Belle Isle is a GREAT place to watch a game! Tv's everywhere, lots of seats, HUGE bar area, Belle Isle has 2 floors, botto floor for dining, top floor for bar area. I have only been on the upper portion of the establishment and I have found it to be ample for what i was designed for.
There are 2 bars, 1 for what I believe the "non smoking" side & the other for more the smoking side, there are HUGE pool tables in the back, a shuffle board, and other cool part is it is of course part brewery, so you can see the kettles in a clear window that are used in the brew making process, they also have these cool jug type things they sell with their logo on them
The only thing this place is missing is a dart board and it would be the PERFECT bar scene area. Also the food is pretty damn good for bar food, I have had a Brautwurst basket which consisted of 2 brats & french fries all for around $7'ish! Also their deserts are pretty dang good, I had a brownie/ice cream desert here that was very good.
Other cool thing... they have Bingo on Tues, bar trivia on wed's , and have live bands playing on the weekends so it's definetly a cool place to come to!
Belle isle is a pretty good place for a beer and a meal. The crowd is all over over the place. It seems to attract groups of all ages and types. The food is not bad. I had the BBQ pizza and scarfed it down. The mozzarella they use is very good and they are not shy about throwing it on. That was a big plus.The house brews are all good. I am a big fan of the Irish Stout... Might as well try them all, eh? The waitress that took care of us was as sweet as they come. She was very attentive and happy to help. I like good service...
Review Source:The main reason I like this place is the beer. Â It's a microbrewery, so they make their own. Â I like the stout and the amber. Â The last time I was there, they had this brown americano beer that was pretty good. Â It's cheap, and gets the job done.
The food is okay, but nothing to rave about.
It's a pretty good atmosphere, though.
*The 2nd floor is the place to be but it's not smoke free.
*Monday specials: All day - $5.96 pizzas and $1.75 pints
*Tuesday: Bingo @ 7:30 pm and $2.50 Bratwurst basket, comes with fries or chips
*Wednesday: team trivia
*Thursday: Ping pong tournaments
*Live band every Friday and Saturday - $5 cover charge gets you in the door and two free drinks.
*On Thunder game nights, ask for the Thunder menu for food specials. There are also $7 pitchers. Every TV will have the game on so if you're not a fan, deal with it. Â
*Try the chicken ranch nachos. You will thank me.
*Keep It Local cards accepted for 10% off food
Restaurant hours: Monday thru Saturday 11am-10pm
Brew Pub hours: Monday thru Thursday 11am-1am, Friday and Saturday 11am-2am
Happy hours: Monday 3:30pm - close, Tuesday thru Friday 3:30pm-6:30pm
I have been coming to Belle Isle for what seems like forever. Â It is a great place to catch a game or just relax and chill. There are two distinct levels of this restaurant and brewery. Â The bottom houses the restaurant which is a bit more family friendly and the upstairs is strictly a bar area replete with flat screen TVs. Â Years ago this was strictly a downstairs operation. Then they added the second level and finally it underwent a nice renovation probably back in 2009 I believe. Â They really need to have the same renovation done to the downstairs as it is starting to look very dated and the downstairs bathrooms compared to the nicely renovated ones upstairs are miniscule and seemingly filthy.
If you've ever looked at the menu and thought it was vaguely familiar to another local chain, say The Interurban - well, you would be correct. Â Apparently, the owner of Belle Isle is good friends with one of the guys who started the Interurban so therefore you see quite a few similarities on the menu like the Theta Burger, the spinach salad, the same nachos, steaks with similar Interurban names and those chalky dry beer biscuits - they basically cloned the original Interubran menu. Â And that is not necessarily a bad thing. Â Oh Interurban why did you move from your original Norman location in the train depot? Â Right Normanites, with me? Â
Conveniently located at 50 Penn Place it is a great place to land after a trip to Full Circle or anywhere else in the area for that matter. Â You can order from the full menu upstairs so unless you want to stay away from the smoke - yeah they still allow unfettered smoking unfortunately - you don't have to go downstairs. Â Although it is a bit quieter downstairs. Â
It seems like I've been here for a few St. Patty's Days in a row, I'm not sure why as I don't particularly celebrate St. Patty's Day but we've always seemed to end up here. Â I've also once went to a hideous Spanish language Meetup group earlier this year that met at Full Circle. Â And I hate to toot my own horn but it was awful and I thought that we were going to have Spanish conversation not attempting to teach people with no previous knowledge of Spanish the basics...so I ended up going out to use the "restroom" only to end up by myself upstairs on a slow Wednesday night where after a few pints of liquid courage found myself talking to a girl from Mexico no less in Spanish so I guess I really did find a Spanish Language Meetup Club, just not the one advertised. Â Thanks Belle Isle Brewery! Â I would come back more often were it not for the smoke! I'm finding I'm less tolerant of smoke these days.
