Moon Under Water Brewpub and Distillery

Out of the water. Now Brass Monkey with new items. We ordered the Double Double burger, the Lamb burger, and the Truffle Shuffle (mushroom burger). Very flavourful. Prices are very reasonable. We were squeezing the burger juice on to our fries. OH MY!

UPDTAE: We visited after rebranding/new owner and I was sad to learn they've changed their food menu. I was looking forward to risotto and halibut fish and chips and instead the menu is now full of burgers and sandwiches of mediocre quality - very greasy and messy. The beer is still good and I was originally planning to lower my 5* review to 3* but then I tried their shaft flight and it was delicious! 4* Great beer selection, and tasty food. I loved their seasonal (I guess) smoked beer, and I hope they bring it back in the future. Their stouts are very smooth and perfect for winter. The risotto was delicious! The only thing I missed was a coleslaw salad with my fish and chips :)

I've come here twice, and both times have not disappointed. They always have a new seasonal drink to try, that's only shown when you visit in person, and they host the Cinco de Mayo celebration menu. The food was quite tasty and filling. The ciders here are very rich, and happy hour is all days on weekends which is great! I recommend visiting Moon Under Water brewpub!

Both times that I have been here the food and service has been excellent. The fish and chips is delicious. The halibut had a nicely flavoured coating that isn’t too thick or overpowering like one sometimes finds at many places that have fish and chips on the menu.

We are fairly frequent visitors during the summer months. A few years back we were able to tour the new distillery room being setup and talk with the owners/operators about their plans for distilled spirits, and of course we took the opportunity to try out some of the current brews. Used to have great potato skins, and there is always at least one funky beer on tap that needs to be checked out. Super friendly and attentive staff and a nice patio area.

Damn! That was good!!! I had the kimchi burger and they had the lamb burger. Wow! That was tasty! The beer was so good too. I had the "Hello Dunkle my old friend" and that was so smooth. Definitely will come back.

I recently visited Moon Under Water Brewpub and had an exceptional experience. Emilee, our server, provided outstanding service with her attentive and friendly demeanor. The brewery boasts a diverse selection of beers, offering something for every palate. The atmosphere is cozy and inviting, with charming decor and a fireplace to add warmth. I particularly enjoyed their true Canadian 20oz pints, which added to the authenticity of the experience. Despite not typically enjoying sour beers, I was pleasantly surprised by their peaches and cream sour. Moon Under Water Brewpub is definitely a must-visit for anyone looking for great beer and a welcoming atmosphere.

Love! Love! LOVE this place! If I could give it 10 stars I would. My husband and friends came to visit Victoria from Ontario and was recommended this place, and I will definitely be going back in the future. Everyone in my group loved the food, I got the chicken and brie burger and it's so good! We also got to try their whiskey, gin and beers, and everything was 10/10. We also had the opportunity to talk to the owners and you can see that they are passionate about what they do. And we love that! The service was great to, super attentive and friendly. I loved the vibe of the brewery. The only down side I would say is I wish you guys sold your beers here in ontario but you will see us again for sure!

Moon Under Water was a brewery we got to try on a recent trip to Victoria, British Columbia (Canada) and we liked their beer quite a bit! We only got one beer and it was a beer type we don't often get, a Dunkel style beer with a funny name called Creepy Uncle. The logo is fun on the bottle and it will be a name for a beer I won't soon forget. With the beer in the flavor profile you can expect to find maltiness witha hint of vanilla and nuttiness with an appropriate amount of sweetness. The beer is smooth and light bodied. It's a good one to sit down to and relax when you have that desire to unwind.

I've been intrigued about this place since it opened, & finding ourselves in the neighbourhood , we decided to stop in for a late lunch to try it out. Turns out my expectations were too high. I don't know what they're going for as far as decor, maybe rustic, but it just screams dump. The service was nice & the food OK, but the crappy environment put us off. What a disappointment. We won't be returning.

Fabulous pub. Enjoyed the IPA! The service is excellent and the bathrooms are clean.

