BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse

I’ve had great experiences at a number of BJ’s restaurants across the countryside.
This location in New Braunfels… not so much. Been three times now and have had three ehh, so so experiences.

BJ’s used to be my favorite. Prices have gone up, portions seem smaller and not quite as good, management is getting weaker all the time, in house maintenance is lacking, and their rewards program went to crap. After 8 years, i’m done

Surprisingly good for a chain! Food and service consistently top notch. A family fav!

Service was good By Sarah. Chicken undercooked and other order was just wrong. We had to send both orders back Everyone has a bad day –this was theirs.

Our first time visiting, a waitress. Dropped a tray full of ice water on my 1 year old sons head, never dod i hear back from a manager to check and see if my son was alright, he was screaming. In pain plus had ice cold water poured on him, from 11:00 that evening until 10 am the next morning i was stuck infront of the toilet pukeing from food poisoning i received from BJ’s.. dine at your own risk

Excellent food and atmosphere. Oktoberfest was divine, the lemon pepper wings were delicious and the BJs Classic deep dish was perfect. They are extremely generous with their toppings. I had meat and mushrooms falling off and very much enjoyed eating them with my fork. :)
Also, we had a party of 8 with 4 children and our waitress was so super nice and patient with us. It is rare you find that. Great family place.

Let me start by stating that I am a huge fan of BJ’s Brewhouse, in general. The one in Corpus Christi rocks, \m/ !!!
This location, is the most convenient to my current geographical location, so I’ve been frequenting it.
I have had issues with the quality of my food, items taking forever to be cooked, and delivered to the table, lack of proper service, and excessive wait times.
This location appears to be understaffed most of the time, and the management is nowhere to be found. I have witnessed servers having to stop, and bus their own tables, as the bus persons, were missing in action. Outside on their phones, or a smoke break, I’m assuming. This, in turn, created delays in service. I’ve observed patrons, chasing down their server, in order to get the check, and leave, or get something they needed. Drinks not refilled, dessert skipped, in order to just get our check, and get out in under two hours!
The waitstaff, has always been friendly, but they are obviously stretched too thin.

First time there, we were treated very good, food tasted super… I would go back again.

Update: I submitted a complaint online and surprising was contacted by the GM fairly quickly. He apologized for the experience we had and promised to talk to his managers about this and correct these type of issues. As a gesture, he sent us a gift card and would like for us to give his restaurant another chance to make things right. We may take him up on his offer due to the fact that he did respond to our complaint. I will upgrade my rating from 1 star to 2 until we have an opportunity to return.

A good place to have a cider, try the apple crispin with organic honey.
Also good food, new menu and friendly staff.

Flatbread pizza appetizers enough for lunch and dinner! I loved it. Also enjoyed the lunch chicken tacos ‘enlightened’ version. Definitely going back!

OK the deepdish pizza wasn’t quite what I was expecting but it was good nonetheless. Frankly better than Gino’s in town. Their beer selection will bring me back.
Salad was amazing, calamari was above average, coffee was great along with our dessert.

Always have awesome wait staff service. The food is always good and I am never disappointed. They have been able to maintain professional wait staff that bring your food out on time, fill your drinks when they need to be and are always friendly.

This was the first visit for me and it’s basically a nice sports bar but pretty good food. I got the 14oz Ribeye. At first, I thought it was very good, but after a few bites, realized it was very salty. It was also rather chewy but it wasn’t bad. The mashed potatoes were also tasty but also had some very salty bites. I realize it’s not a steakhouse so I would say the steak was good for a non steakhouse. It’s also a nice place for groups and it has plenty of tvs to watch the game. The staff are also very attentive and responsive.

