John's Place

01/28/09

Soothing surrounds and very delish

by Thinkspring at Citysearch

I couldn't disagree more with the last angry person's review regarding John's Place.. perhaps they missed their last anger managment class...or had a fight with a JOHN in a past life. In any event, John's Place is the most accommodating, comfortable and delicious place to eat. I had the blackened Salmon and my date had a delicous burger. What made it even better, was that we happened to be there on 1/2 price bottles of wine night. Our server was fab and I can't wait to go back!!

• Pros: Great Prices, great food and relaxed vibe
• Cons: Can't think of one

09/06/08

this place is a joke.... stay away

by crombiejock at Citysearch

that manager JOHN knew nothing about the food. it was disgusting. we saw a waterbug in the bathroom sink. our server was a dropout from depaul who lives on top of the building who JOHN owns and bad mouthed the owner JOHN the whole time. haha! then he insisted we goto cafe ba ba reeba and we did

cafe ba ba reeba rocked!! great tapas... thanks dude.. stay away from this place... bad music, bad food, bad manager!

• Pros: waiter had a nice butt
• Cons: looking at JOHN's face

09/06/08

DISMAL!

by depaultony at Citysearch

THE OWNER HERE IS JUST A MAN WITH AN EMPTY MIND... AND PERSONALITY!! HE PROLLY BEATS HIS WIFE AND KIDS... WHITE TRASH HE SERIOUSLY HAS NO BUSINESS ETHICS AT ALL. FOOD WAS DISGUSTING. GOTO CLARKES ON LINCOLN INSTEAD. ABSOLUTLEY DISMAL! STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE... I HOPE LINCOLN PARK GET RID OF IT SOON... JOHN YOU ARE AN ABOMINATION TO THE RESTAURANT/BUSINESS WORLD.... KARMA DUDE.... KARMA

• Pros: THINKING THAT JOHN LIKES BOYS....
• Cons: I PUT GUM UNDER TWO TABLES....TAKE THAT JOHN

01/25/08

WAY OVERPRICED!

by gypsy2109 at Citysearch

$12 salad, are you kidding me, and not large either. Definitly not worth it. Southwest Chicken Salad is really good, but not work $12, more like $8. Ridiculous. Won't go back.

• Cons: Way overpriced, not worth it at all!

06/28/06

Wished it was good...

by mae08 at Citysearch

This is a cute location, and cute decor, and I really did give it a chance. I went there for brunch and had a lackluster experience. The food is really basically passable, but no more. The omelletes were bland, the pancakes equally joyless. Yes, I know the menu is "basic" but not even the simple ingredients are pepared well. I went there recently for a salad and the lettuce was brownish on the corners, the goat cheese was sort of lumped on top as an afterthought and it was the saddest little boring salad I have ever had presented to me at a restaurant. These guys need to up the quality, particularly in a neighborhood like this, with a million other better places to go practically down the street.