Westwood Brewing Co

03/09/09

The new karaoke on Friday nights is AMAZING, my friends and I had a blast, HIGHLY RECOMMEND

by uclabruin01

My friends and I love karaoke, and I guess the Brew Co just started doing karaoke on Friday nights and it was so much fun. The selection is huge (over 100,000 songs?!), the crowd is fun, and KJ Gabe plays great dance music throughout the night. FINALLY, Westwood has a fun place to go to on Friday night. I've been to a lot of karaoke places in LA, and this is one of the best. The song selection is updated to like current, and the waitlist moves pretty quick. The drinks are priced reasonably, NO COVER, and it's a great atmosphere. Very fun, GREAT KARAOKE, highly recommend for all the karaoke lovers out there or people that just like to listen and have a good time. Definitely check it out Friday nights. It goes from 9pm to closing.

• Pros: Great Karaoke on Fridays, huge selection, Host keeps the energy going all night and is very friendly
• Cons: Parking can be tough sometimes

02/10/09

Was it Alpo or was it Chili?

by BigStu211

I ordered a bowl of chili and received a red pasty mush floating on a thin film of grease. No beans, no meat, just paste. Literally speaking, I wouldn't have fed it to a dog. Next time I'm in the Westwood Village I'll go to Chili's.

• Pros: Great location; nice beer selection
• Cons: The Chili (at the least)

09/02/08

Felt Rejected

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.

12/16/07

Mediocre Food and Less Than Stellar Service

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

11/05/07

Good beer, great fries

by ali86

Saturday nights at BrewCo were a tradition while I was at UCLA. There were never any lines, it was always busy but never packed, and they always have $3 beer of the months. Sometimes there is a free comedy show on Mondays, and check out the upstairs bar with the kareoke lounge for a laugh. Drinks are nothing to talk about, but besides that, good college bar. And the french fries are good for a late snack!

08/26/07

A Family

by b_tiny

My wife has just passed. She spent the last year at UCLA Medical Center. The staff and regulars at the Brewco were my great support and family during this very hard time. Everyone there is very real and down to earth. I can't believe the comment on here about a "racial comment" by the staff. The staff there is diverse and fun, the person who made this comment must have been clueless to their playful sense of humor. I will drive the 140 miles I live from there just to connect with them again.

B & Tiny

• Pros: Great Staff and Regulars-Happy Hour starts at 11:30 am
• Cons: I wish I lived closer

07/07/07

Great laid-back atmosphere, Great patio

by csimpsonla

Brewco still has the best nightlife in the village. The service is fast and friendly (at the bar, anyway) and the drinks are strong. The music is good, too, although there is no dancing. My favorite area to hang out is the patio; they even have it set up so that part of the bar is outside, now, too...you don't even have to go inside to order! I also like that you can order food until 1am. Their bartenders are hot, too! I think that this is a much better place to hang out on a Friday night than Maloney's or O'hara's or whatever they call that place now.

• Pros: Patio, stong drinks, friendly and cute staff
• Cons: none!

07/06/07

food p@isoning

by bapyou

I ate at the Westwood Brewing Company several years ago and became so ill from eating the fish and couldn't get out of bed for a week. I went to the emergency room twice because of the case of food po*sioning I contracted from eating at the Westwood Brewing Company. After recovering, I returned to the Westwood Brewing Company and told the manager what had happenned. The manager acted as if it were not possible to care less about the fact that the food served in his restaurant was capable of po*soning one of his patrons. In a loud voice I announced to the lunchroom crowd what had happened. I'd go back to eat at the Westwood Brewing Company maybe under gun point. Other than that, go to the Westwood Brewing Company and take your chances on a place where they think that somebody owes THEM for having eaten at their establishment. I paid my bill for eating at the Westwood Brewing Company, and then I had to pay an emergency room bill as well. Not to mention the week of time taken out of my life for having paid them to po*son me. Eat there and take the chance that you'll wind up in the hospital. As if they cared. How much more insulting can a business be than to take your money, po*son you, and not even care about it? I hope this review makes you think more than twice about patronizing this awful establishment.

• Pros: uncaring staff
• Cons: uncaring staff

04/23/07

decent bar in Westwood area

by juju13es

I've been to WBC on a earlier weekday night and a Saturday night, and the vibe is totally different. On the Saturday night, it was extremely packed and noisy... people were scrambling to make an order at the bar and it felt like the bartenders heads were turning. We got a table and our service was extremely slow. On the weekday night, the place was a lot more relaxed and we ordered a bunch of appetizers for relatively cheap. Our waitress was cool and checked up on us numerous times. The area has a very pub feel, and its a decent place to go watch a game and just casually hang out with friends.

• Pros: good beer and appetizers, relaxed environment
• Cons: parking, slow service on weekends

11/22/06

Good selection on tap

by realnbk

Always good for an unplanned evening.

The food is unexpectedly good. Burgers and wings go well with those beers.

Waitresses are sometimes teh nicest and sometimes not. It's up to your luck. While a bad waitress will not ruin your evening. a good one will put a smile on your face.

• Pros: burgers, wings, beers on tap
• Cons: parking