Great venue. Been here a couple times and the sound and light people are great!! You can tell the staff take pride of wear they work and the live bands always sound great!

Brick by Brick is an awesome place to see a show, theres always super cool artists booked. Its a nicely sized venue with a pretty large stage. Be prepared to park a few blocks away though.Every time Ive been here Ive had a great time!

Very cozy little venue! Great bar and staff. Saw The Fall of Troy there last week and it was a great time. Dont know why kids wear ear protection for shows now. The venue reminded me of my home towns venue where start up bands would play often.. including the Fall of troy over a decade ago.

Pretty rad venue, with great people running the place. Sound is on point, and there is not a bad spot in there. I like that you can be getting some merch at the back and still be able to catch the show. The bar is right in the middle of the club, which is an odd place but it works. Great place if you want to catch some good music in a more intimate setting. Come check it out for yourself if you havent.

Watching and playing shows at BxB has been a great experience every single time. The sound guy, Luke knows his stuff! The staff are all fantastic and friendly! I will always enjoy coming here.

It could be a much nicer venue, but I guess its geared towards the heavier crowds? Staff was great this and it had a good sound. But the bathrooms were really dirty and there were only two bathroom stalls in the womens bathroom for a venue that has a capacity of about 400 people. Again, this would be a much better place if they only took care of it a little bit.

The best heavy metal venue in all of San Diego! Their calendar is consistently filled with some of the best underground bands that travel through our area, with great sound, an intimate venue, and a fast-paced bar this place gives you everything you want. Even better, if youre not a fan of the opening bands their arcade games in the back to keep you entertained!

A great classic music venue with a great sound system. Reminds me a little bit like Chain Reaction in Anaheim, or The Whisky in LA

The Brick is the most fun small venue in town! I almost broke my nose stage diving! :-D

I had a good time and the cranberry vampire tour . The bartender lady was charging me 900 for beer at that price they should up grade the sound place is rundown

Great place for live music and especially for a hard rock venue. Nice setup.

Metal!!! You know what youre getting when you go here! Metal bands and great service from a lovely staff! If youre a San Diego Metal head, this should be your favorite venue!

OH YES, Awesome place! No doubts...

PA needs work, tuning, time alignment. subs underneath stage needs sandbagged. Brick walls need sound curtains. concrete floor needs hardwood floors. 20 dollar cover pretty steep for D bands. club has potential with the right visionary.

Great staff. Awesome rock and metal venue. Always sounds great. Great cocktails and atmosphere. The whole rock n roll experience

Cool place - good sound - bartenders could use a little more personality.

Great sound system and good selection of beer. Definitely coming back.

Great little venue. If like metal this is the place to catch a band. Not much for seats, decent drink prices and small bathrooms but big open space.

Great local music venue with a very simple and unassuming setup. Hosts some great rock shows and allows a more intimate experience than some of the other venues in town. Shows are reasonably priced and parking is not that bad considering the area.

Great venue! Can see artists from most areas. Very low key. Pool table and pinball machines. Patio for smoking. Friendly staff and full stocked bar

Small place where you can have your bands very close. Cheap beer, recommended

This is the best place in SD for metal shows! If you like a low key venue with great shows, check this place out!

Splattered. Cabil. The Last Ten Seconds of Life. Visceral Disgorge. Ingested. Hell of a time thank you Brick by Brick.

Providing San Diego with first class shows for decades and the price wont kill your wallet either.

Max Cavalera, Marc Rizzo, & Phil Anselmo will always keep me coming back. Oh and WarBeast bc Blue funking ROCKS my socks off!

Intimidating at first but it will quickly grow on you. With the awesome bands they schedule to their wide-open (for a smaller place) lounge. They have a wide bar that offers solid cocktails and good craft beer. They even have a pool table and a place to hang out when you need to take a break from going all-out for your favourite band. Be warned its hard to park. I suggest taking an uber or lyft. You wont regret this visit

Loud, up close and personal with the bands, good beer selection.

One of my favorite venues!Saw CKY and Nekrogoblikon recently and my face damn near melted. Not the best parking situatiom but the ability to see the show from the barricades makes up for it for me.

Our show was great but the layout of the venue made it hard to see the stage with so many people there. They had TVs you could watch on but due to lightning they are in black and white.

A great haunt for metalists who love live music... if capable, Im practically a regular and quite known by both staff/security and bands. Easily able to become personable with the bands playing and others that play there without even knowing they are the band!It doesnt help that there is a bomb bbq place next door and really good Mexican food in 2 different places close by.

