Comments on: McKenzie Brew House, Malvern

By: Vicky Reins

Vicky Reins — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:30:58 +0000

Another pleasant experience last night. I sat under the arbor on the patio and enjoyed cocktails and apps. Great calamari (order it with hot cherry peppers) and Greek sampler plate with tzatiki and hummus. Server was busy but was pleasant and informative. Highly recommend.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 15 May 2010 00:14:06 +0000

Want another reason ( like you need another) to not ever eat here… Page 301 Health Dept Inspection 2010 http://dsf.chesco.org/health/lib/health/food/inspections/qryinspectionrpt%28alpha%29.pdf GROSS!!!

By: paoli paulie

paoli paulie — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:19:50 +0000

The beers are good, the outdoor patio , deck and bar is great, the downstairs bar is great. The food is absolutely horrible, just plain bad. I would love to go back with the family just for the atmosphere and the beer but the rest won’t go, because of the food, and they are not picky eaters.

By: Mick

Mick — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:01:30 +0000

Honestly Darrin, it sounds like YOU’RE the one from McKenzie’s…. how the heck would you know about something like that? McKenzie’s a GREAT place to go. They have an AWESOME staff and their brews are great, especially the light lager. I highly recommend them to anyone looking for a place to hangout and have a good time.

By: Mary M

Mary M — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:36:43 +0000

Ambiance, pretty good on the deck/patio. Food, I would recommend the soups, and the caesar salad, but the mini kobe sliders are bland and flavorless, not to mention overcooked. Drinks (I don’t do beer), pretty good, especially the mojito. I would go again for cocktails and appetizers on the patio, but not for dinner.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:21:41 +0000

I gotta say, the place just isn’t the same beer wise since the dude(Scott) left.
Food so-so and the beer is so-so too. Don’t bother.

By: John G

John G — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:21:18 +0000

Not worth it. Bottom line: Better choices in area for food or beer.

By: Sherry Anderson

Sherry Anderson — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:14:40 +0000

Here our take after four visits in the last year(2008)

The food: Better than a national chain, but almost seems like it wants to be one(I think someone else made a similar comment). Overall, not bad and a decent value for what it is, don’t expect anything innovative.

The beer: None of us get this. Believe me, we know our beers, but they failed in this department. The “Belgian” thing is way too much, and the beers are trying to be “cute” just don’t work. Most of the beer was very cloudy. Sorry, I’d rather see a beer I like on tap. We switched to wine after our second visit. Much better beer choices in the area, TJ’s or Teresa’s next door. A brew pub that doesn’t deliver the brew.

Service: Service was pretty good, again what you’d expect from place like this. Not really attentive, but it was fairly decent.

Atmosphere: If your looking for a family experience get there early, as it’s more for the younger crowd later in the evenings. It was pretty darn noisy.

Overall we’d give it more that one spoon out of five. We all agreed on two and a half.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:30:29 +0000

Well, as promised, I’m reporting in about our dinner LAST Saturday night with our friends. All I can say is that it was wonderful. The food was extraordinarily delicious, everyone loved what they ordered, the service was great, and it wasn’t noisy at all! We were there between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. and sat in the room to the right of the bar. Actually, the waitress was thoughtful enough to suggest we order LESS food than we started to because she thought it would be too much for us to eat! And she was right, because we were pleasantly full with what we ordered.
All in all it was a great experience, and we plan to go back again and again.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:48:33 +0000

Last Saturday, my husband and I came to Mc Kenzie’s on the recommendation of our daughter who thought it a good choice for us. We were seated on the outside deck which was comfortable and clean, and the food, (I had the blackened salmon salad, my husband the roast beef sandwich), was excellent! The service couldn’t have been better. The prices were very fair, and all in all it was such a delightful experience, that we’re bringing friends there this Saturday night. I don’t drink beer, but my husband had no complaints about the beer he had. I just hope that this week’s experience is as good as last week’s was. I’ll possibly write again for comparison. Stay tuned!