we still wanted it and were being charged after their screw up and we waited about an hour! Place was a joke. Felt like they were being racist since we were the only non white people in the whole establishment. Never again! read more

Needed to find a place on our way home. Looked on Yelp and this place showed up. Loved the name and thought this would be a good place to stop. Their menu was pretty extensive and had a lot of great options. My husband chose the Pulled Pork Mac and Cheese. There was a lot of food and had a lot of flavor. I had the quesdilla with French Fries. If you like the breaded fries this is a place for you. I like hand cut or crinkle cut so should have chosen another side. Our waitress was great - greeted us, took our order and made sure our order was correct once the kitchen delivered it. She did it all and she had many table to take care. Awesome place with great food. read more

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Stopped in at Buddy Brewsters during a busy Saturday lunch and our server Jeri was incredible. Even though the place was packed, she kept checking in on us, making sure drinks were filled and food came out hot. Friendly, quick, and really made the whole experience more enjoyable. Will definitely be back! read more

If I could give it negative stars I would. We had been told several times by friends and family, "do not go to Buddy Brewster's they are awful". I will give the place one compliment and that's the amazing male server that we didn't have and wished we did. He did excellent with his tables, very attentive and overheard a table commend a well of a job he does!! Our server happened to be training another person and it would be in the restaurants best interest to use the male server to train because the lady who served our table was down right the worst. Fake smile and, condescending service, she knew what she did and didn't want to make it right or ask about it. A cosmo drink left on the table the entire time (which was forever in a nearly empty restaurant) , heads up, you can't use wine to make it look like you used cranberry juice. A cosmo does not take like wine and she knew what she did that's why she repeatedly looked at it, wouldn't ask about it but asked if I wanted another beer. Even the hostess walked by (not even on her way to seat anyone) at the end and looked at the drink that sat there. The cole slaw, was dry cabbage mix like it was dumped from a bag. No dressing. The French fries were those fake coated seasoned potato like fries. The fish had a very odd dry texture. We ate because we knew we had a bill to pay even though we wanted to just leave everything wand walk out. We had our plates stacked up and ready to indicate we were done and it took forever for our check. The restaurant maybe had five tables. At the end, she got the 20% tip she did not deserve only because we wanted to kill her nasty vibe with kindness. Do better. Fredonia is losing restaurants and we wished we would have listened to our friends and family. Won't step foot in there. read more

this place...came in on a Wednesday afternoon waited at the door for 5 mins. when I did find someone she was in a booth on the other side of the restaurant texting. I should have just walked out then and there! the food was good but didn't make up for the service. jerry was unfriendly and cold. read more

We came in for lunch and had jeri as our server and she was amazing! She was very friendly and accommodating ! We will definitely be returning! My food was very good and even though it was slightly busy we didn't wait long at all! read more

Service at 1:30pm was good. Not a lot of people. So I don't know why my burger I asked for med well wasn't done right. The service and server were friendly, attentive and on task. The place was clean ready for a Bills (Go Bills!) crowd but was empty...maybe cuz of food under cooked...hey I understand I was in fast food for a couple decades I get it. I've blundered my self. Kinda out a damper on my plans though. read more

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Our server aalysa made sure we had a great time after 8 Alcock energy was still up food was amazing and very clean read more

Buddy Brewster's Ale House - Best beer### - Gastropubs Near Me - Fredonia, New York

Geri was a great server, and the burgers were the best! Nice place to relax and eat. We had the Steak burger and the granny apple bacon, both were delicious read more

Stopped here for lunch and we ordered the steakhouse burger and the granny smith apple burger, fries, tater tots, and a side of coleslaw. We were STARVING and we still couldn't finish it all, so a great value. The absolute best burger I've ever had (both of them; not just the toppings, but the burger itself was so delicious and perfectly cooked), the tater tots were extra crispy, and fries were great too. I'm picky about my coleslaw and it was really good too. Geri, our server, was fantastic, too. We will be back next time we drive through! read more

Damien B. Was our server . He was great! Super friendly can't wait to go back he was pretty fly for a white guy

The pub burger is excellent! Damien is a great server, very friendly and fast. Cheese curds are pretty good too.

Good selection of beer on tap, including many local beers. Started with the fried cheese curds. They were great as was the dipping sauce. The burger came with beer cheese which was great for dipping the tater tots in. read more

Buddy Brewster's Ale House - Pretzel burger with tots - Gastropubs Near Me - Fredonia, New York

Great service from Damien B!! Great pork belly appetizers!! Very good chicken bruschetta and Italian sausage "dog". Absolutely the best french fries I ever had!! Also very good Cuban sandwich!! Damien did a great job coming up with a tasty cocktail using loganberry vodka!! Would return gladly. read more

I loved this place... The environment is really nice - clean and open feeling with nice touches. The service was awesome which is a big deal these days. I had the beef on neck sandwich with tater tots. The sandwich is a local favorite and I really enjoyed it. It was very flavorful. The tater tots were good - this place is definitely worth stopping by... read more

