Place went downhill... I want to preface by saying that we have been here many times and it was phenomenal. This last visit will be my last though.
Sat down, no sours, no Irish beers for St Patty's Day. Fine, no biggie they got some decent IPAs.
Nachos which we've gotten every time have changed in the worst way possible. Snail trail of brown smokey sauce that was nasty. Chicken was flavorless and not the smoked chicken we usually get. I brought it up to our waitress and she informed us many things have changed people have noticed, offered to have it remade but at that point why? She said they have two new line cooks back there it'll come out the same and I'm not just trying to waste food.
Got the entrees, wife's beef spud thing was pretty good but my fish tacos had dry cabbage and overly battered fish with old burnt tasting fry oil. Our kids chicken nuggets had that same nasty fry oil taste.
Overall for $92 this was just a very mediocre experience and we probably will not come back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Alicia Zammiello
Absolutely incredible place! My husband and I popped in here on Valentine's Day and were lucky enough to snag seats at the bar. There is a great selection of beer, the bartender was super friendly and welcoming and the food was great. Even the other patrons were friendly. It was a truly great experience and we will definitely be back the next time we travel to NH.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stephen Thompson
Edit: Our party has received a very admirable response from the owner and I appreciate it. I have changed this to 4 stars based on that reply. We will still visit the Nashua location.
Went in tonight for a quick beer and app half an hour before closing. Waitress seats us and say move these 2 tables together. Guy comes out and says we aren’t moving tables and we will let you have 1 beer and a pizza. He was quite rude and cost his waitress a quick and easy tip. Won’t come back to this location.
Gary Redmond
Really disappointed. Having been to nearly every brewery in NH this was the rudest experience I’ve ever had. 30 minutes until closing, we were told we couldn’t put two tables together to accommodate our table of seven looking for a beer and maybe a snack.. The server was nice but the manager was rude and did not want to accommodate us in any way. We come here at least 3 or 4 times a year but won’t be back. Sad.
Catherine Corso
Always great people working, very friendly and fun. Family friendly atmosphere with pool table, pinball, Foosball, etc. Beers are great and the pizza is probably the best in town!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jose S.
Misleading prices. 4 Beer pack is advertised as $13 and I was charged $22 .
Tom Collins
Great beer, service and food. We love this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Loaded Nachos
Terry Parker
Our waiter was very polite until we questioned our flight. One selection had been mispoured. He tried to say it was our fault. We let that pass. We ordered bar nachos with brisket. They were okay. We also ordered a smash burger and fried chicken sandwich. Our waiter came by after awhile and asked if we'd like anymore food or beer. We stated that we were waiting for our food. He went to check on it. Obviously he forgot to put the order in. We were sitting there and watched him place the order after coming out from the kitchen. He made an excuse that the kitchen was backed up because of a large party. If you are going to screw up at least own up to it and apologize don't give us some made up story! The beer was okay,the food was so so! I ordered the fried chicken sandwich......I figured it would be breast meat.....wrong it was thigh meat. Don't think I'll be going back anytime soon. I don't usually leave bad reviews but this could've been avoided completely. On the up side the fries were very good
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Beer Flight, Side of Fries
Edwina Vandervort
Awesome experience at the Kettlehead..Charlie is the best! Food was delish!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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I order the Cajun clam chowder and it was cold and blood red with no flavor besides it being spicy. Also my pizza had too much cheese and not enough dough, so it was floppy. Another person in my party ordered chili. It was extremely salty and the beans were crunchy and undercooked.
I should rate it lower, but I’m in the biz myself so I just want to call attention to some things. First, if you’re thinking it’s a family place because they have an arcade, it really isn’t. Most of the arcade machines don’t actually work anyways, and not all of the ones in the picture are still there now. Like we get it, the server already lectured us just for having kids, we saw the signs on the wall pre-admonishing us for bringing kids. We had a group of 8 and they wouldn’t even let us sit together.
