Bistro

Ok, I’m going to give an artificially high rating, because I went here for their annual IPA fest, which was fantastic: 100 beers. Nice small 3oz pours if you like, so it makes it easier to rate a lot. Tons of new breweries for me as well. Located in beautiful downtown Hayward. A few blocks walk to Bart. Excellent. Safe.

It's a perfectly fine beer bar. Around 16 taps, all CA when I was there. No particularly rare / new brewers. A couple of oddball things from good brewers but nothing particularly exciting. Lots of Russian River bottles (and two taps), which is not particularly rare right now. It's a perfectly fine bar for beer, and if I lived in the area I could see swinging by pretty frequently, but this is just not that interesting a place. Tons of better places around that are not rated in the 90s (like this place is rated the same as Good Karma in San Jose, which is infinitely better as a beer bar). Dinging it a point on service for being cash only. Food looked sparse (more of a dive bar than a bistro). Perfectly cromulent, don't go out of your way for it. Prices are good though. Not much in the way of bottles, and no real rarities.

Down the street from Buffalo Bills. Kind of a dinghy place inside. Outside seating available as well. Taplist hand-written on a white board in some impressively bad writing. Not really impressive, honestly. I thought Beer and Brats down the street had a better selection. Cash only, which is something to be aware of; though there is an ATM in the back. Single restroom for "Persons" seems like it would create a challenge when busy. I hear a lot about the events here, but on a normal Sunday it was not a standout beer destination.

I have only been here during an event (IIPA fest) but they handled it very very well. the inside is smallish and the selection not huge, but they had some superior quality type stuff on and there is an event. friendly, knowledgeable staff.

Visited during DIPA-Festival in February 2014. (the DIPA-Festival was brilliant) The place itself was rather small but with a friendly service and with some interesting beers. Located not far from the BART Station. I would not mind to visit this place again.

Went to barrel aged festival. food wasnt bad they were bbqing tri tip for sandwhiches. There was about 12 taps of good beers, a few russian rivers. Theres usally live music in the evenings .

I’ve been here 4 or 5 times, always during either the DIPA festival (February/SF Beer Week) or the barrel festival (November), so I really cant comment on what a normal business day is like here.

The festivals keep going up in price but at least now you get 12 tickets and the pours are usually pretty generous. The tri tip sandwiches that my brother and I bought were definitely not worth $8 a piece. Mine was decent but his had half the amount of meat and he got all the center meat that was really rare, with none of the rubbed/bbq sauce’d outside.

Always some good beers on tap (both the festival lineups as well as the regular taps). Cant complain there. Not sure if they have bottles or not, I’ve never looked. Located a block from Buffalo Bills which is a nice stop for food in the middle of a festival. Oh and they have live music which is a plus.

Cool little place in downtown Hayward. Not the most extensive tap list, but always some good stuff on. Usually a pretty laid back atmosphere when I’ve been, when there isn’t a festival going on, that is. Cash only is kind of a bummer.

I only really come here for the festivals which are awesome. I’m not too pleased with the price hikes though. $40 for the barrel aged fest this year is getting a little steep. The people are cool and friendly and the location is nice in a good part of Hayward with lots of restaurants nearby and walking distance from BART. The bar itself is a bit divey. They have a rather small tap list, but I’ve heard the bottle list is good.

Stopped by for lunch. Parking lot across the street. Roughly 12 taps going, half of which seemed to be left overs from the IPA fest 2 months ago (faded). A few interesting thins like a Speakeasy BA Porter. Waitress was nice. They have a sandwich counter, but I wouldn’t bother with it. Atmosphere was music venue centric. I am sure this is a great place to visit for their epic festivals, but as a day to day visit, it is a little underwhelming. Cash only, but they do have an ATM.