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Horrific experience. Took OVER AN HOUR to get our food, which was mid at best, and that's being generous. Cheese curds were greasy, chicken lips chewy, caesar salad was tiny and no caesar dressing. Waitress got our order wrong. Never refilled drinks. Didn't clear plates. I had to walk over to the beverage station to get to-go containers and ask repeatedly for the check. There was only five tables and everyone was frustrated. Several people sent their orders back, and ask multiple times for the check. I think there's a BK next door; do yourself a favor and go there instead. Or just don't eat at all; starvation is better than Buddy Brewster's Ale House. read more

I took my wife to lunch today. Jerry was our server. Awesome service. Very friendly and attentive. We will definitely stop there again. Great job Jerry. read more

First time here from Buffalo. Very friendly service! Damien was our server. He was more than happy to accommodate our every request promptly and with a smile. rices were right too! thanks Damien read more

Food and service were great. My wife and I dined on Friday night and Liz was our server. She suggested local beer options and menu items that we really enjoyed. Great experience! See you next month. read more

Good food and even better service! our server Jeri was outstanding. very polite and we didn't have to wait for long at all for anything. highly recommen! read more

A shout out to Damien B. who was our server. Great guy. Definitely on top of things. Very helpful explaining different food options.

We frequent Buddy Brewster's and appreciate the great service by their staff. Damien is fantastic! He is attentive, friendly, and even remembers our orders from past visits. Great Alehouse Mac-n-Cheese too! read more

I have a couple of friends that went into the restaurant on Sunday. They were seated by the bar . They sat there for about 20 minutes and nobody waited on them . They got up and left. They are very disappointed. read more

Huge parking lot mostly vacant. Almost don't appear to be open. It was though, so we went in. Immediately greeted by friendly hostess, and seated right away. My friend couldn't find a dish he liked and had previously ordered, on their menu. Upon asking the waitress about the dish, she merely replied, "yeah, we don't have that anymore". She didn't suggest a different, yet similar dish to him, she just stood there impatiently sighing while he scanned the menu for an alternative. I literally had to ask her if we could have a few more minutes to decide, since my friend hadn't imagined he'd need a plan B since his favorite dish no longer existed. He ended up getting half a fish fry...which was nothing special. For me, I scanned the menu over and over again...even requested to order last since I couldn't decide. It wasn't that there wasn't enough choices- the choices given just weren't appetizing or special in any way. Very generic menu. I couldn't even find a salad that seemed enticing . I almost ordered nothing, but figured the hours of shopping I was about to do, shouldn't be done on an empty stomach. I ended up getting "chicken toes", which were basically chicken nuggets. They were pasty in color, cooked just enough to not be raw. To put it frankly, they sucked. They came with nothing. Just a basket of sad nuggets. I ate three of them...they went in the trash. I definitely wouldn't recommend this place, nor do I plan on visiting this place again, myself. One star is too many. read more

Don't worry, I didn't finish my (tepid but also burnt) chicken tenders nor my cold and gummy fries... my partner didn't finish her chicken tender salad, either! Our server was named Molly, but she did not introduce herself. She seemed overwhelmed for no reason. There were five parties there (parties of no more than 4) and we didn't get any water refills, and Molly was not concerned with my FULL plate. A waitress different from Molly brought us our entrees, which left a bad taste in our mouths (literally). I wanted the food to be good. It's normally good!! it's about 1 million times more rewarding to order from this place on doordash or to just exercise free will and go somewhere else. oh and Molly did eavesdrop and hover over us as we were trying to discuss how little we should leave her. The physical building was spacey and soulless.... just like our waitress.... I really wanted her to be nice and normal. I really did. read more

It's hard to say something positive about our experience, but the restaurant looked nice and so was the server. And I suppose our ten year old did enjoy the chicken strips. But everything else just wasn't good. We had the beef on weck... but it was put on a pretzel bun and it was dry. The Chicken Alfredo was not appetizing and the chicken dish my wife ordered was just awful. Tots were hard as rocks as well. I guess what I found most disappointing was the prices based on the food that we received. Disappointing, hopefully your experience is better than ours. read more

Love the roast with potato's carrots and gravy. Dinner and drinks. And they offer DoorDash as delivery if you can't make it in! Hearty flavors in snow season? Sign me up! read more

So I ordered a chicken pecan salad when I say it was EVERYTHING ohhh my my my yes I'm extra! but I'm just keeping it real, my kiddo ordered the rib dinner she said they were finger licking delicious! We were in the area so we had to stop here! Definitely vibes!.... read more

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yay! we found a great place to eat! very large selection of entrees etc. chicken quesadilla was wonderful. husband had the pulled pork and raved about it. we recently moved here and are so excited to find a gem. read more

I wanted to badly for this to be a replacement of "wing city" that I used to know and love, but no. Our server was very sweet but they were out of coloring kids menus so only two of kids got them and they were out of grilled chicken? It was the move in weekend of students and you're out of grilled chicken?! When our food arrived, it was not hot. My mom's tater tots were stone cold, which our server very willingly replaced. However, that didn't make up for overall just a poor meal. We won't be back for a 130$ bill. read more

Food and service are solid but not spectacular. The restaurant is in a shabby condition. Dirty corners, broken seats, etc. I'll happily go there... when someone else pays! read more

Stopped on our way back from Jamestown to Buffalo. Both husband and I had a burger and tater tops. The burgers are made line we requested and tasted very good. Service was very friendly and efficient. read more