Extremely overpriced food from a place trying to be Cheese Cake Factory. Service was okay, if a bit on the flamboyant side. The décor is terrible, like I said they seem to be wanting to look and feel like a Cheesecake Factory and just aren't pulling it off. The drink prices are ridiculous, with something as simple as a margarita costing almost as much as an entire adult sized entrée. There are just better more local places to eat at than here. I would even recommend the Applebees over this place, since the food is about the same quality but it's not as expensive. read more

Great food and fun. It gets a little noisy at times but it's just the people having a good time.

The placed seemed to be staffed well and the place was not too crowded yet all around us we see orders getting messed up. People receiving the wrong order. Took forever to get our burgers. We had to inquire. They arrived cold. No utensils. No napkins. Burgers were so cold we had to leave to take them home to microwave. Waited an hour for our burgers only to have to drive home another 30 minutes to be able to eat. read more

I don't understand, at a restaurant as busy as BJ's is, why anyone would be behind the bar who has no idea what a martini is, nor how to make one. But when that is necessary, there are several proper options. None of those happened tonight. First of all, if you don't know how to make a martini, perhaps you should not be tending bar on a Friday night in a busy restaurant. If that does happen, however, there are a few things you could do. You could ask a coworker or a manager. You could look it up. You can call the server over and ask her to ask the customer to either order something else, or come over to the bar and walk you through it. What should NEVER happen, is that you try very poorly to fake it; but that IS what happened tonight. I ordered a martini on the rocks with three olives. What I was served was a shot of gin, straight up, in a rocks class, with two olives. This level of incompetence goes WAY beyond merely having no clue about how to do your job. It also shows a complete lack of common sense, as well an abject and utter disregard for your customers--- one that borders on contempt. Finally, I don't really care how many olives are in my martini, but it's a trick my brother taught me years ago to act as an early indicator on how well your drink order was followed. As you can see from my picture, however, that was a redundant step tonight. read more

BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse - Collosal failure. - American Near Me - Temple, Texas

I'm not too fond of this place. I think the best thing I had was a chicken salad. I would prefer other locations. The people were nice though. read more

BJ's has always been one of our "go to" places when we're not sure what we want to eat as they have good servers, a good selection of food items on the menu and generally have something for everyone. We normally go there at least once a month, if not more. Today I was totally shocked when we ordered a side of sweet potato fries and the bill came and they were listed at $6.45. I thought surely it was an error, however, our server confirmed that an order of sweet potato fries in fact cost $6.45. We've noticed price increases bit by bit, but this is ridiculous. Needless to say we won't be ordering these fries again and will think twice about going to BJ's in the future. Inflation is everywhere.....but this is outrageous. Shame on you BJ's! read more

I've been here twice and each time the food that I order is bad...vegetable wasn't cooked and steak wasn't cooked the way that I want it was so disgusting!!!!!!! Never will go there again read more

BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse - BJ's restaurant in Temple...it is disgusting never will go there again!!! - American Near Me - Temple, Texas

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C'mon guys, this place has no pride in the quality of food they serve. I ordered my niece a cheeseburger kids meal and clearly told the guy meat, ketchup, cheese, pickles. We sat down to eat and there was no ketchup, no pickles, burnt cheese. Food wouldn't even serve my dog! The smiley potatoes smelled like feet and of course anyone who has kids knows if it's now how they ask for it, good luck getting them to eat it! Ugh! On to the next one. Ordered the broccoli cheese soup bread bowl. The bowl was burnt all the way around and hard as a rock! Would not recommend this place, at least not the one in Temple, TX. Very disappointed especially from such a large chain. Have more pride in the food you serve BJ's especially when there's 6 people in the restaurant, guess that should've been a red flag right there. Cracker Barrel, please start staying open longer, especially in Temple, TX. read more

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They have great food. Little pricey but is great and waiters are very nice and courteous.

