Stumptown Brewery - Guerneville, California

John Ritchie

Okay, so after looking at the reviews for this place I was a little reluctant to go here. It was nothing like the bad reviews said. The service was totally fine and everyone was polite and friendly enough to. The beer was good, and the double cheeseburger was delicious!!!! One of the best burgers I’ve had in a while. The atmosphere outside was great and me and my two friends had a blast. Great location, great experience. Maybe it’s hit or miss, but this was a HIT. I’ll stop by every time I come through.

killer i

Great view of the river
But food and drinks are hit or miss
My girlfriend got a mixed drink at the bar and a brisket sandwich with corn bread.
The drink started like watered down canned fruit juice.
The brisket sandwich was dry to the point where the bbq sauce that it was slathered in didn’t help.
Pic of the cornbread included was the driest little puck of cornbread I have ever tasted in my life.
I got a cream ale and the bacon blue cheese burger.
The beer was alright. A little darker flavor that I was expecting from a cream ale.
The burger was pretty dang good. I liked that they put a fair amount of blue cheese in it.

The service at the bar was ok. Quick service.

The food on the other had. Took quite awhile. About 30 minutes. On a very slow seeming day.
I’m assuming it was the brisket that took extra long because my burger and fries were cold. 2 other groups that also ordered burgers got their food before ours was ready.

Was worth a shot might have just been an off day. May the odds be in your favor.

Chris G

Walked over from a rental about an hour before sundown. As others have noted, it's not fancy, and the service is not friendly. That's cool, I don't need friendly.

Placed our order at the bar, no problem. Beers acquired immediately. Cider and wheat as seen in the photo.

Chicken sandwich and fries took an hour to arrive. There were 2 more steak fries than seen in the photo -- I couldn't wait. That said, they were overdone, too crispy all the way through. Sandwich was okay, more onions than necessary, as you see.

Nothing to write home about, especially at the price. And the wait. And the mosquitos.

Tom Taggart

Ordered burgers to go, blue cheese burger with grilled onion, came with red, told them no tomatoes came with, suppose to be medium well came rare. Ordered a western bacon cheese burger that also came rare, hamburger buns were soggy and unedible.fries were fried to a point of a cruton and burnt. Service was rude. Not worth the money

Ellen Brabo

My boyfriend and I enjoyed the beer and the atmosphere. Great location being on the river, easy parking and friendly staff. We ordered burgers and fries to go with Mac salad and thoroughly enjoyed!

Nick C

Awesome chill vibe, friendly service, bomb burgers, and very dog friendly. They have indoor seating, an open patio (with mini dog area) overlooking the river, and picnic benches and grass area right on the river, just an awesome atmosphere. Garlic fries so garlicy that they were green and you'll be looking for a pack of gum on the ride home, and I mean that as a compliment. Juicy burgers that hit the spot everytime. My only complaint is the beer was sub par, but still good. This place is definitely worth a stop.

Dre' Tatum

The brewery is a nice spot to chill and watch the river flow past, or even take in a game. The brew is good, the food is tasty, and the service is friendly. The deck overlooking the Russian River is very nice. There is also a grassy area between the deck and the river where you can relax or throw a ball around. There is a little sliver of beach that you can go down to when the water level isn't too high
There isn't a lot of parking so be prepared to walk a little if it is busy.

Justin Loveland

First, let me say that it looks like a great venue. They had a lot of live sports on for the brief time I was there. The back deck borders, the Russian river and looks like it would be an amazing view to have during lunch dinner. It seems like it was a place for a locals to hang out in, and they didn’t necessarily cater to outside folk like myself.

I dropped in to hopefully fill up my growler with some beer from the brewery. It took me a minute to find someone, but then I was alerted that they didn’t fill up growlers, which is fine. I understand they can be quite a bear to fill up. My issue was that the person that notified me that they don’t pull up growlers was not very friendly. I then asked if they had any beer in cans and the person went through the names of the beers, but didn’t discuss what kind of beers they were, Which wasn’t super helpful. I ended up leaving empty-handed, which was a bummer.

So to sum things up I would say that it is a local watering hole, which seems like it has his pluses, but I would say that they aren’t very friendly to outsiders.