Brickhouse Tavern — Restaurant in Springfield

Nobody knows about this hole in the wall restaurant and writing this review actually hurts me a little, because it might mean I have to wait a few minutes longer for a table but I guess that's OKAY.

Brickhouse is an awesome little spot. The atmosphere is small, cozy and personable and the waitresses are attentive and charming. (They have personalities yanno?) I've never waited very long for anything here and the place is small enough that it's kind of self-limiting in a way that prevents too much work for the staff or too long of a wait for the patron. I swear they engineered this to work to their advantage or something.

As for the food, I've had ONE entree that I didn't care for (Portabella mushroom burger? Yeah I'll pass next time). The burgers are exceptional, the tater-tots are unbelievable and their wings are better than anywhere else. Seriously, the garlic parm and sweet chile are some seriously dank selections on the menu, better than Wings Over or Buffalo Wild without question. The cape cod rueben is another great choice if you're looking for something a little different, and the taco salad and.. well you get it. Small menu, awesome quality of food. You get exactly what you order for a reasonable price.

And last but not least, their drink selection is solid. The beer list hasn't changed in a while and there are a couple local beers for the hop-heads at reasonable prices ($6 a beer, ish?). Never had anything skunked or gross, never haven't been able to find something I didn't like.

Overall, awesome spot for a beer and burger, or the freaking wings dude. Tell your friends, or don't, and you'll have this hidden gem...

This was my first time eating here and our first waitress was great then her shift ended and we got a new waitress and she was great too. The food was good and then we hung around and had a drink before leaving and I ordered a DownEast Cider in a can with a cold glass on the side. After almost drinking the whole glass I noticed dark stuff at the bottom of my cup. I immediately stopped drinking it. Poured what was left in the can on a napkin and more stuff came out on the napkin. I read the “best if used by date” and it said 10-18-23.the date we went was 11-05-23. I informed our waitress and her eyes grew so big! She ran in the back with the can and had a woman named Kim come over and her response was “you should have shook the can” while laughing at me. I told her I didn’t know I had to do that and she also kept arguing with me that the drink wasn’t expired. No apology was given the two times she came back over. All she did was make me feel like I was wrong for saying something. Our original waitress was so embarrassed with how she handled the situation and she gave us the drink my friend and I ordered for free. We still left money because we knew it wasn’t her fault and I wasn’t looking for anything free. I was just very concerned they were serving expired drinks. As far as Kim she made my experience very unpleasant. Our waitress was the only one apologizing and want her to know she is appreciated. It’s unfortunate that this was my first visit here. I was also very sick this morning...

Got take-out lunch for some co-workers. First their website menu is $2-3 cheaper on every item. Dirty tactic to mislead the customer. I understand prices go up and all that but try to keep it current. I ordered 3 items, and each of them was disappointing. Full caesar salad, full caesar salad, and grilled bbq chix wrap. the pictures show a “full caesar salad” and for $12 with chicken, that didn’t feel like a full salad at all. It was a paper thin layer of salad that didn’t even cover the full square of the takeout container. The crispy chicken had a good portion of chicken, but the grilled chicken had maybe half a breast, not substantial for “full size”. overall nobody was impressed or full after their salads.

my grilled chx wrap was very wet and soggy, and literally falling apart as i ate it. I tried to call and give feedback but they have no manager on sunday, I ask “is there anyone in charge i can give feedback to” and was given the runaround. It’s not difficult to throw the wrap on a flat top grill or sauté pan for two minutes to seal the flaps with that crispy brown crunch so it doesn’t fall apart or get soggy. I read the other reviews and maybe I would try wings there with a beer for dine-in. but never takeout again. Oh and they didn’t give us takeout silverware so i had to leave work, make an extra trip to a gas station, and ask the subway staff if I could get a few forks. Very disappointed overall and very likely will...