10 Barrel Brewing Company

I ordered the steak nachoes by a strong recommendation from both of my buddies I was with. They were so spicy I couldn’t even eat them. Both my friends tried them and said that they were outrageously spicy. The waiter never came back to check on us. Thankfully my friends let me drink their waters. I finished 3 waters and my beer before the waitor came back. I will not be coming back to any of their 3 locations again.

Good service. Incredible food. I’m not a review writer normally, but this was a great experience from start to finish, so I decided to put in a good word. The nachos are amazing. The beers are good. The dishes were well portioned and delivered great taste with quality ingredients. I’d return here without question.

10 Barrel has now been open a year and half and is one of my fave places in Downtown Boise. I LOVE the community seating in the bar. I almost never sit in the dining room. The food is outstanding. The combo personal pizza and salad combo is a favorite. Also fish and chips is good. The BBQ Pulled pork sandwich with spicy slaw is excellent but messy. Don’t eat it while wearing a white shirt! The staff is friendly and fast and really knowledgable about beer. Many of them I now know by name.
10 Barrel is now a hotspot in Downtown Boise and so it gets crowded after work. Try and get there before 5 or you’ll be waiting a while for a table.

We did a beer flight and it was delicious and enough for two of us to split! Sat at the bar and the bartender was super friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. The steak nachos were unlike any nachos I’ve had before but they were awesome. Would definitely go back.

10 Barrel is one of those places that has a vibrant atmosphere, delicious food, great drinks, and it’s ALWAYS packed with locals who love it just as much as I do.
Food: I’ve never had food that disappoints at 10 Barrel. I like to start with the chips & salsa, which are seasoned PERFECTLY with something like cumin and cayenne. Oh man, those chips are good! I’ve had everything on the menu from the burger (peanut butter burger with local City Peanut Shop PB is insane!), to the pizza (any are so good), to the salads. The quinoa salad, when paired with a protein, may look a little odd at first (it’s like a little hockey puck of quinoa and summer squash) but the flavors are SPOT ON!
Drinks: House brewed ales and a full bar. I personally love their rotating sours as that’s not an option I can often find in other brew pubs. The only thing they’re missing is a drink happy hour! But taste any of the brews you like… they’ll keep the testers coming.
Atmosphere: 10 Barrel nails the atmosphere aspect. They have giant garage doors that let it tons of light and that get rolled up during warm days, creating a super open & inviting atmosphere. It’s very simply decorated with big barrels and large wooden tables. I like how they have tall & short table options (with and without chair backs) and also bar-​top, outside bar-​top, and patio seating. You really can’t go wrong. It’s ALWAYS lively there!
Service: Very friendly, not always so fast. The servers know a ton about the beer options, so ask them your questions. They’re the experts!
Happy Hour Offerings: none – bummer, dude!
Healthy Hack: Salad w/​protein. Easy as that. The quinoa salad is a great way to get good carbs in. Also ask for the soup of the day (which isn’t typically featured on the menu).
Tips: Full bar & soup of the day, not mentioned on menu. Enjoy!

Expectations are the worst. But I have to say I had high-​and hipster hopes for this place, being it’s an Oregon original. Perhaps I find it hard to aim for the Beer and bar food scene, so my forte might be a little out of it’s comfort zone here.
What I do appreciate about this establishment is it’s originality and scene it brings to Boise. I wonder if our «scene» will become saturated with these breweries and someone will soon break out of the Beer and pizza, bring in an amazing chef and throwdown some American (new) gastropub cuisine. That’s what I would love.
So, on to the guillotine criticism: The food (meh). The biggest disappointment were the mixed cocktails. (disclosure)I can count the number of beers I’ve drank in my entire life on one hand. I hate beer. Arrest me.
MOSCOW MULE: 90% ice, maybe alcohol, a TON of seltzer. And no Moscow Mules aren’t supposed to have soda water.
OLD FASHIONED: A disaster. As an Italian version of french onion soup, magnificent.

I hope this was an anomaly but we wanted to check this 10 Barrels Brewery because we have been to the one in Bend. On the plus side the beer was good but… My husband ordered the Tortilla soup. It was, no joke, enchilada sauce with 5 broken tortilla chips. I ordered the quinoa arugula salad. It was 2 cups of quinoa with again, 5 leafs of arugula and a tiny bit of butternut squash. I asked for more vegetables and basically doubled it to 10 leafs. To top it off there was no dressing. I hope management reads this and adjusts as necessary because that was hands down the worst food I have ever eaten. Of note. My friend food, another salad and steak sandwich was good. Just stay away from the arugula and quinoa salad and the tortilla soup!

We have eaten here 4 times now and every time it’s been great. Awesome customer service and amazing food!

Awesome place. Super friendly and they accommodated our large group. The food was great and the beer and wine selection was money.
If ever back in Idaho, I will return for sure.

10 Barrel is a favorite place to take out-​of-​town family and friends. It has a variety of choices for everyone (the Hack Pizza is delicious, so are the Peanut Butter burger and BLT!), and a definite fun «Boise» vibe to it. As a non-​beer drinker trying to learn what I like, I love that they will offer small samples if you ask. The patio is great for summer evenings, and you have to try the apricot sour! It can be almost prohibitively loud during peak weekend hours, so if you’re not keen on shouting your conversation, go at lunch or on a weeknight. But otherwise, it’s great fun!

