Jim & Jack's — Restaurant in Cincinnati

Ah Jim & Jacks on the river, A westside staple! Conveniently located roughly ten minutes from downtown Cincinnati. With its small town hospitality and family owned friendly service it seems like it would be located a lot farther away, fortunately for us it is not.

Jim & Jacks offers everything that bars were built on and unfortunately are rare to find anymore. Lucky for you and I they have it. The location is convenient but not congested with multiple other establishments making parking a dream come true. The owner is very hands on and is never to busy to ask how things are going. The food and drink selection is rather wide and all of it is worth a try.

The live entertainment is what they use to draw in the crowd and rightfully so. It is quite spectacular, they constantly provide the best live entertainment for there audience and do it often enough for you not to be able to forget about. They seem to aim more towards the country crowd which I am not particularly fond of but to each its own. However, if you like to dance look no more because Jim & Jacks puts its money where its mouth is in the dancing realm.

The food menu has changed a few times in the last couple of years. Which is great that they are changing it up to keep people returning. I would have to say that my favorite part of it is when the owner is available to make breakfast, he makes a mean western omelette, the bloody Mary's are standard but solid. I've never had anything off of the dinner menu I didn't enjoy. From what I have been told he has a long time friend help him with the dinner menu who is a genius in the kitchen. The CODfather is the staple sandwich and needs no explanation due to the name.

I have heard a lot of people say that this is an "old timers" bar and I would disagree and go on to say that this is an establishment with class and respect to not allow people that are going to tarnish its good name inhabit it. The crowd is as good as it gets, the regulars are as friendly as it comes and you just can't beat the loyalty.

As far as the decor and drink selection goes they are both pretty up to date inside has been recently renovated and looks amazing, the dance floor is brand new. The previous one had some mileage on it so they had to bring in a new one. The only complaint I have is that they do not offer any leisure sports. I think they could really capitalize off of a large Jenga set on the patio or cornhole on the inside when they have no band playing or even a special area out back. They are doing a decent job in the craft beer world, a few solid local breweries and all of the basic known imports. The liquor selection is something special, they have damn near everything you could want out of a bar plus some.

Overall Jim & Jacks is a great place to relax and become a regular. The service, prices and products are all worth the drive if you aren't a westsider and as far as westsiders not familiar with them it's a place to make friends and memories. What more could...

Came with friends for a night out. First time visiting. From what we understood it was their busiest night since the pandemic started. House was full. Masks were a thought of the past. Line dancing was entertaining and band played many country songs and was entertaining. We had 7 in our group. Of our orders one was not correct. He ordered a big fish sandwich and they brought him the little one. To make up for it they brought him out another small. Might have ended up with more but not what he ordered and was disappointed. My order was not brought out when everyone else's was. I waited another hour for them to bring me a personal pizza. Not sure who our waitress was because someone different was always checking on us and I told at least three people I was missing my meal. Honestly up to receiving our food we were having a great time and talking about when we could return again with additional friends. Once the food fiasco happened, we are likely never to return. We understand the place was packed and they were overwhelmed. Servers were nice, but there was no offer to comp our food or give us a discount. Everyone in our group was done eating before I got my food. Greatly...

Came here many times and had a good experience but tonight came to watch the band and eat dinner. Was told we could have a table when group left. Waited a hour and a 1 1/2 at bar for table. Group left and they gave our table away when we could have already ate at the bar. Got there 2 1/2 hours before the band started so we could get a table to see the band and then was asked if we just wanted to sit at the bar or he could eventually get us a table. I’m good you lost our business.

Haha to your response you could have given us a table way before hand to eat dinner then. And that was a 4 seater and a 2 seater table that we would have been fine with… but you forgot about us and gave it away. And you gave the 2 seater to 2 people which is was what we had at the time. We wouldn’t have sat at the bar the whole time to wait for the table you promised us. And you offered us seats at a different table (how late later) because you knew you messed up. How about instead of trying to defend yourself you apologize. But that’s ok we...