Brown Iron Brewhouse

Very poor customer service! The waitress was taking our order and either the manager or owner (blonde female) came over to our table slammed a glass of wine down on it and walked away. Obviously it was for a different table and she was expressing her anger at the waitress for taking too long to pick it up for the other table. She should have delivered it herself but instead felt she had to make her point. Lol childish! At that point the waitress didn’t even say hold on let me give this wine to my other table, she just grabbed it and walked away leaving us without our order taken. It was around 11:30pm and we were informed they closed at midnight. Staff walking around the room with brooms and dust pans, putting up chairs and waitress rolling silverware at the table right next to us. Nothing like telling everyone to get the hell out! Terribly ran establishment!

I wanted to give it at least 3 stars but the food was that bad. I liked the interior as it is bright and airy with lots of large windows and very high ceilings. I felt like I was at a chalet after skiing .
Service was sub-​par. I actually had to get up and go to my server to inform her my beef tips were cold… they weren’t even warm. I waited for her to return but her back was constantly turned to us as she engaged another co-​worker in conversation. The burnt ends beef tips had very little BBQ sauce put on top of them.
Food was over-​spiced and yet lacked any real flavor. The baked beans were 90% beans that were still a bit hard. The beans tasted a lot like pork n beans with ketchup. I actually had 2 small pieces of beef in my BBQ Beans. The mac n cheese tasted more like flour than cheese. There was no bread served with the meal.
They did have a very large beer selection. I’m not a beer drinker but decided to order a small golden ale beer which I found very tasty.
It’s an attractive addition to the area but they need to step up their game with service and food. Also, a lot of their menu and the way they served things (sauces on the table and ‘pig candy’ on the menu) reminded me of Bad Brad’s which is only 3 miles away on 23 mile road near Van Dyke. Bad Brad’s service and food is heads and tails better than this place. I do wish this place good luck but I won’t be returning.

First visit here with hubby. Despite the fact that I don’t drink beer, I actually do like breweries. They typically have something there I can drink like red wine. When you walk in it’s a very airy and very open. Tables consist of both regular as well as long family-​style seating, like you’d find in HaufbaeuHouse in Germany. I was immediately disappointed in that the communal seating tables, was being taken up by a staff member who was rolling silverware in napkins. Right there, in front as you stand at the hostess area. OK… One of my pet peeves to see this being done in the food area, and taking what I believe to be a premium table. Hubby ordered a beer, and I ordered a wine. Waitress took a couple steps away and hubby asked if he could change his order. «Oh I already input the order». Boy, those tablets for taking orders are fast! Don’t change your mind, folks! OK.. So it takes a while to get the drinks. Ironically, hubby’s beer isn’t very cold, yet my red wine is ice cold. OK… We ordered food next. We split the honey siracha wing appetizer, which was quite good. Bonus… The wings are not breaded! Since I’m gluten free, this is important. Hubby ordered the beef brisket on a pretzel bun. I ordered the special which was a $ 6 hamburger. Choice between ground beef, ground turkey, or black bean burger. Huge bonus here for a $ 1.50 upcharge you can get a gluten free bun. I actually tried to change my order as she stood at the table, but got the, «I already input the order «comment again. Ok… Luckily, not changing my order to the brisket plate was a blessing in disguise. In regards to the food the brisket sandwich, which LOOKED AMAZING, was way too dry, and bland. But quite honestly, the turkey burger is what earned this restaurant it’s third star for this review. For those of you who have gluten free buns or rolls, you will know they are usually horrible. This one was so good that I asked the waitress twice to confirm it was gluten free. It was grilled and it was actually flaky. The turkey burger was extremely moist probably one of the best that I’ve had. Otherwise I don’t know that I would return to this place. Not a lot of atmosphere to be honest. And since so many other places have craft beers, and they don’t currently have any of their own beers, there was no reason to make the long drive out here. If I was nvited to meet a group here, that’s fine, I just wouldn’t make a special trip.

The draft beer selection was awesome. My husband and I shared a flight of beers and enjoyed them all. Our waitress was extremely nice and provided is great suggestions. We also ordered the ribs, burnt ends along with Mac and Cheese. The food was decent. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the Mac and Cheese but the burnt ends were good. We’ll definitely be back for drinks.

Visited for the first time yesterday, and it was a fantastic. Not only do they offer a great selection of beers, but we found the food delicious. I strongly recommend ordering the beer cheese starter with soft pretzel sticks instead of the pretzel crisps. Also, don’t miss out of the garlic parmesan fries, which were some of the best I’ve sampled. Yum!

Great food and amazing food selection. So happy to this caliber of place in our community.
They have the most thorough evolving selection of beer anywhere, there is always something amazing on draft. Can not wait until they start brewing their own beer, the owner knows his stuff.
Most of the menu is BBQ, but top notch BBQ, some of the best around.
For me, the beer can chicken is just incredible.
They have great happy hour specials as well, love the sliders.
Community style seating has helped us meet some great new people, if I can’t get my regular seat at the bar.

