BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse - Millenia Mall

 

 

 

 

don't need to justify my rating

Started off rough. Did a call ahead and arrived 10 min before the time they said to. The hostess (the one I talked to on the phone) said I never called. I politely showed her the call log and then the manager stepped in and said he would get us in as a priority. It got better from there. Beer was good, not the wow factor I hoped for. The session IPA was okay, but I would recommend their standard IPA. Their guest tap is good. Wife is gluten free and there were plenty of options for her. Overall, good, but not amazing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BJ's seem to be popping up everywhere right now its kind of amazing. This place feels like a big open sports bar / American middle class feedbag of a microbrewery. Kind of disgusting, you can smell the leased vehicles in the parking lot. Keeping up with the Jones much?

Its a huge open floor plan restaurant with a big ass bar up to the left of the entrance and seating for probably several hundred at individual tables throughout the restaurant. Big (giant) TV bath people in entertainment as they eat their 15$ hamburgers.

This particular bar made about 7 beers. They were all just OK. Nothing special about them, mediocre at best and at worst, terrible.

The food was overpriced and overdone. There wasn't a single thing on the menu that had less than 2500 calories. Most things were like triple burgers or truffle oil macaroni and cheese with 5000 calories per serving. It is a tribute to over spending, over eating, under appreciating middle American affluence. This place is gross.

Let me say, this a welcome spot for Orlando. Orlando is a big, spread out city and this specific area is in need of more good bars. My parents live a few minutes away, making this a must go whenever I visit. It has a big city, chain restaurant feel to it. Lots of tvs (which my Dad loved). Clean. The menu has pairings with each beer. A good selection of beer, with a general medium to high quality. Not that inspired, but fairly solid. The pale ale, porter, and stout are good choices. The food is decent as well. I had a very tasty burger one time and various appetizers. The service at this BJs location has always been excellent (unlike the Austin location). The prices are reasonable, for the area certainly (Mall at Millenia {fancy mall} is across the street). Overall a good place, especially when you are wanting to kill sometime why yr other half is shopping across the street.

Not a bad brewpub. From what the server told me, they do not currently brew on the premises but they are looking to do so eventually. The atmosphere is pretty family oriented with a lot of big screen televisions. I have never had an issue with service either, it has always been fast and the servers are polite. However, some of the servers did not know much about beer. The food is actually pretty good from what I have had. The deep dish pizzas are wonderful. The beer selection is pretty decent with a wide range of styles from a blonde ale to an imperial stout. They do have a beer sampler which allows you to sample the different beer styles. BJs also has a few other beers on-tap as well that are not too bad. Overall, it is a good place to go to get a bite of eat and enjoy a decent beer.

My sixth beer-related stop and the only beer bar i visited in my trip to Florida.

After a day of shopping for me and the family, we were hungry. In the area of the mall, this was the only brewpub close by so i convinced everybody to go here and boy did we not regret it!

The restaurant is fairly wide open with high ceilings and an eccentric decor. Couple of big screen TV's at the bar and smaller TV's dispersed around the store.

Service was fast & friendly, always willing to help.

I was hoping to try some Saint-Arnold i had seen on their taps but, alas, they had none left. I had their Oktoberfest which was quite tasty and for supper i had the lasagna which was really good. Food was reasonably priced as was the beer.

Quality of the beer and food was really up there and impressed all of us.

Overall, a very pleasant experience with a wide variety of beers. Was my first time at a BJ's but it won't be my last.