Railside Brewing

Great place, great people, and awesome atmosphere. Foods great an just an overall cool place to go

I cannot say enough good things about this place. The owner, who you will meet working in his business, makes the food, which is never processed and always fantastic. The beer is house crafted, brewed on site, and great! There are a few staples, then seasonal rotations and ciders. I can say I’ve never been poured a beer I didn’t like. Vancouver is a challenge to find truly good eats, AND great beer, so what I’m telling you is, this is worth the visit! Do it.

Love this place! Really great beer! I mean it, like really great, so great in fact I’ve come back again and again. It doesn’t hurt that the staff is friendly and relaxed, the pizza and other bites are outstanding, and the venue is comfortable. Vancouver, stop driving across the bridge, your new favorite beer is closer than you think.

A win for Hazel Dell!
Railside is my little family’s go-​to dinner spot and we simply love everything about it. Most importantly, the food is fantastic, the service even better, and the beer tops. We are always greeted warmly (usually chatting with Anka) and treated like neighborhood friends — it doesn’t get much better than that in our book. While their menus may seem «limited» if you’re used to larger chains in the ‘Dell, rest assured they do their dishes and beers right. Our go-​tos are the cubano sandwich or any of the delicious pizzas and we haven’t found a beer we haven’t loved. If you’re unsure, they’re happy to pour you a small sample. If I had to make a suggestion it would be that larger pizza sizes would be welcomed.

I received a message from the owner Mike apologizing for the long wait and a free pizza next time we return. Excellent customer service. I am so glad because we truly love the food, the beer, and the atmosphere. Thanks Mike & Railside!

Really disappointing. I liked this place the couple of times I went here before, but I won’t go back. It took them an hour to get our pizza out. The bar tender came out to tell us it would be another 10 minutes several times, starting at about the 30 minute mark. In the meantime, everybody who came in after us had already finished their food. The bartender gave us a free beer (one beer between the two of us), but we were both so hungry we couldn’t drink anymore. Finally, an hour-​plus after ordering, we got our pizza and took it to go. We ordered onions on one half, and of course it had onions on the entire thing. Bummer.

I’ve never been here but I’ve had the pizza brought to me numerous times and it’s great I love the fresh quality toppings and the wedge salad is on point!

I only regret that I have but one liver to give.
Railside Brewing is a very relaxed Vancouver, WA brewery that takes brewing beer serious. They use local ingredients without any chemicals or additives to make some tasty stress-​relieving, liver-​destroying beers. Of course, you had me (and my liver) at beer.
Besides the seasonal and small-​batch brews, the menu is simple. Chips with Guacamole, Salsa, and Sour Cream was totally fine as a munchy while watching sports on the bar TVs.
Here’s what I’ve had at Railside (in order of preference):
* Trestle NW IPA (6.9% ABV, 72 IBU)
* Hopper Car IPA (6.8% ABV, 77 IBU)
* One 10 Wheat Ale (5.7% ABV, 26 IBU)
* Harvest Ale (6% ABV, 27 IBU)
* One Stop Wet Hop Lager (6% ABV, ?? IBU)
* Hoppy Hobo Wet Hop IPA (6.3% ABV, 51 IBU)
Brews to try on my next ride:
* Railside Pale (5.7% ABV, 39 IBU)
* Railside IPA (6.2% ABV, 56 IBU)
* Last Car Double Red IPA (7.2% ABV, 75 IBU)
* Tinderbox Porter (6.3% ABV, 27 IBU)
* Konduktorka Blond Bock (6.8%, 25 IBU)
Cheers. I think I’m gonna be at Railside often (except Sunday/​Monday when it’s closed). Can I RSVP now for the liver transplant waiting list a little early?

This was my first visit which was prompted by the Brew Passport which encourages visits to local micro breweries to buy a beer and get the passport stamped. I loved this place! It’s tucked away behind Buffalo Wild Wings on 176^th. You would never believe what’s inside. They did a nice job at making a comfortable place to kick nack and enjoy a good beer. Although I didn’t have any food, I heard great comments. Very friendly establishment. I’ll definitely be back.

Great little spot in Hazel Dell. Really good pizza, amongst the best in Vancouver in my opinion. The service has been friendly the 3 or 4 times I’ve been there. The beer is good, not great but definitely good and they seem to brew new types often enough. Pretty small dining area but if you want to stop for a quick beer or a take out pizza, I’d definitely give Railside a try.

