Raven Brewing & BBQ

121 N Michigan Ave, Big Rapids
(231) 629-8017

Recent Reviews

Steven Sorensen

Nothing more than a bar that calls itself a brewery. Outdated website shows “their” beer but they don’t have anything of theirs on tap anymore and haven’t for awhile apparently. They could have at least updated their site or changed their business name to reflect that they are just a bar now. Owners apparently do not care. Obvious to see why they are going out of business.

Darrin Mendrick

Nice selection of meals and craft beer. BBQ was flavorful and moist. We sat outside and enjoyed the live music with lunch.

chat

Great food.Staff is very helpful.And really nice atmosphereWheelchair accessibility: Is wheelchair accessible

Kelly Paffel

Was in town on a business trip and decided to try this place. I order the beer cheese dip with chips - it came out and the chips were warm, but the beer cheese dip was ice cold. I asked the server to heat up the beer cheese dip - it came back again the bowl was hot, but the beer cheese dip was ice cold - could not eat the beer cheese. I order the chili which was very good, but it was cold also. Maybe the stove was broken.... The Cuban sandwich was hot and was very good.

C. M.

Generally, I have liked the food here. But when my out-of-town guests found the beef bisket to be too fatty and sent it back, the cook insulted us in a loud enough tone for us to hear. We were charged for the order but not offered a replacment. The bartender/waitress seemed embrassed by the cook's poor behavior. I don't want to risk hurting the cook's feeling again, so I will not return.

Joyce o

Ordered Purist brisket sandwich. Meat full of fat, very poor quality of meat. Sent sandwich back. Cook announced that I was crazy. Someone else ordered brisket taco and brisket full of fat. Ordered cheese nachos. Cheese dip tasted like flour with dab of cheese in it. I paid for nasty sandwich. Waitress was nice, otherwise gross food and gross, rude cook.

Thomas A.

Stay away! Beer cheese was disgusting. Stale chips. Draft beer smelled like mold. Food choice is basically nachos or paninis. Not a brewery either. Closed the bill quickly and left and went 2 doors down.

Eli Dutko

Brisket was extremely dry, the panini I received wasn't even what I ordered, their menu is now abysmally small not even having a burger or even fries, I ordered one of their handful of sides and they were out of it at 11:30 am on a Tuesday. It used to be a really good place to eat and get a drink, now it's a typical college bar with overpriced and lackluster at best food, if they even have what you'd like, and even more overpriced drinks. They have an okay beer list but so does just about anywhere around here.

Danny S.

Delicious food, with a friendly staff, in a clean enjoyable atmosphere. The reason for a dropped star, slow service. Get sat and served a beverage quickly, but was so long before returning for our order, we forgot we hadn't ordered already. The check also took too long to be offered, even though it was obvious we were done. This example was on a weekday when other than 2 locals at the bar, our table of three were the only patrons. We will eat here again but they are on our low repeat list because of the speed shortage.

Richard Pemberton

Alie was our waitress and she made us feel so welcome. She was attentive to what we wanted. Our order came out correct. The food was absolutely delicious! We had a great time! Thank you very much for the great experience!

VacationFam1

We loved the atmosphere of the Brewery. My husband loved the selections of beer and tried a few different ones. The server was great. Always available when needed. We ordered the Brisket Nachos and a sandwich. I loved the nachos, the pineapple and pickled onion was a refreshing touch and the brisket was fantastic. The sandwich was delicious too. I was disappointed in the cornbread. I was hoping for a little sweeter and larger piece for the price. My only complaint was the wait. Luckily our kids were not with us. We waited 40 min. to get our order. I felt that was a little long, The place was not busy, several open tables and not sure what took so long. Other than that we enjoyed it.

Nancy

Had a great lunch today! Between the three of us we got the street tacos, the Cuban sandwich and the gaucho salad with brisket. Everything was delicious and our server was extremely helpful! Will definitely be back!!

Miranda Mohr

We had an incredible lunch today! Pulled Pork Street Tacos, Cuban Panini, White Bean Chicken Chili, all AMAZING! The atmosphere was very warm and welcoming, complete with CCR and Seger playing softly in the background. 10/10 would highly recommend!

Sandi Bonge

The street tacos are amazing, we drive from Grand Rapids to get them. This visit was terrible. We waited 45 minutes without being greeted. The servers walked by numerous times and didn’t do much as say hi or explain wait time. Had to walk to the bar to request service, to which she replied she would be right over. Waited 10 more minutes before ultimately leaving. Pleasant staff and great food is worth the wait, rude service isn’t.

Alicia S.

We had to ask for refills and had to basically beg to find out waitress. I get it was slightly busy however, our food was cold and then we had to wait to ask for additional condiments for another 20 minutes. Had high hopes but very disappointed.

Load More