This is an interesting place. But like many restaurants in the Detroit area, they need better management. I have been there 3 times and have really tried to like the place. The service is very slow and presentations have been getting worse. The last time the french fries were one big glob. The bartender was eating at the bar. And all the condiments were dirty and low. So who knows how old there are. And the staff seems to have a problem with eye contact. They ask how your dinner is and are half way down the isle before waiting for a response. I would suggest that the management/​owners go to areas known for service. Try going to some of Denver’s unique restaurants and see how the staff creates a unique meal experience. Each visit is a truly positive adventure that makes you want to come back.
The burgers are very good.

5 for beer. 1 for food. I have been here 20 times and can’t find anything on the menu that doesn’t disgust me or my guests. Burgers ribs etc all are not good. Tried sliders yesterday and bun was horribly dry. I often find myself sticking to just pretzels (the one thing I love here) and maybe a salad. Very disappointing. I feel I have given this place many chances, beer selection is awesome, but they would be better off shipping in any local BBQ food truck and serving that. I am not picky and usually don’t write reviews, but my disappointment/​frustration in this place has inspired me. I think it has gotten to the point where it will be hard for me to convince anyone to go join me for a beer here, I think my wife who is not a drinker is done taking one for the team.

Service is slow. It’s not busy either. Not educated in the beer. Just another bar. Didn’t try the food.

The food was good, and the wide selection of beer was nice, but unfortunately this brewery doesn’t currently brew their own beer. When we asked the staff, they said a Brown Iron beer was coming soon, so we’ll likely return after that. Overall, the environment was rather generic, packed with sportsball fans and millennials. My husband thoroughly enjoyed the Beast Mode burger with fries, which was of giant proportions.

Fantastic place to go out and watch the games on a Saturday afternoon. We were there celebrating a friends birthday, and even though the place was packed and had a line waiting outside the door… the service was top notch, friendly, very knowledgable with their beer selections. A handful of friends that I was there with really didn’t have a feel on what they wanted to have to drink, but our server was able to match them right up with something that hit the spot.
Their dinner menu was also quite impressive. Everyone throughly enjoyed their selections and the portions were big enough for most of us to have some leftovers for later on.
I can see myself visiting this place again, especially with the very large amount of beer selection that was rotating through this place.

Horrible wait staff, bartenders that belong working for the DMV, mediocre food, but AMAZING BEERS.
Granted, this is a guest tap brewery but whoever makes the selections for beer here does an exceptional job. I’m certain everyone will find multiple beers they love. As the tap selections change, they will find new favorite beers. They simply do a great job of picking beers. But here is where the positive review ends.
On their best day, the food is simply average. I wouldn’t come here to eat other than maybe to snack on something while you drink. The barbeque meats were over salted and the turkey was like reheated cold cuts. The salads might be their strongest dishes.
Now for the worst, when the place first opened there were a couple decent bartenders. I’m not sure where they went, but they certainly didn’t stay. The hostesses always seem friendly and greet you as you enter. Once you are either seated at a table or the bar its a robotic experience or best. And we are talking some really old artificial intelligence programing too! If the bartender so much as even attempted to engage someone in a simple conversation I would be shocked. The best thing they could do to fix this issue is fire all the bartenders and servers. Then, set up a hiring booth outside virtually any other restaurant, preferably one that is known to have a good staff, and hire anyone that place turns away for a job. They simply couldn’t do any worse.
I have been to this place many times and I continue to give it another chance every few weeks. Each time I hope to see a new face bartending. One day, when they hire the right people, this place could really be great.

Overpriced, food and beer. The food is average at best. This place will likely fail because of this alone. Was there recently for oktoberfest where they offered on website a 10% discount for wearing authentic german attire. When I wore in one of my grandfathers trachten plaid shirts they vehemently fought with me and said it looks just like a regular shirt. It was embarrassing and I will never again go to Brown Iron because of this incident. It made me feel that they acted like a prima-​donna and they were really special and that I should feel privileged to be at their establishment. Not my kind of place. I would give no stars if I could. Laughable to some extent because they know nothing of Oktoberfest and they come off all high and mighty about it.

The atmosphere is great and the band sounds good. It’s very busy. We ordered the parmesan fries again but it took 45 minutes to get them. Even though they were just warm, the fries still taste great. I’m surprised.
We’re sitting at the bar. The best bartender is Steven. Make sure you get him. He’s attentive and remembered us from the last time we were here. He even remembered the drinks we had. Things people appreciate. Good job to Steven! If it wasn’t for him, they would of gotten 3 stars.
When sitting at the bar, you tend to talk to a lot of people. Beer snobs love each other. It’s great. Unfortunately, I’m not a beer drinker but my husband can talk brew to anyone. I can talk to the woman that also drink beer. Thank god they have a full bar!

Cheap over cooked food. I ordered the ribs, they were the worst i have every tried to eat. They were over cooked, salty and had the consistency of beef jerky.
The «beer hall» reminded me of a loud school cafeteria.
We will not be back, and I don’t recommend this place.

