Really nice place! Very un-expecting honestly!!! The patio area is gorgeous and I just learned it's…read morepet friendly love that. The space is super clean and the crowd is more than welcoming!!! The food was really good we even talked with the chef, Carol she's great!!!! The food was really good I got Caesar wrap, meat lovers flat bread and mozzarella sticks. Most importantly they have a special on Fridays $3 well drinks and $3 apps !!!!!!

1st visit. Nice venue. Friendly staff. Drinks were great. Plenty of space of events and/party. Came…read morefor Cocktails & Karaoke night with friends. We had an amazing time!

This is one of my favorite places to stop when I'm in the area. They have the best turkey Reuben…read moreI've ever had. My current favorite draft there is Here Be Dragons.

Great service! food was such a delight and I definitely will be eating here again! Our server was…read moreBrandy and she was very polite and helpful.

Enjoyed after dinner drinks at this cocktail lounge. Service was fast and the cocktails were well…read moremade. Enjoyed an Old Fashioned and the Benjawan (seasonal menu) in one of the couch seating areas. Will definitely be back next time we're in the Quay.

I love that Varina now has a classy cocktail lounge, just something that's a bit more upscale than…read moreAviator and the Brick. The cozy couches, glowing moon and other decor, as well as all the dark paint make it very intimate and great to take a date here. They have a huge selection of bourbons and the prices are okay...there should be a bit of a discount for double pours but there is not. So I'm less likely to try bourbons here versus some of my other favorite lounges which do double pours for way less. Drinks are not overpriced either. I usually get an old-fashioned or something along those lines. They have a banana bread one that is a bit weird, not my favorite. They used to have a manager there who made baconated bourbon, he rendered bacon fat into it somehow, and they had this bacon whiskey cocktail and it was amazing. It was the best thing on the menu and almost always sold out. I was told that manager left along with the secret of the bacon whiskey so we're likely to not see it again. Bartenders could use some customer service training. They don't greet you. They don't acknowledge that they see you waiting. They pretty much ignore you until they have time for you which is behavior I don't really like. They seem to have more of an attitude of "I'll get to you when I can on my terms and then you'll tip me $2/drink because I'm an awesome cocktail lounge bartender and entitled to tips." Just looking at someone and saying, "I'll be with you in a moment" goes a really long way. I gave this establishment 4 stars but please understand I'm rating in regards to Fuquay...anywhere else this would be about 3 stars.

Love this place. They have bands, heaters, fire pits. Child a d dog friendly. No real food but they…read morehave scheduled food trucks. Awesome beer. We had the slack tide Pilsner, the broad street amber, happy place golden lager. All were very good! They also have red & white wine. I'm coming back in the summer got sure

The Mason Jar Lager Company is finally open in the spot previously occupied by Draft Line Brewing!…read moreI am a huge fan of the restaurant so I was excited to check out the beers. They currently have four beers on tap: Virtue IPL, Stick Barn Schwarzbier, Happy Place Helles and Small Town Bock. And, are brewing up small batches that are released every Sunday. If I had to choose a favorite it would definitely be Happy Place Helles. I was a bit disappointed to hear that they do not offer flights so I recommend that you sample the beers before to ensure that you will like it before committing to a full pour. As far as the space goes, it is a bit smaller inside and it can get loud. I really hope that they get sound absorbers to help with that. Giant jenga and corn hole are no longer available to play inside, only outside, so visit on a nice day. I am excited to see what Mason Jar is brewing up next.

A lot of people said that the location Oaklyn Springs Brewery opened at was a cursed location since…read moretwo other breweries existed in the same spot and failed. I visited the former one and there was a clear reason it failed...their beers weren't good. Oaklyn on the other hand came in swinging and made some amazing top tier beers right out of the gate thanks to their head brewer Daniel aka Rusty, who developed all of their core beers as well as some knockouts over the years. This is by far the BEST brewery in the Fuquay-Varina area and in my opinion one of the best in the Triangle. I've been a customer since they first opened and I've had over 300 beers per Untappd at this location. I have several bottles of their rare barrel aged releases in my beer cellar. I used to be a weekly regular but I've since greatly reduced my beer consumption for my health and longevity so I don't make it out but a couple times a year now. Their beers are on a completely different level than any other brewery in Fuquay. They host various events and food trucks throughout the week. Long gone are the days of Wednesday night music bingo with DJ Gino and hot dogs with Chicago J Hotdogs. We used to be able to count on those two each Wednesday and a lot of us regulars laughingly joked that Wednesdays was kid night due to the amount of kids in tow and yes I am guilty of bringing my kids...J charged like $2 for a kids hot dog meal, was so cheap to feed them!! They really like to plug in with the community and host fundraising events as well as shopping events with pop-up shops a few times a year. When they were first getting started there wasn't a lot of business or traffic. One of the four owners would often be there, sometimes all of them, and they even paid their own tabs!! On top of that they always made sure the bartenders were taken care of on slow nights. I saw them hand them $100 bills multiple times so they really do take care of their people...you couldn't say the same of Aviator or Mason Jar Breweries. The only problem with the brewery is parking. There isn't much of it. Especially if there is a big event. And if you park in Enterprise's parking lot you will get towed. There have been times I went to visit and there was no parking anywhere. Sometimes you could stop and ask Kumo if you could use one of their spots or park in the collision center parking lot. Now they have two tap rooms so if the brewery is full I would just go to the Varina taproom. I love how community oriented this brewery is and has been and it will go on my favorite lists for best of Raleigh and the Triangle and best of Fuquay.

