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BJ's Restaurant & Brewery
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Category: American (New) [Edit]
Neighborhood: Clear Lake515 W Bay Area Blvd
Webster, TX 77598
(281) 316-3037
- Hours:
Mon-Thu. 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Fri-Sat. 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Sun. 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good for:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
9 reviews for BJ's Restaurant & Brewery
My husband and I ate here last week on Thursday night and it was wonderful!! I have eaten here on many occasions, but he had never been. There was no wait. We sat in the bar in a nice cushy booth, and the service was great!!
The beer here is very tasty! He had a Tatonka and a Piranha and I had 2 berry burst ciders (so delicious and my favorite!!!).
For dinner he had Parmesan crusted chicken with white cheddar mashed potatoes...yum!!! I had the shrimp tacos that were to die for!!! We didn't have dessert, but the pizookies are to die for!!! Who can resist a warm, giant cookie with ice cream?!?! It is a little pricey at night so make sure to bring your piggy bank.
This is one of my favorite places for lunch, dinner, or happy hour!
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I'm not certain how packed this place can be on a normal night, but at 8pm on NYE, there was not an empty seat in the restaurant. My friends smartly made a beeline for the bar area. No wait, we had a nice big bar table with stools (with backs) for ourselves, and the choice of watching the Rockets game on one of three flat screen TVs. Just be forewarned, this is also a smoking section. There are tall Plexiglas dividers, but they can keep out just so much smoke from the rest of the restaurant.
I had the Artichoke and Spinach Pizza. It was great, no Star Pizza, but really great. They were deep dish with cheese cooked over the sides in areas. The one thing I didn't like were the tomatoes. They were fresh, but I just don't like fresh, cooked tomatoes on pizza. Sauce is fine, fresh and cooked is weird and a bit too watery for my liking.
This is a chain and I HAVE eaten at the one in Boulder. They look completely different. The one in Boulder has a college football team spirit/wooden furniture/ski lodge vibe to it. It's in a strip mall and is very small. This one is gigantic with lots of booths and a smoking section. Both have gigantic kettles of their brew which are tapped for serving. They're neat to look at. I don't drink beer anymore, but it's nice to see the list of beers and their descriptions.
They have a full bar and wine list. The wine is great, but average and a little on the pricey side.
If you're in the area, I'd recommend BJs...a friend of mine warns, however, stay away from the pasta.
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Came here on a Wednesday Night, the place was pretty packed for a week night. We went to the bar area, and our waitress was very nice in recommending beer.
Happy Hour is from 3 PM - 7 PM and 9 - 11 PM
which is sort of awesome, appetizers are 2$ off, mini pizzas are 1/2 off, and beers are 1$ off.
we had an amazing berry cider, which tasted like juice but apparently it had 4% alcohol. then i proceeded to order another ale, hated it, and my companion asked if i could switch the beer out, and the waitress did it without questions.
service was definitely amazing, mini pizza (artichoke) was actually really good!
I will now go to the BJs in willowbrook tomorrow.
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While they are a "brewery", they don't brew beer onsite. So, points off for that. (The beer is brewed at St. Arnold's just for BJ's.) It's also kind of like a Bennigan's inside but bigger and more open. The menu is just as long and diverse. The only thing that really turned me off was the blaring of the terrifically bad 80's music.
On the weekends, there will be a wait. (What did you expect? It's OTL and people OTL have nothing better to do on a Saturday night than eat out.)
The waitress was so very nice and she was honest about her take on the brews. I might go back and sample some of the other flavors but if my socks aren't knocked off at that visit, I won't be driving an hour each way for dinner again.
Overall, if you are in the area, try it. But, I don't think I'd make a a special trip out there just for this place,
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Yeah, this is a chain, but it is also a brewhouse so I'm willing to forgive them. I'd driven by every Tuesday and Thursday for a whole semester and drooled at the thought of a good microbrew so we finally went in. It was packed. Granted, Clear Lake only has so many options before you have just resign yourself to driving into Houston, so I guess I should've expected it. There was a 45 minute wait for two people, so we headed straight to the bar and seated ourselves.
My hefeweizen was okay, though not a true hef. It was more like a white ale (think Blue Moon), but I was fine with it. My hubby likes red beers and my sip confirmed that I still don't like anything but wheat beers.
We ordered a pizza and I was shocked at how good it was. The hubby wasn't even hungry, but he ended up eating half of it anyway and we didn't leave any crumbs on the plate--it was that good.
Our waitress was quick and efficient. The whole process had us in and out in less than an hour which is exactly what we had in mind. I suppose as long as you don't go during their busy time, you'll be able to grab a table and enjoy your meal though there's plenty of room in the bar area. I'm sure I'll be heading over there some more next semester.
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I wasn't very thrilled with this place. With so much competition in the area you'd imagine the wait staff and bartenders would be overly fast and courteous to make sure they stay ahead of the pack.... hmmm... well not BJ's.
I sat at a small table in the bar area where I was only surrounded by a few other hungry peeps. The bartender and waitress was taking orders and serving. I'll just quickly list what peeved me off:
-It took between 5-10 minutes for anyone to even take my drink order.
-Burger and fries took about 45 minutes to come out. It probably sat under the warmer for half that time.
-I tried to get beer refills but couldn't get the attention of the bartender who was at the table next to me chatting it up with her friends and when I did get her attention she said she'd get it in a second but continued to chat it up for about another 5 minutes. What nerve...
-The 12 dollar burger wasn't worth the wait or money.
The pros:
Well pretty much nothing other than the bartender was blonde and hot. :P Not enough to make me come back.
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I really like this place but the service is very slow in particular a dark headed waitress that has been there since opening that we almost always manage to get. I think she has attention disorder, but its awful when your in a rush for lunch. She gets upset when you complain or ask for help after politely waiting 30 mins or so for her to return with silverware.
Anyway, dont get her run.
But the food is great. I love the Avacodo rolls, a bit wierd at first but you will ask for them again, The appetizer pizza sausage is great ! Sliders, and main dishers are wonderful.
And they have homemade beer and a sportsbar for those interested.
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I have been here several times and the food has always been nice. The service can leave a little to be desired tho. All of the times that I have sat in the bar area the service has been really great, but when I went with the family and was seated in the restaurant the service was just plain horrible.
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Definitely the worst BJ's I've been to. The service was really slow, and the caesar salad was terrible (like it had been sitting out all day).
