Matt & Elly Brewery & Kitchen — Restaurant in Basel

Beyond the hip music and trendy Portland, OR vibe there is finally a brewery with true IPAs in Basel. Their Session IPA and DIPA are both excellent. The Session IPA is a bit over the traditional upper bounds of a %ABV session. But, those wonderful notes of citrus and floral components from the Citra hops and the classical fruity notes from the Mosaic shine through with aromas that will take you to many different beer locations you’ve visited in the past. Tasting is tight. Tangerine and lime, balanced and followed up by a classical West Coast earthy characteristic that linger on the palate. Wonderful. Just wait until you try the NEIPA and DIPA variants. Great floral and fruit notes on the NEIPA. It’s an award winner and good beer. Not your trendy and overly sweet NEIPA concoction of extra sugar on the palate. Instead, an extra bite at the back end. Not too much, just enough. For those of you looking for a family relation to that Melvin 2x4 IPA from the US, look no further than the DIPA. Mid-amber color, with wonderful malt sweetness backed up with bitterness to balance. Not too sweet or bitter. Very, very good. So much I had to have a second and by far my favorite. This should be THE award winner in my books.

Do they have food? Oh yea. Do I need to say more?

But, for those of you that want another me-too Lager, move along. Nothing to see here. My worst fear is that the local Baselers won’t get it and I can’t stop in next...

Lovely place and local brewery with friendly owners offering a real culinary experience - price is very steep however. You need about three plates to fill you up (maybe 2 if you don't eat too much) and it'll cost you 80 without beer or any kinds of drinks (apart from water). At the same time, my friend said he had the best pasta here he's ever had in his whole life. Also be aware that they'll charge you 5 Francs for water served in the jug and will keep charging you with every (unrequested) refill. On the other hand, they don't ask for service charge. I had the Atlantic char, the venison and the oxtail tacos here. They were all nice dishes with locally sources organic ingredients and clearly a lot of thought has been put into them, the waiters will explain the ingredients to...

Our server was extremely helpful, pleasant, and well-informed. Unfortunately I didn't get her name, but she had lovely curly hair.

Both the beers and food were variable, with those that were excellent being truly stellar and others disappointing (although, in part, perhaps they suffered by comparison). The laffa and the rindstartar on a waffle were fabulous, but the eglifilets were rubbery and a bit bland, though stylishly presented.

They were careful to ask about food allergies and have meat/fish/vegi and a la carte options for the multi course menu, which changes regularly. The others in my group had previously had tapas a number of times and very much enjoyed those options - I will go that direction...