Lizardville Beer Store & Whiskey Bar

My go to place for beer excellent selection. Plenty of good times to be had here. The one bad point. I’m apart of the beer tour for winking lizard. The beers don’t cross over from Lizardville & winking lizard.

I absolutely love the vibe and ambiance of this hidden gem, especially the patio :) the selection of beer is absolutely incredible! Joel is knowledgable, funny and definitely one of the best bartenders I’ve met today. Wings were delicious for a night cap too. Can’t wait to come back with good friends soon!

The best bar in Cleveland! The whiskey and beer selection is amazing! I am always amazed at the servers ability to pick out the best beers for me, no matter how strange the style is. Great selection, great service!!!

As a craft beer lover this place is awesome! They have hundreds of bottled and canned beers to choose from including things that are rare and hard to get. The staff member I talked with was super knowledgable and gave me some great suggestions of new beers to try.
When I arrived the kitchen was closing, but next time I’d love to try some of their food. Can’t wait to go back!

The best spot to go to on the east side for incredible selection of brews and whiskey. Laid back atmosphere, nice patio, and a really knowledgable staff. Oh, and all the food is very good, but the breaded wings (sauce on the side) are unreal. Love this place!

This place is so cool. Just do yourself a favor and go sit at the bar. They have a head spinning amount of scotch, whiskey, and rare beers. Awesome. The staff is super friendly, knowledgable, and helpful.

So to start — don’t confuse it with the parent/​owner lizard next door! ;-)
Nice place — bar and high tops + low tops… decent, mildly eclectic food selection and… wait for it… SIGNIFICANT drink selection. They have this incredible beer chiller that allows you to pick anything off the shelf and have it cold in 5 minutes or less B-​)
The staff is great — they’ll help you walk through the 800+ beers and find something that you should try. And smoking patio with cover and heat lamps out back! ;-)

We were in the area visiting family and really wanted to check out either a brewery or a cool tap room. Lizardville came up as a suggestion. Honestly, when I first heard the name, I thought maybe it was a Mexican restaurant. Is that weird? I’m not sure why I thought that.
Anyway…what a cool place! The first thing that I noticed was the yummy smell. I am not sure what it was that smelled so good. It wasn’t beer. It almost smelled like a bakery. The walls are lined with beer. They are all categorized by style. You choose what you like, they stick it in the chiller (or whatever it’s called), and you have a cold beer in about 5 minutes. They have a decent tap list. I fully admit that the beer snob shines with tap lists. There wasn’t anything on the list that I had to get. My goal was to drink beer that I haven’t had or can’t get in MI. It wasn’t a huge tap list, but had good variety. Their whiskey list is massive. I’m not into whiskey so I didn’t try any of it.
We sat outside on the patio. They have a nice outdoor fireplace. It was kind of weird that people could smoke cigarettes and cigars out there. Staff was attentive and nice.
The prices are reasonable. I didn’t see the tab, but it appears that they sell the beer for the same price it is if you were to buy it to go. That’s another great part of this place! You can buy any of the bottles on the wall to go! We didn’t get any, but it was a great option, especially after the liquor and beer stores close.
We will definitely stop in again during our next visit!

I wish I could remember the gentleman’s name that helped me a few days ago, however I went in to pick up some local Ohio brews to take to family in Michigan and he was very helpful. I’m a huge IPA and Pale Ale fan, but the recipients of this beer are not, he helped me find a few beers, let me sample a Draft which I purchased a growler of but was never pushy. His knowledge and patience was greatly appreciated.

Best beer and whiskey selection around. Very alcohol-​educated staff, also very friendly and chill. Food is also excellent, but not as good as Redbreast 15 on a distilled ice puck. Beautiful.

This is probably my favorite Lizardville location. As with all Lizardvilles, they have an amazing selection and a very helpful and knowledgeable staff. I still say a location needs to be downtown right by the casino, with those garage doors that open. It would fit in perfectly and I would frequent that location more than any other. It’s a very unique place too so it would create some buzz with locals AND tourists.

Service it tops. Super knowledgeable staff and very friendly. Selection of beers and alcohol is extensive and the staff can help you find anything to match your taste. Did a whiskey flight chased with a Trappiste Rochfort and enjoyed every drop.

This place is good place to go if you’re a craft micro brew beer geek. I’m from San Diego so it’s in my calendar blood. I like how the website lists the beers they have. Don’t be surprised if some are sold out. The guys were incredibly nice to me and very helpful in getting my list of beers
There’s literally 500 different beers. I didn’t event get to the whiskey!
Bells two hearted IPA was awesome. They explained it’s not West coast style so I wasn’t taken aback by the taste. And they have Southern Tier Oat which my friend said is out of print!
Anyways this place really stuck a nice vibe for my brief stay in Ohio.

I frequent this location more than the Rocky River location, even though I live in Rocky River. It is because I work In Mayfield, and we like to go here after work. Both locations are awesome. I digress…
This was my first Lizardville, and this is where we started our love affair. The staff rocks out loud. The food is usually excellent; I’ve only had a few things that I thought were just «OK». The beer cheese dip is incredible, and the cheese and sausage board is equally delicious.
This is heaven for beer lovers, whisky lovers and good food lovers. Enjoy!

