Brew Bacher’s Grill VI

The food was delicious as usual. The blue cheese dressing was so chunky, I had to get another. The first just had 2 chunks of cheese in it. We both had the same thing. Cajun catfish covered with crawfish étouffée., served with a stuffed baked potato. This is not your run of the mill potato. Actually, very little potato. More cheese, bacon, seafood and other things are packed into this thing. Absolutely delicious! Do yourself a favor and make the trip! You’ll love it!

Overall, the place is average. The dining area is quite dark even in the middle of a sunny day. The servers are nice enough. They are harried, so any special requests are likely to take a very long time.
Rather than keep the silverware in the dining area like they’ve done in the past, it’s wrapped in napkins by where you pick up the food.
The food is good. Nothing special, but it’s pretty consistent.

Had lunch today with my daughter and son in law. Even in the pouring rain it was a good lunch crowd and great selection on the Friday Special. I chose the seafood lasagna searched with two pieces of buttered bread and a basic house salad. The lasagne was a very generous portion and it was really really good! I certainly took that leftover home! Salad was nondescript (iceberg lettuce dumped from bag to plate) but the lasagne was so good it didn’t matter. Could not find any cups to take my drink home, plenty of styrofoam boxes available though.

Although I love the food and the variety that this place offers, this location is SLOW. Every time I’ve come to eat here I’ve waited longer than necessary for my food. Today we tried to be proactive and ordered ahead of time as a to-​go order and still had to wait longer than necessary. But the food is usually delicious and they offer such a variety it’s a great place to being the whole family. This restaurant is large with plenty of seating.

I’m rating this place a 4 star which is «good» in my book.
Pros: Super good fried mushrooms!!! They were small and held a good flavor. Good shroom –to– batter ratio. Delicious! Some of the best I’ve ever had! The thin cut onion rings were great as well. Light and crispy. Yummy!
Mediocre: The burger. It was very fresh and juicy. Cooked well. But lacked in flavor. We added salt and pepper to it. It’s better than average but all in all just ok.
Cons: The place could have been cleaner. There was a lot of small trash on the floors (napkins, straws etc.) and it was a bit dark in there. The burgers are a tad pricey for counter service AND to not come with fries or anything.
This place would be GREAT with a fresh coat of paint, a little clean up and some wait staff or a small cut to the prices.
I would def go back if not for anything but the mushrooms!!!

I have been to this place many times over the years. This post will reflect last nights experience only.
I went with my husband and mother. I ordered a hamburger with fries. It was huge! And delicious! I would totally order that burger again.
Husband got fish and shrimp. He said it was excellent.
Lack of stars was due to poor parking and a rowdy group playing pool. Only 1 table– would have loved to play a round.

Nothing special. Very large menu with lots of choices. However the restaurant isn’t clean and the food left me disappointed. Had a shrimp wrap, that tasted like it had a sauce that was not completely mixed. Sweet potato fries were good. Overall don’t see myself going back

I love this place the food is awesome, but never go during lunch time or during dinner time because the place is packed. To me though it’s worth the wait.

They must be having a bad day. 5 people behind counter talking and only one working register. 10 minutes to order with only one person ahead of us.
Order was almost correct (hence the 2 stars), but had no tartar sauce for fish and forgot jalapeños on fries.
Food is okay, but service leaves much to be desired. Behind the counter looks more like a summer teen hang out than service oriented business.
I don’t plan on returning unless I have to.

I have officially had enough. I called in an order on my way home to pick up. I used very specific words to ensure the presumably moronic person answering the phone could understand. Very VERY seldom to they get take out orders correct. I ordered 2 fried chicken clubs, on wheat buns, one dressed, one no tomato and both with sweet potato fries. When I got home I had 2 fried pieces of chicken on plain wheat TOAST. No bacon, no cheese, no mayo… nothing. Fried freakin chicken on wheat toast. I almost always check the order before I leave but I didn’t have time this trip. I will be swinging by to get a refund tomorrow… and I will never, ever be back. I will make sure to post this review everywhere I can find.

This is great place to eat for a quick lunch or dinner. The food is excellent and customer service is good. The restaurant interior does need some updating especially the bar. Overall this is a good place to grab a bite!

Ok for a quick meal. Great for kids or groups. Lots of variety on the menu. Lunch specials are good. Doesn’t feel like the place is very clean.

Food is great but the restaurant itself is disgusting. Only one stall in women’s bathroom bc the other one is missing a door. Paint missing everywhere. Tables are dirty. Walls are dirty. Not sure how they ever pass health inspection

I was driving around searching on GPS for a good seafood place to eat for lunch on a Sunday. I kept missing the ones that showed up but saw this place with a full parking lot before church was out. That’s a good sign. I got Cajun Catfish with a cup of seafood gumbo. Everything was excellent. The seafood gumbo had fresh shrimp, crab and oyster pieces in the cup serving. Very tasty. The Cajun Catfish was topped with an original etoufee (home cooked) sauce. They have everything on the menu including great looking burgers, home cooked pizza, salads. Plenty of room, full bar. Don’t miss it.

The grilled shrimp salad was drowned in dressing. The corn and crab soup has a red sauce?

Food was ok, great for Gonzales standards. Décor needs serious updating, feels like a little league team eats here.
Love the menu on the wall and the microphone to call you up. Has that old school charm.
Ordered the Cajun Catfish, fried catfish with étouffée. The catfish could have been seasoned better however the étouffée was great. Feel in love with the cheese fries, maybe the best I’ve had.

