Went here for dinner last night as an alternative to our first choice which had over an hour wait for a table for two. Â Service was painfully slow. Â Food was good but not great. Â My husband's drink was very weak. Â Waitress was friendly when she eventually came by to our table. Â I hadn't been here in a while - was happy to see that they've modernized their interior some.
Review Source:I visited last night after class and I was very hungry. I sat down and wanted a turkey dinner, not realizing the kitchen closes in twenty minutes. The wait staff, very nice and attentive with a sense of urgency informed me that it may not be that great because the kitchen people are closing up soon. She was right, the turkey was a bit hard and cold and the bread over toasted, stuffing was crunchy and not all that great. Overall this meal was okay because of how hungry I was and the bartender offered to buy me a beer which was really nice. My conclusion. Coming from a management background in restaurants the idea is to always serve fresh food up until closing no matter what, This is why the fast food places that do close are so successful. I understand the cooks need to get home, however they should be trained to sell the best food possible to a paying customer and not be worried about closing until the clock strikes close, then you clean. Their is no exception to this and if you are getting ready to close, grab a clean sauteed pan, heat the food hot with fresh sauces and cook it with perfection. needless to say I was well informed what I was getting, my mere point is, high standards should always be the focus no matter what time it is and the cooks should be well aware of this with no grey area whatsoever. Overall good place to have a delicious pumpkin head beer and the bartender was excellent.
Review Source:Cheap 23 oz Pabst drafts, solid buffalo wings, a claw machine and a lava lamp - what's not to like?
Anyone claiming this is a dive hasn't been to a truly shitty bar. Eccentric?Odd? Perhaps. But then, whats an American bar without some kitsch. In short, the atmosphere ranges somewhere between Funcoland and a strip club (a clean one to be fair). Â I like it, no, I love it. Though , I wish it actually had strippers.
As far as the service goes: yes, it's a bit slow. For me, I could careless. Grab some popcorn, kick back, enjoy the patio. Eventually a waitress will catch wind of you. They're all pleasant if you tip proper and act like a contributing citizen. In fact, they're quite charming in a way that's been lost during this advent of faux upscale martini bars. A little raspy, a little rough ... gives a shit just enough to satisfy withought seeming like they're running for congress.
All in all, it's a well priced place which lives up to the expectations it sets.
It's a turd, no doubt about it...dive bar, gaudy shit all over the place, the crowd could be a bit "rough" around the edges...but hey, it's always got something going on and the beers are cold...I'll return - though it's really out of laziness, location and goon watching - I can't say I'd recommend it. How's that for bizarro world?
Note: patrons on average do not have all their original teeth
J.J. Boomers has become one of our favorite healthy comfort food restaurants. We love the large, roomy booths and general good value of the restaurant in the back, behind the large bar area (it's a whole different room and atmosphere than the front room).
If my husband doesn't get his favorite chicken parmigiana, we often choose from the chef's specials for dinner. Standard menu favorites for dinner include the superb Caesar salad and chicken quesadilla (we split the large Caesar and the ample chicken quesadilla). If we're there on a Sunday night, my husband enjoys the prime rib special ($11.99 last time we were there), which comes with a salad and two sides. Speaking of sides, if you like butternut squash, I highly recommend JJ's butternut side dish, just the right nutmeg and spices make this side dish extraordinary.
Most recently I tried JJ's lobster dinner -- this was a special on the menu and it was excellent. The 1 1/2lb. lobster was stuffed with crabmeat (could also get it boiled or broiled plain), and it came with the usual salad and two sides. This is a casual place, so it was fun to be eating this "extravagant" lobster dinner in flip flops, as it were.
NOTES: 1) All the servers are terrific, but we especially like Adam Hastetler, a young man who is extremely attentive but not intrusive. Adam was quick to bring extra napkins, water and whatever we needed (the lobster was a messy meal for me). Adam also has a great sense of humor and style -- he makes the meal memorable! 2) Thursday and Friday nights there is karaoke in the bar area with huge crowds. I don't mind the sound of the crooners and warblers, but my husband really hates it, much too noisy for him (the karaoke starts @ 8:30 PM). 3) JJ's is walking distance from the Vandenburg Esplanade, a beautiful paved walk alongside the Merrimack River. If it's a nice day or evening, plan to walk along the river before or after dinner, or walk over the Roarke Bridge. Great views, very peaceful part of Lowell., strong romantic possibilities abound...
Ok, never ate here..just had drinks...this place has all the downside of a dive, smelly, beaten down rugs, barely clean restrooms, free-super salty popcorn, cheeseball decor, and none of the upside of a dive, like fun staff, enjoyable people watching, etc...too bad as this place actually has a lot of potential to be a really fun bar
Review Source:I went to this place on a Sunday evening for dinner with my brother. Â They had a great comfort food type menu. Â Very much like eating at Grandma's House (and that's not cause the other patrons had a median age of 65). Â
Our waitress looked about 16... she was slow. Â She was nice and friendly... but just didn't seem to be 'there' Â She disappeared to smoke a cigarette between the time she brought us our drinks and brought us our appetizer. Â Now she was gone for 10 minutes at least... and the potato skins we had looked like they came pre-made from the freezer.
Same with the chicken tender basket i ordered too... Â I don't know why a comfort food type place would not make them fresh. Â A bit pricey for what I had, and I felt like I was eating stuff right out of a freezer. The tenders were good, kind of spicy, I did like that.
The saving grace of this place, which i'm sure is just due to my own lack of interest in it, but while eating my brother and I played some Keno... and I might now have a keno problem. Â You pick some numbers watch the screen, etc. Â It's kind of fun. I broke even so I can't complain too much.
Oh! My brother had the prime rib, it apparently was wicked good, but wicked fatty. Â Not caring much for red meat, I wouldn't know if that's a good or bad thing. Â
So yeah, try it out, you might find something you like, you might enjoy keno, you might just skip the meal all together and drink at their bar (my plan for next time)
I've eaten here 6 or so times in the past couple weeks while installing their new touch screen point of sale system and haven't had a bad meal yet. Â The BLT & the Reuben were classically good. Â Straight to the point, excellent taste, could eat every day type good. Â I rarely eat the same thing twice but I've already made an exception here. Â The turkey club was awesome too, but not quite as stand up & yelp about it. Â
The only thing I don't like are the french fries. Â There's nothing wrong with them; I'm just particular about fries. Â For example, I'm the only person I know who liked it when Burger King changed their recipe.
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