dogfish head brewings & eats

bikers beware. while i miss the days when the locals fought the opening of dogfish because it was considered far worse than the bikers that inhabited the bar before. sam and his friends continue to produce the best beer in delaware, even if they don't make it one keg at atimeanymore. the mixed menu of burgers, pizza etc are not original but well made and flavorful. an apt accompaniment to the great beer.

if you're visiting rehoboth you must try dogfish head.

poor service/food. just returned from a fantastic getaway in lewes/rehoboth, de. my girlfriend and i started the trip off with a tour of the dogfish head brewery, followed by two nights at the new dogfish inn. we saved the brewhouse in rehoboth for our last night. this was an extremely poor choice. a place that is deemed the "soul of the company" by sam the owner, could not have been further from the truth. it started off with a lousy server. having ordered a sample of their distilled liquors, as well as a mixed drink, two ice waters, and a diet cola, we failed to receive our ice waters...that we asked our server for twice of a span of twenty minutes. (that long, because we only saw her twice in that whole time).
now, i know, that place gets pretty busy, however, this was late in the evening, on a tuesday night and there were a handful of empty tables, and no waiting customers. we finally had to grab a busser and ask that kind woman for ice water. eventually, ice water was delivered right at thetimeour main course was delivered (we already had our appetizers).

we both ordered burgers and our fries were luke-warm, half soggy, half hard as a rock, one was completely raw! really? how does that happen? at this point, there was no way we were complaining, as the server never came back to check-in. my girlfriend wanted a refill of her water and diet cola, which were left on the very edge of the table, begging to be refilled, yet the server ran past numerous times to return to other tables and never once stopped and asked how the food was or asked if we wanted drink refills. it was a real shame, as i was anticipating buying a lot of drinks that evening, yet, never went further than the liquor sampler and the mixed drink.

extremely dissatisfied with the whole experience, what a shame. will not be back to visit the place dogfish all started. i would warn others to think twice before visiting as well.

puzzled by reviews. i have tried this restaurant several times in the off season over the last year and i continue to be puzzled by the reviews others give dogfish. eachtimei have visited i have found both the service and the quality of the food to be lacking...and i don't think my standards are especially high. i wish someone could tell me what i'm missing.

love the beer but hey they have it in bottles which is the only way i'll enjoy the beer, the staff were rude and uninterested in any customer at the bar...we tried asking a question to be dismissed like we were a nuisance , will pass nexttimewe're in the area, much better places to go to.

mixed review. we have been to this location twice. last year food and service were amazing...this year...the exact opposite. the wait was 15 minutes longer than we were quoted. we then waited for drinks and waited longer for our food. my fish and chips were so bad i would have sent them back if our waitress was anywhere to be found. the fries were cold - the fish room temperature and barely cooked and flavorless. no one refilled our beverages or asked if we needed anything. the onlytimewe saw our waitress was to receive a bill. i hope this was just a fluke and not the way this restaurant is going to go

restaurant week 2013. restaurant week is, in theory, a chance for restaurants to bring in customers to try what the place has (at a bargain price) and, hopefully, get them to return again, and often. dogfish blew it last night. my pork confit sandwich tasted burnt. my partner's app, a big bowl of chowder, arrived on the cold side... and my app, chicken wings, didn't arrive for another twelve minutes, by whichtimethe partner had already finished his first course. and the wings were cold! our server, who should have known something was going wrong, could have come over earlier with either an explanation or an apology, which would have smoothed the ruffled feathers, but was clueless and disinterested when i pointed out the timing problem. this was followed by another overly long wait between when i finished the wings (which were mediocre) and the arrival of our entrees (so my partner had a double wait after his chowder). the joint was only half-filled, the kitchen shouldn't have been that badly in the weeds! clearly, there are training issues with both the front and back of the house that need to be addressed. if sam calagione thinks this is the way to promote his name and his beers, he is mistaken. we will be walking right on by... often.

i was there for the secondtimelast weekend and enjoyed it very much. dogfish always has interesting beers and the crab dip is fantastic. if your in the area make a point to go there. they are also opening up a resturant at there brewery in milton come fall. can't wait to go!