Brick & Barley

Reviews

• Jan R.

  star star star star star_border 27 May 2026

  I am in Tempe frequently and my daughter and I like to go here for lunch. I believe that in the evening it is more of a bar scene but they serve a nice quiet lunch. The restaurant was featured on Bar Rescue at one time and one of the recommended changes was the chicken wings, or so I am told.  They are really delicious. They are baked,  fried,  then roasted, not necessarily in that order and come out very nicely cooked.  There are several flavors and there is a style where you can mix the flavors together.  Very good.
  We have had burgers there which we enjoyed as well as salads. There is a nice selection of beer on tap. We tried their pretzels filled with artichoke dip and found them to be very heavy and filling for an appetizer.  
  We have always had good service and will be back again.

• John P.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 24 May 2026

  I saw this place on bar rescue and really really wanted to like this place. When you walk in, it doesn't feel like anything except a bar. Nothing memorable or notable in the least. The music was pretty loud for a lunch crowd but I was OK with that. The bartender was super nice I will give her that. That's about where the good comments stop.
  
  I got the jalapeño poppers and some sort of a crispy chicken salad with a sweet hot sauce on it. Technically, I think they called it some type of Thai salad. There were maybe five or six poppers and all tasted like they were straight from the frozen food bag. One of them was cold and the other five were hot as lava. Really no taste to the poppers. It seems like you would find something similar at Taco Bell. There was technically nothing wrong with the Thai chicken salad but again it was nothing to remember. The chicken was overcooked and too crispy but at least the lettuce was fresh.
  
  I tend to judge places based upon my expectations and the cost. In my opinion, the prices were too high for what you get.
  
  Everyone in the bar was a guy and they were all sitting at the bar and they all seemed to know the bartender. I think it's more of a local hang out that's convenient for some people rather than a destination. It's unlikely I'll go back.

• Sandra V.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 21 May 2026

  The food was blah, microwave nachos! Moscow mule was flavorless. The bathrooms are dirty, would not go here again.

• Alicia W.

  star star star star star_border 17 May 2026

  First I would like to say, I have never been INSIDE this restaurant so I cannot comment on service. I have only ordered delivery through the Foodsby app. The only thing I have ordered from here so far is the chicken strips and french fries. They are great, crispy chicken strips, and the fries are delicious. The only thing knocking down a star for me is the price. I paid $10 for 3... yes, 3... chicken strips and a small handful of fries (if you need a visual, think in-between a small and medium fry at McDonald's). And while the chicken strips are tasty, they aren't that big. Normally, I feel like this should be a $6 or so dish at any other bar.

• K T.

  star star star star_border star_border 16 May 2026

  I wanted to like this place more than I did. The service wasn't the best as we waited a long time to be acknowledged and then again after we ordered the obligatory water. However, they were very accommodating when we asked for a specific game on the TV. The food was regular bar food and the beers on tap were what you would expect from a neighborhood bar.