Cutwater and Co. Reviews

Great place for a great cocktail. Tour the distillery if you can and try the whiskey tasting. Our host Emily was great, very knowledgeable.

Amazing place for craft spirits. Huge fan of the entire line of whiskey they produce. Their canned beverages will give most bars a run for their money. Also the bar staff is exceptional, attentive and always produces the right recommendations. Definitely could not recommend this place enough

Great food and drinks! Happy Hour and lunch specials are a great deal too!

Always an amazing and delicious experience! If you don t have a house cocktail, then you didn t do it right!

This is a great party location. Be sure to ask for Juliette, best waitress ever!!!

This is a distillery with great food and cocktails made with their brand of spirits. The location is in an industrious area but their space is gorgeous.

In town for work, and within walking distance. Food was superb (pear/pomegranate arugula salad, pork sliders, turtle cheesecake). Spirit centered beverages, but had two ipas amongst 8 other beer types . A little more pricey than your average pub n grub, but a great place for a family / friends to have a great meal.

What can I say about a company that is making hand sanitizer instead of beer. Absolutely amazing job

Social Distancing managed with ease. At this time, one does not go to the back bar to order drinks. One orders from the table I a more traditional manner. Wear a mask and answer screening questions ... and a Noon Patrol is not much further along your path. :))

Brand new! Super shiny and new (copper) haha. Complete Cutwater operations rest here. In-depth distillery tour. Friendly staff and tasty craft cocktails. Great gastropub style food selection. Enjoyed the roasted veggies and loaded fries. These guys are about to get big.

Remarkable facility with friendly and knowledgeable staff! Cutwater stands above the rest!

Beautiful space with some really creative craft cocktails. Food is a bit spendy and a tiny bit off. Potato bread was super salty with a weird chemical smell. Bacon in the frisee salad was cut into huge chunks - would have preferred smaller pieces. Ranch dressing on the wedge salad was overpowered with dill. Kids chicken tenders were good as was the adobada sandwich, though it was really more of a pork belly sandwich rather than classical adobada. It was all still pretty decent. I'd definitely go back and try the other things on both the cocktail and food menus.

Excellent trivia game mondays at 7. High class food at decent prices, and all the spirits are top top class.
It's a rather fun big open space they got with lots of different areas and a few different fire pits/ fire places. Highly recommend this place. Take the tour of the production side with Emily, very knowledgeable.

The canned spirits are abysmal! The only taste is a metalized sharp bitter sensation almost to the point of evacuating the digestive tract. Certainly not designed for the repeat buyers.

I had a margarita and Mai Tai from a bar in Denver. Really good. I d love to spread this around in denver proper. Proper flavor considering the amount of bars that can t make a decent version of either.

Holler and I can spread cutwater love!!

Great service, excellent drinks. Overall a 10/10 joint.

enjoy taking folks to cutwater tours are amazing tastings delicious marvelous spot

Absolutely some of the finest Spirits one can enjoy at a location of equally enjoyable surroundings.

Kevin thank you for the great tour! Your knowledge and passion speak genuinely through your actions. It's much appreciated.

Food is very good, drinks are very good, ambience is very good,... very good overall

We really enjoyed the mellow atmosphere, good drinks, and amazing food. You seat yourselves and order at the bar or back. Quick service, comfy seating (indoor and outdoor). In an industrial area but very nice.

Right across and owned by ballast point, where ballast point is the beer version and cut water is hard liquor cocktail bar.
Constellation Brands gas acquired Ballast Point Brewing Co. for $1 billion. Constellation Brands, the third-largest beer company in the U.S., with Corona, Modelo and Pacifico in its portfolio, has purchased San Diego's Ballast Point Brewing and Spirits for $1 billion. So they spun of this cock tail bar as cut water.
The interior is very class yet very open. Such a great ambience in the industrial area.