Also since we’re talking about kids, maybe don’t overload their food with salt like they’ve been alcoholics for 20 years. Why do you even have a kids menu if you don’t want them there and you’re not going to prepare it kid friendly? All the kids ended up leaving hungry.
I don’t get what they’re going for here. Why have food and an arcade if you only want people to come and drink beer? Food was ok, for pub food anyways.
Oh and shovel your entrance! It’s not hard. There’s no snow in your parking lot, but there’s ice and snow on the incline to your door.
To sum it up, welcoming is not what I’d call this place. I could see a group of 20 something year olds enjoying it, so maybe just try to appeal to that market?
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 2
Kim Weeks
Kettlehead's beers never disappoint. Yesterday (in Meredith), I sampled the following. Big surprise for me was that the sour (of which I'm normally not a big fan) was AMAZING! Always delicious beer with finely craft detail on the palate. Didn't eat (so can't comment about that, but past apps in Tilton were delicious). Sat at the bar & service was 5 star. Chatty, friendly bartenders, which we enjoy. The only thing I didn't care for was the weird spray painted panels inside. Kinda weird, especially when the building is gorgeous, old brick colonial. Would have liked to see more of tavern feel throughout with the authentic house parts. Hey, to each his own. The beer was awesome!
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beer Flight
Mark Larsen
Love checking out new breweries when out of town. Kettlehead has some amazing hop forward beers. Definitely will stop in again when in town.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beer Flight
Cyrus Talebpour
We arrived late and hungry from Boston. Despite 40 minutes from closure they took us in and even let us try different beers on tap. I recommend the smash burger and drink called "pump up the jam". Pleasant people and atmosphere.
Kathleen Stanley
Came in as a party of five, and after a 25 minute wait was seated. After we were seated, indicated that we were drinking beer & didn’t need menu’s. We were then told by the hostess that she wanted to keep the table for people who were eating and told, rudely, to get up and move to some metal stools in the kiddie arcade to drink our beers. We watched as people left and tables opened up. Spoke to someone at the bar to speak to a manager. Learned that rude hostess was the manager! Apparently this brewery/tap room’s speciality is food and not beer!
Place went downhill... I want to preface by saying that we have been here many times and it was phenomenal. This last visit will be my last though.
Sat down, no sours, no Irish beers for St Patty's Day. Fine, no biggie they got some decent IPAs.
Nachos which we've gotten every time have changed in the worst way possible. Snail trail of brown smokey sauce that was nasty. Chicken was flavorless and not the smoked chicken we usually get. I brought it up to our waitress and she informed us many things have changed people have noticed, offered to have it remade but at that point why? She said they have two new line cooks back there it'll come out the same and I'm not just trying to waste food.
Got the entrees, wife's beef spud thing was pretty good but my fish tacos had dry cabbage and overly battered fish with old burnt tasting fry oil. Our kids chicken nuggets had that same nasty fry oil taste.
Overall for $92 this was just a very mediocre experience and we probably will not come back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Absolutely incredible place! My husband and I popped in here on Valentine's Day and were lucky enough to snag seats at the bar. There is a great selection of beer, the bartender was super friendly and welcoming and the food was great. Even the other patrons were friendly. It was a truly great experience and we will definitely be back the next time we travel to NH.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Edit: Our party has received a very admirable response from the owner and I appreciate it. I have changed this to 4 stars based on that reply. We will still visit the Nashua location.
Went in tonight for a quick beer and app half an hour before closing. Waitress seats us and say move these 2 tables together. Guy comes out and says we aren’t moving tables and we will let you have 1 beer and a pizza. He was quite rude and cost his waitress a quick and easy tip. Won’t come back to this location.
Really disappointed. Having been to nearly every brewery in NH this was the rudest experience I’ve ever had. 30 minutes until closing, we were told we couldn’t put two tables together to accommodate our table of seven looking for a beer and maybe a snack.. The server was nice but the manager was rude and did not want to accommodate us in any way. We come here at least 3 or 4 times a year but won’t be back. Sad.
