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    Johnny's Fine Italian Dining

    3.8 (77 reviews)
    ModerateItalian, Salad, Soup
    Closed 4:00 pm - 10:00 PM

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    Veal saltin Boca
    Mary S.

    Old school Italian and has stood the test of time! Delicious food. Good Beverages. A varied and unique Menu. A different band every weekend is my understanding. Hustle bustle. Leftovers to be sure. Our server was extremely busy and did the best she could. Street parking only but we parked close by. Veal saltin Boca was delish. Chicken Ala Johnnys tasty and a huge portion with hot and sweet peppers. Veal and shrimp was delish. Salmon always tasty. Sides were very big of our choice of penne w red sauce. Apps of oysters Rockefeller, calamari, zucchini planks, wedding soup were all excellent. Will go back soon. Definitely make resers. Bar is big but was full at 6 pm

    Jameson M.

    I love this place so much the food is delicious I love the Italian music and the theme the wedding soup is delicious and delightful I love it so much the food comes fast too I love Jonny's

    Cocktail

    After so many years Johnny's is still my absolute favorite place ! The food absolutely NEVER misses. 98% as good to go as in person. Staff is great. Has improved immensely over the past few years.

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    Jodi A.

    Johnnys has forever been a family resturant for as long as I can remember. While they have been around for awhile their recipes are the same and amazing as they always have been. I highly recommend the chicken arrabbiata dish if you enjoy spicy cuisine. Their wedding soup was also full of flavor and very filling in portion. I always have food to take home. The staff are well trained and kind. I only give four stars due to how hard it can be to make actually getreservation,but that goes to show how popular they are!

    Table reservation definitely suggested!!! Maybe call twice to confirm?  As it should have been for 7 at 7
    Anne B.

    Everything we tasted was delicious and fresh. My friend originally made a reservation for a party of 10 at 7PM. She'd heard about Johnny's so many times, and now a friend is playing live music tonight. I'll get to the issues after. The atmosphere is fun like the others describe, an Italian place like my parents used to take us when we were little. We had the cheese sticks- I thought to die for. Friends had shrimp, strip steak, fillet, garlic bread (with their really good bread they put out in baskets) eggplant parm, pasta with sauce, and a shrimp past dish, I had a taste of chicken marsala - very good- didn't realize I had to pick pasta as a side. (Ordering was yelling over music and playing telephone down the table.) He ordered gnocchi and meatball- will taste tomorrow as it was so late we had to take it to go. He works at 6am. So for the delays, I show up at 7, and everyone trickled in. The BDAY girl let us know she HAD called to update it to a party of 7, still at 7. There were still 3 extra places set, and it seemed as though the staff was awaiting their arrival as we hadn't gotten drinks ordered. There wasn't open seat, it seems in the house, so it's unfortunate they didn't rearrange, if possible, for another table. Also. Somehow they had us down for 6pm. If you met us, you'd know better. After every other table ordered, we got our shouts in. Eventually we hear a big loud crash - yup that was all our food. If you've worked in a restaurant, you know the back has to be livid at this point. So, we are waiting again and decide we are going to have to take ours to go. It was still fun to go with friends enjoy the live music, we could have done without the passive aggression and the strange literal running around by some of the staff that ended, as we predicted, in an accident. If he didn't have to be up so early, it would've been fine. We just didn't expect to get home at 11 from a 7pm reservation. Felt bad for the kitchen staff. Sorry no food pics

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    Colleen E.

    Excellent food in an old world styled restaurant. I've been here a bunch of times and it is really excellent. Red pepper soup, beans and greens, stuffed mushrooms, Johnny's chicken. All were delicious and simply the best. Must try. Service too is excellent. I can't say enough.

    Johnny Vann Trio in the house tonight. Excellent!

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    1 month ago

    Loved this place. Hidden gem. Food was very good and waitress was friendly. Will definitely go back for dinner.

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    2 months ago

    First time at Johnny's, the food service and the atmosphere was outstanding definitely will be back.!!

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    However my steak was done a little to much for my liking. The family all loved their choices

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    10 months ago

    Excellent as always!!!! Great food, great service...staff is amazing and very friendly. Ron's food is always excellent!

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    The food was great. Our server and assistant did an amazing job! It was a perfect date night.

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    3 years ago

    Fine Italian food, priced right, great service. Good entertainment the Saturday we were there. Long drive for us, but worth it.

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