Alberni Brewing Company

Great experience eating here, and phenomenal craft beer. Best beer we’ve had on the island! Maybe even ever. We ordered the crispy chicken sandwich and fries and taco salad with Mexican style lager and Alberni hazy IPA. So good!

Had a great time here celebrating my cousin’s birthday. The food was fantastic, great variety of drinks, and the service was outstanding and attentive shout out to our server Morgan!. Would definitely visit again when in Port Alberni next time!

We stopped at Alberni Brewing Company for a quick drink and some lunch while hiking in the area. The atmosphere was great. They had outdoor seating and inside was clean with a modern rustic decor. During lunch the food, drinks, and service were good. So after hiking more, we thought we’d go for dinner. Dinner was a completely different experience. You can tell this place is geared towards the locals and not for tourists. When we got there, it was almost full, but there were a few tables open. We were told they could sit us but that the kitchen was backed up. We said that is fine and the hostess left us at the front to talk to the bar tender. Then , she comes back, seats the couple who came in behind us and tells us that the store is no longer taking customers! What? Then we see the couple talking with the bar tender and there were still 2 open tables in which we could have been sat. There was no reason we should have been denied service. We were dressed appropriately and were polite. It appeared that the place was mismanaged and not well staffed. I would not recommend eating dinner here. There are several other restaurants with amazing food and great service in the area.

We went there twice in one week, the food was delicious both times but the service was never great. The first time they missed a main and they apologized and bought our table a round which was kind and overall the server was very anntentive but the second time the sever was almost non existent. It took an hour to get appetizers and one and a half hours for mains. It's not a very big place but they definitely can't keep up when it's full. The server brought enough water for 3 of our 7 people and we had to eventually wave down a different server just for water after thinking our own would come back. We're drinkers and we like to try a lot of different drinks but the server barely checked on us and in the time we were there we only had two drinks each and like I said we're drinkers so they left us with empty cups most of the time. Our server didn't come and clear our appetizer plates so we ended up putting them on the table next to us and a different server took them away eventually. The table they put us at was too small for 7 people the second time. The server was also standing talking most of the time instead of checking on their tables. The food was delicious both times, probably the best food in Port Alberni. It was really just the slow service and lack of drinks that ruined it for me, we probably won't come back anytime soon. Good food and good service need to go hand in hand and one or the other can drag the other down and cause it to drown. I would like to think we just caught them on an off day.

Enjoyed a solid west coast IPA with a nice taco bowl salad. The taco bowl was a large light and crispy fried shell and the ingredients were fresh. We also had the Green Thai Curry bowl with chicken and really loved the sauce.

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