GREAT service with a smile! Amazing food, and wonderful beer served in a relaxed cool atmosphere. I wish we would have found this place sooner. For me, this was one of my best experiences in McCall. The owners and staff are eager to please and welcome questions about their business. I cant believe they push so much beer out of this little place. The IPA was pretty good. Not super hoppy. The Black Happy ABA was my fave. Nice smoky, well balanced brew.
I had the double smoked bacon brat for lunch. Very simple fair. the brat was pretty darn delicious. I wish they sold them frozen. The menu seems to be small, and I'm guessing changes regularly. THIS is what pub grub should be. Not some arrogant, gastro-snob hipster hangout. Good hearty fair that tastes great and fills your gut, in an environment that makes you feel relaxed, welcome and at home. Salmon River Brewery... you guys NAILED it. Your cheerful interactive helpful staff are what's going to keep you in business. Keep up the good work. I will be back some day.
Had the one of the worst dining experiences in McCall this weekend. We decided to go to Salmon River Brewery on Friday night. It was busy, but we walked right in and got a table. We sat there for about 15 minutes while the server kept going to the table next to us about 5 times. Finally went to the front counter and asked if we needed to order at the bar or if there were servers since we had never been there before. Server comes to our table and takes our drink order. He tells us that food will be 45 minutes. We order our food and then tell him we will start with appetizers. He says "That will be 45 minutes". So we order a beer each, there are 4 of us total. He walks off and we wait. About 15 minutes later another group of people come in and sit down at the table next to us. The same server goes to the table and takes their drink order. He goes to the bar, and come right back with 6 waters and 4 beers. Meanwhile we still have not received our beers we ordered, nor any water. We wait about 10 more minutes with nothing so we get up to leave. As we are heading out the door our same server stops me and says "You leaving?" I say yes to just cancel our orders. He looks me in the face and says "Well, did you need to settle up." I tell him "Settle up for what? You never brought us anything. That table next to us came in 15 minutes after we ordered and they have their drinks. We are still waiting for even that so no, I did not "settle up". Without a pause he says "Okay, whatever " and walks off. Worst customer service I have experienced in a pub/restaurant in a very long time. Never will I set foot in there again. Ended up just going to Chapala's where the food was good, fast, and the service was really great. Sorry Salmon River Brewery, you lost 4 customers
Review Source:Comfortable place with very good beer, great service, & good food. I had the fish & chips & they were good. My wife had a brat & didn't seem impressed. Their D.I.P.A. and stout were very good.
Relative to service, the guy handling our table seemed to have shown up every other minute through most of our meal, but when we were trying to order dessert and another beer, couldn't be found. I didn't get recognition from anyone at the bar actually. Â I'm not sure what happened, but at some point, albeit close to closing (even though their schedule implies they'll be there as long as there are customers (there were others still there when we left), we just couldn't get any service. Not a tremendous problem as I would have spoken up if I really needed service, but it was odd.