Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery

This location is now closed.

What happened to this place? We have been here quite a few times and this last visit will probably be the last. We had bad service from the get go. No one sat us right away the servers were walking by looking at us but no host came. I had trouble finding anything on the menu that on a hot day in phoenix sounded good. Everything is pricey too for being so-​so food. Salads are $ 10 and up. A trip to the bathroom grossed me out with greasy smudged hand prints all over the black stall doors. Walking back I noticed the floors were covered in crumbs and food. Our little boy dropped something under our table and let’s just say they can keep it because it was filthy under there.
No more rock bottom for us!

Used to be great. Took the good stuff off the menu… No asiago and beer bread, fish and chips changed to cod vs. Salmon. Oh well, just will quit going.

I LOVE Rock bottom. My husband and I live down the street and go here frequently. I always get a burger (99% of the time), and my husband alternates with whatever sounds good.
We like it so much we often order for pickup on long days!
They have great, accommodating managers, very kind, attentive staff, and a fun atmosphere!

Rock Bottom seems to be hit, or miss. They have a pretty decent menu with a variety of items. Their happy hours is sort of ho-​hum for me. There’s not really a lot of good deals to be had, but beers are relatively well priced even when not on happy hour.
I had gotten two vouchers from
and used those on two separate occasions. The first time I got the prime rib, and though I was excited to order it, I wasn’t excited to finish it. It tasted as thought it had been cooked too long and there was very little flavor or moisture remaining in the meat.
However, still having another coupon I returned a second time. The second experience I ordered a steak. My wife ordered on also. I ordered mine the house default which is a little bit between medium and medium rare and it was delicious. Well-​seasoned and cooked perfectly. My wife ordered hers more well done and it came out very well done. The flavor was not great, even for her. I realize that it goes without saying that it is usually best to order what the kitchen is good at doing, but be cautious in ordering things well done or you might get it really well done. We had chips which are rather cheap and they come with a sufficient serving size and decent salsa. If you like hefeweizens they have a great wit-​bier that tastes similar to blue-​moon with a greater serving of cloves. It tastes good and I was a fan.

OK i had to write a review because I was very disappointed!
I gave this place the benfit of the doubt only because i heard they had a great happy hour and it is a brewery! Plus they only had 3 stars when i looked over the Unilocal reviews, I wanted to help improve that… Big mistake… I should’ve listened to my fellow Unilocalers. I decided to have my birthday dinner here on a friday, we decided we would meet early for happy hour then move to dining area for dinner. Well my small party of 4 got there around 6:15pm, we thought it was just in time to put in a quick order for cheap food and drinks, but it took forever to find an available server, one guy stopped by and said he’ll be «back in a sec» but never did. So we decided to move to the patio where we thought it would be easier to put in our order, the lady taking orders was nice enough to put our order in 2 minutes before it ended. We were rushed and didnt even have the HR menus to look over because they guy never gave us them and there weren’t any on the patio table. She was also pretty slow at getting them, i’m sure we would’ve had 4 minutes to order if she knew the urgency of HR ending at 6:30pm! Come on now… There were alot of older people and it got pretty dead after HR ended.
After that we moved to the dining area where other members of our party met us. The menu looked good from the pictures and description they gave… but the beer selection was very limited. :(White ale, red ale, dark ale??? ok. at least put some personality into naming them and make sure your server is educated on each beer.
Over all the food sucked and beer sucked. No taste in either one. It was a sad birthday dinner, yes i ate all my food because i was starving! I didnt get sick so that’s good… We had one beer/​drink each and regreted the beer choice after the first sip, we left right away to get a real drink. Oh I did have a choice of either a free cake or drink for my Bday, I chose the carrot cake. it was good, not the best. She just sat it down on the table said happy birthday then walked off… uh thanks yay happy birthday to me… oh and she charged us for the cake. but corrected it after we mentioned it.
I know better now to stick with the good ol’ Four Peaks Brewery for GREAT Food and Beer! They have an extensive selection of beer to choose from, even if it isn’t made in their brewery!
Servers/​hostess were nice, except for mr. invisable…
Just dont go… maybe for HR but you wont taste much:(
*Excuse my spelling and sentences, just so much happened and I can’t think right trying to get it all out!

For far to long I put this place at the rock bottom of my brewery list in town, it seems that I was mistaken.
Many years had passed since my last visit here, and after an invite from some friends and a good tasting at the last Unilocal event I went in.
We sat on the large patio to enjoy the great spring AZ weather, it also enable us to accommodated upwards for 20 people at our conjoined table.
Happy hour was in full effect $ 3.25 beers (in a mug) and $ 5 pizza’s and appetizers.
I started off with a stout, it was nice full bodied not to bitter and with a rich head. I learned that each beer is made on site with their own local recipes
For food I went with the margarita pizza ($ 5 on HH $ 10 normal). TO my surprised it was cooked in a open flame oven and it was almost a Bianco style pizza, it had fresh motzrella, basil, tomatoes and pesto on it. It was pretty good but a bit low on the crust to topping ratio.
Service was decent for a large patio party too.
Happy hr is 3:30pm — 6:30pm & 9-​Close all days, give it a try

My husband and I got horrible food poisoning from this restaurant. — so bad in fact, that it warranted medical attention. We contacted their corporate office and were completely blown off by their insurance company.
This establishment has no regard for the well being of its patrons. Since we value our health we will never go back

Mondays & Tuesdays, kids 12 & under eat free!
We really enjoy the kids-​make your own pizza! And the kids do too! Our daughter has more fun making it! Our son has more fun eating it, and his sister’s left overs!

