Original Joe’s

So disappointed. 5 of us Went in last week, on a Thursday evening it was pretty slow. Took our drink order, missed my husband. No big deal, when she came back we placed his drink order. 15 mins later she came back with no drink. Took our food order and brought hubby drink.
Appy’s showed, my husbands was missing. When we asked her about it she acted very inconvenienced. Food came, friend couldn’t finish her burger it was terrible. She would have sent it back it our server checked on us. The fries were undercooked & bland. The calamari was so fishy. The food & service here used to be great. Think they just gave up.

Joes is always the best place to go, good food and awesome drinks. It’s a little dark to see the menu.

Came here with a bunch of friends Sunday afternoon, and ran into another group of friends. We wanted to join forces and the servers were very accommodating. Everyone enjoyed their food. The server recommended a soup to my friend and he said it changed his life. I was very impressed with my shrimp tacos. Always a positive experience with a group of friends at this OJs!

Sat down and was immediately greeted by our waitress. We told her the kinds of drinks that we wanted and she provided us with her favourite twists on them, we both ordered her suggestions and they were both thoroughly enjoyed. The food was well timed. The bread served with the bruschetta was soft as opposed to crunchy and it made it more enjoyable. It reminded me of pizza. In a good way. I like that you can order 2 sides with your entrée and the fact that you can substitute soy chicken is great for vegetarians like myself. Finally we finished with dirt pie (half size) it was just the right amount and delicious to boot. Would definitely go again.

Great pub food, great drinks. The management has always been accommodating when we call ahead with a large group. Good atmosphere as well. My vegetarian friend loves that she can eat fries and soy gravy here. Love OJs.

I love Original Joe’s usually, but this location seems to be really hit or miss… which unfortunately, it’s been a huge miss lately.
My first few times the service, and food was great, which is why I kept returning. The past two times I’ve been there my food has been cold, and took forever or our waitress had forgotten about us completely.

I went there recently with friends for lunch. It was after the lunch rush, so it was not busy. The service was very slow and it took a while before the server came for a drink order. The 3 of us put our orders in and a half an hour later, only 2 of the orders came out. I waited and waited and finally I had come to the realization that they had completely forgotten to make my burger and fries. I mentioned it to the server and she let the cook know. Not 10 minutes later, my burger and fries came out. I took one bite only to realize that the burger was undercooked and the bacon was uncooked… completely grossed me out and I sent it back and stuck to drinking my water. At this point, I saw the server speak to her manager about our situation. He glanced over, and didn’t even come to talk to me about what had happened… simply ignored us. The other 2 meals were average… nothing special. Overall, a terrible experience. Won’t be going back there to eat!

I’m torn with these guys. Upon my first visit I had a great experience. The food was great and the service was good (but could have been better). On my second visit the other day, the food was poor and the service not much better.
Back in January when I came here for the first time I came in for lunch on a Sunday afternoon. I had a caesar to start which was delicious. For my meal I went with the grilled cheese burger and chose the tomato and bacon soup as my side which was part of their seasonal winter menu. The food was great.
A couple nights ago I came in with friends to grab dinner before heading to a Unilocal event. It was a Monday so they had their house beer on special for $ 5 along with beef tacos for $ 2. The beer was good, not the greatest, but I can’t really complain. For dinner I ordered a few beef tacos and the french onion soup. The soup was mediocre. The cheese on top was barely melted and no crunch on top like you usually get with this soup. The tacos were not good. They were cold and flavourless and mostly lettuce. For $ 2 a taco I feel like I shouldn’t complain but they’re just that bad.
Now what’s really dragging down my review is the service. I’m not sure if its because I’ve come outside of peak hours or if they’ve had a lot of turnover but the service has not been that great on both visits. Overall it just seems to be a lack of experience. On Monday night we had a couple different people coming by our table and each one just didn’t have to seem that polish that you would expect from basic table service.

Just ok… I didn’t find anything special in this restaurant. It was not bad, but not really good. I am not going to say I will never go back there, but I would prefer to go somewhere else before going to Original Joe’s… The beef was overcooked for my taste. The service was just Ok, nothing special either. The prices are not bad. But I still prefer going to a great place, even if I have to pay more.

I love coming to Joe’s! Great atmosphere and I have yet to experience bad service or food. Great music. Highly recommended for a casual beer and burg!

Has been excellent every visit. Beer Choices great, Sgt. Pepper Burger and sweet potato fries. Other items tried on the menu are great, service has always been prompt and friendly.