Rolled into Backstreet Brewery just looking for a cold one, and man -- mission accomplished. The beer was colder than my ex's heart and twice as satisfying. The vibe here is chill, the staff actually smile (rare these days), and the pizza next door? Dangerous. You'll "just have one slice" and suddenly be in a full-blown cheese coma. Perfect spot to unwind, grab a pint, and pretend you're a craft beer expert for an hour. Definitely coming back -- this place hits all the right notes. read more

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Pretty decent beer selection and laidback vibes. Plenty of parking as it's located in a strip mall. It shares a space with Lamppost Pizza. The inside was pretty crowded for a Thursday night but there was lots of space on the patio. We got two pitchers: the golden ale and the seltzer. Both were refreshing and delicious! read more

Backstreet Brewery - Blonde ale - Pubs Near Me - Irvine, California

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Finished at the movie theater and decided to stop by for food and beers. The bartender stared at us and didn't attempt to ask us if we needed to be seated . We took a few steps to the dining area next to the bar and no one was there to acknowledge us or seat us. We just walked out. It was weird. I'll make sure to tell my friends to not go there. Was it our ethicity? read more

Backstreet Brewery - Patio - Pubs Near Me - Irvine, California

Overall, we had a good experience here. My party of 2 came in on a Wednesday around 5pm. We initially tried a flight of 4 of their beers, and all of them were solid and true to the style of beer. My two favorites were the Heritage Hefeweizen and the Animation IPA. The servers were nice and checked up on us regularly. The brewery is connected to Lamppost Pizza, so you need to walk inside of the pizza parlor to get to the brewery. The vibes were very relaxed and low key, and they have a nice patio outside. I would visit again if I am in town to order some pizza and have a brew. read more

Backstreet Brewery - Pubs Near Me - Irvine, California

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Enter through the pizza place. This brewery is inside the pizza place. Came here early afternoon with a large group that wanted to get beer. There was a lot of room and plenty of parking in the plaza. Cheese bread was delicious. 9-yard pizza was super delicious with lots of ingredients. The ingredients falls off the pizza but its easy to gather and eat it. Service was great and employees seemed happy to have us there. read more

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My marketing team and I went to try this place out! We did a project on B2B so that's the main reason we dined! If anyone wants to see our marketing project of this place feel free to reach out to me! The brewery needs major revamping! So old school and not the best experience! Paper plates, forks and party cups I don't know what is happening here! There was literally only one bartender taking orders and serving! You can order food from Lamppost pizza right from the bar! The mozzarella sticks are stale(please don't order) waste of money! The Mediterranean pizza was fine...could be better if the kitchen learned how to cut the toppings! I was biting into my slice of Pizza and pop a whole chicken breast popped out of no where! They didn't even care about cutting it into pieces! I will not be dining here ever again ! I'd rather go to little Ceasars at least my pizza won't be overpriced and somewhat enjoyable. read more

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Blink and you'll miss it! Chill micro brewery just off the 5. Shares a space with Lamppost Pizza, which is deserving of its own review since it has great food! 13 house beers on tap with a nice selection for every style fan. The Beach Party Blonde and Blood Orange Animation IPA were my favorites. Two 6oz flights ran me about $17, great price for a flight compared to other breweries in the area. Beer, pizza, wings all under one roof! It's a perfect combo! read more

Backstreet Brewery - a row of beers on a bar - Pubs Near Me - Irvine, California

Blood Orange where were you when the beer was stinky and PeeYew? Its OK now that there is a new focus- on doing some beer hocus pocus! Better brews, more choices, make some happy crews! Food still is terrible but having better beer makes it bearable! Go on Tuesdays and have fun WHY? Cause its 2 beers for ONE! You ready that right- don't go to drink have a BEER FIGHT! And then everyone will STINK! read more

Cool little spot to grab a beer. This spot is located inside of Lamppost Pizza. It's not the original Backstreet Brewery, but it's still pretty dope. You can eat pizzas and other foods and grab beers. What's better than that? I'll usually come here and get a flight. I believe they cost about $7.50? Which is actually a damn good deal. They have a solid sized patio too! I live a couple minutes away so I'd definitely be back to get me some beers read more

