BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse

I work close by & frequent this BJs location for lunch. The hostess’ aren’t very courteous but the food is delicious & keeps me coming back. The last time I went I ordered the smothered fried chicken on top of mashed potatoes & corn, it was only $ 7.50 on the lunch menu. It was soooo good! The only complaint I have is the years worth of dust on the devider that splits the booths. It was pretty disgusting especially because it’s at eye level when you sit down. Other than that i had a great experience, I will jus avoid that booth area.

The food menu can be a bit overwhelming. I love their appetizers, but when I ordered the avocado egg rolls they came out looking thrown onto the plate :/​The pizza was a but doughy. It is kid friendly with crayons and high chairs. They have very tasty shoestring fries for the kids at .95 cents it is a good deal, too. They also have kids cups. ODDLY our waitress brought us double what we ordered for the kids, she may have smoked a joint prior to her shift…
I really like their beverage menu and famous pazookies. Unfortunately when I ordered mine it was touch and not ooey gooey chewy deliciousness I had hoped for. The small bites and salads loom healthy and tasty, with unique offerings. The stuffed mushrooms were delightful and packed with flavor, but again thrown onto the plate. They are big of flavor…
However, we went when it was slow. Not busy at all, during the day… so I do not see why our meals were rushed and sloppily plated. I would like to make my way back there and give it a second chance. Parking is a bummer because of the mall, however it is convenient if you want to go shopping at the mall, anyways.

Came here for a late lunch. Took about 5 minutes to get seated. It was pretty quiet.
Sat in a booth, it was very comfortable, but still had crumbs of food from previous guests. Our server wasn’t that friendly. Didn’t catch his name either.
Ordered Mac & Cheese, French fries and Apple juice for our son. The Mac and cheese seemed old and the cheese wasn’t cheesy, kinda dried.
I had the root beer BBQ ribs with slaw, but replaced the slaw with mash potatoes instead. Both tasted great! The BBQ sauce was flavorful, I mixed my mash potatoes with it.
We also ordered the three trio for dessert. It was really good too. Too bad the cookies were damnear stuck on the pan & wouldn’t scoop out.

Went in today to pick up my online order on my oh so perfectly timed break… walked in look to my left there’s a group of black shirts talking about another customer at the hostess stand. I make eye contact and they all scurry away like ants… no acknowledgement of my presence but hey that’s no problem! I know how it is when your at work!
Anywho, I stand waiting at the «order pick up» register to retrieve said online order that I can physically see eyeballing me from the back counter. My Santa Fe Chicken Salad is waiting for me and I’m waiting for it too… The host dude is still standing there looking at his list of NO ONE on his clipboard…
While im standing there, the phone in front of me rings, same host walks over, picks up the phone greets and places them on hold. I’m thinking «yes! He’s coming to help me pick up my food!»
Host places the receiver down and walks away… Mind you he’s like 1 foot away. HE NEVER SAYS ANYTHING TO ME! Should I have been one of those «um, excuse me do you work here» type of customers? Appalled by the BASIC lack of customer engagement at the front of the house, I literally turned around and walked out. Thanks BJ’S you ruined my lunch break.

I had tried another BJs and was very dissapointed so I had avoided going to another one for fear of the same bad experience. It was Christmas eve and my wife had heard the pizza here was great so we decided to give it a try. We sat at the bar and found out it was happy hour. Great drink prices and discounts on the small deep dish pizzas. We both ordered our own and they were lights out good. I had pinapple jalapeño and pepperoni and I polished it off. This is a happy hour we will revisit. The lesson here is do not judge an entire chain by one bad restaurant.

I went to BJ’s last night with my family even though we already know how crappy it is due to past experiences… And Because el tapatio closed at 9 and Lucille’s has their own problems…
Anyways we go in to get seated and of course there’s like 15 empty tables but we have to wait to be seated…
We get seated and we have a nice waitress who brings us our drinks and appetizer. The appetizer was calamari and it was okay, not exactly fresh.
My parents ordered some beers and it took hella long to get them.
We get our food and everything is okay until I try my Mac and cheese. I realize it had a weird taste of cheese… Kind of like NACHO CHEESE. What the fuck??? I have noodles with fucking nacho cheese? What the actual fuck man… If you look at the picture you can see the little spices that are usually seen in NACHO CHEESE, the CHEESE YOU EAT WITH NACHOS AND NOTHING ELSE. Also, I ordered their bacon Mac and cheese and had no bacon on my plate, so they brought me a cup of bacon… In which I found a hair!
The my parents ordered two more beers and it took over 30 minutes to receive them. And we also asked for ketchup 3 times and instead had to have my boy Friend look around and find a ketchup.
Needless to say this place was not packed at all… And every other table was receiving the same service. Ridiculous. Do not eat here. The manger came up and offered to take the Mac and cheese off the check which is good… But looked at me dumb when I told him it was Nacho Cheese. Everyone at the table who tried it said it was nacho cheese… I’m so appalled because Mac and cheese is my favorite and I have never been disappointed by it :(until now.
I’ve had a pleasant experience at the Brentwood location if you really need to eat at BJ’s. They had real Mac and cheese there!

BJs is of course famous for its brewery and pizooki: as far as service goes, not that high up on the list. The calamari was very soggy and cold!
My girlfriend ordered the Angel Hair Pasta and the pasta noodles were waaaaaay over cooked (very mushy) she had to tell the waiter she needed a different dish. They didn’t put it on the tab at least.

I used to love to come to BJ’s but my most recent experience here was lacking. The service was great and our server, MacKenzie, was extremely helpful, but the food didn’t wow me like it usually does. I’m not much of a drinker period so I asked our server which one she recommended. She steered me towards the Tickle Me Pink which I ended up ordering, but once I tried it, I really did not like it. MacKenzie was a doll and offered to take it off the menu in exchange for a different drink. I took her offer and ordered BJ’s berry burst cider, which tasted so much better. I’d definitely recommend it. It’s light and sweet but decent enough for someone like me with a really low tolerance to drink.
In terms of food, our group ordered the chicken wings in spicy and Parmesan, avocado egg rolls, fries, and the flatbread to share. I have nothing bad to say about the appetizers except that the avocado egg rolls are executed better at CPK and the Cheesecake Factory.
For my entrée, I ordered the Asian chicken salad. The salad looked really pretty and tasted good. I ate the whole thing, but then again, I really love salads. My boyfriend ordered the mahi mahi. The couscous was cooked well, but the fish was tough and overcooked. At first, the tomato sauce paired well with the fish and couscous but the more you ate it, the acidity from the tomatoes became too much and it started to taste like the acidic bile from when you throw up. Pretty gross. Also, my friends ordered the shrimp scampi and the bison burger. According to them, the shrimp scampi was too dry with very little sauce and the bison burger was overcooked. The only thing that tasted good was the pizza.
Lastly, the pazookie is always good. We ordered the pazookie trio with chocolate chunk, white chocolate macadamia, and cookies n cream. All were yummy. No complaints there.
Overall, the appetizers were better than the entrees.

Pretty good food but the best attraction or draw for this chain restaurant is its hours as it is one of the few restaurants in the area that are open really late. They have a bar menu and specials not only during happy hours but also in the late evening. The food overall is average, at least the appetizers.