BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse

Everything seemed fine while we were there for lunch June 11, but a few hours later we were both really sick to our stomachs and it ruined our weekend. It was the only thing we ate all day so no doubt we got food poisoning.

The pizza isn’t anything special. The dough has so much air in it, making it so fluffy, that they barely put any toppings on it but it still gives the illusion that you’re eating a lot of pizza. I might as well have been eating just bread. On the plus side it’s not a very greasy pizza so you don’t have to worry about pools of oil on the pizza.

We stopped in to grab a beer and a snack before our movie. Nothing special, but it did the trick. Great selection of beer, but the bar tender was moving a little slow and not familiar with the menu. Nothing to write home about, but good enough for a pre-​show brew.

I’ve visited twice and sat at the bar both times. Fairly friendly and attentive bartenders. Nice drink selection, although they are a bit expensive. Love the pizza! Check online for a coupon, they are usually pretty easy to find! Save room for a pizookie!

This was my first visit to this restaurant and my husbands second. He advised against this restaurant due to his lackluster food on his initial visit. I thought maybe they were having an off day and his pizza wasn’t delicious that one time and another shot should be given. Boy was I wrong!
The service wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t good either. Our waitress was between rude and slightly nice? She was not excited at all and her demeanor was as if she had better things to be doing instead of being a polite server. We also noticed there were cliques of employees and lots of standing around doing nothing, this isn’t optimal behavior at a restaurant.
Now on to the food, the root beer wings were really good. The deep dish pizza was not– tasteless and no sauce to speak of, crust was buttery and greasy and the waitress wasn’t surprised I said something about the lack of sauce she just brought out a cup of marinara sauce… I’m sad to say that we didn’t even order dessert because I didn’t want to be disappointed with that. Also I’d like to add I was disappointed by the response to the no sauce on the pizza, she didn’t even inquire if we wanted a new pizza made, she just brought the sauce which was tacky in my opinion. I also think with a complaint like that, a manager should’ve been notified to inquire how the experience can be upgraded to encourage another visit. So maybe this review will help you to determine if this the place to go for your next dining out experience, I’m not saying I’ll never go back but I hope that they get better service and food before I do. If I could sum up the experience, I’d call it bad service with a smile…

On this beautiful Saturday, I dined with my auntie at BJ’s before we headed to the movie theater.
She had fish and chips and I had a wrap with fries.
Our waitress was on point, she made sure we were good, got us our drinks and just insight on the food.
I would dine here again!

Sat at the bar on a weeknight. Cocktails were meh, but it IS a brewhouse. Flatbread and lettuce wraps were A+. Pizookie was a little sweet, but enjoyable. Looking forward to a return visit.

Third time to this location now. This one is fairly new, it’s in the shopping centre with the cinemark across from the Towson mall.
Upon walking in the two hosts seemed a little clueless, they did multiple double takes at each other before picking up some menus and taking our small party of two to a table close to the bar.
We had two waitresses for some reason, one that got drinks and another that was very aloof that admitted to us she was in her own world in her head. Had to flag her down to order, get sauce, check…
Me and my friend came in Tuesday which is apparently half price wine glass and bottle night. I approve of that! For dinner I decided to be a little bland and ordered the chicken club, my friend got a jalapeño burger. Both came out very timely and hot. I love these kind of shoe string fries, crispy yet flavorful. Chicken could of been seasoned a bit more and the bread ended up a little soggy but overall ingredients were fresh and well cooked. Great place to stop in for dinner pre movie.
Only tip is for service to improve a bit, both at the front of the restaurant when you walk in as well as the servers at table side. Both parties seemed a little spaced out even though it was quite busy for a Tuesday night.

This is definitely one of my favorite restaurants and I’m thrilled to see its in Towson now! There are very few places around here that you can get a decent deep dish pizza, so now that BJ’s is here you’ll never have to resist your deep dish cravings anymore. And if you love dessert? Their pizookie (my favorite is the peanut butter s’mores) will make you come back in a heartbeat. Check it out, I highly recommend it!

Beer, Brussels sprouts & service… great, meal… NO!
It was great to get here and not have a wait… so great. When we arrived, we got a good seat at a booth. Although the hostess seemed to not want to be there, our waitress was phenomenal in her service.
We ordered drinks and I wanted a certain thing they didn’t have and she gave me suggestions on how to get what I want without ordering it in the way I thought I needed to. The beers were great… which would have made this 4 stars yet the food was not on point.
The food was not great. My friend and I ordered salmon. I ordered a glazed salmon and they ordered a blackened salmon. The glazed salmon was very sweet yet cooked correctly. The blackened salmon was over cooked and drive as we needed to use a fork and knife to cut it. The broccoli was just steamed with no seasoning. The rice was good yet probably due to the large amounts of salt used.
The good thing is that our waitress talked to the manager and the cute manager stopped by and replaced the order completely. Btw, the staff in the restaurant seem to be put together and semi good looking to good looking.

