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    Oktoberfest

    3.9 (18 reviews)
    ModerateFestivals, Breweries
    Closed 11:30 am - 10:00 pm

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    Meg T.

    We were heading back up home from the Los Altos Fall Festival when we took a quick glance at the Yelp Event page to see if anything else was going on. Lo and behond, it was Oktoberfest in Mountain View! The fourth annual event to be exact! We dropped by for a quick beer, parking a breeze around 2pm at a nearby free garage. The honey purchased a stein for $10 and a drink ticket for $8 a chose a darker ale he really loved. On my end (the non-beer drinker) there weren't enough food or soda options for my liking with three or so very similar food vendors. I ended up getting a humdrum brot that the honey polished off because I didn't really enjoy it. My personal favorite of the event was the band, which was quite good. It made the already wonderful vibe even more upbeat as many fest-goers had dressed in lederhosen and dirndls. I would say 3 of above stars is simply because the vibe of the space was fantastic! We would probably drop by again next year, but probably plan on doing something else in the area, it's almost completely beer focused and not large enough to plan a day around.

    No H.

    This event was a last minute decision for us yesterday! I was out and about, busy smelling the roses (literally at the Berkeley Rose Garden). Friends wanted to go after the Niners lost to the Packers so of we went! The cool thing, it's close to home. The bad thing, the price for beer was out of this world!! My buddy bought the beer tickets for 5 (4 tickets each) that cost him $150 something!! Really we can buy some serious beer for this amount of money any day!! The beer mugs were cool but expensive! $12 bucks each. I'm not a big beer drinking so for me, it was all about the company and just bonding with friends and running into people I don't really care to run into. I enjoy attending these types of events but may I ask, "please make it more affordable"!! The more affordable you make it, the more people get to participate and enjoy. Let's not get money hungry!!!

    So much fun!
    Stephanie D.

    My only annoyance was with paypal and I'm probably being nit picky. If you are going to have an event and use paypal, and have paypal representatives present, you should probably train your staff on how to use paypal. I had to explain it to the guy helping me. Not really a big deal but it would have been cool if everyone had been briefed beforehand. The beer was good- I only had one and it was exactly what I needed. They had a ton of taps an people working to keep lines down. I wasn't tempted by a lot of the food because it was hot as heck but my friends ate and they enjoyed theirs. There were a ton of tables and a huge tent for everyone to escape the heat. Overall, cool event. I've never been to an "authentic" Oktoberfest, but if you are going to go to an American Oktoberfest, don't be a debbie downer and expect it to be totally authentic. If you want the real thing, go to Germany.

    Prost!

    Another year of fun at Oktoberfest. It's always good to meet new people and just have a good time while we sip on some good beer with our stein on our hand. I grew up eating German food and I love me some wurst with a ton of sauerkraut on the side. Zicke zacke, zicke zacke, hoi hoi hoi! Prost!!!! Good food, good beer and good company! Can't wait for next year!

    Nic Z.

    Pricey but pretty cute. I've been to two Oktoberfests in Germany, and I came here with zero expectations. It was actually nice! There was a lot of seating under a giant tent along with live music. You could bring your own stein and just buy beer tickets or buy both a stein and beer here -- this is where the cost really jacked up. The steins they sell are HUMONGOUS, and one ticket filled up half the stein. The beer lines moved pretty quickly (we never waited more than five minutes), but the food line was crazy. There was only one food stand, and the wait was nearly an hour. Tip: Don't come hungry, unless beer will be your lunch. :)

    Jen Y.

    A fantastic Oktoberfest! Love the tent, the outstanding beer selection (Andechs!!), good food selection, live music, and free bounce houses for the kiddos. No arts and crap or random merchandise. Just great food, truly German beers, and a really fun atmosphere. Hope this becomes an annual event!

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    More German food. Less foods like corn dogs and fries it German festival so have German foods

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