Happy Hour: Parking is tight, and it can fill soon, start looking for the street parking. Happy hour is a good time to visit here and the best deal to buy is Canned Cocktails, $4/Can.. But during the happy hour the food menu is very limited. This happy hour is designed for big groups and corporate. Service was decent too.
Drinks: Canned Cocktails, you can also buy this Cutwater Spirits Can from Bevmo and other liquor shops. Other favorites here are Old Fashioned, perfectly blended drink. Pluto was very fruity and colorful, if you like it. Other favorites are Fugu Habanero, Noon Patrol and Beta Kerosene. But all the drinks are awesome, you cannot go wrong with your order here.
Food: We tried their loaded fries, it was great. Also, Crisp apple bread was good treat. Loved the Cutwater Burger, very flavorful.

Also take the distillery tour, its free.
-Ves, : It can get loud, for a reason. Parking is tight, especially during Happy hour.

I will update more with my frequent visits.

Absolutley love this place. Beautiful atmosphere, great drinks, delicious food and the best staff!

Industrial location, but cool distillery with awesome drinks!

Great service! The new mai Tai's are the best and the sliders too! Thanks for being open during this time!

Great place to go hang out with friends...went there for the 1st time, the food was great!

One of the worst customer service experience when I went to buy a couple of bottles of gin and whiskey here. They didn t even have the right boxes for our bottles that were gifts for friends.

It is hard to support a local Buisness if they are going to make customers wait a long time and not even have the basics like a box for the spirits they sell. Never coming back again. Will stick to better whiskeys out there...

PS- also, the guy serving found us wrong boxes for our whiskey and joked how it ll be a surprise for our friends when they find a different bottle than the (more expensive) label on the box. He did make us feel judged for the bottles we were buying....I wonder if this distillery reserves apologies for their inadequacies only for those customers who can afford their most expensive bottles?

Epic staff, liquids venue and food. Christian is a legend too. Well worth the detour!

Great spirits, food and atmosphere. Great outdoor seating options too.

The new distillery from many of the folks who brought you ballast point. Specializing in a variety of liquors and featuring a restaurant.

We had a great time here. Five star service, five star food and beverage.

What a great spot! Amazing service and great food. Worth a visit

This is our favorite place to share with friends and family that come to visit to grab a great drink and enjoy the atmosphere.

Went this past weekend and our server Chase went above and beyond for my wife and me. We always love this place and the drinks/service/atmosphere will keep us coming back.

My wife and I really enjoyed our tour of this Distillery. Steve did a awesome job showing us around and walking us through the different products they offer.No matter what's your beverage of choice they will definitely have something for you.I would suggest doing the tasting its only 10 bucks and you get to choose from a good selection of spirits I enjoy good tequila and it just so happens during my visit they had just gotten in some bottles that were soon to be released. The bourbon was a must try and also there was a coffee fruit pepper drink that was really different in a good way. Unfortunately during my visit they weren't able to sell any bottles but I was able to buy a bottle at a place near by. Next time I'm in San Diego I'll definitely come back to try out the food at the restaurant and also do a tasting of what I didn't get to try my first visit.

Great drinks. Great service, bartenders and tour guide for the tour were friendly. Nice atmosphere, will definitely have to make another trip here soon!

New, clean, modern distillery/restaurant. They serve both beer and liquor, much needed uplift and change of pace for the area. Doesn't seem to be too busy, but it will be the next hot spot for your happy hour.

Neat place with great food fair prices and friendly staff.
Went there for lunch and will definitely go again.

Enjoyed great drinks and a free tour of the Distillery! If you pay $10 the tour comes with some great tasting! Our tour guide was also very passionate about his job which made the experience even better!

Went here trying to enjoy some drinks and our waiteress, KAT, was excessively rude and did forgot our order multiple times. Had to ask multiple times what the status of our food was. Would not recommend this place while this waitress is working here. Aside from that drinks are good which is why I keep it 2 stars .

I've ordered take out a few times, the loaded fries are my favorite!

Pros: Cocktails taste good and have great presentation. Food I tried was delicious. Nice atmosphere.
Cons: Charged full price for food and drinks during happy hour. No waitstaff, so you must go to the bar to order and wait there while your drink is being prepared. Poor customer service. Only a few parking spaces were open in the lot when it wasn't very busy.

