Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery

The reason I recommend this bar is because the environment, service and facilities of this bar are very good!

I've been a loyal customer of Rock Bottom for years. However, today was the worst night. I was very friendly and polite to the waitress all night, and she was happy with our table. Regarding the bill, I showed her the coupon I got from the Rock Bottom app. She told me it did not work, and she had to run through the manager to make it work. I told her the coupon was still valid and not expired, so when it didn't work, it was Rock Bottom’s issue, and the restaurant should take care of that. She went off and told me that I was f… rude. I requested to speak to the manager. She loudly screamed to the manager that we had a disrespectful attitude to get other people’s attention. When the manager came, we explained the situation, and the manager resolved all the coupon and rewards issues. She came to apologize. I explained to her again that it was not her fault that the coupon didn't work; it was the system. She immediately said I was rude again, so I had to talk to the manager again. For more than 40 years of my life, I've never been cursed by a waiter or waitress because I always treat people with respect. It's not acceptable for a waitress to have that kind of attitude. Everyone has good days and bad days and deserves a second chance. She had her second chance, but she still ruined it. I'm genuinely disappointed. I won't go back to Rock Bottom anytime soon. I wish her the best. With her attitude, she won't make it far, regardless of what she does.

Good variety of food and beers at an affordable price for Bethesda, MD. Service was great even though it was super busy.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Brew, Brewer's Cobb Salad

North Bethesda location - everything is hot and fresh. The servers are lovely and the restaurant is clean. I ordered the fish fry and it was cooked perfectly. The fries didn't' taste fishy. The kids meals were reasonably priced with good portions. The happy hour specials are a deal.

Kid-friendliness: The kids meals are reasonable and have generous portions.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I went here with my friends and had a wonderful time. All the food is great!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Wings, Burger

The is my first experience with rockbottom and will never return . They gave us raw meat and the steak was suppose to come with garlic mash potato’s yet they gave me FRIES! So upsetting all around. I am 8 months pregnant and wanted a nice meal since i didn’t have energy to cook tonight. Unacceptable experience.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Watch out, wait staff have sticky fingers when it comes to expensive sunglasses. Would love the manager to review the window of time from when we left lunch to shortly returning only to hear “we did not see any sunglasses”.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Burger

I was overcharged for my bar tab. I was charged $7 for a beer, and tipped $1.50 (pretty mediocre service) but they charged my card $12+. I have clear handwriting, so that wasn't the issue. Didn't keep or take a photo of the receipt, so that's on me, but keep an eye on how much they are charging your card! The place also smells moldy.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

GREAT! EXCEPT THE LAST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH WHEN THEY HAVE UNTALENTED LIVE MUSIC RUIN THE ATMOSPHERE WITH WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS CATS IN A

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

I’ve loved this place ever since it opened in the mid-nineties. The atmosphere is always great and the manager, Julie, goes out of her way to make our visit fun and relaxing. Highly recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Just had a beer, i like west coast IPAs and struck out.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 5

Rock Bottom sums up what used to be a decent restaurant.. hadn’t been there for years, seat cushions were cracked and split, not just a little.
Ribs were awful, pizza was pathetic.
Too many choices in Bethesda to bother with this place!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Chips

I used to come to this place for lunch sometimes, and I can tell you the main reason we came was the egg rolls and the burgers. It's been over a year since I've been back and I'm SUPREMELY disappointed. The southwest egg rolls were so good in the past, and while I won't complain about having more chicken than usual I would also like the other ingredients that made these rolls as good as remembered and recommended to others. I won't recommend then again if this is the new norm. The before and yesterday photo show the difference.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 5

The name says it all. Edible food, 2 decent-ish and one truly awful bartender who acts like she's doing you a favor. The entire restaurant stinks like beer, pee, and mold.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 2

Very unique atmosphere themed like a brewery. Traditional dishes with generous portions.

Vegetarian options: The vegetarian pasta was decent and comes in a large portion.

Dietary restrictions: Vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free options

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5