May 12, 2012
Great joint. 16 house taps with samplers available. Cool beer hall vibe. TVs and outdoor seating.

August 31, 2011
(Visited 01/2011): Moylan’s is located off the 101 in Novato right past a busy intersection on Rowland. The brewpub has a private parking lot. Inside the bar is along the right wall, and there is restaurant style seating elsewhere. The place is relatively dark and has a casual atmosphere. Some Moylan’s breweriana as well as TVs behind the bar, along with a tap listing. Dart boards in the back too. The brewpub has around 12 beers on tap with some seasonals and at least one cask ale. Aside from the flagship beers they have one-offs like Wet Hopsickle (Chardonnay Barrel) and a 2 year-old Old Blarney on my visit. The beers are average to above average overall. Service on a slow weekday lunch was good. The bartender was approachable and knew their beers. Salads and sandwiches for me and my colleague were pretty standard fare. Overall this brewpub doesn’t really stand out, especially when compared with a place like Russian River, but it is worth checking out for travelers in the area.

March 10, 2011
Believe it or not the Barleywine from Moylans is about as good as it gets. I give them high marks for that alone they have a ton of their own beers on tap and cover a lot of ground with the variety. Food is really good and prices are fair. A great stop on the way to and from Russian River or an easy stop on the way home from napa.

February 21, 2011
seems like it is in an old corporate restaurant. Good food menu, pork tenderloin sandwich was ggod, as was NE Clam chowder. decent selection of house drafts, lots of hops. nice beer on cask. Nice stop

January 30, 2011
Came in on a fri night and found a spot at the bar pretty quick. The tile on the floor is hideous and puts a damper on the ambiance...however the tables are spread out well so it isn’t too noisy. Didn’t order any food, but menu looked like average fare. Huge beer selection. I think 15 or 20 of their beers on tap. Even had a nitro imp stout and a special cask ale. All in all good place.

October 13, 2010
Pretty typical brewpub in a suburban stripmall. Right off of a freeway exit (convenient) The full selection of Moylans delicious beers. Food was average and prices were kind of high. Service was fine. Classic rock and sports...meh. Not bad if you’re in Novato and Moylans beers ARE pretty damn good. Overall impression: as a restaurant only average as a brewery pretty nice.

August 15, 2010
My first stop on a trip up the West coast from San Francisco to Washington. Looks like a small-scale chain brew-pub from the outside (Think BJ’s Brewery), until you see the beer list board inside. Very clean, lots of wood in a lodge-type atmosphere. I was not surprised to see other hiopheads decked out in Stone or Russian River regalia apparently doing the same thing I was -- Amazing BreweryTour 2010 up the coast. Food was typical pub, not great, but OK. They are stingy and serve mainly their own brews, but the hopsickle was flowing in about three versions so I couldn’t complain. Left happy. Bill was not cheap, but it was a weekend, middle of day, no happy hour. Turned out that I went there for the hopsickle but found the Nor-Cal on tap to be an amazing session ale. Go visit. Take pictures, and watch ’em smile at the beer nerd.

August 7, 2009
We loved visiting this brewery, the selection and tasting options were amazing. We also ate lunch, which was reasonably priced and tasty. Downtown Navato.

July 7, 2009
Moylan’s is a place I probably would not have wanted to visit were it not located so close to San Francisco. My reasoning was that I can try their stuff in the bottles and it’s widely distributed at that. I could have missed on smoething though as you can encounter a whole lot of exclusivities on the premises. The beer is cheap for what is pretty much a SF suburb and tasty. Outside, it’s another strip mall and gaz stations area. Inside, you have the bar area which feels welcoming enough and the rest is a large restaurant where families are welcome. It does not feel like a beer-geek place, but the board tells you otherwise and could keep you there for a few hours. T-shirts are particularly nice if you’re into that stuff.

July 4, 2009
I love this place. It has everything you want in a brewpub. Nice bar, pizza, beer to go and good salads. Big selection and extreme beers.