Johnny Utahs

First of all its an underage fest. I’m waiting in line watching kids slip the bouncers money. Secondly, all the employees there are just jerks and pervs. Plenty of other good bars in the city worth going to.

Scumbag workers always saying disgusting degrading things to females. One of them whistling at my girlfriend and her friends. Not to mention this place is always so dirty and the bathrooms are absolutely gut-​wrenching. Mechanical bull is about the only thing they have going for them.

Went in on a bar crawl and won a «free open bar!» which prompted my return since I don’t leave in the city and it seemed worth a return. They are run down, the food was over priced and extremely poor quality. Service was not to standard and the quality of other patrons was not ideal. I will not be returning to Philly with this place in mind, I look forward to discovering more the city has to offer and a better place to bring my friends, spend my money, and have a good time.

Bouncer and bartender said sexist remarks to me and were very disrespectful I will never go back again, worst experience of my life staff did not respond to my concerns

This is single handily the worst bar I have ever been to in my entire life.
The customer service at this establishment is abysmal (manager probably doesn’t even know what that word means because he is that uneducated).
The manager assaulted my girlfriend, verbally degrading her — calling her a «white c*nt».
I would never go here and highly recommend Johnny Utah corporate to fire the general manager.

I came here only for a Penn senior event, and am pretty sure I would never come here on a normal day… firstly, it is very isolated from everything else, so it’s a complete hassle to get here. The space is spacious enough, but cowboy-​themed bar with scantily-​clad girls in 10 degree weather with nothing but riding boots and daisy dukes? Methinks not.
I ordered a $ 10 mason jar drink, and it was probably one of the worst drinks I have ever had; it was supposed to be one of the bar’s specials, but it tasted like ice and powder, which stuck in my throat and had a weird aftertaste. Most of all, very low alcoholic content!
Strongly disappointing, I left after 10 minutes. It was slightly amusing watching people ride the mechanical bull… but this just isn’t really my cup of tea, especially with so many other cool bars in NoLibs/​even Old City.

DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT host an event at Johnny Utah’s.
I called in to have a birthday party/​fundraising event for a student film there and they completely screwed me over. I planned to have my open bar event from 9pm-​12am, and the woman who I spoke on the phone with to organize it agreed on an amount to charge my guests and on an amount of money I would receive in return. This woman did not mention to me that a raffle would be going on the first hour of my event. An hour where the bar was completely overcrowded and there wasn’t any music. When I went to ask the woman who organized my event why she didn’t inform me of this, she replied by saying, «well it’s over now.» She also did not charge my guests the open bar fee that she and I had agreed upon. When I asked her why not she was once again rude and unhelpful. They overall did a terrible job.

Rude bartenders! If I could give less then one star i would! She pointed at us and stared so we’d give her the drink order get a clue!

I just would like to let everyone know that this place Johnny Utah’s over charged my card 100.00. Thank god I had the receipt that showed I paid 37.50 and when I looked at my bank statement it showed 137.50. I tried to call them Friday and Saturday left 3 – 4 messages and not a phone call back! I tried again Monday I spoke with someone they told me the manager would be there shortly and give me a call well needless to say still no phone call! So to anyone that has been there I would check your bank statement because they are definitely trying to pull a fast one on people, and to the people that are think about going there use cash!

Very rude staff. Unprofessional manager. My friends and I were offended by the lack of respect and we will never be stepping foot in this establishment again. I would suggest to bring your business elsewhere.

I prefer mcfaddens because I’m not really into «southern» decors, but the mechanical bull in here is pretty cool. They also share a cover with mcfaddens, so you get two cool bars for a fair cover price!

This bar is not the type of establishment I would go to, and that is for good reason with my three strikes rule. I hate the idea of paying a cover just to walk in to drink, so that is one strike. The place is littered with bros and bimbos who watch too much MTV reality TV, so that is a second strike. I also find it sacrilege that they served Sarnac Pumpkin Ale in a plastic cup and that is the biggest third strike to me! It is nice that High Lifes are 2.00 bucks, but I can go to a chill dive bar for that. I doubt I will want to come back to this juvenile bar.

I got a group together to watch a football game on Sunday. I called ahead to make sure they had Sunday ticket and could accommodate my group. They said yes, but when we showed up the bar was empty and they said they couldn’t change the channel from the Giants game that no one was watching.

Super racist bartender and believe me I am never the one to jump to race conclusions. This is not my first time but they always go off of the two bars, one cover thing, as the huge sign in the window said.
Well last night, the walkway between was blocked so we were stuck in this shit hole. Mcfaddens is always more fun, by the way. Apparently they have a no hats rule. So my friend was told in a very disrespectful way to remove his hat or he would be kicked out. An hour later on the other side of the bar, two guys have on hats. When we ask the bartender about it he says they work here. I told him if it’s a policy. Then everyone needs to follow it. They continued to wear their hats. Then the other bartender spills a drink on my Kate spade purse and mumbles sorry before going about her way.

