Love brew pub! They sponsor my friend's cricket team, so he likes to shop here when he can. We stopped by to pick up a bottle of whiskey they brew. The place wasn't too busy and the bartender poured us a sample of four different whiskeys. The #11 was my fave. A nice rye. Not too spicy. I also purchased a bottle of dark cherry infused whiskey and a 4 pack of Irish Red Ale, which was nice. They had a DJ with trivia on a Thursday night. read more

Moon Under Water Brewpub - Brass Monkey, Moon Under Water. - Brewpubs Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

Moon Under Water was a brewery we got to try on a recent trip to Victoria, British Columbia (Canada) and we liked their beer quite a bit! We only got one beer and it was a beer type we don't often get, a Dunkel style beer with a funny name called Creepy Uncle. The logo is fun on the bottle and it will be a name for a beer I won't soon forget. With the beer in the flavor profile you can expect to find maltiness witha hint of vanilla and nuttiness with an appropriate amount of sweetness. The beer is smooth and light bodied. It's a good one to sit down to and relax when you have that desire to unwind. read more

Moon Under Water Brewpub - The Creepy Uncle Dunkel from Moon Under Water. - Brewpubs Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

Well it's now called the Brass Monkey! Menu needs a change! It needs help due to the City's closure of Bay. Great beer! read more

I've been intrigued about this place since it opened, & finding ourselves in the neighbourhood , we decided to stop in for a late lunch to try it out. Turns out my expectations were too high. I don't know what they're going for as far as decor, maybe rustic, but it just screams dump. The service was nice & the food OK, but the crappy environment put us off. What a disappointment. We won't be returning. read more

Our last brewery visit of the trip was at Moon Under Water. I've seen their bottles at the liquor store but it's a mixed bag when it comes to how their beers taste. We dropped in on a Monday (around 3:45pm). It wasn't busy and oddly, their beer pub was closed (even though there were people inside). We were informed to go to the restaurant instead. Service was brutal; our waitress messed up our flight and didn't bother to tell us anything about the beers that we had ordered. There were 11 beers on tap. For food, the menu consists of pub favourites, soup & salad, appies, sandwiches, rice bowls (er...) and tacos. Monday specials was $5.00 pints all day/night and a bunch of appies on special. Two flight options were half moon ($8.50 for 4) or a full moon ($10.50 for 6) - 2x Flights ($8.50 for 4) - we went with the drinkgeld dubbel (Belgian dubbel), azacca kettle sour (which our waitress messed up and gave us an oatmeal stout instead), year 6 (barrel aged wheat wine with citra) and pineapple pound town pale ale (no pineapple flavour tasted). Our friends got a flight of creepy Uncle dunkel (dark lager), hip as funk (farmhouse IPA), darkside and azacca kettle sour. The only one I liked was the kettle sour. The rest were bland and mundane. Don't waste your time and money at MUW. Make the short trip over to any of the other nearby breweries: Île Sauvage, Driftwood and Hoyne. read more

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If you need evidence for what the hospitality labour shortage looks like go here. Two people working a packed brewpub on the long weekend. They were the hosts, bartenders, servers, and one had to be the manager. By no means is this a complaint and it has no impact on the 3 star rating. I felt really bad for them. They were working hard. Must have been a stressful night. The 3 stars is because I just don't think this place would be any better even with a full staff. The food was meh. Reminds me of a Boston Pizza without the pizza. Typical bar food you can find pretty much anywhere these days. The flavours and presentations is actually very comparable to the food at Cineplex VIP. Even their beer menu is nothing to get excited about. We came to try their shaft flight but it's only available at their lounge which is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Anyway, if you want the details for the food: - Cauliflower bites with watered down Thai chilli sauce ($10) - For the price you can't complain I guess. Tastes like battered cauliflower. That's the best way I can describe it. - Deep Fried pickles ($8) - You get four bug slivers. They're good. Had a good crunch to them. Again, for that price I can't complain Would I come back? Not to the brewpub. It's a skip. I'd return to try their lounge though. read more

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Fabulous pub. Enjoyed the IPA! The service is excellent and the bathrooms are clean. read more

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This is a cool stop for lunch. It was recommended by one of the other breweries in town. Good selection of food and good prices. We had fish and chips / fish tasted ok but too much batter. Tacos were beautiful great flavor, and the Yam fries were a fabulous. Good selection of beer on tap. I'll bet this place is really busy at night. read more

