El Toro Brew Pub

Reviews about El Toro Brew Pub

• 1 / 5

  By Aaron Palm
  The great tragedy of the El Toro Brewing Company is the lost potential.
  
  El Toro is one of the older microbrews, winning awards in the 90s. Unfortunately they have been stagnant since then, so my family was excited when they announced they were opening a brew pub.
  
  This should have been a formula for success: good brewery acquires RDA money to convert former police station into trendy brewery. Instead, El Toro messed it up completely and refuses to do anything to fix it.
  
  When we first went there shortly after their grand opening, they thought a burger was "cold Costco meat on dry bun, sorry out of ketchup" a year later we tried again and it took 30 min to get a beer when the place was empty.
  
  I went once with the intention of having a few beers in the early afternoon. The place was empty but the bartender didn't want to go through the work of starting a tab for my drinks so I left confused after being told I had to pay for my beer before she would pour it.
  
  The last time I tried to go I wanted to take visiting friends to show them what a truly bad brewpub looked like, but El Toro closed early that Saturday night so we were all spared the disappointment.
  
  The point of this rambling is to demonstrate that a) El Toro has been consistently horrible since they opened and b) will not improve, do don't go back thinking they fixed themselves and c) remember that since since the brew pub was supported by RDA funds, Morgan Hill taxpayers are footing the bill for this incompetence.
  March 22, 2017
• 1 / 5

  By Patrick Myers
  Went here for dinner and to watch the game. It took an 45 minutes. To get our appetizers then we went and ordered our food. That took another hour. Our drink glasses stayed empty there was only one waiter (super nice) nice space but not impressed at all. I would not recommend it for anyone
  September 29, 2016
• 4 / 5

  By Steven Knapp
  Hesitated trying due to the bad reviews. Our food was good and the service OK. The place was dead on a Saturday night. I could see how the small staff present could get quickly overwhelmed.
  September 18, 2016
• 2 / 5

  By Kyle VandenLangenberg
  We stopped in for a beer (no food) one afternoon. The service was fine, but I give it two stars because the building desperately needs a good cleaning. The bathrooms drunk and were way past the point of reasonable use for the time of day. In the main dining there was quite a bit of random stuff around, like a shop vac and ladder that were blocking the side door out to the patio. On top of that the beer was okay, but not remarkable - I'd rate that a three. I also agree with another reviewer that the projector above the bar is extremely out of date and for a sports type bar it really should be replaced.
  July 04, 2016
• 4 / 5

  By Bill Marks
  Big fan of this place. Food is average and the menu could definitely use an update, but the beers are really good. And there is never a wait here, which gets this place extra points from me.
  June 15, 2016