We were looking for a dinner spot with great beer and food and remembered walking past this brewery. We decided to head there on a Saturday night.
It was crowded and the waiting list was pretty long so we decided to head to the bar for a beer and then got lucky enough to find a spot to eat in the bar.
At our server’s recommendation, we ordered the nachos and the Snake River Farms kobe sando. The nachos were phenomenal and a little different as they were made with potato chips instead. (Of course!!!) The kobe sando was so delicious that when the family sitting next to me saw my sando and how much I was enjoying ever bite, they ordered two of them! Our server was super busy since it was a Saturday, but she was really on it — she noticed inmediately (without me saying anything) that my sando was served with the wrong side and brought it over. She was awesome!!!
My boyfriend ordered the Sinister Black Ale which he enjoyed. But then we had a taste of the Jamaican Me Pumpkin and the Raspberry Crush (I think that is the name… it is a sour) which were really great too!
I definitely want to head back to check out more beers and food.

We stopped here as we drove through Idaho and were looking for a place to grab a beer, food and sit outside with our dog. They were definitely dog friendly!
Husband ordered the sampler beer. I had a salad, he had a burger and then I finished things with a pretzel crust and orange pistachio cheesecake. It was definitely interesting.
If you’re driving through, I’d stop — stretch your legs, enjoy some fresh air, and grab some food and beer!

Thank God for 10 Barrel! It’s so close to my work and has incredibly tasty… everything! Seriously though, the B.L.A.S.T. (BLT) is awesome and the Thai PB Burger is the too. I love that they have GF options and breads, as well as drinks. The staff is awesome, my first visit there I was served by Gretchen. Not only is she a great, attentive bartender… but a wonderful conversationalist too. Gretchen’s awesome attitude is what really made an impact on my husband and I the first time we ate at 10 Barrel, and each time thereafter… the whole staff is great.
You can order stuff to go too, with very little wait and it’s great every time. Try it if you’re just visiting, you won’t regret it!

My Girls Night Out in Boise started here! This is a pretty cool restaurant/​brewery.
For some reason we ordered a pizza, chicken wings, and nachos to share between the 4 of us girls. All of it were pretty delicious! The pizza we ordered was the «Idahoan» which had white sauce, potatoes and bacon. Woah! The chicken wings were big and yummy. Woah! The nachos were a little different… instead of using tortilla chips, they serve potato chips (so Idaho!) WOAH! Beer of course, had to be had. Delicious meal.
I will come back! I heard there is also a Portland location as well!

The staff here was extremely friendly. No complaints at all.
The food:
–IPA Chicken Sando: This sandwich was freaking delicious. I only wish I could get one closer to home. (We were visiting my parents in Boise, but my fiancé and I live in California.) Now I’m craving one.
–Mac & Cheese: Perfect. I adore macaroni and cheese, and this one was excellent. With just enough jalapeños to add some kick. I loved it.
The beer:
We got a flight. I honestly cannot remember which ones I specifically did or didn’t like. Only that none of them were my new favorite, and also there weren’t any that I wouldn’t drink again. So, good.
Will definitely have to come back again next time we’re in town.

Cool brew pub with great grub, it’s a tried and tested formula for success. I have been here many times and never been disappointed with the meal or the beers. The Apocalypse IPA and the Swill American Radler are my two favorites. Swill is refreshing on a hot summer day.

This place has become a staple go-​to spot for me and for entertaining guests. They always have something for everybody and who doesn’t enjoy a variety of tasty cold beer? My summer favorite is their swill, of course, and I just discovered their wonderful black bean veggie burger! Their regular burgers and pizza are wonderful and paired nicely with their rotating taps. The vibe is industrial and casual.
Overall, this place keeps me returning for their delicious food, tasty beer, and reasonable prices!

I am giving this place a 3.5 for poor service. Our server did not check on us the whole time we ate our food and did not remember our choice of drinks.
On other hand our food was delicious. We had their Mac n cheese and their Salmon burger. Both plates were amazing, will be back for more food and hopefully a better time in the patio.
Have been here a few times before but this is the first time the service has been so poor.

Very cool space. The walk up bar outside was hopping. The brick work and open pipes inside was awesome. The place was packed and with the high ceilings, pretty noisy so carrying a conversation was difficult.
Service was fantastic. We ordered the peanut butter bacon burger. The carrots on it (yes carrots) were cut rather thick and was hard to cut. The bacon was great and overall a decent dish but the burger was smaller than a typical pub house burger. Actually another in our party ordered their regular pub house burger and it was on the small side as well and covered in more onion straws than the normal human should ever consume. Still enough food however. Also was a little surprised you didn’t get to tell them how you would like your meat cooked. They were both served on the medium well side. Fish tacos and BLAT sandwich were fantastic. Would order again for sure!
I’m giving high stars for service, drinks, atmosphere and 2 out of our 4 dishes we would for sure order again.

This place is still a class act, despite all of the hullabaloo about being purchased by Big Bad Bud. Last night was no exception!
We started with the salmon lettuce wraps. Effing ridiculous! So flavorful and fresh. The bits of salmon were perfectly marinated and cooked. You basically wrap those fish nuggets up with some cilantro, daikon, carrot, a peanu sauce and a chile sauce (which, thank goodness, actually had some zip to it) in a big lettuce leaf. Terrific.
Wifey and I both had the pizza special, which has become a go-​to (personal pizza and salad for $ 9.50… hell yes. She had the hippy and I had the pesto chicken prosciutto. Our major complaint with their pizzas is that they could use WAY more toppings. I barely had any prosciutto, so it didn’t seem worthy of listing in the title of the pizza. However, crust and sauce quality are always up there. I ordered the roasted shallot-​lemon vinaigrette, which was bright and perky. Wifey swears the balsamic vinaigrette is better, so I’ll have to try that next time.
Poor pregnant wifey stuck to decaf coffee, but I had a couple of pints of T’rye’d and True, a pale ale brewed with rye berries. I think rye brews are what 10 Barrel does best, next to Apocalypse and some of their lagers /​sessions /​goldens.
Party on, Barrel!