Brewerkz Restaurant & Microbrewery (Riverside Point)

This is a bit of an overdue review. We went there during the lantern festival, as we are bringing our niece for a quick night out. As the weather was not friendly that night we decided to stop by at Brewerkz for a quick grub.

Ordered the Mussels, King Brew Burger and Rib Eye steak.

The mussels are cooked with beer and it is juicy and tender. They serve with some garlic bread on the side for you dunk it mussels juice. Instead of using garlic bread, I ordered corn bread and fries with my burger and I use them to dunk in the juice. Yum yum. (On the side note, Kenny Rogers corn bread still kicks a**).

For $20 the burger a quite big in size. The patties come Medium as per order, it is good, but nothing spectacular. Just a good old fashion burger for me. Of course you won't be in Brewerkz if you did not try their beer. I ordered their famous Golden ale to drown my burger. Nice, not too bitter, refreshing but with character. I wanted to order their sample sets, but I must refrain myself as I need to drive home later.

The rib eye steak is nicely done, but I find it is a bit chewy and not tender enough. Not sure if it is one of those unlucky cut that you get from the beef.

Overall, it is a good place for dinner, date or gathering. I has a good mix of crowd and the food are good. The service is excellent and they are quick on their feet. I will sure be back to try the rest of the beers, CHEERSSS :)

It has been nearly a year since I wrote the review below. After a period of disgruntlement, I started visiting Brewerkz again and now just make sure I don't go on "special" days or eves of special days such as Valentines day, Mother's day, Father's day, public holidays. As a result of my improved experience I have revised my ratings sharply upwards since my original post. Food is still expensive, but that is compensated for to some extent by the quality and reasonable price of beer at lunch times. I have left my original disgruntled post below since at the time I worte it I meant every word..

Dear Brewerkz.

I have been a loyal customer of yours since you first opened. I come to Brewerkz at Riverside Point with friends and family for lunch at least once a week, when I am not travelling overseas.

Admittedly I am a member of a club, which you sponsor and so I receive a discount. Admittedly also you did inform us that discounts would not apply on public holidays.

Now I also have to say that in the last couple of years we have noticed your prices of your food and beer have been rocketing up and portions shrinking - but we like your beer and your staff are mostly friendly, so we have remained loyal.

Last time I visited your premises on a Father's day, I was given a free beer. That was nice of you and much appreciated. Today when I visited with my wife and son, I did not even know it was Father’s day, so was expecting nothing special.

However imagine my surprise when I was paying the bill, your serving staff, first informed me it was Fathers day, making me think "Great I am going to get a free beer", but no what they said was, "Your discount card can't be used on Father's day". Now initially I thought this was because of some other benefit would accrue as a result of it being Father's day, so I understood the reason for denying my usual discount - but alas I was wrong. It turned out it is because Brewerkz has decided to penalise fathers on Father's day.

I don't know who the small minded person is who implemented this policy, but as a result I will be dramatically reducing my visits to your premises.

ANYONE FATHER WITH A DISCOUNT CARD FOR BREWERKZ, PLEASE AVOID VISITING BREWERKZ ON FATHERS DAY< UNLESS YOU ARE HAPPY TO PAY EVEN MORE THAN YOU DO WHEN IT IS NOT FATHERS DAY.

INSTEAD GO TO PUMP ROOM OVER THE RIVER. TODAY THEY GAVE US 30% DISCOUNT OFF OUR BEERS BECAUSE IT WAS FATHER'S DAY!!!!

We went there on Sun afternoon 5 pm – 7 pm to make use of the cheaper beer. S$10++ for a full pint.

And the nicest part of the dinner apart from drinks would be this basket full of crunchy Japanese Shrimps S$16++. Sweet and delight.

Our cousin’s lamb shank priced at S37++ for three puny pieces of lamb and small amount of grilled vegetables.

The well done lamb was quite tender. That’s it.

Well, expect one thing. The food here is overpriced.

Except for their range of burgers priced reasonably better at S$22++ in comparison to the rest of the dishes.

I recommend drinks and snacks / burgers here only.

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 http://sofood.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/brewerkz-again/

With hubby and our 2 girls, we made our way to Brewerkz and utilised our HungryDeals voucher. We ordered:

1) Cowboy Burger - I thought the girls will love the burgers as they love the Mac hamburger. But they didn't like the BBQ sauce much and ate my dinner instead... :(

2) Mexicano Burger - Hubby ordered this one and he liked it. I loved the mash potato side. Made with real potatoes as I really enjoyed the bits of potato skin they left in to mash it up with.

3) Seafood Spaghetti - surprising nice for a pub. It's nicer than some restaurants whose whole business is making food taste nice. So if Brewerkz can get this dish right, shame on those so-called restaurants.

