We really enjoy having Blast & Brew so close to home. It's one of only a couple of restaurants in the area, so it's nice not having to drive into Fresno or the Ranchos when we want to eat out. The food is consistently good, and the staff has always been friendly and professional. If you're going, the pizza is GREAT! It has been our favorite thing on the menu and is definitely worth ordering. The tacos, on the other hand, have been just okay. If you're specifically craving tacos, I'd recommend heading next door instead. The biggest downside has been the wait time. During our last visit, we weren't told there would be a significant delay until after we had already sat down and placed our order. It took about 18 minutes just to receive water and place our order, then another 45 minutes before our pizza arrived. We asked if an appetizer would come out much sooner, so we ordered onion rings, but they only arrived about five minutes before the pizza. It would have been appreciated if we had been given an estimated wait time when we were first seated so we could have decided whether to stay. That said, the staff remained kind and professional throughout the experience. The dining room itself wasn't particularly busy, so I assume the kitchen was handling a high volume of takeout and delivery orders. Since it was a weekend, that's understandable, but it's something to keep in mind. Overall, we still enjoy eating here and will definitely be back, just plan for a potentially long wait some visits! read more

This used to be our favorite place after moving to Riverstone, the food is good and it wasn't usually busy so the service was decent. We stopped coming for a bit and started going to Papi's, but tonight we decided to try again and now we probably won't be back. We came in at close to 7:30 and just left at 8:30. They brought us water pretty quick but then they had to come double check our drink order and place our food order because there was a mix up. Then they served everyone else's food including a large party and a party that all arrived after us and we still hadn't received our appetizer. We finally decided to leave at 8:30 and go to Papi's instead when we still didn't have our appetizers or any food and everyone else in the restaurant had been served. read more

Blast & Brew - Our food we received about 10 minutes after leaving to come to Papi's - American Near Me - Madera, California

Delicious food prepared by Chef Mateo. Everything is always fresh and perfectly made. You can definitely tell he has a talent for cooking. Great atmosphere and the service is excellent. Must try breakfast on Sunday mornings. It's amazing!!!!!!! read more

Blast & Brew - American Near Me - Madera, California

Nice unexpected Sunday Brunch after a nice morning walk. The fiod very reasonably priced. Staff was great! Chef Mateo came out and checked on us too. Its nice to have another breakfast option availabe. read more

First time to this establishment. Atmosphere was inviting. My man and I will come back again even with the family. Menu was diverse. Food we had which was the tri tip chili fries was delish. The service was excellent. Our waiter paid attention to our needs at the times we needed refills. Pour your own tap is a plus! Very true: Life's too short.. Have a Blast!!! Thank you Ravideep for the great dining experience. read more

this place was chill! went here w a friend and we loved the beer wall. it's a great way you can try lots of beers for a couple dollars. the vibe in there is chill not a super upbeat sports bar read more

Showed up last night at 9:20 with a group of 8 adults 6 children to Blast and brew side. Two female employees had a disappointed expression on their face asked how many of us there were and said they couldn't serve us because they close at 10. Never coming here again, not sure what happened to customer service but these employees clearly don't care. We went next door to Papis and they served us with no hesitation they also close at 10. Don't come here, go to Papis. read more

We went for lunch today ... and only 1 girl working tables & bar. Felt very sorry for her, she was running her tail off. Our group of 8 + another couple got up & left. Server was doing her best, but unreasonable that she was on her own. We won't be back. Take care of your employees!!!! read more

We go here about once a week (it's a meeting spot between my work and my nieces work). Ravi is usually our server. He is prompt and knows what we order. Ravi always has a smile and makes sure our drinks are always full. read more

Service sucks Food is just some regular shit Nothing special Ain't nothing else to it Good luck read more

First time ordered pizza to go. I don't know if they messed it up taking it out of the oven but 1/3 of the pizza had no crust. It was just the toppings. Didn't feel like taking back so I ate the other parts. What a great up off though as I paid full price but got only 2/3 of a pizza. read more

