Davin was amazing! The place was great and friendly. Staff was accommodating and very friendly.read more

Cheap drinks, super chill environment. Jesus was a good bartender. Food is separate and literally…read moreacross the room (separate business). Will return!

The Hawthorne is always a good time and a great experience. There's a huge selection of wine and…read moreplenty of good food to choose from as well. The service is always Eggcellent.

Look, I love wine, but I'm no sommelier. I usually just point and say, "That one looks French!" But…read morewalking into The Hawthorn Bottle Shop and Tasting Room in Helena changed the game. This isn't one of those stuffy, velvet-rope wine bars; it's genuinely "New York chic meets Montana," which is the only atmosphere I ever want to be in. The main reason this place is magic? The staff. We had a server who was less of a server and more of a wine wizard. I told them I liked things that were "a little sassy, maybe a bit moody," and they didn't even blink. Instead, they completely crafted the perfect flight of wine flights for us to sample. It was like a personalized, four-course journey for my tastebuds. Every single pour was a winner, and the knowledge they dropped on us was actually interesting and not at all intimidating. I learned more in 30 minutes than I did in a decade of frantically googling "what is terroir?" If you're looking for an amazing wine bar where you can relax, learn something new, and taste truly incredible stuff without feeling like you need a wine degree, this is it. Go for the ambiance, stay for the wine, and definitely let their knowledgeable service steer the ship. They won't steer you wrong. Highly Recommend: Just tell your server to surprise you. It's the best way to do it.

We love exploring Dive Bars when we travel. So when our flight landed in Helena, MT we searched for…read moreDive Bars and found Hap's Bar by the Train station. The place was wonderful; friendly bar tenders, fun local people, and great drinks. We loved the pickle shots!!

Only food is chips and nuts but the bartender is awesome and the place is a little hidden gem next…read moreto laundromat across from the old train station in Helena. Looks almost like a dive from outside but once you walk in they have a fantastic selection of fine spirits and a few good beers on tap along with a whole section of slots and gambling but it has a great atmosphere and feel inside. Just light enough and just dark enough and if I lived in Helena I'd be there all the time.

Tap house with Style! In a building with some colorful…read morehistory, over 125 years old, there is a Great Local Brewery! The walls are like solid concrete because this was a jailhouse back in the day! Then the owners that have it now put like a bunch of money into making it their brewery! They took a building that had " great bones" and added some " Flair" all there own! From the super huge brew cats on display and the stage for live entertainment to the addition of some real good craft pizza! Stop in, look around ,grab a brew! I recommend the Scottish Ale. Enjoy the local entertainment like "open mic night" second and fourth Tuesdays. Great place to meet up with your crew! By the way the Beer us Great too!

Lewis & Clark Brewery was long on my list for Montana breweries to try. I finally got to try their…read morebeer and my first impression was a good one! The beer that Steve and I had was the Prickly Pear which is a fruited Pale Ale. In the flavor you will certainly pick up lots of hoppiness but there is a hint of pear with some sweetness. This Pale Ale is nice and smooth and is also light bodied which makes it great in the hotter temperatures of summer.

Recommended to us by our Air B and B owners. Made a pit stop here to have a taster and grab a…read moregrowler for our post hiking "enjoy a cold one" moment. Their nitro is AMAZING; but the growler is Scottish Ale. Definitely check this place out and partake in their offerings!

Great Brewery, great staff. Indoor and outdoor seating,…read morelots of beer and food next door.

Underrated! This place is great. Deceiving larger it looks from the outside. The food was…read moreoutstanding! Service was top notch and the prices are average. Highly recommend! We will definitely be back.

Great ambiance, but mid food…read more This was my second time coming here, this time for lunch. Decently crowded but seated immediately. Place is pretty cool, since it keeps so much of its history, and the service is solid, but the food isn't great. I got a half sandwich and soup of the day, which was a chicken chile verde enchilada soup. The French dip was looking like it was sitting for a while under a heat lamp and semi dried out. Soup wasn't looking much better, and the chicken almost looked like a frozen package. Place is cool and great for watching a game and getting a drink, but don't hold your breath with food quality.

Lunch stop! Food is quality, prices are reasonable, service…read morewas great and the beer....is beer. Would recommend! Won't be disappointed if ya stop!

