Reviews for The Vanguard Brewpub & Distillery in Hampton, VA
The vanguard Brewpub hosted our event. The premiere for our feature film entitled ?The Ten Doors?. There staff made themselves... available for pre-production tech walk-through and food planning. The day of the event everything went as planned. My guestenjoyed great food & drinks in the wonderful atmosphere call the Vanguard. A great job done by all. Read more
Initially, I was excited to come here and enjoy a nice meal and beer. The reviews and pictures online all looked pretty... enticing. The beer selection is pretty decent for an in-house brewery. Looking at the menu raised my excitement even morebecause everything sounded pretty good. Unfortunately, I was told that they were completely out of pulled pork for the BBQsandwich. I ended up settling for a pretty simplistic burger because simple items can really show you whether the kitchen caresor not. After waiting about 15 minutes to get our beers, we then waited another hour to get our food. We were a table of fiveand everyone ordered burgers with fries which definitely is no culinary challenge. Considering the brewpub was about half-empty,we were disgruntled at the fact that five burgers took an hour to even reach the table. On top of the wait, we never evenreceived our appetizer. You could easily tell that the food sat on the pass for a good 15 minutes because the burger and frieswere luke-warm and the fries were completely dried out and so was the lettuce on the burger. Completely disappointed with myexperience here and hopefully we showed up at a bad time because I certainly wouldn?t want this experience to be the ?norm?. Read more
Great place. Locally brewed beer and very cool brewery all around. I am thankful that the pretzel burger has stayed on the menu... for as long as it has. That?s my favorite item on the menu. Wish there more brew options like the coconut creamsicle ale, it?snot too sweet. I also really enjoy the live music on the weekends and even more so that it?s free entertainment. Read more
Really enjoyed their Caiseal Whiskey Fizz. Great selection of in house beers as well. Had some nice live music playing when we... got there! Read more
I tried the Fried Brussel Sprouts and Bulgogi Bowl based on my waitress' recommendation. Both were very good. The bowl had great... flavor and the meat was tender. A touch of red pepper paste would have made it even more delicious. The broccoli though freshand cooked well was a bit jarring when mixed in, so I ate them first. I also tried the Plum Rosemary Ale - good but a touch sour- and the Pineapple Coconut - light and easy to sip. Overall, the service and food were both very good ???? Read more
Absolutely incredible experience here tonight. This was our first visit but certainly will not be our last! The service was top... notch, our entrees were phenomenal, and the chocolate bread pudding pretty much puts every other dessert, everywhere in history,to shame. It was so. So. SO. GOOD. Read more
FANTASTIC!!!!!! We tried a flight of 6 beers, all were super tasty! But the Mexican Lime Lager and the Barrel Aged(has no name)... were our favorites!!! We ordered appetizers and dessert, everything was outstanding!!!!! And the building itself is gorgeoustoo! A super chill place Read more
We went for brunch. The menu seemed uninspiring and basic, but the food was actually fantastic. A great version of what was... listed. I had the breakfast burrito, would recommend. The quiche doesn't seem blind baked, so the crust was a bit mush. Theraspberry french toast was good, but heavily spiced with cloves, overpowering the other flavors. Still tasty though! Read more