Johnnie's Jazz Bar & Grille at The Power and Light District

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   Sharon

   Kansas City

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 17, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   My first time at Johnnie’s and expected a little more pizzazz. The band was really good but lack the people, less than 20 people in the room. Overall, great scenery and excellent place for date night out with your significant other,etc.
   

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   Jay

   San Francisco

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 11, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   Great ambiance, good music and fun crowd. Unfortunately, the bartender was antisocial and the waitress didn't know anything about what drinks were available. Finally, the bar could not serve even basic drinks and had only three beer brands.
   

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   Sam

   Kansas City

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 4, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   Need working on getting better service food and Drinking...
   

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   Michael

   VIP

   New York City

   17 reviews

   3.0

   17 reviews

   Dined on January 4, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   Go for the music and convenience, not for the food or service. Extremely limited menu and were even out of some of those items. They got our drink order wrong twice. Plastic plates!
   

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   robert

   Kansas City

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 1, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   This place sucks. Food was expensive and terrible and I was at the bar for 45 minutes without ever getting acknowledged at all. All of the buffet food was reheated frozen bulk stuff from Walmart. Will never go back
   

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   Gerry

   VIP

   Baja California

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 20, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   First, it’s a bar in a movie theater. Set your expectations appropriately. The live music the night we went was amazing. Too good for this place. They had only one bartender that night who didn’t seem to care they were packed; just went at his own pace and kept the people at the bar and walk-ups as his priority. Our waitress was horrible and, among other things, we had to ask 3x just to get our check. The food was movie theater food. My burger was probably under a heat lamp for 45-60 minutes before I got it and it came out on a white styrofoam plate. The ketchup and mustard were in tear off packets. While you might always find open slots on OpenTable - there’s a reason for that. You can do better. And the ownership of this place should be ashamed of themselves. It’s disgraceful.
   

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   Jonathan

   VIP

   Grand Rapids

   2 reviews

   1.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on December 14, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 5

   They no longer serve from actual plates. They use paper plates. Servers came to our table after 20 minutes. We had time to sit, wonder where the server was, go order drinks from the bar, and drink them before the server came by. When she finally came by she’s only had one water with her. We started to order and she interrupted us to make sure that we had paid for our bar drinks. Ordered charcuterie and “flatbread” turned out to be cheese cubes, salami, mustard, 4 crackers, and a cheap personal pizza. Not sure what happened, but this was comically bad.
   

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   Ted

   Kansas City

   5 reviews

   1.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on December 8, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   Dinner was a disaster. Six people ordered drinks and only one ever got it. Dinner was from the movie theater next-door fast food, and 45 minutes to be delivered. We previously had a nice dinner here weight staff was chaotic. Didn’t write things down and rarely paid attention despite our our attempts to get Service, no napkins, no silverware or delivered to the table. This is not an experience I would ever repeat.
   

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   Michelle

   Kansas City

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 7, 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 5

   The music was fantastic and we enjoyed. Our service was poor -we had to ask for service for drinks, then ask for someone to take our food order, then ask for our drinks to be served…. However, our server was very persistent to bring our tickets! Our food was overpriced microwaved appetizers. However, we were there for the live music and that was good.
   

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    Cliff

    VIP

    St. Louis

    75 reviews

    3.0

    75 reviews

    Dined on November 22, 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 4

    Cool atmosphere but very poor service ruined the vibe. Good eats but extremely slow coming out considering we were the only customers in the first hour after arriving on time at 5pm. Some great jazz started playing as we were leaving so maybe things get better as the night progressed?
    

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