BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse

Was in the area recently for a week and we had a meal at BJs. I enjoyed their beers and overall we thought the pizzas were good. I had a deep dish BJs classic combo, which is sausage, pepperoni, mushroom. Reminded me of Pizza Hut pan pizza! It is really noisy and since it is family-​friendly you get lots of screeching kids. Service was fine, prices were fine for the area. I probably don’t need to go here again, but it was fine for us. I wouldn’t discourage anybody from trying it, but also won’t ever tell anybody it is a «must»…

My wife and I had lunch here while in town for our 20^th anniversary. I had a grilled ham and cheese which was excellent (they use Havarti which happens to be my favorite cheese). My wife had a chicken bacon ranch sandwich that she loved as well. Totally satisfied lunch experience

Was going to Adolfo’s but it was closed for fathers day, so we ended up at BJ’S, what a bummer. We’ve eaten there many times but this will be the our last. I won’t say what happened because I never want anyone to get fired but it definitely put a damper on the day. Adolfo’s would have been better, cheaper and we would have been treated like family as always.

Tiffany B. is an excellent server who provided wonderful advice for beer pairings; she provided friendly service; and she was overall very pleasant. I would hope to have her as a server again when I come back here.

I love it!!! Such a small location compared to others… they don’t even have a cocktail menu! (Occupancy 60 ppl… what???) But the beer was great and our server recommended some pizza flavors that I hadn’t heard of and we LOVED them! They were so accommodating and welcoming and sweet and we loved our experience there! Thank you, BJ’s Laguna Beach!

Very good food and excellent service, this is my favorite spot to come when I’m in Laguna Beach. But I noticed, unless I’m crazy, that it costs a lot more than it does where I live! I got a mini pizza, which is only 4 slices, and it was $ 11.25! I think it doesn’t cost that much where I live, I think where I live, it’s seven or eight dollars!

This place has been consistently awesome since I started coming here as a teenager.
Same level of crowded, same level of noisy and always great tasting food and drinks.
Something on the menu for everyone in your group :-)

Didn’t actually eat here. We were told it would be a 15 minute wait. We bailed after 35 minutes. Told the manager and he was indifferent. Said he was sorry but made no attempt to help us. Thanks for that. Glad we saw the interior though — otherwise we wouldn’t have seen how cramped and uncomfortable it was. And the bathroom wasn’t well looked after. Skip this location of at all possible. Seems poorly managed and maintained.

Went in for a late snack while walking around town. The service was good and the snacks were great! This is a great place to stop in for a late meal or snack. We did not have to wait for 2 people. I am not sure how long the wait would be for 4 people. If you need a snack go to this location!

This many stars is ONLY for the employee we had that was generous enough to help us when our actual waitress was busy being unavailable for far too long. These stars are for a specific part of the cut in the back by the kitchen, her name was Dana. We appreciated her taking care of our table so willingly and she did a wonderful job at that when she was not a waitress. Thank you Dana your the only reason our experience gave this location 5 stars. She went over and above what it took to give the name excellent customer service when multiple other people had the opportunity. You are remembered and we hope your managers acknowledge the excellence you provide as a team member there.

I can’t say enough about this restaurant, manager and server. We were a group of 16 on Friday. Shea our server was kind, helpful, and wonderful. We had appetizers, lunch specials, and of course PIzookies. We all felt the lunch specials were reasonably priced and delicious. The choices amongst our group where soup & salad, bacon chicken padina, chicken Alfredo, spaghetti and meatballs, and pizza. Please everyone stop here for lunch or dinner.

Had lunch with a friend here today. This is the second time I have been to this location. I had the new Honey Sriracha Brussels Sprouts to start. Wast of money! They were very bitter and overcooked. As for the honey Sriracha sauce couldn’t taste it becauae of the bitterness of the sprouts.
For lunch had the Avacado, bacon, tomato sandwich. It was ver tasty I really do recommend it.
For dessert was the new Monkey Bread Pizookie. Did not disappoint must try.
Service was very friendly and mostly on point.
However the hostess hung out more in the back talking to the men on the staff and not really working the door.
All in all good luch I would recommend this location, but be warned it is a very small store and you are very close with other customers.

Bad service. Will not return.
I’m sure missing out on a tip will not make a difference, but the horrible attitude and making us wait an excess amount of time for something we ordered was definitely warranted.
Your staff seems unhappy to serve customers. methinks management allows this to happen. Hence the numerous bad reviews.
This joint will not change.
Caveat emptor.

