I had no idea that this place existed! My family and i just went out for a drink. Good music, good ambience and good service. I want to come back for dinner. read more

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We've been here several times and have generally enjoyed our food and drinks. Tonight was odd. Every staff member we interacted with was crabby and their food was taking forever. I decided to try the BBQ chicken sandwich at the recommendation of our server. Apparently the chicken sandwich is just a chicken tender placed on a bun with some BBQ sauce, pickles, and goopy coleslaw. Unfortunately, I got the coleslaw as a side instead of fries. It was a thick and goopy sugar bomb that was pretty gross. The annoying thing was that you get one small chicken tender and a side for $15. The chicken tenders are (I think) $14 and you get three of them. A better bet would be to get the 10 chicken wings for $15. read more

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This place is pretty cool. I actually came here for a mezcal tasting for my first visit. I love the red brick interior and how spacious this place is. 12 West is located in the heart of downtown Mesa (they have a location in Gilbert too). The taproom is two levels and has three bars. There is a small marketplace to the side with a variety of local beers and other favorites like mead from Superstition Meadery. They have several beers on tap including some of the popular ones brewed here like the Zona pilsner or the Cuvee Verdad. They also serve food which I hear is pretty good. I didn't get much time here, but I was impressed with my first visit enough to return for a full experience. Great find! read more

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Parked in the back, so that made it easy and convenient. Sat at the bar, I had a couple of sours and he had a couple super beakers. I had a Charlie Hustle burger, cooked to perfection. He had crispy buffalo Mac 'n Cheese that was excellent. Colby was an excellent bar tender that took really good care of us and had excellent suggestions. We look forward to our next visit. read more

ALL DAY HAPPY HOUR ON SUNDAYS!! Shouldnt really need to type anymore after that. LOL Nice location in downtown Mesa, and if life ever getsback to normal, it could be a happening night spot again. read more

We used to come here all the time and the food was PHENOMINAL. But sadly we wont return for the food. The beer has been awesome and still is, I just wish they could get it together with the kitchen. I miss the old menu as it had some great choices, the new menu was one page and was pretty basic. It takes ALOT for me to write a negative review, in fact i can count on one hand the times ive done so. This last visit we were sat quickly but we waited 30 min before i got up and asked if we had a server. We ordered immediately as we had been sitting there. The only reason we had beer is because we had ordered at the bar, second beer was forgotten and was brought at the end of the meal. The food arrived 45 min later cold. My fish tacos weren't even cooked, the corn torillas were soggy and cold, there was nothing on them but a little bit of cabbage mixed with mayo. I gagged after a bite and didn't finish. Nachos were cold and soggy, chicken was cold. No joke, I had GI upset the next day so wondering if it was even cooked. I felt really bad for the server. It's like he knew that the food was bad and the place was going to hell and i was told they were understaffed. Later found out that the head chef had quit and they had hired more than a few kitchen staff. I'm so disappointed because I have really loved this place in the past. I'll still continue to buy the beer but that was my last trip to the restaurant. read more

Food was good. This is a chill spot! Place was busy on a Saturday around 3-4ish. We were able to sit right away at the bar since it was open sitting. Pretzel was huge! I'm not a beer drinker, but they have several cocktails to choose from. I stuck with the raspberry cosmic crisp cider which was delicious! We went also to visit the underground bar, however it was closed until further notice due to being short staffed. read more

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This place was pretty cool. Service was great and the were friendly. Came on a Sunday night. They had happy hour. I had the wings and a bretzel. Both were delicious. I must comeback soon @raulvsfood read more

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Arrived at 5:15 on a Sunday. Promptly put our name in for a table of 9 people. We were told it would be an hour wait. Our phone number was taken and we waited outside on the patio. Our party of 9 had all arrived by 6:00 figuring we had just 15 more minutes "ish" till table was ready. Most of the ladies went to the bar and got their drinks from the bar to bring out to the outside table as there was no service outside. By 6:30 we still hadn't been called for our table. Luckily it had began to rain so it cooled off the area. I started to see large parties of people leaving thinking we had to be next but then I also saw parties of people walking up and getting seated right away who were not having to put their name in. By 7:15 we hit the 2 hr mark of waiting for a table. I was then told by the hostess "well we don't have a server to take care of your party" and the place was empty with tables everywhere... we hadn't noticed how it had emptied out because we were still waiting on the patio. It took one of my friends to say something to a bartender about waiting 2 hrs and still not being seated for someone to act. Finally got seated but by then none of us wanted to order anything much and I personally refused to spend a dime there after that wait. So some of the girls ordered chips and salsa and a drink but we really didn't stay long after that. It ruined our night. We should've gone somewhere else but there was nothing else open in downtown Mesa. Won't be back. This place is not worth even a 30 min wait for a table. read more

