Maritime Pacific Brewing Company

Let me start off by saying, I’ve been visiting the maritime pub for about 15 years when I moved to Seattle in 1999. I love the orginzation and their amazing brews. I never miss the tapping of the jolly and other related events. Let’s just say I’m a bit fanatical when it comes to maritime beer.
So, why the 3 stars? It’s with great sadness that the lil jollys which I loved so very much, (so much so I ordered 40 of them for my 40^th birthday party) are just pathetic. They are considerably smaller and it seems they get smaller every year and the price has gone up! 3.25 for a 3 bite «slider». Now I know sliders = small. But this goes above and beyond «small»
From now on, I’ll fill my growlers, attend the various beer events, but I’ll just stick to an order of fries for food.

Fantastic beer at a great price! It’s a little bit off the beaten path, but as a result it’s not crowded with migrant techies ²⁴⁄₇. You have GOT to try their generous beer sampler. I recommend the flagship, XPA, and the imperial pale ale. The fish tacos are a good deal on happy hour as well!

We came for the beer only, so we sat at the bar at the Jolly Roger Taproom and shared a flight. Service was very friendly and the beer was pretty good.
Our favorite: Bourbon Barrel Jolly Roger
Didn’t get the chance to try any of the food, but almost everyone else there had a big ass plate piled high in front of them so I’m thinking if you’re getting hungry on your brewery crawl, hit up Maritime for some grub while you’re at it.

Food is not outstanding and the service is not great. It took about 20 – 30 mins for my husband and I to get a menu and we had to flag down a different waitress each time to request for a refill of our water. The place was not busy, but c-​mon, please pay more attention to your customers instead of dilly dallying behind the counter.

Came here for a group beer/​dinner thing. When we first came in, the host was helpful, letting me know what we should do if our group got larger. Eventually we had about ten people. Every attempt me made to expand was rejected. Could we use the table next to us? No. Could we go outside? No. Could we use the table that was reserved that the party was over 20 minutes late for? No. Never during this time were any of the «no“s polite. They lacked normal human decency. Obviously we were just trying to figure out something that worked. We were not rude. We were not loud. We just needed one more table in a half empty bar.
Finally when we were told to try to «meet them halfway» we decided to leave.
At least the beer was good.

We ended an all day Seattle pirate-​themed-​scavenger hunt in their Jolly Roger Taproom and couldn’t have asked for a better reception! The staff was great and the food and beer were perfect. As stated, the onion rings are worth the wait and the beer sampler is definitely worth getting. I personally liked their Nightwatch Dark Amber Ale the best!

Food was good, but the beer was flat. Sad that a brewery can’t get their taps right. The worst part of our experience was the painfully slow service and our waitress who seemed to be annoyed with having to serve us even though we we her only outside table. That is as long as you don’t count the table of obviously off duty employees that several other «working» kitchen, bar and wait staff visited with extensively including our waitress and one guy, maybe a cook… wearing an apron, who proceeded to smoke a cigarette inside of the outside patio area right near the front door… not cool and not even close to legal. ZERO stars. Ballard has way too many options for craft beer and good food and service. Never again.

Our experience 3 weeks ago was so stellar we had to go back! I am a bit hard to please with beer, but they had a tasty Bosun dark beer. Hubby had 2 different beers, both of which appealed to him very much~
3 weeks ago my Hubby had the classic cheeseburger and was in heaven! I had the mushroom burger and no matter what else I may have, this just might be the best item on the menu!!! OMG~ we shared fries and it was delish~
Last night the beer I had previously was only available as «nitro.» no thank you. as If that was not disappointing enough the sandwich I got was equally disappointing. I ordered the Tuscan Deli Turkey Wedge Sandwich. The bread was warm buttered, but not grilled and the cheese was absent and the sauce could have simply been mayo it was so lackluster. Even the turkey on my sandwich compared to my hubby’s seemed a bit skimpy~
Hubby was thrilled with his Jolly Bacon Rachel Sandwich. He thinks that might be the best menu item! He got tasty beer and again, the fries were given a thumbs up.
Our next game plan is to order a sandwich of some sort, skip the fries and try their dessert~
We will return, maybe not really soon, but you can bet I will not order the Tuscan Deli Turkey Wedge Sandwich.

