The menu looks great, but the food is sometimes bland or unappetizing. We've even had desserts that taste like freezer burn. The staff is generally friendly, but sometimes you'll run across someone who acts like they would rather be anywhere else The restaurant definitely needs a good cleaning floors and tables are usually sticky. We used to eat here often. I ordered food to go the last two times I was there, one night and the sign said they had a burger special, but I was told they were sold out of the burger special but I could buy a burger at regular price off the menu... I thought that was strange. The next time I checked the website and noticed they had wings on special that day. I ordered in person, but, I was told the wings were only available at that price during happy hour. The sign they had posted showed that it was all day. She then said the special was only available for dine in. Needless to say, we haven't been back for a couple months. read more

Brickworks has a little more particular of a menu! I love their chicken sandwich and their mixed macaroni dishes. The macaroni dishes could definitely use more cheese, but still Delish! It's definitely a louder establishment so not so good for a productive dinner. Service can be slow at times, but not always. It could definitely use some sort of sound buffers on the bar side but their daily specials make up for that! read more

Great food at great prices . Service is excellent and friendly. Go and relax for a while.

Very disappointed in the food. Nothing has seasoning, not even salt. Ordered the Strawberry chiptole ribs and mac n cheese. read more

Stopped here for early happy hour 2-5:30pm. The Happy Nachos are amazing and I enjoyed my first fried pickle experience. Friendly atmosphere and great happy hour prices - enjoyed a flight of beers. read more

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Nice atmosphere. Robin, our server, was outstanding - truly an ambassador of goodwill for the restaurant. The food was very good. They also had a good selection of craft beers. Some of the menu entrees had a Cajun/Creole influence, all of which were excellent. read more

It was subpar and pricey. Menu selection was okay. We have never gone back. Try something else.

Got the chance to grab a quick lunch on a Saturday, and enjoyed our time quite a bit. The beers were solid, and there was a nice selection. Went with the black-n-bleu burger as a recommendation from our excellent server, and it was excellent. Fries weren't that hot, but otherwise all was great. Menu looked like it had lots of other good choices - will absolutely be back and enjoy again. Thanks! read more

Brick Works is hands down our favorite family-friendly spot in Smyrna. The food is always on point! Everything we've ever ordered has been fresh, flavorful, and cooked perfectly. You can tell they care about their ingredients and it shows in every bite. Their happy hour is one of the best around. The apps are next level (highly recommend the pretzels and nachos), and the drink specials are solid. It's the kind of place that works for a chill date night or wrangling the kids after a long day.. either way, you'll get great food and awesome service. The staff is super friendly and on it every time. And the greenhouse seating? Obsessed. It's cozy, bright, and just makes the whole meal feel like a vibe. Can't recommend this place enough.. it's our go-to for a reason. read more

More of a restaurant look and feel than a brewery, and the place was split up with multiple rooms. The outdoor patio was a cute little area with comfy chairs and nice string lights. Jess K was our server. She was nice, but not super attentive, she really only came over to take our order, bring our food, and bring our check. The food was just ok, drink reviews are on Untappd. We came on Taco Tuesday! Pickled cabbage, pico, queso fresco, chipotle aioli on all the tacos. The prices of each are: $3 chicken. Beef. Portabella. $4 brisket. Pork. Fried avocado. $5 shrimp. Steak. Cod. I do not like the pickled cabbage flavor at all on any of the tacos. It's kinda a weird flavor, I picked the bigger chunks off. It would be better if they replaced it with a slaw. I tried the chicken, brisket, fried avocado, and cod. Chicken 7/10 Fourth favorite. Little dry. Wish it was shredded and not in a large strip. The end of her chicken was so crispy, it had a crunch to it. Brisket 7/10 Third favorite. Good flavor on the brisket but a little dry. Fried Avocado 8/10 Great avocado flavor. Really good. Maybe my favorite one. Fish Tacos 8/10 Second favorite. Was battered and fried. Juicy cook on the Cod. Idk why this was much spicier than the rest of them, but it was so good. Pork belly Cuban 7/10 Dry sandwich. The bread is poking my gums, little hard and crunchy.. the flavor was basically just meat and roll. There is pulled pork and pork belly, which I wasn't expecting. You can taste the pork belly well. The cheese is basically melted to a crisp, so you couldn't taste it at all, it blended in with the crunchy roll. Basically needs some more of everything though... ham, cheese, pickle and definitely more mustard. Jalapeño apple slaw 8/10 Vinagery. Little sweet from the apple. Not too spicy. Not a bad slaw. Smoked Gouda griller Had a pretty long strand of hair in it. We all watched him pull it out of his sandwich, it was pretty disgusting. He didn't want to be rude so he just picked it out and kept eating it instead of sending it back. read more