Nice atmosphere would prefer to visit without the kiddos but it was a good experience. We initially if a 40 minute wait and about 20 mins into the wait we were told that it was seat yourself at the bar. So my family of four sat down after confirming with a waitress that it was indeed seat yourself only to find out after our assigned waitress told us that inly applies to the actual bar and hi-​top tables. was my initial reaction and we profusely apologized however she was nice enough to say it was ok. I think we spent the entire night apologizing. We placed out order… entrees mahi-​mahi tacos, bacon burger with fries, sirloin steak with mash and roasted Brussels sprouts and chicken tenders and fries. Food was out fairly fast and it was ok. I had to send my steak back because it was more on the medium side then medium well. Overall the food was good and we will most likely revisit without the kids!!!

Bar only review!
A friend and I came in here to kill some time before a movie at the Cinemark a block away. It was a perfect spot for that, and despite large Saturday night crowds, we found some spots at the bar. Our bartender was right with us with menus and giving us the specials. They had drink specials for the games that were playing on the numerous TVs. I ended up ordering a berry beer which I thought was a cider since it was listed under «Cider & Fruit Beers» but my eyes only read Cider lol. Surprisingly (even though I really don’t like beer) this was super tasty! Probably because it tasted nothing like beer, but more like a fruit wine spritzer aka super girly but I don’t care! It was really refreshing and easy to drink. Our bartender even gave me a shot’s worth of the Berry Burst Cider which they have an option to mix with the Belgian fruit beer I was drinking. Very tasty together!
It’s a great spot that I’d love to try out in the future because the food that was coming out around us looked really good too. Plus with other locations closer to my work, it shouldn’t be too hard to find the time!

BJ’s has always been a personal favorite for a quickly thrown together happy hour, a late night drink, or a business luncheon. Well, after I left the West coast I though for sure I’d seen my last BJ’s for awhile. Low a behold! Here I find myself in Towson enjoying a delicious Tatonka Stout and digging into one of my favorite Mediterranean pizza.
The staff here was entertaining, polite, and attentive despite being swapped with patrons. The food as always was delicious and I had the opportunity to taste the Grilled Chicken Taco from the healthier menus which was surprisingly filling and super flavorful.

Wow this place is amazing ^_^
My bestfriend and I came here for a late lunch which turned into a happy hour ^_​^. The interior is very nice and modern, I love the bar, they have huge TV’s which that has different channels on all. The bartender was amazing, I forgot her name but she was an older white woman. She recommended the Strawberry Patch and it was really good, when I say good I mean really good. It hit the spot! We also ordered two Twisted BLT salads with mini pizzas, I had the buffalo chicken mini pizza and she had some type of meat pizza. The salad was very good, I should have requested no blue cheese crumbles since I’m not a huge fan of them. The buffalo pizza was okay, but it looked amazing. I would recommend putting more buffalo sauce on the pizza, I hardly taste any actually. My bestfriend meat pizza was good. Overall I would definitely recommend this place. It can get pricey especially with the drinks. Happy hour is a $ 1 of cocktails, our drink would have been $ 9 but it was $ 8.

I have come here twice so far, and have gotten the deep dish pizza and haven’t been disappointed at all. I don’t do the «gluten-​free» food thing, but did try a piece of someone’s gluten free pizza and it tasted like a really good thin pizza. So, if you’re looking for gluten free food, the pizza wasn’t that bad.
The inside of the restaurant itself is pretty nice, and the bar area is also decent with a bunch of HDTV’s around the whole bar area. They have all kinds of beers you can choose from as well, so if you’re a beer drinker, you might want to try this place out.
Their desserts are also pretty good. They are called Pazooki’s, and I have tried a couple of them. I recommend getting the mini ones where you can choose 3 of the different flavors.
I will definitely be back.

A great alternative option in the Towson area, this is like a brewhouse version of Cheesecake factory, with a slightly less «hotel-​food» menu.
We’ve enjoyed all of the food we tried at our three visits, and the staff is always really nice, despite the fact that each time they’ve gotten parts of our order incorrect.
On the first visit, they put in the wrong pizza size for D, and brought out the erroneous one AND the right one, at different times, even though we told them to just go with the wrong one (and they’re the ones that pointed out the error).
On the second visit, they forgot his salad, and the third visit, they forgot our fries.
The seared ahi salad is great, quite a lot of flavor and very fresh. It does have a somewhat hidden streak of wasabi running through it, so be warned of sudden heat.
The mahi mahi and shrimp tacos are good, though the multitude of sauces get a little muddled together. Mahi mahi was fresher than the shrimp, though the shrimp did have good texture.
From the appetizers, the calamari is decent (nothing super special, just what you’d expect from fried calamari), and the ahi poke is good if a little too acidic by the end of the dish.

