The Rake at Admiral Maltings

651A W Tower Ave, Alameda
(510) 398-0536

Recent Reviews

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Happened to be perfect Weather.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Steve George

It was a Rainy night, and there was lots of laughter. Bar staff, knows their beers and made great suggestions. Remember, this is a Pub, so there are food, kids, games, incredible beverages and of course... Windows to view into the malt room!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pretzel with Beer Cheese, Tri Tip

David Stewart

The beer is good but the BBQ is overpriced and underwhelming. The sides are no good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Tri Tip

Cyndi Kramer

Good pub food, great beer, and awesome.ambiance.Everything about this place is worth the visit. Limited menu, but the three different things we ordered were all great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Linda C

Super fun tour of the facility and the malt production.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tami Abrams

Great service & delicious beer! Also, Firebrand pretzels. Yum!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Alan Bishop

The BBQ is not good. Tri-tip was dry, tasteless, and (blessing in disguise) laughably small portions for the nearly $30 price tag. Tater tots were sad. Although we did like the coleslaw side that includes pickled onions, and the big mixed green salad was very fresh, it is too hard to overlook the expensive and lame meat. Beer menu was heavy on IPAs--we're tired of bitter IPAs and the staff were curt and not interested in helping to pick something out (it's not like they're busy). The food quality is panned in other reviews so does not seem like merely an off day.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 2

Jason McBurney

The food is good ... But it is not the BBQ you dream about.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Richard Pagano

Great selection of food and beverage for every palate. The pretzel was great! ?They’re dog friendly too. ?Parking: Parking was super easy. Tons right across the street

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pretzel with Beer Cheese

Dennis M Robles

Great selection of beers. Friendly and informative

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Lexie S.

I decided to write this review because I am currently staring at the leftover malt butter that was served with my warm pretzel and I am holding back the urge to Jell-O shot it right back into my mouth because it was BEYOND AMAZING and I would hate to waste such a gift. Get the pretzel, get the jugo Nuevo and get here if you're looking for your next spot to take the family, to take a date or to just take yourself! Also shout out to the staff for the quick service. Everything that could go right, did!

Manuel Mora

After waiting 53 minutes they brought the food cold and the chicken was also dry.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

David Borel

Great beer and tasty bites from cool people in an environment that would be intimate if it wasn't so deafening.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Scott C

Excellent food, friendly service and of course great beers. Really nice staff, they let me plug in my electric scooter! Pulled pork plate was very good!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Michael Chang

Mixed feelings about The Rake at Admiral Maltings. Let's do the positives first.- Great selection of beer- Extremely warm and helpful staff- Nice overall vibe to relax with a few friends and lots of drinksNow for the negatives...well, there was only one negative albeit a rather large one. Their BBQ is awful. Not one single BBQ order was decent. The salads were better than the meat, and the tater tots were decent, but we didn't finish any of the plates we ordered.I would recommend eating somewhere else and then coming here for drinks.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

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