Leinie Lodge & Beer Garden

Leinie Lodge & Beer Garden is like a green house, but if that green house grew beer lovers. It is a really cool spot, and there is inside seating and a whole large section of covered outside seating. In the other section there is a projection TV, huge. In the glass house I was in there are four or so TVs. This would be a cool Sunday football spot. There is local craft beer here in abundance. They had enough beer offerings for almost anyone's pallet. Also have wine, spirits and Seltzer.I came on a drissly, cold Friday afternoon. There were a few other patrons, but the place was slow for business. Better for me, because I pretty much had a server all to myself for the majority of my visit.I had two local beers, a Belgian and a dark ale. Both were very good. Also ordered wings plain with the sauce on the side. I am really glad I did, because the wings were slightly breaded and more crispy without being sauced. There was no blue cheese so I had ranch (sad). The veggies were carrots and celery which were surprisingly fresh. The weird thing is the wings were all drums, no flats.I will definitely be coming back. I really like this place. Would be a really cool spot to hang out in the summer.

Located among the Power Plant Live! places. This was a convenient stop for us as we were walking around. The inside was cool and relaxing. All of the inside table seating is benches or stools. The bar has stools with backs. Service was ok. She took a long time bring us water after we asked. Food took longer than we expected to come out. The kitchen is separate from the actual location so not sure how big it is or how far the walk is.Food was ok. I got the fish tacos which were enough for me. The fish was not super flavorful but I liked the toppings and sauce. My boyfriend got the chicken jalapeno sandwich. It was not very good. The chicken was burnt here and there and there was not enough sauce for the dryness of the chicken and the bread.We each got a drink - 1 beer and 1 cider. Standard stuff, nothing amazing.

I came here for their Miracle Christmas Pop Up, so the whole place is decorated with a super fun holiday vibe! They have a special menu for this pop up, with fun drinks like hot buttered rum, mulled wine, and a variety of christmas cocktails. They also have a little food menu, but we ended up not getting any food.The one thing that I found off putting was that we came in during early afternoon, and the place was pretty empty, but the waitress made a point to tell us every time she came up that there was a 90 minute seating limit. I understand when it's busy they need to enforce it, but to be so strict when the place was mostly empty was quite odd.

On the plus side, the location of Leinie lodge is super convenient if you're in the inner harbor area and are in search of a cold craft beer, and the space itself has a fun, relaxing vibe. We were there for the Thursday trivia night and had a great time playing. The beer selection is solid -- plenty of great craft brews to choose from. The service and food are the reasons for the low review. It took around 30 minutes for our chips & queso to come out, and when they did the queso was barely warm and the chips were a little stale. Overall, the service was pretty lackluster. It felt like the staff wanted to be anywhere but there. I'd come back for more trivia or for a cold beer but wouldn't choose it for a meal.

Perhaps carry the brand of beer that is marked everywhere in the beer garden. Super hot day... Summer Shandy would have been perfect yesterday. 0% on tap or in bottles for any of their beers. (Staff was nice though)

2 stars and that's only because the location is a lot of fun. Service was unbearably slow. There weren't any NA drinks (no soda, lemonade, etc). We wanted to order food, but after standing at the bar for 20 minutes to do so, we decided to move on to somewhere else.

Amazing experience. Highly reccomended during the holiday season....details to follow.

Just when I finally finish writing up one trip from the summer I have to start into another one. Consider this a belated beginning to a few reviews from back in late July which starts on a decent page with Baltimore's Leinie Lodge. This was our first stop on a weekend bachelor party adventure for lunch and drinks.Now you can tell from the three stars above that this wasn't anything amazing, but if the Yelp gods gave us half stars I'd probably say they deserve an extra piece (3.5) because the ambiance and the staff were spot on. The "Lodge" had a great vibe to it with a glass window ceiling making it feel like a greenhouse (just one filled with beer). Long tables and little games spread about added into a biergarten pulse for the place. Our waitress was friendly, took our orders quickly, and kept our glasses full. I will note we were here on an early Friday afternoon with basically nobody else in the place so one would hope she'd be tentative.Moving on from those positive aspects takes us into the glorious and mixed land of beer. There were plenty of things on tap along with a few local Baltimore and Maryland brews which is always a nice sign, even if a few were unavailable. The not-so-nice sign was the lack of any ability to get a flight and/or sample a variety of Leinenkugel beers (hence the name of the place). These weren't big negatives (especially because we hit up a brewery not too long after lunch), but it's still worth noting.An even bigger note would be the food. This isn't the best note or a note that should even be written (if we're keeping with the note analogy) as my Jalapeño avocado chicken sandwich was nothing to write home about. The avocado was relatively soft (which you want) and the bacon was somewhat crispy, though the grilled chicken had a slight rubbery texture upon each bite. Bad chicken can be a big turnoff and can ruin the entirety of what you're eating. I wouldn't say this was a complete miss, but it came close. The fries were a sufficient side to tie it all together.Overall, Leinie Lodge is a fine spot for a beer and to hang for a bit. They have a great space and a formidable beer menu (just be careful about what they actually offer). I'd return if I found myself in the Power Plant Live area of the Inner Harbor again, but I'd probably skip the food this time and just go for a drink. Better Baltimore reviews are on the way!

Great idea for a beer garden design and location. We sat in the enclosed area. Bar tenders/servers were attentive. We got the pretzel and crab dip. Crab dip was good but a little oily and seemed like there should be more for $20. The pretzel was large but a bit stale. We decided not to stay for more food after that. I was Saturday around 1-1:30 pm, and they were blasting the tv/college football game at a rather obnoxious volume. Would not come back.

Let's start with service!. Horrible. There appears to be only 2 staff on the floor including the bar tender which also had to deal with outside customers. Food was cold and subpar. It was such a let down. Please do better