Pleasantly surprised ....spacious with a balcony and upper level....two or three bars on the main floor....older crowd (good) and very friendly....food was bar type food but done better than average....i will be back! read more

Service was great and friendly bartenders and made some really good drinks, burger was fantastic read more

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I stopped by for a fundraising event. My view of downtown Mesa was less than positive as I grew up here. Man, have they turned this around. Not only was the place really cool inside, it also has a basement. They really fixed it up and made it into something special. The staff was awesome and the beverages were really nice. They have officially changed my thoughts on downtown Mesa. I have visited their location in Gilbert and also loved it, but this place is special. read more

12 West Brewing is definitely a favorite. We had appetizers and later did have a meal. The pretzel and cheese is always a must and definitely yummy. The avocado hummus was also delicious. For dinner we had the fish tacos and breakfast burrito. My bestie said the burrito was amazing, I did have a bite and it was very good. Staff were excellent. Dominic was not our waiter but very friendly and my besties favorite server. The manager Maui was incredibly nice and attentive. Our bartender (although) we cannot remember his name was very attentive, friendly, polite, and overall definitely a 5 star employee. Of course the Zona (Pilsner) was my favorite beer and the Blap Blap was definitely tasty. My bestie had the Healies Hollar, it is definitely a favorite of hers, as well as she likes the Zona, Blap Blap. Definitely a favorite brewery in Mesa. read more

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Well, smack my face and call me Sally... 12 West has some of the best beer in the valley! Thinking of the IPAs makes me want to drool, And the restaurant itself is also very cool. From Etherreal to Super Beaker to Cirrus Haze, These beers have gotten me through some long days, Sitting home drinking in quarantine, But enjoying every sip: it was quite the scene. So when things finally started to open ahp, I knew that 12 West would be my first stop, And the beers tasted even better on draft! I tell you what- they know their craft. The food, in my opinion, was just ok. Except the beer cheese & fries - I'd make those my bae. I grabbed a bunch of cans to go, And I'll be back soon- that's fo SHO! read more

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Overall this place is a good place to dine and bring friends for a night of fun. The food is good and the service is good as well. We enjoyed ourselves! read more

The food was out of this world. I ordered the Buffalo chicken Mac and cheese. I was not disappointed. But better than the food, the drink choices were great. I ordered a Pog-A-Margarita which was sweet and delicious. I also tried a blueberry cider, extremely good. Will definitely go again. read more

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The patio area is so lovely for the evenings. We enjoyed the beautiful weather, and it's Covid friendly! The Baja fish, which is cod tacos, is so delicious. The fried chicken sandwich is also good, but tacos were our favorite. The super friendly server made our experience great read more

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I have loved chicken sandwiches since I was little, before they became a craze, so I've eaten countless throughout my life at hundreds of different spots. I have to say, this may very well have been the best Buffalo chicken sandwich I've ever had. HUGE, tender chicken breast, delicious Buffalo sauce. I have not a complaint or recommendation on how to make it any better. I still think about it and salivate. My dining companion ordered the chorizo and grits and said it was delicious. We each ordered a different beer, so I was able to taste both and they were very good. Service was great. Ambiance great. I wish I lived closer to Mesa so that I could come here more often to try different menu options, though if I'm being honest with myself, I'm not sure I could get anything else. read more

Good food and great atmosphere at fair price. Great fish and chips. Cool place to meet up with friends.

Twas my first time here today and here's a rundown: Ambiance: I liked the environment, it was very chill and relaxing. Reggae music was playing and there were comfortable wooden tables and high chairs. Kinda a bar/pub-like atmosphere. This spot was very spacious and can seat a lot of people! I can imagine it would be a good spot to have parties or events or even company meetings. Food: Food was overall pretty decent. My friend had the mac and cheese, my fiance had the grilled cheese and tomato soup and I had the chicken katsu w rice. I liked my chicken katsu w rice; the chicken was crispy and flavorful and the rice complemented it nicely. I did find it a tad dry but I asked for hot sauce and they brought out Cholula so that helped. The grilled cheese and tomato soup was quite good too. The mac and cheese was just ok. I didn't find the flavor too special. Drinks: Drinks were sooo good. Ask for Dirty Mike, he is the best!! He made a drink called the Butterfly Effect (a gin drink) for my fiance. He loved it! It was super cool how he made it. I had a fruity mocktail and it was sooo yummy. Tasted like fruits and coconuts! Service: Service was good. They were very attentive and kept checking up on us. Being as this spot is newly opened, the way they had us order was at the bar but that was understandable as they were still working out the best way to run things. I liked that they had free water as they had a dispenser. To sum it all, I liked it here. It seems like a pretty cool spot to hang out, not too loud and noisy. Great to grab drinks with friends for Happy Hour etc. I liked the variety in the menu too. Can't wait to go back and try more dishes and drinks!! Twas such a nice chill vibe. I think this is a great addition to downtown Mesa!!! read more

