Set’em Up Jacks

Good food, watched the Royals, great neer, loved the atmosphere. I will return next time I am in town

*This review is for a Saturday karaōke night experience.
There are a handful of criteria that I look for when declaring a great karaōke spot.
1. Interesting characters
2. Good singers and bad singers that don’t care how bad they are
3. A captive audience
4. A great host
5. Great bartenders
This place delivered 100% on all five.
The people that hang out at this place could not have been more diverse. We spent the night talking to two alt-​style girls who rocked some Faith No More. There was a guy talking to me in the bathroom about whether or not he had the guts to sing «La Bamba,» which he ultimately rocked. There was a big guy that rocked «Uptown Funk,» and I hugged him (this is many drinks in) after he did one of my favorite Korn songs.
I even had a couple dance to my slow down jam «Unchained Melody.»
If that doesn’t sound like a fun night to you, we can never be friends.

Our family loves to eat here. Family friendly with great service. Great steak special on Saturday. Big portion sizes to fill up our teen age boys. Often meet fiends here because of big TVs, good food and great service.

I write this review after visiting there three times so keep that in mind when you understand where I’m coming from. On the first visit I could not get a glass of water to save my life I was three quarters of the way through with my meal before water came to the table. Each time the waitress seem like she had remembered but was just getting back to me although never came with the water. On the second visit I found a hair intertwined in my fries. I then went a third time reluctantly with my friends who urged me to go and found another hair this time in my sandwich. No refund was offered! If you like the taste of other people’s hair in your food then I would suggest you eat here !

Good food, good service, they always have specials for food and drinks. Never disappointed.

I always get the Reuben and it is pretty good. I have tried the burgers but I’m not impressed with the bun, a little dry. They definitely have the best pub chips in town, the dip is delicious. They have changed their fries to a thinner crinkle cut and when they are cooked well they are good. Once they were mushy and not crisp but most of the time the cooks do good. It is a great place to watch a game.

I’m partial because they’re close to my house. They have a TON of TVs and always have on games. It’s simple, they don’t try to do more than they can. It is a basic American sports bar where you can get decent food at fair prices.

Service fluxuates on the account of the high turnover of the wait staff. If you catch em when they’re good, great. If not, sorry for your loss. I’ve had really good experiences here and very marginal ones but never terrible. Great if you’re on that side of town but not quite worth making the trek for, if they’re having one of their slumps.

Good food and LOTS of sports on the multiple TV’s
The place looks biger on the inside. Service is good. Would recommend to anyone who wants to have a causal meal with friends and watch a sporting event.

Set ‘Em Up Jack’s is a great sports bar and grill. They have more TVs than I could count from my seat, including a MASSIVE projector on one of the main walls. There’s a TV in view of just about every seat in the house and they don’t all show the same thing, which could be good or bad depending on the station.
The food is also very good. I had one of their seasonal salmon sandwiches while I was there, and despite the overall carnivorous scene, it was easily one of the better sandwiches I’ve had. One of the guests that I went with had the catfish po’boy, which was also great. A third had a veggie burger, and despite the overall carnivorous feel of the place, it was really great! They know their way around a sandwich at SEU Jack’s.
The service was pretty good. The waitstaff was very friendly, though we did have a period where we were without drink refills. The place was dead, too, so it wasn’t a lack of time issue. Finally, the booth we sat in had a very distinct mildew smell to it. We’re not really sure what that was all about, so we just moved over to the next table.

Is it a good place to watch games? Yes
Is the service good? Meh, most of the time.
Are there really good drink specials? Not really. Nothing too great. — And I’m starting to get annoyed with every time that I go and order martinis that they are poorly made. I shouldn’t be getting ice cubes in my martini.
Is the food good? It’s really not too bad… But the menu claims that their wings are «famous» and so great… I ordered the buffalo wings with blue cheese and was really unimpressed. Their buffalo sauce is one of those odd-​tasting, bitter ones… I could hardly force myself to get through half the order, luckily I only ordered the half order.
Normally if I go with a couple friends, we’ll order nachos with beef and an order of mozzarella sticks and there is no issue. I think I’ll stick to that «bar food» and stop trying to explore the menu from here on out.

I go here for major sporting events or for the monthly car shows in the Summer.
The food hasn’t disappointed yet. I especially like the Sweet Fire hot wings.
I’ve never had bad service.
Nice choices for beer and decent specials for beer and drinks, even on weekends.
There are plenty of screens including the giant one that can be seen from everywhere.
There’s also a nice patio.

