Pryes Brewing Company - Minneapolis

I helped a client plan a happy hour at Pryes that quickly grew beyond our expectations. I contacted Olivia the week of the event to determine the availability of private or semi-private spaces and she worked with me quickly to book a space and organize agreat event--while she was on vacation! The taproom staff the day of the event were super helpful and ensured we had a greatevent.

Wonderful experience. Fair prices, fast tasty food, delicious craft beer! Also as a huge bonus, TONS of FREE parking within a very short walk from the vast outdoor seating area. Order at the table for full service via QR code, or walk up and place yourorder. All in all very nice night out.

Pretty good beer, but the service, atmosphere, and prices bring down the experience. They describe it as riverside and a beer garden, but it is actually a parking lot in a somewhat industrial, not so pretty part of town. The beer was check plus quality: good but not extraordinarily so. Their service model is app-based: order with your phone (annoying), dejected server brings items, and a mandatory 20% fee is added to the bill. I don’t mind tipping 20%, but forced tipping is ridiculous, especially when the attitudes are mediocre and level of service is so low (I ordered at the bar and the interaction took 2 minutes or less). These service fees are stacked on top of above-average prices. Get ready for $11 per beer. The quality, experience, and price point don’t align.I did not eat recently and can’t comment on that aspect.

I’ve had pizza at this place about a dozen times and I am always happy — food comes out super quick, their dough is stellar, toppings are great. I was just here two days ago but I was hungry and in the neighborhood so I found myself here again. I didn’t feel like pizza again so I tried the waffle fries thinking hey, maybe they’ll be good like everything else I’ve had here. Boy oh boy I was wrong. Ended up paying $10 to eat 4 fries before my jaw was exhausted. They were hard and boring. Clearly came out of a bag. The sauces were meh. Really bummed. I’ll come back for pizza but I will definitely steer clear of anything that I haven’t had yet. Hand cut fries would be such an improvement and IMO. Really disappointed.

Vibe is okay, but they straight up charge 20% gratuity on everything and ask for additional tip (recommended 18% at the checkout. Ordered $26 pitcher and was charged $34.36. That's +32.15% without additional tip. I guess that's normal business practice? I don't mind paying 20% tip on drinks. Just the shadyness of trying to double charge tip doesn't sit well with me.