Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery

closed

THIS LOCATION IS CLOSED. Desert Ridge and Arrowhead are still open, per Rock Bottom’s website!

At Rock Bottom with a mug full of beer! So fun. This is a good location too. Make sure you join the mug club. It’s free to join and you get free stuff like t shirts, glasses, etc. AND your beer comes in a mug. Much better. Food here kics a** espeically the mac and chicken.

They have CLOSED!!!

Unfortunately this location has closed. The next closest location is at Desert Ridge 21 001 N. Tatum Blvd. (Tatum just north of the 101)

I love the Rock Bottom Restaurant but I am not too crazy about the Rock Bottom Brewery. The reason this place doesn’t get 5 stars is because the beer is not the greatest in my opinion.
The burgers are good but my favorite is the Sonoma Chicken Wrap. Which is a wrap cut in two with Chicken, bacon, gucamole and spinach as the main ingredients. This wrap hits the spot, I think the Guac really makes this dish.
The Rock has $ 5 happy hour specials on the appetizers. The nachos are good but would be excellent if Guac was served with them instead of paying extra for 2 small dollups of Guac. The firecracker shrimp is excellent as well. But the most amazing app is the Titan Toothpick which is like 4 footlong very skinny chicken burritos serve with Guac. This one app alone can fill up most anyone.
And of course, I love their patio. Which is big and compy with plenty of misters for the warmer part of the year.

Stopped off for a late dinner. Not very many patrons eating dinner, but more folks at the bar watching the football playoffs.
I ordered lemonade and my wife had the Dream Catcher light lager whcih she thought was heavy on the ‘hops’. For dinner she ordered the Laredo and I had the 12 oz New York Strip.
Our server was knowledgeable and attentive. Our food came in a timely manner and was very good. I, especially, enjoyed my steak which was cooked medium rare, perfect. The vegetables sliced and cooked just right and the white cheddar mash potatoes was great. My wife’s meal was also tasty.
All in all, it was a very satisfying meal. We’ll be back.

waitress wasn’t good with service.
mongolian beef dish sucks.
fish is just ok.
rock bottom is usually pretty good, but this one in scottsdale is not that great.

Service was marginal and food was not very good. I remember this place being better, but I guess they changed their menu around a bit ago. Let’s just say I like the old one better. I will pass on this place moving forward.

I come here once a week to play poker with the Dream Dealers. First of all the weekly poker tournament is the best in the Valley. Having played at a few on the West Side now the setup at Rock Bottom is the tops.
They have a special menu for us and anything on there has been great. I usually get the Chicken Cesar or the Burger. Never been disappointed yet. Also the crowd favorite, especially by the dealer is the Macaroni and Cheese. All very tasty and something I look forward to every Monday night.

I guess you could say I’m biased. After frequenting Rock Bottom for the past several years, it’s clear I enjoy their $ 3 wine at happy hour, ahi tuna and generously-​topped nachos spread evenly over a massive plate (more cheese coverage that way).
Their beer is decent (I prefer Four Peaks), and appetizers are munchable. Currently they’re running a $ 5 special on hors d’oeuvres.
I would personally steer away from the hummus, which came with a heaping platter of fried bread, sweet peas and another veggie that currently slipped my mind (carrots, maybe?) The dippers were just fine but the hummus lacked flavor.
Great patio, cozy hangout and little to no pretension. Overall, an enjoyable experience every time :-) If only it wasn’t a chain…

Decent.
Several in our group ordered the Mac and Chicken, and all of us agreed with was more a casserole than a mac n’ cheese dish. As for the burgers and sandwiches, they were solid. Beers were pretty generic but again, nothing to complain about. Service was great and prices reasonable.
Rock Bottom exists in Seattle and it’s seen as pretty lame, since you can get better food and a wider selection of beers at several other places. Here, It’s probably does a bit better.

Beer good and cheap happy food portions have been downsized and quality not as good as it use to be.

Anything with «Brewery» in the name always attracts my attention, so I had to visit. Especially when it is convenient to where I live. So I have stopped there on several occasions, and tried a number of different things from their menu.
Did I mention it was convenient? That seems to be the operative word, because I am not particularly enthralled with their food. I have tried appetizers, sandwiches, and entrees, and although it is good food, it is not memorable.
Their beer is great, though. I have tried all of their dark beer — Raptor Red, Roadrunner Brown, and Saguaro Stout. Love them all.
So this has become the kind of place that I go when I have friends in town that do not like to experiment — that are happy with any kind of food — and just want something edible and filling.

