If you are looking for a good burger I would highly recommend Big Boiler Brewing located in Lowell, MI. We walked right in on a Friday night for dinner and the server was fast and friendly. The Arrow 2.0 was delicious. Cooked at medium well with sweet bbq, smoked Gouda and haystack onions. I got the pickled jalapeños on the side because I didn't want it too hot. It was delicious and cooked perfectly. I would recommend upgrading to the fries as well. Definitely worth the extra money. read more

Big Boiler Brewing - Arrow 2.0 - Brewpubs Near Me - Lowell, Michigan

Hubby & I stopped in for what we hoped was dinner.... Ordered a fee beverages - hubby got the Pilsner (really liked it). I tried a sample of the purple nurple (too sour for me). Ended up with wine (vita box Chardonnay) ordered the fried mushrooms, they had WAY too much balsamic. Waitress took it off our bill. Waitress was very nice, building was clean & nice. Hubby's first time there, won't go back. I've been before & had good experience, would try again. read more

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This place was so cool! It is a re-purposed furniture factory, and they did a great job keeping the old boilers up! So much to see! We sat at the bar and chatted with some locals. The bartender really seemed to love her job and was willing to help up make our beer decisions. We really enjoyed our choices and were able to use our hop passports. We grabbed our tagabrews and were off to the next spot. read more

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Just got done with some takeout. The food was very mediocre and my burger actually had a piece of paper in it, seeming from the cheese, but the entire sheet was placed onto my burger and left there. They charge $4 extra for a "beyond patty" but give you what appears to be a frozen veggie patty. It is a bit of a ripoff for what you are getting. Wouldn't recommend! read more

Go here fairly often when I want a decent beer and a good sandwich. Was pretty good for awhile. Their brewer left and all they had was beer from other places for awhile. I guess they have someone new and have a couple of their own beers again and they're not bad. They made the menu smaller, but the food has taken a turn though. Two trips in a row were poor. First had the fish, usually pretty good, but the fish under the batter was silver and grey colored and super hard. Like it was bad or wayyy under done. Cod when cooked is white. Asked the waitress about it, she came back after awhile and said she was told that's the way fish is. Uhh, not sure what that means, but couldn't eat it at all, didn't eat any, still charged for it. Should've took a pic. Next trip, the bread was soaking wet with something and just mush. Waitress again said that's the way it is. I guess the way their food comes now is nasty. She asked if I wanted it, and I said no, so she took it and promptly charge me for it on the bill. I guess their new way of doing business. Fortunately there are better places and I don't have to go back. read more

Big Boiler Brewing - Wettt sandwich - Brewpubs Near Me - Lowell, Michigan

We've never been disappointed here. The beers are good to great. The menu offers a nice variety of starters, burgers, pizza, sandwiches and main dishes. The sandwich combinations are tasty. Not your mommas tater tots. A nice appreciation of bacon (!). Free dessert on your birthday, and no singing. Try it, you'll like it. read more

Big Boiler Brewing - Spicy Chicken Sandwich - Brewpubs Near Me - Lowell, Michigan

Great place, tasty food, good service! One of the best olive burgers. Highly recommended!!!

Had great service by this crew. Enjoyed a meal of appetizers for lunch. A friend and I got the cheesy breadsticks, sweet potato fries, beer bread and cheese with house chips, and buffalo boneless barbecue flavor wings. She brought everything out the first time correct and was great on keeping tabs on us and refills. Definitely returning again for more appetizers. read more

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Hit or miss! Just ordered food for the fam, asked for Mac and cheese and broccoli for the kids. Normally they have the best Mac but this time I received spiral noodles with unmelted shredded cheese and literally a box with one piece of broccoli . Fish and chips good but again, I think it might depend on the day of the week on whether you get good food or not!! read more

Big Boiler Brewing - Brewpubs Near Me - Lowell, Michigan

The food and serving staff are amazing! The grilled chicken salad is soooo good! They also have excellent Brussel sprouts. The staff is very friendly and kind. read more

Service and food was great. Ordered the 1/2 order of the shrimp basket for lunch- plenty of shrimp!

