My girlfriend and I had arrived to Maui Brewing, for the first time, right at sunset which was lovely. The live music was a very nice touch. We only had the intention of getting some drinks but the menu definitely caught our eye so we decided to have dinner as well. We did have to ask for water 3 times and a couple more times after for refills. To start, the beers we had were great. The variety to their "Limited" draft list was perfect for all types of beer drinkers. She had the Power Pose sour and I, a flight of different IPAs and pales. The sour was smooth with the ideal balance of sweet and tart. Each IPA/pale was better than the last, perfectly hopped and bitter with smooth finishes all around.

My girlfriend ordered the fresh catch fish tacos which was with Blue Marlin. She enjoyed the tacos but the flavor from the Marlin was extremely mild, not sure if it was due to how it was cooked. She ended up enjoying the rice more than the tacos but overall was satisfied with her dish.

Unfortunately, our experience slightly began to decline from there. For my dinner, I ordered the Jalapeño Bacon burger. On the menu it read "housemade jalapeño bacon, fried avocado, jack cheese, cilantro mayo". All of those ingredients peaked my interest so I was severely disappointed when my burger arrived with one piece of bacon folded over, three small chopped jalapeños and the only small fried avocado pinned to the top of the burger. The description of the dish led me to believe it would have had more than just the bare minimum of the listed ingredients. Especially for an $18 burger (that only comes with fries for an additional $4), I expected to get my bang for my buck. Ultimately, the burger itself in flavor was mediocre. There's a lot of potential here but it fell flat in my opinion. I also got a side of the guava BBQ sauce which was lacking in both guava and BBQ, extremely bland.

Our server was friendly and polite but had only checked in on us once between us ordering dinner to receiving our bill. Towards the end of our meal, it took a decent amount of time for our server to come back around with our bill. It ended up being no issue but it rubbed us a bit the wrong way when we ended up without an itemized receipt for a $70+ ticket.

Overall, a bit of a disappointment. We loved the beer and the atmosphere but the 'dinner' experience was not nearly as enjoyable. Both of us are in the industry so we don't have unrealistic expectations but there was quite a bit left to be desired. We will continue to enjoy the beer out on our adventures but we would not return for the food.