von Trapp Brewery & Bierhall

Gorgeous setting and great beer, but the food doesn’t deliver for the price. Fries were overcooked, delivered hard and cold and not the quality you would expect when the menu reads “handcut.” Maybe handcut = processed frozen fries. We had high hopes for the pretzels given the pride and history associated with the establishment but these too tasted frozen like the kind at the grocery store, and the $5 cheddar dip that accompanied it also seemed overly processed, arrived cold and tasteless. The rest of our meal was fine, but still very much overpriced. No doubt a “resort location” markup. Friendly service but slow that I would attribute to a kitchen/management issue. Our server repeately apologized for all the waiting we did and the restaurant was far from full on a mid-week evening. Sitting outside was nice until it got dark—there was no lighting, not even candles for the tables. Guests were using their cell phones to see their food and our server offered us her personal one to use. Beautiful place, but the quality in the kitchen/food needs to match the atmosphere and the high prices.

What an awesome experience !! Atmosphere, food, craft beers, especially the beer radish! So easy and delicious! Couldn't find the right radish at home in KC (Go Chiefs!!) but substituted a Diakon radish, so good. The staff we could tell were so happy working at this place, it showed in their attention to detail, conversation and mood! Thankyou so much for the experience, we will be back. One of our absolute favorite places !!

Been here several times and it keeps getting better. Food, beer, atmosphere are all fantastic. Large outdoor patio area for dining and plenty of green space for kiddos to run around! Spend an afternoon here and you won’t be dissatisfied.

Solid food options with recommended beer pairings provided. Atmosphere and scenery is fun, great for families. Enjoyed the brat on the pretzel bun and a generously poured dunkel. Skip the spicy mustard.

Good experience

Great food but nothing out of the ordinary for Stowe come on trivia night.

Reasonable beer, understaffed, need to add umbrellas to all outdoors tables that are200% exposed to thesun

The real Austrian food and beer.

Unremarkable and Overpriced

Don't bother with a stop for food at the Trapp Brewery in Stowe, VT. Service at the bar was indifferent - no real eye contact or friendly smile. A good looking young woman served us (sort of), got my order wrong and didn't seem to care much. The food was OK but nothing worth the drive, with the exception of a nicely-flavored helle lager cheese soup, which was quite nice. Bratwurst was ok - not exciting, and spaetzle also ok - it came out hot. Cobb salad did not benefit from pickled egg and vinegar treatment, and as I mentioned, our waitress never asked for dressing on the side for me. We also weren't asked if we'd like dessert so we didn't try the strudel. All in all, a disappointing lunch for $80. Better off to eat nice deli food in the village for half the price.

Trapp Family management take note: we're locals who've known the lodge well for many years. Your brewery restaurant manager needs to step up the game!

Brewery bingo card time. Who's got 'Brewery attached to lodge started by family who inspired iconic musical' on their cards? Go ahead and cross that sucker off the list.

The lodge has been here forever, 75 years or something. The brewery, 15 years. This beautiful building which houses their brewery and bierhaus? Less than ten. Interior is real nice, too. Gift shop, barstool seating at their large u-shaped bar, and both inside and outdoor patio seating, too. The layout is a little confusing. Open seating at the bar, and the full beer and food menu is available there. Most folks at the bar seemed to be waiting for their table reservations. So, if coming as a group, something to think about.

Meanwhile, like any good Austrian-themed brewery should, they offered pretzels and beer cheese. There are bottles of spicy mustard nearby, too. Pretzels were medium-sized and thoroughly baked. Beer cheese was tasty and *just* warm enough. Could've used about 33% more cheese. That's the pretzel report!

The bartender said that Vermont's serving limit is 32 oz., so you can DIY build a flight of up to five of their six-ounce sampler pours. Or, get two and then two more. Who cares. Do you. There are also full half-liter (16.9 oz) and small third-liter (11.2 oz) pulls available of all their stuff. Mostly, the choice of cold ones is all Bavarian styled. Traditional stuff. Expect one of the better pilsners out there, and an almost equally as good dunkel. Vienna and Helles lagers also hit the nail on the head.

We came on a rainy day for lunch and it wasn’t crowded at all. Service was fast and pleasant. Food was pretty good - we tried the pretzels and the brats - and the beer was really quite delicious. They have a beautiful sun room to sit in on the rainy days and still feel like you’re outside and you can look in to see some of the brewery if you go upstairs. We’d definitely be back if we were in the area again.

Most educational beer flight I’ve ever had. Great experience

Passed by the Von Trapp Lodge just to tour it. The Brewery was a great place to eat after. Servings were generous. Was so happy they had sacher torte for dessert (my most fave Austrian dessert).

It was closed for maintenance which wasn't apparent online so drove there for nothing. I like their beers so disappointing.

Nice beer but interesting how they have SEVEN gluten free items (plus 9 GF sides) but not a single vegan option. The only vegan options were sides like “fruit salad” and “hand cut fries”. Why even specify which items are vegan if you aren’t going to offer any suitable food to eat as a meal, only tiny sides ? Nice beer but the unhealthy and cruel agenda would make me unlikely to return of suggest to friends. Also just strange they go out of the way to offer so much GF but not a single vegan item.

Edit: I did want to update my review from 1 star to 2 stars because they did reply to the review, so at least they are listening.
But their reply is not correct because I did double check with the server. To make the quinoa burger vegan I would have had to remove both the sauce AND the bun. Who wants to pay $22 for a burger without sauce or a bun , and how is that acceptable.

I would suggest to the restaurant to make their vegetarian option fully vegan. That way both vegetarians , vegans , and anyone with any intolerances or health conditions can enjoy the item on the menu. Would a vegetarian ever be unhappy with a vegan offering , and if they are they can just ask the kitchen to add egg or cheese or whatever they need to be happy.
Whereas vegans have to get the item without its important components , it’s kind of silly.