BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse - Manchester, Connecticut

Kristi J.

Came to BJ’s Brewhouse for the first time on Monday, Oct. 21 for my daughter’s birthday. The atmosphere and staff were very nice and pleasant. The food not so much. I got the jambalaya and have been sick ever since. I started eating it and felt it lacked the flavor I’m used to having with jambalaya, the shrimp still had the black veins in it and seemed translucent and floppy. I brought it home to have for lunch next day thought I’d doctor it up and remove some of the veins from the shrimp but nope still not good, nothing could save it. Also had a shareable shrimp appetizer still shrimp seemed floppy not firm and pink. My daughter kept it simple and said I should have too. They gave her free cookie and ice cream for her birthday which was nice. The birthday girl, my oldest daughter, had plain pasta with shrimp and a bowl of clam chowder, which she said was super thick almost dough like which means the cook used too much thickener, my middle daughter had a burger she said the cheese pull was excessive and the burger to bun ratio was off and my youngest daughter had a crispy chicken sandwich which she enjoyed. Both said the fries were delicious and felt they should have gotten just a bowl of fries. I guess it’s all in what you get on the menu.

Albert ?. O. R.

What an insane deal: $35 for prime rib with 2 sides, an appetizer and a dessert! Highly recommended. Everything was so good but the real winner for me was the wings: they were super crispy with buffalo and blue cheese sauce drizzled on them which is EXACTLY how I like them. We got the strawberry shortcake pizzookie as the included dessert and that was fantastic as well. The garlic mashed potatoes were very dry and heavy and the taste was just meh. French fries were ok but I asked for them well done but they weren’t. My gf got the avocado/tortilla strip salad and really liked it. The clam chowder was really good too and a huge amount for something that came attached to a dinner special. Solid place, great service, great dinner special (and on a Saturday too no less) but if you can only try one thing, make it the wings. I can’t wait to go back and try the other flavors.

Zach A.

Really cool atmosphere. The beer was great and the food was excellent as well. The server was very attentive. Definitely a great experience and I will visit again.

Sudhakar T.

Food is excellent and beers at this brewery were not as expected. Had six types of beers but tasted diluted. However enjoyed the food. wings tasted spicy and nachos are excellent. Pizza was very good. Michelle our server was very friendly and courteous. She was very polite.

Kirsten N.

My mom ordered from DoorDash. She didn’t receive wine she ordered. And we received burnt food. This food gets wrapped up after it’s made so the employees purposely just gave us burnt food. Also doordash doesn’t give you a full refund because they suck. Do better with preparing food and making sure everything is in the bag.

Greg C.

My wife and I had an amazing lunch dinner service. Can't go wrong with BJs Fav pizza and their signature cider. Kudos to our stellar server Kyla!

Jeremy M.

Went with some friends a few weeks ago on August 3rd.

The drinks were tasty and unique. I have never seen a drink in a mini tub before nor have a i had a drink that tasted like lavender before.

The pizza was also really well cooked. We ordered the pepperoni and a white pizza. In my experience deep dish is a little thicker than what we got but the taste was great. No cheese sliding off, ingredients were tasty and pepperoni spicy. Not even too greasy as pepperoni pizza is known for.

The service was the only downfall of the evening. My party was large, about 7 people, but we didnt ask for anything outrageous. We asked for usual pizza stuff, ranch on the side, pepper shaker, garlic, maybe a water here and there. Nothing crazy and it was not all at once. The waitress did not check on us very often and there were long periods where we did not see here. We eventually saw that she was spending a lot of time at the take out counter. My friend had to go up and get her at one point. The table next to us which was seated after us was also a large party and their waitress who had blonde hair i believe, was finished before us and was checked in on more than us. My friend claims there is usually good service but this was my first time there and not a great experience as far as service goes.

Migdalia H.

SEP 27,2024 I have to say now that I have been here a second time food and service was Awesome john the waiter attended to our needs made sure we felt comfortable the food was great I also want to thank Maggie Cowles on sight manager for excellent service cantbwait for another visit 😊