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Our favorite date night! Drinks are amazing and you have to get the fried fish tacos they are incredible and huge! Service is ALWAYS wonderful! read more

I swing by the 12 west in Gilbert every now and then as it is around the corner from my house. Super chill spot no complaints there. This location has a lot more going on. I ordered the Birria tacos. They were pretty delicious. I ordered a beer after sampling it, but it didn't taste the same as the sample so they gave me an attitude about it. And then I'm pretty sure they just gave me back the same beer. Speaking of the waitress... She seemed to have an attitude all night. There was a large group of us there for a birthday party. For some reason, they made us stand around waiting for a table, which was already ready. We were all standing by the bar area crowding it. We didn't really want to be crowding the walkways, but there wasn't anywhere for us to Stand as we waited for our table. The waitress kept having to walk past us and was growing increasingly frustrated by us standing in her way. And she was not shy about her facial expressions and eye rolling to let us know how frustrated she was. She ended up being our server and you could tell she was faking it the whole time. having been a waitress for several years I know it sometimes sucks and you sometimes have a bad day, but you really need to keep that to yourself. I don't think I'd come back here. Doesn't seem really worth it. read more

Food was unique but not necessarily great and my stomach has been a bit upset the day after. I got the birria tacos and the sauce was not a consume like it is normally served with. It was more of a chipotle sauce which didn't really go with the tacos. But the truffle fries I had on the side were killer. The beer was less than desirable. And I ended up leaving most of it on the table. I mentioned the beer was not great to the server and he kinda shrugged. Seems like they know their beer is not great. read more

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First time here today and this place exceeded my expectations! We came for happy hour & the hostess was so nice giving us options where to sit and told us about the basement they have. We chose to sit at the basement and were greeted with the most welcoming environment I have EVER had in arizona. The bartenders were so nice with such a personable and REAL personality! I felt at home and did not want to leave. They were just Normal people we can relate to just enjoying their life and the best part is, you can totally tell they love their job! I was a bartender and server for about 7 years of my life and I can tell when people are passionate about this industry! PLEASE GO! They will not disappoint and the food & drinks will not disappoint! THE BEST IN MESA AND ARIZONA can't wait to go back! read more

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The food was good enough. Nothing special, but I don't feel cheated. I've certainly had better bar food. The beer...no good. I'm an IPA connoisseur from the west coast. These beers taste like they've been sitting in the keg a bit too long. I tried five of the IPAs, didn't take any of them home. read more

Service was good, cool place but the sandwich my husband and I had was really hard to eat. We ordered a pastrami sandwich and literally had to hold onto the sandwich with both hands or the thick cut of meat would come out of the sandwich. Also it was really fatty. Fries were good though read more

I hate to leave a two star review but nothing about this meal was right. Burger ordered as no pink was pink, so I had to cook it myself at home. It was fine other than that. Pretzel was not one of the Bavarian pretzels in all of the pictures but a dozen hard dense pretzel balls like the ones you can buy at Frys. That was the whole reason I ordered from here. So disappointing. The tuna sandwich was on mushy bread, with avocado only spread on half and part of the bread was burnt. I threw the bread away and recreated on sourdough at home. The tuna itself was very good. The fries were terribly mushy but I revived them in the air fryer. Definitely will not be back. read more

This place is LEGIT. Brought the family in for lunch after a day at the natural history museum. My kids DEVOURED their meals and my youngest ate almost all the veggies from our whipped ricotta and grilled veggies app bc they were so tender and juicy. Wife and I had these monster Cobb salads with steak. Wow. Hardly needed the dressing they were so flavorful. Aside from the fantastic food the ambiance is incredible and equally important the crew was fantastic. Top notch service. Cannot wait to try brunch there this weekend!!!! read more

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This is clearly striving to be the most upscale brewpub in downtown Mesa. They have by far the most seating. This includes two stories of seating, with upstairs and downstairs outdoor seating, half covered and half open to the sky. They have their own brews on tap, plus a selection of wines and even liquor. Yes, you can buy a six pack of beer, plus wine in a can or bottle, to go. You can even buy a bottle of several select spirits. The smooth concrete floors, exposed steel and wood beams, and the sturdy wood top tables and stools work and should age well. Prices are moderate and the simple one page food menu seems well executed by their kitchen. They are not over-sizing food portions, giving good value for money, attractively presented. read more

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Food was great! Service was excellent! Great ambiance as well. You can park in the rear of the building, which helps.

