Big Island Brewhaus

My wife and I came here for lunch after driving back from visiting the volcano National Park. We were in the mood for burgers and beer so why not swing by a local pub! The atmosphere was really awesome - smaller interior space with a corner bar along with a great sized outdoor patio that was mainly covered up top. We got there at a good time as they’re filled up pretty quick for lunch. We grabbed two seats at the bar and with the bartender’s help, we ordered the Paniolo Pale Ale and Overboard IPA. Both were wonderful and really paired well with lunch. We both ordered burgers and shred a side of fries. The food was cooked to perfection and the portions were perfect! Overall this was a fantastic place to grab lunch with an outstanding variety of local brews!

Absolute must visit! With 40+ years experience brewing (and drinking), easy top 3 breweries i have ever visited (New Glarus recommend= Serendipity or Cherry, in Cortez NM Maine Street Brewery= Schnorzenboomer Amber Dopplebock). I loved all Porters and wife's rice brew. Cherry on top was fresh Ahi poki. Soo glad we stopped there, worth drive from either side of island!

Came for lunch. Shared Chili burger on a brioche bun. Side order of fries. Wait staff was quick to seat and take orders. Fries were very good. Burger was cooked perfectly and had good taste. My only concern was seating that is too close to the tables making it hard to get out.

This was one of our best dinners during our trip to the Big Island! Nice cozy interiors, delicious beers, excellent service and fantastic vegan food. We got the falafel sandwich with fries & the kamuela kabocha squash dish- both were great. Tip- Get the homemade habanero sauce for the sandwich. It’s the best!

Amazing brewery with excellent local food. The beers proved why they've won a ton of awards. The garlic fries were the best I've ever had. You can see the minced garlic on them. The burgers were delicious. Green chili stew was fabulous. Ambiance was very relaxed, and the service was superb. Hands down this is my new favorite brewery. We drove two hours to get here, and it was worth every minute.

The fish tacos although does not photograph good is perfectly seasoned. Poke is delicious. Beer is great!

Solid brewery and food, but the Veggie Sandwich was AMAZING! some of the best rye bread I've ever had (from Sundog breads), perfectly grilled with amazing veggies and macnut cheese spread. Soooo good!

Really nice brewhaus with some good beer and great service. Small cozy interior and the outdoor patio is really nice too. Food was good but a little fancier than expected and priced as such. Still worth checking out.

So happy to return here! This is a great Brewhaus with a great mix of both locals and tourists! Also we had the same great server we had last year and it's just a stellar playlist! Enjoyed their IPAs, fish tacos, fish bites ( which are insanely delicious ) and fried pickles! Everything about this place is just epic ! Great food , beer, service, crowd and music ! Just my kind of place and will return every time I am in the Big Island

We stopped here for an early dinner on our way back to Kona. Parking is extremely tight. There is a sign that says additional parking is somewhere down the road. They have about 15 beers on tap, some local kombucha and a few NA beers. I did think it was a little ridiculous that a soda on fountain was $4 for a glass and $2 for a refill. I ordered the nachos as my main meal. They were really good and very filling. Mh main complaint would be the over use of sour cream. I love sour cream but these nachos were overloaded. My partner got the cheeseburger with a side of fries. He said the burger was really good but he wouldn't pay the $8 for a side of fries if we went back.

First time here. Walked in and was immediately welcomed. Sat down and ordered right away. All of my groups beers were excellent and ice cold. Food was well made and delicious Overall vibe and look of this place was great. Would recommend and come back.

Good beer selections, active atmosphere, wonderful food choices and good service. Great to see a local business be so successful! Next time on the Big Island we will return.

Driving around Waimea I saw the Sign "Big Island Brewhaus", couldn't resist a local Hawaiian brewery. I ordered a sample of different beers and enjoyed tasting them all before settling on the Dark Knight. Not sure it was what I wanted from the samples but it was still pretty good. We tried a side of the local beef it was delicious also tried the stew and squash. We met a few locals and enjoyed swapping stories. They have inside seating and outside seating in da beer garden. A very fun place, I recommend!!!