My friends and I always come here when we meet in Laguna beach. Central location, lots of parking nearby, and it’s right across Main Beach. Plenty of tvs so you’ll never miss a game!

I know this BJ’s has some bad reviews, but I came for my birthday dinner and had an amazing dining experience. I don’t remember the name of the waiter, but he was one of the best waiters I’ve had at any restaurant in a while.
We were seated right away by a friendly host, and got food and drink menus. If you go on a weekend expect it to be a little crowded. It’s a small BJ’s compared to the others.
The food was amazing! I love the lighter calorie menu items, and the red wine I ordered was extremely smooth and rich.
Loved the food, loved the service, and loved the birthday pizookie!

***THIS REVIEW REVIEW’S TWO DIFFERENT NIGHTS! PLEASE READ ALL OF IT***
Ok, so, we have found, that anything less than 3 dollar signs, in Laguna Beach, pretty much closes down at 9pm. For us, being from Vegas, that’s a bid deal. It was a Wednesday night, we had just got done watching the sunset on the beach, and were by now (8:30pm), were quite hungry. Our hotel was on the South end of Laguna and we were hoping to find a place within walking distance. We had Ruby’s a little further South, but, meh’.
We got on Unilocal*and saw that Wine Gallery was still open. Off we go… to the door. We open the door and it’s pouring outside! All of a sudden, it looks like Domino’s.
We decide to wait for a little bit to see if the rain lets up and in about 20 minutes it does. Off we go. We get to Wine Gallery at about 9:25. Unfortunately, their kitchen had closed at 9:00. Bummer.
Back to Unilocal*.
There is a couple of places close to Wine Cellar, but again, 3 dollar signs. All of a sudden my wife says she saw a BJ’s when we came into town. So we look up BJ’s, they are open til like 11:30. Disco! Onto the trolley we jump and off to BJ’s we go!
By the time we got done looking online for a place to eat, waiting for the trolley, and getting there, we got there at about 10:15ish. We were seated immediately, ad were given a choice of seating. We took a seat by the front window. We like to people watch and don’t mind people looking at us eating.
Our server was Jeff. Jeff was, well, freaking awesome! What a great guy. Was very friendly and helpful, wasn’t afraid to engage us, and was on top of our order top to bottom! BJ’s would have gotten a 3 star (right on par for a franchise eatery), but Jeff alone was worth giving them 4!
My wife ordered a create-​your-​own personal sized deep dish and was very happy with it. I had The Italian Market thin crust pizza. Mine was great! I love pepperoncini’s and this was a really great pizza.
For drinks she had a glass of wine and I had the HopStorm IPD. Loved the IPA. I am a traditional IPA guy and really like this one.
Now, fast forward to Thursday night (the next night). We really wanted to watch the sunset on the beach again, but now knew that dinner was going to have to be really early, or we were going to be stuck again. Well, fortunately, we now know that BJ’s was open late, so we were in business!
Thursday, was 7/​2, the day before a 3 day weekend beginning for the 4^th of July. We knew that the «strip» was going to be WAY busier that it was the night before, so we were ready for it. Many of the reviews on BJ’s have griped that they are slow and can’t handle the business. That didn’t thwart our plans though, like I said, we knew it was going to be crazy and we were ready for it.
If BJ’s has anything going against it, it’s that it is small on the inside. I’d guesstimate they have a seating capacity of about 60. Add that, the fact they are right across from Main Beach, that they are a well known and popular franchise, and that they «less expensive» from other options in a tourist locale, and they’re screwed when it gets busy.
People who have been on the beach all day, are baked from the sun, dehydrated from drinking alcohol all day on the beach (yeah, yeah, I know, it’s illegal to drink on the beach. It’s illegal to go 55 in a 45 mph zone, but does that stop anybody from doing it? be real people), and are starving, all seem to gravitate towards the restaurants at the same time. And these people, are usually the ones who have zero patience at this point, and love to take it out on the people who are there to provide a service to them. I think that that is where most of the negative reviews come from on BJ’s. If people tried to have a little compassion and patience, life might slow down a little for them, and they could take some time to relax and enjoy their surroundings.
Such behavior was needed this night.
As the trolley got closer to Main Beach, the sidewalks got PACKED. The restaurants all looked to have 40 minute waits on them.
We got up to BJ’s and knew we’d be waiting for at least 40 minutes. We told the greeter that’d we’d like a 2 person table by the window again, preferably one of the 3 that are stand alone, and that we’d be willing to wait for it.
While we were waiting, we overheard, the manager talking with the greeter, (we were being nosy) and they had gotten slammed earlier, which backed them up to the point there were at now, they had had someone walk off the job just a couple of hours ago, and had had someone call out sick for the mid/​closing shift. Basically, the bottom had fallen out for them on the busiest shifts on the eve of a major holiday weekend.
With that being said, did our service suffer? Was it slower than the night before? Yes. But was our server any less friendly, even tho he was slammed and a little flustered? No. He even recognized us from the night before (it wasn’t Jeff, as he had worked an earlier shift) as he was the grett