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A buddy and I sauntered on up here whilst our ladies were having a girls day a the spa. Naturally, we needed beer and empty carbs while they were enjoying a foot soak or something that cost more than our hotel room that evening! We walked here from downtown and it's a bit of a hike through a not so great, but not terrible area. The sort of spot you wouldn't be surprised to saw something a bit unsavory. Very industrial area of town so it was a weird transition from downtown. We ventured on as we were hungry! We came in around 5 pm on a Friday - about 90% of the tables were reserved, despite there being a number of us wanting to dine and dash. There was a trivia night or something that apparently they take very seriously. The beers here were nothing super impressive, but what earned it that extra star was the POUTINE! Holy gravied cheese curds batman - this stuff was excellent! Good enough to share and delicious enough to go after with a spoon so as to not miss any of said goodness! Service was fine, beer was meh and the poutine was grand! Based on the other spots we'd hit, our expectations were high and the outcome was very up and down. For those magical curd bathing in a delightful sea of everyone's favorite mashed potato topping, it's worth a look! read more

The tranquility IPA and Darkside was drinkable but the others were horrendous, especially the white marshmallow stout. I ordered cauliflower (commercially made) and chicken wrap with yam fries which tasted like dirty oil. I wasted my money and calories at Moon Under Water. read more

I was really annoyed to find out that they charge 2.5% for using a credit card. There is no notice of this until you receive your bill at the end of the evening. If they told us when we ordered or put the information on the menu, but no.. read more

I wasn't expecting much being a pub, boy was I wrong. I ordered the Thai chicken wrap with poutine and my daughter ordered the red curry rice bowl with chicken. Everything was so flavorful and the service was spot on. Add this to your brew tasting walk you won't be sorry! read more

Moon Under Water Brewpub - Brewpubs Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

We have been to Victoria on many occasions and usually end up checking out the local breweries, this one always seemed too far to walk to from the downtown area, but its definitely not. We decided to make the trek to check out music bingo which is currently on Friday night. They do take reservations 2 weeks in advance as it seems like this often fills up. We did play music bingo at another bar and that one was more fun, but its still a great way to pass some time while hanging out at a bar. We received excellent service while seated at the bar on a very busy night. The bartender was great and checked in with us very frequently. We enjoyed the fry bowl with gravy and some zucchini sticks. They have a large variety of sauces to go along with your food choices. Its nice that they serve both beer and mixed drinks. I do wish the website was updated with the current beers available. I love that they have many bathroom stalls here, which is how a brewery/pub should be. The sayings on the wall to and from the bathroom also kept me very entertained. read more

Terrific beer and food. Husband had the Creepy Uncle Dunkel and loved it. We had the poutine, BBQ chicken sandwich and butter chicken. All were excellent! If you are visiting Victoria, check this place out. read more

Review based exclusively on their beer. We stopped in for a flight, and overall it was a decent stop because they did have a variety of beers to choose from, and also had a bathroom (something that I was surprised to see some breweries without). I liked their flight paddles (crescent moon shaped), but the beers were just okay, nothing really wow'ed us, and the environment wasn't really anything worth hanging around for so we kept it brief and moved along our way. read more

In a sort of industrial area of Greater Victoria sits this brewpub. Walked in at 8 pm on a tuesday evening to a pretty full place. Its dingy, probably on purpose, with loafs of memorabilia from both their brewery and others. Tables were scattered everywhere, but, like i said, probably intentionally sort of divey. Menu is standard pub fare, we ordered wings which were average. Maybe a dozen in house brews on tap, I ordered a flight of 6. No real standouts for me, its just easy drinking brew pub beer. Service was alright, beers were alright, food alright.... Would be nice if they labeled the beers in the flight. read more

Warning. We arrived by cab only to find out that they were booked solid with reservations due to music bingo. I've never experienced this at a brew pub! We waited 20 minutes for another cab and could see at least 5 empty tables this entire time! Very dissappointing! read more

I stopped by to look at merchandise, which they didn't have much of and what was there was filthy. I walked into the lower part, I was not greeted, in fact the bartender wasn't friendly and kinda looked at me like "what do you want?". When I asked about the merch, he told me to go upstairs. I went there and I stood by the door for a little while without so much as a glance from staff until I got impatient and walked up to the bar to ask. The bartender proceeded to tell me that the merchandise was in the downstairs, which is where I just came from. It seemed like everything was very unorganised, dirty and unwelcoming. This really sucks because moon under water has some of my all time favourite beers and I have never been to this brewery so I was extremely excited and was unfortunately extremely let down. read more

