We stopped here for dinner en route to Southern California. The food was delicious and very generous in terms of sizes. WE literally could not finish the fried mushroom appetizers as it was so large. Our server was very polite, efficient, and attentive. But who ever was staffing the bar had no idea how to pour a beer, you normally pour it a let the foam settle and top it off again. My partners beer arrived to the table with a huge head of foam that settled, and left him with basically half of a pint of beer. So he was basically cheated out of half of his drink. We thought this was an isolated problem, until we heard the table next to us complain to the waitress and she brought him an additional half pint of beer. We did not make this complaint, but in hindsight probably should have. The waitress also had a very interesting story behind why the place no longer offered flights of beers, apparently people stole the glasses and the holder that they fit into. The place was clean, and the service prompt. Had it not been for the above mentioned beer issue, this place would have probably gotten a 4-star rating. read more

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Sad to see such poor service as places start to open back up. Really shows who will make it and who will not.

Great good and service. We had salads and sandwiches and everything was tasty and fresh. Great beer selection too

Stopped in for lunch and a beer. Experienced a great, friendly welcome by the server. Very accommodating to my dogs on the patio. Food was tasty--burger was very flavorful, potato salad good texture. Hit the spot after taking the dogs to the park. read more

We like coming here. It's always decent. Last night what I ordered wasn't good so I had to send it back. Management and the owner were very apologetic and did everything possible to remedy the situation. No place is perfect and mistakes happen so I wasn't upset. It was nice that they valued our patronage and their reputation enough to go the extra mile. Oh and am I the only one that didn't know that their name is "brewing" and not "brew"? read more

Had the pleasure of being served by Lenious. He was excellent! Helped with choices with drinks and he knows what you'll like haha. Also try the Tennessee bbq it was Lenious recommendation and they were amazing. read more

Cool spot to hangout for drinks, appetizers, and to watch games on tv. Love the outside patio area. The only downside- the wait for the food to be served takes so long. read more

Valley Brewing - Gumbo and Calamari - Breweries Near Me - Stockton, California

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I moved away over 5 years ago from Stockton. So when I was visiting here I came back to the brewery. Gotta say I'm disappointed. The Ruben sandwich was very tough and fatty. It use to be very good. The beer was so so. Maybe it was an off day. The server was very pleasant though and on point. read more

I've had the opportunity to eat here several times since my first visit in December and wanted to update my review. I really like this place- went here tonight for dinner and even though they messed up my order, they were quick to correct it. I'm able to forgive when there is an apology and a quick correction b/c we are all human and nobody is perfect I ordered the salmon burger w/ a side salad and ranch dressing. I order the burger w/o the sauce and the bun dry- no grill or toasting wanted which was the error along w/ the addition of the sauce but like I said it was corrected. This is my favorite item on their menu. Their ranch is tasty- give it a shot- you won't be disappointed. My boyfriend had the Waylon w/ fries which he enjoys and has recommended to friends. His drink of choice is there own brew called Red. Service is hit or miss but never rude just a tad bit slow. It takes awhile to get the food- not sure why as they weren't busy but this seems to happen every time so don't go there famished or low on the sugar front or you may be sorry. read more

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Came here with a coworker for dinner tonight and we split the garlic cheese fries and a pepperoni pizza. The beer I had was the best part of my meal. The garlic cheese fries tasted like cheese fries with minced garlic just thrown on top and the pizza crust was not cooked all the way through. Watching Step Curry was entertaining during the game and having a local beer. read more

Food is good and normally ambiance is ok. But tonight a couple of families with a combined 5 elementary-age children were sitting on the patio and allowed their children to scream, jump on furniture, run around and act obnoxious. Several patrons asked the family to control their children, and the management was asked to intervene. Unfortunately both the management at Valley Brew and the families chose to let the children ruin everyone's evening. I WILL NOT BE RETURNING. Their food isn't good enough to put up with unruly patrons that management won't ask to leave. read more