This review is strictly for a late night «Pizookie» visit. You can’t beat the location right on PCH in the heart of Laguna Beach. Inside is a little cozy, but we got right in around 9pm. Service was quick at facilitating an insatiable craving for PIZOOKIE. If you haven’t tried this, you must! If you need to skip a meal tomorrow or send your fit-​bit ticking off the charts, so be it.
Your cookie base can have two flavors, so we split the baby with traditional chocolate chip (they have gluten free also) and the salted caramel cookie. It’s topped with vanilla ice cream, some caramel drizzle and other little chocolate pod-​like sprinkles. It’s divine and diabolical at the same time. Pizookie, a glass of wine for the Mrs, and some 2‰ milk for me was just under $ 15 before tip. Wow.
It’s been so long since I’ve tried the pizza, but desert will bring me back, even if I ate dinner somewhere else like I did the night of this indulgence.

Worst service ever! I didn’t think a BJ’s restaurant could be so bad, but this one proved me wrong! Although they were really slow it took forever to get our food, which was mediocre at best. One thing I found odd and especially annoying was that the waiter never gave us any napkins, took forever to return and when we asked he gives us 2 tiny bar napkins. Like really? You don’t have normal napkins?
Then the people at the table next to us happened to spill a side of ranch which made a very loud noise everyone could hear. It splattered all over the walls, booth and floor and was a huge mess. Yet every server and person working refused to acknowledge it or Ever clean it up. It sat there a good 30 min or more before we left and it was still sitting there. If you’re in the area I definitely Would Not recommend this BJ’s. In fact, I’d recommend every other place nearby over it.

Love the location here in downtown Laguna Beach. Perfect way to refuel or relax after a long day at the beach or hiking the Laguna canyons. It’s not even a bad place to take a date after walking around the city, since there are four tables here with ridiculously beautiful views of the beach and ocean.
The host was very accommodating to our request for an ocean-​view table, the manager hooked us up with a free mini pizookie for signing up for BJ’s email spam, and of course, the pizza was good. My girlfriend liked lighter and fluffier crust on this deep-​dish, though personally I prefer the thicker, buttery crust you’d find at Hollywood Pies, Rance’s, Masa, or Costco. The kale and brussel sprouts salad was tasty, though suspiciously only had one brussel sprout.
TL;DR: decent food, great location, recommended

I have never been a fan of big chain restaurants thus BJ’s was no exception or that is what I thought!!! My family and I decided to go walk around Laguna Beach on Sunday early evening. We had eaten a very light lunch that day so we decided to have dinner. As we were walking and talking about our options, we decided to go to BJ’s. My husband had never been to the restaurant and he is a big fan of pizza so we decided to give it a try. It was around 7 o’clock and we thought that there would be at least 15 mins wait but to our surprise as we walked up to the hostess, she informed us that they have a table ready for us… SWEET!!!
I have to admit that the restaurant was busy and it was loud but it is a restaurant and a brewhouse after all. Right? My dad and husband decided to order beers and we started figuring out what pizza we want to order. After couple of minutes of discussion we decided to order a Large (18 inch, 10 slices) Pizza half mediterranean and half Bj’s Special. The Mediterranean half had fetta cheese, olives, chicken, sun dried tomatoes and cheese of course. The Bj’s Special had pepperoni, sausage, bell peppers, tomatoes and cheese.
When the Pizza came out everything looked sooooo yummy and it was. The pizza was just cooked right and it tasted fresh. At the end of our meal, we ordered the Cookie n cream Pizzooki which was just delicious. Our waiter was so nice and helpful as well.
We had a great experience at this restaurant. Will I ever come back to this location? YEs Ofcourse.
*** The reason that I deducted one star was because the pizza dough tasted a bit salty to me. I am very sensitive about salty food so I am not sure if it was just me or their dough is too salty. I noticed it more on the Mediterranean pizza more since it had fetta cheese on it as well…