Johnny’s Tavern

Average sports bar. Plenty of TVs. Place seemed cleaned. I had the pale ale burger, was nothing special just a frozen burger cooked up with bacon and cheese. Bartenders were really friendly and upbeat. Probably a good place if you’re a local.

Good for the pizza, thats 5 stars, but the rest of the food seems like frozen stuff out of a box either fried or sent through the pizza oven. Ine thing to note if you order a Philly cheesesteak, I was surprised when the waitress a sked how do want it cooked? (Yes?) Yes, I wanted it cooked. It shows up as not shaved meat, but as a grilled steak chopped to bits (different) burgers are to be avoided here at all costs, chewey freezer pucks, definitely not hand pattied

It’s Johnny’s. Traditional KU sports establishment that caters very well to all local sports fans. Good lunch stop or place to watch games. Drinks flowing, fresh bar food, and friendly service. Restrooms could use some help but Johnny’s is more bar than grill so prepare for that if you are looking for kid/​family friendly. RCJH.

Cheese dip is unreal, a must have. Solid beer choice. The burgers came out luke warm. Good fried pickles.

A networking group I’m in meets here once a month, and I have to say that I’m always impressed. The food is good and fresh (my favorite is the apple walnut salad) and the wait staff is always kind and courteous. In addition, the facility is always very clean.
They have a great selection of beers, if you’re more of a beer person (which I am, but not during the networking meetings ~ though it might make it a bit more interesting!).

I visited this place and had the flamming wings double dipped. They were okay. I also had the shrimp tacos and a Sangria. The tacos were bland, but the Sangria was good. I would go again if I’m in the mood for a Sangria.

Johnny’s Tavern has perfected the art of the suburban sports bar. Large flat screen tvs, small tvs for the booths, a good menu featuring a variety of burgers, sandwiches and other fried delicacies and ice cold big brewer beer (with some Boulevard thrown in of course.)
This location features all of the above however its service is flighty. The servers are very nice and well intended, but they take their time. I’ve also had some small issues with receiving dirty appetizer dishes and wrong orders. Everything has been fixed quickly, but I sometimes I do wonder if the servers are paying attention or just running through the motions.
Even with some of the service issues, this Johnny’s is still a good place to come and cheer on your team. I just want to warn you in case the game finishes a little quicker than anticipated.

Just your average joint. Nothing special here. In fairness, should probably eat there a few more times, order different things. See if anything stands out.

Really like this place. …it has a great neighborhood bar feel. We’ve had a lot of get togethers after work and the service has always been great. The bar is large enough to accommodate big groups. The food is pretty tasty; I always get the wings and have never been disappointed. I can also take the kiddos here (but not stay too late). The place usually gets pretty packed on weekends especially if there are KU games, which makes it a fun hang out. Prices are a little high but it’s JC…

Great happy hour specials for this area of town. Otherwise nothing special, service is consistently snotty and when yup walk in the door they kind of look at you like «wtf are you doing here?»
Good place to watch sports games.

Great bar food. Always have good drink specials. Lots of TVs for sports games. Kid friendly.
Fried pickles are a great app. Great burgers and pizza here too. I prefer the hot cap burger.
Always pretty affordable and a good location.

Went in for lunch this week and asked for the gluten free menu. It’s really small, but I was able to find a salad that sounded good. I give them props for being a bar that has a GF menu.
Service was just OK.
Close to work and home so I’ll definitely go back.

Went in for a few beers while watching the game. Waitress was very attentive, glasses were clean, beer was cold. We were just there for drinks… we didn’t have any food. Seems like a fun place but parking is bad. Lot is small and you have to park in an adjacent lot and hump it back. The lot is not lit and were I at all timid it’d be a no go for me.

DW and I stopped here on a Saturday afternoon. It was around 2pm and the restaurant wasn’t very busy. The server told us to pick any table. The décor is your typical sports bar with lots of TVs for all the games on. Our waitress stopped by to take our drink orders pretty quickly and we perused the menu to see what looked good. They had a wide variety, but we stuck with the basics. A bacon cheeseburger for the DW and I had the buffalo chicken sandwich. We ordered some onion ring as an appetizer. The rings came out quickly and were a good sized portion. Don’t know if they were home made or frozen, but they were good. We were about half way through the rings when our food came out. The DW burger was a little too pink for her and the waitress took it back to have it cooked more. My buffalo chicken sandwich was spicy, just the way I like it. The fries were fresh made and very nice. The DW’s burger came back out and was cooked enough for her. Service was very good and the food was pretty good. We’ll be back again to Johnny’s.

Service 4 stars
Food 2 stars so I split the difference to 3 for overall.
Prices were reasonable so no complaints there. The service was consistently quick and the food wait time was very good also.
I’ll give the server credit for knowing her menu. I asked if the pork tenderloin was fresh, she said no, frozen. So I asked if the burger was fresh, no it was frozen. All I wanted was a fresh item so she suggested the chicken. I should have taken her suggestion. My wife had the double fried chicken wings and they were just as advertised double fried. I decided to try the burger and I put the blame on myself for choosing it.

Eh, this Johnny’s was my neighborhood sports bar for a few years. Had so many up & down experiences I don’t know where to begin. Always a lively spot when KU is playing football or basketball. Service is BIG-​TIME inconsistent! We have had some great food here and some not-​so great food at this particular Johnny’s. I swear my bill increases every time I visit Johnny’s.
Johnny’s has some very underrated pizza. I’ve been lucky to receive consistently good pizza that rivals most places in Kansas City. Burgers are of the frozen variety but have been tolerable on most visits. I like their french fries when served hot and crispy. Plenty of appetizers at decent prices. We used to love their chicken strips but they have been inconsistent as of late.
I still enjoy the Lawrence locations the most. P&L location can be a zoo at times, but not a bad spot during the downtimes at P&L.
Again, huge fan of Johnny’s Tavern. 3 star rating based on this location alone over the span of 5 years. There have been 5 star visits here as well as 2 star visits. Therefore, I guess that averages out to a 3 star?

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.

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. 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 2^nd one I politely asked the server for less. 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+. He finally took the shot off the bill but at what cost to a customer relationship? I am simply astounded at the entire occurrence. Simply astounded.

I love Johnny’s food! 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. It seems like our whole group had to ask for what ever we needed. (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

First, an FYI — while the address is correct, the location on Unilocal’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 Unilocal 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.