Not likely to visit again. I expect more value for my money. Bartender admitted a mistake was made with my bill, but refused to fix it.

Cutwater is super rad. Their menu changes often which is good because it is also small, so even without a lot of choices on the menu there's always something new to try. The drinks are always a treat as well.

The free tour is done on the hour, and highly worth it especially if you pay the extra $10 for 4 tasters at the end. The tasters are done in a private room which is much more quiet and intimate than the rest of the restaurant.

Good atmosphere but that's about it.

Salmon was overcooked and tiny portioned. Actually everything besides the burger is tiny portioned and not cheap either. $19 for a 4oz piece of salmon...

Service is also strange for a sit down restaurant with the ordering at the counter.

This is a beautiful bar with a great atmosphere. We came here to celebrate a birthday and everyone enjoyed their drinks and had an amazing time. I tried the broccolini and the fish and both were excellent. The waitstaff was wonderful. Looking forward to coming back.

Very interesting menu i had an amazing burger there, had somre shots, had some of their famous drinks and we had a great time celebrating my brother's birthday! Had a good time talking with the waiter as well

This cocktail bar and distillery is a hidden gem in Miramar. Food and cocktails are top notch. Be sure to check out the tour where they show you the process of distilling .

It is located in an industrial area but the building is very nice. They have a huge distillation column. The food is good and they of course have a good selection of drinks. Nice. Restaurant

Didn't get food but the drinks are amazing. The michelada was great and their canned gin and tonic was better than it has any right to be for a canned cocktail. Ambiance and decor is beautiful

Spirits are amazing and super delicious. Definitely worth their money. Excellent service and COVID safety precautions are on top of everyone else.

Terrific food and drink. Plenty of vegetarian options. Interesting tours showing how the different products are made. Great ambiance; perfect place to meet up with friends and family.

Cocktails here are AMAZING! very unique and they use their own spirits in the cocktails, so a nice way to try something new without commitment. Wish they had a wider selection for appetizers

AMAZING! the atmosphere, the service, the drinks, the food. Absolutely great! The building itself was so cool to walk into. Then the greeting, the seating (all with their own plastic partitions), and the service. DANG! Then the cocktails and food followed which was perfect. I literally have nothing bad to say at all! I'll be back, so many times. Even with my house 20 minutes away!

New very cool and modern distillery. Great atmosphere to enjoy craft cocktails. The restaurant was worth the wait to get a table and the food was excellent.

Nice place! One thing that might be helpful for the right choice is that the strength of this house is strong spirits. (Gin, rum, vodka, whiskey - yes, but a microbrewery it is not. There are beers from partners, though.)

Neat space, tasty drinks, creative food, and fair prices

Great food and cocktails in a beautiful fun atmosphere. Plus a fantastic tour of the distillery! The loaded fries were delicious, and the tastings at the end of the tour were impressively good for such a young company. Keep it up and I will definitely be looking for your products in the stores.

They have no patience for new employees.at least in the kitchen I was misstreated. By Miguel one of the cheefs.it sucks that someone of your own race instead of help you. tries to put you down. I was left to do the job by myself on my first day as dishwasher helperwith out previous experience. When I spoke to the kitchen supervisor. about this. his answer was. I don't know what to say. Like he didn't care. so I resigned. I wanted for me and them to work out. I herd dishwashers keep quiting because there are too much the way they get treated.

WOW, the Lime Margarita cocktail is definitely a GRAND SLAM. Delicious and full of flavor; this libation does not disappoint. The 4-pack of 355 ml cans pack a real punch @ 12.5 ABV, money well spent. Cutwater Spirits, you have us as customers for life!

Great atmosphere, attentive staff, and amazing cocktails. Hope I make it back!

It's a really beautiful space, and if it wasn't in the middle of an industrial park, I would give it five stars. Although for what it is and where it is it was pretty great. I had this Torrey pine gin drink that was amazing and the peppino fresco was pretty good too! Also if you've ever had their vodka mule in the cans it's pretty yummy!

Awesome place with cool decor and great food and drink options. Don't miss the free tour of the distillery and $10 spirits tasting.