Great spot for heavy music. Cute bartenders and nice staff. Good sound.

I love this place. Has good beer, good music & the best shows of metal music

Nice venue with good bar and easy parking. We need a BXB in Los Angeles.

Great venue great bands. Many different varieties of bands come through there you never know what you might hear there. Security Is very OP. Alpah Apex out.

If youre looking for a perfect metal venue, youve found it.

Just saw Bleed the Sky Revival Tour 2020! Great sound nice staff had a great evening highly recommend it!

Good venue for live music.. Would go again for sure.

Im a native San Diegan and have been to 7 venues here counting Brick by Brick now. I consider myself a music enthusiast, but wouldnt say I am an audiophile nor am I credentialed in sound engineering. My opinions here are influenced by those of a sound engineer that I know, and honest introspection of whether I found a loved band that Ive gone to see enjoyable. That is overall my priority in going to a concert - did it sound good and make me appreciate their music as I have for years? I do not have severe tinnitus, and am not hearing impaired. Whether listening at home or in concert, I can isolate instruments from each other, as long as the leveling is right. I say all this to put in perspective for you the trustworthiness of my review.Pros:- Intimate experience with the music and bands.- Easy parking.- Freeway access.- Free self serve water.- Books metal bands.- Could feel bass shake my clothes.- Could see band through bar even if seated in the back.- 420 friendly.Cons: For the night I was there, guitars were barely audible with or without earplugs and the sound engineer disagreed with me. Vocals were distorted such that words couldnt be made out. Listening without earplugs was physically painful. Systems well designed and tuned do not exhibit this problem at any volume. For local venues, this one has the worst sound reproduction of all that I have been to so far including HoB, Observatory, Chula Vista amphitheatre, Soda Bar, Casbah and Fluxx. Out of these, Soda bar was also poorly levelled, but not as severely as this.I give BxB 3 stars instead of 1 as the free water was much appreciated and layout and seating at the venue was good.

Dvne, Elder, and Red Dang was an awesome show. It was very warm inside but the staff handed out water after the show which was definitely a nice gesture on their part. Enjoyed all the bands that evening and will hope to come here for another show.

Just saw Haunt and Lucifer here! Great show! Awesome little venue! Will be back for Nile in November!

Killer joint, saw great show. Be back next month for another one.

One the best venues for local music and National touring concerts. I have both performed here and patroned this venue. Great staff. Great experience seeing bands up close n personal.

Didnt have any trouble finding parking. Venue was nice size with a pool table. Drinks were a little pricey and the bartending service was painfully slow. Other than that it was a great show and already have another booked later next month!

Great place for small shows. Its hot and crowded but that is what makes this venue authentic. The artists arent behind barricades, they are right there and often interact with the crowd. Many, many good shows are hosted here.

Great punk/metal/indy music venue

I love the place. Wish if it was bigger tho

Just the right amount of loud and dark

Another Awesome METAL Show ! At the Brick, KHEMMIS WAS GOD!

Always a great time at this venue. Friendly staff. Good shows.

Excellent venue for real metal acts

This is a great place to check out the coolest metal bands! Ill be back!!!

I love this place! Brick by brick is one of the best venues that San Diego has to offer. If you are a metal head this is the place for you! Great people, Great staff, and a killer drink selection! If you want to get go close to one of your favorite bands definitely come here!

Great staff makes for a great evening. Security and bar staff were pros!!

Nice little venue, good luck in parking

Great shows are often found here. Although they have a no reentry policy, there is a smoking patio, where you can still barely hear the live entertainment.Although the shakedown is sorely missed, this pulls a close second.

Good venue bur the parking feels very sketchy. I left early to make sure my car hadnt been towed.

Nice beer brews from different bands but it gets hot in there when too many people

Small, so its easy to get close to the band. Ten dollar minimum at the bar per tab though.

Venue has great sound.. small venue. Drinks are a little pricey. But water cooler available for those not drinking.

Other than parking this is one of my favorite venues

Great venue for metal shows. Only bad thing is how stuffy it gets in there. Expect a Sauna like atmosphere during sell out shows or any shows in the summer. Otherwise one of my favorite places to catch a show.

One of the top spots to catch a metal or punk show, this venue hosts a ton of talent. With an outside smoking area you can drink in, I dont feel so left out going for a puff. I did dock a star, since once in, its no re-entry and another star for not really being able to see the shows or hear the music well from the smoking area.