Service was horrible. My wife and I sat at the bar while workers just stood there having their own conversation. Table wasn't wiped while we were waiting. Once someone decided to step up and acknowledge us I only ordered one drink. Once I finished it u asked to close out and apparently these bar tenders assume they can keep the change. I asked for my change after I waited for another few minutes. Once I asked for my change the female bartender pulled my change out of her back pocket and gave it to me with attitude. Maybe if she was the one that made the drink and if my wife and I received better service I would've definitely tipped, but this bad attitude and service needs to stop we live in the community I would hate to take my business elsewhere just because a few bad apples work there. Chris and Ravi and the best people they have read more

savannah was our server tonight I will be coming back due to how social she was being a great person and having a great atmosphere making the night enjoyable for us 1000/10 for Savannah she went above and beyond read more

The food was great! But, what really made our visit stand out was our server, Liberty. She made our way-too-late dinner with 3 hungry, cranky kids actually enjoyable! She was attentive, made great recommendations, and took the time to joke around with us and turn what could've been a rough dinner into a positive experience. Thank you, Liberty! read more

I decided to check out Blast & Brew after hearing about their Tri Tip Nachos and they were amazing! My partner got the Byo blast Burger, which I had to try, and it was delicious too! The service was great and our Waitress Savanna was prompt and attentive, and seemed to pop up to check on us at just the right times throughout the meal. I'll definitely be keeping Blast & Brew in my restaurant rotation! 5/5 read more

Wine on tap, Cabernet is good, beers on tap is good! Party of 10, food came out SUPER COLD (all of our dishes), then to boot the server said she'd come back with silverware, which didn't happen right away so our food got even colder. :( I got the Margherita pizza came out cold and barely any cheese on it (which is NOT how a traditional Margherita pizza should be). Sorry to say (with the exception of my family), this dinning experience from service, no eating utensils when our cold food came out and no cheese on the Margherita pizza... was a big disappointment. Everyone who took a slice of the Margherita pizza agreed it was missing the cheese and cold as there dishes were too. :( read more

Blast & Brew - Where's the cheese? Margherita seriously missing cheese! This in NOT how a Margherita pizza should be. :( - American Near Me - Madera, California

One of my favorite locations from the me n Ed's group! Chris makes the experience each time we go a great one. Good food, great drinks, even better atmosphere read more

Love having Blast and Brew in the Riverstone area! However it seems the cooking quality has severely declined over the last year. To be fair, we have given them the opportunity several times thinking it might be just a one off occurrence. However, the last few times ordering the food has been subpar. Each time we order we express our concerns but it appears to go on deaf ears. We ordered the bacon jam burger "well done" and expressed to them the last few times it was very pink. They assured me they would cook it well done, and there would be no pink. As you can see from the pictures, it was very pink and only got more red as I went on. We also requested the fries to be well done, and I expressed to them the last few times when we got home, which was only a three minute drive the fries were very soggy and barely edible. we got home to find my wife's sweet potato fries not only soggy, but also with the incorrect sauce. Also, several of them were found blackened, and or burnt. The second order of fries were the Garlic fries, which had great flavor but were very soggy. Luckily I was able to toss them into the air fryer and finish them up before eating them. The resturant was clean and appeared slow inside and hardly any patrons. read more

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GO ANYWHERE ELSE INSTEAD. So sad because we do not have many places here in the area.... But this place is THE WORST. They took an hour (A LEGIT HOUR) for a salad. The servers were so rude and made me very uncomfortable both times that I stopped in... read more

The service is absolutely atrocious! The food is good but the servers are lazy and clueless. Extremely slow service. Took almost an hour to get our order and it was dead! Who is running this circus?? Food was their only saving grace. Beer selection sucked as well. Clovis location is on thousand times better then this place. Def will not be back. read more