The service was very quick, with the food arriving sooner than expected. The beer was terrific. I couldn't decide, so was offered samples. Liked it so much we bought some to take home. The bottles were 650 ml though - essentially the size of two beer. We liked. This is Hefeweizen and Potts Pils read more

Moon Under Water Brewpub - 650 ml beer to take away - Brewpubs Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

My boyfriend and I sat down to grab a flight of beer. First of all, the beer is AMAZING! We are very picky about our beers and every one that we tried, we absolutely loved. We had the pleasure of having Cam as our bartender and he was very knowledgeable of all the beers and spirits (as he is the one that makes all of them). I should also mention that all the drinks are made using local ingredients. He was kind enough to give us good spots to go visit around town as we were only there for the night. We didn't have enough time to try any of the food but it looked and smelled amazing. Loved the ambience, loved the beer, and loved Cam. THANK YOU! We will definitely be making it back here the next time we are in town! read more

It's in a bit of an odd place since it's largely around light industrial buildings but the beer is good and the food is solid. I've only had a couple things there but the burger is good eating (the fries are good as well) and the 3 brews they have on top are made in house and are nice to drink. The room is nothing to write home about but it's friendly enough and I find the vibe there to be nice (the staff and owners are very friendly people). read more

My Wife and I went to Moon Under Water Pub and Brewery last Thursday nite for "The Burger Flip". This is where your order a burger, the Kitchen decides what to serve you and you get to Flip a Coin to see if you pay full price ($16) or half Price ($8). The service from Christina was Impeccable. Christina was very knowledgeable about their Beers and Food and made our night even more special! Cheers Christina and Thank you ! My burger was a delicious, huge beef burger with mushrooms, onions, cheese and greens. It was perfectly cooked and seasoned. I did get to choose my side which was a vegetable soup in a large bowl; quite delicious. At the end I flipped and Won ! My wife had a Bowl of Fries (which was $6), very large portion and delicious. They had an Aioli and seafood sauce on the side for dipping. I had the Beer sampler ($8 for a sample of all their beers (4 x 5 oz)) and I paid an extra $2 to try the 5th beer (Seasonal). Then I had a "Guest Beer" (Brewed by another micro brewery) it was a Green Flash Brewing Co.'s West Coast IPA. Very nice, and very hopsy for $6. We had a great time and again, thank you Christina! We will be back, I promise! read more

I really want this place to succeed - but it has a lot of work to do. While it's hard to expect great ambiance in a warehouse, there's just something about the combination of office building carpeting and convention center chairs that turns me off. Moon Under Water specializes in session beers - beers with low alcohol percentages, smooth textures, and subtle, yet present flavours. They are great for a summer's eve. And because they aren't too alcoholic, you can ride your bike to the pub, have a beer, and bike home without having to worry about your balance. And we ordered their vegetable coconut curry, which lacked flavour even after adding copious amounts of salt. Perhaps the goal is to appeal more to the palates of middle aged Brits than those who enjoy spice. Moon Under Water gives a solid effort, and I'd be willing to give it another try. I'll just stay away read more

We had a flight (tasters) of all their 6 beers. Great fun, and very different beers. You need to try yourself. Then we ordered a pound of wings. Mine were the spicy whiskey flavored ones. They were great wings and cooked to perfection, but unfortunately not spicy at all. After telling the waitress about this she apologized and said the wings would be on the house. Then we ordered a chilli, which we could even taste first. It wasn't spicy enough for me, but my wife says it's one of the tastiest she ever had. They brought extra chilli sauce so that I can add as much spice as I needed. Was great ! Overall a great experience, very friendly and fast service. We will be back! read more

Great beer, great food, and great service - especially from Aisha (she's always super friendly and never gets the order wrong). My partner and I try to go most Mondays for the beer and nacho special - $15 (without tip) and we are stuffed and happy! read more

Great Beer, Great Food, amazing atmosphere. Best beer in BC. I look forward to coming back each and every time I come to BC.