I’ve been here 3x before and never had issues. I love the small atmosphere to see the bands I like. My last visit it was so over crowded the air was unbearable and extremely hot. My wife and I had to step outside multiple times in between sets just to get air. When we returned inside to see the headliner my wife had to leave once again for air and passed out onto the floor hitting her face. Neither of us were intoxicated nor dehydrated. I will not be returning here ever unless they implement a serious upgrade to ventilation ac and air quality. Worst experience.

Went to watch this guy Sylint perform and it was a pretty incredible experience. I loved the energy of the establishment.

Solid venue for punk, hardcore, or basically any concert you would wear a black shirt to. Get a PBR and a smoke in their smokers patio as you wait for the headliner to come on because your too cool to listen to people who arent famous yet. Great venue but tricky parking.

If your looking for reviews on whether or not to hit this venue then you probably dont belong there to begin with

Small venue to see aging or cover bands for super cheap. Had a great time watching a metallica cover band. I will be back!

Very intimate atmosphere. I wish I could give it 5 stars (THEY EVEN SELL EARPLUGS AT THE BAR) but the sound quality was not the best. I could hear speaker rattle(most people would not notice as it is slight). Also EXTREMELY hot. I drank water (free, easy to access) but I still thought I might get heat stroke (first time for any concert). Only go if there is someone you really want to see.

Good venue, with a great deal of free parking. They have a pretty awesome stage with decent sound. Beer a bit on the pricey side.

Friendly staff and bartenders, great venue

Really small place, the stage is barely decent to the band and their production.If you are in the back youll dont catch the sound.

First timer. Went to see Powerman 5000. It was an intimate performance and everyone was lovely. Cant wait to go back again.

Excelent concerts If you are a metal fan. Dont expect much from the facilities but the quality of the events and the reduced amount or people that regularly attend let you have a great experience.

Kewl place to get drinks and see a live show, but it was hotter than Death Valley in August in there by the stage

Amazing venue with amazing staff! Cant wait to go again!!

Fun location! Great sound and you get your drinks fast! Great joint for a wide variety of music genres

Ive been coming to Brick by Brick for about 30 yrs. Awesome venue, great bartenders and owners. My #1 place for live METAL. Glad to see this place still ROCK N ON

Full bar. Nice venue. Great bands. Large

Really cool local venue. Enjoyed the vibe and the band Thread The Lariat! Worth checking out for the local music scene.

Good small place to see your favorite bands

Usually love this place! Sat at a high top table to make sure we can see but people at the table in front of us kept standing up all night! Very annoying!

Great little bar/club. Pretty spacious for a venue that hosts live bands. Clean restrooms and cheap booze. Would become a regular here if I didnt have to travel so far.

This venue is amazing! So authentic and intimate, phenomenal atmosphere, great sound and the Chandeliers are perfect! Here to watch Bishop Briggs and Kaleo tonight! Could not imagine watching them anywhere else.

Great venue, metal heads unite there

Great venue, perfect size. Parking can be tricky but overall its one of the best spots in SD. Really enjoyed seeing Thread the Lariat last night.

Heavy metal fun

Great show with John 5 and the Creatures

Great show, Pinata Protest. Great Bartenders. Had a good time. Needs some seating.

Real good metal bands this month and so on .......

Tried the Kahuna Burger yesterday and it was the best burger Ive had in San Diego! Compliments to the cook.

Great venue for metal shows. Good beer selection for a bunch of metalheads.

Dank tunes. Consistently. Nuff said.

Great to see Cage and Ripper Owens rocking the Brick!

Best metal venue in South Cali!

Always great entertainment. The only caveat is that it is very hot during the summer and a bit uncomfortable.

Divey enough to feel right for a metal venue, without sticking to every surface (ala Casbah). Great beer selection and small enough to be sure youll get close at a sold out show. One of my favorite San Diego spots.

Very enjoyable venue! The location is easy to get to. The parking can be a challenge because it is extremely minimal. But, have been coming for years and always love to come back!

Gosh location for music, large stage area. Full bar, pool table and pinball. Staff was friendly. Fun night out.

Brick by Brick the best place to hung out, that is if you like Rock music. One thing I have to say is that you will blown out with the best Local and Foreign Metal Bands, really high end very professional musicians. You will not regret it. Recommended by ME.

Great live music venue