Our last brewery visit of the trip was at Moon Under Water. I've seen their bottles at the liquor store but it's a mixed bag when it comes to how their beers taste. We dropped in on a Monday (around 3:45pm). It wasn't busy and oddly, their beer pub was closed (even though there were people inside). We were informed to go to the restaurant instead. Service was brutal; our waitress messed up our flight and didn't bother to tell us anything about the beers that we had ordered. There were 11 beers on tap. For food, the menu consists of pub favourites, soup & salad, appies, sandwiches, rice bowls (er...) and tacos. Monday specials was $5.00 pints all day/night and a bunch of appies on special. Two flight options were half moon ($8.50 for 4) or a full moon ($10.50 for 6) - 2x Flights ($8.50 for 4) - we went with the drinkgeld dubbel (Belgian dubbel), azacca kettle sour (which our waitress messed up and gave us an oatmeal stout instead), year 6 (barrel aged wheat wine with citra) and pineapple pound town pale ale (no pineapple flavour tasted). Our friends got a flight of creepy Uncle dunkel (dark lager), hip as funk (farmhouse IPA), darkside and azacca kettle sour. The only one I liked was the kettle sour. The rest were bland and mundane. Don't waste your time and money at MUW. Make the short trip over to any of the other nearby breweries: Île Sauvage, Driftwood and Hoyne.

If you need evidence for what the hospitality labour shortage looks like go here. Two people working a packed brewpub on the long weekend. They were the hosts, bartenders, servers, and one had to be the manager. By no means is this a complaint and it has no impact on the 3 star rating. I felt really bad for them. They were working hard. Must have been a stressful night. The 3 stars is because I just don't think this place would be any better even with a full staff. The food was meh. Reminds me of a Boston Pizza without the pizza. Typical bar food you can find pretty much anywhere these days. The flavours and presentations is actually very comparable to the food at Cineplex VIP. Even their beer menu is nothing to get excited about. We came to try their shaft flight but it's only available at their lounge which is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Anyway, if you want the details for the food: - Cauliflower bites with watered down Thai chilli sauce ($10) - For the price you can't complain I guess. Tastes like battered cauliflower. That's the best way I can describe it. - Deep Fried pickles ($8) - You get four bug slivers. They're good. Had a good crunch to them. Again, for that price I can't complain Would I come back? Not to the brewpub. It's a skip. I'd return to try their lounge though.

This is a cool stop for lunch. It was recommended by one of the other breweries in town. Good selection of food and good prices. We had fish and chips / fish tasted ok but too much batter. Tacos were beautiful great flavor, and the Yam fries were a fabulous. Good selection of beer on tap. I'll bet this place is really busy at night.

I was really annoyed to find out that they charge 2.5% for using a credit card. There is no notice of this until you receive your bill at the end of the evening. If they told us when we ordered or put the information on the menu, but no..

The tranquility IPA and Darkside was drinkable but the others were horrendous, especially the white marshmallow stout. I ordered cauliflower (commercially made) and chicken wrap with yam fries which tasted like dirty oil. I wasted my money and calories at Moon Under Water.

A buddy and I sauntered on up here whilst our ladies were having a girls day a the spa. Naturally, we needed beer and empty carbs while they were enjoying a foot soak or something that cost more than our hotel room that evening! We walked here from downtown and it's a bit of a hike through a not so great, but not terrible area. The sort of spot you wouldn't be surprised to saw something a bit unsavory. Very industrial area of town so it was a weird transition from downtown. We ventured on as we were hungry! We came in around 5 pm on a Friday - about 90% of the tables were reserved, despite there being a number of us wanting to dine and dash. There was a trivia night or something that apparently they take very seriously. The beers here were nothing super impressive, but what earned it that extra star was the POUTINE! Holy gravied cheese curds batman - this stuff was excellent! Good enough to share and delicious enough to go after with a spoon so as to not miss any of said goodness! Service was fine, beer was meh and the poutine was grand! Based on the other spots we'd hit, our expectations were high and the outcome was very up and down. For those magical curd bathing in a delightful sea of everyone's favorite mashed potato topping, it's worth a look!