We had a most excellent Reuben pastrami sandwich at Big Island brewhaus. Could be the best Reuben pastrami I've had, ever. The bread was toasted instead of soaked in oil and browned like many places do. I can actually taste the caraway seed in the bread and the pastrami was plentiful. The garlic fries were also excellent. All in all this was a great meal. The beer selection is one of the best we've seen on any of the islands with the most taps. We enjoyed every beer we taste it and we did a few samplers to be sure that we didn't miss anything we wanted to try.

This is the very best spot for beer on the Big Island. The White Mountain Porter in particular is perhaps the perfect specimen of its kind. It's chocolatey and coconuty and delicious. If you don't usually like porters or darker beers, ask them for a taste before you commit to a full glass. They do flights of all of their wonderful beers so check out the rest while you are here. Everything is pretty good. Last pro tip- do not sleep on their famous green chili stew! It will warm your soul on a misty Waimea day. Pros The very best beers Covered outdoor seating Friendly service Cons Parking lot can be full but you can easily park up the street...it's worth it

This is a great little gem with a true local vibe! Stopped in here after a day exploring the northwest side of the island. Our service was great! She was friendly and welcoming. The place is tiny, which I really appreciate. The beers were on point. We were starving and decided to have an early dinner here. DID NOT DISAPPOINT! Once we found out the burgers were local, we had to try them. We had two burgers and an appetizer of fries with garlic.... Too much food! Should've just split one burger and got the side of fries.... Buuuut it was sooooo good!

The food was really good. I had fish tacos and it was so juicy and flavorful. The setting is great and vibey.you can sit inside or outside. They have live music every Friday night. Their service is really quick as it can get very busy but a great place to check out and have a drink ,something to eat , listen to some music and relax.

Loved this Brewhaus. Right from our parking experience to getting food - it was all perfect. Staff was very sweet and friendly. We were debating between fried pickles and veggie fritters and our server recommended pickles - and boy, those were tasty. It came out warm and were perfectly crunchy. I chose salad for an entree and it was fresh and crisp. Falafel were really tasty and filling. My husband got a falafel sandwich with garlic fries - fries were so yum! Sandwich bread was generously buttered and tasted good. We also ordered a custom nachos platter - instead of meat or poke we asked for falafel (to keep it vegetarian) and staff happily accommodated our request. Overall a great place, cozy vibe and was really busy!

If you are lookin' for that classic wide selection beer list with high quality Mexican-Hawaiian mixed food options then stop on at the Brewhaus. Vibey background music with outdoor seating complimented by the great Big Island weather makes for an easy-going experience any group will remember. Our server was kind and timely making. Our experience all the better. If you like alcohol stop here and play a game of Eni-meani-miney-moe and you can't go wrong with what you pick!

This was a great stop along a short road trip around the island. The service was wonderful and the staff was very friendly and talkative. We ordered the kombucha squash and added goat cheese, which was one of the highlight meals of our trip to Hawaii. The beer was good however, I would suggest the lines to be colder.

When you get tired of mediocre overpriced resort food, make the drive up to Waimea town and check out this local brewery. They don't sell the beer (yet) in cans so all these brews on tap are going to be new and exciting to most people. They've won many awards in national beer competitions so get the 5-sampler and taste a bunch of them! I'm not even a beer drinker, the menu is mostly Tex-mex inspired and was great. Garlic fries were 10/10. Fish tacos and chicken nachos were also excellent. Actually, everything was pretty good. There was a sign saying they were short staffed so expect long wait times but this was the quickest and BEST service we had while on island and it was in this little town of Waimea. I'm glad I read someone's review at another local brewery on this island that said "Go to Big Island Brewhaus instead" because this was excellent.

Loved this spot! So fun and exciting to try some local farm fresh food: got burgers, I got the slider which is nice and small. Fries were awesome, and the meat tasted good! We were a little confused about our beers, they seemed not to be pints but we were charged $9 for each. That's my only complaint. :) will definitely be back but make sure our beer is rung up correctly.