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I went the day before christmas eve and this was my first time there so I'm not sure if this restaurant is always like this or if the holiday affected it. The service was so slow and the restaurant wasn't even very busy. It seemed like there was only one server working on the side of the restaurant that we were sitting on. It took over 30 minutes to place our order and then another 20 minutes for the food to arrive. The server was very nice though she just seemed like she needed one other person to help her handle the restaurant. The food was okay. My friend and I both got burgers, the crabby burger and the smokehouse burger. The fries were not good. They were undercooked and soggy. It was nice they had it decorated for christmas with lights and things. I might be willing to give this restaurant one more try. read more

Attempted this place again today. Was hoping to get a burger or shrimp and grits. Waited 23 minutes, no one came over to us, no one acknowledged us, even after the host attempted to alert management and the bar tender. Seems like customers are not priorty. read more

Love going to Brickworks, and now is a great time to visit them! It's the start of fall and they always put on terrific specials celebrating Oktoberfest. Service is always good and friendly servers. We had a humongous pretzel served fresh and hot served with a nice ground mustard, beer cheese, and cinnamon butter. Delicious! I ordered the schnitzel special and it was excellent. The pork was thin and tender and not overly breaded. Excellent red cabbage and tender spaetzle. A nice drizzle on top of the schnitzel rounded out the entree. Of course they have not only their own brewed beers but guest beer from other local breweries. Accommodations are nice with seating inside, in the bar area, or outside in a nice patio area. Perfect for enjoying the beautiful fall weather. Try Brickworks if you're in the area. Ih, and they have a loyalty program you can save a little if you come back! read more

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I wasn't impressed. And this is my 2nd time back in like 2 yrs. Why? Waitress: she wasn't fully attentive. Never cleared our appetizer plates from our table. Took forever to get my sister's beer. She had to get another las to get her attention. The place was hardly busy. My food: the wings were overcooked. The street corn was a lil much...too much sauce on it. And my burger was meh. I just picked it apart an ate at the tasteless meat. The beer: out of the flight that my sister n I split...I didn't really like any of them. I got the "summer Shandy" like beer instead. read more

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Food is awful. Crab cake is flat, tasteless with to much fillet. Fries are greasy like they were stored in oil even after they brought a fresh order. read more

For a small state, Delaware sure has numerous micro-brew to try out. This one being located in Smyrna, a bit further down south than the hustle and bustle of Wilmington. Their menu is pretty diverse as it offers typical pub food, as well as a bit more refined comfort food. Beer flights are available if you can't decide which brew to try out. Good atmosphere to spend with family or friends. Staff are friendly, and efficient in their service. Entrees taste great, and the portions were large. We will definitely be back to try other entrees that we didn't order. For some reason, our to-go dessert took a long time to come out. Perhaps some communication error in the kitchen and the wait staff. Overall, a good experience to dine and relax. read more

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The fact they owned up to their mistake and got me to go back is worthy of updating review. We all make mistakes. We all have bad days. Which is good for me because I love good beer and good food and they have both. Had 2 different beers and enjoyed both. I got seafood gumbo appetizer. Very good and hearty but you better like it spicy as I do to enjoy. Got crab cake which was awesome. Girlfriend got Ruben on Sourdough which was truly excellent. Fries are just how I like too. Good service, good beer and good food. I will be back. read more

The food had always been nice, great atmosphere & wonderful staff. 8/10 would definitely go again.