Not a fan of the fact that they only open after 3 even on weekends. The food looked good. The beer was mediocre. We had already eaten by the time we checked them out, which is too bad bc I suspect their food is better than the beer. I really wanted to like these guys but we probably won’t be back. Service was nice and attentive though and atmosphere was nice. But it’s a brewery and the subpar beer just didn’t do it for this girl (or my husband and friend).

I love Railside! Mike & Anka and team are amazing, friendly, generous and there to serve. Great atmosphere, very clean and very family friendly. I’ve been there three times and would highly recommend it to anyone.
The pizzas and salads are amazing let alone the brew. I’ve enjoyed two growlers of the Belgian Dubbel but was pleasantly surprised by a pint of their Winter Express Ale.
They also go a step further than any other tap room or bar I frequent in town by always handing you a full ice cold frosty glass straight out of the freezer. The beers not frozen, just the glass. Love it!

Railside was the first brewery we hit to kick off our brewery tour! On this first stop Steve and I both managed to get in the place together without having to babysit the dog. Here we both got the 10 Wheat beer which was great!
Railside Brewing also has a food menu and was told that one of their most popular dishes were their nachos so we got an order of those to share. I can see why they are so popular! The ingredients were fresh and flavorful and the nachos were a great kickoff to our weekend in the Vancouver area! I would go back again just for the nachos, in addition to the beer of course!

Was very pleased with the beers and pricing here. Stopped in and had an $ 8 flight where I got to taste 8 different beers on draft. All were solid and a few highlights: the Belgian dubbel, the hefeweizen, the porter, the pale. Impressed. The staff were friendly and good at filling a growler correctly. Will definitely come back.

Trestle IPA, hoppy hobo IPA, hopper car were my group’s favorites.
Atmosphere/​ambience (⁴⁄₅). Casual and laid back but not tacky. A little bit small though.
Flavor (⁴⁄₅). Even the beers we didn’t enjoy as much had great flavor and tasted how they should. It was impressive to see such a small brewery attempt and succeed at a Belgan Dobbel.
Enjoyment (4.5÷5). This was elevated after trying other brews in the Vancouver area, which fell flat compared to these.
Creativity (⁴⁄₅). Good variety of beers.
Diversity of drinks (³⁄₅). Not a lot of options for those who are GF or looking for a glass of wine.
Cuisine — didn’t get to try it because we were scheduled to go to other breweries, but the guests we surveyed said they loved the pizza.
Service/​knowledge ⁴⁄₅. The main Brewer came and talked to us for five minutes, gave us the run down. He seemed really cool. Although I was surprised that he didn’t bring us another sample of the Wheat that we got from the bottom of one keg, even after we asked him why it was so flat.
Overall, nicely done, and I’d be happy to go back.

I would like to have given this place a good review but I find it hard to find something positive to say to recommend it. My wife and I found it on Unilocal and, as it was new to us, and we are always up for a new experience, we decided to try it. First off they were out of Stout and had nothing else that I couldn’t see through. We stopped at the bar and picked up a menu then went and sat at a table only to watch the bartender holding a conversation at another table. After being ignored in a noisy room with terrible acoustics for about fifteen minutes, we left and went to Bortolami’s for beer and pizza.

Five stars for performance.
A little slow in getting me my Rueben sandwich, but it was so damned good I don’t care anymore.
Seriously.
Good beer, very friendly people.
Very informal place and I liked that.
I’ll be back!

The only reason I am giving it a 4 is because they were out of a few of the beers we wanted to try.
Great family run business, very friendly! Had heard great things and tried their tressel IPA at brew fest so we had to go back.
Great beer, great food and great atmosphere! Would recommend to anyone!

Great beer. Great pizza. Great vibes. This woman ran her ass off serving every single customer promptly. I love it.

Everything was, as the Unilocal description for 3 stars indicates, A-​OK. But I don’t need to settle for A-​OK beer living this close to Beervana. Right? On the plus side, they did have at least 4 different IPAs on tap, so that’s a great place for me to start. None of them really met my taste range; a little chocolatey, or a little malty, or more than a little like Gertrude Stein said about Oakland, CA, «There is no there there.» Beer should never be nondescript. I’ll try again of course as any place that fields 4 IPAs has my attention. Had the nachos with ground beef. Nachos with ground beef really couldn’t be expected to transcend A-​OK.