The Ojai Beverage Company — Restaurant in Ojai

Stopped by on our way from Solvang to LA. We chose this restaurant based on reviews.

Walk to the far back of the store, order your food (menu on wall and on a table) and pay, then have a seat outside. Tables and chairs were all more than 6 ft apart.

The servers (serving the food) were absolutely great and with an upbeat personality. Unfortunately, the guy taking our order was a bit short. My friend asked what what beer is popular and he said the menu is on the wall etc. I don't recall all the words he said but this is the short version that I heard. I also asked him what kind of fish is used in the Fish Taco (since he said it was a popular dish) and he responded with COD then someone corrected him and said it was Wahoo.

Food: Fish Taco Western Drunk Burger with fries Artichokes with dipping sauce

The artichokes were delicious. Lightly battered with a mustard cheese dip (not sure exactly. )

I was not a fan of the burger. It lacked flavor for me. The bread had dark food coloring and I questioned the server. I was not a fan of the bread. I believe it was brioche bread.

Overall, food was okay. I only enjoyed...

The Cheat Day Burger. And a Topa Topa beer.

First the good. The burger, beer and salad were great as well as the attention received from my waitress.

Now the bad. I came here by myself around 2pm ordered a burger and local beer to try since I come to Ojai every week for work. First time coming here reviews said it was great and I love traveling and eating. With that said the fellow customers were overhead making comments along the lines of "Wow they just let anybody in here nowadays" "wonder where hes from" " I guess everyone's welcome today" all the while looking right at me. The location wasnt busy by any means, there was no one sitting behind me.

It's sad I experienced this because as mentioned above this service and food I received was great, was definitely on the verge of recommending this place to co workers who also come to Ojai but based off my experience with their customers I can not recommend a person of colour to come here.

Would give more stars because whoever cooked that day deserves it but being made to feel as uncomfortable as I...

The Ojai Beverage Company is an interesting place. You actually have to walk through a liquor store to get to it. It Prides itself on its beer selection. As I am not a Beer Drinker I let my daughter have that honor but I tried the flight of beers that she had and a couple of them or were good but she particularly like the chocolate stout. We ordered lobster rolls as an appetizer because we were very hungry. They were creamy combination of lobster and sauce over Hawaiian rolls. They were delicious. But a lot more food than we were expecting. We had also ordered a beef brisket sandwich with truffle fries and a pulled pork sandwich. This turned out to be a lot more food than we were expecting. I guess that's a good thing in many places. The pulled pork sandwich was juicy and tender and a little bit spicy but delicious. The beef brisket sandwich was also tender and Juicy and Delicious as well. Truffle fries Chipotle aioli was indescribably yummy. Needless to say there was no room left in our tummies for dessert....