Absolutely great beer selection. Great whiskey at many price ranges. Pick your beer and they chill it for you. Only problem I saw, EXTREME beer snobs. It gets really annoying after a minute. Take some friends (and a bunch of money) and have fun finding new things.

If you’re a beer lover (not me), this place will be like heaven to you! It’s pretty much a beer grocery store + restaurant + bar. Once you walk in the restaurant, you have 2 ways of ordering your beer: ordering it on draft by the bar or shopping for the beer you like and having the restaurant chill it for a couple minutes for you (or bring it home!).
I love the idea that you walk into a store with thousands of beer selections (all types from all country), pick up the 1 (or 2 or however many) beer you’d like to try for the night, and walk to the back of the bar to hand the cashier your beer of choice. He will then chill it for you for about 5 minutes and then hand it to you to drink it on the spot. You are also able to SHOP for your beer and bring them home!
The only criticism I have is that I came here on a Friday night (maybe not so smart) and waited about an hour and 20mins on the waiting list just to get a table to sit down and eat my dinner there. Luckily, Winking Lizard was right next door so we drank our beer at Lizardville and then continued to Winking Lizard for a plain bar food dinner.
I’ll definitely have to come back here again to try their restaurant food (which I heard it great!)
But Beer Lovers, experience beer heaven here at Lizardville!

Obviously they have an awesome beer selection. Love that you can make your own six pack or pick one off the shelf to enjoy after they quickly chill.
Monday and Tuesdays they have their mini sandwiches on special for $ 2.25. I ordered the mini fish, chicken, and Black Angus burgers with fries. The fish mini could have used some tartar sauce but was delicious. Chicken and burger were very good as well. Eat them!

Cool. A taster selection paradise. A friend raved about her fave new place, so off we went to try it out one weekend.
I compare this to La Cave du Vin… just not as fancy and dark. Like La Cave du Vin, Lizardville has selection of brews and they are so neatly organized around the place– from fruits to IPAs to whatever you want, you got it. I asked for a coffee flavored brew, and the guy took out 4 of them to show me– I chose my favorite brand Hitachino and got the coffee flavored one. Oh was it ever so good. They also have a wide selection of whiskey for the old refined gentlemen who like that stuff… but it’s definitely a super wide selection.
I kind of wish this wasn’t so far out in the suburbs, because it’s actual a great place to go. The service was a little slow, but they were very nice– after telling you what kind of brew would be good, they take the bottle from you and stick it in a chiller… and then bring it out for you. And they’re super cool people who work here.
Check it out if you haven’t yet– these are the things you won’t see in bigger cities…

I was really excited to try Lizardville, and they didn’t disappoint. I’m a fairly regular visitor to The Winking Lizard location next door, and am a big fan of everything about that place. So, Lizardville seemed a logical place to try next.
In terms of booze, the selection here is second to none. La cave du vin was Cleveland’s reigning king of beer selection until Lizardville came to town, and when you add the insane amounts of scotch, whiskey, and bourbon they carry here, it’s not even close. In my inaugural visit here, I had a Rochefort 8 beer and a Talisker scotch. I had never had either before, and they were both excellent.
I’d describe the food as high-​class bar food. We partook in a margherita pizza, a sausage and cheese board, chicken wings, and angus beef sliders with havarti cheese. The highlights were definitely the sausage and cheese board, and the sliders. While the Winking Lizard next door makes some of the best wings on the planet, the wings here are breaded, fried and not nearly as good as the non-​breaded variety at The Winking Lizard. They should stick to what they know, if you ask me.
The service was a little spotty and they seemed to be rather understaffed. It wasn’t horribly busy, but there were a fair amount of people in both the bar and dining room, so the two or three servers present weren’t nearly enough.
Other than that, though, this is a great place for a leisurely happy hour with high-​class booze, and some pretty good cuisine.

Several months and countless visits later, still a solid 5-​star review.
The food menu is fitting — slightly refined yet comforting bar food. Beer Cheese Dip served w/​Soft Pretzels + Garlic Crostini, Flatbreads, Mini Black Angus + Bratwurst Burgers, etc. Everything I’ve sampled has been delicious — especially the Beer Cheese Dip, as I cannot imagine anything better to compliment a pint (or three).. .
Lizardville expanded a couple months ago, adding a side room with a handful of tables as well as cleverly rearranging the retail register to a more accessible location. Throughout these colder months, they enclosed the patio with plastic lining so those that would like to enjoy cigars with their beverage of choice, can.
Something worth noting: Lizardville strongly enforces a 21 and over policy. This means that no babies, no kids, no teenagers, no one under 21 are allowed (unless it’s simply for a quick beer run). No exceptions. I learned this the hard way when attempting to have a late lunch with my sister and her 8 month old last weekend — they were nice about it and we just ended up walking next door to the Winking Lizard.
So, basically — if you have not yet gone to Lizardville, GO. Just be sure to get a babysitter.