My family and I stopped by for lunch on Sunday, and I was surprised to see that Big Boiler offers a Sunday-only brunch menu. Figuring it was fate, my dad, my brother-in-law, and I ordered from this menu. My dad ordered the hash without bacon, my brother the breakfast burger with chips, and I asked for the beer pancakes without bacon. My sister made her own burger and my mother ordered the 8 oz. top sirloin. My dad also ordered a 10 oz. mango tango craft beer, while my brother opted for the blueberry bliss. The drinks arrived first, where my dad shared the mango tango with me and my brother let me try some of his drink as well. Afterwards, it took a while before our food was ready. I suspect it's due to how many locals like to come after church (some children were also seated and enjoying meals with the family), like our family. The area is spacious, and a full bar is available right when you walk in, as well as select TVs showing a few sports channels to keep most people interested. Earlier last year, I had the opportunity to go to their reserved banquet space upstairs, and it was a neat, private area where you can arrange parties and get-togethers for just about anything. The bathrooms are also clean and nicely kept. Honestly, I have nothing against this place, but I would just warn you to stick to the beer and burgers and steer clear of anything else. The burgers look well put-together and are generously portioned (like how most people want them to be), and the mango tango and blueberry bliss ciders were sweet enough to accommodate most Michiganders taste for yeasty yet tarty apple beer (the menus even list the level of bitterness for each drink, a helpful guide for any novice). HOWEVER, the pancakes, hash, and scrambled eggs both came with were mediocre at best. My pancakes, aside from being made with beer, were nothing special or even good. They tasted okay, but the cakes were almost crispy and dense, not the fluffy thick stack that Americans have come to love. The syrup did little to provide more flavor, and honestly, I would much prefer to have just made my own pancakes at home (they aren't as fluffy as IHOP's, but they are eons better than the ones here). The eggs, were served unceremoniously folded like a rubber and tasteless napkin, not necessarily scrambled but like an empty, thin omelette. Likewise, my dad found his hash meal bland and not the best. I am not sure when this Sunday brunch menu started, but it's clear that little thought or skill goes into actually making most of what's offered. In which case, the Boiler would do better in not offering it at all! Granted, both my father and I omitted the bacon from our meals, so I cannot have a say in whether their bacon game could salvage our meal, but I doubt it. I mean, my pancakes wasn't even served with butter; nuff said. read more

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Stopped by for a couple drinks and ordered a couple crunchy appetizers. Shrimp and jalapeños did the trick. read more

Big Boiler Brewing - Brewpubs Near Me - Lowell, Michigan

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Came here for drinks and apps! Damn, deliciousness! Bar tender was fun, food was amazeballs. Highly recommend!!!! read more

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Beautiful dining area, I enjoyed seeing the boilers through the glass wall. Our drinks came quickly, plus our food was delicious and satisfying. Planning a return trip maybe a couple since the patio looked so inviting. read more

Experience was not great. Atmosphere was bland like the overpriced food. Water was terrible as was the beer. Won't refer or visit again.

I just love going to eat at Big Boiler Brewing. The staff dose a great job. We eat there 2 times a week food is amazing just they would do more Specials read more

Lots of options! Had a hard time deciding between what I should get since it all sounded so good. I went with the Mac & Cheese; was a bit plain, but still tasty. Next time I look forward to trying the pretzel and the Cubano. Around the middle of the afternoon and staff seemed a bit slow getting to our table, but they were very kind. read more

We have been here a couple times and haven't been less than impressed both times. Food: Fish and chips are fantastic but that's about it. The burger we got had no flavor to the meat or any of it. Very bland. The pork nachos were very dry and disappointing to say the least. Very little cheese. Service: Both times have been a terribly long wait for our food. 30 minutes at least from the time we order. Our nachos appetizer came out after our meal arrived. Not planning on coming back unless we hear major changes to their management/chef. read more