The wine and beer were ok . The 2 stars are because the server was great and the only server…read moreworking. My husband and I split a turkey sandwich. It was terrible, cheap grocery store bread and a slice of turkey with lettuce and tomato. I wouldn't have made a sandwich like that at home let alone have to pat $16 for it! Do not recommend!

Great food and service, relaxing quiet atmosphere. Well worth the short drive from downtown. We'll…read moredefinitely be back again

I recently ate at this restaurant and found it disgusting. My steak was covered in mushrooms that…read moretasted like vinegar. The steak had no flavor. The asparagus was about the size of a number 2 pencil and was greasy. Even though we each paid for our dinner separately, they required a 20 % tip. Our group of around 25 had one server, who also performed as the busboy, so our dinner was very slow. The wine looked to be about 4 ozs and was $12 per servings. We also had to dine on their patio with pesky flies everywhere. For this we paid over $200 for a meal we could not enjoy. As you can probably see, I was very unimpressed with this overrated restaurant and will NEVER eat there again.

I grew up in Helena, but moved away. Every time I come home, I take my friends or fellow visitors…read moreto downtown to see Helena's history. And at night, I hit up the tri-fecta of bars that includes The Rialto. I love the old historic charm of this place. It's so beautiful. Liquor in Montana is super cheap, so we had an amazing time chatting with the bartender and indulging. We met some really friendly regulars who didnt mind sharing their bar with us. I love this place. That blonde bartender is a sweetheart! She let my boyfriend take her picture next to the liquor prices and everything! Thanks Rialto. See you and your gorgeous neon sign next time. P.S. I love your internet jukebox and pool table.

So I had an interesting experience here…read more I sat down at the bar and asked the bartender if they had a menu. She replied, "Lucca's is closed" referring to the Italian restaurant next door. I replied, "No, a drinks menu" to which she did not give me a menu but said, "Do you like sweet drinks?" At this point I had no idea where this conversation was going but I replied, "No.." and then she said okay and handed me a menu. I asked why and she said that she can make better drinks than what the menu says. She said she only liked a couple drinks on the menu (ginger basil martini, prairie press, and maybe the huckleberry mule and that's it) and she also does not recommend any of the wines. The brutal honesty is good for me and bad for the bar, but some saleswoman she is I guess? Who knows. I asked her if she was the only person who had these strong opinions about the menu and she said no and that all the bartenders felt the same way. If everyone feels the same way about them and they're the ones who have to serve customers then they should make a change right? It's just weird that you have that attitude towards the business and then project that toward the customers. I said I'd listen to her recommendations and ordered the ginger basil martini ($12) which was actually pretty good. It's refreshing and slightly sweet from the sugar rim. She mentioned that she made the drink less sweet because she knew that I didn't like sweet drinks and then went on that menus can't offer the same personalization as a bartender who listens. I mean I guess the intention is good that she wants to be able to personalize cocktails to the customer's taste preferences but again the attitude of going on and on about how you're a great and thoughtful bartender just rubbed me the wrong way. For my second drink I wasn't going to order off the menu so I asked if she could make a last word. She didn't know what that was and I told her how to make it. She replied, "I don't know what green chartreuse is." I said, "Okay never mind, how about a paper plane?" Again she did not know what that was and I listed the ingredients and she said, "What's amaro?" At this point I'm frustrated so I just ordered an old fashioned ($12). You go on and on about how you can get creative and make a variety of drinks but you don't even know what green chartreuse or amaro are. So you're not as knowledgeable of a bartender as you think you are. The same type of attitude and boastfulness happened after the second drink as it did the first. I seriously couldn't wait to finish my drink and get out of there which never happens. It felt like lazy bartending for not amazing cocktails for craft cocktail prices. The negativity and complaining is just not the vibe I want at a bar. Another note: the men's restroom does not lock but not just that, it does not close all the way so it's always slightly open outward and I don't know why no one has bothered to fix that. Many things are very wrong here; I don't how to fix them but it just didn't give me a good vibe and left a bad taste in my mouth.

We loved it here! They had a beautiful place outside for people to sit and talk. Umbrellas and…read moretables everywhere. The service was amazing and the server knew everything about all of the drinks they had. There was no food offered, but it really wasn't the reason why we were visiting. We will definitely be back.

This has been our go to brewery since moving to Helena. Lots has changed with them but we love the…read moreregulars and music bingo Wednesdays.