Very casual dining with large bar, TV screens throughout and a billiards room. Great for families and is a popular spot after local sporting events. This is one of our regular restaurants we visit and the food has always been good and consistent. The extensive menu and daily specials sometimes make for a tough decision.
The ribeye club has been a long time favorite and the poboys are really good as well as the chicken salad sandwich and salads. The portions are generous and I’ve never left hungry. The staff has always been courteous and friendly.
No waiter service: Walk up to order then seat yourself.

Oh BrewBacher’s what have you done?!? Let me start by saying I’ve loved BrewBacher’s ever since attending LSU in the 90’s. Their po-​boys have been the best around the Baton Rouge area!!!
I’ve been several times to the Gonzales location and the food has been good each time… not excellent, but good. Well not sure if it is new employees, old employees being lazy, or a new supplier of food or lapse in food preparation and storage but something isn’t right at BrewBacher’s at all.
It had been several months since visiting, so I ordered a roast beef po-boy…my favorite menu item. My wife ordered a hamburger and we shared a small order of cheese fries. There was nothing really edible that we ordered but we were hungry so ate it anyway… and besides, we paid for dinner and wasn’t going to let it go to waste and spend money elsewhere.
The roast beef po-​boy was extremely overdressed with mayo and the roast beef was a weird greyish color almost like boiled meat gets. It was also extremely chewy and tasted like it was old… had been sitting and was reheated. There was nothing appetizing about my favorite menu item!
The burger was decent… it was a burger. My wife was pleased that she could not taste the awful italian seasoning it usually was coated with in the past but there was no flavor to speak of at all really and the bun was slightly stale as it had begun to harden.
The cheese fries… how can one mess up BrewBacher’s cheese fries??? The potatoes were old and cold… greasy…had that old potato «green» taste to them and the cheese was over coagulated so much that you could not pull the cheese apart, you almost had to wiggle it back and forth and break it off and was a rubbery consistency.
And we won’t even go into the staff answering the phone and their lack of knowledge about the menu items and how they are prepared… overheard a conversation with a customer on the phone as I was ordering and the staff was trying to figure out the different temperatures of tuna… rare, med. rare, etc. and thought tuna only came one way there… cooked.
Please improve your food and service… hopefully it is a location issue and not a larger issue of the company as I truly love BrewBacher’s and their food which is typically great!

I’ve eaten at this Brew Bachers several times over the last few years. Each time I go there, I think, «Brew Bachers sounds like a great idea. It should be relatively quick, unpretentious, and reasonably priced. They have a big menu and their specialty is burgers, which sounds great.» Is that what you think, too, before you head to Brew Bachers? Well then, like me, you’ll probably leave disappointed.
I’ve been to other Brew Bachers locations, and they get it mostly right. But this one consistently disappoints. First off, to call this place unpretentious is about the best thing you could say about the atmosphere. It’s sort of spread out and spacious, and yet it always feels like a lousy place to spend time. It always feels vaguely dirty to me — maybe because the tables seem to be bussed infrequently.
You’re typically greeted at the counter by a dead-​eyed teenage girl who you’re clearly putting out by having the nerve to want to order. On my last visit, not a single nicety — no smile, no pleases or thank yous. The food is also not much of a value — burgers run in the $ 7 – 10 range, before any sides or drinks. Not unreasonable itself, but it’s just not much value compared to other options that don’t make you order at a counter or gather your own utensils and napkins… or have staff that feel at all welcoming.
And here’s the real problem. The burgers just aren’t that great. They are undoubtedly better at the other locations. But at this one, they are consistently overcooked and dry, served with low-​quality condiments like small tomato slices and weak shredded lettuce. There are literally a dozen or more places in Baton Rouge where you can find a vastly superior burger — from nicer restaurants to food trucks. On my last visit, I went in absolutely starving. And yet I barely made it into the second half of my burger. Not because it was so big, but because the overwhelming mediocrity of the food had literally sapped my desire to eat. Friends, that is saying something.
And so I guess I wonder what Brew Bachers is hanging its hat on. The only thing I can figure is that Airline Highway through Gonzales is pretty much devoid of restaurants, unless you want fast food or Mexican. So maybe this place doesn’t feel like it has to try too hard. It certainly shows.

Eaten here a couple of times before I ever got on Unilocal.This was first time back in a number of years to this location or any location. They appear to be a successful local (Baton Rouge) franchise, after all this one is designated #6.
Was planning to go somewhere else with my sister and niece on the recent Sunday but our first choice was closed. I feel Jason L.‘s pain on trying to find a local establishment open on a Sunday!!! And Jason L. wrote his review back in 2009 so obviously things haven’t changed much.
To the restaurant, it’s a no frills functional place to eat. Tables are roomy and the seatign is comfortable. They have a number of TVs scattered around and I LIKE the atmosphere. As to the menu it’s HUGE!!! Covers everything from Pizza to Pasta to Salads to Sandwiches and Burgers.
I went with the Roast Beef Poboy and the sister and niece went with salads. I think one was a Shrimp Salad and one was a Grilled Chicken Caesar.
The Poboy I ordered was BIG and tasty and less than $ 8…I was happy with the sandwich and the price and what I got for the price (See review of D’Angelos for my thoughts on high priced sandwich that’s lean on meat).
We also ordered up some Fried Mushrooms which were GREAT!!! Crispy on the outside, moist on the inside. Delicious, coulda made a meal out of just those. Also ordered a side of Cheese and Jalapeño fries for the table and it wasn’t a side but a platter!!!
Beer selection seems a little thin but that’s a Review Update for another day as I wasn’t in a beer mood the day I was in.
I’ll be back and branch out on the menu and don’t think I am going to be disappointed. It’s definitely worth a stop in.