Great atmosphere with delicious food. My girlfriend and I went on the distillery tour for Cutwater. It was a very good tour. We ordered the buffalo chicken legs and the loaded fries topped with pulled pork. Now onto the bad parts of our visit; first one of drinks was forgotten the Fugu mule. Which is fine as it had just gotten busy, but when we went on the tour our seat had been taken from us. Apparently, our seats are supposed to be reserved when we go on tours but somebody decided to take our spot. That was disappointing but overall Cutwater Spirits is a great place with great potential.

Been here 2 times, I'm thinking of quitting my job and moving in

A pleasant surprise. Food is awesome. Great selection and taste. Beverages are top shelf and potent (good). Love the atmosphere and service.

Sorry about the two stars but I have my reasons. My wife made me promise to mention that she was please with her meal which was Salmon. On the other hand I had the halibut and it was awful. My gripe is this was their catch of the day at market price. The fish was overdone and dry as jerky and they over salted it too. So, not only was it dry and difficult to swallow it was like licking a salt lick. This was a very disappointing time for me and I don't believe I'll be dining at Cutwater again.

Very cool, relaxed atmosphere! The drinks were very tasty too!

I'm super impressed with this place! I love that they distill their own vodka, rum, whiskey and have mixers. They used to be a part of Ballast but since Ballast sold out, they became their own brand. Their drinks are amazingly good and strong. They offer free tours of their facility (you have to take the tour to buy their alcohol). The place is a beautiful venue. Super modern and sleek.

The cocktails/spirits, food, and bar service are all on-point. Prices are also very fair, especially during happy hour ($4 canned cocktails, $7 bartender's choice cocktail, and food specials, ending at 5:30pm). Word of caution for those coming to play Sunset Trivia (Mondays at 6:30pm): this location does NOT do the toss-up question for free drinks, and awards swag to the winning teams, rather than gift cards or credit.

Cocktails were delicious and reasonably priced. Took the tour through the distillery and our guide Lucas was awesome.

They have amazing spirits that they distill and the food is always a connoisseurs pleasure.

I wish we could have spent some more time here! I would have loved to try all of the different canned cocktails and drinks listed on the menu. The chicken legs with buffalo sauce are huge, definitely a must. The concept is so cool and I wish we had something like this in Chicago. The outdoor space is amazing and you are able to reserve tables for larger groups.

Really enjoyed the horchata cocktail, great stuff guys

This was my first visit. The food and drinks are tasty. Cool atmosphere and big enough to accommodate any size group.

There are not enough good things i could say about this distillary. Emily is the best thing about this place!

First of all, I've never been to a place like this. They have LEGIT canned cocktails on happy hour & the banana wontons were delicious.
Secondly, I highly recommend taking the tour with Emily, she knows her information, and we now because of her, fully believe in this company. Emily is hilarious, fun and really made the visit more than worth while!

If you haven't toured this place yet, you need to GO!

Love this place, great staff and good drinks. Morgan is the best bartender here with great personality. We stayed 4 hours and tried almost every cocktail. The only reason for 4 stars was the food wasnt as good.

I watch them working on this place for the better part of a year, so I was curious to see how it finally turned out. I have to say the atmosphere is pretty spectacular. However I would expect no less from the Ballast Point crew. The food offerings are simple but well prepared. We ordered several different sandwiches, all of which were delicious, although a bit skimpy on the meat. Appitizers are also on the small side. Be prepared to spend at least $25 per person for a sandwich plate and a drink. Ample parking and fast and very friendly service. Incredable selection of craft spirits. Four stars for the food, five for everything else.

I think the woman's name who helped us was Stephanie, but everyone was awesome! I came to taste your selection of whiskey with my wife and kid. They made us feel comfortable and were extremely courteous. The whiskey was fantastic. Great place!!

The drinks and food here is delicious! Out of 3 flatbread the blue cheese and fig is the best. Gone before I could took a picture. loaded fries and both hamburgers packed with flavor.

Went to Cutwater for company happy hour. It's was nice, good foods, good drinks selection and great service. Will return soon.