Restaurant Reviews
Sequoia Brewery Tower
Reviewed by outlaweric on Feb 05, 2010
What's it like?
This is a revue of Sequoia Brewery(Tower) O.K., so we went there to hear our daughters voice coach sing in her band. We had a calamari appetizer, that was so overcooked and rubbery that you could'nt chew it. My daughter ordered the chicken strips that were o.k., I ordered the ruben sandwich and the bread was so soggy that I had to eat it with a Knife and fork.My wife ordered the club sandwich. It had Tri-tip on it that had a green tinge to it. Needless to say, we did'nt enjoy our meal. We would have told the waitress, if she ever came around to the table. My wife and I each had two beers. Our bill was $79.00. I just can't stop thinking that I could have gotten a hell of alot better meal for that kind of money. We will never eat there again!!!!
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Comments
outlaweric | Fri, 2010-02-05 15:11
On a good note.....they have live music
craigm | Fri, 2010-02-05 19:06
The food is an afterthought in a place like that... go for the beer!
jamescollier | Mon, 2010-02-08 16:25
The food may be an afterthought, but it's still a fair review of what was served. As for the beer, I find that the local breweries (well, there's Sequoia and Full Circle) serve a flat beer. I don't like flat beer.
craigm | Sat, 2010-03-13 01:03
I haven't had that experience with the beer... I enjoy their brews. Though I agree that the food is expensive and not what I would call great. Put it this way: I wouldn't make the trip for the food alone.
jamescollier | Sun, 2010-03-14 08:13
I had a meeting there Friday and may have to retract my earlier comment - the IPA was tasty, and definitely wasn't flat. Perhaps I just had a bad experience at the north Fresno location.
DaleWhite | Sat, 2010-02-06 08:51
I respectfully disagree. Food that is served and charged for cannot ever be an afterthought. If you're gonna put it out there, have some standards.
LuvlyRta | Wed, 2010-02-10 13:01
Thank you for the validation LOL. I regularly read how great the food at Sequoia Brewery is, and we've eaten there enough times to know it is not good and way overpriced. (Weird about the service, though; we've not had that problem there.) My husband and I frequent Sequoia in the Tower because we love the beer and live music. Since the food is overpriced we stick with appetizers: usually the sausage platter and sweet potato fries (can't go wrong; I am pretty sure they're frozen).
Pook (not verified) | Sat, 2010-02-20 21:45
They have really gone downhill since they changed hands from Butterfield's. Prices almost doubled, a few of their brews suffered and the food just turned outright bad. But you do get alot of bad food for the high price. You might not like it, but you'll be full.
Anonymous (not verified) | Wed, 2010-02-24 15:39
Why do people bitch about the food prices being so high? They aren't even that expensive compared to other places in Fresno. Ya no shit they almost doubled since Butterfields...it has been what like 10 years?? Haven't you heard of inflation? The minimum wage alone has gone up considerably in that time which means the restaurant has to charge more to cover the costs of labor, just like every other business in CA. It has average prices for a restaurant in Fresno so stop whining. Some of the brews are the same recipes as the Butterfields ones and they are brewed by the same brewmaster. If anything it has only gotten better since it changed. The ambiance is definitely better and it's a lot cleaner.
jamescollier | Wed, 2010-02-24 21:57
I think that a complaint about price in the context of a bad experience is valid. And I think that $79 for an unpleasant meal is expensive anywhere, no matter the history, or inflation, or labor costs (because when we're frustrated, those aren't things we think about).
I don't know that calling people out for "bitching" or "whining" will influence their willingness to open their wallets, though.
Pook (not verified) | Thu, 2010-02-25 06:55
Actually they doubled the prices immediately after they took over the restaurant. I presume that their prices from there have kept pace with the economy from there.
Just a tiny bit sensitive about folks calling bad food overpriced aren't we? I'm quite sure that there would be far fewer complaints if the expensive food was actually enjoyable. Then it would just be pricey food instead of bad, pricey food.
Jeff (not verified) | Thu, 2010-02-25 15:36
First of all the prices never doubled that means a burger would have cost around $5 before, which it never did so I don't know what you're talking about, but yes they have gone up overtime. I am not trying to influence anyone to "pull out their wallets" I don't work at the place or any restaurant for that matter. I wouldn't call it "expensive food" it's average, but that's just my opinion. The first review is fair and understandable. The beer on a side note is pretty tasty...never experienced a flat beer there.
Anonymous (not verified) | Wed, 2010-03-17 20:00
Oh my god!!!! I am so pissed right now!!! I went to Sequoia Brewing In Tower District where I live and love and support the fullet but I will probably will never go there AGAIN! We went their with the family and it was a five dollar cover charge to get in if you weren't ordering dinner so fine we went in intending to order dinner!We went in and ordered drinks first and then Jay went to put our name down and told Michelle the OWNER we were gonna order appetizers and she told her well you have to pay cover because thats not dinner!I went to her and told her what was the problem and she had a shitty attitude with me so I told her we weren't gonna order dinner so she had her goon tell us we HAD TO LEAVE! I said fine so no biggie! I was walking out with my beer and this goon GRABBED MY BEER OUT OF MY HANDS AND THREW IT AWAY! WHAT THE [edited]! I PAID F...OR THAT BEER! I WALKED AFTER HIM AND SAID I WAS STILL DRINKING THAT!So he said I don't care this is Fresno you can't take beer outside so I said well you could have just said that! Then he said you have to leave and not come back! What the [edited] was that about we eat there like once a week! Then I said well let me talk to the owner and she basically didn't care so [edited] THEM!