Solid beer. Great folks…read more Stopped in for a beer- stayed for two. Beer was tasty and beer tender was happy to give samples to pick the beer you like. Wasn't crowded on a Saturday night. It you like good beer, stop on by.

Nice up and coming brewery location. C-54 aircraft is a work in progress as is their upscale dining…read moreroom in front. Tap room has please of indoor seating with interesting aviation themed decorations. We had a Smash Burger with a Hopacolypse Now IPA. Really good burger! We had hoped to take a tour but the tours are evenings and weekends. Great service!

Serious food safety concerns -- proceed with caution, especially with kids…read more We had dinner at Aviator Brewing this evening and unfortunately had a very distressing experience. Within two hours of eating, both my pregnant wife and our 6-year-old son became violently ill. They had both eaten from the children's menu -- specifically the kids' burgers -- which looked undercooked at the time. The most disturbing confirmation came later, when the contents of the vomit clearly showed the meat was not fully cooked. Our daughter, who also ordered a kids' burger but didn't eat it, remained completely fine -- strongly pointing to the burgers as the cause. To make matters worse, my wife -- who is a vegetarian -- had requested a grilled cheese. When she took a bite, she said it tasted like meat. This raises serious concerns about cross-contamination, and we now suspect the grilled cheese was prepared on the same surface as the undercooked burgers without being properly cleaned between uses. To their credit, management did refund our meal when we contacted them. However, that doesn't erase the fact that we were exposed to avoidable and dangerous food safety issues, particularly concerning for a pregnant individual and a young child. I'm not writing this to be vindictive, but to warn other families -- especially those with children or dietary restrictions -- to be extremely cautious. Undercooked meat and poor kitchen hygiene are not just minor oversights, they're serious health risks. I sincerely hope Aviator Brewing takes this as a wake-up call to retrain their kitchen staff and thoroughly review their food handling procedures. Until then, we will not be returning -- and I strongly encourage others to think twice before dining here, particularly from the kids' menu.

Draft & Vine is a great place to grab a beer (or wine) and meet with friends. My wife and I visit…read morethe Raleigh area once or twice each year and always make sure we stop at Draft and Vine. The staff is great. They have great food trucks. I usually get a flight and I'm never disappointed. Just a great selection! Try it out!

My friend brought me here for a quick bite to eat (they host food trucks on a rotating basis) and a…read morebeverage. The staff is amazing and very personable. Every time I go in, I am greeted with a smile. I love that you get to sample what you want before committing to a beverage. It's a great place to come with a few friends or even after dinner. I like it and the drinks are amazing.

If you're looking for catering for an event, look no further. We looked at a number of different…read morecatering options, and it was clear after our tasting that Unforgettable Food Affairs/Raleigh Catering was something special. The food was so good that we ended up happily paying extra for additional sides and appetizers. April and her staff are super friendly and accommodating and have great attention to detail, even coming to our venue walkthrough. The temperature of the food was just right, and we received so many compliments on the food. We did a Southern BBQ style and both the out-of-towners and the local Southerners were raving about it. We will definitely be using Unforgettable Food Affairs again in the future!

I absolutely loved Unforgettable Food Affairs. It was a pleasure working with the owner April. I…read morecould tell everything was going to be perfect from the moment I contacted her through email. She was extremely responsive and very helpful throughout the entire process of the tasting, choosing our menu, making payments, and the actual wedding event. The catering company has a great variety of food options to choose from. My husband and I picked the assorted cheeses, spinach dip, crackers, and fruit displays for the cocktail hour. They were all beautifully set up and tasted amazing. For dinner, we had a roast beef carving station with assorted sauces, cheese and mushroom stuffed chicken breast, vegetables with sauce, whipped potatoes, and rolls with butter of course. We are STILL receiving compliments about how great the food was on the big day! Just thinking about it is making me hungry right now! I would HIGHLY recommend using Unforgettable Food Affairs for your wedding day. April really makes it an UNFORGETTABLE experience!