Great little family owned business. The service is good and the food is tasty but the beer selection isn't my favorite. However, any place with a garden burger is alright in my book and the beer muffins get 27 stars because they are delicious. I definitely like the restaurant part of Belle Isle much better than the bar. The bar is pretty gigantic yet still ridiculously smoky. I must also say that the service in the non-smoking restaurant is much better than in the upstairs bar. I recently had dinner here and the waitress came to the table a little too often. My buddy and I were trying to have a conversation and she kept interrupting. I guess I can't complain too much though. I'd rather have a waitress that came by too often than not often enough. Overall, Belle Isle is probably not a place I would come to sit at the bar and have a few drinks but good enough to come for dinner....
...and beer muffins.
Easily my favorite place in town to hangout over the past 2 years or so. Belle Isle offers great happy hour specials, black bean nachos($4) and an amber beer($1.75) are my typical selections. Happy Hour is 3.30pm to 6:30pm.
There are a multitude of TV's and plenty of space to enjoy the Thunder, or whichever sporting event is on at the time, including a large projection screen
Trivia Wednesdays is a lot of fun, including the DJ/Quiz Master.
Quite frankly, there is nothing to dislike about this place.....Unless you're a bad person.
Local brewery/pub with a really great happy hour and plenty of bar games to keep you busy. Â Mon-fri they have $1.75 pints and half priced appetizers. Â The staff is friendly and the pool tables are very well kept. Â They also provide shuffle board, free but in bingo on Tues, and Trivia on Thur.
Review Source:I like the upper level of Brewery much better than the bottom. Â The bottom feels like a cheap, college hang out place while the top feels like a nice, grown up place. Â
I've been there a cpl times and had good service but not WOW service. Â They get the job done but not in an especially friendly way. Â
The food is decent, not great. Â The best thing I think they offer is half priced appetizers. Â Truth be told, their appetizers aren't worth paying anymore than half priced. Â
It is a pretty popular place, good for all different types of people, central and easy location and they brew their own beer. Â I personally don't drink beer so I have no comment about how good it is.
Went to Bell Isle Brewery for the first time today for lunch. It was a work lunch so unfortunately I didn't get to sample their beers that they make in house. I had the Reuben sandwich with onion sticks on the side. The Reuben was good and the onion "sticks" were good...alot like onion strings. Need to work on the Thousand Island dressing though. Overall...good value. I'll go back.
Review Source:I used to hang out here a lot. I had a great group of friends who liked to go there a lot, but when I quit smoking, I had to stay out of smoky bars for a while or the temptation was too much. I ended up back here last night, to watch the Thunder game. Here's my rundown.
Love:
Renovation - much more space, more TVs, more games, and just a better overall feeling. Plus, the new bathrooms (inside the restaurant rather than having to go out into the main building) are outstanding. Honestly, when you are in these new bathrooms, you're like, "whoa, have I had too much to drink because this cannot be Belle Isle" - you think you blacked out and woke up at the Classen Curve. When I think about those old bathrooms, I just get sad.
Staff - I love the staff here. Cody has always been great, and the addition of Charms (who has long been one of my favorite servers in the city) makes me want to come back so much more often. Last night she had about 15 tables but we never went long without her checking on us, and I swear that woman has never forgotten a thing. She remembers conversations we had three years ago. Love.
Food - Don't call this pub food. The salads, the entrees, oh-my-god the beer muffins; if you're going out for a night of drinking and you want to eat well, I think this is your place. Especially if you need it to not cost a hundred clams. Last night Mr K had the mango salmon, and I had the petite chicken tender salad, and we added a beer muffin. Add five beers between us, and the tab only came to $45.
Don't love but not a dealbreaker:
Smoke - I'm not complaining. Just pointing it out. If you go to a smoking bar, it is going to be, well, smoky. This is a point of fact.
