glacier brewhouse

good atmosphere and very good food.. service was excellent.. a goodplacego take friends or family who might be visiting alaska.. one thing i do agree on is that it is pretty loud and pretty tightly seated.. would go again..

i keep coming back for lunches and dinner. anytime i’ve got family in town and they want a niceplaceto eat, i take them to gbh. the flat iron steak is awesome. the fried chicken sandwich is perfection! to top it off, the service is 10/10! this is the benchmark for restaurants in anchorage.

good if you don't live in alaska. glacier brew house is one of those places that was designed with the tourist in mind. there is nothing wrong with that. the food is good, if a bit expensive. it's one of those places that just seems to try a little harder than it should. everything is just a bit too fancy. if you order something simple like a hamburger and a beer it comes with organic lily chilly compote instead of mustard and ketchup. all in all theplaceis nice, i liked it, but if you want a good burger go to the peanut farm, if you want good ribs go to pete's barbeque. if you want to impress your auntie and uncle up from oklahoma then this is the place!

just an ok experience. i'm conflicted on this place. the food was good although for the prices (outragous prices imo) very skimpy on the portions. i honestly don't understand how all the younger people we saw there (and those who write the majority of reviews on these websites) can afford to eat out at places like this all the time. no wonder they complain they are broke all the time. we went there for the new "brunch". we got in right at our reserved time which was nice. theplacewas packed as usual. i have to say i don't believe they have enough staff, especially in the back of the house. our waiter, who was very good, came to our table right away. he asked if we would like water and then left to get it. a few minutes later someone brought water. about 5 min after that the waiter came back and asked if wanted drinks. we ordered and he left and brought the drinks about 5 min after that and then left. the bloody mary bar was pretty awesome. he came back about 10 min later to ask our food order and if we wanted bread. some one else brought the bread and dropped it off. so about 25 min from seating our food order was taken. we ordered a variety of things from the waffle to crab eggs benedict (there were 4 of us). the food finally arrived 1 hour and 15 minutes after we had sat down. it is obvious they were stalling for time by the ordering process. they made sure you never felt forgotten but that is a bit long for the food we ordered. i don't expect food to be out in 15 minutes or less unless it is pre-made but 2 hours for a "brunch" is really more time than it should be. they need to work on that part of it or forget the "brunch" concept they are trying. because of the high prices for everything i saw on the menus i probably will not go back unless invited by someone for a special occasion. the cost versus the food is just not that wow enough for me to justify it. parking is also a problem. downtown is awful for parking unless you want to pay $8-$10 just for that.

a good choice. a pretty impressive micro brewery, and they make their own root beer too! my personal favorite was the bourbon beer. as for the food, some things are good, while others are down right amazing. it is a little pricey depending on your choices, but that's the case anywhere worth going. theplacedraws a solid crowd consistantly, so i wouldn't believe all the bad reviews you read. it can be an extended wait to be seated if you have a large party or get there in the middle of the rush. and yes, the chocolate peanut butter pie is to die for!!!

great food. fabulous ambience and extraordinary customer service!!! put this on your travel itinerary just like i did. theplaceis really good and giving some real competition to big city pubs out there. they also have great social media team as they responded well and in few minutes after i posted on my instagram and facebook. we ordered seafood pasta which was so yum and some cod dish with jasmin rice. it was fresh fish and they have specials on days. ask what’s special dishes they have that day as fishermen grabs different stuff everyday. bummer was this cod fish was darn cold idk why!! i have no complaints as it was so delicious omg. we mentioned that it’s kind of cold and they right away took it off our bill. i mean we were amazed somewhat. i loved theplaceand very upscale environment.

if you enjoy a very, very loud atmosphere and drinking good beer while eating average food that is overpriced, then glacier brewhouse is your kind of place.  the beer is excellent and i believe the newer brew houses we're seeing in town are a direct result of gb having quality brewmeisters.  unfortunately, their success is what ruined theplacefor us.  the dining area design is so poor the noise reverberates and makes theplacesound like you're in the middle of a grade school playground full of children.  you have to shout a bit to be heard by people at your own table.  and while the food has a bit of imagination, the execution isn't there and you're served what could have been spectacular but somehow was never taken that final step beyond average.  to make things worse, the prices are so high the average food quality leaves you feeling ripped off.   but its the noise that drove us away.  the last thing we want when we go out to eat is to be forced to listen to the conversations of all the tables around us because everyone has to shout to be heard above the din.