A beer place that’s kid friendly
I think there’s a handful of places that are kid friendly and this is one of them. The food was sub par but I heard the beer was good. The place was packed on an early Friday night and we waited a good 30 min. It’s really loud in there so I couldn’t hear what anyone was saying unless they were sitting right next to me.

All the beers here I had were decent, but they felt a bit dated. The IPA’s were very bitter, without developing the more interesting floral notes that I like. It looks and feels like a 90’s brewpub with slightly better beer.

Really enjoyable place. I had the fish and chips, the fish being smoked trout (delicious!). I only tried one draft beer, a really lovely and smooth hefeweizen. Nice atmosphere and attentive and friendly bartender (I ate at the bar). I was with a couple of friends and they enjoyed their meals and beer choices as well. I can’t speak to the parking as I walked from a friends house. Also, I wouldn’t say the place was too crowded or loud. I was able to carry on a conversation no problem. Overall, a good experience and I would definitely be up for a repeat!

Tis true what you read, customer service is blah at best. It felt like our party was an annoyance to our server and she asked that we close out so she could «go home». She then sat outside and smoked right in front of the doorway so we could all finish up our food & drinks and smell it for the duration of our time. No thanks. There are too many great places in Ballard to make this a repeat performance.

We had a very pleasant experience sitting at the bar. The IPAs are smooth and easy to drink. I got a cup of seafood chowder and it was delish. We ordered the poutine, because I hadn’t had it before and it had actual curds; it was also delicious. The beer battered bacon was totally insane, but as good as you might expect.

Reasonable beer.
Food was meh. Had a Philly and a burger. I guess you have to get the Mahi here. At least that is what the reviews say.
Service was sub par. Our server was rude. With a table of eight it will take a couple minutes for you to take our order — sorry for having questions and you have other tables.
If you want mediocre service with mediocre food that is overpriced for what you get. This is the place for you.
Enjoy Nick

Its all about the beer and onion rings. Seriously.
I did a small order just to myself and ate the whole darn plate. Perhaps it was beer munchies but man those were good. Not greasy, crispy light batter. So good.
I opted for the beer taster as well. IPAs and pales were on point. Overall the beer was pretty decent.
Reason for only 3 stars however is the fact that I came in, sat… alone…and it took quite some time for anyone to recognize that I needed service. Also, after I had placed my order I had to flag them down for water as they did not check up on me. When it came time to ordering some actual food outside of the onion ring order, it took another hot minute to flag them down once again. The burger slider I ordered was great. Not sure if it was worth the wait though. By then I just wanted a to go box and to head home. All in all I’d give it another try but service was slow on a Sunday evening.

Great value in Seattle. Chef’s specials always good!
Lil’ mahi & Po’Lil ‘oysters w/​smoked jalapeño Caesar is killer and definitely order the Smokers (smoked onion rings) Best onion rings ever!!! Beer!!!

Old Seattle Lager was my favorite beer out of the 5 breweries I visited on Saturday. The stuff they do with dry hops was equally amazing. I was thoroughly impressed with the beer, food, and service. The server even wrote down recommendations of other places to try in the area. Great experience here!

We stopped in here on a Monday evening after a last minute Unilocal search for some food in Ballard. We had our son with us, so we were looking for a casual place where we could sit outside. There are several picnic tables right out front that are self seating, so we grabbed one of those.
Our server was very friendly and helped us out with some beer and food suggestions, I highly recommend the the fish and chips and their IPA. We were in and out pretty quickly, but it was a great overall experience, so we definitely will return to try out more of the beer and food options.

First off, the beer. All of the beers are «session» beers, wonderful brews that you can sip all through the eve. They’ve got the hoppy stuff for the IPA crowd, a couple of varietals are always on hand, and the stalwarts are fabulous quaffs.
The staff is amazing. They’re fine with children, post-​game softball or soccer team (they discourage «warming up» pre-​game!), people popping in for a quick one, a snack, or a long evening in front of the screen.
The kitchen is very good. The space is comfortable, and parking is surprisingly easy.
There are a lot of fine new places to drink beer in Ballard, Maritime still has it going on.

My fav stop on the Ballard beer troll. Beers are nice and food is tops (over the top beer food) They know how to fry!
Humongous Onion rings, fried bacon, and fried oyster sliders (tip. use the onion ring sauce and lemon, mmm). Beer tasters x5 was a real good deal.
Overall great atmosphere, had a blast. A must stop in Seattle, Argh!