Q: This used to be in Tivoli but has been moved over to Sunset Park. I did not attend the previous location, just this year but I've been to other Motley Brews organized events. The park has one lane in and out into the parking lots. The closest parking lot was a clusterfuck to get into and had a long queue causing traffic so we parked elsewhere and walked around the park to get down to the area. The usual suspects are the line up. I usually go purely to those pouring out of taps and not bottles then narrow down to mostly seasonals or specialty brews like Joseph James does exclusively for festivals. Since this was a Spring/Summer fest, there is a strong show of lighter, fresher styles and IPA heavy. I'm glad craft beer and events are gaining popularity. Events I go to annually are much busier now than they ever been. With that though, I feel they should make sure the space is far more than adequate. Sunset Park is a large park and they used part of the lake as a barrier, and then put up fencing around the festival space. We were not encroaching on the regular park goers space at all, so I feel that could have made the space bigger. If this was held maybe a month ago, it would have been perfect weather. It was a hot sunny day and that with drinking is crappy enough. Trying to distinguish where long lines ended and where crowds hanging out begins sucked. Trying to squeeze through people to get places sucked. One big thing for me is that I like to be able to throw away remnants of my brew, wash it out well before getting a new beer. I noticed some vendors had their own thing behind the bar to do that, some didn't and just dumped the beer in the grass. This is not well prepared at all and was a complaint before in a review 2 years ago, so not a newcomers mistake. I would use my own water bottle to rinse except you know, I actually need to have a lot of water because it is hot and I always hydrate so I don't end up as a sick and sorry as the day progresses. This fest did not provide free waters I could fine (maybe there was and I'm wrong) , there were food vendors with beverages though. I found sporadically a table with a cooler and a dump bucket, but really it was so hard to jump through the crowd to get to the next area, I can't keep going back and forth to the 2 tables I've found in the park grounds to rinse and then push through again. The combination of being hot, having to touch and get really near people when I'm already feeling sticky and icky, cant find a rinse station, can't find shade, no water made us over it pretty fast. I'm very thankful I got free tickets, but I'm also highly relieved I didn't waste money for this. With it growing in popularity and is in the 3rd annual state, I feel it should have been more thought out and improved each year. I hate leaving bad reviews, I love supporting craft beer things, but this simply was not pleasant. I didn't know if I should put A-OK 3 stars or a 2 star... but after 2 hours I was done and left to get ice cream in frustration. Maybe A-OK for you, but was not for me.

A: negative

Q: Normally I avoid Tempe Marketplace at all costs, especially on a Saturday night, but a friend insisted on going because he said it was really good food in large portions. Apparently not so anymore. Four of us split the Lucille's Appetizer Platter which is basically a sampling of all of the appetizers. This was good, but then again it's hard to go wrong with fried food. It's the meat that they really screwed up on. I ordered the tri tip sandwich, which I describe as slices of beef jerky on a dried out potato bun with a little BBQ sauce. Funny thing is, beef jerky is exactly how a friend described his steak, which he ordered to be cooked medium and it came out well done. The only meat that anyone ordered that was moist and tasty was the chicken. The service wasn't the best. We were promised biscuits but we had to remind one of the four different servers we had that they still hadn't come out more than halfway into our meal. Maybe it was just a bad night for dry, overcooked meat, but given the location, prices and lack of stellar service, I definitely won't be returning.

A: negative

Q: First with the good, every tasted good. Now the bad one the price to start and the portions. The pizza we purchased was 40.00 and maybe should have been 20.00. The large pizza is the size of any regular small pizza. We tryed it because it was new to us and will never be back. Don't waste your time or money try Pullanos a real pizza place.

A: negative

Q: Great customer service at this place. Katie, our sales associate/customer rep was friendly and informed. Our rangemaster, Jeremy, was extremely helpful and patient, and answered our numerous questions. Excellent experience!

A:
positive