I don't usually leave bad reviews, but after three poor experiences at Blast & Brew, I felt it was necessary. First visit: Our server tried to take four orders without writing anything down, then had to ask us multiple times to repeat. All of our meals ended up wrong. Second visit: I placed a takeout order at 5:30 and was told it would be ready in 15-20 minutes. I didn't leave with my food until almost 7pm. Staff was rude, and the kitchen seemed chaotic and careless. Third visit: My wife went to order takeout and was met with attitude and unprofessionalism at the register. Again, the order took far too long. The food and portion sizes are great, but the customer service and professionalism need serious improvement. A better attitude and work environment could make this place truly thrive. read more

Just moved to Riverstone and typically not a fan of "bar food" but Blast and Brew changed my mind! The hot chicken sandwich is amazing. The sweet potato fries with the dip, my favorite!!! Also, who can go wrong with a Pazookie!!! This is now my go-to on nights I don't want to cook. I can get a full stomach and a beer for $20. read more

Service is horrible!!! Went in and we were the only table to be waited on....the waitress was rude and gave us an attitude because she didn't know what the happy hour items were and told us to look it up online. At that point we got up and left!! read more

Service was really good. It crowded so everything was really timely. It's a really cool concept though we didn't have brew. The Bloody Mary was terrific. The ahi tower was fantastic and the chicken sandwiches and fries were great. The Mac and cheese was the only thing that was just maybe above average. As we drive through this route on 41 often. I look forward to coming back and trying more of their enticing menu. Also the music/playlist was very fun. read more

So so so bad. I avoid leaving bad reviews but I don't even think they could do anything differently for me to come back to this location. It's crazy cus the Clovis one is excellent... we ordered 3 things and everything had major problems. 1) cheese pizza . First off came in a me and Ed's box. Second the dough wasn't cooked. The cheese and sauce was like school cafeteria pizza .. but worse and the cherry on top was that the pizza stuck paper so much that I was pulling the pizza off in shreds and pulling paper off the bottom of the pizza I didn't order take n bake!!! 2) tacos ... the taco couldn't even be picked up or held we had to eat it with a fork cus the tortilla fell apart when we picked it up. And it was so bland anyway that we just threw it away. 3) chicken nuggets and fries . Usually this place has some special Cajun seasoning on the fries. They didn't this time. The fries were cold and gross the chicken was half over cooked and so hard my daughter couldn't eat it. The decently cooked pieces had like chewy cartilage in the bites. Listen if you look at my yelp reviews they are always mostly positive. But this was beyond something to be overlooked. Something needs to change asap . read more

I've only tried the drinks here and they're solid! Wanted to shoutout Logan, one of the bartenders.. super nice dude, he even gave us a free pizza that they had as an extra.. totally went out of his way to do such a generous deed. I gotta come back and try the burgers next time. read more

Blast & Brew - A free pizza on the house!! - American Near Me - Madera, California

Honestly, what happened? This place was only ever okay, just don't order online apparently :-/ we ordered, 25 minutes after, got notification it was ready, came to pick up, almost 45 minutes later and we learn it wasn't actually pushed through to kitchen. So if you come here I guess order through phone or in person. Probably not coming here again, at least this location. read more

They have done it again! We live in Fresno but take the drive to this location for the super friendly customer service, relaxed atmosphere and the delicious food! Today we had the Rodeo Burger, Bacon Mac n Cheese, and Chicken Pesto Sandwich...each of them were amazing! Thank you Blast & Brew! read more

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Blast and Brew had amazing service and food. Logan was an amazing server who fixed any problems we had with the beers and got all food out efficiently. He allowed me, my wife and my friend a lot of space to hang out while still giving us amazing service. Highly recommended!!! read more