Terrific beer and food. Husband had the Creepy Uncle Dunkel and loved it. We had the poutine, BBQ chicken sandwich and butter chicken. All were excellent! If you are visiting Victoria, check this place out.

I wasn't expecting much being a pub, boy was I wrong. I ordered the Thai chicken wrap with poutine and my daughter ordered the red curry rice bowl with chicken. Everything was so flavorful and the service was spot on. Add this to your brew tasting walk you won't be sorry!

We have been to Victoria on many occasions and usually end up checking out the local breweries, this one always seemed too far to walk to from the downtown area, but its definitely not. We decided to make the trek to check out music bingo which is currently on Friday night. They do take reservations 2 weeks in advance as it seems like this often fills up. We did play music bingo at another bar and that one was more fun, but its still a great way to pass some time while hanging out at a bar. We received excellent service while seated at the bar on a very busy night. The bartender was great and checked in with us very frequently. We enjoyed the fry bowl with gravy and some zucchini sticks. They have a large variety of sauces to go along with your food choices. Its nice that they serve both beer and mixed drinks. I do wish the website was updated with the current beers available. I love that they have many bathroom stalls here, which is how a brewery/pub should be. The sayings on the wall to and from the bathroom also kept me very entertained.

Review based exclusively on their beer. We stopped in for a flight, and overall it was a decent stop because they did have a variety of beers to choose from, and also had a bathroom (something that I was surprised to see some breweries without). I liked their flight paddles (crescent moon shaped), but the beers were just okay, nothing really wow'ed us, and the environment wasn't really anything worth hanging around for so we kept it brief and moved along our way.

In a sort of industrial area of Greater Victoria sits this brewpub. Walked in at 8 pm on a tuesday evening to a pretty full place. Its dingy, probably on purpose, with loafs of memorabilia from both their brewery and others. Tables were scattered everywhere, but, like i said, probably intentionally sort of divey. Menu is standard pub fare, we ordered wings which were average. Maybe a dozen in house brews on tap, I ordered a flight of 6. No real standouts for me, its just easy drinking brew pub beer. Service was alright, beers were alright, food alright.... Would be nice if they labeled the beers in the flight.

Sigh... I'm conflicted. I've been here twice... Once for a large party in the reserved penny room and once with a party of 7. Both on wing Wednesdays. The first time was a lot of fun. I tried a bunch of wing flavors and beer. Was great! Second time was Meh. Took forever to get a table (totally get it but still sux), took a while to get our wings. The host had a weird attitude. Our server was lovely and quick (under the circumstances). The wings were honestly not great at all. They tasted like they were not fresh. I tried three types. Mine in particular tasted off, and the other two were just meh. I ordered a flight, which was nice. Meh I'll probably be back but never get my wing flavor again and not on a Hella busy day.

Warning. We arrived by cab only to find out that they were booked solid with reservations due to music bingo. I've never experienced this at a brew pub! We waited 20 minutes for another cab and could see at least 5 empty tables this entire time! Very dissappointing!

I stopped by to look at merchandise, which they didn't have much of and what was there was filthy. I walked into the lower part, I was not greeted, in fact the bartender wasn't friendly and kinda looked at me like "what do you want?". When I asked about the merch, he told me to go upstairs. I went there and I stood by the door for a little while without so much as a glance from staff until I got impatient and walked up to the bar to ask. The bartender proceeded to tell me that the merchandise was in the downstairs, which is where I just came from. It seemed like everything was very unorganised, dirty and unwelcoming. This really sucks because moon under water has some of my all time favourite beers and I have never been to this brewery so I was extremely excited and was unfortunately extremely let down.

My boyfriend and I sat down to grab a flight of beer. First of all, the beer is AMAZING! We are very picky about our beers and every one that we tried, we absolutely loved. We had the pleasure of having Cam as our bartender and he was very knowledgeable of all the beers and spirits (as he is the one that makes all of them). I should also mention that all the drinks are made using local ingredients. He was kind enough to give us good spots to go visit around town as we were only there for the night. We didn't have enough time to try any of the food but it looked and smelled amazing. Loved the ambience, loved the beer, and loved Cam. THANK YOU! We will definitely be making it back here the next time we are in town!

