Brouwer's Cafe - Maltkiln Lane

We were very excited to try this place for the first time and we're a little disappointed with food and service. The ambiance is great though. The place feels large and spacious while still being cozy and giving the eclectic tavern, monastery bar vibe. Probably has something to do with the high ceilings, surrounding second floor balcony, dark lighting and high wooden chair booths. The service we were given was more than adequate in terms of getting us our food but communication was quite poor. Not sure why but we had several misunderstandings and the choice of words we were given left us with different impressions. We asked if we can try sampling beers before ordering a full pint and she agreed saying the limit was 3 samples, come to find out each sample we got was $7. The lamb burger came highly recommended but found it too salty and gamey (lacking acidity and brightness). The tomato soup was like eating creamy tomato chutney, we ended up using it like ketchup for what was the best dish on the table which was the pomme frittes.

Food was surprisingly very good, and a good beer selection as well

Great food and beers! The pretzel is a must and the falafel sandwich was amazing. Definitely recommend!

A great stop for anyone looking for quality food in a quick hurry. We are at the bar so service was fast. My meatballs were delicious and the beer was good. I'd skip the fries but I honestly only eat fries when they're a perfect blend of crunchy and salty. So these might be good, hard to tell for me.

Awesome beer selection and usually the bartenders know a fair bit about the offerings. Food is decent; but it’s really about the beer here!