Backstreet Brewery - Instagram: @Donteeats - Pubs Near Me - Irvine, California

This location is inside a Lamppost Pizza which would be fine but after spending $10 on Jalapeno Poppers I found that Lamppost Pizza's food is awful. Our poppers were obviously from Costco and then fried and honestly, terrible. The cheese inside wasn't even melted completely. Yuck. We saw a personal pizza come out and it looked fine but I'm guessing (based on my experience and how empty the restaurant was) the apps are all out of the box fried and served. THANKFULLY the beer and the beertender were wonderful! It was not crowded when we showed up on a Sunday afternoon and we had great service and tasty beers so we were still super happy about it...just stay the heck away from any Lamppost apps. read more

I came here because the Backstreet Boys were in Irvine so it only seem fitting to go to the Backstreet Brewery. The food was greasy and bland but service wasn't too bad. I'd pass on this place though. read more

HIDDEN GEM & LOCAL FAVORITE This place is awesome! The brew their own beer, and always have the favorites on tap as well as cycling through new ones to try. Joining the Mug Club is a great deal because all your pints get upgraded to steins. Cool local crowd, really good food. I'm glad more people don't know about this place, because it would be packed 24x7 read more

Backstreet Brewery - Best kept secret in Irvine, yet somehow still packed. Come in and you'll understand why - Pubs Near Me - Irvine, California

Customer service was meh... being the only "bar" (inside lamppost pizza) nearby you think they might try and make some clientele. But nope. She barely spoke any words to us other than to ask what we wanted. Other than that good beer selection and I saw they also had wine Incase you wanted that. Has potential. But maybe I caught them on a bay day. read more

Great place to watch any game. Always have all games on. Great food and service. Fun to go with a group as everyone can watch their team. Their beers are cold and delicious. Blood Orange IPA is the best beer around. read more

Apparently there is a smoking patio where patrons aren't warned (no signage or warning by staff even when you ask for your food to be delivered to the patio) that they allow smoking (apparently is is permitted in a certain size of establishments as long as the smoking area is less than 20% or something unless the municipality/Irvine regulates against it- and they haven't). This quite honestly (along with the food ruined the experience) The beer was defiantly the high point of the location, not my favorite ever but it was solid. Absent the other issues I would defiantly consider returning! The food (I understand it is a different business entity but when you are within it their review will affect yours) was subpar to say the least... staff was quite nice but I didn't go there for staff I went for food, beer, and ambiance - so unfortunately that couldn't save the experience). Would not recommend going unless you want to sit inside and it is loud or outside and chain smoke with some "regulars" that talk about the old days when the patio had a different shape and eat subpar food...if that is what you are looking for defiantly his is your spot. Unfortunately, that is not what I am looking for so a that is sadly one less place to go and have a beer... read more

Bookmarked this place a while ago but never found it...didn't realize it was INSIDE the Lamppost Pizza! I thought it was like a unicorn or something. A brewery IN irvine?! There were probably 10-15 different beers on tap. Maybe about 5 that were specifically Backstreet Brewery brews. Bf and his friend had tried the red, the IPA, and the hef. Was told all were very good. I tasted them, but I'm not much of a beer person bc I'm not a fan of the hops. Did have the cream ale and thought that was very smooth and quite tasty. In addition to the beers, we also got an order of cheesy breadsticks with pizza sauce (per Nathan's suggestion). It was the perfect combo! So ooey gooey cheesy goodness! Interesting group of characters that hang out here. Loud, hilarious and entertaining to watch. Great place to spend an afternoon drinking and eating junk food. And Nathan the bartender was awesome! read more

The brew equipment may be gone, but belching beaver is on tap so I can't complain. Decent prices, close to home, friendly enough folks.... read more

Backstreet Brewery - New bar now that the brew equipment is gone - Pubs Near Me - Irvine, California

Tasty beer right next to lamppost pizza. Nice little patio area for people watching. Very small brewery but quaint. You get the best of both worlds here, brewery beer and good pizza right next door, you can't go wrong here. read more

Neighborly assistance and tolerable lager choice - doesn't generally have a genuine "bottling works" vibe. Increasingly like a pizza place with a bar region and yard. Useful for a gathering after work drink. read more

