Stop by this place to have a beer while I had some time to kill. I ordered the getting nutty with…read moreit brown ale. The manager was working. He was very friendly and very knowledgeable about all the beers. Super easy place to find and is in the brand new building. There is a lot of great merchandise and they had beers to go. All their flagship of beers they have in cans, but if you want anything seasonal, it was in a growler.

Beer is fine. Venue is pretty nice outdoor patio. There's food trucks to get food at. Service is…read morechill. I have returned to this business due to convenience. It's fine.

Triceratops Brewery is in the same industrial center as Matchless and another cider company that I…read morehave not tried yet. This little area near the airport seems to be the brewing epicenter of Olympia. Triceratops has high quality beer in a relaxed environment. The two times we were there they had a baseball game and a football game on the TV. It doesn't seem as "trendy" or "hip" as other breweries, but I'm not always interested in a trendy brewery. Sometimes I want to try a new beer on tap while watching the game. It helps that the garage door is open creating a hybrid outdoor/indoor environment. The last time I was there I enjoyed their red ale. My wife and I don't find many red ales that we like but I'm always searching for the elusive, quality red ale. Triceratops has a good red ale.

Visited this place on their tenth anniversary…read more It was pretty packed inside and out with live music and a pizza vendor. The service is walk up. We were acknowledged and helped quickly. Prices and selection are average. This is a local company that has ties to JBLM. One of their popular items in Pennsyltucky which they call a Yuenling dupe, since Yuenling is not distributed on the west coast but is highly requested by many transplants to the state of Washington. You be the judge! The location is situated in the middle of what appears to be a craft district/industrial area. It could be a fun place to visit on nice days and depending on who the food vendor is and if there is entertainment. Also other breweries and such in the immediate vicinity.

Quick stop with friends. Massive place…read more Nice afternoon and sat outside. Staff so friendly and attentive. Brought out a few small samples to try. Friends ordered cocktails. I went with a flight on their Military May Menu. Left buying a bottle of their War Dogs whisky.

I have been to Heritage Distilling a couple times before, all different locations on my visits so…read moreour most recent visit to this location for the first time. This location is right near the Tumwater Craft District and even though it isn't in the main building for that it may be considered a part of it since it's literally across the parking lot. I really liked this location as it has a great patio view. I really liked the merchandise and had my eyes set on an Art Deco flask that is exclusive to their tasting rooms. We usually get flights if we are planning to stay and we got the Lemon Drop Trio Flight which made up of Florence Vodka, Peach Vodka and Coconut Vodka. All very sweet but very tasty. This distillery is a great addition to this area and to the Craft District and offers a different option if a person doesn't want a cider or a craft beer from the options in the main building.

Honestly I think its the best brewery in Washington. It is what I compare all other beer to now.read more

Fun warehouse vibes. So many beers on tap. Was bummed they didn't do flights of beer but they let…read moreus sample what we wanted. You can bring your own food in too. Fun spot and friendly staff. Oh and dog friendly for well behaved dogs.

Needed to kill some time, so we stopped here on a whim for a quick drink before my son's football…read moregame. Casual and relaxing atmosphere. The staff is super friendly and helpful. The bartender was all smiles and quick with our drinks. She put our food order in right away. I got the sausage platter. It was decent but not great. The sausages could've used a char on a grill, and the sauerkraut was bland. Although I shared the platter with my friends we didn't end up finishing it and didn't take the leftovers to go. My husband got the pretzel, and it was huge...pretty good. It had a nice outer crunch to it with a soft center and came with some cheese and grainy mustard. This was the first time we'd been to this establishment, and the parking was kinda tricky up front. It was full with only one spot left so we took it. Idk how we would've managed to get out of it had a bunch of cars not cleared out by the time we left. We were told that there was additional parking on the other side...so now we know for the next time we visit :)

My boyfriend and I live in different towns and where we love getting together and socializing with…read morefriends, we have made this place just for us. We call it "our secret bar" when we want to get out together on an evening and not run into anybody we know. We love the patio. It is so cute and has some private little nooks where other patrons aren't so close that they are overhearing our conversations. The wait staff is always so nice. The drinks and food are/is always good. We love the potato skins.

Such a great place to stop and enjoy beer or beer tasting!…read more They offer flights of 4 from the on tap selection which changes frequently depending on the season. There's so much seating in front, inside at the bar, inside at the nook rooms (it's a house converted to a tap room), as well are more outside seating on the side and in the back! The barstools are lovely and heavy. So sturdy and comfortable for being iron and wood. The service is always friendly and welcoming, offering suggestions and will go out of their way to try and locate a beer if you were looking for something specific (they may just have more in stock in their storage area so don't be afraid to ask if you want a beer that you don't see in the coolers for can/bottle purchase). This is just a great place to relax and enjoy! There's food trucks next door but I'm not sure what their hours are. I was there Sunday in the afternoon and the food trucks were closed. But you can bring in outside food anyway and don't have to rely on just those trucks.

Very cool place. Think house turned in to a tap house, with lots of outdoor seating and card /…read moreboard games. They even have dart boards. This place is dog friendly and service was great. That have a taco truck where you can order food from but if you want to bring your own food, you can. Highly recommend and will be back. Very cool concept.

This was our second time here and just had to give it a shout out My favorite part is it's really…read morefun cocktail menus and many TV's to watch the baseball games on. However, both times we were here the food was great too and service was top notch, meaning kind, present, informative and patient with us "old folks". Grinders, wings, burgers or pizzas you will not go wrong. Final bonus is its proximity to I-5. We will be back.