It was ok… good crowd for at Tuesday so all of those that complain about no crowd must go at really odd times.
Black and tan was black — they could not separate the two.disappointing.
Food was ok, not outstanding.
The burger was rated as very good; Jambalaya… fair at best… two friggin shrimp could they spare it?
Service was ok… I might go back but if it’s not any better, then adiós.
Oh yeah, when you unroll your utensils the last thing you want to see is someone else’s dinner stuck to your knife — (gagging sounds kick in here).

My fiancée and I headed over to Rock Bottom after Fleming’s Steakhouse said it would be a 45 minute wait. In the quest for a yummy burger we gave Rock Bottom a chance. He ordered the appetizer nachoes (for happy hour they were 5 bucks) and that order was HUGE. I had the classic burger which was not part of the happy hour special but definitely satisfied my craving. The service was quick and friendly so we will definitely be back to try their Wednesday $ 10 special for a pizza and pitcher of beer: D

I would give this place a 0 star if I could. The short rib is salty and overcooked. We ordered the sample size ahi tuna and they charged us full prize. The prime rib was tough and half was fat. I will never come back. This place Is scam. The waiter Eddie accused us of receiving the larger size ahi. Unbelievable service

When we walked in, Modern English’s ‘Melt with you’ was playing rather loudly over the house sound system. Everyone in there looked older than both my wife and I. The hostess asked if we wanted to be seated for dinner or if we wanted to have happy hour in the bar area. We chose the bar.
My wife had whatever their brown ale is, I think it’s Roadrunner Brown or something along those lines. I had iced tea. We noticed our bar table was not clean but we let it slide as it wasn’t horribly dirty.
The waitress came and went. When my iced tea was empty, I’d look for her and she would magically appear with a pitcher of iced tea. Although fairly happy and somewhat charming (for a waitress in a place like this), she didn’t really go above and beyond in her service but she wasn’t terrible either.
Happy hour: three dollar pints of their micro-​brewed beer and three dollar appetizers. We had wings and nachos which were good enough. I really liked the nachos. Mind you, happy hour portions aren’t as large as regular portions but also they’re only $ 3 bucks.
When we were leaving Lady Gaga’s «Alejandro» was blasting over the house sound system. It made me think that this is the place where older people go to feel like they’re still ‘in tuned’ with what the younger folks are up to. I started to feel middle aged.

This is «my place” — if you come to town, we eat here. If you want to grab a drink, we’ll go here! We even spent one horribly drunken New Year’s Eve partying it up with the Rock Bottom crew. This would normally be a 5-​star review but I feel like their service has gone downhill a bit in the last 6 months and this could stand to be addressed.
First of all, you cannot beat Happy Hour! As a beer snob, I often feel left out when the Happy Hour specials only include America’s favorite urine-​colored watered down drinks. Occasionally I can get a Sam Adam’s or Blue Moon, but it’s nothing to match. The specials here vary by the day but you’ll be able to get a pint of beer or a mixed drink for around $ 3– sign up for their free Mug Club and you’ll get 20oz mugs every time too! There’s a patio with smoking on one side only– it’s great to sit out there most of the year but does get packed close to the weekends.
The food specials at Happy Hour beat the oh-​so-​cheap yet mediocre Applebee’s standard. Most appetizers are $ 3– a few items, such as sliders, show up just for happy hour and aren’t even on the regular menu. There is a burger they offer for $ 5, and you can get a bucket of fries or kettle chips for $ 1.50. The sliders are my favorite (both chicken and beef), and i’d also recommend kettle chips, the spinach artichoke dip, or the nachos.
The beers could almost use their own review– there are 6 or 7 to try and account for what people like to drink. There is usually a special seasonal beer along with a cask-​conditioned option. As I mentioned before, the best way to drink beer is with a Mug Club card. You’ll get a 20oz mug for the 16oz price and accumulate points towards things such as logo pint glasses. If you like the urine-​variety of mass-​produced beers, try a Dreamcatcher. If you enjoy good flavor, try the El Jefe Hefeweizen, Desert Trail Pale Ale, or Raptor Red. At this location in particular I think the El Jefe is the best.
The food is delicious– i’m getting to the point where i’ve tried almost everything on the menu. The standouts are the Mac N’ Chicken, the Lemon Chicken, the Smoked Salmon Fish and Chips, and the Prime Rib (they run specials on this at various times of the year). A lot of entrees come with the wonderful White Cheddar Mashed Potatoes, and the vegetables you are served are pretty flavorful. Definitely good enough to deserve coming here even if you don’t drink beer.
My only complaints lately are that the service has gone downhill. We’ve been several times in the past few months– 3 times for happy hour and once for dinner. One time at happy hour was perfect, the second our food came out and had clearly been sitting around (coagulated cheese skin on top of the artichoke dip), and the third the food had only sat a tiny bit but it took us forever to get the attention of our waitress. The time we went for dinner the food was good, but it took a long time and didn’t come out all at once. If the restaurant can resolve this, it’ll earn its 5^th star.

