O.H.S.O. Brewery - Surprise — Restaurant in Surprise

This location is mediocre at best- we tried it three different times and have yet to be impressed. Once in September during happy hour, then during brunch this March, and again happy hour a few days later.

Back in September the cocktails on the menu weren’t very appetizing to us but we decided to be open minded. They tasted watery lack of flavor. The appetizers we had ordered were cold when we got them, even though they weren’t busy when we went, things took a long time to get to us. Being that the establishment had only been opened a few months at the time we led it to be normal flukes.

We returned this weekend due to this restaurant being dog friendly and having good experiences with our pups in the past at the other locations. This location seems off! We were seated immediately on the patio but no one offered water for our pup which is usually a normal occurrence at the other locations (let alone any restaurant we have taken our pups to and sat outside) yet I saw other employees writing names on bowls for other customers. We chose this place specifically because they were dog friendly and I had seen they had a dog menu in the recent month up to going but no one offered it to us so I assumed it was no longer a thing. Both servers we had while being there weren’t attentive. The food this visit was nothing spectacular, portions are tiny for brunch! I’m 90lbs and I left hungry which is rare that I even eat all of my food. I ordered a skillet and all i got on my plate was two small over medium eggs with a little bit of chorizo on top that was bland. My boyfriend ordered the hot chicken and biscuits and he said the biscuits were hard and it only included a tiny piece of chicken on top.

We decided to try it out again four days later with our other pup to take him out for his birthday (again the convenience of being dog friendly) and try out happy hour again, we got the same server. Once again no offering of water for our pup. We happened to see the menu on the table you wait by outside and asked if they were still offering that and to our surprise they are. A bit upset we didn’t know about it on Sunday! We ordered two cocktails this time as we saw they added a few different ones but the same issue we had last time, they lacked flavor. You can’t even taste the alcohol let alone the other ingredients they list in the cocktails, they taste like watered down juice. We ordered two appetizers, the barvarian bites, and the jalapeño cheese curds. I don’t recommend the cheese curds at all. A lot of them didn’t have cheese in them they were empty breading shells, so that was a waste. We were wanting to place another order for an appetizer but our server wasn’t attentive again like last time. She was at the table right beside us, looked at us and turned away so we said never mind because we had somewhere else to be and the food was taking a minute to come out. So upset this location is like this as we were very excited to finally have an OHSO by us, we were counting down the days for it to open since we love taking our pups with us...

After patiently waiting what felt like forever we finally had the opportunity to try OHSO’s newest Surprise location today. We tried to come two other times and the wait time was atrocious and while we were told open seating outside it’s been brutally hot even with the misters. Today while the inside wait was still pretty long we decided to try to outside bar seating. We were able to grab two of the last seats and waited and waited. We were finally greeted and ordered a few beers. First negative. When our beers arrived the glasses weren’t even chilled to our surprise. Being that we were sitting outside(even at the inside/outside bar top) our beer was warm very quick. It took forever yet again to order a second. We had looked over the menu as well and were never asked if we’d like to order food. I literally had to flag down one of the FIVE employees we watched running the bar. Eye contact didn’t matter. We should’ve asked for the check then, but we were hungry and had already waited. I ordered the green chili burger and fries and my husband the cheeseburger. Food came fairly quick. Unfortunately while my burger had decent flavor and the green chilies good the bun killed it. It was already soggy, not toasted and on some form of a Hawaiian roll. He didn’t finish his for that reason as well. When we were done eating they brought out another green chili burger like they didn’t realize we already ate. We let them know and they took it back. We tried to order one more round of drinks. But were forgotten about and had to ask for the check. I will say at that point they must’ve caught on and offered to take a beer off our tab. A couple next to us were equally irritated as they hadn’t even been served. They got up and went to cold beer and cheeseburgers. From what I witnessed they had so many employees in the bar area. But all focused on the inside patrons. What’s the point of an outdoor bar side if you don’t see us? To me three stars...

I've been waiting to try this place. Decided why not for my 19th anniversary. Our Server was amazing as well as the atmosphere. Really nice seating with the high table booths. The appetizer was good, pretzel with 3 sauces, mustard, peanut butter and bacon, and queso. I don't like hot peanut butter but still tried it. I was looking for the bacon and there wasn't any, the queso needed flavor so I stuck to the mustard. My issue was with the food. My wife ordered the brisket Mac and Cheese, the generic BBQ sauce too sweet to be mixed into the Mac and cheese messed up that plate. The crunchy onion straws were good on it. Good plate, but need to rethink that recipe with how to flavor the brisket. I then ordered the chicken and waffles because of their spicy maple syrup which had me intrigued. It was served with 2 boneless and skinless chicken breast battered in a thin coat. Dry, dry, dry... I then tasted the maple syrup and no spice. My wife tells me your tolerance is high, so I'm like here you try as hers is not and she was like yeah nothing, no spice. The "butter" tasted like margarine. Maybe I set my expectation too high. I am a foodie, I cook and create food as well so I may be a little more critical on what it's like. I still feel that it could be done better. I was told that they are going to revamp the menu. Well I can only speak on what I had and hope the two plates I had will be upgraded for the better. I had a few of their alcohol drinks, the Get Notorized, was good, then I had the peach whisky, it was ok then the coffee nut was good. Flavor wise, alcohol content could be a bit more for a place like this. I might swing around next year for a second try as they just opened and probably the new staff still needs to get their footing with the recipes. So for right now OHSO is an...