Brewery Arts Bar and Restaurant in South Lakeland

Good pizza and a pint. Thank you 🙂

1st visit to the BAC. Most certainly will be back

Always good to see a band there

Love the Brewery.. always something good on.. The Dub Pistols were fantastic.

Really cool venue in a good setting. Bar could be better staffed to serve the customers but good night out

Always decent pizza and a good range if beer pre-cinema or other event! :D

I popped in to scout it out for a show I'm attending soon. I was nearby, so I took the opportunity to find the Brewery Arts Centre in daylight as it'll be a dark evening when I attend. It took a few trips around the block to find the entrance, but I made it. I've sussed the car parking and found the entrance and theatre I'm going to. I also checked out the bar and restaurant along with the options available for booking a table and food. It would have been rude to have not sought refuge from the traditional Lake District down poor and the hoolie blowing outside. So, it's time for a cheese scone, Earl Grey tea, and a flapjack. That'll save me dealing with food later! All the staff that helped answer my questions, look at menus, and find my way around were superb. The facilities are brilliant and fully accessible. It's just off the A6 and M6, so I'm ready to roll. I'm more excited than ever to see my first show here now. Thanks, everyone!

It was a very busy Friday evening when we came here for a meal. The food took 50 minutes to arrive and was fairly good, however the server could do with being a little more friendly.

Can here for an ACDC tribute show. What a venue. We had a great night and plenty of drinks

Went for a cold drink with a few friends. It was fine. The bar staff were nice.

Staff excellent but food not as good as on previous visit

Nice bar with some decent cask ales

Ate here ( again ) recently before a gig. The food's good, not a huge choice, but that's to be expected. The beer's decent and the service was good. As a place to eat and drink, it's not outstanding, but they're good at what they do. The venue ( theatre this time ) for the gigs is brilliant. Decent seats and, with it being a small venue, really intimate with great views. The sound, as always, was spot on.

Great venue for music and comedy gogs

A really nice location and the staff were friendly and attentive but the food was disappointing.

Nice simple space with lively atmosphere. Good food, good service and a decent selection of beers

Really good food and a nice atmosphere

Excellent venue with a very full programme of varied movies and performance events. A great place for a pre-performance meal but booking is advised.

Great bar and gastro pub type food

Had a lovely experience will definitely go again.

Went to a gig at venue. Spot on, will go again if required......🫶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

Always enjoy visiting the Brewery Arts Centre's bar & restaurant. Meals are reliably tasty, although the house wine is bland and expensive, and those available by the bottle are very pricey. Staff are lovely

Popped in yesterday. Great coffee ☕️

Great place with great atmosphere and great food 👌

Best venue in the area. I live and work in Lancaster and would absolutely love a place like Brewery Arts to be on our doorstep. Great selection of live acts and service is great.

We just called in here for a pit stop drink after a lovely afternoon mooching around Kendal exploring its fabulous food shopping opportunities and its plethora of 'yards' and historical buildings. The service was really commendable, and the menu and food looked mouthwateringly gorgeous. We have tickets for events coming up soon, so we will definitely be booking a pre-show table based on what we saw sitting on a comfy sofa just enjoying a late afternoon Aperol! It was really lovely of one of the theatre staff to come outside to chat to us about what was on and to ask if we'd had a nice day! Unexpected but very welcome!

Great local venue for performances, films, food and bar 🍸

Was shocking service here yesterday we went to order food but was no tables inside so we was told we could eat outside so we got a table and the menu from the staff got to the till to order and was told we couldn’t order food anymore because they where to busy for food orders we had a wheelchair user with us and was a pain going back and forth. The staff was very rude one person said one thing and another said different no communication between staff

Went to a gig not my type of music but a nice place never the less

Lovely food, definitely returning. Also good for gigs. Excellent centre.

Had vegetarian sharing platter and olives. To die for, great place

Good selection of unusual and non branded ales and lagers. A bit more expensive than pubs nearby but worth a visit.

A cultural place to visit lots on offer. Reasonable prices, child and dog friendly.

Great choice of gin, unique sparky vibe. Thumbs up!

Great food, great drinks, great bar.

Very busy - but great staff. Prices okay.

Convenient if you're going to anything at The Brewery Arts Centre. But for me, it's not somewhere I'd specifically choose to go to, especially for food. There again, I am fussy.

Vats bar is always great for a drink and a bite to eat. But if you go when a show is on it can be very busy.

Lovely pizzas again, they seem to get bigger.

Busy and vibrant. Would be better score, but had a big issue keeping up with drinks - all lager pumps failed at the same time! This led to long queues at the bar and frustrated staff and customers!

BBQ and chorizo pizza was delicious. Great selection of ales

A friendly, welcoming and spacious bar with a fantastic drink selection.

Great venue, friendly staff and choices for vegan tastes. Will be back soon.

The Bar inside a Art Centre in Kendal

Great food and drink. Halloumi and aubergine burger a stack to behold.

Nice and handy for the cinema but the service was slow (even though it was very quiet at the time of our visit) and the food disappointing. Hopefully they can up their game because this has the potential to be a great venue.

It's a shame that the food menu has been cut down now that the restaurant has gone. I like the burger but wish it wasn't served on a skanky wooden board!

Welcoming, laid back friendly atmosphere. Cheap beer...what more could you want?

Good bar for fairly quick food and drinks with vegan and gluten free options.

The staff were uninterested and had no manners. Not a please or thank you in sight. 4 behind the bar but more interested in talking to each other or stocking fridges. It was fairly empty but tables were dirty and the staff made no effort to clean them. The food wasnt great. Pizzas were cold and that's not how you do nachos One to avoid

Lovely food, great vegan options. Would highly reccomend

Good service and excellent pizza!

Part of "The Brewery" complex good lively bar especially at weekend's. It also serves food. Great to visit before or after a show.

Good ale and device. Dog friendly.

Nice beer, even better pizza! Wednesday film and a pizza deal!

Nice atmosphere, good selection of drinks .

food took 11/2 hours to come!! pizza was nice.

Great staff. Decent choice of beers. I miss the old decour tho...

Lovely beer garden to sit out enjoying the sunshine

Popped in for lunch - never been before - while the menu isn't extensive, the food was excellent, and the staff were really helpful. Desserts were massive!

Great place for food and drinks with friends. Can be busy / noisy.

Great place loads of drink to choose from lovely staff and top food.

Love the revamp on the vats bar, a lot more open and airy.. just lovely..

Part if the Brewery Arts Charity, The VATS bar is the main bar, with giant VATS cut in half with seating and a round table inside. A good selection of beer and ales. Whilst you can get pizzas here, a more substantial menu is in the adjoining Grain Store Restaurant. Downside is it is quite possibly the most expensive place in Kendal to buy a beer and despite having plenty staff behind the bar, service us usually very slow. Well worth a visit and a good place to start, but for a night out, there are better and cheaper offerings.