One of my favorite spots in northern Macomb. We frequent here both as a family and as a couple. Great beer selection that rotates frequently and better than average BBQ.
Food Highlights: Burnt Ends, Beast Mode Burger, Honey Sriracha Wings, & Bacon Blue Fries.
Beer Highlights: Whatever stout is on Nitro :)

Sorry, but I have to take away 1 star. After my second visit and a chance to sample more of the food, I feel there is some improvements to be made. First they need the kitchen to be more organized. While there, I watched someone in the kitchen just keep putting salads in the window not paying attention to how many and pushed one right through to the other side on to the floor. Where is the expediter? I’m not sure because the kitchen seemed to get overwhelmed at some point and was taking longer than I would expect to get our meals.
I had ordered a Village salad with chicken and my husband got the half slab of ribs with cole slaw and mac & cheese. All of these were either not being cooked or were being warmed up, so why so long? My salad looked nice with the exception of the chicken, such a tiny amount of over cooked chicken for $ 4. My husband enjoyed the ribs and cole slaw, but we were both really disappointed with the mac & cheese. The noodles were mush and it tasted like rewarmed Kraft Mac & Cheese, wait not even that good. So disappointing, I was looking forward to the pretzel crusting, but I couldn’t get by the lack of flavor. Oh well, good thing is they are new and I’m sure still making adjustments.
We’ll go back again, the beer selection is amazing, the bartenders are friendly and I’m sure they will figure out the food thing sooner than later.

We had high hopes for this place but were pretty disappointed. Service was s-​l-​o-​w even though we came at an odd time and it really wasn’t busy. Food came quickly but was not that great. I had the burger with pulled pork and bacon which came out overcooked and with cold fries. My husband got the brisket with fries and baked beans and proclaimed it the worst brisket he’s ever had. The BBQ sauces were ok at best– all tended to be sweet.
The inside was an interesting setup with large, cheap looking picnic tables throughout.
The patio seemed to still be under construction and there was a room at the front that looked like some sort of retail but was full of assorted construction stuff and not open.
I don’t think we’ll be back. Nothing stood out as great and it just had an odd atmosphere. If you’re going to try and do BBQ so close to Bad Brad’s, it needs to be flawless and top notch.

I visited BI during it’s flagship week and I must say, our server was cool under pressure. His name was Dante and he was professional and friendly, without being creepy and annoying. Big plus for that. It was balls to wall busy, but we were never made to feel rushed, even when we took forever choosing beer samples.
We ordered apps and mains, all had a little wait, but it was BUSY. The in-​house pretzels were warm and soft and had the right amount of salt. I enjoyed the mustard with them. Still craving them!
The soup came out with the main dish, which doesn’t bother me as much as it does other people. I ordered the pretzel crusted salmon with house fries and grilled veggies, it was wonderful! Salmon was seasoned well and the crunch of the pretzel crust was pleasing. The grilled veggies were full of flavor and still firm, not overly cooked. The house fries were also well seasoned and tasted like real potatoes, not frozen from a bag fries. Other orders at the table included; Heaven on Rye sandwich (huge thumbs up from this guy), Hot Brown turkey and a Cobb Salad. Everyone enjoyed their food and beer.
I agree, the place is big and loud, but it adds to a sense of community. It’s a beer-​hall, and it’s only been open a couple of weeks, what do you expect? I expect that they are learning with each lunch/​dinner service as to what works and what doesn’t. I expect that they are listening to customers and trying their best. I expect that they will have a great first year and many more to come! We are planning our next outing to Brown Iron already.
I’d recommend BI for anyone who likes; craft beer, great food, friendly service and a lively and fun atmosphere. You can sample craft beers, eat some really good food and have loud laughs here without feeling like you’re making a scene in front of hipsters.

Well I have waited a long time for Chef Deni from the one & only Lazy Bones Smokehouse to get out to Northern Macomb County!
And yes that day, today has arrived.
Official Grand Opening is Friday 1−23−15 at 3pm
But today was the «Please Be Patient Open to the Public for training day-​week.
First of all the parking lot is already too small for the 1^st week crowds, but nice save by the new owners complimentary valet!
Walked in to this newer building –renovation, lots of natural daylight, tvs & seating, tables, benches, picnic style as well.
They claim to have 66 brews on tap, plus the eventual patio will seat another 35 – 50 plus a bar out there too.
The very shy host & hostess greeted us & sat us promptly, Stephen our server showed up, with a smile & very enthusiastically spoke of the smoked-​grilled meats & the always fresh prepared to order salmon.
We split a 3 meat combo + 2 sides $ 17
Smoked Corned Beef
Smoked Turkey
Pulled Pork
All 3 were Very Moist & Tender enough to cut with the side of my fork
and although I did not take a tour & see the smoker, the meats had the famed smoke rings & flavor.
The 2 sides we chose were french fries & pretzel stuffing… yep you heard right pretzel stuffing, which paired so nicely with the light gravy that was on the smoked turkey
The place has a multitude of TV’s mounted here –there & everywhere at a very nice position angle.
The crowd that showed up today were all smiles & I chatted with 2 – 3 locals & they were excited to have a place of this caliber, away from Hall Rd.
Peeked into the kitchen window, saw Chef Deni hard at work with a very large crew.
Yea. .it was opening day… no kinks, no alarms it was all good in Washington Township.
Cannot wait for another visit & hopefully TO SAVE room for dessert.