Humpy's Great Alaskan Alehouse

Several beer-geek friends recommended this low-lit craft beer haven in downtown Anchorage. Service was quick and friendly, and our server Erin was especially gracious in answering our questions about the area.

As evidenced in many others' posts, the craft beer list here is solid. We were lucky enough to arrive just a couple weeks off the Barleywine Festival so there were a couple options still available on the menu.

Even though this is an all-ages tavern, the ambiance at lunch was mellow. We enjoyed delicious salmon chowder and an order of the corndogs, made with reindeer meat. They were donutty pillows, and the meat was reminiscent of kielbasa.

Before going to the AK Sportsman show we decided to go to Humpy's for lunch. Danielle was our server and she was great!
We started with the smoked salmon dip which was pretty darn good for our appetizer. We each ordered a beer and of course that tasted really nice. I had to have the Barley Wine that was on tap and it tasted pretty good for a Barley Wine. Humpy's had a huge variety of beers available to choose from.
The place was popping with people and their decor hasn't changed from the beginning years and you can see the wear on the furniture.
For our meals we ordered the tomato basil tortellini soup which was Awesome!! The guys each ordered Bacon Cheese Burgers then Danielle came back and said they were out of bacon?? I said go to Carrs :).. our local grocery store. Then Danielle said they just don't have any bacon cooked?? What.. use the microwave?? Danielle said she would take $2 off the burger price.. keep in mind if you order a cheeseburger it cost $16 if you order a bacon cheeseburger it cost the same.. I think someone needs to do some price adjusting..
The burger was good nothing to write home about and I also noticed you don't get that many fries.
As usual we will come back in the future.

Where to start. So the service was horrible. When I say that, it's probably the worst service I've had in a long time. The waitress didn't even bring the food, ask how it was, check on refills. Nothing. She didn't even say thank you for visiting.
Now to the food. Probably the most rubbery fish I've had and bland to boot
Save yourself the time, money and aggregation. Stay away.

What's not to love about this classic place? Been coming here on trips to AK for over 15 years and always enjoyed a great halibut sandwich. To be honest that may be the only thing I've ever ordered, but it always comes out well prepared. I've also had the classic smoked salmon chowder with the sando, which I recommend.
Inside decor is a bit dark and maybe a little worn, like a lot of the best places. But the food and service have always been solid so I keep coming back.

A friend who often works in Alaska recommended Humpy's, and I'm glad I took her advice. It turned out to be only a 3-4 minute walk from my hotel. Casual, almost dive bar atmosphere, tons of choices in beer and cider, and the food was very good. My friend and I shared the cod tacos (tasty, fresh fish) and salmon chowder.I'm not a huge fan of salmon and any kind of fish "soup" horrifies me, but I was willing to taste it. Wow! Talk about yummy! Good stuff.

Food was great they could serve the fish and chips with a plate tho. Salmon cup of soup was the bomb! Excellent taste. Ambiance is what is a local pub house.

We loved our lunch here. The ambience is so cool, kinda dark, lovely artwork as you walk in. What we ordered was well cooked and very tasty. They also are good about cleaning surfaces in case you are wearing a face mask and want to be careful. They also have weekly live music.

I would definitely return

We just came for beer and they had a lot of options. I think I was in the mood for a more well lit and cozy environment, but this is obviously a staple bar that embraces and celebrates Alaska and is fun. They decorated for Christmas which was great, and had live music. I spent a lot of time looking at their art actually - they had a lot of cool pieces from Ray Troll, which were awesome conversation starters. Not sure when I'll be back since I was just visiting, but it seems like it has some good events and supports the community.

A group of five came here on a busy Thursday night. It was seat yourself and there were no tables available, so we had to wait and look around to see who was finishing up.

We seated ourselves and it probably took 15 minutes for a server to appear, but I did notice she was the only one so she had a lot to manage.

They have a huge selection of beer--both local and other domestic draughts. For appetizers, we ordered the Crab Nuggets (think tiny crab cakes) and Smoked Salmon spread. The crab cakes were tasty but the salmon spread could have used a bit more flavor.

The favorite entrees among us were the Halibut Burger, Halibut Fish and Chips (incredible) and Smoked Salmon Chowder. The Halibut Tacos were ok, but not outstanding.

While this is a locals place in Anchorage, it was amazing to have servers pretty much from our home in KC. We had a great time bantering and it seemed everyone was enjoying our banter.

W ordered the Alaskan King Crab Nuggets and they were a bit overdone. But, oh my Humpy's Famous Fish & Chips were awesome.

Nice start to our meals in Alaska.