wild wolf brewing company

wild wolf's great!. my wife and i have long been supporters ofwildwolf, enjoying their beers, the setting, and atmosphere. we lean toward dark beers, andwildwolf has an excellent selection, including at least three different stouts during the course of the year. the setting is gorgeous, in the shadows of the blue ridge mountains and with a variety of seating options, inside and out. we particularly like sitting in the shade of the trees at the front of the brewery on warm summer days.

there is no better place to watch a game than their bar area, with its fun atmosphere and great waiting staff. but if you'd prefer a nicer dining feel, you can get some of the best food in the valley in several dining areas.

we highly recommend this wonderful spot!

eric and diane lawson

everything that happens is happening atwildwolf brewing company. every year for the past 5 years there is a group of us that stays at one of the cabins at montebello. we visitedwildwolf for the first time last year and found it very enjoyable. they have an inclosed outside decking area that is very warm, and you can bring your dog, which is great for us. our server was wonderful, even brought out dog a bowl of water. we tasted all the beers in the sampling shots, and after that many, who could tell, they were all good. we will be going again this weekend. food is wonderful.


-----31 aug, 2014-----

landslide. a group of us come every year to montebello the columbus day weekend. we always come towildwolf brewing company, and we are allowed to bring our dog, that is a great addition. we all sit out on the inclosed area, and may i say, that we order several of the sampler beers. the food is excellent. i think between the 8 of us we have had just about everything on the menu, and the specials. never had anything that was not excellent. the service is wonderful. and they even bring me a bowl of water of our weimer! now when you take care of me and my dog you are a winner. see you in october.

love it. sam and brother brian are great waitstaff atwildwolf. we had a great birthday lunch for three old schoolteacher sisters. great place to eat

lovewildwolf!. the staff is extrtemely friendly, the food is delicious and the beer is amazing! the atmosphere is very relaxing, with the shops, the bar, the restaurant area (indoor and outdoor). and i love that dogs are allowed!

absolute love. my best friend took me here back in july for my birthday. we ordered a flight and some amazing pretzel bites (that i still haven't stopped talking about). both were enough to bring me back last weekend on september 14th. we had an awesome server, melody. sometimes at restaurants, i'm hesitant to sit outside because i had service that wasn't the best. however, melody was on her game, and show us a great time. my group ordered 4 flights, 2 pretzel bites (so amazing), fried pickles, and both fry choices. as you can guess, our table was full, but melody was right there taking anything we asked her to, and made sure none of us had empty glasses. i have recommended to anyone who will listen.
i recently moved from the charlottesville area to harpers ferry. i plan on stopping bywildwolf every trip home.

wonderful experience. first time atwildwolf and our waitress was great, very excited to talk about the different beers and how good they were. food was excellent, definitely will come again!


-----20 sep, 2014-----

excellent service. our waitress was very excited to be at work and knew a lot about her restaurant. beer is great and the food is excellent!

spending time atwildwolf brewing company. it has been so gratifying to have thewildwolf convenient for meeting friends and acquaintances for lunch, dinner and entertainment. all times spent there has been very pleasing. it is so nice to have restaurants you can count on for entertaining friends and a just an absolute good meeting place for all. thank you for being in nelson and offering your services in such a rural environment. your food, environment and entertainment is so much appreciated!!!!

we lovewildwolf!. we've been towildwolf brewing company many times, most often after biking the trail at piney river. what a great reward for exercise! the facility is in a gorgeous, country location, and the main building is an old schoolhouse. it has seating inside and out. there are several associated buildings on the grounds: a homebrewer's store with all kinds of beer and wine accoutrements, a beautiful gift store, a koi pond and more. the bar inside the restaurant/brewhouse is comfortable, cozy and lovely. the on-site chef is amazing! there's a big ol' smoker outside that scents the air with the heavenly aroma of wood-roasted meats. the waitstaff are always friendly and engaged. and the beers are outstanding. the whole experience atwildwolf is wonderful, which is why we keep going back even though we live nearly 2 hours away.

wild wolf brewing.wildwolf is a great place to unwind and just enjoy yourself. all the food and beers we've tried have not disappointed, and i especially like the variety. i have to admit it appealed to me at first because the picture of the wolf reminded me of my siberian husky grand dog, cooley, but we always make a stop whenever we are in the area. try it, you'll be glad you did.

poor management and execution. my family and i visited this restaurant for father's day and had a horrible experience. here were the faults:
1. the sign out front says that the restaurant takes reservations, even though they do not.
2. they take call aheads, so we called from blue mountain brewery (where we were just enjoying beers), told them how many and where we wanted to sit, and were told to come whenever we were ready. we left soon after, but arrived atwildwolf and were told that the wait would still be 20 mins.
3. we had to wait an hour, even though there were at least 15 empty tables!!!
4. the kitchen couldn't handle the business, so we had to wait.
5. when i asked if we could get beers and sit at a table (knowing that we couldn't order food yet) , i was told that we weren't allowed to do even that.
6. even after being seated we waited 30 mins for food.
7. i ordered a burger and was told that it could only be cooked medium-well (let's face it - burgers are best at medium-rare). i could have dealt with that if it a actually were cooked medium-well. my burger was more like extra well done. it was so dry that i had to choke it down with some bbq sauce.
8. growler fills were not even full.
9. hostess had no personality, despite the fact that she was the public's first contact.
10. waitress performance was perhaps the best part of the visit, and that was, arguably, subpar.
overall, this restaurant was poorly run and food was poorly executed. i had worked in the restaurant business for over 10 years, and have been a foodie for a much longer time, and this was one of the worst experiences that i have ever had. it makes it worse when the manager walks around with a smile on his face like nothing is wrong. i love my father and that is the only reason why i did not walk away (like so many other potential customers), but it says a lot when he says, "we should have just stayed at blue mountain."