incrediy popularplacewith decent food, but with the difficulties of parking downtown, paying for parking, and the over-the-top tourist food prices, there are better options.

not bad.... this was the firstplacewe ate upon arriving to anchorage. we arrived around 3:30, so we were able to be seated right away. our server, josh, was incredibly nice, especially in offering feedback about other places to eat in town, though it did take about 10 minutes for his to get to our table. we appreciated that he was very forthcoming when he told us not to get the special, because it wasn't as good as it could be. atmosphere was pleasant, and the restaurant was decorated nicely for the holidays - i can see how it would leave become very loud had we arrived later.
we ordered the beer flight, 2 appetizers and soup. flight came with their blonde, amber, ipa, hefeweizen and oatmeal stout. i like ambers and the hubs likes stouts, but the blonde was the clear favorite. the smoked salmon dip was very good and flavorful. we were both disappointed in the simply the best calamari - it was over breaded and chewy. per josh, it's the best in town (so we're hesitant to order it anywhere else, based on the comments from our self-proclaimed calamari snob server.) the star of the whole evening, hands-down, was the hearty alaska seafood chowder. it was savory, well-seasoned, with substantial chunks of seafood and veggies. hubs ordered the seared ahi tuna, which was well-cooked and flavorful, though he wasn't a fan of the kimchee or soy mustard. i ordered the herb crusted halibut, which contained pesto just under the breading. it was well cooked, but just wasn't flavorful enough for my liking.
in the end, the only things we would reorder would be the salmon dip, the seafood chowder and the blonde ale. these were enough to give it a thumbs up.

glacier brewawesome!. my hubby and i ordered the crab cakes to start...delish! if you like a little bit of heat mixed with the sweetness from corn and bell peppers, then this is the dish for you! he had the land and sea oscar, which he absolutely loved and devoured every last succulent morsel (except for one lump of crab claw, which i stole). he isn't a fish eater, but he inhaled that halibut like it was the last meal he'll ever have. the steak was so tender as well. i had the yummy seared ahi tuna with some kind of spicy sauce...oh and rice...i'm from the islands, so i'm very particular about my rice being perfectly cooked...could use less water, it was a bit too mushy for me. but that didn't stop me from gobbling it up. by far the bestplacewe have eaten here in anchorage. price was ok, but well worth every penny. did i mention how beautiful it all looked?? gorgeous and delicious.

thisplacehas great portion sizes for the price. one of the best restraunts i have found in anchorage. they have fabulous crab cakes and the peanut butter dessert is to die for!!!!!

not bad. the glacier brewhouse is pretty good, if somewhat expensive. i've eaten there quite a few times and the food has always been great and the service decent. if you like things cooked in/with beer and wood grilled fish and meats this is theplacefor you.

the waffles are pretty fantastic if overpriced for what you get. i also love the calamari and the alder wood grilled steaks.

also, ignore user rflavel2002. reaching across another diner to serve food or clear a plate is very common practice in the industry. a simple "pardon my reach" is all that's required. can't expect the server to use telekinesis to hover the plates onto/off of the table!

seems like a 100% turnover in waitstaff and food quality. the management in seattle better get thisplaceback on track or risk having a seasonal tourist restaurant in a chorage. every dish from the sea land oscar to the jumbalaya to the flat iron steak to a simple burger has gone down to an unacceptable level of quality. chef cant cook a steak or seafood to order which is a shame for an alaskan restaurant. there also seems to have been a giant waitstaff turnover event during the last year and although i don't have any issues with the new staff they are not up to par with the staff they replaced. we are really hummed that the brewhouse seems to be going down the tubes. maybe they should shutter the restaurant and expand the brewery since it seems that the beer is the only thing they do well these days.

best calamari ever. my husband i go here fairly often (mostly for our anniversary dinner). we love their calamari appetizer (have to have it every time!). he says their applewood smoked bacon burger (only served at lunch) is the best burger in town and i love their seared ahi dinner. their bread pudding is also fantastic (i try bread pudding everyplacei go that offers it and this is by far the best in anchorage).

messed up my halibut too many times. i've been coming here since it opened, and will not return after my birthday letdown dinner. mushy flavorless halibut and the waiter wasn't even curious as to why i returned the dish with 2 bites taken. just took it and charged me for it. overall, enough bad experiences,
too loud and pretentious, and not the comfy and funplaceit used to be.