Last night I stopped by Rock Bottom with some friends for a late dinner & drinks. I ordered the fish & chips. I love fish & chips and this was the first time I had seen Salmon instead of white fish. The menu described it as Ale-​battered, alder-​smoked salmon served with fries, Brewery slaw, malt vinegar and homemade remoulade sauce… All I know is that it was yummy.
I also had the DreamWeaver Wheat Ale. Both selections were very good — the fish had a great taste — nicely crisp on the outside, tender and juicy on the inside. Good fries and a satisfying beer. My friends split some type of steak dish with vegetables. Both commented on how good it was.
Finish off with a small dessert — they had this little mini chocolate peanut butter cookie thing for $ 2.50. Small, but good.
The dining area was spacious — I have bad seating karma. I am a big dude and for some reason they love to sit me in the smallest places. Three of us were put at a bar table in the bar, when there were open booths near by. At least I got to see the football game. What surprised me was that on a Friday night, it wasn’t very busy. Soon after we arrived, other booths cleared out, the bar was down to two gus at opposite ends — not what I would expect for a brewery on Friday night. Maybe they should have more happy hour specials and get people to come out?
Good food, good beer and the server was excellent. The atmosphere a little dead.

This Rock Bottom is awful. A poor example of an already poor chain.
What’s comical is that we came here with gift certificates we got from the manager of the Desert Ridge location after our food came out cold after a 45-​minute wait. We figured maybe another location would be better.
Dead wrong. I don’t know if the food was an improvement because we went on a Saturday afternoon and waited a full 5 minutes inside before being acknowledged and seated. The place was deserted and we sat at our table for another 10 minutes before being approached by a waiter reeking of cigarette smoke. I guess this restaurant is being run by 1 or 2 people? I wouldn’t be surprised if the hostess was back in the kitchen ready to cook our order.
We didn’t wait around to find out. I eventually took my gift certificates to the Scottsdale location and blew them all on beer and filet mignon before they expired, but that’s a different review.

They lose 1 star for not having any hard cider in stock… supposedly they ran out. I can’t drink beer so I was left to drink a very fruity cosmo.
Overall, this place isn’t anything special. I hear the beer is good though. One thing going for them is that they have a great happy hour. $ 3 drinks and munchies M-​F from 3:30 — 6:30.
The atmosphere is nothing special. Bathrooms were clean though and there is plenty of seating.

Rock Bottom Brewery is a chain of microbrew restaurants, and the Ahwahtukee location is one of the worst ones I’ve been two (been to three).
The best thing about this establishment is the $ 3 draft/​$ 3 appetizer happy hours, but that is sadly eclipsed by the poor service, ambiance and quality of food. The beer — overall — is fair. There were no clear cut winners. The stout was not so good: I ended up returning it for the nut brown ale, which fared slightly better. The pale ale was better.
The service was negligent and awful. She was inattentive, and ended up serving me a beef burger after a conversation with her about getting a veggie burger. Funny thing is, the place wasn’t packed last night either. I’m not looking for four-​star service, but complete lack of attention stands out for me. Also, the family-​style setting (tons of suburban families) really didn’t do it for me, so I’ll probably only come back if asked to by a friend, not on my own will.

So Weekends are usually hubbys choice and he decided on Rock Bottom.
I don’t mind coming here, I really like their Mac and Cheese.
You can get it with or without chicken… years ago the chicken was this really thin shaved peppered chicken and I thought it was awful so I have since always ordered without chicken.
However today Hubby chose the mac and chicken and I was surprised that now they use real chunks of shredded chicken breast! YAY!
What and improvement! It was really good! (see pics)
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I got the Turkey Bacon Cobb sandwich minus bacon =Layers of juicy oven-​roasted turkey breast on grilled sourdough bread with sweet peppered bacon, sliced avocado, roasted tomatoes, sprouts and mixed greens. Topped with rosemary dressing and Bleu cheese crumbles (see pics)
It was better than I expected, they forgot to put avocado on it though and
the bread was really really good and for being grilled it wasnt over saturated with grease.
The onion rings could have been crispier but were OK.
Lame waitress today she was new but whatever… she sucked!

Eh
Interesting menu, but I found the food to be rather mediocre
Even compared to the Rock Bottom at Desert Ridge
I do enjoy their happy hour beer though, so 2 stars for a good microbrew!