The atmosphere is very friendly, energetic bar atmosphere, the menu is about 2" thick offering pretty much any type of food you'd like. You can definitely get the "chain style restaurant vibe" the menu is too large to be all fresh food, I'd imagine a lot of it is frozen. The service was bad, but I won't judge them off that due to the fact they just opened 24 hours ago past my visit. The beer menu is pretty large, offering many local craft beers along with your typical "commodity brands". The beer that BJ's brew is decent, I personally expected mediocre beer from them since they are a chain. The menu also includes healthy variants that can be substituted for regular beef & breads. There's nothing you will get from here that you can't find at any other chain restaurant. BJ's reminds me like Yard House, it's classy higher end than an Applebee's. All in all I'd definitely go back just because it's nice to have a bar that offers more craft beers that is nearby where I live.