Westwood Brewing Company
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: (310) 209-2739
- Cross Street:
- Kinross Avenue
- Hours:
- Daily 11am-1am
Editorial Review for Westwood Brewing Company – by Chantal Lamers
The Scene
Unwind at this relaxing joint, which regulars refer to as "Brewco." A popular college hangout, it offers a unique blend of beverages, including several microbrews from San Diego's Stone Brewery. The prime location is the brick wall-enclosed patio where jukebox tunes liven up the place. Just steps away from a full bar, there's a spiral staircase leading to another small patio that offers a view of stucco rooftops and high-rise buildings. Ashtrays fill with cigarette butts while patrons hang out under a dark sky filled with tiny, bright stars.
The Draw
After dusk, intimate groups of barely legal patrons munch on finger foods and sip in-house ales. Depending on the night, it can be a quiet mellow crowd, while other nights, it's endless rounds of shots for frat boys, intellectual types and cute, skinny blondes.
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Insider Tips
ParkingCrawl the Westwood streets to find a meter, or skip the headache and park in the garage across the street for $5.
User Reviews for Westwood Brewing Company
09/02/2008 Posted by th2008
I used to work at the BrewCo years and years ago as a bartender. I was in town for the Jack Johnson concert and was excited to take my group to dinner and show them where I worked. We had a group of 8 and when I walked in there was no hostess. After standing around for some time waiting for someone to sit us, welcome us...acknowledge us in any way, I went to the bar to ask what we should do. I told the bartender I had a group of 8 for dinner and drinks before the concert and he said we could sit anywhere (there were no tables set up for 8) but that there was only one server so we probably wouldn't get good service. Of course, we decided to leave. While I appreciated the bartender's honesty (I would have been more annoyed if we wasted time), I was really disappointed. I would think they would staff up when there's a big concert in town. They definitely missed out on a lot of business. We ended up spending a fortune at Chilis around the corner.
12/16/2007 Posted by martinikitty13
I hadn't been back to this place for a long time, and it may be a while before I return (if i ever do). The food has never been great here - it's really a place to drink, hang out, eat fried appetizers and watch games. What was most disappointing was the odd service we got last night .. first it started off on a good note with our first bartender - she was friendly and fun and efficient. Then it started going downhill after that. We noticed that all the food coming out was being delivered to the group sitted right next to us at the bar - for a second I suspected that some of our food was there, but when they took the food, I presumed I was mistaken (since most normal people would say "hey, i didn't order that")... then after about 10 minutes (after I saw them already eat some of the food), they acknowledged that the food wasn't theirs. What was astonishing was that the 2nd bartender then tried to give us the food. I of course said we didn't want it - he glared at me and said, "you don't want your food?" - I said I certainly didn't want the food that some strangers already touched, and that we wanted fresh platters. He looked at me like I was being totally unreasonable, but complied. Then to make matters worse, my friends' orders started coming out of the kitchen, they would literally walk by us and start asking everyone else at the bar if the order was theirs. When we had to call them back (a bit annoyed), the bartender was defensive and said that they didn't know who ordered what so we couldn't blame them. I guess it's true I can't blame the staff personally if they truly can't figure out who ordered what, even though there were only about 10 people sitted at the bar - but I am perfectly willing to blame the establishment for faulty training and management techniques. All in all, we already accepted the fact that the food would just be mediocre, but then to top it off with defensive, bad service is just too much to bear.
Pros: Decent sports bar
Cons: Bad service, mediocre food
