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    Hofbrau

    3.5 (165 reviews)
    Closed 4:00 pm - 10:00 PM

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Dogs allowed
    Outdoor seating

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    At least 5-7 large chicken fingers and a bucketload of fries.
    Jeff S.

    If you're looking for something out of the ordinary or to compare with Traverse City restaurants (as others have wisely noted), this is not your destination. If you're looking for a quick-no, I take that back (more on that in a minute), but large portion of food and a huge selection of beers and cheap cocktails (relatively speaking, compared to CA, $5 for a Guiness?...that's a deal, and $8 mixed drinks!) you can head here. I do have to give them the benefit of the doubt that the place seemed hugely understaffed, with an entire patio of probably nearly a dozen tables with only one server. But wait, she wasn't running the kitchen, so maybe they were understaffed back there? Anyway, while we were seated promptly and our beverages came out quickly, our food took a good 45 minutes. Really? Throw some chicken fingers in the fryer, some fries, some fish and chips? How hard is it? The place was busy, but not hopping. I don't know how it took that long but the only saving grace was that it was all hot and obviously hadn't been sitting at the pass under a heat lamp (or not) and freshly prepared, and the portions were HUGE. It was all tasty and in a this-is-salty-and-delicous-and-I-know-it's-not-good-for-me-but-I-want-to-keep-eating-it sort of way. Like really good fast food. Each of our dishes, the chicken fingers, the fish and chips, the fried chicken sandwich, were enough for two. Even if you're really hungry, any of these were probably a 1,000 calorie plus meal. I'm not here to give nutrition advice, but this was just an obscene amount of food for a single human being. Generous with the fries, generous with the protein. Again, the kind server who was scrambling just to keep up with clearing tables was obviously doing her best and was exceedingly apologetic about the wait time. So the two stars off are not for her, but for the average food quality and the lack of management as evidenced by the slow food service. If you're at your leisure, looking for some everyday American favorites with most of it probably coming off the back of a food service truck but still tasting pretty good, this is your spot. I would go back, but only when I know I have at least an hour, if not more, to dine and enjoy a beverage or two.

    Blueberry vodka cocktail
    Sapna K.

    Wow wow wow. I can't say enough about this wonderful place. I had an hour to eat before my daughter's performance at Interlochen and took a chance on shoving dinner in here. I was seated outside in a beautiful patio and the blueberry vodka cocktail was fresh and sublime. I'm a fish and chips snob and oh boy was it perfect. My go to for a long time for summers to come! My server was so amazing too.

    Did someone say Cheeseburger Pizza?
    Roo F.

    Oh dear! We can officially cross the cheese burger pizza off from our bucket list although it was never on our list to begin with. We were here in a large party and received many pizzas. Good for large groups, fun casual vibe - don't expect anything from the food other than, "I am feeling like a square of gelatin right now." Cheeseburger Pizza got mixed reviews anywhere from, "I think you guys would have liked it" to "Ronald mcdonald ground up in a pizza." I personally was too scared to try the cheeseburger pizza. Hawaiian is less busy than other pizzas but to overcompensate they added a fuckload of cheese. "homie dumped a bag of cheese on this thing." The cherry old fashion was solid, boozy, and overall the bar had a good variety. The salad was sub par - truck to table. Nice flower garden but very loud on side of county road if you are on the patio. Here here! The service is was friendly, great jokes and prompt.

    Appetizers, sandwiches and salads
    Karen W.

    Don't use the website menu! The best part of the meal was the waitress who was very cheerful and efficient. We both ordered Cobb salads, which were enormous (see photo) and shared a personal size pizza. I chose the restaurant because the website menu linked to Yelp listed whitefish. That menu is outdated! The waitress said they have been unable to access the site to update it. The atmosphere is a nice "up North/sports bar vibe. Also don't let the name fool you - we couldn't find any German food on the menu!

    French onion soup, Oberon and Mac n cheese w/ ham and bacon

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    Great food, amazing service, staff is always wonderful. 52 beers on tap, crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Lively place, fantastic bar staff. Didn't eat, just drank, so I can't speak for the food.

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    13 years ago

    huge portions and great beer. The whitefish sandwich was great and the northwoods pasta was amazing. A cute patio too.

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    Excellent food and service. We come here at least once a week for food and cocktails. Bar staff and waitresses are very friendly.

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    Great beer selection! Friendly staff and nice overall rustic ambiance, but with actual comfortable seating.

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    Hofbrau has better than average pub food. Home made quality and good service. Plus 53 beers on tap. Great way to finish the day off

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    Have they brought back the fish tacos yet?

    No. I was just there yesterday. They no longer offer anything that creative. On line menu does not match actual menu. Very disappointing.

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    We strolled in at around 5pm, we didn't get out of there until 8:06pm, the food was mediocre and…read moretasted expired, the waitress was really rude, made us wait 15 minutes AFTER our food arrived (which didn't arrive until about 45 minutes after ordering) for our silverware, the waitress was clearly not all there, I'm not going to accuse anyone of anything but it was very clear she wasn't sober. Then it came time to pay, 4 of us walked out and the person paying stayed behind talking to our waitress, when all of a sudden the waitress came barreling out the establishment claiming we "skipped our bill" and screaming at us in the parking lot when clearly the waitress that followed us out KNEW the person that was paying was up at the counter, overall terrible experience and I can't recommend this place to anybody and advise you to actually steer clear of this establishment. My overall review Service 0/5 Food 1/5 (only given a 1 because the pork rinds were good and plentiful) Ambiance 3/5 This review was written by one of the Cinco Nueces.

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