My husband & I stopped by around 1:05pm this afternoon for lunch. We walked in & never greeted. We found a seat not at the bar but at a table across the way from the bar. Two other couples were near by us. We sat there for 30 mins & never were greeted still nor even served! I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt because a bigger party was out on the patio & it looked like only one server was taking care of them & inside. There was a busboy & a woman serving food. I wanted to be patient & wait. However the server came by to the other two couples asking how their meal was. He even had a conversation with the couple closest to us & stood there for a while, made eye contact with my husband & walked the other way! 4 minutes later he came by to serve the two couples water then had the AUDACITY TO WALK BY US. NO ACKNOWLEDGMENT! This is the third time we came here. The first time during the day it was great service! The second time we came at night, it took us 5 minutes to be served & it wasn't even our server who helped us. It was another server who had a different section who apologized to us & helped us. This time I just couldn't believe it. We will not be coming back. read more

Waylon burger, Salmon sandwich with season fries is a must have. It's a great place in Stockton makes us feel like we're not still in town. Good beer and food. read more

If you don't mind a little food poisoning, this place is for you. Took a date on 6-6-18 for lunch. We split the taters as an appetizer. We also has a couple of IPA's. The food seemed ok. It wasn't until later on the we each were vomiting up a storm so we narrowed it down to Valley Brew since this was the only place that we had eaten together. They should have their beer lines cleaned regularly and check temperatures of their food. read more

First time at this restaurant. Nice selection of beers. They offered a variety of menu items ranging from Pub Type food to real nice main courses. I had the Pork Cuban Sandwich with Sweet Potato fries. It was very good. The other 2 in my party had their Hamburger (Looked Juicy and cooked to your liking). The other meal was Salmon served over mashed potatoes and some roasted vegetables. All of the other meals that I saw being served looked really good and nice portions. They have a nice open patio for the warmer days and nights. I will definitely come back to this restaurant. read more

This was my introduction to dining out in Stockton and I was pleasantly surprised. Granted, it was only lunch, but the outdoor seating was nice, the beer tasty, and the salmon burger hit the spot. It might've had something to do with the fact that it was a beautiful afternoon and I was visiting a former colleague who wanted to talk shop. She also picked up the bill which makes everything better. If and when I return to Stockton for a meal out or a brew, I'll strongly consider Valley Brewing Company again. I only got to try one of their house beers, and there are surely more worth sampling. read more

Not a brewery. Has a nice outdoor patio area, dog friendly. I had their nachos with chicken which were pretty good. Not much chicken on it and they use mole instead of chili which was good. Beer selection was disappointing, I don't care thar it's summer you should have at least one stout on tap.....guinness does not count. I would like to see more local beers carried. Such as Channel brewery or Morgan Territory. The service was OK the waitress was nice but she was by herself and covering a lot of area. we've been there before, we may go back again but it wouldn't be our first choice. read more

Good ol' place... used to frequent with friends when we attended UOP.... we were always there after a hard exam...and for our 'meeting' hahahaha... Good salads, good sandwiches..just a good little place. Make sure to lock your car though... peoples cars have gotten broken into before...eeek!! Lots of good looking guys (well now I am married, but then I was single....) read more

Got there at 11:30. There were like 3 tables including me. The server was nice but kind of slow. I ordered a burger. She asked me how would I like it cooked I said medium. Burger came out at 11:55. The burger was saltless and over cooked. They claim it's wagyu but it was so hard and over cooked. I asked for a refill of water and it was all ice and a gulp of water. Valley Brew fell off sadly. read more

Pretty cool hang out spot for food and drinks especially the patio area. We came here for St. Patty's Day (03/17/16) but mostly to catch the March Madness games. The service is mostly hit and miss when I go here. I do like they have a good variety of rotating beers on tap, but it's a bummer they're still not brewing their own. They also have a nice amount of TVs but not the greatest quality picture on most of them. But aside from all that I ordered the Waylon Burger. Real tasty stuff w/bacon, jalapeños, onion rings, and BBQ sauce. The bun was nice and soft. The fries that come with it are pretty decent and I like the ranch they make. The Valley Brew will remain a good hangout spot especially on the sunny days to sit outside but they could use some minor improvements to be an even better hangout spot. read more