Stopped in Tumwater on our way to Seattle and decided to get a to-go order at The Brick. Tried to…read moreplace an order online, but you can't after 8pm and it was 8:03pm. I ended up calling (twice - nobody answered the first time) and got an order over the phone. I headed down there and the first thing I noticed is that the building needs work. There is a tin roof siding kind of thing along the entire front of the restaurant. It is old. Paint coming off. Not a good sign. Went into the bar as I didn't realize there was a separate bar and restaurant. I didn't see any signs showing that. I was directed by a bartender to go to the other side to get my order. A very nice blonde girl was there and went to bagging my order getting my chowder and everything else which took 5 to 6 minutes. It was over $64 with the tip. Got back to my hotel room to try my french dip. Problem is, they forgot the dip - no au jus. It is just warm roast beef in a bun. No flavor. Nothing to it. I couldn't even finish a half of it. The tater tots were bad. Half were soggy. No seasoning. No flavor. Not worth eating. The pickle was good, but wrapped in a napkin kind of thing that made my hands messy trying to unwrap it to eat it. Next up was the clam chowder. It was yellow, so I assumed it was a corn chowder. It is neither. It smells like a ham chowder and tastes like a vegetable/potato soup. It is very watery and had big pieces of celery and other veggies. I have no idea what this is supposed to be, but it is not a clam chowder. Finally, I got chipotle wings. They appear to have been a dry rub. I had hoped they either would come with a chipotle sauce to dip them in or they would be sauced wings. They were neither. Being a dry rub, they had a hint of chipotle flavor, but basically tasted like bare wings. My wife got a pasta bread thing of some kind. She had 4 bites and that was it. $64 for about 10 total bites of food. I hate to waste that money and throw away so much food, but I'd be doing homeless people a disservice by giving it away. To recap, building is old looking. Forgot an important part of one of the dishes. Soggy, unseasoned tots. Watery, "clam" chowder that that is really a potato/veggie soup, wings with almost no flavor - may as well have just asked for bare, unseasoned wings. Wasted $64.

Percival Creek Brewing is one of the two breweries located in the Tumwater Craft District Market…read more This one opened up a little bit later from the other brewery here but it is good that after our second visit to the building they are in shops and restaurants seemed to have opened up completely from our first visit. This brewery is a collaboration effort with South Puget Sound Community College's craft brewing and distilling programs. So you can try craft beer options, cider options and distilling options. We stuck to mostly trying the beer that they had to offer which was a Bohemian Pilsner and their Pale Ale. We decided we like the the Pale Ale the best between the two and from the person that took our order seemed to indicate that that was the usual general consensus from customers in regards to the beer. As far as things to eat they have snacky types of things of a more fancier sort. We got some bread with oil and olives but you can also get things like a charcuterie board as well among other menu options. The size of the portions are perfect if you are snacking around the Tumwater Craft District building trying out different things and don't want a big meal in one sitting. The beer itself is alright. I have definitely had beer with more personality but knowing what the set up is I guess I should adjust my standards accordingly. I like the lounge like decor and bar setting which makes for a nice, quiet place to relax.

I appreciate the work of these students. I only gave them 4-stars because I had to buy the beer…read moreblind. On the other hand, my 6-pack of Hazy IPA was only $7. The staff member had not tasted the beer, nor attended the program, but I'm sure at another time there might be students and former students who could say more. Very convenient to grab your cans and go to one of the other vendors for food.

The big brewhouse salad - I have this salad at least one time a week and I felt I needed to finally…read morereview. Is it the Russian dressing? Is it the ample bleu cheese crumbles, candied pecan chunks, or dried cranberries??? It's all of it. Maybe it's the low lights and inviting sense of brewery in the air. Maybe it's just the beer. Maybe it's the bartender who tries to get me to drink more of this delicious beer... maybe it's just magic.

It was my first time in and honestly, I really couldn't be too upset. My buddy brought me in, the…read moreatmosphere was cool, pretty much what you'd expect from a brewhouse/restaurant, and the beer I had was good. Our server was fine overall. He wasn't particularly friendly when we first got there, and it did feel like the bill came pretty quick once we finished eating, but nothing that ruined the experience. Where I was disappointed was the portion size. I ordered the grilled chicken club, and for $15 for the sandwich alone, I was expecting a little more. That thing was tiny. I swear it was gone in about 3.5 bites. Then it's another $3 to add fries, which were good, but now I'm paying $18 for a sandwich and fries when the chicken breast itself looked like maybe 3-4 oz. A couple hours later I placed an online order for a burger for my wife since she was at an event nearby and was hungry. Same thing there. The burger tasted good, but the portion was pretty small for what we paid. That's really my biggest takeaway. The food was there taste-wise, the portions just weren't. I don't mind paying restaurant prices for good food, but at those prices I'd at least like to leave feeling like I actually ate something. I'm not saying I wouldn't be back, but maybe just for the beer and some fries.

Fun little place, lively environment and tight knit ambience…read more I love that the owner mingles with the crowd and genuinely cares that the patrons are enjoying themselves. The night we went featured a young man singer/songwriter who was incredibly talented. Nice vibes all around!

Never coming here again. Bartender was a super rude woman. Very awkwardly came up to us from behind…read morethe bar and said she had never seen us there before, made us go around the table and introduce ourselves by name. Very offputting start. Before i could even finish my sentence saying i forgot my ID and if its ok to show her a picture she cut me off to sternly say "no its never ok, actually" then went on to try to guess my age. We had to get up and leave. I understand not having an ID but she definitely had an attitude that screams i hate my life. Wont be coming back.