Came here after work with a buddy. We worked late and he was in town so he suggested the place. Arrived to a packed parking lot but the place wasn’t that full. Some sort of corrupted feng shui going on there.
There were plenty of booths so the hostess decided to save the normal booths for someone else and sat us at these weird ½ booths. The ones that are uncomfortably small like they are trying to pack more people into the joint so that they can make more money off of you. Wait… maybe that explains the parking mis match.
Just about as soon as we sat down, the waiter arrived and asked us what we would like to drink. I had about 15 microseconds to know that I’d like to spend some serious time looking thru the massive drink selection. He seemed surprised that we didn’t have it rolling off of our tongues so that he could run to his next income source. I asked him to give us a few minutes and he readily complied.
My friend comes a lot and recommended that I try the four beer sampler. There were a lot of good choices and I figured he’d drag me back again so I just ordered the first four pale beers. Rather than one pint, you get four glasses of four ounces each. Seemed the way to go. Then things got a bit weird. I’m a «fully confident» guy who doesn’t mind ordering «girly drinks» if the yen hits me. In fact my go to cocktail is a cosmo which my friends give me endless grief about. So, when the four glasses came, I didn’t think much about drinking four beers out of four cutesy glasses that looked like champagne flutes. That is until I tried to get my normal sized nose around the glass. Can I guy just get a drink? It was very awkward trying to drink from the micro-​sized, flute shaped beer cups. I don’t think anyone did a test of them before they stocked the store with them. Great idea of a way to sample beers, terrible way to deliver the beer.
I had the first four on the menu, but one of the four didn’t do it for me. I’m not as good of a beer snob as my friends so I won’t try to amaze or impress or influence you with my tastes. Leave it to the fact that you should sample thru them, just bring your own glasses.
I had the California club. It was about OK. It was the normal fare with some sort of overly dry bread. Or baked out. It came with great avocado, chicken breasts, slim amounts of bacon and the rest of the normal fare. I rate the beer as better than the food. Perhaps it was my choice. I’m definitely coming back to try some other options and hopefully then I’ll just stick to one beer at a time.

Love the gluten free options!!! Woodchuck, gf pizza, and the gf pazookie.
Try the fresh tomato and mozzarella salad– oh my goodness love it!!!

Great drink list but menu is too much. Too many choices. Overwhelming. I have bee. Here several times and although food was good it wasn’t amazing.

Our family love this place! It’s like a Chili’s on steroids!!!
A little bit if everything to suit all moods.
House specialty root beer– yum!
Avocado Egg rolls! Need I say more?
The appetizer sampler is HUGE!!!
I had a crispy chicken salad today, delicious! The lettuce was all chopped up already, this made eating it faster & easier & I liked it!
My 4 year old said the spaghetti was the best he’s ever had. Lots of kids options.
Also– the Pizookie desserts are so good!!! Hot cookies with ice cream over the top.
The pizzas look amazing, I think I’ll try that next.
Enjoy this place!

First time here. Before entering the building, one is greeted with a beautiful moat or pond with cascading fountains as big as the full length of the restaurant. It was night, so I couldn’t take pics of this waterscape. We were seated right away and attended to by Pierre, a polite and great server.
The menu was average sized and reminded me of TGIF, with similar pricing. The prices were a bit more than Chilis. Sandwiches at Chilis are in the 8.95 range, and here in the 10 – 11.95 range. We ordered the potato skins with ranch dipping sauce $ 8.95). They were extra crispy, fluffy, and topped with excellent bacon.
My wife got the angel hair pasta and shrimp. Her shrimp were undercooked, but the manager took care of rectifying to our satisfaction and explaining all their cooking processes. What a way to go up and beyond to satisfy a customer!
I had the roast beef dip sandwich, which comes with a dark and rich au jus and horseradish. Outstanding, that roast beef was so tender – and with that jus – I haven’t tasted a sandwich like that in ages. Unlike some places that serve processed gristly beef on their Philly sandwiches, this was real beef. The sandwich was on a toasted french roll and came with with thin fries or seasoned wedge fries. I chose the wedge and dipped them in that jus. They also have steaks, ½ pound burgers, pizza, ribs, and a huge craft beer collection. I mean this is a brewhouse.
With this level of customer satisfaction, and that roast beef sandwich, I hope this is the start of a long relationship.

I can say I will come back again. Me and the wife came here for dinner. This is not your old school brew house. This is a brew house with class.
The menu leads off with selection of craft beers. I recommend the Hopstorm IPA. Then you move into your food selections. Now this is not bar food. I’m talking Gourmet Mac & Cheese and, Salmon. Which is just as amazing as it sounds in that last sentence.
The service was there. Professional service. For the prices I say this place is bang for your buck. I just changed the original stars I was giving it to 5 after reading what I just wrote about this place. BJ’s get my certification of a 5 Star Unilocal restaurant.
There is so much more that I could write but you have to check it out for yourself.