Valley Brewing - The Waylon Burger (03/17/16) - Breweries Near Me - Stockton, California

Located in Stockton away from main downtown. Parking lot was full but plenty of street parking around. Staff was around to get us seated in an okay manner. Staff was nor friendly nor unapproachable. Friends made a reservation with a larger party to which staff provided they were unable to accommodate and turned away majority of the group although the restaurant area was not even half full. To expedite the table of 10, two of us elected to order some drinks at the bar. There was one employee behind the bar and handful of employees around the restaurant. There was only one other patron in front of my friend and I planning to order a pitcher. The one employee was helping the other patron for some good time. In the time while assisting the other while deciding, the employee is most certainly checking his phone. He was on his phone for a good two to three minutes. Still waiting for him. More people approach bar only to be waiting more before getting helped. Finally get help. We take our pitcher back to the table. The waitress taking the order for food and drinks started to take the drink orders. One of my friends asked for Red Bull and required the waitress to figure if Red Bulls were available. Other drink orders were taken and delivered. Waitress ends up with the iced tea for my friend and not Red Bull. One of the cups of water is spilled shortly after the waitress walked away. Waitress took order for food already. Waitress did not check up on table and I ended up collecting cocktail napkins from bar to dry up the mess. Food doesn't take too long for our large group. Some items ordered at the table include fried chicken sandwich, onion rings, French dip, pepperoni pizza, and salad. Fried chicken sandwich was moist but on greasy side. Onion rings were beer battered (not noted on menu) crispy. Came after table order arrived. French dip the meat was bland as was the au jus dipping. The pizza and salad were nothing spectacular. The most surprising of anything as the au jus for the French dip. Lacking flavor and only way I describe is colored water. Good not much to say Bad what hasn't already been said. I guess only thing that would stop the rating any further would be finishing bugs or staff that didn't clean their hands. read more

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It was restaurant week in Stockton, but we were looking for a more down to Earth environment. Valley Brewing Co. provided that. It's a family friendly sports bar, with plenty of signed sports memorabelia lots of TVs and even a motorcycle above the bar. We enjoyed the Cherrywood Brew and Cinnamon topped Yam fries with house ranch sauce. If you like Blue Moon, I wouldn't recommend the Luna Blanca. It's a stronger version with a bad aftertaste, even with the orange. The service here was attentive, and our waitress Imelda made plenty of recommendations. read more

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Casual, lively (but not too loud), affordable, and with great ambiance, Valley Brewing always provides a decent selection of beer and really good sides to eat alongside it. The most notable side dishes include the calamari which is is bomb and fried to perfection, and their sweet potato fries which are just soft enough to still be really warm and are lightly topped with cinnamon powder - a mix so unexpected yet ingenious. Valley Brewing is a great place to go for reunions (they have a great side room that you can rent out), hanging out with a group, or just catching up with a few friends. I love coming here for birthdays because ordering pitchers of beers and being able to get pretty loud in this area is so under-appreciated. Plus, Valley Brewing's location allows you to hop from here to various club/drinking locations, making it both a perfect pregame restaurant and an early night destination. Definitely a fan and definitely coming back! read more

Gross. Everything about this place is gross. Oh, before I continue, THIS IS NOT A BREWERY. THEY DON'T MAKE BEER. But I digress. It was dirty. The menus were sticky. The food I saw other people eating made me lose my appetite, so I passed and just moved on to the beer. The beer was not good and the way it stuck to the glass made me wonder if their dishwasher was on the fritz. It would be great if someone who gave a shit would buy it and turn it into a nice brewpub. read more

Got a sampler platter with yam fries, calamari, and chips w/ salsa. There was plenty of each appetizer to share. The yam fries were good and the calamari was nice and crispy and the pieces were pretty big. Total came to a little over $16. read more

