Exile Brewing Company

“Nashville chicken sandwich was awesome! Beers were great! Final weekend for live in a snow globe. Amazing atmosphere and service.”

“Sprouts, burger & Cuban were excellent ... Pretzel bread pudding was EPIC! Highly recommend! Ethan was a great server👍”

Scott Huber★★★★

Glad they have free parking lots. Short rib tacos were tender but greasy and not as flavorful,maybe add cilantro and onions. Brussel sprouts were good not having any sauce. Bread pudding tasted OK with the pretzel bun. Could add more almonds was hoping you would come up with your own sauce instead of just caramel. It was also cool in the center. Smash burger was very good.

Stacey Brennan★★★★★

I was in town for the night on a work trip. Made my way to exile from a friend’s recommendation and couldn’t be happier with the choice. I had initially come in for just a drink but there was a trivia night starting so I stayed, and I’m so glad I did. I had truly wonderful time. My server was amazing, so kind and quick, the food was DELICIOUS (I got the chicken bites with the creamy buffalo sauce on recommendation from my server) I ended up getting 3rd place in trivia and while I could not travel with parts of the prize, they GAVE ME A T-SHIRT instead! So kind. I couldn’t recommend this location more. Great vibe, great people, great food. If you’re in Des Moines, hit up Exile for a great night.

Nusrat Ripa★★★★★

I ended up here without much planning and stayed longer than expected. I ordered a burger, fish tacos, pretzel with cheese, and a house beer, and everything came out feeling simple but put together well. The burger was solid, not overly greasy, the fish tacos had a lighter feel which helped balance everything, and the pretzel was soft with just enough salt. The beer kept everything easy, nothing too heavy. The space felt open, a bit more relaxed than expected. People talking, but not too loud, just enough to feel active. I left feeling like it was an easy place to come back to without thinking too much about it.

Craig Helton★★★★★

Nashville chicken sandwich was awesome! Beers were great! Final weekend for live in a snow globe. Amazing atmosphere and service.

Michelle Bjelland★★★★★

Stopped in just to check out a new place for a pre dinner drink. Very nice comfortable atmosphere and great service from all working the bar we sat at. We did decide to take a pretzel carmel bread pudding for a late night treat. It was amazingly good with a slight re-warm and an added touch of vanilla ice cream at home. Will come back for a meal for sure.

Jessi Myers★★★★★

The decor: stunning. The food: superb. The prices: incredibly reasonable. The staff: incredibly attentive and so friendly. My baby was mesmerized by the thousands of lights while the adults were chowing down. Between all of us, we ordered cheese curds, Philly cheesesteak, chicken spiedini, fish & chips, a butter beer, spiked eggnog and reindeer punch (all 3 contained alcohol.) Everything was hot and fresh, the drinks were tasty, and our server was so friendly. This was our second time ever going to the snow globe and we plan to make it an annual tradition. 10/10, highly recommend.

Dave Boller★★★★★

Sprouts, burger & Cuban were excellent ... Pretzel bread pudding was EPIC! Highly recommend! Ethan was a great server👍

Benjamin Duke★★★★

Took the family to the SnowGlobe event. For everyone that is not familiar with the SnowGlobe event, Exile completely decorates everything Christmas themed and it’s impressive. I had the Nashville fried chicken sandwich with herbed fries. The sandwich was a good sized piece of chicken that was moist and delicious. The fries were also very good. The girlfriend had the Crispy Chicken Salad, it was huge, looked amazing and delicious. I will definitely get it next time I go. The kids got the kids Mac and cheese with fries and we received no complaints from the kids about their food. They had a holiday drink menu with some ok choices for drinks. Last year’s drink choices were phenomenal compared to this year. Last year they had some sort of adult hot chocolate, we asked about it and they said they could try something. So they added a peppermint schnapps shot to a hot chocolate. It was ok. But the real kicker is they charged $8.99 for a shot of peppermint schnapps and $4.75 for a regular hot