Steins Beer Garden & Restaurant (Mountain View)

A nice place. Good food and a decent beers selection. Inside is very open with plenty of seating. They have a patio with heaters. It's very noisy inside. TVs scattered around with different games on. A big U shaped bar. Good food and service.

Cromulent brewpub. Standard decent taps with a few rarities on rotation. Decent gastropub food. You won't get a home run here but it's usually a solid single, or at least a walk.

Nice restaurant in the downtown Mountain View area. They have a nice little fenced in patio outside as well as a nice modern feel to it--lots of stone, dark tile, dark stained wood. The bar is off to the site a bit but has seating on both sides. I took a seat there and ordered a flight, which is unfortunately preset. They also only serve them at the bar, it seems.

Service was initially a bit lax, but the bartender was knowledgeable and friendly. Food is solid here as well.

The draft list is definitely serviceable. Some interesting things from throughout the Bay Area and Northern California, but also had an interesting Mikkeller beer that I had not come across before.

Stein’s is an old standby when I’m down in the boring part of the peninsula. It’s your typical joint with a pretty standard character, but a beer list that can surprise you at times. Right now, I’m there drinking a Flat Abbey Framboise de Amarosa and similarly interesting taps. The samplers are on point except that I wish they’d allow you to have the custom sampler at tables and not just at the bar. Sort of annoying. Food is solid though and their happy hour from 3-6pm M-F is really nice when I can duck out early or am between meetings. Value is OK otherwise. It’s one of the better spots in the area despite being a far cry from world class.

Not a bad sports bar with a pretty good beer selection. Open to the outside with plenty of space on the inside. Food was just turning into Oktoberfest fare. Not great, but pretty good. I could be talked into going back if I couldn’t find anything better close to where I’m staying.

Visited December 16 2013. Quite large place. Nice amount of beers on tap. Nothing special but everything you need for a short visit.

Fairly normal "bar" atmosphere. Big selection of good beers. Food was very good. Beer prices fairly high, food prices good. Overall a nice place.

I went here for my birthday because I love beer. No free stuff for your birthday :( I was hoping for a Gastro experience near Castro! Not! The beer is passable but nothing out of this world. It’s like a selection of beers you can find at BevMo. I don’t know who is in the kitchen making this stuff up but it’s like they don’t have a clue.

Went after work at their opening day celebration. Very nice space with a spacious interior, large bar, and a large outdoor patio area. 31 beers on tap, with a decent, not fabulous, selection. A bit kitchy with the sales gimmicks, including a "secret" tap, which turned out to be (gasp!) Chainbreaker IPA. Normal prices are pretty high for both food and beer, but the food and the cocktails were half price for happy hour. Beer was not. :(. They have several "fixed" flights offered, as well as a make your own option. I did not try the food. Servers did not seem to know much about the beer they were serving. All in all I am glad to have a place like this so close to work, but I hope the prices come down and the selection gets a tad better.