We ordered the Slow Cooked Brisket Sandwich and The Bandit. The brisket was a bit fatty and the bandit could've used more sauce but they were both solid. The fries and pasta salad were both very good sides. Loved the trivia playing consistently on the TV's and the service was very good! read more

Stopped for lunch during a road trip. It was the first time I was here. Great little spot with a cool menu. We ordered a beer flight with some fun y beers, the brisket and blue cheese spring rolls, a black bean burger, and chocolate pecan pie for dessert. The beers were OK but seemed a little watered down. I loved the spring rolls the black bean burger was good but it fell apart so it was more like a sloppy Joe. The pecan pie was good but mine is better. The service was fantastic and it was an overall good experience. read more

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The warm scallop salad is on the menu for me. Scallops and Brussels sprouts are my favourites. I have not seen this combo anywhere. I came on a Thursday night during happy hour. The bar is busy but not packed. Bartender was very nice. I stopped by earlier during the month with my puppy since the place is dog friendly. Unfortunately the patio is closed in winter so we had to turn around. Just be aware dog parents... read more

Stopped in about 7:30 on a monday evening on our way back from Philly. Asked if there coffee was fresh. Was told it wasn't', was "old and probably bitter". OK don't want to make a fresh pot?? Ordered the brisket spring rolls. Thought they were excellent. 2 of us ordered the Cuban one burger and I got fish and chips. I wish I had taken a photo. But for $23 to get 2 very small (one the size of a fishstick) pieces of fish was ridiculous. Cover it in fries and give you 2oz of slaw. Sorry this meal wasn't worth half that. Server came over started taking plates. With the 2 oz plastic cup of slaw in one hand and a fork with slaw I get "are you done sir" "No i'm still eating." Stood there until I took my bite. Gave up finishing it and let him take the plate. So 3 sandwiches, I overpriced meal, an app, 2 beers and 2 iced teas $100 on the dot. I tried this place a few years back. Hasn't gotten any better. Think I'm done. read more

The Brussel sprouts are fire! Yum! Had a great lunch on my visit. Staff was kind and attentive. I also ordered the chicken sandwich which didn't meet the hype but it was ok. I'd need to come back one night to try some beer! read more

Great local bar and eats, plenty of parking. Good menu and friendly staff... Would recommend.

SO GOOD! We were in the area over the holiday weekend and this is a Smyrna gem. My friends and I were so impressed with the menu. They have the classics - hamburgers, pasta, etc. but also so many of their items are new takes on classic items. There was something for everyone here. The Brussel sprout salad with scallops was our favorite along with the potato salad. The folks here were kind, happy to answer any questions we had and were quick. It was an extremely hot weekend and we sat outside in their closed air conditioned space and it was awesome. It was like we were outdoors because of all the glass but with none of the heat or bugs. Will definitely come back when I'm in the area and recommend it to anyone! read more