The service was very quick, with the food arriving sooner than expected. The beer was terrific. I couldn't decide, so was offered samples. Liked it so much we bought some to take home. The bottles were 650 ml though - essentially the size of two beer. We liked. This is Hefeweizen and Potts Pils

Pretty good beers ... at least the West Coast and more traditional IPAs we tried. The happy hour deals also made the beer prices more reasonable. The food, however, is pretty spotty. Between us we had a burger that wasn't bad. But the "hand-cut" fries accompanying the burger, while plentiful, were very salty. The pork rib ends were deep fried to a crisp, and also massively over-salted. And the potato skins were reasonably good efforts floating in pools of oil.

Great location! Went on a Thursday night for flip burgers! Amazing food, service, and beer! Highly recommend this gem.

Seat yourself! Creepy uncle dunkle- really good BBQ sandwich and fries was good Weds is wings night and it was very busy and packed! Server did pretty good. There is parking on site but there's not much and it's tight.

It's in a bit of an odd place since it's largely around light industrial buildings but the beer is good and the food is solid. I've only had a couple things there but the burger is good eating (the fries are good as well) and the 3 brews they have on top are made in house and are nice to drink. The room is nothing to write home about but it's friendly enough and I find the vibe there to be nice (the staff and owners are very friendly people).

Went on Music Bingo Friday, the whole place was packed, which isn't a big feat as it's not the biggest place, but everyone was singing along to the music and had a great time. The house brew was good, didn't venture too far from that, pretty standard pub fare, I would say above average. Had wings and short ribs, wings were meaty and solid, spare ribs were nothing different than you would get at most pubs. Had a lot of fun and would definitely go back!

My Wife and I went to Moon Under Water Pub and Brewery last Thursday nite for "The Burger Flip". This is where your order a burger, the Kitchen decides what to serve you and you get to Flip a Coin to see if you pay full price ($16) or half Price ($8). The service from Christina was Impeccable. Christina was very knowledgeable about their Beers and Food and made our night even more special! Cheers Christina and Thank you ! My burger was a delicious, huge beef burger with mushrooms, onions, cheese and greens. It was perfectly cooked and seasoned. I did get to choose my side which was a vegetable soup in a large bowl; quite delicious. At the end I flipped and Won ! My wife had a Bowl of Fries (which was $6), very large portion and delicious. They had an Aioli and seafood sauce on the side for dipping. I had the Beer sampler ($8 for a sample of all their beers (4 x 5 oz)) and I paid an extra $2 to try the 5th beer (Seasonal). Then I had a "Guest Beer" (Brewed by another micro brewery) it was a Green Flash Brewing Co.'s West Coast IPA. Very nice, and very hopsy for $6. We had a great time and again, thank you Christina! We will be back, I promise!

I really want this place to succeed - but it has a lot of work to do. While it's hard to expect great ambiance in a warehouse, there's just something about the combination of office building carpeting and convention center chairs that turns me off. Moon Under Water specializes in session beers - beers with low alcohol percentages, smooth textures, and subtle, yet present flavours. They are great for a summer's eve. And because they aren't too alcoholic, you can ride your bike to the pub, have a beer, and bike home without having to worry about your balance. And we ordered their vegetable coconut curry, which lacked flavour even after adding copious amounts of salt. Perhaps the goal is to appeal more to the palates of middle aged Brits than those who enjoy spice. Moon Under Water gives a solid effort, and I'd be willing to give it another try. I'll just stay away

We had a flight (tasters) of all their 6 beers. Great fun, and very different beers. You need to try yourself. Then we ordered a pound of wings. Mine were the spicy whiskey flavored ones. They were great wings and cooked to perfection, but unfortunately not spicy at all. After telling the waitress about this she apologized and said the wings would be on the house. Then we ordered a chilli, which we could even taste first. It wasn't spicy enough for me, but my wife says it's one of the tastiest she ever had. They brought extra chilli sauce so that I can add as much spice as I needed. Was great ! Overall a great experience, very friendly and fast service. We will be back!