unfortunately bad service. might as well go to blue mountain or devil's backbone.. we started going towildwolf when it opened and recommended it to our friends, but the most recent will be our last. we will also let friends who come to travel the brew ridge know to forgo getting food there. we were seated promptly outside, which was great, since we had our dog with us. we ordered appetizers and lunch at 12:00. between 12:00 and 1:45, we sat pretty darn hungry. no appetizers. the manager came out early on and spoke with customers, not telling us that a 45 party had come in before us and our food would not arrive until much later. instead, he spoke to two guys near us about how he hoped ww would go national and about how during the week it can be slow, but weekends had a steady stream of customers. he went inside and did not come back. perhaps he heard not only my party, but the tables all around us, complaining. i heard them, at least. finally, we got our food at 1:45. everything was lukewarm at best. our lunch came out two minutes after our appetizers, which means it defeated the purpose of ordering appetizers and our lunch was cold, not even a little bit warm, like our fries and chicken tenders.

at 1:24, our waitress finally told us about the wait and why.

if you want to compete with the other breweries in terms of serving food, then don't allow your busiest days to be your worst in terms of service. why risk coming back for a two hour wait for food when blue mountain regularly has that many people and can handle it? it is not for the lukewarm food, that is for sure. perhaps comping something might have been worthwhile, but, alas, that was not even done.

this place is a hike from charlottesville. if you are making the trek, do not waste your time. there are tons of great restaurants in the area that don't have these problems. and, unfortunately, their beer is not nearly as innovative or satisfying as it used to be. we were disappointed.

sunday brunch atwildwolf. spent the afternoon atwildwolf today. excellent food, excellent service, excellent staff! oh....and excellent beer mimosas! crystie was awesome as was steven for taking our picture! can't wait to go back! thanks for a great experience, guys!

wild wolf review. i have eaten here many times both singly and in large groups. the atmosphere is very pleasant compared to the other two brew pubs on 151. the food has ranged from fabulous to average. i've never had a bad meal here. currently the menu is a bit sparse compared to earlier. i really miss the calamari and the original jambalaya (which wasn't actually jambalaya but rather a wonderful shrimp, chicken and sausage creation in a rose cream sauce over penne; absolutely delicious). i have taken the beer flight tour down 151 with others several times and the unanimous opinion was thatwildwolf was the best of the three. the wee heavy is my favorite. i have found the service to be fine in general and the staff very friendly. i always specify jillian because i think she is terrific.

tom templeton

our experience atwildwolf brewing.wildwolf brewing is nestled in the mountains with gorgeous scenery. i have been a fan ofwildwolf beer for a while and we made the trip from richmond, va to have a meal and grab some merchandise. as soon as we walked in the front door, we were treated like family. everyone was open and warm -- especially our server crystie. we ordered our food -- in the interim crystie showed me around the restaurant and i picked out some brews to bring back home -- cans and bottles. mary (the owner) came out to say hi and was a gracious host. this is truly a lady to admire -- her business is thriving and why wouldn't it with such a great beer? thewildwolf smoke their own meat. the ribs fell off the bone and were so delicious. crystie checked on us regularly -- and introduced fellow managers to us. michael lives in richmond and makes the trek to his place of employment. thewildwolf brewing company should be on your radar and map for a future trip. the folks including mary, crystie and michael go out of their way to make you feel at home. i loved our experience -- it was well worth the trip!

nice view....but it stops there. bottom line up front: all in all the food was at best well below average and the service was hands down the worst i have ever seen.wildwolf is not worth the drive out from town or off the hill at wintergreen.

we had heard good things aboutwildwolf and was hoping, like the other breweries on 151, that it lived up to its reputation. maybe i had allusions of grandeur or just failed to be thorough on my homework, butwildwolf did not live up. starting off, the service was horrendous. the restaurant was very empty when we visited for lunch (11:30) which did nothing to explain the inattentive service. the waitress was nice enough, albeit an overly awkward conversationalist, but to each her own. her personality did make us feel welcomed, however, the waitstaffs' service left the polar opposite impression. the beer was not bad, the seasonal "wolfenstein" had a few too many flavors going on at the same time, but the experience wasn't horrible. the food on the other hand left a great deal to be desired. as a native virginian with a stint living in the carolina low country, i was excited to see shrimp and grits on the menu. the excitement ended when it showed up comprised of a small serving of grits (overly-mushy and instant-like) covered in spinach leaves (a very nice nontraditional touch) with a wooden skewer of shrimp topping it off. the flavor was bland and very disappointing unfortunately. i really could have used some hot sauce to make up for the blandness, that is if the waitress ever came back to ask how every thing was, which she didn't until it was time to ask if we'd like desert. i can't speak on behalf of my friend's meal, fish tacos, but i can attest that the impression was the same as mine and not at all impressive. after the entrees, we seriously considered heading down the road to another establishment for desert to salvage the meal, but opted to trywildwolf's deep fried oreos (we all must appease the inner glutton every now and then). they were not horrible, but nothing i'd crave. then again what do you expect when you order deep-fried cookies, but you have to try everything once. to top it all off, i had to make two trips to the bar to have the bartender refill my empty water glass. maybe if you're drinking beer, the service is more attentive because there is more revenue to be gained. i won't be back to find out.