Rock Bottom… Well, that pretty much sums it up:)
Thanks!
You’ve been a great audience!
Don’t forget to tip your wait staff (the only part of Rock Bottom worth a little applause:)
I’m not much of a beer drinker, so that part of this chains «allure» is really lost on me.
I said in an earlier review that some chains are better than others (or something to that effect:)
This is one of the chains that they are better than:)
The food here could sure be better… really:)
I had lunch meeting at RBB today (nope, I didn’t get to pick, but that may change in the future based on this swing and a miss:)
I had their lunch special sliders… as dry and lifeless a rack of mini-​burgers as I have seen lately (and that includes the mini-«sirloins» available at your local Jack in the Hat:(
The lunch included a stack of overly greasy fries… just not much worth trying to eat in this «special»…but what can I expect for $ 6.95?
My lunch companion had something that was supposed to be the shrimp enchilada lunch special… also $ 6.95…I would have to say that based on her reaction, the execution of said «enchilada» dish was somewhere short of «successful»:(
Isn’t there supposed to be «shrimp» in «shrimp enchilada»? No?
Maybe we shouldn’t expect more for this kind of price point, but damn it… I do!
Were they having an off day?
I don’t know, but it was a poor effort on the part of the kitchen (I can’t speak to the brewery part… they may have been crushing it today:)
You know, we could have gone across the freeway to Vermont Sandwich or Andreoli and had a much better meal for roughly the same price!
Maybe if they changed the restaurant format to «Rock Bottom Scotch Distillery» it could bring me back.
Oh, and if the food was better:)

My order: shrimp & chicken, extra spicy. I didn’t, no, couldn’t eat any of it. Way too spicy. Oh well, I was full from the sampler anyway.
His order: fire steak. Tasted great, but no ‘fire’ — mashed potatoes were awesome too.
Appetizer: sampler. $ 17 but well worth it — you probably can share an entrée if you get this appetizer. It’s delicious! The pretzel combo was so unique!
I don’t know if we’d go back here (if we lived in AZ, or even try visiting the one in LB, CA), but glad we tried it out. Wish we could’ve tried the brew. Service was alright, but could definitely have been better.

There’s nothing wrong with this place, but there’s nothing exceptional either. The patio is a nice place to hang out and the beer is good, not phenomenal, but good.

Paying 10 dollars for a burger was a bit steep, but it was tasty enough that combined with the company I wasn’t too disappointed.
So far after two trips there I would say it’s an average place to get something predictably good and a beer to go with it.
I don’t really have anything negative to say about this place, but nothing superlative either, it seems like it’s a good place for the nights you want something you don’t have to think too hard about. We will definitely return.

It’s good. A better option than the nearby Chili’s for sure. 3 and a half stars:)
I enjoy their happy hour. $ 3 pints is a smashing deal and their beer is always great. 4 stars for their Roadrunner Brown and 5 stars for their Dream Catcher Light.
Don’t try their Rocktinis — I’m pretty sure I had 3 ounces of watered down blue punch!
They also have a pretty solid happy hour food menu. Love the ball park pretzel, love the boneless wings, love the chicken sliders. I haven’t eaten in the actual restaurant in years so I can’t comment on it.
Happy Hour Mon-​Friday til 7pm. I think they have a reverse happy hour as well.
It’s a good comparison to BJs Brewery — but I like the beer at Rock Bottom Better. I wish they would open one in LA, but I think the market is pretty saturated out there with this type of establishment.
Parking is ample — never had a wait. Yay for XMAS fun with the family back in good ol’ Scottsdale, AZ

Went here once. It was a Sunday night. The place was like a morgue.
Tried the Brown Ale. It hit the spot.
Then tried the Amber. It was okay.
Not sure how this place is on the weekdays or weekends, but the beer is decent and strong. So that’s something.

Even though I don’t drink beer, I’ve been going to Rock Bottom since I lived in San Diego. And have always had a decent experience.
I stopped in for lunch. I got the Mac and cheese with NO chicken, it comes with a salad.
Huge portions, Cold plate and chilled fork for the salad was a nice touch. The Mac and cheese was piping hot and really good. (see pics)
Two people could have shared the mac and cheese, I couldn’t finish it, even though I wanted to.
Friendly waitress, refilled my drink and brought my check in a timely manner.