Dirty, menu is not updated, dreadful music and no German food. Also, they don’t brew their own beer here, so this is not a brewpub. It’s a dive bar with Paulaner name slapped on the front.

This Paulaner is not even mentioned on the official Paulaner website, so i wonder if it’s no longer associated with them. And I can see why. The service was pretty good and you can tell the servers have been trained to pour a beer properly. The selection is mostly common German and Belgian beer, but the first two I chose from the menu were not available. So, who knows what they actually have. Maybe just Paulaner hefeweizen, which incidentally tasted old or not as good as I’m used to. I also expected to find German food on the menu, but no, it was just American pub food. Ordered fries, and they were thin and mediocre like MacDonalds. Dingy and a bit run down. Still, it’s probably the best beer selection in Guilin, despite not keeping the menu up to date. Also expensive for China.

Overall a terrible Paulaner. Erratic opening hours, smoky room, live loud folk-pop. They don’t brew and their bottles aren’t in the best condition. I did like the Tom & Jerry cartoons on the TV, which are funny because they have Chinese subtitles. Tom & Jerry do not speak, so what could they possibly be saying in Chinese?

Considering that this brewpub is located in China and has 30 or more beers including a descent selection of German and Belgian beers says enough after drinking a few of the local lagers.