Latest reviews from Paradise
| 70 /100 M-123 UPPER FALLS DR “Located in the Tahquamenon Falls State Park next to the Upper Falls parking lot (note you will need a park pass to get to the brewpub, so might as well combine a visit with a trip to the falls!). Rustic lodge-style pub with a bar and seating. They only have 4 beers on tap (wheat, pale, stout, and maple). They were pretty average, I probably liked the maple the best. Pretty extensive food menu with a focus on local cuisine (pasties, whitefish). I had the smoked whitefish dip (yum!), smoked fish salad and wild rice soup, all delicious. Definitely a place to check out after hiking by the Tahquamenon Falls!“ |
| 72 /100 M-123 UPPER FALLS DR “How they pulled off having a brewpub in a state park I'm not sure. Good brews and good food as a bonus for visiting the falls.“ |
| 60 /100 M-123 UPPER FALLS DR “Tahquamenon Falls is not a place to be missed...worth a special trip...and in our case we arrived after several days of rain (and still raining) so the falls were roaring...and dark brown with a tan Guinness head on top (see how I pulled beer into this...lol!). So, as others have said...this is in a state park...so you have to pay to come here...but fortunately...the falls are well worth the admission on their own. The restaurant/brewery can get quite crowded (especially on a rainy day)...but again, and as other's have said...most of the visitors did not come to sample a brewery. It's almost as if, knowing that, the brewery owners are really not trying that hard...because the beers here are limited in styles, and somewhat boring and bland in execution. The food is decent enough...but really...all this place has going for it craftbeer-wise...is that people will come here to sample their beers pretty much only because they are visiting the falls first and foremost (so not really a good reason to have a brewery in the first place). So that's pretty much it...stop by if visiting the falls...if you need a bite and a beer...done, otherwise...no reason to come for the brewery alone.“ |
| 64 /100 M-123 UPPER FALLS DR “The best Tahquamenon Falls Brewery can offer is the falls next to it. Amazingly beautiful falls. Well, they can also offer some beer and food. The food was pretty tasty and the beers decent. They had four beers and you can get a flight.“ |
| 60 /100 M-123 UPPER FALLS DR “A brewpub right in the Tahquamenon Falls State Park. A cabin like feel with a decent amount of seating outside. Service was slow on my visit but the place was absolutely packed. Only three beers on my visit which was a bit of a disappointment. Did not try to food on my visit but prices on the beers were cheap. Not great beer but a pretty unique location overall.“ |
| 60 /100 M-123 UPPER FALLS DR “Reviewed from a time when I stalked the U.P. with my fishing rod and my guns hunting trout to fish and deer to kill. It was always fun to come here from Spring to Autumn and have the time of my life of having a good meal as the food almost always seemed to be better than the beer. After all my reviews on the beers I’ve had, in my opinion, most of their beers were average, nothing too excitable, but nothing really bad (maybe that APA, was it that Porcupine ale). Anyways, well, even on the busy days, and I’ve been here several times on Memorial Day and Labor Day probably the two busiest days, well, they still have fairly good service.
Oh yeah, the ambience, well, let’s just say its not exactly a place for city slickers.“ |
| 70 /100 M-123 UPPER FALLS DR “The best (and only) brewpub in the Eastern U.P. The beer is decent and tastes oh-so-good after climbing up those stairs at the falls. The food was good too - again a large hunger was felt after climbing those stairs! Get what I’m sayin’, eh? Recommended.“ |
| 70 /100 M-123 UPPER FALLS DR “Great place for a vacation stop... in the middle of nowhere. Decent beer, good UP Michigan food, and buried in the state park. recommend adding this to the list while in that part of the state. Best option for hundreds of miles.“ |
| 46 /100 M-123 UPPER FALLS DR “Pretty good food, but the beer is so-so at best. All of the beers that I had were pretty weak, but with their typical patrons, I can see why - the first night I was there I saw most people were drinking bud light. Not bad for the middle of nowhere (as compares to only macros to drink).“ |
| 36 /100 M-123 UPPER FALLS DR “Strange place. It’s in the state park so you have to pay 8 bucks to enter. We wanted to see the falls anyway, so that wasn’t an issue, but that rather dictates the clientele here - mostly one-off (I’d guess) trippers, not beer geeks - and the beer range. The place was packed, with a line waiting for tables. Fortunately, the vast majority of the clientele were family groups so there were plenty of stools at the bar. Unfortunately, they only had three eminently forgettable beers on tap. No sampler tray although they are clearly geared up for people who want to try all the beers as they have small plastic cups by the pumps. But the tasters I got were miniscule - large enough however to make it clear that I didn’t want to have a pint of all the three beers so I plumped for the Stout as the best of a bad bunch. Service was OK but I recognized the leathery bartender referred to by CharlesDarwin immediately. If you are going to the Falls anyway (and they are worth a visit) you’ll want to give this place a go.“ |
| 34 /100 M-123 UPPER FALLS DR “This is the only brewpub for miles and miles, too bad it’s horrible. The bartender both times I’ve been there is a leathery, tatooed, gruff barmaid, with a history of multiple felonies and too much eye shadow. First off, you have to pay to park here, unless you come after around 5PM. So, the first time I came here, I bought an annual pass for $24 thinking I’d be back many times, as it’s the only fresh beer for a long ways. Big mistake. Worst $24 ever. I’ve had their three most recent beers and am extremely unimpressed. Apparently, their beer doesn’t need carbonation. Wait, is it beer then? Not really. It’s more like meaty sugar water. Today, I went in to purchase a growler. First, they had to check with the manager to see if they could fill my "jug" from another brewpub (Fitgers). They could, but it would cost $10, as opposed to the $8 I’d pay for a refill with one of their growlers. Then, they had a hissy fit because my growler was brown glass and they couldn’t see where the beer was, as though they might not fill it to the top. The two brewers scoffed at my foreign "jug." I wanted to walk over to them and ask if they would carbonate their beers occasionally and maybe use some hops. I loathe bad brewpubs. They give a bad name to good beer. Only two more trips to make up for my $24 parking blunder. Maybe once there will be some carbonation in my beer.“ |
| 62 /100 M-123 UPPER FALLS DR “Only four selections of Falls microbrew available at any given time with nine that they make onsite. Full bar, though I forgot to ask if they offer macros. Decent food, the standard "Up North" fare with smoked fish and pasties. Located inside a state park, so you pay a fee to get to the parking lot. Lots of gift shops and kids running around outside though inside is quieter.“ |