Always great people working, very friendly and fun. Family friendly atmosphere with pool table, pinball, Foosball, etc. Beers are great and the pizza is probably the best in town!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Misleading prices. 4 Beer pack is advertised as $13 and I was charged $22 .
Great beer, service and food. We love this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Loaded Nachos
Our waiter was very polite until we questioned our flight. One selection had been mispoured. He tried to say it was our fault. We let that pass. We ordered bar nachos with brisket. They were okay. We also ordered a smash burger and fried chicken sandwich. Our waiter came by after awhile and asked if we'd like anymore food or beer. We stated that we were waiting for our food. He went to check on it. Obviously he forgot to put the order in. We were sitting there and watched him place the order after coming out from the kitchen. He made an excuse that the kitchen was backed up because of a large party. If you are going to screw up at least own up to it and apologize don't give us some made up story! The beer was okay,the food was so so! I ordered the fried chicken sandwich......I figured it would be breast meat.....wrong it was thigh meat. Don't think I'll be going back anytime soon. I don't usually leave bad reviews but this could've been avoided completely. On the up side the fries were very good
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Beer Flight, Side of Fries
Awesome experience at the Kettlehead..Charlie is the best! Food was delish!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I order the Cajun clam chowder and it was cold and blood red with no flavor besides it being spicy. Also my pizza had too much cheese and not enough dough, so it was floppy. Another person in my party ordered chili. It was extremely salty and the beans were crunchy and undercooked.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
I should rate it lower, but I’m in the biz myself so I just want to call attention to some things. First, if you’re thinking it’s a family place because they have an arcade, it really isn’t. Most of the arcade machines don’t actually work anyways, and not all of the ones in the picture are still there now. Like we get it, the server already lectured us just for having kids, we saw the signs on the wall pre-admonishing us for bringing kids. We had a group of 8 and they wouldn’t even let us sit together.
Also since we’re talking about kids, maybe don’t overload their food with salt like they’ve been alcoholics for 20 years. Why do you even have a kids menu if you don’t want them there and you’re not going to prepare it kid friendly? All the kids ended up leaving hungry.
I don’t get what they’re going for here. Why have food and an arcade if you only want people to come and drink beer? Food was ok, for pub food anyways.
Oh and shovel your entrance! It’s not hard. There’s no snow in your parking lot, but there’s ice and snow on the incline to your door.
To sum it up, welcoming is not what I’d call this place. I could see a group of 20 something year olds enjoying it, so maybe just try to appeal to that market?
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 2
Kettlehead's beers never disappoint. Yesterday (in Meredith), I sampled the following. Big surprise for me was that the sour (of which I'm normally not a big fan) was AMAZING! Always delicious beer with finely craft detail on the palate. Didn't eat (so can't comment about that, but past apps in Tilton were delicious). Sat at the bar & service was 5 star. Chatty, friendly bartenders, which we enjoy. The only thing I didn't care for was the weird spray painted panels inside. Kinda weird, especially when the building is gorgeous, old brick colonial. Would have liked to see more of tavern feel throughout with the authentic house parts. Hey, to each his own. The beer was awesome!
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beer Flight
Love checking out new breweries when out of town. Kettlehead has some amazing hop forward beers. Definitely will stop in again when in town.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beer Flight
We arrived late and hungry from Boston. Despite 40 minutes from closure they took us in and even let us try different beers on tap. I recommend the smash burger and drink called "pump up the jam". Pleasant people and atmosphere.
Came in as a party of five, and after a 25 minute wait was seated. After we were seated, indicated that we were drinking beer & didn’t need menu’s. We were then told by the hostess that she wanted to keep the table for people who were eating and told, rudely, to get up and move to some metal stools in the kiddie arcade to drink our beers. We watched as people left and tables opened up. Spoke to someone at the bar to speak to a manager. Learned that rude hostess was the manager! Apparently this brewery/tap room’s speciality is food and not beer!
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 1
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