JJ’s Eatery Too

JJs is OOBs «Cheers» It’s such a fun place to hang out, eat & listen to local music. I saw Dan Taylor on Saturday night & he was amazing! I also had dinner. I had the Fish Tacos. I got 2 for $ 3.95 each on special, great deal & very tasty. I like the tacos because the fish is not fried. It’s definitely a lighter version of a fish taco and I realized after trying other fish tacos, I like this non-​fried version the best. The wait staff, owner, patrons are all wonderful. You are treated like family whether you are a tourist or a regular. I go often and will keep going to eat my favorite tacos & see my favorite local musicians! JJs, where everybody knows your name!

Good, straightforward diner food. The service was friendly, though a little slow. However, if the cinnamon roll is available, I highly encourage you to order it (get it grilled), and be prepared to share it with three other people. It is swimming in cream cheese icing, and appropriately gooey. The prices are reasonable here as well. Nothing fancy, but a decent breakfast.

We had no idea where to go for dinner at OOB. Ran into this place and looked at the menu. It was okay but they had a dude singing requests and a very mature lady joining in with maracas. Too good to pass up. Food was… okay. I had some homemade broccoli cheese bites, not sure what I was expecting them to be.
I was told by the motel that breakfast is the time to go to JJs, so we tried it another day. Breakfast was very good. Service was great, too. I would definitely go back for breakfast.

We went for diner after a loooong drive from NYC. It was one of the last nice restaurants to eat at 10:30pm according to Unilocal,hail to them!!!
We ordered the lobsters, amazingly fresh, just a bit sad the French fries were in the same plate and got soaked with water went I cracked the lobster open, oh well!!!
Waitresses were super extra nice and fun. We got to play with the juke box for free and a free hug on the way out, definitely a place to stop by on your vacation in OOB.

Great food. Great service. Great price given location. Had great experience and talking to one of the locals a day after our visit, he highly recommend it, so if the locals are recommending it, you can be sure it’s good!

Perfect for us with three adults and 3 kids 6, 10 and 14! Chowder very good, haddock, chicken tenders, spaghetti dinner… something for everyone and great seating outside for our talkative group. Servers were very friendly and one can tell they enjoy working at JJ’s. Train goes by slowly with friendly conductors waving to bystanders, making for a perfect end to a busy day at OOB! I truly believe this is a fantastic find for anyone and I would say the best eatery at fair prices for terrific home cooked meals!

Fish tacos were amazing! Not your typical greasy boardwalk food. Wait staff was very friendly and fast.

I never write a review but I waited over an hour for an omelette and blueberry pancake. What made me even more mad than the wait was it was DEAD. And the couple that sat next to me 20 min after I ordered, got their food first. Granted they didn’t make me pay for my meal the service was horrible. Don’t recommend going there.

The food, bar, and staff was excellent. I was here with 2 friends, the atmosphere was so laid back and comfortable we were there for hours enjoying great food drinks and conversation. David on the bar was very friendly and gave great food recommendations. It was also a pleasure meeting Jean the owner. Will definitely be back.

Service was slow, but the waitress was nice. I ordered eggs florentine and the eggs were perfectly poached, but the rest of the meal was so so. My husband got an omelet and said it was decent. Both of us didn’t care for the home fries, very flavorless and some were still hard. Not the worst in OOB but not the best

Really surprised this place is rated so highly. We arrived here for breakfast, and waited nearly 50 minutes before the food we ordered arrived. Now, I’d understand if the place was packed out the door, but it was mostly dead aside from ourselves and a few others. I also would understand if it was dinner or even lunch, but we’re talking scrambled eggs, here — should take more than 20 minutes MAX.
Anyway, the food was just okay. Prices were very fair and the menu was at least decent. They got some of our order wrong, but we weren’t waiting that long for them to make it right.
The location is excellent, but inside is in serious need of updating. Even the patio area was poorly kept. I can’t recommend anyone go here when there are so many places to eat at Old Orchard Beach. Even the dunks across the street would have been a better choice for breakfast.

I very rarely write a review, because I usually listen to my close friends rather than faceless reviews though when away I’ll refer to Unilocal.I must have mistaken the review JJ’s Too for the original JJ’s. Who would’ve thunk!
It’s mid summer so I get you’re busy, I get that the kitchen is backed up and I get that it will be a 25 minute wait for food. But 50 minutes later and the food is still 10 minutes away (maybe). Inconceivable! The beers were cold but a mediocre selection makes it even that much more inconceivabler, especially when there a top notch pizza place across the road churning out pie slices like Dunkin Donuts does coffee. My gawd, it’s a summer resort town in July, have some respect. Yours Truly,
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I love this place. I go here for delicious, home style cooking in an unpretentious, clean setting. They make turkey vegetable soup from scratch daily and offer fantastic daily specials. Gluten-​free bread/​rolls are offered, too!

My boy friend and I met friends at JJ’s a few weeks ago on a Sat. Night.
The food was great.
They had a man singing on stage but was not so loud that we could not have a conversation with our friends.
Clean and Friendly staff.
Owners even came over to our table to see if everything was to our liking.
I would refer JJ’s to others looking for a good place to eat.

