Rotator Taproom - Walnut Creek, California

EUNJEONG LEE

2023. 12. 30일 방문
월넛크릭에 수제맥주집이 많지 않은데 연말 기념으로 가보고 싶어서 방문한 집입니다. 요일마다 가게 앞에 푸드트럭이 달라져서 안주 먹는 재미가 있어요. 가게에서는 따로 음식을 만들어 판매하지 않으니 참고하시면 좋을 듯 합니다. 제가 방문했을때는 Dad's BBQ가 왔었는데 주인분이 친절하고 좋았어요!

맥주집 안 공간이 2층까지있고 무척 넓어요. 주문을 받는 공간은 사람이 많아 시끌벅쩍한데 안으로 들어가시면 분위기가 조용해져서 개인 취향에 따라서 앉아서 맥주를 즐기기에 좋습니다 개인적으로는 IPA종류가 생각보다 많지 않아서 약간 아쉬웠으나 한 번 쯤 방문해도 좋을 집 같습니다

John Carpenter

If you're looking for relaxed local vibe. solid beer selection, not big on ambiance..this is the place. Chill. Always able to find street parking. Beer selection changes with large electronic menu of the selections. Bartenders fine with samples and offering suggestions. Trivia night there is fun and easy spot to watch games although priority is on beer not tvs. They have to-go fridge with nice little selection. Food depends on who has the food truck out front and is typically good

Peter Rated

Best beer spot in Walnut Creek, and it's not even close. Only thing that kinda sucks is parking (paid, meters on street). Excellent service and always-rotating selection; highly recommend.

Ryan Suda

Super cool place for happy hour. Rotating local beers and good grub via visiting food trucks/restaurants. Pinky's pizza will do delivery here too! Parking is all paid on the street.

SC

Fun place with life band playing outside over the weekend. Place has a wide selection of beers and snacks to make your evening pleasant. Although missed my hefeweizen so there is a need! to come back for verification to bring up the rating.
Pricewise a bit on the higher side, however averaging same across Walnut Creek.
Two levels of indoor seating with outside patio and big parking lot party zone over the weekend.

Matt Rubenstein

Several of us went to see my friends in Lumberyard play at their anniversary celebration a few weeks ago. There were probably 30+ people waiting to order something from the bar at any given time from the two people working there that night. I spent more time waiting for service the two times I ordered than I did watching the band. Around 45 minutes waiting each time. Absolutely ridiculous. People were getting really frustrated with the slow service. I think that their electronic ordering system on tablets is part of the problem. Why so understaffed and ill prepared at a planned event with a popular band? They probably could have doubled or tripled their sales that night if they had their act together. Bizarre!

Update: My friends in Lumberyard played there again so I went with an open mind and gave Rotator another chance. I’m not really a beer person so later in the evening I went in and picked out a can of seltzer out of their fridge and took it to the bar. This time there’s no line at all. I’m the only one waiting for service. The guy behind the bar, who seemed like he might be intoxicated, was chit-chatting with some other people and took his time before coming over and offering to help me. My friends are playing and I just want to back outside.
Bar guy: Is that all you want?
Me: That’s it.
Bar guy: That’ll be $7.
Me: Here you go, can I get a cup of ice?
Bar guy: We don’t have ice.
Me: Really? No ice?
Bar guy: Nope.
Me: Then I don’t want it.
I push back the unopened can.
Bar guy: F**k you!
Me: Seriously?
Bar guy: Yeah, take your money.
Me: I’m going to quote you on that.
Bar guy: Fine, do that.
I took my money and left. I’m posting another photo. It’s the guy in the red hat.
Strike two Rotator Taproom. Unbelievable! Hard to believe you’re still in business.

sandy beach

Great local brew selection ?Food truck was amazing! ?Best French Fires ?

Jonathan Eva (Jon)

Good continually "rotating" beer list. The staff is not very knowledgeable or friendly.