Best Restaurants for Groups in East Lansing

Obviously I love BJ’s especially for their Pizookies! We visited on a Saturday lunchtime. It was busy, but not packed and we were a larger group. The disappointments were a very long time for food to arrive and my sandwich had clearly been sitting awhile as the bottom was sopped. The goods were that the rest of the tables meals looked awesome! I especially was impressed with the Broccoli Cheese soup in a bread bowl, the protein bowels (shrimp, was a bit soggy), wedge salad, and Chicken pasta. Kids meals were all decent sized and looked appetizing. Of waitstaff kept drinks coming as the clocked ticked away. We were all pretty hungry and had we known how long it would take we would have gotten some appetizers. More good news - the Pizookies calmed out fast and fresh. Cookie nice and warm ice cream firm and stacked. It was a procession as multiple waitstaff arrived with our collection of Pizookies. Clearly they work as a team when needed. The restaurant atmosphere is brewpub style and works for families & groups as well as smaller parties. Noise levels were good.

The food was excellent and the young man who served us was excellent too

Great waitress. Drinks were good. Garlic parm sauce was super super hot. Doesn’t normally taste like that. A few of us could not eat boneless with that sauce.