House of Brews American Grill — Restaurant in Washington Township

House of Brew-nettes is more like it!

Been here a couple of times but never really impressed.

First of all, whoever does the hiring, definitely has a “type”…

Food is mediocre in taste, small in portion and definitely overpriced.

Beer selection is decent. Able to taste test for $1 or can get a flight sampler for $10.

Bar staff is hit or miss. Tonight, bar service sucked and it wasn’t very busy.

Honestly, I was expecting Jon Taffer from Bar Rescue to pop in at any time. Was there for a couple of hours and it seemed that when every waitress or bartender was done their shift, they sat at the bar and had a drink which is not common practice in the service industry at all. One of the waitresses thought it was the proper time to remove her hair extensions and not only wave it around but sit it on the bar. I watched these 2 old ladies who should’ve been cut off probably a half hour before we got there at 8pm put their bare feet up on the bar multiple times while trying to hit on guys 1/3rd their age. The staff or manager definitely should have said something or escorted these women out.

Lastly, once this one bartender was done her shift, she sat at the bar and tried to “secretly” take shots with the manager Mark and one of the other bartenders.

The place is just very unprofessional, service is at the bottom end of mediocrity and I’m sure it won’t be long before they succumb to the same fate as Fuddruckers. There are other places within a 5-10 minute drive....

Pretty good selection of craft brews, both some local favorites and a few more distant brands like Great Lakes Brewery. $6 for the better crafts, $5 for some of the other stuff we ordered. They also run specials on more run of the mill stuff like Corona, Blue Moon, and domestics... But why would you go to a place like this to drink stuff like that?

Food arrived in good time, was pretty tasty. The big sampler was very interesting, all seemed very fresh and hand made, not a bunch of frozen fried crap. I ordered the Inferno Burger, which is "soaked in Frank's Red Hot"... Apparently I can't taste Frank's anymore, but that's more of a comment on my pepper tolerance than on the burger. Otherwise it was good sized and had tasty sauteed onions on it. Sweet potato fries were very good, definitely worth the upgrade charge.

We were happy to learn they have a kids menu, and the waitress even volunteered to bring our daughter milk without our asking. Very nice touch.

Wife said her potato leek soup was delicious. Friend said the glaze on his meatloaf was a little too sweet and the mashed potatoes were a little bland. So the burgers, soup, and appetizers all seem very good, other dishes... Dunno...

Other reviews mentioned a cover charge, I guess we arrived before that was in effect. In the end, we averaged a little less than $20/person. Not bad considering half of us...

Went last night to watch Monday night football, except the manager refused to come out to the bar area to change the TV to channel 6 ABC so we could watch the game. We were practically the only people in the place. Ordered some beers and food and asked the bartender to change the TV to the Pittsburgh game. She said that the manager had to change it but that he was in the back and that he would probably be out soon but you could tell that she really didn’t want to go to the back to ask him. He didn’t come out and the game started (we missed kick off and the opening play in which there was a touchdown) and we asked her again if he could come out to switch the channel. You could see the fear, yes, actual fear, in her eyes but she went back to the kitchen to ask. When she came out she said he was busy in the back and couldn’t come out. To change the tv channel. In a sports bar. On a Monday night. During football season. You could see how embarrassed she was by the whole situation. We told her to cancel our order and went down the street to Racks where we got excellent service and the TV was already tuned into the Monday night football game. We won’t be returning. And that’s a shame because we live around the corner and the food is good but it’s obvious why this restaurant is almost empty every time we go with...