Granite City Food & Brewery

Updated Review - Had their brunch for the first time & everything exceeded my expectations! The food was so delicious & loved the donut station! Original Review: 4 stars: First time eating at this restaurant and had a great experience. Had to wait a little for a table as the host took a phone call that lasted forever and no one else was available to seat us. But they made up for it with friendly & helpful service. Manager came out and asked how our food was & also gave us free cookies & coupons for our next visit.

My wife and I stopped by here on a lazy afternoon to get some appetizers and drinks. The place was pretty empty and we were seated right away at a booth in the bar area. The wait staff was courteous and attentive. Having not been here before we each got a flight to try out (pretty decent variety of brewed in house and external). The wife had the chips and queso and I had the bone-in buffalo wings. We both got an order of the cheese bits. The wings were great with just the right amount of heat. We weren't fans of the chips. They were thin and a little chewy. We were also not big fans of the cheese bits. They were well cooked, but the texture was not what we were expecting. A little creamier than we were expecting. Overall, the beers were good but the food was lacking.

Haven't been here in years, and now I have been here twice in a week. Service was decent both times, perhaps a bit slow, but we weren't in a hurry either night. They had a new Okoberfest menu, so I tried the Wurst platter, 3 different types of sausage with sides of cabbage and mashed potatoes. Overall I liked the different sausages, but wasn't a fan of one of the two sides of cabbage. Both times we ordered the meatloaf, and this is hands down the best meatloaf we have had in a long time. It is served on toast, green beans, and topped with mashed potatoes. Simply perfect, I don't usually like crispy meatloaf, but this one is done very well. Both visits we also ordered the Asian Shrimp appetizer, however on the second visit it was too tangy and not as spicy. We were a little disappointed in the inconsistentcy. Of course we had to end the meal with the chocolate cake ala mode, which my son devoured, you would have thought he hasn't eaten for days.