Delicious brews and food an easy 30 minutes from the Waikoloa area! The parking is a bit small, but somehow there's always a parking space. The fried pickles are delicious and my kids fully approved the fries! More importantly, the brews are the best on the island. My favorite is the rice lager which was a class act. Patio is super family friendly, with the traffic noise drowning out the sounds of my kids' boredom (iykyk). Our server, who has children of her own, rushed to cash us out when we gave her "my kids about the implode" look. In my rice lager haze, I pleasantly but accidentally signed up for their loyalty program which means i'll need to come back tomorrow to cash in points. Not a bad problem! Highly recommend 10/10, can't wait to be back.

Great service and beer. Cool spot in the town of Waimea which I explored more. Really recommend if you stop in town

After a long and crazy drive from the Volcanos and The Mauna Kea Observatories, we were at a loss on where to go. We didn't have an agenda so I suggested driving to Waimea (Kamuela for the old-timers) to eat at a place called The Fish and the Hog, which was highly-recommended by my co-workers. The drive from Mauna Kea to Waimea was pretty long by my standards living on an island of Oahu, but for my husband who loved to drive, it was nothing. I profusely apologized to my husband after we pulled into The Fish and Hog parking lot after it was closed, on a Tuesday; apparently they are only open on a few days. We had a hard time getting out of the parking lot of Fish and Hog to find parking for the Big Island Brewhaus, which was only a few lots but there was a sign to go park by the church in the cherry tree grove area. I was perplexed by the cherry trees that we parked under, as well as walking past homes with lavender and hydrangeas; all of these plants need cool weather to survive, and apparently Kamuela had enough cold weather to keep these plants happy. The Big Island Brewhaus itself was a pretty cool set up with a comfy, easy feel. Nothing fancy, with a choice of indoor or outdoor (covered dining). We chose indoor. Husband got a Green Chili Burger with half order of garlic fries ($15.00 + $6.00) and I got a Felafel burger with half order of garlic fries ($15.00 + $6.00); he liked his Green Chili Burger while the Felafel Burger was just OK, the bun was way to thick and hard, but I was glad there were vegetarian options. Service as fast and very friendly. We got booze to go as we didn't want to drink/drive/use toilet without toilet in sight, plus the bottles of margarita caught my attention with skeleton hands doing the shaka: - Red Sea of Cacao Mason (quart) jar of chocolate and sea salt beer $12.00 - two bottles of margaritas (lime and lilikoi); Lime $17.00 and Lilikoi $18.00 One quart of beer and two bottles of margarita = $47.00 We finished the beer back at our hotel/cottages and took the margarita bottles back to Oahu with us to finish. We totally loved the beer, wish we had more. The lilikoi margarita was superb - the lime was just OK, we had to add more tequila to it to make it palatable, but otherwise, the sheer option to have take-out booze was a great 'wow factor'. Having such a cool brewery in the middle of what seemed like nowhere was a bit of a surreal experience. I know Kamuela is very rich in it's history so I don't want to demean such an amazing town with my description, but from a city person going to Kamuela it sure did seem that way, but in any way, shape or form, I'm planning on going back to Kamuela because the place totally intrigues me... and of course, so does the Brewhaus, and next time I go back, I will try most of their beers.

