BJ's Diner - Ashville, Alabama

Priscilla Watson

Such an amazing experience! The food was delicious and the service was excellent. If I could give them an 11 out 10, I would. We ordered the wings, shrimp with fries, burger, sweet tea fried chicken, greens, and macaroni. EVERYTHING was superb! I highly recommend this restaurant. We will DEFINITELY be returning.
We were a bit anxious to dig in and didn’t get pictures of the remaining items. ?❤️✨✨

Shontaye Simmons

Love everything on the menu! I had an amazing experience at this restaurant. The food was delicious and the service was impeccable. The atmosphere was peaceful and inviting. I highly recommend this place to anyone looking for great food made to order!

Who Knows

The food is absolutely amazing, definitely will be back. This is hands down the best tasting food I’ve had since I moved here to Alabama. I got the bbq lemon pepper wings with grilled squash, my husband ordered the quarter pounder basket, we also got jalapeño poppers with cream cheese and mozzarella sticks. Everything was fresh even the fried items. The only semi- complaint is my husband ordered an extra side which was Mac and cheese but he never received it and when we went to pay our waitress still tried to charge us for it but she corrected her mistake after i pointed it out.

Isabella Box

The good: Excellent food. Quarter pounder was good. So was the fries and hush puppies. I was greeted when I walked inside. Good portions. They also stay open pretty late which is convenient.

The bad: VERY pricey. The drinks and extras do not have prices nor do they communicate with you how much it will be. The menu needs updated with what all comes on each item. I could be wrong but I didn't see on the menu or anywhere super noticable in the store that they fry their stuff in peanut oil. That will be a major issue for people with allergies. I believe they also fry their fish along with everything else so again, issue for people with allergies. I feel like for the price the staff could have been more customer oriented and the place could have been more decorated. The pricing is lux but the restaurant doesn't feel lux. To be honest with the high prices I expect it to go out of business like everything else that opens at this location. It's also very cold which leads to a bad experience.

Overall: the experience just wasn't it. The place needs a little work and it would do better in a larger, richer area. A little town like Ashville is not meant for lux priced restaurants. Food was good, the chef definitely has talent.

I HIGHLY recommend to lower the prices. By having high prices you severely limit your demographic and will not get enough business to stay open.
The food was very good so it's unfortunate.

I can take pictures of all the menu items and design a menu. If the owner could please reply and leave me contact info.

Seay Polhemus

I went there with my mom for the first time after hearing her, my sister, and my stepdad rave about it and BJ's does not disappoint!! I had a mushroom swiss burger with onion hush puppies and mac n cheese. Everything at BJ's is cooked fresh to order and tastes absolutely amazing. The mushrooms on my burger smelled and tasted so absolutely earthy and delicious! I cannot express how delicious the food is here. But the staff is so friendly and warm we probably talked to them just as much as we ate. Do not miss out on the experience of some incredible soul food at BJ's Diner!

Katharyn Calvert

BJ's diner.

First off, fame is often an overhyped commodity. The best chefs all have "right arms" which is to say their most reliable second in command of recipes if not other staff. The best executive chefs have their miracle workers you will never meet or see who make your plate perfect. Like the lion & the lamb, these chefs do not need or seek limelight. These miracle chefs work behind the scenes because prolific artistic expressions are in their bones. Many industries nickname them tanks, or castles, or bastions. Generally such chefs are immune to flattery genuinely, such is their favorite proofs of how you feel is an empty plate, lots of joy during the meal, & continued custom.
Once in a rare while these men & woman of renown step away from all the glitz of the cities & find a beautiful piece of America in a small town & bring all that rare beauty of their awesome skill with them.

Thus I find BJ's. On a mission, introducing a new southern transplant, to one of my good friends who is born & raised Southerner. For all who love traditional southern comfort food, this is a wonderful spot!!!

Take a trip on 59 & stop in Ashville Al. Create a new family cornerstone for memories, you will be well rewarded with flavor profiles.

I've tried the menu (I have, I did it all in a weekend)
The hamburgers & shrimp & chicken livers are awesome.

Grilled catfish
Buttery, Clean lake, kiss your tongue beautiful!

Fried/battered catfish crisp like a summer breeze, it tastes so good.

Collards just a bit bitter that makes the fish taste good, better, best!.

Even better than homecooked straight from the lake.

Onion hushpuppies dense & lush.
Squash is not overcooked with a light aromatic sweetness, like gramma used to do in an iron skillet.

Chicken livers, served hot, crispy, to your preference & tender in the middle. Perfect to heat up the next too if there is any left over (rarely).

Fried okra, addictive for the soul.
If you've never tried fried okra, this is where you go, it is just like Momma makes.

Coke & sweet tea & lemonade make it all good.

Just come on & make this place a staple.

Hank Q

They have the best food! I ordered the cat fish and not only was the catfish seasoned to perfection but so was everything on the plate from the pinto beans to the greens. It was definitely worth the drive. We will be back.

Taylor Taner

20/10 best experience, wish I could add more stars. Literally the BEST cheese fries I’ve ever had in my whole life best service too and the atmosphere is so cute