BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse — Restaurant in New Braunfels

It has been awhile since I have had BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse for a meal, but I was in the mood for a salad and the dog was hungry too so I decided to order in. For the most part I was satisfied and on one item I was not impressed at all, but we will get to that later.

Alright, so as is my usual tradition I always start with the “As Delivered” photos. All items came in a bag that was quite nice and quite frankly I wish would exist at the grocery store for 2-liter bottles. Just saying Walmart. Each item was clearly labeled which I thought was nice and as a result I didn’t take a photo of the receipt and took a different approach with the lid instead. Right out of the gate we have the total layout, which is then followed by the Enlightened Seared Ahi Tuna Salad, a burger Patty for my dog, and Asparagus. Since I did not focus much on the other items, I will start with those.

The burger patty was pretty good, uncooked to what I requested (Med-Rare), but with a couple slices of bread and processed cheese Patton (Dog) did not complain. I took a bite and felt that it was pretty good. I’m picky about my burgers and maybe a minute more would have made me a bit more confident on where we were at cooking wise. I know where we cook burgers to, so not fussing too much on this one as better to serve it right. It died once already.

The Asparagus: Mom always told me “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” As a result of this Acorn of wisdom that grew into an Oak tree, I shall say nothing.

The Salad was quite the interesting character in the equation but not in a bad way at all. I did find the Wasabi to be a bit of an adventure to integrate, but that is to be expected. Next time I will mix it into the dressing as I should have done in the first place as it really added a nice little bit of heat. Just don’t do it like I did, or you’ll get a pretty good amount of Wasabi and depending on your tongue, it might just ruin the whole bite. I found the Vinaigrette to be pretty good and the amount provided was plenty once I mixed it in a separate bowl. There is more than enough salad here for two so I would say to keep that in mind if you think you are going to mix this on your plate. It might be a good idea to get a separate bowl if on a date. Now to the Ahi Tuna. I’m mixed here as I have no complaint on the way it was cooked. I did find it a bit salty and maybe that is just me, but with the lettuce and the dressing it was salty in taste versus when I had just the greens (Lettuce and dressing). Sadly, I found the salad more enjoyable by ignoring the Ahi Tuna, but there is no point in paying that much for a salad without it.

Final Thoughts:

I think that this location did a nice job, and I was quite happy with the quality of the food that they assembled for delivery. I think it could easily rate an excellent and I loved the labeling that was on each container. Pretty awesome in my book and, aside from my own quirks, I really think this place can prepare some pretty darn good food for delivery. I would however suggest going to the location as my driver got lost for a century and I wondered if their car fell through a portal in the parking lot as I was waiting for my food even though it was ready on time. Restaurant was on time and that I can tell by the ticket. Grub Hub. Find a better driver! Go there and support local folks New Braunfels as...

I want to share our experience with this restaurant in New Braunfels. My husband and I go out to eat on a daily basis. We no longer have small children so we choose to go out. We have been twice to this location in the last 3 weeks and we had the worse service and food. I feel we were singled out the 2nd visit and I am going to call and ask for the general manager today.

Our first visit about 2 1/2 weeks ago we asked for a pizza extra cheese on top and a blackened chicken lemon sauce zucchini noodles. Our meal came out and my chicken zucchini noodles looked like the pic on the menu but my husbands pizza didn’t have the xtra cheese he wanted. We called the bartender that took our order and he asked if more cheese could be added, that’s it. So I didn’t want to eat without him so I covered my plate with my napkin. We waited and waited and waited. It was about another 45 min before we got our medium pizza. My plate had been sitting there and I was no longer hungry. By this time my husband was not happy. We spoke to the manager on duty and he credited our meal.

We went back Thursday night this week. Same bartender same person who took our order last time took our order this time. Again, she got our order wrong. This time it was my dinner. I ordered the same entree and she brought out something else totally different. My husband ordered the Ahi Tuna salad. So it was his turn to wait on me. It came out rather quickly, however, my zucchini noodles w/chicken were drenched and I mean covered with the lemon herb sauce unlike the picture on the menu. I didn’t want to confront them again so I forced myself to eat it. My husband ate his Ahi Tuna salad. That evening my husband got nauseous and started vomiting. Yesterday all day he had diarrhea.

I feel we were targeted due to our first visit and we feel we have been mistreated. We both are Hispanic with rights to complain when due. I hope that my husband gets better because I will sue if something happens to him.

I don’t recommend this restaurant because you’ll be singled out if you complain or at...

We came to BJ’s and sat in a booth by the bar late in the evening. It was me my husband, my sister and her boyfriend. My husband ordered an alcoholic drink (we are both 21) and I ordered what was supposed to be a “non-alcoholic” mocktail. The waitress checked my husband’s ID and went to start the drinks. However the night manager came over to the table and said she needs to see IDs from everyone at the table. Me and my husband kindly obliged but we were met with judge-mental looks. My ID was asked for due to the drink being “alcohol removed” with a small amount of alcohol. Which I understand what I did not understand was the way she was looking at my husband’s ID (who happens to be Hispanic) she spent almost five minutes looking at him from all different angles and then looking at the ID over and over. This was already feeling uncomfortable until she took it a step further and looked into my husband’s wallet and saw his old ID from when he was under 21 not even valid. She proceeds to ask him for his old ID and stares at both of the IDs for about 2 minutes looking at him and then the ID. When she finally finished looking, the IDs were handed back and she told my husband “I’m not a cop but I’m pretty sure that it’s illegal to have your old ID” making us very uncomfortable. Ruined our whole experience the rest of the time we were extremely uncomfortable and actually ended up asking for our food to go. Our server was great, but due to the management, we will not be coming back. We will be telling everyone to avoid coming here unless they want their dining experience, uncomfortable, and ruined. I’ve seen other reviews here about possible racism towards Hispanics who come into this restaurant. I hope this problem can be solved So customers can have an...