This was by far the worst experience I’ve ever had at a bar. I came in with low expectations, but the experience managed to be worse than this.
The general manager was a terrible rude and sexist person with his bouncing staff showing off similar qualities. They will do anything to give the bar a «sexy look», but anything besides for that will cause you to be asked to stop of leave. It felt much skankyier than sexy.
The DJ played outdated and boring songs, with only three of them being in the country genre all night. I was excited for a country atmosphere, but didn’t find that here.
The bull operator was constantly hitting on the women that wanted to ride the bull. Anyone he didn’t like was given a brutally hard and fast ride, while people he did like or that we’re wearing revealing clothes had the bull slowed down. Attractive people on a bull is great, and I love to see it, but this man prevented an overweight girl from getting on the bull by every time she tried to hop on, he’s buck the bull and throw her to the ground before ever starting. It was embarrassing and downright disgusting how poorly she was treated in front of the whole bar. She ended up not riding the bull because the operator wouldn’t give her a chance to get on.
Drink service was terribly slow.
Honestly, this was the worst bar experience I’ve ever had. Once in a while, I’m all for hitting up that questionable location just because it might be fun, and usually it can be, but with such rude, sexist and inconsiderate staff at Jonny Utah’s, this place will never be a good decision, no matter how low your standards are.
The option for negative stars isn’t on here, but trust me, that’s what I would otherwise be choosing.

Such a fun time. The only place I know where you can ride a mechanical bull! Although, the operators get pervy when girls in dresses ride… beware what you wear ladies!
The drinks are creative and delicious although slightly overpriced. The atmosphere is crazy and fun, and the bartenders dance on the counter coyote ugly style! Fun to watch and even join in on! although this slows down the already snail paced drink service…
I came here once with a voucher for a free birthday drink… by the time I got to the head of the line an hour later it had expired… I had to speak to three different people and a rude manager to finally have my free drink begrudingly served to me…
It wasn’t my fault, I was there in plenty of time…
If the 4 female bartenders weren’t dancing on the counters with guests the whole time, while one make bartender took over the insanely crowded bar. I would have gotten it sooner…
on the other hand, the counter may be the only open space to dance… it sure is crowded! Be sure to get here early. To get drinks and a spot to dance!

An extra star for the mechanical bull, because it’s fun to watch your friends ride it. It’s also fun to try, unless you’re not wearing a low-​cut top and pants that show your butt crack and don’t feel like parading around your grinding skills in front of a crowded bar. Are mechanical bulls supposed to be sexual?
This place is basically a feminist’s worst nightmare. The guy who operates the bull takes it easy on the «hot» chicks so they can stay on for longer, and they let those girls ahead in line. Dudes and girls who maybe don’t fit whatever aesthetic they’re looking for (or girls who opt to ride solo, rather than straddling each other) get bucked off pretty fast. Bouncer was an asshole, bartenders weren’t great, and my enjoyment of the place was diminished by the girls in skimpy outfits dancing on the bar. There are probably people who enjoy places like this. I’m not one of them, and I’m OK with that.

Do yourself a favor and skip this place. I came here for my girlfriends birthday, (it was 11:30pm, her birthday was at midnight) and she went to the door with her ID and he told her it wasn’t her. It WAS in fact her and her ID. The arrogant jerk then goes «I’ve been doing this for 30 years, this definitely is not you» and took her real ID away. Um obviously your «30 years experience» is bologna if you’re silly enough to take away someones real ID. So my girlfriend spent her birthday in a Jimmy Johns trying to figure out what to do about her ID.
I went in briefly for one drink (before all the drama went down) and the place was too packed, crawling with meathead bartenders who didn’t seem to know what they were talking about.

The plan was to grab a bite here just to check it out, then head elsewhere. We stuck around and got drunk instead, here’s why: They have a troupe of attractive female bartenders who periodically dance on the bar.
Yeah that’s a lame reason for staying anywhere, I know. We weren’t aware of this phenomenon and the whole thing sort of took us by surprise. We’d just be hanging out and then it was like, «Oh, they’re going to do it again.» Call it shallow, sexist or whatever but they were mildly amusing. Plus, the drinks were flowing and we had no place else to be.
The bar is a big square, with ample room around it. They have a cowboy western thing going on. The rear of the place is mostly taken up by a mechanical bull ring, with lots of room around that as well. A few booths are along one wall. They play country music with some 80’s hair band/​pop thrown in.
If you’re like me and would never actually ride one of these things, mechanical bulls really only have three types of appeal: watching people fall off, watching hot chick (s) ride them «provocatively» and to watch the bull operator fuck with people.
Again, any of those are only mildly amusing at best.
I could go on, but it’s not important. I’ll simply say this is a one and done kind of place for me. If you’re over twenty-​five, you really have no business coming here. In hindsight, it baffles me that I went here at all.
Oh, I had the burger… if you do go, I’d pass on the food.

Weird.