Pretty good beers ... at least the West Coast and more traditional IPAs we tried. The happy hour deals also made the beer prices more reasonable. The food, however, is pretty spotty. Between us we had a burger that wasn't bad. But the "hand-cut" fries accompanying the burger, while plentiful, were very salty. The pork rib ends were deep fried to a crisp, and also massively over-salted. And the potato skins were reasonably good efforts floating in pools of oil. read more

Great location! Went on a Thursday night for flip burgers! Amazing food, service, and beer! Highly recommend this gem. read more

Moon Under Water Brewpub - Brewpubs Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

Highly recommended!! Run by an amazing family. All the food is fresh and delicious. Go for the special of the day, always killer. Beer couldn't get any fresher, as it's brewed in house. read more

Seat yourself! Creepy uncle dunkle- really good BBQ sandwich and fries was good Weds is wings night and it was very busy and packed! Server did pretty good. There is parking on site but there's not much and it's tight. read more

Went on Music Bingo Friday, the whole place was packed, which isn't a big feat as it's not the biggest place, but everyone was singing along to the music and had a great time. The house brew was good, didn't venture too far from that, pretty standard pub fare, I would say above average. Had wings and short ribs, wings were meaty and solid, spare ribs were nothing different than you would get at most pubs. Had a lot of fun and would definitely go back! read more

Sigh... I'm conflicted. I've been here twice... Once for a large party in the reserved penny room and once with a party of 7. Both on wing Wednesdays. The first time was a lot of fun. I tried a bunch of wing flavors and beer. Was great! Second time was Meh. Took forever to get a table (totally get it but still sux), took a while to get our wings. The host had a weird attitude. Our server was lovely and quick (under the circumstances). The wings were honestly not great at all. They tasted like they were not fresh. I tried three types. Mine in particular tasted off, and the other two were just meh. I ordered a flight, which was nice. Meh I'll probably be back but never get my wing flavor again and not on a Hella busy day. read more

Love this place! My wife and I tried it out while vacationing in Victoria last month. We walked about forty minutes to get here (stopping at all the other breweries along the way) and it was well worth it! Really solid beers, good food with huge portion sizes, and great atmosphere/layout. This is one of the places we went to where we really felt like we could relax and just enjoy ourselves. If I could give this place four and a half stars I would. I wouldn't go a full five stars because I didn't think any of their beer was all that ground breaking or spectacular. Still, GOOD beer. It's worth it. GO. But, for it to be a full five stars for me, I'd have to like the beer just a *little* bit more. read more

Very fun place with some local characters, friendly bartenders, and a dog who keeps an eye on the joint :) we didn't have any food but got to see the chicken wing prep which looked impressive! The only reason I'm not giving a full 5 stars is there is a very strong smell of the beer being brewed and the manager who was on his laptop at the bar complaining about his job, not too appropriate, even if we were the only 2 people in the place at the time. read more

Got seated quickly, ordered cauliflower and broccoli appetizers loved them! Interesting dipping sauce for cauliflower, was expecting buffalo sauce. Loved the craft beers and bought a few tshirts so you know couldn't be bad at all. read more

I went here the other day and had a veggie burger and it tasted nasty! The server I had was also really rude and wouldn't do anything about it :( I ended up hardly eating it and threw my money away... read more

Was visiting B.C. with my wife and hitting up breweries along the way. We stopped by Moon for lunch after a long drive. Parking is tight, but everything else was really enjoyable. The service was great, friendly, and very welcoming to a couple of tourists. Our waitress gave us great tips of places to see/eat/drink during our time on the island. The food was pretty standard brewery food, we had a falafel (not great per my wife 3/5) and my burger was okay. We had a beer taster and I enjoyed all the beer (4.5/5). The Uncle Dunkel, Saisons, and the Copper Sour were the highlights for me. They had some cool merchandise but had pretty low stocks of shirts. read more

Avoid the Taco Tuesday deal. Cold, dry and flaccid.

In fairness, I did not have the beer. However best on past reviews I thought this might be a good place to get a burger. Food was okay not good and definitely not great. Tasteless beef, stringy bacon and a bun that had obviously come out of the freezer. Fries were again okay, hot, salty and probably the leftovers from lunch. But the most annoying was the canned "classic" rock! Really? Low key rainy January afternoon deserves better tunes. read more

The Moon burger with mushrooms and jalapeños was great. The fries were mediocre. What really shocked me was that they charged me $4.50 for soda water. I have been to many bars, restaurants, and pubs and have never gotten charged for soda water. read more