BJs Restaurant & Brewhouse

First visit to a BJ’s...very rich, swanking looking place with a big beautiful bar. Sampled 5 of their offerings and would sum them up as Bud Lites with some flavoring (mostly sugar) in them. Glad they had guest taps as their beers were not drinkable. Service was good. Food was OK, but expensive. Every time I go into one on these chains I always leave wondering why I went there in the first place.

Way overdue review from 12-13-2009. Chain brewhouse with very, very friendly staff and Brad our server was top notch! Very knowledgeable about the available beers and he was impressed with my beer knowledge. The beers I had were average for a chain brewhouse. None of them really knocked my socks off, but they were quaffable. Did not partake in any food, but what I saw being served looked quite tasty. They have a good list of Belgian bottled beers and a decent guest tap list.

Practically empty on a Sunday afternoon. Nice house beer selection with quite a few offerings from other breweries. Like all other chain brewhouses.

Was here a few days ago for lunch, had been in the mall a few times years ago but never thought this to be a place to stop for a flight. Chainy/corporate design, lots of wooden booths and lamps, but the service and chatty environment were good, the food was good enough, and the seasonal might just reward a trip as much as the ticks. Obviously abundant parking. I’d come back again, had a decent time.

Easy to find location in the front mall with good parking in front. Clean corporate inside with wood bar and tables. Brewing equipment behind glass at the end of the bar for brewing soda. Freindly service with good knowledge of selection of 10 taps. All beers average drinkable with good selection of styles. Good food menu of starters, sandwiches and pizza. I enjoyed the visit.

Decided to visit this place while in Indy visiting family. The place kinda has a chain restaurant feel, but not nearly as annoying as some. The place is big and open, with lots of TV’s adorning the walls. Seems very family friendly The service was pretty good, the waiter we had was right on top of everything. He definately made sure that when our beers started getting low, he was there to ask if we wanted another. Quick, timely, friendly service. It helps that we were there with my brother who appears to be a regular, or at least he knows this particular waiter. The food was actually pretty good, we got the deep dish pizza, and it was much better than I expected. We also got the pazooki for dessert, and it was terrific. The variety of menu items was very nice too, lots of options for everyone. The beer was much better than I expected, my wife got a sampler of all 7 of thier offerings (excluding the IPA), so I got to try each of them. Good stuff, The Pirhanna Pale Ale is particularly good. I got a pint of the Kolsch (really good), the IPA (Very good, but not quite as good as the Pale Ale), and the Imperial Stout (Pretty good).I was fairly impressed overall. The only let down is that they don’t brew thier beers on site. That kind of made this more like a visit to any other chain restaurant, rather than a brew pub.