Sawtooth Brewery & Tap Room — Restaurant in Hailey

We stopped by Saturday evening and got to enjoy their beer and food on the back patio until they closed. The bartender, Lara, was an absolute gem. She went out of her way to make sure my husband, dog, and I felt welcome. We got to chatting on the patio with other patrons and generally felt like this is a place to make a community. I have to say their pub pretzel is one of the best I’ve ever had, so much so that we had to order a second one. The nachos had great toppings and coverage. Their beer was delightful; got a 6 pack of their PB stout to take home for beer floats. Will definitely come for trivia nights on Wednesdays or whenever we need to see a friendly face or have...

This was our second visit and we looked forward to coming back. I should have ordered the Haloumi it to me again. Instead I ordered the Chicken Sandwich with a side of waffle fries. My husband ordered the gyro also w/waffle fries. The first thing we noticed was how cold the plates were. The server had to notice she carried those plates from the kitchen. I recommend serving hot food on warm plates. My chicken sandwich did not have the swiss cheese, had a sad lettuce leaf and even sadder tomato slice. The chicken itself was good overall the sandwich was disappointing. My husband like his gyro. He said, "It was a really good." The waffle fries were room...

I've given this brewery a number of tries, having never been impressed. Yesterday was the last thy, however.

We placed our food order and got our beers without issue. It took over 50 minutes to get our food order -- so long we started keeping track of the time. We ordered nachos to share. The place wasn't busy. The $20 nachos were not impressive in presentation, taste, or quantity. My bar was low, but yikes.

I really wanted this place to meet a very low bar of service and quality -- I mean you order and pay at the bar; my standards can't be that high. After numerous visits with high tips and low expectations we will...