Previously 10 out of 5 stars. Apparently they changed the head chef and their menu. We ordered mahi mahi tacos and pork belly tacos. They were both VERY dry and lacked flavor. Both proteins seemed to have been cooked and held in a warmer long before they reached our plates. We were told by the staff that the burgers were better. This is the first time this place has let us down. Optimistic on a return. read more

Positives: They are actually open after dark in downtown mesa and they serve alcohol. If you spend time in this area, you know how refreshing that is. Also they clearly spent a lot of money on ascetic design. Negatives: The beer is uninspired. There are 3 bars in a massive room that's super bright and still slow service. The food is over priced for what they serve. The Mac and cheese was thin, runny and had no flavor. Like literally a box of Kraft would have been better and cost about $13 less. read more

This is a really cool brewery right in downtown Mesa. My wife and I came in just for a couple of drinks before going out to dinner and I tried their DIPA which was not too hoppy and had great flavor. We also tried their daiquiri and old fashioned and both cocktails were tasty. Great service as well. Didn't try the food, but solid drinks though! read more

The food was... OK; the service was pretty inexistent. The waitress came to take our order and then someone else brought the drinks and the food out. She never came back to ask of we wanted/needed anything else. After we were done I tried waving someone over to settle the bill but they eyes "kept missing me", so I got up and asked the hostess to please send someone. At that point, our original waitress came back and she was all smiles. Sorry, no tip for you. It was my first time there and I don't live in the area so I'm sorry to say that I cannot recommend this restaurant. read more

They are too wishy washy with menu unfortunately. Dope vibe and cool place. Stinks it's the only brewery in the valley that doesn't offer beyond patty or any veggie patty. All good. So many breweries in the valley that do. Great beer though! read more

It's like a drag brunch without the drag queens but still the terrible music. And someone sure likes treble. I wish I could say that the food or beer were redeeming for being blasted by awful techno for the duration of the lunch, but I would be a damn liar. It is bordering on cultural appropriation when you take not one, but two, beloved dishes from two different cultures (in this case, katsu and loco moco) and destroy them for your own purposes. There is more to katsu than chicken thighs and more to moco than its individual ingredients. But then the gall to charge $15+ for your shitty interpretations. I had the beast burger. What they do there is grind up different wild game meats, then put onions, blue cheese, and ketchup on it to try and cover up what a terrible choice that was. It is as bad as it sounds but worse because the patty is dry and crumbly and $17. I love elk, I like bison, and wild boar is fine, but when you cannot taste anything because you taste everything, you are doing it wrong. Beer is mediocre. They had some surprises. The "stache" had a really interesting flavor but also seemed to be a collab. The Mexican lager tasted like bile because of the introduction of lime concentrate. The single hop Citra was an inexplicable nightmare. Service was awful. The guy refused the requests of every table near us to turn down the fucking techno, provided us too few water glasses, disappeared for long periods, and got really weird about simple questions. Yeah, you could say I think this place sucks. I would chalk it up to Mesa's general nature, but I've been to Oro down the street and enjoyed the experience, so I know Mesa can persevere when it really tries. 2 stars because the space inside is nice and the 2nd floor patio is great. Maybe eat first elsewhere and pregame at Oro then come to chill here once it is dark. read more

Dominic was our server and his recommendations were spot on! He was very attentive and even recommended where we should find dessert after dinner and wow did he nail it! The half and half cauliflower wings were the best I've had. read more

Amazing food and local beers. Atmosphere was wonderful. They dragged out a BBQ grill and they were cooking on the sidewalk. OMG smells divine!! A must go to place. read more

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I've been here twice and the beer, food, and service are all outstanding. I had the stinger chicken sandwich and while I would've liked it hotter it still had great flavor. Cheese curds were yummy, and even tried some green tea shots from the bar which were tasty. read more

Cute place! Absolutely loved the atmosphere. My friend and I sat at the bar and the bartender made us a specialty drink which made the experience that much better! It was so yummy!! Planning on going back to watch the Comedy show they host. read more

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