Try the Heritage Hefeweizen, the Hepcat pale ale, just two of the microbrews made in house at Backstreet. The pizza is atavistic of 1970's SoCal pizza parlors, the kind of place where Softball and Little League teams meet at least once a week (and that is what Lampost Pizza/Backstreet is). Highlights include: Meatball and Italian sausage sandwich, The Submarine is quite tasty, it includes Ham, Mortadella, Cappacolla, Salami, Provolone Cheese on a toasted roll. read more

We just stopped in for a couple of beers. This place is an annex to the pizza joint, and as such it's quite small. It was also a little dirty. The bartender gals were nice and the beer was fine, if unremarkable. The Mind's IPA was fairly bitter but really lacking in any dry hopped herbal or citrus notes. The Hep Cat Pale was good by my standards because it was quite hoppy, but my girlfriend was a little surprised by the heavy-handed hop profile. Both beers were light on body with not much attention paid to the malt. The beer is fine, and maybe the deck is nice, but as for a "hang out" this place will not be on my list of pubs, since it's not a pub. I'll come back and try the pizza sometime though. read more

Pizza and beer... Need I say more. Yelp would probably want me to. The beer is good- not great. I am an IPA guy myself and I wasn't really impressed with theirs. They weren't hoppy enough to me. I want my tastebuds to be drop kicked with bitter goodness. The pizzas are a little pricy, $25 for a med. they are piled with toppings though. Like the toppings that fell off as I was eating was more than what comes on a papa johns pizza. Great place to catch the game and throw back a couple brewskis with the broskis! read more

Pizza is pretty good, decent selection of beer. Casual pub that makes their own beers and carries a good amount of commercial beers. We had the pepperoni pizza, and the small did NOT seem small! We also had the "Best of Seven" pizza - and that was really good. Nice combination of ingredients. It got pretty busy while we were there. A nearly full pub, and only one bartender who also served as waitress in the whole pub section. Service got pretty slow then. Nothing outrageous, and that is only because the overworked bartender worked her arse off the entire time! We'll go back. It is hard to find pizza and brew that we'd rate a 3 or better in OC. read more

Love this place! Staff is awesome (love Danielle, Geneva, and Mike) They'll customize food for you, and are always smiling and seem happy to be there. read more

Good beer, Terrible service! Stood in line and waited and waited.. was blatently igrnored as others would walk up, and yes they did see me and even said I was next! Well, I guess the regulars have prescedence over not so regulars. Been here a few times, I'm done with these clowns. I'm sticking to phantom where the staff treats you and everyone else the same. Send your staff there to see how customers are supposed to be treated! Oh, and f you hate your job so much, go find another job. You're bringing this place down! read more

Great service and friendly staff. They have good lunch specials and excellent wings . I usually get the two pizza slice combo w/beverage and upgrade the beverage to a beer for a couple dollars more (the heritage hef is the way to go) it's a great spot for football on Sundays too read more

Backstreet Brewery - World Cup 2014 - Pubs Near Me - Irvine, California

Interesting new policy if you want a beer you must purchase food. Oh well won't be back.

Mike, Kevin, Danielle, Jacob and Evan make my experiences here the best. The beer is cold and the people are great.

Brought ten business associates here and was extremely disappointed with the service. We sat outside in the Brewery section, not the Lampost Pizza area, and got service initially but never again. One bartender for Monday night football is unacceptable. Took over an hour to order food and that was only after I tracked the bartender down at the bar. Will NEVER go here again. Place was very crowded but one person working in the brewery is not working for me. When I spend $150+ at a pizza/brewery joint I don't want to work to find my bartender for food or a beer. Will say that the pizza is very good. Really not sure how this place stays in business, must be the lack of competition in the area. Found a Buffalo Wild Wings a block away on my way home, damn, really blew this one!!! read more

This place has great food and lots of diferent beers on tap that are always good. It's a very comfortable bar and it's great for watching football on Sundays. They are also dog friendly on the patio and were even so nice as to bring us a bowl of water for our dog on a hot day. We will definitely be back! The pizza bread is surprisingly good!! read more

I went there today for My Birthday free Lunch Special. I had there house salad, and 2 slices of pizza, and there Sour Beer. There "SOUR BEER" is Very good. The Service was great. I do recommend this place. read more

