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Clouds Brewing

3.9 (262 reviews)
Open • 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Good for groups
Outdoor seating

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Joel K.

First time at Clouds Brewing in Durham. The beer and food were delicious! We came for brunch on a Saturday and were immediately excited about the menu selection. So many great choices of beer and food to choose from. After finally choosing I went with the chicken and waffles with hot honey. The chicken was perfectly cooked. The honey was not sweet enough in my opinion. I went with the sweet potato stout and it was delicious! Definitely recommend Clouds Brewing in Durham!

Justin F.

Wanted a good place to watch the football game and this was perfect. They had every game on, and even had the TV labeled to make sure nothing was missing. Excellent beer variety. I sampled a few and settled on a couple of dark beers. The service was great and really friendly. I will probably be back here in the future on another sunday.

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Bike H.

It's spacious and comfortable. The back has a variety of arcade games, making it fun for the whole family. The beer is delicious, food is excellent, service is top notch. If you are a root beer person you MUST try it here, the best we had.

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Smythe R.

Clouds has changed from my previous visits. Most of the changes have been positive. They now have the taps only behind the bar and don't have the little wrist tags that you could use to get tastes or half pours of their beers. Their menu is now less German-oriented foods, but those influences are still there. I arrived right after opening to get ready for a large group coming at 12:30. Susan helped me arrange a table that could accommodate everyone. Since I had told her this was a meetup group, she asked if it was separate checks. She then set her ordering handheld for that and entered the seat numbers, ready for the onslaught. For a first meeting, we did OK. 12 out of 13 folks who signed up. The inside, like the rest of the buildings in Brightleaf Square, is refurbished tobacco warehouse. High ceilings, heavy oak beams, and old brick walls. Beautiful. The food was great! We had folks order everything from the flatbread caprese to the chicken schnitzel, with German potato salad. Clean plates or takeout boxes for everyone!

Foosball and pool table
Robin C.

Love this beer and there is so much room! This time of year an entire sorority could be playing Foosball down here!

Hoppy IPA
Rebecca S.

Food and service was pretty good! We ordered a hazy ipa and a blood orange ipa both were good. We ordered the chicken flatbread and Buffalo cauliflower appetizers. Both were delicious. Added bonus we got to bring the pup with us as well! A lot of selections to choose from and I was even able to order an aperol spritz which was perfect and refreshing!

Amar B.

Nice ambience. Open space and friendly service! The food was decent and the beers were nice. We stopped by for dinner and drinks on a Friday night and the place was buzzing. Good place to explore if you are in Durham downtown.

Chicken schnitzel with sauerkraut and herbed mash potatoes
Tony S.

This brew pub is located in the cool little Brightleaf Square neighborhood of Durham. The staff were very friendly, helpful and attentive. I had a great Mango Weisse hefeweizen beer. But it was the quality of the food coupled with the reasonable prices that really blew me away. I selected this place because of their German-inspired cuisine, and it was definitely inspiring and very tasty! I had the chicken schnitzel. Great breading that was cooked to crispy perfection without being at all overdone. The schnitzel was served with one of the best sauerkrauts I've had in ages and topped with a fantastic lemon garlic glaze. The dish is usually served with warm German potato salad, but I don't eat pork bacon so they substituted mashed potatoes that were incredible -- creamy and interlaced with herbs. Each fork full of chicken, sauerkraut and potatoes when eaten together was ausgezeichnet as they say in German. My husband had the Dirty Heaven brisket sandwich, which was fortunately heavenly rather than dirty. The brisket was cooked just right and the cilantro lemon sour cream paired very well with it. I would highly recommend this place and we'll definitely come back next time we are in Durham.

Troy B.

This was a nice find for us. They have a decent selection of craft beer which includes several from the NC area. We enjoyed the Bull Durham Kolsch and the Clouds Brewing Pilsner. The seating area includes indoor and outdoor. The indoor area is quite large with multiple large tvs to watch games, etc. The menu is quite diverse... there are burgers but there was also a burito bowl which had some spice to it. There were also wraps, london broil, chicken pesto sandwich, pasta bowl with sausage and some other German based dishes. The only issue with this location is it is all street parking and it is kind of tucked into a pedestrian mall. So you need to park on a street or in a lot and walk to it... Not a huge deal but a little confusing to find the first time. Definitely a cool place and hope to get back!

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Maeve P.

This was a great place in Durham to grab a bite to eat and sit down on a hot day for a drink! We came in around 11am on a Saturday and were able to find parking very quickly (dedicated parking lot for the area) and were seated immediately. I got the sucker punch gose, prickly pear flavor, and it was almost more sour than the coconut lime sour that my fiancée got (both of which were great). For food, we got the Hawaiian burger and the barbacoa short rib sandwich, both of which were great, but the sweet potato fries were the standout of the meal. The ambience is nice, with seating both in and outside, and definitely family friendly (there were lots of families with young kids around). They also have TVs with sports, if you're into that, and a specialty brunch menu. All in all, we had a good time and some very flavorful libations!

Falan E.

The service was great, but the food definitely fell short I've heard good reviews on the Raliegh location (I'm guessing they are affiliated) and decided to check it out. It was okay. I had the vegan burger and sweet potato fries. The burger was good, and the sweet potato fries were almost too crunchy but decent enough to eat. The side salad was not the best I've had, and for that reason, I could barely finish eating it. My friend did not enjoy the Tacos. I tasted it myself, and I agreed that it did taste like a beef vegetable soup. I'm not sure if this is something simmering and prepared earlier, but it was not appetizing. They did allow her to switch it out for another entree, and we appreciated that. Unfortunately, I will not eat here again, and I would not recommend Clouds food to anyone.

Shrimp scampi
Anna P.

I came here for a Friday night happy hour with my friends. Clouds was super busy so service was a bit slow but our server apologized multiple times. I always get the pretzel because it's delicious. I got a beer flight this time so I could try different beers. It took a very long time for it to come out (came out the same time as our food). Tried the amazeballs for the first time and I liked those a lot! I wish they still had one of their pastas I used to enjoy a lot in the pre-pandemic days. I can't remember what is was called but it had artichokes, sun dried tomatoes and spinach. I ordered shrimp scampi and the lemon butter sauce was good but the shredded cheese on top wasn't necessary as it never melted. They have street parking behind Clouds on Peabody st. There's also street parking on Main St. There's a parking lot next to Brightleaf square but I'm not sure if you can still park there or not. A few years ago, I would park there and I would bring my ticket into Clouds and they would validate it so parking would be free.

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They have the best nachos I think I've ever had lol. Wait staff also super kind! Favorite brewery in Durham!

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Fairly simple. Assuming your group is under 20 people, there's a parking lot for approximately 25 cars right next to Cloud Brewing. If that is full, there is street parking along W Peabody St

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