Great beer, great food, and great service - especially from Aisha (she's always super friendly and never gets the order wrong). My partner and I try to go most Mondays for the beer and nacho special - $15 (without tip) and we are stuffed and happy!

Got seated quickly, ordered cauliflower and broccoli appetizers loved them! Interesting dipping sauce for cauliflower, was expecting buffalo sauce. Loved the craft beers and bought a few tshirts so you know couldn't be bad at all.

Highly recommended!! Run by an amazing family. All the food is fresh and delicious. Go for the special of the day, always killer. Beer couldn't get any fresher, as it's brewed in house.

Very fun place with some local characters, friendly bartenders, and a dog who keeps an eye on the joint :) we didn't have any food but got to see the chicken wing prep which looked impressive! The only reason I'm not giving a full 5 stars is there is a very strong smell of the beer being brewed and the manager who was on his laptop at the bar complaining about his job, not too appropriate, even if we were the only 2 people in the place at the time.

Love this place! My wife and I tried it out while vacationing in Victoria last month. We walked about forty minutes to get here (stopping at all the other breweries along the way) and it was well worth it! Really solid beers, good food with huge portion sizes, and great atmosphere/layout. This is one of the places we went to where we really felt like we could relax and just enjoy ourselves. If I could give this place four and a half stars I would. I wouldn't go a full five stars because I didn't think any of their beer was all that ground breaking or spectacular. Still, GOOD beer. It's worth it. GO. But, for it to be a full five stars for me, I'd have to like the beer just a *little* bit more.

Was visiting B.C. with my wife and hitting up breweries along the way. We stopped by Moon for lunch after a long drive. Parking is tight, but everything else was really enjoyable. The service was great, friendly, and very welcoming to a couple of tourists. Our waitress gave us great tips of places to see/eat/drink during our time on the island. The food was pretty standard brewery food, we had a falafel (not great per my wife 3/5) and my burger was okay. We had a beer taster and I enjoyed all the beer (4.5/5). The Uncle Dunkel, Saisons, and the Copper Sour were the highlights for me. They had some cool merchandise but had pretty low stocks of shirts.

Avoid the Taco Tuesday deal. Cold, dry and flaccid.

The Moon burger with mushrooms and jalapeños was great. The fries were mediocre. What really shocked me was that they charged me $4.50 for soda water. I have been to many bars, restaurants, and pubs and have never gotten charged for soda water.

Great Monday madness. Discounted beer and appies. A great deal. Awesome service and good atmosphere. House beers are a little middle of the road for my tastes, but worth a try. Staff are friendly and approachable.

When another brewery recommends a place, you know it's legit. And this is true! I love it here, it smells great, the blonde curly haired bartender is hilarious and it has sour beers. What more can you ask?

In fairness, I did not have the beer. However best on past reviews I thought this might be a good place to get a burger. Food was okay not good and definitely not great. Tasteless beef, stringy bacon and a bun that had obviously come out of the freezer. Fries were again okay, hot, salty and probably the leftovers from lunch. But the most annoying was the canned "classic" rock! Really? Low key rainy January afternoon deserves better tunes.

Great Beer, Great Food, amazing atmosphere. Best beer in BC. I look forward to coming back each and every time I come to BC.

I went here the other day and had a veggie burger and it tasted nasty! The server I had was also really rude and wouldn't do anything about it :( I ended up hardly eating it and threw my money away...

