Our Review of World of Beer in Arlington

World of Beer (WOB) Arlington is located on the ground floor of an office building right on the corner of Glebe Road and Fairfax Drive in Ballston. I’d been dying to visit WOB ever since it opened its doors in August of 2012, but decided to wait until the craze of a new watering hole in Arlington subsided. Being a franchise, I half expected WOB to be a disappointment, boy was I wrong!

Atmosphere and Service: WOB is spacious and comfortable, and has ample seating that is spaced out far enough so that you’re not on top of your neighbors. Want to enjoy a beer outside? WOB has you covered there too, with patio seating for about 70 people.

Everything about the décor inside WOB is focused on beer, with brewery signs and flags from around the world adorning the establishment’s brick walls. Above those signs, wall-to-wall flat screens TVs broadcasting everything from news to sports. WOB also offers live music every Thursday – Saturday starting at 9pm.

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Being a franchise, my expectation was set pretty low for the staff’s knowledge of beer. I decided to act the part of “beer novice” and ask my server for a recommendation. She definitely knew her stuff, and was able to adequately describe the taste and other characteristics of different beer styles based on my likes and dislikes. She also pointed out an educational section of the beer menu that gives brief descriptions of different beer styles. The impressive menu also contains beer facts and history to educate the novice and expert beer drinker alike.

Selection: The selection at WOB definitely deserves a WOW! There are 50 beers on tap, ALL CRAFT, and the selection changes daily. WOB even has a section of the menu devoted to telling customers about upcoming beers.

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Don’t feel like having anything that’s being served on tap? WOB has an extremely diverse portfolio of 500 bottles available from around the world, which are organized on the menu alphabetically by location.

With a beer menu as extensive as WOB’s, one can usually expect to spend valuable drinking time picking out an obscure beer they’d like to try, only to be disappointed when the server states “I’m sorry, we’re out of that right now.” This didn’t happen at WOB. Our party of three ordered various beers from both the draft and bottle menus, and WOB had them all. Very impressive!

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Want something different? If you’ve ever had a Black & Tan you can get that at WOB also. In fact, WOB has 14 different mixed draft concoctions that they’ll prepare for you. I’m looking forward to eventually trying them all!

WOB offers a limited selection of food to munch on while you’re hanging out. We ordered a crab stuffed soft pretzel, which was amazing and had a great kick! Great food isn’t the focus at WOB however, great beer is to keep hungry customers happy, WOB has an open food policy and allows its patrons to bring in outside food from wherever they’d like. Wanna bring in that sub you picked up at the Italian Store? Fine! That leftover casserole from last night? Fine! Three local restaurants, (PF Chang’s, Vapiano, and Big Buns), will even deliver food directly to your table! How cool is that?!

Value: Both the beer and the food at WOB is reasonably priced. There are also themed nightly specials such as military night, ladies night, and service industry night, as well as a loyalty club. Check these out at http://wobusa.com/Locations/ArlingtonVA.aspx.

Overall: I’d read a number of reviews on Yelp and various other sources before heading to WOB. I have to count my experience among the majority of those reviews, and give WOB my top rating. I will definitely make a point to go back whenever I’m in the Ballston area, and I encourage you to as well! For those of you living in DC, World of Beer is definitely worth a trip across the Potomac!

Nuff said. Until next time, stay thirsty DC.

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