Having opened in 2011, Big Island Brewhaus was on of the original breweries that created Hawaii's beer scene. For anyone that knows me, you'd think I would've been here before: nope, this was my first visit and it was a great one! BIB is Hawaii's highest altitude brewery, and the drive to get here is an adventure in itself. Located in Waimea on the northern part of Big Island, it's about an hour drive from Kona or Hilo on the Hawaii Belt Road. I also learned Waimea has a small airport, so there's an always an option to fly directly here and it would be worth the trip! For a beer fan, this is a must-visit. Their beer has won more national and international beer awards than any other in the state. They focus on quality, always developing and improving their recipes of classic styles. You won't find fads here, just amazing clean beers. They offer flights of 5 or full pints. If it's your first visit, it's worth trying a whole bunch, but you must get a full pour of a favorite to really take in the quality. A number of their core beers and seasonal limiteds are also available in bottles in many grocery and convenience stores around the state. They have merchandise for sale as well. On my visit, I tried a few new ones including Migoto Rice Lager, which was one of the best of the style I've had. Their beer list changes often, so if you come for return visits, there will definitely be something new. The restaurant itself is small and cozy. Right on the main street, they have free parking. The brewery itself is located behind the restaurant, you can take a peek inside the large open windows. They have a large circular outdoor seating area that's covered - picnic table style. Inside there are a bunch of tables for parties of 4, plus the bar area with kitchen behind. During my visit it poured for a while, and I loved the sound on the roof. Their menu is filled - too many great sounding things for me to try on one visit. I went with the falafel patty sandwich on Haus-baked focaccia bread, locally grown tomatoes & lettuce, caramelized sweet onion, and cilantro aioli - it was delicious. I also ordered it with a side of fries. I've heard from others the rest of the food menu- including a lot of Mexican items - is equally fantastic. I can't wait to come back and try more. Mahalo for the great time Kat & Brett; Tom & Jayne, so happy to have finally visited. Can't wait to come back again!

Great food better brew ! Nicest people and helpful to give you insight on their offering Worth the drive from Hilo or Kona to explore their beers

What can I say.... Nothing but excellent comments!!! This is a local brewery establishment, beer brewed right in the side property!! OMG!! I ordered Ahi lightly battered bites!! Let E tell you, I am not a fried anything g kind of person; Crandon the bar keep was AMAZING!!! Knowledgeable and fun!! Great play list!!! Wish I had pics of our dishes but we couldn't wait!!! And ate it before we could take pics!!

Great place to grab food and a brew. Nice location and our waitress was very pleasant. Famous Green Chili Stew: 4/5. Really solid chili and was just the right amount. The spice level was right and the ingredients tasted fresh. Had a flight of three beers (ODIN'S SWORD, RED SEA OF CACAO, and BARREL-AGED GOLDEN SABBATH) and really enjoyed the first one.

We loved the place so much we ended up eating here twice in a week and we weren't even staying in Waimea. Great laid back vibe, as you often get in breweries, but this one has really awesome food too! I don't even usually order chimichangas, but I decided to hear and absolutely love id! Fried crisp and filled with beans, cheese, chicken (or whatever you like). It was incredibly flavorful and since they don't smother it with chile you can easily pick it up. They use local meats, veggies, etc. and the quality shows. Their beers are awesome too! They have several awards and I can see why, they have very drinkable beers. I loved their porter, the Oktoberfest (which might be seasonal) and the IPAs. Great service. Great food. Superb beer! Worth a stop!!

My family and I drove up to Waimea to eat and the place we were planning to eat at was closed because of kitchen problems. We found ourselves here instead. My husband and I shared: - Ahi Katsu Sandwich (special) - Bacon & Bleu Quesadilla I enjoyed the quesadilla, but the Ahi Katsu wasn't my favorite. The prices were a bit higher than I wanted to pay considering nothing came with a side. The service was pretty slow too.

Two stars because staff was super nice. Sat outside the inside was super noisy. The beer was undrinkable it had a syrupy texture left on the palate, we left it pretty much untouched. The chili stew was good according to my friend and my fish taco was messy to eat. I got a flour tortilla as I thought it would be soft but it was crisped up. It tasted fine but unfortunately I have been in the bathroom all day today. Not fun

Stopped here for lunch on our way back from Waipi'o Lookout and visiting Kamuela. We didn't have a reservation but we were seating within 15 minutes. They were dog friendly outdoors and even brought us a little water. Our waitress was nice and funny! Our table ordered: ROCKIE'S FISH BITES - Made with Ahi 6 ounces of flash-fried fresh-catch fish bites with our sweet and spicy dipping sauce* FALAFEL Haus-made black bean falafel topped with Haus cilantro aioli BLACK & BLEU BURGER 6 oz. grass-fed, hormone free, Big Island beef burger* dusted with blackened spices and topped with crisp bacon, Gorgonzola, caramelized sweet onion and locally grown lettuce & tomato with spicy Haus-made aioli* on a brioche bun CLASSIC CHEESEBURGER 6 oz. grass-fed, hormone free, Big Island beef burger* with melted Monterey Jack cheese, locally grown lettuce & tomato Haus-made cilantro aioli* on a brioche bun Everything we ordered was delicious! We also had a couple Margaritas but unfortunately didn't get a chance to taste any of their brews - next visit!! Great casual place!

