The more I go, the more I like this place. Wish it were a little closer to home, but thats alright. Servers have for the most part, been very attentive and helpful. Live music nights are great. Food has always been really good, sometimes better than I expected. Wish they had some kind of outdoor covered seating though.
Review Source:I am biased as a former employee but the truth is the truth. Best sports bar and grills in KC and Lawrence! All the food is good and mostly consistent. Best wings in town, awesome burgers and my son loves the NACHOS! Great happy hour and daily food specials, Sundays kids eat free and my kids love Johnny's. 9 locations and each one has there own personality which makes them not the chain restaurants we are used too.
Review Source:Such a disappointing experience. I love Johnny's and am a regular at most of the locations, including this one. I've always found them to have predictably good food and service in the past. Â I'm hoping it was an off night but boy what a spectacularly "off" experience it was.
I ordered the fish & chips which is one of my Johnny's faves. As I was eating I noticed that one of the filets had clearly been in the fryer too long as it was very dark and solid as a hockey puck. As I am loathe to send back food and rarely finish my meal I didn't mention it. But I don't think it was coincidental that it was on the bottom underneath the two perfect filets. Just sloppy work on behalf of the kitchen & expediter.
I also ordered a Patron silver, rocks, with a splash of triple sec & extra limes. Not a complicated drink and one I have often. The first one had too much triple sec and when I ordered the 2nd one I politely asked the server for less. Â The second one arrived with so much triple sec it was positively sticky and completely destroyed the flavor of the Patron. I tried to send it back and the server offered to simply bring me a shot of Patron to add to it. Fine. Until I was charged for a shot to improve an undrinkable drink. I pointed this out to her and she said she'd get the manager. What? A server who isn't empowered to correct a $5.75 ticket error? Ridiculous but whatever.
The manager, David, who says he's a part-owner is who made an easily fixable situation completely awful. He positively reeked of stale cigarettes (I am allergic) to the point that I could barely have a conversation with him. He wanted to challenge me about what was wrong with the shot, seemingly unable to get it through his head that I wasn't complaining about the shot itself but that the shot was to fix the drink which I would have sent back. We went round and round over a $5.75 charge on an $80 ticket at a table of 8 people who'd spent collectively $250+. Â He finally took the shot off the bill but at what cost to a customer relationship? I am simply astounded at the entire occurrence. Â Simply astounded.
I love Johnny's food! Â I've been to about 3 of them and this was my first time at this location and it was extremely busy, but I wasn't impressed with our waitress at all. Â It seems like our whole group had to ask for what ever we needed. Â (I personally think that a good waitress should ask us if we need anything)
A person in my group had the pretzel and they seem to enjoy it.
I had the sampler and everything was fried so it was obviously good. :D
Johnny's Tavern is taking over Kansas City and I don't mind one bit. It seems one is popping up on every corner (or most recently at 95th and Antioch).
Is the food amazing and inventive, no, but for a sports bar it is good and consistent - that's why Johnny's gets my five stars. Johnny's is really good at what they do: serve cold beer, great bar and grill-type food and provide a stellar sports bar experience. Staff is always friendly and helpful; I have found this to be the case across the Johnny's brand.
I have been a frequent customer of Johnny's for the past eight years at various locations in Lawrence and KC. Lately, I often find myself at the K-10 and Ridgeview spot with either friends or co-workers.
My favorite menu item is the Buffalo and Bleu wrap - breaded, fried chicken, covered in wing sauce wrapped in a sundried tomato tortilla with lettuce, tomato, bleu cheese dressing and cheese. I like to order it with a French fry/onion ring side - because sometimes you only feel like having a couple of rings, right? The portions are huge and I either split the meal with my husband or take half home.
Really, you can't go wrong with their pizzas or burgers, either.
For what they do, Johnny's Tavern is top notch. Â The atmosphere is great for watching a game, but I've also done a girl's night out at Johnny's and had a great time. The place is Spic and Span clean, which is important to me. And, while I don't have kids, I certainly see lots of families frequent this location in the daytime and early evening.
Will I go back? Probably this week.
I feel the beer prices are a bit high, but not terrible. Â The food is good, but not great. Â We have had burgers and appetizers here. Â For example the potato skins are kinda puny and what looks like sour cream is something else. Â The food gets three stars.
The service is friendly and it gets four stars. Â There are a lot of TV's for watching games. Â It is a great KU hang out so you can watch the game here with friends you have never known. Â Atmosphere on a game day can be five stars. Â
It is not as good as a couple of the other Johnny's locations. Â If the kitchen gets things together a bit more it could easily be a four star location. Â Also, there just needs to be a drink special which feels special. Â $3.25 for a bottle does not feel like a special.
Rock Chalk Jayhawk!
First, an FYI - while the address is correct, the location on Yelp's map isn't. It shows this place at the corner of College and Ridgeview when it's really at the intersection of K-10 and Ridgeview - the first place south of K-10, in the same complex as The Rub, Olathe Cleaners, Salty Iguana and Watson's/Family Leisure. This can make checking in on the Yelp app difficult, as it says the place is right around 1 mile away when you're actually sitting at the table with a beer.
OK, so I have finally sat in the restaurant portion of this place. It has some things better than the bar, and some things not as great.
On the better said - the TVs! I knew every booth (or most) had their own smaller TVs, but the selection, size and quality of the wall mounted TVs in the restaurant area is fantastic.
On the worse side - service is soooooooo slowwwwww. It's friendly, but slow. After hearing other people say the same thing, I was kind of expected this, but it was still sooooooo slowwwww.
I'll still come back here since it's along my commute and close to friends, but I will definitely stick to the bar for 95% of my visits.
Oh, and the pretzels/cheese app is delicious. Parking still sucks.
I will say that this is not my least favorite Johnny's location, that would be the one on 135th. Â But this one is runner up for sure.
It's off of K-10 and I would never really head out this way if my friends didn't live close to here. Â That being said, it does good business since it's one of the only bars in the area. Â The staff is somewhat friendly, but you can tell the difference in the way you're treated if you're a regular or not. Â The setup is so so, I large bar, but the TV's are pretty far away. Â There is a game room, a main dining area, and a private area in the back.
Most of Johnny's locations are in suburbia outside of Lawrence and P&L. Â Not a bad place to have a drink and grab average bar fare, but probably not a destination place if you have other choices.
This place has really great bar food but just a feeble beer selection. They do have Boulevard IPA in bottle which is worth something.
Their pizza is excellent and so are their wraps. Their salads are impressive for a bar as well.
If you want to watch a game, it's a great place with dozens of tvs everywhere you look including in the booths.
The crowd can get a little frat boy heavy at times but it's big enough to where you can steer clear of them.
Parking is a bitch here. For whatever reason, the lot is overflowing into the Watson's lot even when it's empty inside. I can't understand it.
Unfortunately the wait service SUCKS. Sit in the bar area if you can because the bartenders do take care of their patrons. The bimbos handling the tables away are not so skilled.
Johnny's Tavern added a new location over at K-10 and Ridgeview in Olathe. This is a happening spot due to good placement in suburbia, that has no surrounding competition.
They have over 50 plasma tv's, an outdoor patio, and game room. A great place to watch your favorite sports teams. Mostly a KU bar though...
They make great hand made pizza's. Even better are their spicy chicken wings, some of the best in the KC area.
Not the best drink specials around, but a good clean and friendly environment to bring the gang to for some drinks and food.
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