Hubby found their Indian Pale Ale a little too bitter as an after-taste but drained it nevertheless.

A quick dinner as the girls wanted to go outside to see the River-taxis go by. Oh well... 

I have been to Brewerkz many times, particularly on Monday and Tuesday nights as it was the only place which showed games from the National Football League (NFL), and understandably so since I was usually the only one at the bar watching those games. Then, I would have my nice seafood pasta and a beer and enjoy the game.

The setting internally is a wooden feel with a few large brewing machinery while the outside is a casual dining by the river - popular with the expatriates.

Fast forward a few years later and the recent voucher offering 50% off at HungryDeals.sg got me back again, this time to try the burgers. I am not a big fan of burgers but at this deal one cannot resist. I tried the Hawaiian burger, which had a nice thick meat patty with a sweet finish. The burger paired well with the pale ale, which had slightly dry finish.

Service was quite good. The staff were knowledgeable on their beer and were helpful in doing their best to reheat the burger when it was lying there for awhile. 

The food is nice, but I wouldn't pay that much for it because of the ambience. It's a great chill-out place but I would only want to spend such money on cosy dinners.

I would probably just go there for the beer and some snacks. $40 for a ribeye at a noisy place like that... Nah.

Anw we tried the ribeye, burger, pizza, ribs, magarita, beer, mixed grill, kid's meal....

The ribeye was delicious. The burger was not bad. But everything had a tinge of spice so kids will really have to take the kid's meal only. The pizza was weird. Tasted nothing like Hawaiian.

The place is really really crowded. We were seated somewhere really far away so we couldn't enjoy any music or anything. No fan either. Pretty warm for Singapore.

Service was good. They had servers stationed there to serve people positioned far off like us.

Most of all... I love their beer. Home-brewed beer. Nothing commercial can beat that. Their magarita was great too. Sweet and strong.

Ok, if u don't mind the price tag... I would recommend their food too. Except, pls try to install some fans or have more air-conditioned seats!

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The nachos ($20) came piled high, topped with oozy cheese, salsa, avocado dip, sour cream and jalepenos. the nachos were crunchy and lightly salted, tasty on their own! it served as a great neutralizer to the overwhelming flavours of the other dishes towards the end of the meal when i was full to bursting.

the must-try fried cheese sticks ($19) which my sister recommended lived up to our expectations wonderfully. an oozy mix of mozzarella, swiss and cheddar cheese encased in crunchy breadcrumbs. absolutely sinful, but lip-smackingly delicious. eat it while its hot and oozy! (:

the two appetizers were enough to fill us up substantially. when the full rack of pork ribs ($54) was served, i nearly baulked at the size. it was a generous serving! (: the ribs were tender and the meat fell off the bone easily. mmm (: and there was extra bbq sauce provided which was great!

the grilled 1/2 chicken ($26) was yummy as well! drenched with the same sauce as the bbq pork ribs, this was another delightful main dish.

Was walking around Clarke Quay one night with my gf and could not decide where to eat. Thank goodness we stumbled upon Brewerks (Riverside Point). The ambiance is excellent though some may find it a little too dark for having dinner (I didn't mind it at all). I really like the cosy atmostphere inside. I suppose people usually visit Brewerks for a beer or other alcoholic drinks, however, I must say that the food there is great. I had the Cowboy burger which was a gastronomical delight. There was a generous amount of cheese and the beef was oh so chunky and delightful (comes with thick cut/fat fries too). It's the best burger I've tried before. My gf had the BBQ chicken leg and she enjoyed it thoroughly. We also shared a plate of Calamari which was nice. I will definitely not hesitate to visit Brewerkz again as the food is wonderful and the staff are extremely friendly.

Brewerkz is great for its beers and alcoholic beverages. I got fairly merry on some traditional cider there.  Perhaps they've figured out though, that this is the way to get punters to not notice how expensive their food is, which is, let's face it, basically smart pub food.  I had this beef rib thing - it was deliciously fatty, but at 33 bucks was hard to swallow.  They are also charging 13 bucks for a kids portion plate of tomato spaghetti which I think is pretty excessive.  Admittedly nice pub food though.

Went there on a Tuesday night, probably due to world cup, the place was almost fully packed.

Food: Pizzas ($15-$20) were delicious, will go back for it. Had ordered four glasses of beers but only tried the fruit beer and the other beer (pictures here: http://miammmiam.blogspot.com/), probably I'm still new at appreciating beers, i find them alright. Spaghetti were large in portion ($22). Beef steak was just so-so.

Service: Casual and friendly. Seems like they are enjoying what they do.

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