Big half pound burger was very good was not like a fast food Burger this was more like a homemade burger plenty of fixing to go on it cooked the way I wanted it not the way somebody else wanted it french fries could have been a little bit better they were cold but the burger made up for it. Service was great the girl was very busy but still kept coming back checking on me and my wife and make sure we are okay with definitely go back if I had a place to pick the entertain I will take people there to entertain them I don't think they'd go away disappointed just as I and my wife wasn't. read more

Sports bar atmosphere, fairly large selection of "designer beers, Great Friendly Service when I was there, and a really unimpressive menu. The menu totally lacks imagination, unless your primal instincts revolve around fried appetizers, some other deep fried food, multiple ways of dishing up Mac-N-Cheese, and serving up more than a dozen different hamburgers and handhelds all with different kind of slop on them:). Oh wait.., there was a fish basket. All in all it's a decent place to go if your main objective is expensive craft beers, which is their business. Therefore it's a 3 star average place to go spend your money on overly expensive food and beer. But not an exceptional one if your looking for a great dining experience. read more

Consistently good food. I work downtown and get takeout from there often. Would definitely recommend!

Best Reuben sandwich I have ever had. The beer is great also! Servers seem to be very overloaded, every time we have been there they seem short-staffed. They hustle and try hard, but it is a simple numbers game that is stacked against them; expect long waits. read more

The barbecue here is out if this world, either loaded on mac and cheese , or on a bun with slaw and the works. But... a restaurant that specializes in craft beers, should have craft beers . They were out of three of their selections, the reason for the poor rating. read more

Sooooooooo, ordered the loaded tots at the request of our bartender. We asked for jalapeños on the side. Order comes out with tots not loaded and all of everything else in a boat on the side. That's the beginnings of the train wreck. Food was delivered by kitchen staff shortly after order, then we waited. And waited. And waited.................................... Finally the manager had met my facial expressions and sent the server over to assist us. She was absolutely clueless. We had also ordered wings. Those should have come with blue cheese and celery. They came with ranch. "sometimes our blue cheese looks and taste like ranch."-Clueless server we also expressed our miscommunication of our order to the server, she felt that she was inconvenienced to help us. She took our now cold tots to the kitchen to have a new order made. NOPE!!! She just brought us the same tots with a tub of cold beer cheese. And the wait is on..................... Other patrons had also commented about our meal and how it could be messed up do bad. Our neighbor said, "How can you mess "Loaded" tots up? I understood you clearly. You asked for jalapeños on the side." Still waiting. my wife's beer now empty. 15 minutes go by. Finally we stop a server in the restaurant for a Manager. Matt the manager comes over. "I'm baffled." - Matt I guess it's pretty clear Matt. Your server who appears not to care less about patrons and more concern herself with changing channels on the TV's or stacking glasses than taking care of patrons has ignored our needs as well as our neighboring patrons needs for going on over 15 minutes. Shouldn't baffle you. Now, Matt did comp our meal, but this will be the last trip for quite some time until a fresh batch of competent individuals are hired. Sad! Because we enjoyed dining here. read more

We keep trying this place hoping it gets better. We love the owner, but he has some big kitchen issues. Ordered arrow burger med rare, it came well done. Ordered the Shrimp Alfredo, it came with little to no sauce. I asked for Parmesan cheese and was told we don't have any! Parm is a key ingredient in Alfredo so... shrimp were rare. Bartender was great! Drinks and apps are good. read more

The food is always good and i love their blonde ale. But Saturday was disappointing. There was no hostess to greet us for a while. After finally getting seated i discovered why. She was socializing with an older women at a table vaping!!! She kept walking back and forth flipping her long hair and stopping again to vape while other customers were waiting to be seated. Then the woman got up and i believe she was the manager. What!! read more

I've always had a great experience! They have also done a very good job adapting during the stay-at-home order. I love the burgers!

