Avis BURGERS AND BREW Davis

Awesomeness between two buns.. the food was amazing, fun atmosphere, friendly staff and great service! Best French fries I’ve ever had.

Very delicious burgers! And a great variety of beers!

This place has amazing food. Prior to this visit they did have construction going on their public streets, so some things are a bit out of sorts. Staff is ok. I think with all they do with limited staff like everywhere else , they dont have the time to visit like they would. We were greeted, asked if we needed anything else while we waited and that was about it. So if you don’t mind the catering to you service but love the taste of food , this is great. It was our first visit and left with a memorable experience. I guess you make your own experiences but the quality of the food is definitely there. Beer was good too from what I can tell. Prices are now comparable to burger places. I would rather here hands down.

Nice selection of beers on tap.

Always a great time here. Food is A1 & everything is awesome here.

Amazing burgers! They have many different burger varieties available as well as many different beers on tap! All while having a very heated patio to sit around. I especially like their garlic fries! You initially order and if you eat in you just take a dumper and you sit down at a table when you're done you just leave.

Just a good place to go for burgers. Nothing more to say.

Staff were great: attentive informed and gracious. The lamb burger is a must have. Always a winner. Today they had Russian River beers on draft including Pliny the Younger. A great start followed by Pliny the Elder and you have amazing beers.
This place never disappoints.
Outside covered area in the evening is a great touch. Music but in the background not overpowering.
A special spot in Davis.

The best burger in town, I like it even better than their west sac and sac R street branches. We order spicy guacamole and steak sandwich and both were perfect. The staff are also nice

HOWEVER, the owner/manager can do a better job with renovating and overall cleaning of their space. The outdoor tents and space aren’t nice and not appealing. Old and torn plastic covers, Christmas’s decoration still hanging there, fireplace not clean and not looking nice…

I think they make big money so what’s wrong with spending a little bit to make it a nicer place?!

So much has changed at the Davis Burgers & Brew. Gone is the warm, welcoming environment, and you can forget great service. Now, The sole purpose of Burgers & Brew staff is to serve orders as quickly as possible. That's it.
Burgers and Brew used to be our go-to Davis restaurant. We'd go as a family at least twice a month & I'd call in an order 2 times a week on the way home from sports. It was always our first choice with hot, delicious burgers and abundant orders of sweet potato or curly fries. It was a real restaurant with gracious servers who created a really pleasant dining experience.
Now, It's a step above a fast-food burger joint {with a lot of beer options} being run in assembly line fashion. {read other negative reviews.}
I wasn't keen on eating here After my last experience but the Rugrat was home from college and craving a burger. So, What's changed?
No longer do servers take your order, instead you stand in line, order/pay/tip then wander out looking for a table. Awkward, especially when it's busy.
The menu is the same but the burgers were exceptionally greasy, not very flavorful, and the serving of fries was 1/3rd of the former size leaving one staring at a lot of empty plate. {note photos from other reviews} Seriously folks, potatoes aren't that expensive. Upgraded Salads used to be a spring mix served on a side plate. Now it's slopped on the plate right next to the burger. The salad dressing was oily/flavorless.
After the food is served the Wait staff never approach the table leaving you to flag them down or get up from your meal, go inside, and stand waiting. "Do you need something?" as they perfunctorily hand you water or napkins or a drink refill. Not once did the wait staff approach our table to ask if we needed anything. Unfortunately, my husband had already given a generous tip when we paid. Lastly, the use of plastic utensils makes quite a statement. Cheap & Quick & We don't care about the environment.
At least this time no one had their dog in their lap with its paws on the table eating off of their plate which occurred 3 visits ago while the Staff said nothing. Yeech. Next time. Hmm. I don't believe there will be next time.
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Review from 1 year ago:
I've always loved Burgers and Brew and have often recommended this location to others. Perhaps not so much now. I brought my cousin here for dinner the other night. As always, it was quite busy, but the food wasn't that good this time. The lamb burger was served lukewarm. The sweet potato fries were cold, and the serving of fries was quite small. The batter on my fish {which was cold} was tasteless. One shouldn't have to squeeze lemon all over fish or drown it in tartar sauce to enjoy it. {though I love to do both.}
The high point was the house salad which was fresh and cold. LOL. Overall, After I boasted about Burgers and Brew, the dinner was quite a letdown. Here's a shout-out to the friendly, efficient servers. Next time, If the food is cold, we will return it and request hot food and a whole serving of fries.

Ate here with the family and everyone enjoyed their burgers. Staff was friendly and burgers were out quickly and cooked perfectly.

Biggest juiciest burgers fresh and tasty excellent burgers I highly recommend you stopping by to have lunch

This place is great year round, and the food is excellent.

Good variety of menu items with many custom options to choose from, a very decent tap list, and several dog-friendly outdoor seating options (a generous size deck wrapping the small building plus a couple of covered & uncovered enclosed sidewalk patios, one on each side of the street corner) make this a definitive keeper.

It's a nice little place with patio seating. It's definitely one of the better burgers I've had, and it's worth the price id say. Only thing i can say wasn't amazing was the vanilla malt milkshake i got but i do know their strawberry one was good. Definitely try their onion rings if you go

Decent burgers, but they have a hard time accommodating dietary restrictions or any party larger than 2-3.

Well, let me just congratulate you guys on making the best burger I have had in a very, very long time. This was a burger that did not leave my hand till the last bite. So juicy and succulent, every bite was a bite of flavor. The way the chef meticulously placed the saurkrout within the pastrami made every bite sweet and savory. Even the onion rings were crispy and did not string. Just phenomenal job. I must return to try more.

That’s how good it was. I got a Mushroom onion burger and my girlfriend got the spicy guacamole burger and we ate everything!! Would highly recommended this place for a burger.

On New Year’s Day evening, after a lengthy drive back to Sacramento, I decided to stop in Davis for a burger. I opted for the Jalapeño Bacon Burger but was served a regular Backn Burger. My friend, who requested pickles, didn’t receive them initially, and we had to ask for them separately. I’m uncertain if the person taking our order had difficulty hearing or was simply not attentive. While the food was enjoyable and arrived hot, the need to repeatedly request items was inconvenient. Considering the cost of the burgers, a higher level of service would be expected.

Tons of seating, the staff accommodated even large parties quickly. The burgers were perfectly cooked, I ordered mine medium rare and it came out exactly how I ordered it. The menu was fairly large but the dishes are all unique, and came out very delicious. The outdoor seating had lots of heaters. The only downside, a few beers that were on the list werenout but the beers that they had were good. Great place, highly reccomend.

This was my first time here. We were looking for a local place to grab a burger after our visit to the college.

We ended up choosing burgers and brew, and it did not disappoint. I went with the turkey, burger and salad, and the portion size was really large.

The staff was very friendly, and the place seem to be very popular with the locals. If you’re in Davis, I would suggest giving it a try.

Delicious and fresh.

Everything about this place was excellent. The only negative that I can speak on is the fact that the burger had a lot of grease. Like an excessive amount at the bottom of my burger box and it was mixing with my fries. Which made them soggy. However, both the burger and the fries that were not soggy were pretty tasteful and filling. Which is why I still rated the food four stars. I would for sure go again (and just ask them to minimize the grease)

Prices are a bit high. Had the pastrami buyer good flavor bur half of the pastrami was not edible. Very fatty and chewy

No one physically attacked me I loved it

Ambiance chaleureuse, bons burgers, excellentes bières… Chouette resto à Davis.