Average at best. Basically a microbrewery inside a pizza place. And that's pretty much it. Food is below par except for maybe the pizza. A little on the dirty side. They can really use a good steam cleaning of the whole place and some updating. read more

The dining area is filled with rows of long benches and long tables. A mixture of people of all ages and lots of little league, pop-warner type teams. The pizza, pasta and salad is O.K., but nothing to write home about. I think I can make a better marinara sauce, but no one in our party felt like cooking and that is why we met up at Backstreet Brewery/LampPostPizza. The beer was decent. I'm O.K. with this place and would meet friends again, but only if we had no where else to go. read more

Backstreet Brewery is like the rich uncle that you never knew you had. How could I have gone this long without knowing about this place? Located right next to Lamppost Pizza, this microbrewery is a nice, quaint place to grab some beer and escape reality for an hour. The bartender was brutally honest when we asked him what was good, to which he told us that everything was crap and that the Euradort was the only bearable tasting beer at the time. Telling it like it is. They have a new selection of microbrews every week or so you have something to look forward to. I noticed a "Wall of Fame" that had giant beer glasses hanging from pegs as I walked in. I asked the bartender what that was, and he said that those were personal mugs for the locals and regulars. He said that you pretty much have to dedicate your life to drinking beer in order to get one. I accept your challenge. read more

We stopped here after going to another brewery to check it out. The beer was ok. I definitely liked the blood orange animation but wasn't too impressed with the others. Like the other reviews, I would not recommend the food at all. We got the combo appetizer platter and you could tell it was all right out of a frozen bag. read more

This place blows...sorry. save your money and even try maybe buffalo wild wings up the road...for sure their wings are better which is NOT saying much! They were freezer burned... Service sucked. Had to go in and order our own drinks from the bar and sometimes the bartender wasn't even there.. pizza average...skip this place. read more

Two-for Tuesdays are always a plus! These guys have great, fast, friendly service, and they have made regulars out of us. We have been going there every Tuesday night for the past two years! read more

Local brewed beers, in the same spot as a pizzeria. The food was decent. The sour beer was REALLY good!

As divey as a family beer joint can get. Beer was okay, the rest sucked. Costco pizza is better. The sole bartender/beer pourer spent most of her time smoking with a group of wasted rednecks on the smoke-filled patio. When she was actually behind the bar, she actively ignored the patrons. One couple came in, sat down at the bar, waited about ten minutes as the bartender twiddled her thumbs, gave up and left. Interior of restaurant and bar smelled like b.o. and mold. Not hops/brewary funky stink, unclean stink. The bathroom had a major sewer gas backup and hadn't been cleaned for at least a week. There was no soap and the automatic paper towel dispenser was set to run until the paper towels landed on the soaked counter top. The employees took turns smoking cigarettes on the storefront deck and smoking Marijuana just outside the back/service entrance to the store where all the weed smoke would blow through the restaurant each time the door was opened. The only employees that appeared sober were the guy working on the brew tanks and the food runner girl. My buddies loved the drunk chick staff because they are horn dogs without fire hydrants, but I doubt most people will because they didn't do the hugs and rubs like the hooters girls did. Happy birthday steef-oh. Off to bar #4 and not driving! read more

Backstreet Brewery - Pizza and burrrr to celebrate my DUI victory! - Pubs Near Me - Irvine, California

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I really wanted to like this place because it is close to my house but it turned out to be the worst beer ever. My BF & I go to a lot of breweries and this is BY FAR the worst. We didn't eat any food but just came to try the beer with great expectations. We ordered 2 flights which included 8 beers so most of their offerings were represented. I think they have a problem with not cleaning out their tap lines because all but 2 of the beers tasted so strongly of mildew and soap that they were undrinkable. It is possible that the beer is decent to good when not suffering from bad operations practices. The blonde ale, pilsner, red ale, and two IPAs were all affected. We have never before left a brewery with beer left in a flight of tasters but we just couldn't do it. The nut brown was the only one that was actually a decent beer, I really wanted to like the porter but that one had an overpowering cat pee smell, which is an unfortunate off note that some beers develop, usually in a subtle way. This was not subtle, it was straight up cat pee. On the bright side the server at the bar was friendly and attentive, too bad they couldn't deliver on the beer. read more