Brew House On The Grand The

The brew house has it all

We have consistently found the Brew House to be the best venue in the area for a true European pub experience. Five stars for the food, location, historic building, and wonderful friendly staff. We have now just about tried everything on the menu and have enjoyed all of it. Highly recommend you pay a visit.

What happened?

I use to love The Brew House, not so much anymore. What happened? Me and several others ate here June 2012. After a few years out of the area I returned and expected a good, simple but smart menu. I was wrong. The new menu was a mix of pub staples, tex-mex and knock-off asian. The last two of the three is what confused me. The latest menu has been created with no thoughts of the local area. I have no guilt in saying the meal me and two guests had here was the 2nd worst meal I've had in my life. My guests felt the same. The owner claimed it was a busy night but I'm not sure she realized just how bad the food she just gave us was. We had prime rib dinner, chicken wings, duck salad & poutine. Honestly, the duck salad tasted like dry lettuce with a few slices of bologna inside. A few weeks later one of my guests that evening was asked to return to the Brew House with some co-workers for some drinks and dinner. She was hesitant, but returned. Nothing had changed. She claimed the chicken wings were "just cooked" and the fish gave off a horrible frying oil smell. If the new owners are reading this, we all love the Brew House. The inside of the restaurant is great and the patio is perfect. But the food and menu has to change. Me and my guests are not the only ones who feel this way. Reading through other reviews and speaking to friends in the area, I know this. Just yesterday I heard a co-worker complaining about a meal there that consisted of a hamburger with onion rings and chili on it and a dried out sandwich. Please listen to us locals and make a change with your chef/menu. Really bad food now.

More then one bad experience with this place on separate occasions. The service is slow, and the wait staff are rude. Food is "Ok... at best" but not worth dealing with the staff. Not many places in Fergus to eat but I would rather drive to Guelph then go back to this place again.

Never more for shore!

Figured we'd try this place dispute the reviews. Should have listened to the warnings. Lovely building, needs a good clean, sticky tables, dirty menus booklets. Minimal menu for sure . We reserved for dinner , they must have been laughing at that move... Come on in take any seat. Patio was busy, only 1 other table used in dinningrooms. Saw others order fish & chip and the fish was really dark and reeked of cooking oil 3 tables away. They ordered a childrens pizza which they sent back as it was raw and had it replaced with grilled cheese. Waitress was OK , not overly friendly it efficient but had lots of time for other staff & friends in the bar. Spicy steak and potato soup - special of the day- was NOT spicy, it was watery and had frozen string beans and woody whole baby carrots in it. The steak was shreds of beef but no flavour at all. Steak wrap was good- onions were raw not caramelized as the menu said. The waitress praised the house special cheddar ale soup - again watery, no real flavour and curdled in the bowl. Will pay better attention to reviews in future. Give this one a miss, unless you really just want an excuse to drink beer.

Good Beer....

Since moving to this area The Brewhouse has been very hit and miss ( perhaps a few to many misses!) for me. Over the last 5 years I've felt that the menu has slid down hill, and attempts to "fix" them usually make it worse! Go back to you menu of 5 years ago, a tad more simple but better with everyones favorites....oh and if you have changed your food suppliers since then, change back too! I think new tables would serve you well, the current ones are uncomfortable and like a crowded maze. Lastly kudos on the beer!