We stumbled on this place this weekend while walking up and down the oob strip people watchin’ and windows shopping.
It’s hidden back In between a pier fries place, ATM and the railroad tracks. Don’t miss the small sign.
Once inside there are a bunch of inside tables, bar side stools and tvs and outside patio. We chose to belly up bar side for a mimosa breakfast.
The first morning hubby had a huge single pancake as big as the plate and I had an egg sandwich. Mine is simple and easy but can I tell you NO place ever seems to get it right, this place did and two days in a row! Best egg cheese and bacon on a dry English toasted muffin I have had. Second day hubby had Irish Benny eggs with homemade hash! He was fat happy!
Ice coffee comes with coffee cubes!,!! What restaurant goes that far and takes a simple step to make us happier?! JJ’s does!
They are open from am till late night and has live entertainment at night.
Great breakfast menu and I’m sure the lunch and dinner menus are just as great. Come on by!

I guess there might be a difference and service and food depending on the time of day. My friends and I went for breakfast around 10:30 on Sunday. We were seated promptly and when we ordered had our meals in less than 20 minutes. Each of us enjoyed what we got. I loooooved the turkey hash. Great flavor, good balance of veggie to turkey. One friend got cream cheese stuffed French toast and stated that she was hoping for less cream cheese and more sweetness but it was still great. My other friend lives a block away and frequents this establishment for its amazing Bloody Mary’s
The waitress was sweet and very informative about the menu options. She checked on us and made sure to ring us up quickly after our meal.
So not sure if people posting a 2 or less stars are going at a different time or if they expecting more from this cute eatery that serves exceptional diner food. Either way I will end by saying breakfast is awesome!

Never again. After a long day of house hunting, my girlfriends and I decided to check out OOB. It was raining so we wanted to eat at a sit down place. This was the first place we saw and it looked fine.
I ordered a bowl of clam and haddock chowder and a salad from the salad bar. My friend ordered a burger and the other ordered a veggie quesadilla. I waited about 20 minutes to get my salad by choice since I figured their food would be coming soon. 45 minutes later, nothing. The waitress was apologetic, but we were starving! The food finally came and everything was fine… nothing to write home about but hey.
Finally we get the check, and she charges me for «salad bar and soup» (8.95) and the chowder (6.95). After I pointed out the mistake she begrudgingly took a dollar off the bill. With my corona light and tip, it cost me $ 21. Like I said, will NOT be coming here again. Would have been better off eating a slice of pizza on the sidewalk in the rain.

my family came in from washington, we took the train spent a wonderful day! when we came into the restaurant we were greeted by the owner. wonderful man. he was very attentive and pleasant ensured we were seated and served! the food was great. my granddaughters loved the hotdogs! being from washington never had the experience of red hot dogs! mainers know the true hot dog is the red ones! lol! he suggested an amazing bloody mary cocktail for the adults and had shirley temples made for the kids. our server was also wonderful! we will certainly be back!!!
in fact my red hat gals will be coming back by train in a couple of weeks!

Terribly slow service and frustratingly oblivious owner. Arrived at 9:00am — at 9:45 we still had no food. The owner, obsessed with socializing with the locals he knows, ignores the frustrated patrons waiting with increasing impatience. He actually brings the cook out for several minutes to introduce to friends while 3 unserved tables watch. He eventually brings out breakfast from the kitchen to his friend’s table, then makes one last trip with his own breakfast and joins them. It is truly a scene out of «Kitchen Nightmares» as the oblivious owner «Johnny» chats it up with his friends over his breakfast, while 16 patrons at three nearby tables watch in frustration. Simply poor form for the owner to not pitch in with his very understaffed employees — yet help in the kitchen to bring out his own breakfast. He never visited the three tables of patrons that weren’t «locals». The food was ok, but nowhere near being worth the 45 minute wait. I would stay clear of this place simply due to the thoughtless owner, understaffed atmosphere and ridiculous wait for eggs.
Last minute update: when we were ready for the check, the owner came to our table and asked how was everything. I expressed, politely, the above review. He then offered a sincere apology and comped the meal for our party of six. I find this type of apology and acceptance of responsibility rare. So my thanks to the owner for what I think is the rarest act in customer service — a sincere apology. The review rating moves to a 2-​star from a 1 as a result. And I will now visit again, and revise my when that future visit happens.

This place was deplorable. We walked in and waited at the host stand to find out that they don’t have a hostess. We were told to sit anywhere by a patron at the bar. (She was either a regular or the owner, I’m hoping it was a patron as she was sucking down whiskey like it was the last bottle on earth.)
Our server was polite and courteous. We ordered scallops wrapped in bacon for an appetizer. We received 6 bay scallops wrapped in bacon skewered with a toothpick on a plate, no garnish, no dip, just tiny scallops flopped onto a side plate. If they used sea scallops then they quartered them because they where tiny!
Onto my entrée, Chicken broccoli Alfredo. It came out swimming in thin Alfredo sauce, mushy spaghetti (spaghetti for chicken and broccoli?) and over cooked broccoli spears. The broccoli was so over cooked that it may have even been frozen broccoli that they used. If by chance the line cook that made my dinner reads this I have a question… how could you put that dish In the service window and be proud of what you made?
I also got the salad bar, omg it was nasty, dirty and not well kept.
I do not suggest this place as a destination spot.