Order by DoorDash 2/11 ordered a Prime Rib Dip Sandwich, meat was like shoe leather, red onion was just a solid slice. No sauce to dip was provided. Also ordered 2 cocktails those were fine. The Dip was a bust not worth the money! read more

This is a very good restaurant. I used to live in Temple, and we came here often. Stopped in for lunch on a car trip today and it remains a very good restaurant and a very good BJ's. Our server was very good and friendly, but service seemed a tad bit slow. I had their spicy chicken in soba noodles and my wife their bacon cheeseburger. My dish was very good. The burger was good except the top bun was very dry and fell apart. The coffee was a very good blend. I like BJ's because they have an extensive and varied menu with great craft beers. read more

Was the worst dinner I have had ! I had wet slop spilt down my back from a table cleaner my food was ok but got a drink that had dish soap in it ruined everything ! I left there never wanting to return ! read more

Love the service, the food, the specials, the beer! Plus I have the app on my phone where I can put myself on the waiting list before I arrive. read more

BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse - American Near Me - Temple, Texas

Drove 30 minutes to get there. Literally sat at our table for 25 minutes and no servers even made eye contact with us. I had to stop one to ask if we even had a server. The restaurant was not even close to full. None of the employees were working with any sense of urgency or as if they cared? The tables within our area also did not look like they had all of their orders. No one even came to bring water or ask if we wanted drinks. Ended up walking out hungry AF at 9:15pm. read more

Got here at 9:20and i just walked out at 9:50. Brought me a menu never asked what i wanted to drink. I went to the bar and the prompt bar tender served me up an i tipped her. Went back to my table finished my draft and was not only had my eye conact ignored by evey waiter, but mine as well. Like i have time to qait 330 minutes before i am even asked what i would like. They suck! Yo! read more

There is always a wait! Even today, with plenty of open tables, we were told a 10-15 minute wait bc their servers were stuck in traffic. We asked if we could just sit at an empty table to wait and were told no. The bar was not an option for us because we had a child with us. It was literally the fourth or fifth time we have TRIED to go to BJ's and failed because of a ridiculous wait. Beer and food are good--if you can get in. read more

In today's times when carry-out is more the norm than the exception, I expected better service since my last pre-covid curbside. I ordered the avocado egg roll appetizer and three orders of seafood tacos. The egg roll was burnt. The tortillas on the tacos were all hard and difficult to wrap into a taco shape. We received zero orders of chips which are supposed to be included with a each taco order. I wish this place would send the same quality of food in to go orders as in restaurant dining. Especially when I'm tipping 20% as I would in house. Not going to give a 3rd chance. read more

BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse - Burnt Avocado Egg Rolls - American Near Me - Temple, Texas

Went in with my family to turn right around after 7 minutes of standing in front waiting to be greeted, not seated, but greeted as we were waiting for more family to arrive. Several employees walked right passed us, without saying a word to us, along with a few gazing over at us but made no effort to greet us at all. We made attempts ourselves to ask if anyone was working as hostess but we were left with deaf ears. It was not busy at all. We were the only family waiting and maybe four tables already seated when we arrived at 3:30 pm for an early dinner. We met with the rest of our family outside and decided to dine elsewhere. We will not be back again. If I could zero rating I would. read more

Do yourself a favor and order the root beer glazed chicken wings or thighs. Ask for Makenzie D to be your waitress. She was fantastic! This was our first time here and she helped us with some amazing food and beer flight choices. read more

Went to eat after graduation, it's my sons favorite place. We usually have birthday meals and special occasions there. We had a large party and knew there was going to be a wait, they said about 40 minutes. After 40 minutes they kept seating people ahead of us and the hostess said they had called ahead. We asked what was going on and she said that if someone calls in they get put ahead of us even though we were already there and that we could step outside and call ahead and then we'd be guaranteed a spot....well we talked to the manager and although he said that wasn't they way the process went he was still less than eager to really take care of us. We called Olive Garden across the street, told them the situation and they were more than excited to have us over. We had a fantastic experience at their place! I was asked to email owner about my experience, I did, no response. read more

Great, low-key, relaxing place! Beer is what's offered at BJ restaurants so a variety is on tap. Canned beer and growlers are also available. There is no food cooked on site though a food truck is there at times on Fridays ( I've been told). The lack of food is where that generates the four star rating, otherwise I really like the place. You can play games such as chess, dominoes, cards. All in all, a fun way to spend an evening. read more

