January 19, 2012
This was one of my favorite places while living in East Lansing. The Buckets are the best deal, just be ready to get drunk! Beware though, Karaeoke can get a little loud so if going there on one of those nights, unless you want the conversation to be dominated by whoever is singing try to get on the opposite side of the bar.

January 16, 2012 [ Updated January 21, 2012 ]
The great selection on tap is reason enough to visit Crunchys. But you are not reading this to choose a place to eat. I like that you can order beer in 3 different serving sizes or a flight. My food was okay; the service was okay. Did I mention that the beer selection was great?

December 22, 2011 [ Updated May 7, 2012 ]
First visit, had a calzone and some brews. Food was decent, beer selection was pretty good. Kind of a dumpy little place, with a really nice selection of beers. Comfortable place to spend some time with friends and good beer.

November 10, 2011
The tap selection here is awesome. Also lately they have been doing tap takeovers by different breweries which are also very nice. I love the beer selection they get here, but other than that I don’t really care for the place. I will keep going for beer but not for the food or atmosphere.

September 13, 2011
I love Crunchy’s. The food and service can be hit and miss, but that’s not why you come here. You come here for the ambiance, the mixed crowd of locals and college students, and most importantly, the amazing beer selection. Lots of great stuff on tap from all over. And you can buy buckets of beer. I’m not talking a bucket with a few bottles in it, I mean they actually fill a bucket for you. That’s what makes this place great.

February 7, 2011
This place has a bunch of awesome rare brews on tap. Similar to what someone said earlier in a review, you can tell someone put some serious heart into the line up--I dig it. You can get the Giant 32 oz thick glass mug which was pretty f’ing extreme when I got it filled w/hop slam. This is a typical classic FILTHY MSU dive bar that probably will never change in that regard--but it has character because of that too. I try to stay away from the food haha. Bathroom was horrible--almost as bad as the riv in East Lansing. The ’beer buckets’ of miller lite make me want to get ill when I think about them (special they have that college students typically get it)--its plastic barf or mop bucket full of schwag beer that everyone dips their mugs into. Disgusting but what many associate Crunchys with. Then there are us that know this place for the amazing beer selection and usually a good day crowd of alums, craft beer drinkers etc. Good place to go before/after MSU basketball game. Besides Hopcat and the Oak I havent been to a place w/a better line up--maybe uptown? We got good service there but the times I went it wasn’t really busy so I cant speak for that. I will return again again and again...

September 3, 2010
Crunchy’s has no competition in the Lansing area for an amazing selection of local beers. They’ve been doing it for years, long before anywhere else in the area was serving Michigan draft beers. Twenty-plus taps of micros, mostly from Michigan, and clearly chosen by someone with an appreciation for the rare or one-off beer from some outstanding breweries. I can’t say enough about what a standout selection of beers you’ll find at Crunchy’s. However, the place is a dump, and worse, a dump full of frat boys and obnoxious assholes on certain nights of the week. The service also tends to be lacking. Then again, the beer selection is awesome and unmatched in the area, and on Sundays they have some ridiculously low prices. The food is cheap and decent, too.

July 18, 2010
The beer selection is the best in the Lansing area. With 27 taps they typically host at least 20 craft brews and are great supporters of the Michigan craft beer industry. Each July, which is Michigan Craft Beer Month, they put Michigan beers on each and every handle. At least monthly, Crunchy’s hosts brewers nights and converts many taps to that Michigan brewery and hosts a staff member from the brewery to talk to patrons. It is very informal but a good opportunity to meet folks in the beer industry and try beers that aren’t regularly available on tap. The total score doesn’t reflect the great selection of beers and value Crunchy’s offers. I’m a regular but still am often disappointed by poor service and the poor condition of some of the furnishings. I was happy to learn that they recently corrected one of big pet peeves - no separate checks. According to the bar manager, they have installed a new computer system and separate checks are a go! The food is better than average bar food and the pizza is a great value on Sundays.

December 30, 2009
Good place, love the feel of it. Wasn’t too crowded when I was there. They say they offer tastes of beer for $1 of anything on tap, but when I asked for samples they didn’t charge. Staff helpful. Probably 30ish bottles available and another 20 things on tap.

July 28, 2009
Great college dive bar. If I went to MSU, this would be where I choose to throw up in the alley, for sure. They actually serve beer from the tap into large plastic buckets. It’s surreal, but not nearly as much as what they had on draft when I was there for MI Craft Beer Month. I had Expedition in an over-sized mug for Christ’s sake!