After our drive through the backcountry, we were famished and were looking forward to this bookmarked stop that had many dark beer options available. We stopped in at 4pm, the start of Happy Hour, which included $2 off drinks. No happy hour food specials are available. Our server was awesome, our food and drinks came out pretty fast. We chose the beer sampler, which included 5 choices for $10. Being slightly cold out, we ordered the Green Chili Stew snd the Green Chili Burger with Grilled Anaheim chiles. Everything was so delicious! We purchased two 16 oz bottles and a growler to go for $24. I definitely reccomend this spot if you're in the area. Check the menu for updated beer options.

been here a few times and tried different entrees, but after getting this burger, it'll be what I get here. it was so juicy and flavorful, best burger i've had in a while! fries were pretty oily, but fish bites and fried pickles are always a hit. service is always friendly and food comes out quick.

Cozy little place. I apologize for the delayed review. My husband and I came here for lunch. It was my birthday (August 10)! I had the nachos, big portions. My husband had the burrito. Both dishes were delicious and yum-oh! Mahalo for the great service and food! Also friendly staff. =) I highly recommend this place, if you're in the area.

The service was friendly and timely and the beer was spot on. The Overboard IPA was a great choice!! Delicious nachos, too!

We stopped here for a beer and quick bite to eat while exploring the northwest side of the island. The locally brewed beer was really good, we had a burger and the fish bites which were both excellent.

Ah-mazing beers and food. A little bit of a drive from Waikoloa, where we were staying. But the food and beer make up for it. Service was a little sloppy, it took ages to get our check. But hey, we were on island time. We even brought back a bottle of the Golden Sabbath! Lots of vegetarian options on the menu. Pro tip- Go on Wednesday, do the Waimea Farmers Market in the morning and then stop by here for a late, relaxed lunch on their sunny patio!

Fun little Brewery in the cute town of Waimea! The beers were delicious and super cold. They also had some of the best fish tacos I had tried on the Island. The server was very nice and super attentive!

If you have a hankering for amazing garlic fries. Look no farther. We also had the brownie alla mode. What a treat

Very good. Got the veggie sandwich and the bread was great. Nice servers too. Would recommend.

After a day of disc golfing, we were very hungry and ready some cold beer. I found this place on Yelp beforehand so I convinced my beer elite husband to give it a try. First the beer...excellent. So much so my husband wanted to buy some to take home to add to our collection! Wow! That's a massive deal. Second, the food was so good and satisfying. Lastly the service, our waitress was so kind and attentive. Highly recommend coming here.

This is a great place to sit and relax and have a drink and some food the staff is excellent. Sadly they just changed there menu and no longer have Mexican food it's all gone and the chicken toco and guacamole along with bacon all went bye bye Hopefully they adjust this menus soon.

Big Island Brewhaus was excellent! Great service, very tasty and fresh food, and such nice staff!

I visited Big Island Brewhaus for dinner back in March. I got a Pina Colada and the Green Chili Burger. They were short staffed but the service was still great. I also got the brewhaus fries after I received the burger because I realized I was pretty hungry lol. The Pina Colada was delicious. There was enough run in it for me and the pineapple and berry were good on top. The burger really hit the spot. It was medium rare like I asked for and everything meshed well together. The fries were hot and had the right amount of crisp. I would be down to revisit when I am back in the area.