Blast & Brew - American Near Me - Madera, California

New, new, new! California pizza and Bavarian pretzel ordered. The worker said it would be 20 minutes. I walked in to get it. It started with excitement and ended in total disappointment! Really nice and fun environment! Middle bar. Open environment. Clean and safe. They have all different tap beers along with TVs. I told the worker at the front that I had a pick up and she went to get it. Brought out shortly later after I checked out the place. Paid for the order and left. The worker acted different and it all makes sense now. Driving home, it was pretty gross! The pretzel had oil all over it! Really gross! Not quite sure why??? Literally, oil all over from the pretzel box. A warning or something would have been nice from the worker. Do not get why so much oil is needed for the pretzel? Aren't they baked? Again, I do not get it. I got everything set up for lunch. Half of the Bavarian pretzel was okay. I still don't understand where all the oil came from and why it was even needed! It didn't seem like there was oil much in the pretzel. The cheese sauce that came with it was filled with oil too. The spicy mustard sauce it came with was good. Not oily. Thankfully! Half of the California pizza was okay. Only 3 tiny pieces of chicken on my whole entire pizza half and mother had 5 tiny pieces of chicken on her half. 8 tiny pieces on an entire pizza! Wow! Really? Super cheesy too! Too much! The cheese took over the veggies and tiny pieces of chicken. It also makes sense why the worker didn't want a tip from me. I have completely oiled, ruined workout pants. =( Such a shame and a warning. Be aware! Not worth the money paid from experience and food. Mother felt the same. read more

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Food is absolutely terrible... chicken is dry, hamburger mediocre at best for the price you pay. Would only recommend for drinks and apps (the deviled eggs are good). We were the only ones in the restaurant and our food took forever, never had our waters refilled. Don't waste your time or money. Oh and as for ambiance... kitchen had very VERY inappropriate music playing. It was uncomfortable, glad we didn't have any kids with us. read more

Great food, great environment, and quick service. Deserts were really tasty and the beer wall is a nice addition.

A long awaited addition to the Riverstone restaurant scene. Self-pour beer, wine, a full bar and a broad food menu. Pizza, sandwiches, burgers, and a bunch of delicious appetizers. A broad enough variety to satisfy most! read more

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Service is amazing! Walked into the establishment around 5. Food is great, music is great.

Staff is great but the food was slightly above average. But if you keep the drinks flowing it won't matter.

Horrible service. Sat for 30 minutes, no water or drinks service. Had to bother the server twice for drinks ( and I mean water). I had to hunt down the server for a beer tap card. There were 4 employee just standing in the back, watching everyone, instead of walking around the restaurant and attending to customers and it was not busy. There were 3 people sitting at the bar and no Permanent bar tender, who was also our server. It took about 1 hr to get a pizza. Other than that, beer was good and ambience was nice with lots of TVs. Tap beers are about $7-10 per pint 16 oz. Our Server was nice but I think he was overwhelmed with runnng the whole restaurant. And pizza was pretty good. read more

I have been to this restaurant three times and every time that I have been there, I've had the best experience of having good quality food. The staff member is awesome especially Logan and Emily very well friendly people trying to please everybody the atmosphere there is wonderful and the food taste great. I will be back read more

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Logan is amazing at customer service and bar tending! He definitely is the best! Kamryn is also amazing! She was on top of service! 100% recommend!! read more

It takes a long time to get someone to take your order. Other than that, the food is pretty good.

Make sure you look at your bill before paying (yes.... I don't till after, I know) you have to pour your own beer, but when I ordered a beer it did not pour. I clicked it again and it worked. Later I noticed it charged me for the drink even though on the screen it showed it did not charge. The service was great. Friendly staff and attentive. I only ordered appetizers (almost all of them lol) the best was the pretzel, second garlic fries (highly recommend). The devil eggs needed salt but were good. The mix drinks were a little watered downed (but I'm an elk member so I am used to stiff drinks). 1 TV looks like it's on its last leg. When the beer pours, the light beer had to much oxygen which caused for a lot of head (which you pay for). read more