Brix has hosted and participated in special events, and has received a generally positive reception; compliments are most often given for happy hour menu options.

[7] The brunch menu, which is available at weekends, offers a "slight Southern twist" and includes chicken and waffles, biscuits and gravy with maple sausage, Eggs Benedict, shrimp and grits, mimosas, and complimentary cinnamon sugar doughnuts drizzled with chocolate and raspberry.

[6] The happy hour menu included calamari, Pizza Margherita, and seared yellowfin tuna with avocado, corn, tomato, and wasabi mayonnaise, as well as the "kicky" Brix Mule with bourbon or vodka, as of 2019.

On Thursdays it offers a three-course meal plus cocktail for $30, and every night features a surprise $3 brown bag canned beer special.

Sarasohn also complimented the shrimp on polenta for "manag[ing] to retain their freshness and sweetness" but found the beef platter "inconsistent" and did not prefer the fried chicken or pizza.

The margherita that hit the table almost seemed slid out of [a] frozen pizza box, with no char at all, save for a few spots on the bottom of the floury, cracker-like dough.

Steven Humphrey called Brix Tavern a "great pit stop after work" that is "slightly rambunctious, and with the possibility of live jazz".

He said the "lengthy" happy hour menu complements Brix's "already lively" and "inviting" atmosphere, and features "inventive and unrelentingly fresh" cocktails.

[9]According to Thrillist, "Brix cracked our list of Favorite 5 Sports Bars due to its rarified Pearl [District] atmosphere, which allows you to knock back rotisserie meats and brick oven-fired pizzas at fancy table-clothed four-tops and still scream at the games playing on their many, many flatscreens, all before holding it down at the pool table or on arcade games like Buck Hunter.

The guide said, "This Pearl District find leads a double life as a classy modern restaurant with a well-executed menu of American comfort favorites and also as a large TV-and game-filled bar; service is friendly, prices are generally low and insiders suggest brew fans get the surprise beer in a paper bag (bartender's choice)".