My partner and I had a beer here before a reservation at another restaurant and I liked it so much I stopped for lunch during a long bike ride. Their beers are legit with a wide selection ranging from low ABV rice lager to high octane Belgian ales. Great bar food too! The house made dill pickles deep fried in a super crunchy batter with thin slices of fried onion are the bomb. Also really enjoyed the grilled fish taco I had. Super fresh, traditional toppings, and tasty. Both the bartender for our pre-dinner beer and my lunch server were great. Friendly, happy to chat, and my lunch server was super accommodating of my cyclist needs. She told me where to safely stow my bike (rack outside the bike shop behind the brew pub), gladly filled my water bottles, and chatted about cycling. I love places like this and it's always nice to find them when on vacation. I'm not a local, but I was treated like one, and that's rare. It's got a great dive bar feel to it, which is absolutely a compliment. The outdoor seating area is really nice and I liked the heavy metal/hard rock playlist during lunch.

Super chill vibes and welcoming, casual atmosphere. We devoured the nachos and brownie a la mode. Great place for a brew and dinner.

Was recommended to go to big island brewhaus by some lovely people on Oahu, so when we landed on Big Island this was our first stop. We drove over from Kona after a morning flight and arrived right when they opened! Sit at the bar! Best seat in the house and we got to make some friends with some locals of the area. Was told to get the burger with the garlic fries or the soup - burger was awesome but the FRIES were the star of the show. Best fries I've ever had with garlic and parmesan - couldn't stop eating them. We tried a variety of their beers, all of which were very solid. Greatly enjoyed the quirky, homey feel of this place, and the hospitality of the people that are there. A unique place and a perfect stop if you can make it up to this part of the island.

Suddenly starving while touring the Big Island so I Yelp vegetarian options and Big Island Brew House pops up. Quick survey of menu confirms veggie options. Super cute place friendly service and awesome menu. I had the Falafel sandwich on sourdough with house made slaw on the side & a pickle spear. They also had some Non- alcoholic beer selections so I ordered an Athletic IPA which went great with my meal. The sandwich & slaw were amazingly delicious & hit the spot. I recommend if you're in town.

This is the best brewery in Hawaii and a top brewery in the US. The beer was so good I drove 30 minutes one-way THREE times during our one week stay. The Graham's Pils is 10/10 and I am glad the two six packs I bought survived the flight home! Food is great too, as is the staff/bartenders. Such a great spot!

This place is what the Kona brewery used to be. The beers are , imv, better tasting and have more depth in their taste compared to the ones Kona produce. Worth the trip or at the very least, if you're buying cans try them from here.

Wow so good the beer hit the spot and the nachos omg we will be back for more and to try the other yummy options we saw.

Fries are now extra with a burger. Sneaky. Won't be back after 12 years of eating here

Great beers,kind staff and good food. What else can I say? The beers were top notch brewery beers. Not the weak somewhat flavorless stuff of the other Local breweries of Hawaii. I had Odin's Sword and the super delicious Barrel Aged golden sabbath ale. Both were full of flavor, robust, and simply what I expect from a brew master. The staff was kind and came back often to check on us. Waters were filled and our server gave good suggestions on food and beer choices. The food was good. The best was the green chili stew. Great stuff. We had chicken quesadillas, garlic fries, and sliders and they were all good! Thank you Big Island Brewhaus, we will be back again.

This place is amazing!! Stop on the way back from Alaka falls and grab a flight of beer which all have badass names like Odins sword and golden sabbath. The beers were all incredible! The food is amazing and all ingredients are locally sourced!! The burger was flat out incredible and the beer cheese is not to be missed. Great staff and really nice inside outside dining. We just happened to be driving by but found a diamond in the rough. Must stop by when on big island.

Found this hidden gem after our hike. Quaint restaurant. My husband and I were pleasantly surprised. Hostess sat us right away. Our waitress was very energetic, smiley, and friendly. I had their special, Ahi Tostada and my husband had the fish bites. We also sampled some of the local beers. The Ahi Tostada was huge and delectable. Perfect bite each time. Tried my husband's fish bites. Fish not overcooked. Tender. The beer flight was also really tasty. If given the chance, I would definitely come here again.