Valley Brewing - Sampler platter with yam fries, fried calamari, and chips w/ salsa - Breweries Near Me - Stockton, California

Love Valley Brew. The service is always superb and the food, delicious. Love the calamari, fish and chips , and the clam chowder when it's the daily soup. If you get it to go, depending on what you get; the air fryer will make the transition home smooth read more

We went to visit my son and daughter in law and grandsons in Stockton. My son recommended this restaurant. It was surprisingly quite good. I ordered Potato Skins, which we're just how I like them with lots of cheese and bacon. My husband had the Cuban pork Sandwich and fries and he said it was really delicious. I had some of my grandsons chicken strips and they were some of the best chicken strips I've ever eaten. Made from scratch with a light crunchy batter. My daughter in law loved her bacon cheeseburger and my son had the Waylon Burger with garlic fries. The staff was super friendly and we enjoyed the covered patio where we sat to eat. We'll come back again. read more

I came again. I know I said I was going to try the entrees next time I came but I only had appetizers..AGAIN. I ordered exactly the same thing, fried calamari, yam fries, and buffalo wings. They gave me a bunch of fried calamari, and a lot of yam fries as well. They gave me like 5 buffalo wings that were smaller than the size of my pinky finger...WTF. Calamari and yam fries were good. So outr table was about 10 people. The waitress was really nice, however, the speed of the service sucked. One of my friends got his food first. The second order didn't arrive until like 20 minutes later. It was like that pretty much the whole night. Half the table was done eating before the other half even got their food. Food = Average Service = Needs Improvement read more

Ok so I'll give 1 Star for the yummy burger, with caramelized onions. Onion ring appeared better than they tasted. So on to their beer selection: why don't they offer a flight of sampler beers when their competitors do? Also, why boast home brews but not have them available? When I went there for the first time I asked for a brew I saw on their website but they said they didn't have it or any other of their house brews. The service was pretty good, attentive to when I was trying to get the server's attention. The food prices were decent, over $50 for two sandwiches (one was salmon, the other a burger), two 16oz beers, and one 10oz beer. The environment was sports-themed with several Big TVs. read more

Valley Brewing - Breweries Near Me - Stockton, California

I review restaurants for what they are not compared to fancier places!!! For the past two years I have had my birthday here on a casual Sunday with about 20 friends. I love the server Laura she is so sweet and friendly. The food here is great! I love the garlic fries they are hands down my favorite appetizer! Do you like cheese ? Do you like garlic ? Well then what are you waiting for go go go!!!! The drinks are great but I wish their whiskey selection was expanded a bit more. The owner is so friendly and my church use to host "Jesus and Beer " outside in patio and Kelly was very accommodating !! read more

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This is an awesome place to come have a delicious drink with a couple of friends and talk about life lol the outside seating is nice and feels cozy. The food is not great. Ordered the chicken nachos and didn't notice that the chicken is actually "chicken mole" mole is not an easy marinade to make, so leave that to the Hispanic grandmas lol other than that, I've pretty much tried everything on their menu and it taste like microwaved lazy food. Overall 3 stars for the nice outside seating and their alcohol beverages. read more

Ordered calamari and small nachos. Tasty and good portions. Hat off to cook. Bartender not knowledgeable about beer, but nice and attentive. Overall a nice experience. read more

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What kind of a person working in the kitchen would dare to serve a customer the sandwich I had, and charge me what I was charged? I saw that there was a BLT on the menu, with avocado added was an extra $2.50. I asked the waitress if I could sub avocado for the bacon, and she said yes. When the sandwich arrived my eyes alone told me this was not a sandwich I was going to enjoy because it was served on very small, lightly toasted white bread. As I bit in, I again realized that I was not going to get pleasure from the sandwich. There was very little lettuce, tomato sliced wafer thin, and the avocado sliced so thin as to be negligible. I bought the same sandwich for my friend, and we both agreed that I was one of the most over-priced sandwiches we had ever eaten, with little flavor and no content.The amount of sandwich was the type I might pack in my first grader's lunch. ( I had 5 kids) The worst part was, that I was charged for both the BLT and and the extra avocado. After I had a mild argument with the waitress, they did take off the +avocado charge. I do have to say, others in our group had food that was tasty, and quantity was fine. I have no idea what happened with our sandwiches, but they were truly "nasty", lacking content, served on "duck bread". read more

