Mountain View's version never disappoints. While I do not drink, I recalled them offering 5 types of German beer, several types of wine, and bottle water. The food offerings were standard fare: German food and art/wine goodies. The huge tent was packed with more patrons than ever before. As usual, the bands and contests (stein holding, costume, beer belly, and yodeling) were the highlights. read more

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Was almost 100 degrees out this past Saturday, but that didn't stop us from attending this free event in Mountain View and celebrating Oktoberfest! It was loud as hell inside the main tent from all the chatter among hordes of visitors crowding underneath the shade, seeking relief from the blazing heat. But the old-looking speaker system still did its job, as the live music could be enjoyed even without the best sound quality, volume was just right with fun performances on different instruments like the saxophone, accordian, trombone, slide guitar, and bass. Big Lou's Oktoberfest Band was amazing on stage in the afternoon. The entertainment didn't stop there. The audience was able to engage in a number of amusing competitions throughout the day... yodeling contests, costume contest (the winner dressed as a beer mug), beer belly contest (with silly contestants showing off their gut to the crowd), stein holding contest (separate men's and women's), and a chicken dance. We had fun watching, participating, and just being filled with laughter. There were several food tents offering a combination of German dishes and your typical fair food. The sausage plate was delicious. Tried several beers too and they were all pretty good, especially Stein's Oakland United Beerworks Tropical IPA. But in the spirit of this festival, of the german beers, my fave was the Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen. The size of this event was not very large, taking up just 1-2 blocks, and street parking not too difficult to find. The main attractions were the beer and entertainment, and we definitely had a great time taking advantage. There were also just a few merchandise vendors including face and arm painting, as well as a whole section/street with porta potties. Overall, a well organized event, hardly a wait for anything, and lots of friendly people all around. read more

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First Oktoberfest after long hiatus: 2023 Food: These are food vendors featuring local restaurants and the options include: sausage plates, pretzels, corndogs, garlic fries, beer batter fries Service: It was very thoughtful to have multiple drink ticket stands placed next to each other to prevent long lines Ambiance: Live music, performances, beer stein holding contests, and more! read more

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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. read more

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

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!!! read more

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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. read more

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This was a smaller festival than the one in Campbell,since it had no arts and crafts booths.I wish it started at 10 rather than 11 am,since it still can get hot at this time of the year.There were people in German costumes and a band playing German music.There was a good selection of beers,and very organized--you get in the line for the beer you want.I think there were at least 10 kinds.Mountain View Oktoberfest beer steins were available for sale,but you were permitted to bring your own stein from home if you wanted to.Teske's Germania had a food booth,and I got the goulash mit schitzel.The goulash was good and spicy.pretzels were also available.I think the atosphere was fn and festive. read more

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! read more

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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. :) read more

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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! read more

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A small event, but it was still very fun. $5 off when you paid with Paypal which I was super pumped about since I always love good savings. The beer selection was small but it was great. Very authentic German beers. The food selection was meh, but honestly, I came for the beer. read more

As is typical for most Oktoberfests in America, there was hardly anything Germanic about it.( For one thing, you don't separate the beer garden both visually and spatially from the band; second, get a real German or Austrian band.) There was a good selection of beers--a few good German ones, but a surprise hit was the excellent Oktoberfest Lager brewed by local Tied House--what a treat this beer was! Very nice prices on the Steins: $15 for a liter, 10 for a 0.5. (In contrast, the steins at the Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest [a much more Germanic celebration] the liter steins were $30.) read more

I was eagerly waiting for this since I love beer and this was close to my house. It wasn't as crowded as I imagined considering this was located close to downtown. The event was very well organized and the volunteers were friendly and helpful. There were 5 different beer stalls to choose from : Hofbrauhaus, Tied House Oktoberfest/ chocolate stout, fruh kolsch, andechs, South Bay church apricot /lemon . My favorite was the Tied house Oktoberfest closely followed by the Andechs. The beer was pricey - 8$ for 0.5L ticket and 15$ for a litre. It was mandatory to get a stein which sucks since my friend who isn't an avid beer drinker and just wanted to sample them had to forcibly purshase a stein. Overall, it was a good experience and a nice day out. Not too sure if I would want to come back . P.S. Don't go here if you are looking for the authentic Munich Oktoberfest experience. read more

Ugh... What a great event! The beer was pretty good. Not enough shade around I would make sure you wear sun screen or bring a umbrella. The beer selection was great. The food was so so. There was only one German food vendor but you have to wait in line for 20 minutes. The event was in a parking lot by Stiens Beer garden. Parking is a little ruff in that area. My friend and I had to park about 2 miles down the road. We took a uber from the parking lot to the event. The steins were reasonable priced and the tickets were $8 wish i think. There was a live band and they're playing a mixture of german tunes and some other playful stuff for the kids..... There is a bounce house for the kids and face painting as well read more

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I was having a great time until I realized that a dumb ass lady at the "crab garlic fries" food station short changed me! I gave her a $50 and only bought a hot dog and garlic fries. I got change back as if it were a $20 ... I brought to the guys attention later. And he was like "sorry we don't keep track" (I guess of inventory and money coming in and out) .... I told him I'm pissed but did nothing to try and solve the problem. They don't do receipts so I can't prove anything. Dumb asses! Well dumb me too for not counting it out read more

I wasn't sure about going to a big rowdy festival that focuses on beer drinking - because I am NOT a beer drinker, nor do I love big rowdy crowds. However, I had been sick at home for the last week, so thought, "what the hell, let's just go and try to have a good time and see what all this oKtoBerfest crap is all about. Ahem. We thought the scene would be more spread out with more of everything, so we were a tad disappointed at first. After grilling the sweet girl who sells the steins and tickets, we bought a large stein (they only sell those on the day of event) for $12. We thought that was expensive, and then had to buy drink tickets too? I know, we are clueless newbies to this scene, and she was VERY patient to answer all of my husband's questions. She suggested the two lightest beers after he asked about that, so after wandering around the beer buying area aimlessly, we found the table with the grapefruit flavored beer and got our half-stein filled. We shared it after taking a few pics for posterity, and I tried to act silly dancing with him to the band. Then we sat in the blazing hot sunshine (it felt so good actually-until I began melting a bit). The band was okay, I was hoping for a bit more musical intrigue, but what do I know about OOOMPAH-pah anyway? I wanted to maybe buy a pretzel, but my hubby asked the guy cooking at the ONLY German food truck, and he told him they make it with dairy, which meant that I could not eat it. Just as well, cause the line was probably a half hour wait. We don't mean to be boring people, but we ARE in our fifties, and we are NOT into beer guzzling, so we agreed that we would not go back or to another of these types of events again. For the $20 we spent,we could have had a few glasses of wine in town. Not to be a wine snob, but it does seem silly to pay $12 for a stein, that you have no other use for, and hubby pointed out that the cost of ONE drink at $8 was for about 16 oz. of beer, which he said was pricey. read more

Had a fun time here with a few friends as we just happened to find this was going on on a random Saturday afternoon back in late September. It was pretty packed but the lines for beer and food moved pretty quickly. Not much from an entertainment standpoint other than the tent with the Oompah band, but given the occasion they were pretty entertaining. People were getting pretty sloppy by the time we had left but I guess you'd expect that from tons of people drinking beer in the sun all day. Regardless, we'll be back next year... read more