Tabby House Brewing Company — Restaurant in Darien

Wife and I spent the night in Darien most in order to be able to visit this amazing small brewery. We had been to every craft brewery in Georgia south of I-20 (and most of them north of North I-285) until new breweries started popping up, a distinctly pleasurable occurrence given the breweries shutting down in Metro Atlanta. After this we just have the newest brewery, located in Vidalia, to visit but wanted to get this one out of the way after having spent the weekend with our daughter's family in Savannah. Overlooking the dockside area off the back porch, this beautifully restored tabby building fronts Darien's Broad Street. You can read elsewhere the almost five year journey of saving and restoring this historic building, I'll just tell you about the food and beer. We got there about 1:30 PM and there were no other patrons in the place, so while they don't do flights they were able to give us tastes of each beer they had on tap and there wasn't a single one I would not have enjoyed a full pint of. That said, the smallest serving they do is a pint (well, except for their 13% ABV Double Darien IPA) so we had to pick one - wife chose the Butler's Blonde ale and I had the Ghost Face Pale Ale. Both were excellent and went well with the food. Now, I'm not going to tell you this was gourmet level, but they were a cut above your average pub food and, being from the Metro Atlanta area, the prices were quite reasonable. Wife had the Triple BLT while I had the bratwurst. Sandwiches come with kettle chips as well as what appear to be three or so of their own dill pickle chips, which were quite tasty. Thoroughly enjoyable and my only regret is we didn't get back later in the evening to have a pour of the Cherry Stout that they had newly on tap (alas, we had a couple beers eating dinner as well as afterwards at the Marsh Pirate - but that's another story). Definitely one of the most beautiful settings for a brewery we've seen in Georgia. Stop by, you...

We stopped by to check out the newest addition to the Darien waterfront and sample the local brews. The brewery is on the bottom floor of the Strain building, one I have watched deteriorate over the years until it was saved. I wanted to try a flight of local brews but they did not offer that, not yet. I sampled the Lighthouse Ale which I enjoyed. We selected the the pretzel bites with in-house beer cheese, which was good to accompany our beer. The offerings are pub style , a variety of sandwiches and flatbreads. We chose flatbread, the Italian and Carmelized Onion, both were very good. Overall we enjoyed the visit and will return. I was a little disappointed in the interior of the brewery. There is such a rich history associated with the building and brewery name, I had hoped for some photos or memorabilia to enhance the experience. It is still early, as they have not been open that long, so fingers crossed ...

Nice to see the restoration of the historic building and keeping it alive for the community. The beer was really good but I’m sad and disappointed that the staff seriously lacked enthusiasm in trying to educate patrons about their beers on tap. My husband and I both tried to ask questions and neither of us got responses. We ordered a flat bread and pastrami sandwich upon arriving and there were only 3 other tables with other patrons at the time. We had two rounds of beers and waited about 45 minutes before our food came out and it was literally ice cold, like it had been sitting in a refrigerator. No apologies either. We live in Savannah but come to the area frequently but it’s ashamed that neither of us feel well come back. It left such a bad impression on us and we’re not hard to please. A little kindness and enthusiasm...