Bandolero Brewery

First time here. There is parking in front of and side of building. Very open and spacious. Staff was friendly. They had a lot of beer options and about 5 ciders to choose from. Side salad with blue cheese dressing was very good. Buffalo chicken sandwich was very spicy but good!

Highly recommend this place! There are not a ton of places that stand out to me in Clovis let alone New Mexico. The food was great and the beer was even better. My only complaint is that they desperately need a happy hour. Business looked good, but it would be even better with any type of specials. We would have stayed longer if they had them. Still a great place though. I hope to never be back in Clovis, but if I do, this is my first stop.

Ok. so here is the deal. I am traveling to Miami from Scottsdale and I stopped to visit my family in Clovis NM. This was a sleepy little farmer and rancher type town when I grew up here extremly conservative!!! x100 if you can feel me.
Much to my surprise it is now a completely mature small city. With many new restraunts and breweries!! Hey progress right!! But I still know Clovis so I wasn't not expecting to write a review about a downtown brewery. After spending some quality time with my family I managed to sneak away to experience this place. Now keep in mind I live in Scottsdale and have for 38 years after growing up here. I am not a huge fan of craft beers but I am a fan of beer ;).
I asked the bar tender what the fave was he recommended two - a blond ale and blueberry something can't remember now. Both were beyond fantastic. Now I never want a non crafted beer ever. I urge you to try one omg.
But wait theres more. I order the chips and queso thinking this is going to be safe and just ok. Ummmm NO after placing my entree order i reordered more. Lets just get down to the rating because I want to drive back and get more!!!! 10 out of 10 best quest dip ever. Fresh, with just the perfect touch of Hatch Chile (side note i wait for the fall harvest in Hatch and order 100 pounds of that and Lemitar so I know my chile).Go in buy a gallon it's not going to be enough! Now I didn't know what to order so I ordered one of each of the tacos so I could taste test all the varities. I got brisket, shrimp, beef. all were great I'll give the shrimp 10 out of 10 the beef 8 out of 10 and the brisket 8.2 out of 10. The service was way beyond normal the bar tender spoke to me 80 percent of time guiding my selections. Now I heard while I was ther that someone had given a poor review about the queso. That's a straight up hater with all due respect. Cause I'm Jones's for more and I'm full!. It was great and I am extremly picky. I can't wait for my return trip to experince this again!

It's really loud inside, the service wasn't great and the food was worse than that.

We came in when it was raining, it seemed they were having staffing issues and were short handed. It took probably 15 minutes before we even got menus.

The food was nothing to write home about.
We got chips and queso, reminded me on canned Rico's that wasn't even heated up. I make better queso at home.

The prices were way too high considering it was like eating at a school cafeteria.

Great Food, large menu, happy Waitresses, clean and cool building, not to mention their great craft beer! What more could a person want!!

Beers were just what they were supposed to be. Food was very good. No issues here. I would definitely visit again if we were in the area.

I love to go to Bandaleros. I am a regular customer.They have the Best Craft beer in Town. The food and the Beer is always consistent.
I highly recommend that you give them a try.

Excellent atmosphere, great service, and delicious food. Definitely recommend!

We had the shrimp tacos with beans, a mushroom Swiss burger and a hatch burger with fries. Everything was great!

John Tapper where are you when we need you. This new establishment has no happy hour, seven and eight dollar beers and a very unhappy owner who didn't smile say hello or even act like he was glad to be there. The waitress was nice, food was average.

Nice dining room space designed around a brewpub showcasing their microbrewery with a creative menu. I had the Dark Horse (bourbon barrel aged stout) that was pleasantly drinkable (or two). While not a milk stout it has enough balance to be sip-able, but not heavy on the bourbon notes at 9.3%. I tried the Brisket Relleños which comes with Spanish rice and a ranch style pinto beans, which I would highly recommend. I wouldn't say the brisket is smokehouse BBQ house-level, but more pulled and good for the meal. The Chiles were not poblano peppers but a smaller chile but the breading and taste were very very nice--my only complaint: there wasn't a third! Super friendly and attentive serving staff that knows the menu well and can make recommendations.