Nodding Head Brewery & Restaurant

June 20, 2009 [ Updated June 25, 2009 ]
Cool place, had dinner here tonight with my girlfriend and some friends. Good small selection of brew and good food, with good variety of vegan and vegetarian and meat eater options. Can’t say a bad thing about it. Cool interior with a lot of bobble heads. Nice place.

May 17, 2009
Straddles the line between college pub and microbrew pub. Big place, with lots of space. Lots of interesting beer offerings.

March 27, 2009
Cool place. Decent service but when they get busy it drops off. Nice selection of their brews. They are all good. I really like the food. Burgers, muscles, seitan stew, it’s all worth eating, and at a decent price. Goood value. I’m a fan.

March 21, 2009
This was our first stop in Philly and it was a pretty awesome stop. I can’t say that I loved the beers, but I really enjoyed the bar. There was a very wide range of styles on here though and while they weren’t knockouts, they were good. Busy and crowded, but the crowd was very friendly. Excellent food although the service was a bit muddled initially, with orders gone missing and a few harmless mistakes. All in all, I’d highly recommend this place and I can’t really understand why it doesn’t get more love.

March 9, 2009
First stop of the Philly trip, and one of the best.Though the quality of the beer wasn’t too high (3.2 average from me), they served an interesting and atypical mix of styles, including a berliner weisse, Belgian chocolate stout, 60 /-, scotch ale, and a few others. Service was generally good, except the bar tender who poured woodruff syrup into my berliner weisse without asking me and then got pissed when I wanted one without. The atmosphere and music were great though, as was the food. Highly recommended, and essential stop on any Philly beer tour.

March 8, 2009
This is a pretty nice place. Couple TVs for watching some games, dart board, and a pretty lively bar crowd. Be sure to check out the bobble head collection. There are only a couple of beers on tap, and all are their own. I’m not crazy about their beers. All I’ve tired are pretty average, but I’ll go back for the food! Try the baked brie appetizer. Not expensive either, which is a nice plus.

January 11, 2009
Stopped by here on a Saturday night with fredandboboflo. Atmosphere: A pretty chill hangout. It wasn’t very crowded for a Saturday night though. They had TVs and a dartboard. The bar was small, but we found seats easily. Quality: An average brewpub, I didn’t really care for any of their beers. It seems like some of the better beers weren’t on when I was there, so maybe that was it. Service: Service was good. No complaints. Selection: Only 5 beers on tap, so a little lacking (they had a brown ale, pale ale, golden ale, Belgian strong ale, Scottish ale). Food: N/A Value: Good pricing. I don’t remember exactly, but probably $4-$5. Overall: A good visit and a nice place to check out if you’re visiting, but I don’t know if I’d come back again.

January 6, 2009
I like it a lot. Great building with a comfortable and laid back feel to it. Music wasn’t too loud. Service was good. Food was excellent. Beer was clean and well brewed. Shot the shit with the brewers for a few minutes and they were good dudes. Will be back soon.

September 26, 2008
Actually went on St. Patricks Day. Empty! Food was good. Beer was ok. Bartender was not busy, but not too talkative either. For the love of beer....I’ll try it again.

September 1, 2008
Fantastic food and fresh beer. The bartender was fun and friendly. After being poo poo’d on by Monk’s that evening, the beer never tasted fresher and colder, and the people never felt nicer.