Guinness Open Gate Brewery London

⭐⭐⭐☆☆ I had a good overall experience at the Guinness Experience in Covent Garden. The staff were genuinely friendly and welcoming throughout, and the attraction itself is clearly well put together and professionally run. It’s an enjoyable way to spend some time if you’re in central London and curious about the brand. That said, the experience felt a bit rushed compared to similar attractions. Much of it involves walking through a plant room while listening to fairly scripted commentary about Guinness, but there wasn’t as much depth on the history as I was hoping for. The upstairs tasting was very good, and the chance to pour your own pint is a nice touch — but just as you start to get into it, you’re basically finished and heading out the door. Having previously visited the Heineken Experience in Amsterdam, it’s hard not to compare. In my view, Heineken’s offering surpasses the Guinness Experience in almost every way — more immersive, more informative, and better paced. By comparison, this one feels a bit light. Overall, it’s quite expensive for what you get and only average by London attraction standards. One positive takeaway though: I did learn that the English played a pivotal part in creating Guinness — something I’ll definitely be reminding my Irish friends about for years to come!

We had such a great time at the Guinness Open Gate Brewery. The tour was brilliant from start to finish, and our tour guide Grace was a legend! Super knowledgeable, confident, fun, and delivered everything with a genuine smile. She knows her stuff and enjoys what she does, which made the whole experience even better. The tour itself was great and really well put together, and getting to pour our own Guinness at the end was the perfect finish. Such a great experience — would highly recommend it to anyone visiting. 🍺👏🏽

A great time for lovers of the creamy pints! (Even though it’s not brewed on site) The tour was informative about the history of Guinness including a sample in a nice small Guinness glass (which we later bought in the gift shop), then a tour of the brewing facilities where they brew a handful of beers on site. Tito our guide for this first portion was enthusiastic and we had a good time. The next section involved sampling these in house beers - a lager, IPA, Pale Ale and Porter. The tasting was fun - but none of these beers are particularly interesting or able to hold a candle to OG Guinness. We then entered the 232’ bar and had a masterclass in pouring a creamy pinto! We had a great time at the bar. We enjoyed browsing the gift shop afterwards, there’s every piece of Guinness merchandise conceivable. The prices were relatively steep, but not rip off. In terms of value, we paid £40 per ticket and you get 4x1/3 pints and a full creamy pint at the end of the tour. At approx £8 a pint in the area, you’re getting around £20 of beer as part of the ticket! If you’re a lover of creamy pints then it’s a must visit in Covent Garden!

The Guinness Brewery experience in London is well designed and clearly very well marketed. The space looks great and the theme leans into the history and heritage of Guinness, with an old style industrial feel throughout. There is a strong focus on merchandise, with lots of Guinness items for tourists to buy, which does feel quite heavily pushed. That said, there are some cool concepts, such as being able to engrave a product and enjoy a drink in their own Guinness bar, which adds something a bit different to the experience. Overall, it is okay, but if I were choosing a brewery visit, I would personally go to the original Guinness Storehouse in Dublin. The London version feels more like a themed attraction, whereas the original feels much more authentic and tied to its roots. Still, it is a decent experience and a nice concept, especially for Guinness fans

A Guinness fan’s dream. All the latest merch, a selection of beers brewed on site… and of course, the glorious black stuff. Easily the best pint of Guinness in London. Quote me on that. Tour available also but I didn’t need that. Still heard enough folk talking about the tour and fun had to appreciate that’s a winner.

The tour was interesting. The beer tasting was a fantastic experience and the person hosting it was really good. Pouring your pint was full of energy from the bar staff. The stoutIE was a nice touch, although this is an extra drink. I initially got told that we had 30 mins in the bar but it was nice to know that we were not rushed. The experimental beers to try downstairs in the courtyard was good and got to try a few. Great experience and recommended it to people.

It’s the staff that make this experience so good. Everyone we met was polite, helpful and seemed genuinely invested in creating a great experience. Tour was engaging and well presented. Great to have a go at pouring the perfect pint. £30 and lasts 1.5 hours. Tours leave every 15 mins so can be a little delayed on route. Choice of three eating options and whilst the restaurants looked fairly expensive the pie and mash food truck was a good choice. Little cold sitting outside in the forecourt but nice atmosphere. Two souvenir shops, amazing what you can brand Guinness - bar accessories, clothes, cook books and crisps - not the cheapest but guess certainly busy.

I had such a lovely time at the Porters Table restaurant. The pictures don’t do it justice but the food and cocktails were amazing, everything here is done to a high standard and everything tastes fresh and high quality. Most of all the staff are so welcoming and friendly, everyone was delightful, such a lovely experience, I’ll return soon!! The onions with roast tomatoes and fermented chili brown butter was one of the best things I’ve ever tasted. The skewers and sirloin steak was fabulous aswell. The Bloody Mary & Toucan Colada was to die for. Also best soufflé I’ve had. Thank you Guinness open gate brewery!!