Ridiculously overpriced for the experience and quality. We got a burger, a fried chicken sandwich, and a beer each and it came out to be about 50 bucks with tax and tip. Food was mediocre, could have had a more flavorful chicken sandwich from jack in the box. This is my 3rd and last time here. read more

Went in on a Saturday night. It wasn't busy at all. We were able to sit ourselves. A few minutes after sitting down, the waitress showed up to ask what we wanted to drink. A couple minutes later, she comes back with our water and told her we needed just a few more minutes. She comes back 15-20 minutes later. Maybe she took a break, but that was quite a wait. She was able to keep up with us afterwards. I get that their beers are always changing, but having the beer menu hanging on wall is a bit annoying. We were at a table where we couldn't see the menu at all. So take a photo of the menu before sitting down if the menu isn't visible from your table. There were alot to choose from The beers were good and the wings were decent. Wings were very spicy (good thing), but they were small. The restroom I went into was very spacious, but messy. Since it was messy in there, I couldn't tell if the floor tiles were just glossy or everyone before me had bad aim . read more

TV's , best bartender Lonnie and the best Nachos ever! Best martinis and the best brews- I highly recommend!

I went here for a friend's birthday party and i'm heading there again so I'll just edit the review if anything changes. We sat outside on the patio. It's a little inconvienent because you have to walk inside and through the restaurant to get to the patio. The waitress, who was moving soon at the time, I believe, was so funny and sassy. She made our experience really nice. Since there was a big group of us, she handled the situation well and didn't forget much if anything that we had ordered. We also had a couple guys who were a little rude and she gave them sass right back. She was awesome. I had the gumbo and man was it good. The yam was good even if it was a little weird to be eating fried yam. The only drawback I saw was that they only had certain beers and not just because of the season. A really cool place to hold a party. *Edit* I was talked into getting a "special"cider from the waitress I had this second time. It was really bad and basically undrinkable, she brought me regular cider to replace it but that wasn't very good either. This second time wasn't as good as the last sadly. read more

Overpriced, bland food. I ordered the sliders, and didn't even finish it. I gave it to my friend, and he poured A1 sauce on it to give it some sort of flavor. Everyone else in the my table didn't seem very satisfied with their food. I think if I had a few drinks prior to eating anything, I wouldn't be so critical. read more

Was passing thru on a brewery quest. Checked their website and on the website it has all the beers that this place brews. So my girl and I stop by to check it out. Low and behold they no longer make beer and haven't made beer for 3 years now apparently.... way to update your page guys -_-. Didn't eat here because the food looked like crap (based on the pics from yelp and what the other patrons were eating). Also not the best clientele. People smoking meth in the parking lot (yes they had a pookie so yes it was meth), and arguing outside, and extremely loud inside. False advertisement. Drop the brewing from your name if you ain't gonna brew anymore... dicks read more

This was my first time here and I didn't even know that this place existed! The decor is beautiful-from the outdoor twinkle lights at the patio to the rural bar area.. you can tell this was much more than your average pub! I forgot our waitress name but thank you for being so soooo patience with us while my party of 6 was being indecisive with our food orders. The menu may be limited but boy, the options were classic and the servings were HUGE! Everything was delicious and very filling. We could barely get through half of our meals and had to take a lot of leftovers home. I also want to thank the bartender (whose name I didn't get either) for being so patience with the guys and giving them samples of different beers. Although the food and drinks were great, customer service sets the bar pretty high on my list! I will definitely be returning and supporting this hidden gem in the Valley. read more

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