Trivia - I just don't like this particular trivia. I think someone else used to do it? We were there to watch the game, and so were a bunch of other people. But trivia must go on it seems, and to overcompensate for the game and fans being loud, the PA was turned up super loud. When the trivia host was talking, you really could not have a conversation. It was the same volume in there as when a band is playing. I know some people love trivia night, but I'll take Lost Ogle Trivia at Speakeasy any time over this. I enjoy that trivia; last night I enjoyed the restaurant in spite of the trivia. ((end trivia rant))
All in, a great night out. I'm sure Mr K appreciated a night where circumstances prevented him from having to hear me ramble on! :)
In the past I've never been someone to pick Belle Isle as our destination, I've just ended up there. I think that's all about to change. I went there with my lady friends yesterday evening (and the week before that.) The new renovation has really made me see Belle Isle in a much more comfortable pub-style rather than club-style kind of way. The space is much more open in the bar area then it ever was before and the big screen projector (if that's what you call it) makes it a good place to watch the basketball game when you can't make it to Thunder Dome.
I don't remember even liking the beer at Belle Isle much before, but the Amber on tap was pretty tasty and for a $1.75 it's hard to complain. I've always liked there pizza's but it's been awhile since I've eaten there.
I'll warn you though we picked a table right by the speaker and ended up regretting it, I mean I can get behind some Led Zeppelin now and then but I felt like Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were standing right beside me going "Ah yeah, ah yeah, ah, ah, ah" which is kind of creepy, but it didn't stop me from talking about puppies, basketball players and podcasts with my gal pals (that's what we talk about fellas.)
Great food, okay beer, and a chill ambiance.
The best item on the menu is consistently the cajun bowtie pasta, but you can't go wrong with anything served with a roll. Â The rolls are crumbly, dense and heavy, made with beer, and served with honey-butter. Â Amazing.
Other entrees are solid - fantastic artisan-style pizzas, black and crisp on bottom. Â The fish dishes are good, as are chicken ones.
The beer is mediocre - I suppose it's good by Oklahoma microbrew standards, but coming from Denver, I can't really recommend any of the beers. Â They're all just adequate.
The upstairs has recently expanded and includes two bars, and a stage for live music. Â As a music venue, it's solid - I caught a jazz show on my last visit, and the band was great and the room acoustics good as well.
3 words: Chicken Tender Salad. Â Now 1 more word: DELICIOUS. Â Other words to follow: Great place for a nice lunch break during the work day. Â Not sure I'd rate this place "babysitter worthy" (parents, you know what I'm talking about right?), but I'm all about heading here for the lunch hour. Â They are also surprisingly tolerant of toddlers and provide crayons and a coloring menu should you bring one with you.
Review Source:Puurrrdy good!
I went to Belle Isle Brewery on a Saturday afternoon. It wasn't very busy at all which was nice. Our server was attenttive and the food and drinks were good. I had the fish and chips and it was great! I didn't like the beer I originally ordered, but they got me a drink I liked quickly and without any fuss.
All in all, I will go back fo sho!
Belle Isle is a hidden laid-back restaurant/bar located in 50 Penn Place. The first floor is a restaurant area, while the second floor feels more like a local bar. They brew their own beer, which I thought was pretty good.
I came here during happy hour with a bunch of coworkers, and the place was not very crowded. The atmosphere is pretty cool and the bartenders/waitresses were really nice. They also have great happy hour specials.. $2 pints and a $3.50 sampler of 5-6 different types of their beers. I didn't really try it, but my coworkers had about 3 each of these. The food was also good.. typical American bar food but a wide selection. Â Overall, a great place to kick back and hang out with a group of friends.
I've been here a couple of times. On the plus side, beers are generally pretty good, and the food is quality. On the minus side, had the California salad and the raspberry vinaigrette was really bad. Also, it's a pub. If that's what you're looking for, you're set. If it's not...you're not. I personally wouldn't conduct another meeting there (it wasn't my pick in the first place), but I'd definitely knock back a couple or socialize there.
Review Source:Located at 50 Penn Place, Belle Isle Brewery has something for everyone. I mean, if you have friends who are picky about what they eat or drink, take 'em here. I've had their Calzone and Salmon fillet. Both were great!
This place is a local favorite, too, and serves lunch and dinner with a side of entertainment. Just be forewarned: It can feel like a meat locker in here. No bueno to be shivering to the bone while you're trying to enjoy a meal. But, on a nice day, the patio is open and you can sit outside!
As for the brewery part, they create their own handcrafted beer. They now have 'em available for take out.
Also cool about this place is that it's two levels: upstairs and downstairs. You can eat in a restaurant-type atmosphere downstairs while enjoying more of a sports bar feel upstairs, where they have daily Happy Hour and live music Tuesday (open mic night), Friday and Saturday.
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