Dog Mountain Brewing — Restaurant in Port Alberni

I personally feel this spot is overhyped. I went last week with a friend during Salmon Fest weekend and after sitting for over 5 minutes we had to go and grab our own menus from the waitress after she walked past our table twice (while looking at us). Then after deciding what we wanted and another nearly 10 minutes of waiting for our waitress, we once again had to go get her to place our order.. Meanwhile the guests around us were getting menus and service immediately after they sat down ?

I also cannot wrap my head around the fact there aren't any electrical fans during the Summer heat? It was SO hot outside we had to cut the dinner short as we were just sitting in our sweat. They had 'water misters' at a few tables but I'm not trying to get my nachos wet? However, they probably could've used some moisture cause those chips were dry as Hell LOL. It was basically a stack of tortilla chips.

Overhyped. Overpriced....

Good brewery with a few gems to be appreciated. They have a small amount of indoor seating as well as a great rooftop patio that works well until the heavy rain/wind season intrudes. Be mindful that the patio appears to only be accessible by stairs so we don't recommend for anyone with mobility issues.

We tried tasters of 8 of their beers and were most surprised and impressed by Bees! and Limesickle. The food menu looked okay as well but we didn't not order any this time round, so this rating only speaks to the beer, service and atmosphere/setting. The service was okay... nothing bad but the waitress was not very enthusiastic nor could she make suggestions or provide much detail on the beers, and that's something we have come to expect from most...

Beers where great, food was great, view up on the patio was great, server was great…. One of the owners not so much. My 4 year old ran over to the chalk board to draw a happy face on it when I assume one of the owners came and rudely and awkwardly in front of the entire patio full of people asked me to control my child and they can’t be running around. First of all he wasn’t bothering anyone nor causing any safety issues. Safety issues like having to walk through the brewery to get to the patio, stepping through hoses on slippery wet ground kind of safety issues. Then to hear the owner complain to staff about how she hasn’t eaten her lunch from 4 hours ago and to keep an eye on my children. Sorry to say,...