Steelhead Brewery

August 6, 2008
Situated in a nice brick waehouse building, the Steelhead brewery features a wannabe English pub/Old Boston decor. My bartender was not, overall, very attentive, despite my being there at opening time and being the only person at the bar. There were a few people eating and ordering drinks, yes, but, eh, whatever. Anyway, I had the sampler and the shredded BBQ pork sandwich. The sandwich was slightly above average (the bbq sauce was waaaay to sweet for my taste), bu tthe meat was cut-with-a-fork tender and was seasoned with pepper and the aforementioned sweet bbq sauce. The beers ranged from poor to slightly above average. And the rock music playing as background music wasn’t too shabby.

August 13, 2007
So far, I have not had good experiences here. The selection of Steelhead beers is good? Both times I’ve been here, the young servers are totally sidetracked and not paying attention to customers. Great place to watch a game -- they’ve got the televisions! Food has been totally fine.

April 17, 2007
Large groups of people like to go here because the place is pretty big and accommodates lots of people. However, after eating and drinking here ten times or so I have come to the conclusion that the service is usually slow and the staff is inexperienced. The food is also barely edible. I guess the idea is that after two or three beers no one will notice. Wrong! The beers (I have tried them all) are decent but nothing more. They make a nice red beer, but they all taste a bit flat and watery. Reminds me of a poorman’s "The Ram." Skip this place.

February 13, 2006
Lots of good beer the place was pretty neat looking. Loved the old time feel. The staff was on top of things and the brews sevred cold and yummy. A good place to stop and have lunch and drink a pint.

January 7, 2006
The food sucks and their run of the mill beers are average, but their specialty beers are alot of the time really choice. Sit at the bar though or you will never get taken care of.

December 23, 2005
Tries to be the big trendy family-friendly brewpub with expensive food that shouldn’t be. The staff was on top of things though, very nice all around, but I just didn’t buy into the place at all when I just came from High Street Cafe. Too big, not hiding the fact that it’s a chain.

March 29, 2005 [ Updated September 18, 2008 ]
I was here quite some time ago , not all that long after they opened...I just found my notes for that trip recently The food was mostly pub style but very good. There were a couple of great beers on tap here as well. the servers were very attentive

March 11, 2005
Nice britich pub feel, very metro though inside, at least around 10pm when we went. A fair walk from the Eugene International hostel on 24th and willamette. Some good beers on tap, some poor beers on tap. Didn’t try the food. Respectable place to go when in Eugene.

January 7, 2005
Before Rogue came into town, this was the best place in town. As far as brewpub food goes, this still has the edge. Jamie is a great brewer and has some amazing seasonal offerings which are well worth the visit.

November 28, 2004
Nice location. Beer was pretty good, although I only tried the IPA. Nachos were really good. Nice patio that opens to the street. Lots of college aged people.