Field Day Brewing Co.

The parking lot is never full yet the manager forces employees to park in the narrow busy street making it impossible for people to drive safely.

Everything was good! Perfect place for game night.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food menu is pretty solid, but I always feel like everything is overly salty. Great selection of beers, and they carry a couple of NA options as well. The staff is friendly. We enjoy duckpin bowling on an open afternoon when we can. We love the Nashville Hot Cheese

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Nashville Hot Cheese Curds

I struggle with the draw of this business setup. It is VERY LOUD, food is typical bar food. Service is quite good. The event room is nice to be separated but it is VERY LOUD. The warehouse feeling and noisy concrete atmosphere kills some of the fun. They do have duckpin bowling if that is your thing.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 4

As a former professional brewer and certified beer judge, I can honestly say that the beer at Field Day is as good as it gets. I sampled many of the lagers and IPA’s, and all were excellent. The Czech Pils was my favorite. The food is also great. We sampled the egg rolls and gyro loaded fries. Service was excellent. There were a couple of beer order snafus, but our server, Madi, made it right. The Iowa City area craft beer scene is great, and Field Day is at the top of my list. Great food, beer and service. And the atmosphere is really good, too.

Great food and drinks fun fun

Really fun atmosphere. Food was solid but nothing to write home about. Good place to go with a big group of friends

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Took our family here while everyone was home for Thanksgiving, and I had really high hopes. Unfortunately, the experience was just average. We tried six different dishes, but none stood out as exceptional. The orange chicken bowl, for example, was just three chicken strips—not what we expected. While the food was prepared and delivered incredibly fast—faster than a fast food restaurant—it left us wishing for more quality. On the positive side, our server was very friendly, which made the experience more enjoyable. Overall, it was okay, but nothing special.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

Big Grove is better. I mean, unless you want to drink a marijuana beverage (hemp based) and watch kids running around everywhere, I would pass. The manager and owners of this place suck too- terrible attitudes. I went to the 4/20 party, and the party was everywhere besides the “VIP/ Party” area. I walked up there, looked at everyone that appeared miserable, walked down the stairs, and gave my bracelet to some random that wanted to check it out. The food and beer is okay- just okay. This place tries to be “hip” and exciting, but it’s a big square with baby bowling, a VIP/ party room that should be a storage area, a patio swarming with wild children, and a bar that couldn’t be in a worse place in the entire space. They do some cute Elsa/ Frozen kid activities in the middle of the summer and other kid centric stuff… but there’s something missing here. There was a cool bird event once… but as far as a brewery destination, there are far better places to visit. The cheese curds were good though, but not enough to change my overall Attitude and perception of this place. The definition of a field day is an athletic competition for school children, and that’s exactly what it is. Big kids running the show and pretending their problems are “rocks” and little kids playing on the patio. I thought this spot would gain some Traction, but it’s like the guy leading the charge used to run the Marriot Breakfast Buffet or something. (Not terrible, but not something you really want.) Good job guys- please 86 the gyro/ rice bowl- it doesn’t work. Salmon sandwich doesn’t sound too appealing either. Whoever is responsible for the Korean influence- bravo.

Kid-friendliness: Lots of
Kids.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Parking: Huge parking lot.

Kid-friendliness: Soda refills and small kids menu are great

Not my cup of tea.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

Great atmosphere - that is the best part. The beers are OK... but that's about it - didn't have a beer that I wanted to have 2 of. The food is wet.... meaning they over sauce everything, making it a really messy food experience. Service is mediocre, sat with empty beer glasses more than once.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 3

Nick, as our table server, was prompt, friendly and totally on top of things.. 👍 Grade A

Prior to our table seating, however -- as a twenty minute wait time clicked off -- we sat at the bar (with natural hopes of being served a pre-dinner cocktail). Unfortunately, my brother and I were snubbed to the hilt. Grade F 👎

*The Bromance Pint Draft and Nacho Platter (along with Nick's professionalism) easily made up for the sour bar experience.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: The Nachos

Large brewery with good food and drink, large outdoor and indoor seating area, had live music and outdoor activities in the summer. Good experience.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Had the bulgogi steak street tacos which were honestly pretty awful. Dry, chewy, very little flavor, and hard grissle in spots that were inedible. I tried 4 different beers, all lagers, and they were all very middle of the road and nothing too special. However, the space is an extremely cool place to hang out and is obviously well thought out.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 4