Oh BJ’s…thank you for a great meal. My daughter and I were at Towson University for a field hockey clinic about a week ago and we didn’t get to the restaurant until pretty late-​around 10pm. Thankfully they were still hopping and our waitress, Loreal C, was in a great mood.
Neither of us had eaten at a BJ’s before so we blew some questions by our server and her suggestions were on-​point! We were very hungry and very thirsty… and had a long drive home ahead of us. I ordered a Pepsi (I never order soda), a pumpkin ale, and a water and my daughter had the lemonade… fluid intake had been minimal so this was a nice way to get things going. Drinks arrived and we ordered fish and chips and Hickory Brisket and Bacon Burger. Loreal C gave it a HIGH recommendation!
The food came quickly and we jumped on some fries — they serve very skinny, well done fries which we thought were great — similar to Smashburger fries… probably previously frozen but delicious nonetheless (that was for Adam D who sees frozen fries as a dealbreaker). My daughter LOVED her fish… yes, it’s just fried fish, but it wasn’t too greasy and was very flavorful. My burger was done just as I requested (medium) and the brisket and bacon topping was a home run.
Since neither of us had eaten a real dinner, we also ordered dessert… a Pizzookie Trio. If you’ve never had a Pizzookie, it’s a 3″=4″ cookie served HOT in a small metal ramekin-​like dish and topped with ice cream… UMMMMMMMMMM, OK!!! We had the Chocolate Chunk, White Chocolate Macadamia, and the Triple Chocolate made with Ghirardelli Chocolate. First off, when you order the trio you should actually have three people as ONE Pizzookie and ice cream is enough for one person… However, full disclosure-​I don’t like leaving delicious food on the table so I toughed it out.
I was really pleasantly surprised at how much we enjoyed our meal. I like being able to spend time with the kids eating out like this as I know it will be short lived as they will be off to college sooner than I know. I could EASILY return to BJs for another meal!

Just returned tonight to BJ’s. They are really striking out with the root beer. This experience wasn’t nearly as good as the first…
THE GOOD…
–seated promptly
–greeted by server quickly
–avocado egg rolls were still good
–water refilled promptly
THE BAD…
–this time they had root beer, but it was FLAT! C’mon that’s two strikes!
–food order took awhile (server never checked-​in with update)
–water refills were room temperature (no ice refills)
–deep dish pizza lacked sauce… I looked under the cheese and it was pretty dry
–mushroom topping was cut up very small
Overall I was a bit disappointed with my second visit. You’d figure on two separate dining experiences they’d get the root beer situation under control… nope. I wouldn’t order the pizza again.

This place is amazing!!! I live and work in the area and there is so much amazing about this place. I am thrilled its open.
1^st thing — do this now — RIGHT NOW — go to their website and join the premier club. It takes 24 hours to go into effect, and you want to make sure you get your points!
I will elaborate later on the quality and consistency of the service (AMAZING), the quality and flavors of the food (also AMAZING), and atmosphere (PERFECT).
You would not believe this was a chain if it weren’t for all the technological awesomeness they have thrown in through their website and app. Group orders, where you can pay separately, that you can place before you go for carry out OR DINE IN!!! Are you frickin kidding? this is the solution to short lunch breaks! having your lunch waiting for you when you arrive saves at least 10 minutes.
Now the service was amazing, but that was because we had Shea as our server. I don’t know if everyone that works there is as wonderful, but if you get Shea you’re in for a great experience.
I’m still dreaming about the possibility of one day getting one of the ridiculous desserts. And our lunch trio has expanded to at least 6 next time just from our rave reviews at work!

This place has it all.
A really big menu so everyone can find something for them. The items are huge servings and have big flavor, you are garenteed to be well fed for the amount of money you put out.
A lot of premium beers for the beer connoisseur as well as lots of great tasting mocktails and sodas straight from the tap. So even the non drinker can have a fun drinking experience.
I’m a non drinker and want to try every soda and mocktail on the menu. You will love the orange cream soda, its like drinking a slightly carbonated creamsicle.
Great atmosphere, very spacious and a clear view into the kitchen.
–Super friendly wait staff and management, even the most simple of mistakes will be corrected with kindness right away. Never have to wait on additional requests, food delivery time to the table or drink refills. Even pay your check on their app to really cut down the wait time.
I’ve been here twice now, very little if anything to complain about, they are so kind and welcoming. The place is great for friends to hang out at and enjoy good food at drinks. This is like a Fridays, but on a much higher level of quality.
They have everything from sandwiches, steaks, tacos, pizza, etc. etc. Everyone will find something to eat.
I love how they use matchstick fries, something unique to bring to the table because I never see them anymore. As a kid I loved having a pile of matchstick fries with my burger so it was like my inner child smiled.
I plan on being a regular here, trying as much of the menu as possible. If you plan on being a regular too, download their app for advanced seating, to go orders, bill pay, and reward points for coupons and free food. Each point is equal to one dollar spent.
I think many chain restaurants could learn a thing or two from the way BJs does things.
A+ on all fronts!