On Ash Wednesday, we went to Big Boiler for dinner. We were looking for some type of fish meal. Our server advised they were completely out of fish and shrimp. As we were looking over the menu for alternatives, I asked for an iced tea with some artificial sweetner. Our server advised the only had sugar. My wife then decidrd to have several appetizers. When ordering the first, which was a stuffed pretzel, she was advised they no longer stuff the pretzel, as listed on the menu, and they are just mini pretzels warmed up. At that point, we decided to leave. We will not be back. read more

Went here after a day of car shopping was pretty hungry. Well there Stale chips with Tomato Sauce Salsa and Spoiled Brown Guacamole did not taste worth even throwing out. Then we both Ordered the French Dip with a side of Mac and Cheese. The Sandwich was Horrible the meat was stringy and had no seasoning and the So called Horseradish aioli tasted like Yellow Mustard didn't understand what the problem was. The Beer was not worth talking about because after one drink I ordered water. The Mac and Cheese cried out for Cheese and salt and pepper. Will never go here again unless they sell it and reopen under and new Team. read more

A girl at the bookstore nearby recommended this place as we were visiting Lowell for some work. At first appearance I thought bar food beer pub, but was quite surprised by the quality of our handhelds. The fried chicken was clearly made to order, juicy and crispy tasty crust, with excellent bacon on a fresh pretzel bun. I got the "epic" French dip, thinking yeah right. It Was. The chips are best I've had too and the sweet potato fries were great. I shouldn't leave without mentioning the Irish Red Ale is what will bring me back! read more

If you are looking for a burger and beer, this is a place where you can get both with a friendly staff. The beer is always cold and shopping local just makes it better! read more

Service was excellent! Ordered the build your own burger and some of the options I've never heard of before! (Tator tots on a burger?!) the food was quick, tasty and filling. read more

This is absolutely some of the best food in the area. I had the Legend Reuben Sandwich. (AMAZING) . My husband had the BLT ( wonderful), the others in our group had the Epic French toast- they said it was one of the best they have had. Wonder clean environment, really nice staff. We will be coming back to try other things on the menu. The only thing is ladies if you wear shoes without good traction the cement floor is very slippery. Be careful. read more

Lunch menu is great. Pick two for $9. Fries have a delicious coating and potato chips are homemade. Wraps were very nice. Waiter, I think Kevin? Super funny and friendly. Not a busy day so food came out timely. Will stop by again next time I head to GR. read more

The food is amazing and the atmosphere is laid back and fun. The pineapple burger is out of this world good! The waiter was awesome and the customers even made our visit fun read more

My brother, son and I met up here for a late lunch on New Year's Eve. It was our first time there. It was not terribly busy and the environment was very relaxed and nice. Our server was attentive and service was quick. We enjoyed sandwiches and a couple different types of brews and had a really nice time. The food was really good and I would definitely go back! read more

Some of the best traditional wings in GR. All around great food and a good selection of craft beers while still offering popular glam beer options. A must when visiting Lowell. read more

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Man this place is overrated. It's great if you like "ok" food at a high price. Went brewery tag hunting and stopped here. Merch sucks, charge for stickers... which I don't care about. BUT, the ice water was absolutely horrible. Like nasty plastic chemicals. Beers are "ok". Trance music played which is completely awkward for this setting. $16 for a beyond meat burger? I'd compare it to an Applebee's burger. Glad to mark this off the list of places we will never eat again. read more

My sisters and I ate lunch there today. We waited way too long for our food. Several tables came in after us and their food arrived before ours. We ordered burgers, which were good. However, they shorted one of us on sweet potato fries, our server said she owed us some, but never returned with the remaining fries. We received a very late apology for the delay but were given no reason for it. We might have been more understanding if we knew what the issue was. Good food, not good service, especially when other customers didn't see, to be having a problem getting theirs. Disappointing, and we won't return. read more