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Hit up this restaurant on way home from Bethany Beach. To set the stage, the restaurant had three sections, main dining area, bar dining and huge temp controlled sunroom. Main dining closed with chairs on top of tables, sunroom empty and bar dining had 2 seated tables and 6-8 ppl dining at bar. Miserable experience...showed up at 1:50pm, sign said wait to be seated, no one showed up, went to bartender, kitchen manager came out and said sorry as they just cut hostess. Seated in sunroom, great atmosphere, temp-controlled with a big screen with Olympics on, so a good setup for my family of 5 (10, 7 & 4). Server was terrible, she came out after we were seated for 8-10 mins, seemed disinterested, took our drink order and returned in a semi-timely manner. She then fell off the rails, this is a place that puts in the order electronically at the table, which could work well, but not when the waitress doesn't seem familiar how to navigate, we ordered apps, including fried pickles, Nashville hot wings, Bavarian pretzel and bacon wrapped dates. Apps took 30-45 mins to be delivered, didn't see waitress once or anyone else for that matter the entire time...Kids drinks empty for 1/2 the stretch...luckily Olympics were on. Apps came out, the good were the wings and fried pickles, bad was stale pretzels with chunky/crappy dipping sauce, and the ugly was stuffed dates burnt to a crisp, which no restaurant on this planet with a clue would send to a table. As I'm saying that the dates looked burnt the waitress was gone, and that meant no drinks for kids would continue. 15-20 mins later waitress shows up at table to drop entrees. I told her the bacon dates were burnt, she agreed and grabbed them and took off. Came back 10 mins later. I asked her why everything took so long. She seemed confused, I reaffirmed that everything from the start was taking an unacceptable amount of time and especially given we had 3 young kids and since their restaurant is empty. She then argued that the restaurant was busy, I kid you not, I said we walked by 2 empty dining rooms and 2 tables in bar area. She said bar area was now full and even sitting main dining room and kitchen doing their best to catch up on tickets. This was crazy for a few reasons, we were 3rd table sat in an empty restaurant therefore whoever arrived after us shouldn't matter when it comes to the kitchen and most importantly when we walked out of restaurant after we finished there were still no tables in huge sunroom, no tables sat in main (she lied) and 3 tables in bar area (less than half-lied again). Why argue to begin with, but especially since the restaurant totally botched it and we'll see with our eyes that she's lying.... I told her to get refills for all drinks and honey mustard for the chicken tenders that 2 of my kids wouldn't eat without it and had been waiting for 10 mins. She returned quickly with what I asked for, but then disappeared for 20 mins, which was 10 mins too long because kids were over it and we needed out. We paid and I tipped 15% (3rd time in adult life) instead of typical 20-25%. My theory....we sat near a glass door in the sunroom that accessed the back of the restaurant where the kitchen access was to the outside. During the 1.5 hours we were there, I saw multiple culinary staff coming and going from outside, including same ppl multiple times, the "manager" being one of them. So, I think ppl were screwing around instead of working and the waitress mailed it in unbelievably so because the restaurant lacks in leadership, training and culture, but probably blames the available workforce and unreasonable patron expectations, instead of looking inward and fixing glaring flaws. My kids wanted to go to Dairy Queen...they are wise beyond their years. Good luck BrickWorthless. read more

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Service was not good. Drinks were never refilled. Asked our waitress for sweetener and she never brought it. Salsa was in a cup the size of salad dressing on the side and consisted of chopped tomatoes and some kind of acid. Definitely not what you could call salsa. Shrimp appetizer was very different than described on the menu and not good. Sandwich and burger were good but that would not be enough to ever make me go back. read more

Expensive for no reason. The Mac and cheese I ordered was not something I would go for again. The waitress was not very attentive. The atmosphere was stuffy. read more

Love this place! Amazing food, friendly and attentive service, great atmosphere! I love the Citrus Mistress wheat beer. Haven't had a bad meal yet. read more

Great food, fantastic service and the patio is beautiful! Definitely will return. One of the best brew pubs in Delaware! read more

We were stuck in the car for 5 hours driving home from OBX with 4 kids...so needless to say, we needed alcohol...and we should probably feed our kids too. We never heard of this place, but definitely got lucky with this one. The beer was very good and not overpriced. The food was excellent with generous portions. I got the firecracker burger which had just the right amount of heat to make me sweat without being overbearing. My wife had the vegetarian black bean burger which she loved. she doesn't eat a lot of meat, so finding a restaurant that actually makes their vegetarian burger is hard to find. That was definitely a plus! The kids ate from the kids menu and were actually quiet for 7 minute...it was like a date night with my wife. The only reason I did not give 5 stars was for two reasons... 1) We ate outside which was nice, but the amount of flies that were all over our food and table got out of hand. 2) the vegetarian black bean burger gave my wife so much gas, that it ruined my night. Oh, and be on the lookout for the drunk octopus in the restroom that wanted to fight me. (See pic) read more

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Awesome as always!!!!! Get the Buffalo flatbread. No regrets!!!! Great beer. Great service and worth the wait. read more

Overall decent food and good service! Great spot for a casual date night - nothing serious, but still fun!

