Jaymes M.
Yelp
We originally planned to dine somewhere in Laguna Beach on a Friday night. Well...actually...we didn't really plan it in advanced, so it didn't work out for us. Everywhere was packed exactly as expected. We ended up at BJ's in Laguna Hills instead. It wasn't my first choice but it was already so late to did a different restaurant.
BJ's was busy but had plenty of seats available at almost 930pm. We were seated quickly tonight. The restaurant was clean, including the restrooms. Our server was nice and attentive. He frequently checked on us and kept our drinks topped off.
What we ordered tonight;
1) deep dish pizza with pepperoni and mushroom - great crunch to the crust tonight with juicy, tangy tomato chunks.
2) kids Alfredo with penne pasta - not pictured. Required a little salt and was much better after that addition.
3) kids Mac n cheese - not pictured. I don't know why my kid orders this cause it's super dry but she ate all of it. The side of fruit she had was fresh and came in a decent size.
4) BJ's Brewhouse bowl with chicken - I really enjoyed this. Came with guacamole, couscous, pickled onions, corn, brown rice, black beans, pico de gallo, Greek yogurt crema, cilantro and more. With chicken this was only 710 calories.
5) clam chowder bowl - not pictured. My kid loved it. The sourdough top was made into a garlic toast, the bowl was toasted in its entirety and had a nice crunch to it. They literally almost ate the entire bread bowl and even took the rest home to eat for later. They loved it that much.
6) avocado egg roll appetizers - not pictured. This was kind of "meh" for me. There's an avocado egg roll that I love at The Cheesecake Factory.
7) kids mini pizookie in chocolate chunk - not pictured. This was yummy but a little too sweet for me, however, it's not as sweet as the other chocolate pizookies.
8) strawberry shortcake pizookie - not pictured. This comes with a sugar cookie, vanilla ice cream and a strawberry drizzle. THIS is THE BEST pizookie flavor in the menu. It sounds crazy sweet but it's not as cavity inducing. It was so good we finished it. We usually can't finish a full size pizookie.
Due to us signing up for rewards, we got $10 off our bill tonight. Don't forget to sign up for the program. Next time we go back, I'll have the same bowl with salmon or order the salmon dish. That was my second choice and the picture of the dish looked pretty good.