So disappointed. We ate here in Bryan, TX...so we thought, hey...good food. Spent $41.xx for dinner last night (curbside pickup). Ordered Fish 'n' Chips w/ Sweet Potato Fries, Bacon Cheese Burger w/mayo, mustard, no tomato (NO MAYO, NO MUSTARD)not even in any container or packets, and the Calif. Club on Sourdough w/mayo and Baked Potato w/butter & sour creme (NO MAYO)not packet or container, baked potato was hard, butter wouldn't even melt on it, I had to microwave for 1min. to soften it and butter to melt. Maybe some people don't mind or just don't let restaurants know...but let's be honest...we're PAY ING for the privilege to eat out...wee ALL have the right to receive decent, hot, fresh, correctly prepared complete meals ordered. I dare say EVEN the employees of any restaurant deserve and expect to receive the same. I called BJ's, told them about the order, was told the Manager would be given the message that evening to call me (didn't call me). Received a $25.00 Couttesy Card. Food w/tax was $41.xx. You do the math. Won't be taking that chance again. read more

Inconsistent. Sometimes good sometimes bad. I've had food poisoning here a handful of times. Tonight I placed a to go pick up order from home, was told it would be 15-20 min and showed up at 15-20 min but it took 52 minutes to get our food read more

Great beer. It's so many items on the menu it will take you forever to decide what you want. But the food is pretty good overall.

Great, just ordered takeout. Half slab of baby back ribs. That was the smallest half slab I have ever seen. It was the size of my hand. Tough as leather, pretty much not edible. Came with a side of broccoli cheddar soup which had a nasty chemical taste to it. All this for $20 Waste of money, I had 1 piece of the ribs and one spoon of soup. They are certainly taking advantage of the closures. What a rip off !!!! read more

What you'd normally expect from this nice chain is what you'll find at this location. Quick seating on a Wednesday night, great beer, good food, & a nice environment to chat. read more

The server was alright considering the restaurant was very busy. Food came out room temperature and steak was cook too well. The manager Philip completely lied after saying he would bring me out a new steak but it will take 25 mins. When the server returned with my food in less than 10 mins. It was clearly the same steak but split in half more done than It was before. So sad I only wanted to enjoy my food not to be lied to. Food shouldn't be played over!!! read more

I was not impressed by my experience at BJ's today. The service was horrendous and the food was not at all what we anticipated it to be. It took forever for the waiter to bring water to the table after requested and the refill on drinks took awhile as well. The beignet tasted more like a fried pancake than a beignet. Was definitely not a good experience and will likely not be revisiting this establishment again. read more

BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse - Trying it out because I heard it was good - American Near Me - Temple, Texas

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Party of 39? We'll take you. Decent selection of beer? Got it. Big variety of food to please a crowd? Yep. I came here with a party of 39 after a competition, and it was a decent experience. The fact that they could seat all 39 of us was pretty nice. The wait staff didn't managed to keep the orders together though the wait for anything was long. My dining companion and I ordered 3 beers, 1 pale ale & 2 porters (4.75 each), along with the large Mediterranean deep dish pizza ($24). The pale ale was alright. I'd drink it, but I didn't have any strong feelings about it. The porter on the other hand, was excellent. Dark, rich, and chocolaty. Carbonated with nitrogen, it was smooth and delicious. This is one of my favorite beers. The pizza was a pizza. And it wasn't like a deep dish Chicago pizza; it was just a pizza with really thick crust. Looking at everyone else's food at the table, it was just typical chain restaurant food. It's like a Chili's, Applebee's, or Bennigan's (RIP) within a brewery. Food was satisfying, but not great by any means. It was also severely overpriced. $24 for a pizza was a little ridiculous. In spite of the food and price of food, BJ's gets 4 stars. They were able to accommodate a large party, though the club meeting was a little difficult due to the noise. And the Porter was just awesome. read more

The restaurant is trendy and the food is delicious. Lot's of items to choose from on the menu; classic American cuisine! Great place for lunch or happy hour! read more

BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse - Mini Bruschetta - American Near Me - Temple, Texas