We came out to lunch here with some friends a few months back. We were not impressed with our burgers, they were dry and appeared to have been ordered prepackaged and frozen. The server was nice and I would be willing to give the place a second try, but it probably won’t be on the top of our list for a while.

Everything is great here. I’ve had almost every menus item.

A first rate sports bar in East Lawrence? Who would have thought? I would not have known to try Jacks, if it weren’t for the fact that they accept Open Tables reservations. Very few restaurants in Lawrence do, and the ones that do are mostly high end restaurants. No other sports bars in Lawrence do.
Anyway, the blackened salmon, sweet potato fries, Caesar salad, cheese cake, and service were all big hits. There were four of us at the table, and Jacks was a big hit with all of us. We’ll be back.
And then there is the huge TV screen. We were sitting below it, so could hardly see it. Next time we’ll sit back from it to have a better view of that monster TV. Perhaps the best view would be from the upper level, but it is only open for service on Fridays and Saturdays, except if reserved for a private party.

Avoid going here late at night. Chances are you’ll get a cranky middle-​aged woman named Vicki as your server. Not sure which one she is? Wait for the eye rolling. If you ask for ANYTHING, those old eyes will be rolling. Want to order a drink? Rolled. Want an appetizer? Again, rolled.
Speaking of appetizers, $ 7 for 6 mediocre mozzarella sticks? Really? I can go down the street to Dillons and buy a whole box for less than that.
Anyways, back to Miss Vicki…
I called to complain the next day. The manager apologized sincerely but made any and every excuse for her stating she gets «stressed» out when she has a lot of tables. And that this wasn’t the first complaint about her. Really? *facepalm*
Sorry Jack’s but if you want to keep people coming back, get rid of cranky waitresses like Vicki. Or at least offer a little discount for poor service towards a future visit, if there is one…

I grew up in a trailer park in southwest kansas; which this place really reminds me of. Everytime I go in there, it seems like the trailer park behind the restaurant migrates inside for natty lights. This would be okay if the food was worth a damn, and boy it is not worth a damn.
I got a turkey burger, the patty was okay, toppings whatever… you could tell this spot really wanted to be henry t’s with their burger menu. They put some silly greenish salt on the fries… they’re pretty much crinkle cut fries with silliness put on it. Ordered wings. They have that weird gooey texture that you find from Tyson’s wings from the grocery store. I love how other places of decent repute here in town make their own dressing; not this hall of shame. Hell i got a bottle of kraft bleu cheese in the fridge i could just use that. I always finish dinner… hell i’m a glutton and look forward to overeating, but hell this food wasn’t worthy of being served out of a truckstop or jail.
When I’m really hung over and don’t feel like driving, or i left my car in some random spot the night before, i walk over and feel like a piece of crap walking back with a bag full of poorly made food in styrofoam containers.
Now the next part’s gonna get personal. I wouldn’t read if I regularly visit and/​or enjoy this place. You walk in and see carhart coveralls and shitty beards all over the place. Hell you might even see someone wearing an icp shirt. Plenty of winners in there. It smells like low credit scores and geds in there.

On par with other similar sports bars, it the staff and owner that set Jack’s apart. The waitresses are friend and great regulars by name. The poker and trivia games are great distractions for non-​sports fan. The huge projection screen makes it a great choice for watching the Jayhawks.
The onion straws ($ 6.99) are my favorite appetizer. While far from healthy, they crispy strips of heaven dipped in ranch are difficult to refuse. Their selection of burgers are great too. Go on Monday, which is ½ night.
They have good happy hour appetizer specials most nights along with fairly decent drink specials too. So it your looking for a place to watch a game, I would definitely recommend Jacks.

A great locally-​owned sports bar & grill. We’ve been coming here for years and love the casual atmosphere and friendly & quick service. They have a lot of TVs to watch the various games including the HUGE screen that’s maybe 40′ across?
They do have an outdoor seating area to the east of the restaurant where most of the smokers go for a break. We’re thankful, because then you don’t have to walk through the smoke clouds to enter or leave the restaurant since the main entrance is on the south side of the building. :)
They have daily food & beer specials. Love their catfish platter!

Great place to watch KU games. Great service & extensive bar menu… the sweet potato fries are great.