Just ate at Brick Works , my wife and I left stuffed. For an appetizer we got the jerk wings and the crab and artichoke dip. Both were very delicious. The dip came with pretzels, didn't know how it would be but it went together very well. The in-house made chips were delicious also. For our entrees I got the Megatron burger, with a fried egg and scrapple, delicious. I thought the food was pricey at first but then I tasted the food. Definitely worth every penny.My wife got the pub burger, also delicious. Glad to see that we have a place that has good food in our area, because I don't do fast food burgers at all. For the price of that crap just go get a REAL burger at Brick Works. We will be returning to try something new, good food good atmosphere staff very friendly,best place in Smyrna. read more

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The vibe is amazing and the patio is a cute place to hangout and eat however it was a hot day and it was sweltering hot with no breeze. Aside from the temperature, the food was superb. They seemed to be understaffed as our waitress seemed to be tending to all the tables outside. We waited awhile to order our drinks and appetizers but the food was delicious. Sadly they were out of the pulled pork but I would come back to try it! read more

Walk in to brickworks. No one in there except us. We ask to sit at the bar. We asked for a growler of beer. Sorry we don't have any. We ask for Jameson. Sorry we don't have Jameson. Ok how about Jack Daniels? Yes, we have Jack Daniels. OK good. Can I have a Jack Daniels and Gingerale?. Oh sorry we don't have Gingerale either. We walked out. Don't even bother going there. It's pathetic. What kind of bar doesn't have a growler to put beer in, Jameson whiskey, and ginger ale? May as well just close your doors now. read more

We heard that this is a great place to go. Food was not up to our expectation, I don't know if I go back here. It was a decent atmosphere. We heard this place is really good, we went out with our friends for a double date night. The atmosphere was nice, the people look like they were having fun, and we were as well. We got our food at all look good the Mac daddy macaroni and cheese, Look like it was a little dull. We then I'll look that up soon and they kind a look lifeless, especially because I got the fire cracker burger. All of the food came out ice cold. We were very upset about it but you know like everybody else no one wanted to say anything. One of our friends just ate the food. We then let the waiter know the manager came out, he just took all our food back without verifying that it was even cold. I understand the Covid and stuff but how would he know how cold it was. I think bringing a thermometer or something would have been helpful. We had the fire cracker burger, Mac daddy, carne Asada, in the short ribs grilled cheese. I can't really tell you how the food was, we kind of got worried that they might mess with it as we are very frustrated. We've been waiting to go to this place for so long but, we are so upset. We also had the strawberry field lemonade, a flight of beers, and Brickhouse punch. The drinks were fine so we ordered more. The atmosphere was nice spacious lotta people look like they were having fun. It was just such a dark cloud after we got our food, we're actually sent it back and left without eating. One of our friends took their food home. It was very awkward and Made things very weird between us and our friends. I don't know if we go back to this place, the manager was kind of nonchalant. They said they took off the food which they did but somehow the checks were still expensive as heck. We just paid and left. We overheard some workers say it's very stressful, when we went to the bathroom. It seem like people are just running around, trying to get everything together as far as food. read more

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The food was great, the service was very subpar, some of the worst we have experienced. Not good at all. We waited a good five minutes to be seated, when I finally looked around the corner to see if anyone was there, the employee was taking photos of her nails. After we were seated, and drinks arrived, our waitress explained she forgot her notepad (or whatever she called it) and she would be back in just a minute, it was over 15 minutes before she returned. After ordering, our meals took an extremely long time to arrive, the waitress did not come back one time to check to see if we needed anything else or to see if everything was okay, before or after our food arrived. Two things about the waitress: She never apologized or explained the delays, and she did not crack a smile or presented herself in any way other than we were a bother. We were traveling thru the area, and thought the restaurant looked presentable from the outside, that is why we stopped. The food was amazing, the service not so much. read more

I went on a Friday afternoon to have dinner and what a crappy experience. My waitress forgot about the beer I ordered and only remembered once I asked another employee. She then proceeded to charge the regular price for the beer even though I ordered it at 5:15 (happy hour ended at 5:30) but since the waitress "forgot", she didn't put the order in until 5:40. She then proceeds to bring me a semi cold beer. Doesn't apologize for forgetting or anything. Then the food- I ordered the carne asada and it was terrible. I mean the steak was ok but the rice, beans and pico de gallo tasted all manufactured. The picked onions looked grey and the jalapeños looked fake. The waitress never came back to see how we were doing but just asked if we needed anything else. I was super disappointed and will not be returning read more

The restaurant was not open yet, but my friend and I had each traveled quite a distance to meet there. They welcomed us in anyway and we had a great meal. Their hospitality was over the top and food delicious. read more