Fav place in this town to go... Can get a little loud. Great food and beer. Kids love the root beer and cream soda too Use the app for quick service and discount read more

The food wasn't really anything special but still good and fairly priced. The service was the best part of my experience there today. Very welcoming, friendly. read more

I was meeting up an old friend for lunch and when I asked my friend what's good, he said everything, but the burgers are really good. Well, because I was starving, I wanted an appetizers and got the spinach artichoke dip. It was mediocre. (I have had better...from cheddars) Then i was deciding between the brewhouse double deluxe burger or patty melt. I got the patty melt with the wedge and thin fries (because someone else recommended those). It was good, but something I could get anywhere for cheaper than $10. Overall, the food and service in general at this chain is good. I didn't get to try any of the beer or other drinks because I had to go back to work, but my friend definitely enjoyed his drinks. The prices for everything is a bit high, but if you go during lunch it's not too bad. read more

Waitress at the bar is rude as fuck and the meal took forever to be served also brought me the wrong beer. Trash straight trash employees. Not coming back. read more

Came here quite late on a Saturday night with a large party. Food and drinks were a bit slow, but I suppose that's to be expected when you only have 1 waitress for a table of 15+. Drink choices were great and the margaritas were tart, but good. As for food, I love all the selection. We got the appetizer sampler and the avocado egg rolls were amazing!! I don't normally enjoy the pizza or flatbreads here as they taste pretty plain, so I suggest trying something different. read more

We came here on a Sunday afternoon and we were craving a fantastic burger! They definitely delivered, it was amazing and the service at the bar was absolutely perfect! Vanessa was great and very attentive she took wonderful care of us! I would 100% recommend coming to visit her! read more

Apparently it was around prom time and we were also in time for a concert that many people from the surrounding area had come to just like us. So glad one of my friends knew you could seat yourself at the bar area. We did that and avoided the seating line. No rave reviews here or bad things to say. It was ok. Our server was a little stretched as it seemed she was serving tables spread across the restaurant. I had the California club pizza that was very tasty or maybe I was just really hungry. ;-) I did like that it was a deep dish pizza with crust that wasn't under cooked. That's it, this place was pretty standard. read more

My wife & I ate at BJ's one Saturday, mid-afternoon. Although we got seated within 5 minutes, the service took FOREVER!! It is no exaggeration when I say we waited 45 minutes between getting our appetizer and our main entree!! Yeesh. That being said, the food was very good. The ambience is nice too, but it is very loud. (Hello... it's a bar!!) Imagine the big booths and high ceilings of the Cheesecake Factory, with big & bold decorations and very clean bathrooms, and combine it with a microbrewery with lots of different beers on tap. We'll try it once more, but if the service takes a long time on our next visit we won't be returning anymore after that. read more

After trying a few terrible places to eat at while staying in the area, we went here. Yes, they are a chain, but you know what I'm giving them 5 stars because the entire week I stayed in this area this was the best food I ate. I always ordered the Cherry Chiptole Salmon and it was delicious. People I was with ordered the BBQ plate for lunch and said that was good, as was the Parmesan Encrusted Chicken dinner. The pizookie was good was well. I got a flight and I was very happily surprised by the size of the samples in the flight. The beers I chose were the, Harvest Hefeweizen, Jeremiah Red, Oasis Amber, and Abbey Normal. The Red and the Hef were amazing. I also had a mixed drink one night, that was like some sort of Sour Lemonade Jack Daniels drink, I don't remember the name of, but that was also very good. We ended up eating here multiple times this past week, because of all the dismal options in the area. read more

BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse - Flight of Jermiah Red, Oasis Amber, Harvest Hefeweizen, Abbey Normal. - American Near Me - Temple, Texas

I and my 2 sisters went to BJs for lunch on 3 different occasions and each time we had to wait for our food for over an hour. Each time when we arrived the dining room was at least 80% empty. Many people came in after us and ordered and received their food before we did. We were the only Latinos. Since our orders were simple items, salads, tacos, and a sandwich the only reason for such poor service was to discourage serving Latinos. I will never eat there again. I will discourage everyone I know from going there every opportunity I get. read more