4 stars for hummus and pita appy. 3 stars for 3 rounds of music bingo (even though I NEVER win) and for iffy service by a very awkward server. 2 stars for really bad beer :( We got 1 full flight and 1 half flight. The beers were dull, flavourless, and just...blegh. My boyfriend ordered 2 more of the other brewery's beers and I didn't like any of those either. I just really didn't like any of the 8 beers I took a sip of to want to order a full glass unfortunately. I've never been to a brewpub before so I don't know if this is normal, but the drink menu did not have any cocktails on it... only beers. I didn't ask about it and maybe they would willingly make me a cocktail if I asked... not sure, doesn't really matter, just noticed that. The pita and hummus comes with various veggies and what I hope is house-made hummus. I asked for extra hummus. I didn't bother to ask if I would get charged for it because I was fine with paying if I had to. When I finished my food and still had extra hummus left over, my server offered (I did not think to ask this, she offered on her own) to let me take the leftover hummus to-go which I thought was really nice since I was paying for it and otherwise it gets thrown out. The server was just not very friendly otherwise... she was just really awkward in not a charming way. My tea took 10 minutes without explanation, and when I told her we spilled our beers a bit due to the wobbly table, she proceeded to push the table to test it?? So she spilled even more of our beers..... A man beside us also poured his beer off the table and broke the glass. We felt really bad for him because this was clearly due to shitty tables. The place could really use a furniture update. As someone else said, make a reservation for music bingo because the place is small and fills up really fast. We were lucky we came at the right time because we saw several other people walk in and not be able to find any seats. Due to its size and despite fairly high ceilings, the place gets exceptionally loud (before music bingo) which makes talking very difficult. Easy to access by the #14 bus so for that reason I may come back for music bingo again but Christie's Pub has the same thing...

Beer is awesome, food is great. Service had always been a little questionable, and tonight was downright terrible. We arrived two hours before music bingo was slated to start, with every intention to just have dinner. The server moved us to a cramped table directly beside another party because of "how busy it was going to be". I explained that we would be out well before music bingo started and was met with a blank stare. Our server then told me that the bar doesn't have lime cordial despite this being something I have ordered every time I was there in the past. Maybe the bar was just out? Our burgers arrived with toppings we ordered them without, and our server proceeded to move another table away despite there being a ton of room in the bar. When we left the table we initially tried to sit at was still open, and during billing the server continued to complain about music bingo being too busy and loud.

Great place to be . Service , food and beer was amazing highly recommend , if you haven't been be sure to next time your in Victoria . I will definitely be back

Love it here! Fantastic beer, great food and great service! My husband wanted to show his wedding ring to someone and accidentally dropped it. The servers and other customers around us all got up to help search for it, so other people who go here are pretty cool too. I'm not a vegetarian or vegan, but I really enjoy their veggie burger. All the food I've had there has been pretty delicious, especially for the price. We mainly go there for the beer though. There's a new owner since it started, so it's no longer just sessional beer. Last time we were there we spoke with one of the owners. He was a super cool guy who knows his stuff. He's a micro biologist who also schooled in Germany specifically for brewing. Another big plus is that their beer doesn't have preservatives. Have I mentioned that I think their beer is pretty great? We've used this as our starting point for doing a walking tour of the local breweries in town. Hoyne, VIB and Phillips are just a short walk away.

I went in asking to fill a growler with a sour beer- I was told yes, please choose from these 5 sours! Was very excited and went to my car to get my growler, when I came back in, the brewmaster was whispering something to the bartender. The bartender then told me, no we won't fill growlers with sours. No explanation, no apology. Was it how I looked? I have no idea.

Went with a few friends and really enjoyed the ambiance. They had a really good wings special on and I treated myself to their taster flight. All in all, they have a very decent brew selection and some pretty good pub grub. A must if you enjoy brewpubs.

Found this hidden gem as we were biking around Victoria on vacation. So glad we did! The bartenders were fun and knowledgeable about the beers, and the locals at the bar were welcoming and gave us some great tips for what to do and see. I really enjoyed the Brewer, Baker, and Cider Maker. The sourdough flavor was unique as well as delicious. Had a taste of the pilsner and a few others and enjoyed all the samples - I'm just a bit of a lightweight so I couldn't indulge in all the alcoholic goodness. On a practical note, the bar was clean, well kept, and the bathrooms were impeccable. If we're ever back in Victoria, we'll be stopping by!

Really pleased. Good food! I got the BBQ bacon chicken burger and my husband got the chicken wings. Both very tasty. Beer was good too.

Great food, better beer and even better service. We had Cam as a server/bartender and he went way above and beyond. Would 10/10 recommend for a quick beer.