49th State Brewing - Denali Park

What an amazing place. If you find yourself in the Mount McKinley (Denali) area... You have to stop!!!

The food is better than anything we have had in Alaska.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very solid choice if in town. Variety. Drinks. Atmosphere. I can see why it is so busy and popular.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Delicious food, service was excellent.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Arriving at the 49th there was a queue for a table and the place was busy. Both are usually positive indicators that this is a good place for dinner.

Sadly this proved to be the opposite !

We put our name down for a table and our phone number was taken together with my credit card details taken to allow 49th to text a link to check our position in the waiting queue.

So while waiting we'll get a drink.......I queued for over 17 minutes to order a couple of drinks..... There was a queue in the outside bar and the server was slow, having to validate ID and Credit Card before serving
An IPA and a Cider
The IPA was served in a Cider glass leading to somebody expecting a Cider pulling a face when tasting IPA, funny on one level, sloppy attention to service on another.

Why not validate once and allow a name check to speed bar service?

Once seated at our table we hit a problem that on one dish they were out of their signature sauce? No problem can you serve Sri Racha instead? Yes no problem.....

One order of food arrived, 8 minutes later the dish minus signature sauce arrived with Oli Olli ??

The server was told and we waited..... and waited .... still no Sri Racha.

I chased down the duty manager, gave constructive feedback and he personally went to the fridge to get the sauce for a dish now cold, no apologies provided ??

In essence there is a need to review the processes adopted and improve them to deliver faster and accurate service. Something that currently seems the 49th brewery in Healy may have difficulty attaining.

Despite this I recognised the young server was not at fault and I added a 15% tip despite the disorganisation.

In uploading the bill I noticed there was a guest count of 3, even though there were only two of us.

Sloppy beyond!

The management needs to do their job and get the service right

My scoring was epitomised in the bus feature in the beer garden too

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Great atmosphere, great vibe, great place to spend time with family

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Large portion, great atmosphere to hang with friends, and great spirit. The kids' menu had excellent choices for children.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This was an amazing find on our first day of vacation. The food was awesome, the beer was on point, and the server was extremely knowledgeable and helpful.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It was great. Wonderful food quiet and relaxing atmosphere. And wonderful drinks. Well worth the money we spent.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Great place. Awesome atmosphere, amazing beer and great food choices. Highly recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great place must stop. Beer was fantastic. Food was some of the best we've had in Alaska. We've been here for over a month. The buffalo meatloaf is a must. Do Nigel or server was a great young man. Nigel, our server was a great young man

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Awesome food - calamari is amazing, buffalo meatloaf, cheese crusted halibut totally yum - all of us were not disappointed by anything we ordered.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bavarian Handmade Pretzel, Fish and Chips, Yak Burger, Burger, Seafood

On vacation at denali and thought we would drive out of town to get dinner. Not enough can be said about everything we experienced there. For starters we got to sit around the gorgeous warm fireplace and we had the most amazing waiter, zach. He was knowledgeable about all menu items and made some great suggestions. We had the salmon and the yak burger and everything was cooked to perfection. I got to do a soda flight which is something i have never seen before. It's definitely worth the little drive from the park not to mention it's a beautiful drive.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I normally look for a more off the beaten path places to eat but after a long day hiking, this was convenient so we have it a try. I have to say Gina, our server, was fantastic and the food was some of the best I've had in a while. We had the fish and chips and salmon melt (I was skeptical at first but believe me it was a wonderful). I can see why I've heard so much about 49th State!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Unbelievable with their renovations!!! A true definitive Denali must!!!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Awesome beer. Especially the Smok!