Johnny's Downtown

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   Andy

   Cleveland

   16 reviews

   4.0

   16 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   First time there last night for dinner. Early Saturday, not very full. Beautiful rooms, nice live piano music. Very good cocktails. Service prompt without being pushy. Our group had a variety of pasta, seafood, and meat dishes, and all was good. One person remarked that she felt we could be in New York, placing Johnny's a cut above Cleveland in general. I don't dine right downtown often, but this place is on the list for a return visit. Only complaint is the narrow selection of wine by the glass.
   

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   Allan

   VIP

   Naples

   3 reviews

   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on January 11, 2025

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

   The food was just so so medallions of veal were chunks of veal, not pounded sautéed medallion. With the Sherwin-Williams building going up next-door we believe that Johnny’s downtown is resting on their laurels and the food is suffering from it. If you have an opportunity that’s looking you in the face with 1200 employees across the street coming in for lunch and dinner. You better raise your game big time. Our favorite restaurant in Cleveland coming up from Akron is Luca’s, have your chef go and have dinner there and look at the the kitchen it’s a orchestra in perfection… You have a split second to make a first impression and you miss the mark last night for us. Unfortunately, we will not be going back for quite a while until we hear otherwise that you upped your game. The ambience in the restaurant was fantastic. Our waiter was just so so he seemed very hurried and he forgot to bring my wife’s decaffeinated coffee after dinner. A minor point.
   

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   Tim

   West Palm Beach

   7 reviews

   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on January 1, 2025

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

   Every aspect of this restaurant was fantastic. Upscale and very charming atmosphere. Staff was friendly and professional, highly recommend Johnnys
   

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   Donald

   Cleveland

   8 reviews

   3.0

   8 reviews

   Dined on January 1, 2025

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

   Food was outstanding but the overall experience was disappointing. We waited a while to even be greeted and our server just seemed rushed and out of sorts. She even made a comment that things were kind of a mess in the kitchen that night because of the new menu (on NYE). We ordered an appetizer and two entrees- all of which came out at the same time. No apology or acknowledgment that our appetizer wasn’t brought out first. A fine dining experience finished in less than an hour? Not what I expect from a place like this.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   VIP

   Las Vegas

   6 reviews

   1.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on December 31, 2024

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

   Will NEVER return. Management was unnecessarily very rude to my family. New Years Eve menu was insanely price gauged, $89 strip steak, only one pasta dish for $69. Would make ZERO accommodations for children. Also they had no steak knives to use with their over priced steaks. Only positive was Mike the piano player. Otherwise would never recommend and will not be returning.
   

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   Lori

   Cleveland

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 28, 2024

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

   The service was great and the food was good. A couple of things were disappointing. The food wasn't very hot. And this is picky but considering that we spent well over $500 we would expect our to go packaging to be a little better than a plastic grocery bag?
   

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   Kent

   VIP

   Cleveland

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on December 25, 2024

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

   As always a great Christmas Eve experience with Mike Petrone at Johnny’s Downtown.
   

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   Nancy

   VIP

   Cleveland

   54 reviews

   3.0

   54 reviews

   Dined on December 24, 2024

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

   Our food was terrific! But we felt so rushed by our server. Ruined the evening.
   

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   Deborah

   VIP

   Cleveland

   40 reviews

   5.0

   40 reviews

   Dined on December 20, 2024

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

   Another wonderful meal at Johnny's and a fun night. We always like to sit in the bar area if it is Monday-Friday to listen to Mike Petrone play. He gets the crowd singing and is wonderful. The food is fabulous also. I had the beef short ribs and they melted in my mouth. Others had the crusted grouper and veal chop which was both excellent. Highly recommend.
   

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    Justin

    Richmond

    2 reviews

    1.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on December 16, 2024

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

    Their were Browns fans in the restaurant way too drunk slurring their words and shouting, being more loud then they should. They were being obnoxious and one of them had his hands down this girls pants right in front of everyone. We just finished our cocktails and ended up leaving. We couldn’t even stay to eat it was so rowdy in there. It was a bad choice for a date night.
    

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