602 Brewing Company - Bastrop (TX)

5 /5 Sandy Mac: Everytime we go to Bastrop, we try a local restaurant that we haven’t before, but man o man, we were surprised we hadn’t tried 602. First of all, all the food we ordered was full of flavor and hot. Their beers are great too. I couldn’t stop drinking their peach Hefeweizen. They really do care and try to bring the community together. Even met the owner and his daughter, which were both lovely. Shout out Heather Blue (the bartender), whom was nice, attentive and a rockstar. Will definitely visit again to try more of their menu.

3 /5 Michael Duran: This was a planned stop on a road trip where we were hoping for a taproom environment. What it seems like this is is a restaurant with a small beer focus, but nothing to write home about. We had a soft pretzel, which had a tasty mustard with it and beer cheese dip, but the pretzel was really just a baked bread. No true pretzel crust. Then had some Reuben rolls, which were a take on mixing a reuben sandwich with egg rolls. Neat idea and tasty. Id definitely recommend those for a small snack. The beer was average, but honestly wouldve been above average with a little bit of actual service and conversation. The bar tender did her best to ignore us, service was extremely slow with 30+ minutes between her checking on us. She would disappear for long periods of time and barely said two words to us and showed no interest in getting us to order more. When we sit at a bar at a craft beer brewery, what were looking for is good beers and good conversion. We got okay beer and zero conversion and they werent busy. Just disinterested. If youre driving through the hill country looking for a craft beer experience, save your time and money and find a true taproom where the beer is front and center and the bar tenders are anxious to talk to you about it. There were a couple of others working behind the bar who equally ignored us, as if we hadnt been there for an hour and a half and no only even asked if we wanted another round.

5 /5 jerome emerson: My grandson and I stopped at the 602 brewing company. Just expected to get a burger and fries once were in that weve seen they had a chicken fried chicken I have the mashed potatoes with mine and my grandson had fries with his it also included a bowl of soup. Lentil soup which was totally delicious. The staff for totally caring and courteous seated us immediately brought us our menus after we ordered our food the chicken fried chicken came back to the table bigger than my hand almost twice the size of my hand and one of the best Ive ever had the ground submitted, they must have Gordon Ramsay cooking in the back cuz this is delicious i recommend 602 brewing company 10 out of 10 10 out of 10 for the food and 10 out of 10 for the atmosphere dont miss out go check it out

3 /5 Anne Lopez: Weve lived in the Bastrop area over 5 years and only visited here once before for the live music. We decided to stop in for dinner this time. The vibe and location of this place automatically sets it up for success. At least, you would think. It began with men carrying large equipment through the dining room out to the patio for the live music. The equipment was carried over the head of more than one patron, which could have been catastrophic if even one part had fallen or slipped. It was also just unprofessional. We tried several mixed drinks, several appetizers, and several entrees. The Ribeye was cooked to perfection, and the sausage platter was delicious. Thats about all that was good. The fried pickles were way more fry than pickle, the asparagus was way over cooked, the mashed potatoes looked and tasted like they were from a box, and one of the mixed drinks was so bad, we sent it back and asked for bottled beer. Our waitress was supporting both inside and outside, and even though the dining room was less than half full, we waited extended periods of time each time we needed something; culminating in about a 15 min wait for our check before we finally got up and asked if someone could find our server so we could leave. I was really hoping to like this place; were always looking for a place to get a good drink and steak, but I guess well have to keep looking.

5 /5 Kaitlin B: 602 Brewing has a friendly staff, good food, interesting beer options and live music (at least at the time I visited). Definitely seems like a fun local spot to hang out. I enjoyed my time here. I definitely recommend.