Bj's Brewhouse - Norman

Great food, atmosphere (although a little too dark), and friendly staff. We really enjoyed our meals and the cookies. Awesome! Can't wait to eat there again.

Decent Chain Restaurant. Like what some reviewers have noted, BJ's is just like The Cheesecake Factory. It has a HUGE menu that provides something for everyone. It's also a chain restaurant, but don't let that label fool you. Just like The Cheesecake Factory as well, the food is pretty darn good. Most dishes fall in the average to above average category, but a few that I've tried are rated exceptional by me and my peers.<br/ <br/ For appetizers, Spinach Stuffed Mushrooms and Chicken Pot Stickers are perfect to start the meal with. Mini-Bruschetta is good too, but I prefer the other 2 appetizers mentioned over this. Their flatbreads are pretty good. We've tried the Fresh Basil with Italian Sausage and Grilled Chicken Pesto. Both are very delicious and we tend to order this for as our meal for lunch.<br/ <br/ The crowd favorite is their Cajun Pasta. Delightfully spiced, the flavors in this dish will literally dance in your mouth. We all get the Blackened Chicken with it and it provides the right amount of smokiness to complement this pasta dish. I've tried substituting the chicken with shrimp, but it's just not as good as the chicken. Another dish that was relatively good is the New Orleans Jambalaya. It has all the fixins in it and a dash of Tabasco will spice it up even more. Both their Fresh Atlantic Salmon and Thai Salmon are favorites that one of us tends to go back to from time to time. Their pizzas are done right. We haven't tried one that we didn't like.<br/ <br/ Overall, everyone can pretty much find something they like. We haven't had one bad experience yet with them. Service is pretty fast for the most part and they get really busy during lunch and dinner service hours. We have skipped dessert every single time because our meal is so good that we end up stuffing ourserlves.

Here's the thing with BJs. Its kind of like Cheesecake Factory. Cool room, huge menu, high prices, everything is pretty good and nothing is great. To the good for BJs is the food is better, the prices not quite as unreasonable and instead of cheesecake shipped in from California their specialty is beer shipped in from California. I like cheesecake. I prefer ales. Order what you want it'll be fine. You won't write home about it but you will second guess the price.

Good food. Good server.. Went there for the first time. Everything was a little bit better then expected which is a plus. Had mac and cheese, wings, pot roast sandwich, and there pizza dessert trio. I thought the pot roast sandwich and the dessert were very tasty. Had a really great server.. one of our appetizer plate (the small side plates they bring out) was still very wet and dirty and the waitress noticed almost right away after our reaction and brought us a clean one even though I told her it wasn't necessarily. This was impressive, i think most servers would just ignore it due to A. being lazy or B. Embarrassed, hope we don't notice or say anything. C. Don't care. but she handled it very well. The food is good but I'd have to agree with a review below that the prices don't match. Everything seems a dollar or two higher then I think would be a good balance..but hey I don't pay the bills! Well I guess in a way we all collectively do.

I was the recipient of a very unexpected free meal, but excellent, meal for having been a peacetime draftee veteran. Thanks to Leon, our outstanding waiter, who initiated the action by BJs management that resulted in a free meals.