Elicit Brewing Co - Manchester — Restaurant in Manchester

Veterans and animal lovers beware! On April 5th, 10 of us planned a family meet up at this location. One of our family members is a veteran with a trained service K9 named Shadow. Shadow is an amazing German Shepherd who wears a clearly marked “Service Dog” vest and spent the evening quietly sitting under our table. Our group started to arrive around 7 pm and began enjoying what is honestly a great venue, we all agreed that the location, food and drinks were excellent. The problem occurred upstairs at approximately 11 pm when a young, white, blonde male staff member approached our Veteran and Shadow at our table in a bouncer like fashion. He then told him that he allowed someone other than himself (Family members) to pet the dog in violation of ADA and their policy. Our veteran family member then asked “Okay, are you telling me I have to leave?” At which time he stated “Yes”. Astonished and extremely disappointed we all immediately began to gather our belongings and leave in protest of what had just occurred even though we already as a group had spent well north of $500 in food and drink. I also tipped 20% before leaving since the Bartenders and Wait staff were good to us. We then asked to speak to a manager and were met at the exit by the manager who I believe was named “Amanda”. She was professional and polite with me (Not as nice with the victim) but completely supported her staff member. Emphasizing “ADA” guidelines which I admittedly am unfamiliar with but our Veteran insisted that he did not violate any ADA service K9 guidelines and that his removal was illegal. We all then left after respectfully voicing our disappointment. The obvious issue is that if there was ever a time that required a delicate and compassionate approach is when addressing one of our amazing veterans who sacrificed so much for us all and now requires a Service Dog to manage life. There is no reason he couldn’t have been politely approached and advised “Hello sir, can you please refrain from allowing anyone other than yourself to pet your K9 while in our establishment per our policy”. And that would have been the end of it. Instead a young naive staff member made a poor decision and was supported by management. Our hope is that ownership will review any available camera footage of said evening confirming our version of the chain of events and address their staff and policy accordingly to prevent a veteran from ever being...

This was my second time at Elicit Brewing. First time I was here was with Yelp Elite crew and that day, I knew I had to come back and bring my friends.

I came by on March 16, 2023 with a group of friends. We all agreed with this sentiment.

AMBIENCE: The ambience is electrifying. Everyone is enjoying themselves. I loved the set out of plenty of sitting in the large area and then the sofas on the other side. Its perfect for large groups.

BEER & FOOD: The drinks variety are plentiful. There is a beer for everyone. I love their prices as I have gone to many brewery and the beer prices are much balanced here. On this day they even have beers at $3 dollars. So if you are on a budget, you have choices. I have to talk about the food. I have to say that yes its mainly bar food but OMG everything is done RIGHT. I mean it. Everyone in my group agreed that the choices were great and quality was amazing. We were extremely surprised with their eggplant fries which some in the group don’t like eggplants and were LIKE WHAT?? Yes they loved it. We had the following items in their menu; sweet potatoes waffles; Philly eggrolls; chicken bites, eggplant fries, wings, sweet heat.

EVENT: On this day they had live music on the down stairs and DJ upstairs. I love them both. We left almost at 1am after dancing and singing with strangers that were all there to have fun. I love that they had plenty of security presence everywhere. This is highly important to me and it gave me a sense of safety and responsibility from the staff. My friends all loved it and thought the only bad thing is how far they are from us.

STAFF and ORDERING: Here I thought they had excellent ordering system and process. They have a great set up with at least 6 cashier registers to dispense your drink orders. On the other side they have about 2 registers for food ordering. Everything is very modern and easy to order. You get a buzzer, get a table and then pick up your food a few minutes later.

So come on over and experience what a great brewery looks like. Loved every minute here and hope to...

7/7/2025 update: I tried beers from this brewery many times during beer festivals. I chatted with their head brewer who had many interesting stories to tell. I also visited this place again to check if anything has changed. My experience was much better and the place turned out to be even bigger than I noticed before, as they have a whole beer garden outside. It is safe to say that this is one of the more interesting breweries I visited so far. They serve a lot of beers, the majority of them are ok, but then there are gems like Over Cerealized that I have to recommend.

The original review: I had several beers from Elicit Brewing during beer festivals, liked them and decided to pay a visit. The taproom is huge - it's sectioned into several small rooms plus a big open space. Smaller rooms were closed for private events during my visit.

Brewery has a lot of beers available - precisely 42 positions (21 from Elicit and 21 from other breweries). I can recommend their stouts - Over Cerealized especially. But they have various beer styles on tap for everyone. As well as weekly rotations. They also have their own kitchen with pretty decent food. I enjoyed Buffalo Chicken Wrap and Philly rolls.

The place is kid friendly, although it can be pretty noisy inside due to general public or a concert. Outside, they have a patio with several games for kids to enjoy. There also is a room with several pinball machines and arcades, which you can pay for separately.

I do have several complaints after my visit though, which is why I docked one star. Restrooms were not well maintained - there was no toilet paper and soap to clean your hands. Since they don't have antiseptic stations, that meant that you can only rely on your own supplies. And when I closed the tab, they messed my name with someone else. Luckily, I tracked my order and was able to spot that I haven't spent $100 they asked me to pay initially. But it would be better if customers could see the whole receipt during closing a tab (technically, you can now, but they close it...