The service was on par, the restraint is up to date and clean. Great beers on draft and an extensive drink menu. We ordered a burger and patty melt. My side was corn soup which was served cold and sent back for a heat up. Didn't care for the overly sweet bbq sauce on the patty melt nor the truffle mayo on the burger. Not sure we will try it again as we are only in Iowa a few days. read more

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Great food and atmosphere. The service was good and fast. All the people were very friendly

Our waitress Katie was attentive and checked in with us frequently. I told her of my food allergies and I felt any of my concerns were heard. Our meals were delicious. The mashed potatoes had quite the kick! We sat outside on a beautiful summer's evening. read more

Good drinks and food! We had the nachos and they were great!! And quite big serving sizes we were very pleased! Could feed a few people!!

Our server was so nice! We got in at 8 and we're done by 9:15! It's a little chilly if you sit in the main seating area but if you're near the bar it's warmer. We ordered the cheesesteak eggrolls as an appetizer and they were absolutely delicious. I had also ordered a martini and was asked if I wanted blue cheese olives. ALWAYS. They did run out but our server still got me some for my drink! The steak salad, was one of the best salads I've ever had. I'm usually not one to order a salad but it was perfect and so filling. All the leftovers. The pizza was delicious, my husband said it was a little burnt around the edges but the flavor of the pizza was great! They have different happy hour specials throughout the week as well. read more

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Had a wonderful time at the J Bar this weekend!!! Celebrating a birthday at the hotel and everyone enjoyed themselves fully. Staff were more than exceptional, food was wonderful, and the drinks were delicious! Never a dull moment :) read more

Food: A Cocktails: A Atmosphere: A Customer service: D- Our waitress was very social, but she needed to work on her time management. She had two tables...ours and a seven top. But she seemed to always forget we were in her section. Due to catering to her larger table. read more

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I came to the Quad Cities for a work trip and stayed at the hotel here. We ate at the J Bar twice, and both times were delicious. Great service, excellent atmosphere (especially if you can sit outside) and really good food. All around a great place! read more

My family came for Sunday brunch. The service was friendly, and the portions were generous. The space was clean and decorated nicely, and there was no wait to get in. Definitely recommend! read more

The mid afternoon bartender was great, but the night shift one, never checked in with us one time after sitting there for 15-20 mins at the bar so we left, we had already ate but planned to stay for a Another drink or too as we where kidless for the night. Both the pizza and the fried chicken sandwich where very very good, as for the buffalo chips it was missing something. To much crunch n not enough toppings. read more

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I hope the J Bar makes it! The place is really neat and trendy inside. I had the Korean Noodle Bowl recommended by my server. It was a really good choice on a cold day. The serving size was enough for two for sure. My server Maryha on the receipt did a great job as well! I hope i got her name right!!?? Go try this place! I want to try other menu items. Nice work J!! Oh, on Wednesday's they have half price bottles of wine!! read more

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One of the best old fashioneds I've ever had! And the steak salad was perfect as well! The steak was a tender medium rare and plentiful. My bartender Laken was personable and efficient. Highly recommend! read more

They have updated the menu over the last year or two. We prefer the previous menu. The current menu is fairly lackluster/ uninteresting. Drinks are solid for the price point. The service is slow but if you're just there to chat with friends and aren't in a rush, the atmosphere is nice. read more

Walking into The J Bar felt more like walking into a trendy spot in downtown Chicago than in Davenport, Iowa. The decor is gorgeous and inviting. They have a lovely outdoor seating area to enjoy when the weather permits. They have a very nice selection of wines and interesting mixology offerings. I highly recommend the Old Fashioned. Two of us shared the steak with gorgonzola and it was a perfect size to leave satisfied and not stuffed. The steak was way overdone from the medium rare ordered and it was little tough. I was also surprised that though the server knew we were sharing the entree, she didn't bring a second steak knife or plate. Luckily there were little appetizer plates left on the table. I will go back again because it was intriguing enough to give it another chance. read more

First of all, thank you Holiday Inn for bringing back great hotel restaurants and bars. Now, they exist in really high end hotels but it isn't often that we can say WOW at a Holiday Inn restaurant, but The J Bar inspires just that. This is a comfortable, contemporary space that could easily be a great place to have your Friday or Saturday night meal & cocktail if you weren't staying at the hotel. The servers are professional and knowledgeable, the bar tenders mix really well crafted drinks (my husband enjoyed an excellent Long Island Iced Tea and I a Negroni). My Cobb salad for dinner was really fresh and delicious if not a tiny bit overdressed for my taste. My husband's BLT was fantastic, if not classic with a spin using bacon marmalade. And I can't say more about the creamy, rich, just perfect Mac and cheese. The price point does not disappoint, either. There are several lame and flavorless chains you could visit while in Davenport, IA. I recommend J Bar. Treat yourself. read more

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Maryah was our server and she was great! We had a few dietary needs in our group and she was so thorough in making sure we could get what we needed, she asked the chef to come out. omg! Kevin showed up, actually sat down with us for a few minutes, and gave us great info about what we could eat. What incredible service! We invited him to have a drink with us but he declined. Wow give these two a raise... you couldn't ask for a better restaurant experience. read more

Awesome selection of food with a unique flair. We had the steak salad- huge bowl of fresh greens, tender well seasoned steak tips. It came with delicious charred bread. Also had cheesesteak rolls- crunchy & filled with cheese/chili/beef - topped with a sweet chili sauce. Also had beef noodle soup- again it was yummy. But best part of our dinner was our server Katie- she was so down to earth friendly & attentive to our needs- never had to ask for drink refills because she was on it. We had the best seat in the house- right in front of the kitchen- we got to see how beautiful the prepared was made. I was staying at the Holiday Inn for work but wish I had lived closer - this would be my go-to place. Come for the food & stay for the great customer service! read more

Nice restaurant, the waitress was friendly, I got the avocado egg rolls and they were alright. The fries were soooo good. 10/10 Shirley temple. read more

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Awesome service, food and atmosphere! Had the tavern Burger (pink) and the Front Street Cherry Bomb. All were so tasty. Bartender was so sweet! read more

Sat at the bar for brunch. Pretty good brunch selection. Beer was delish! Staff was friendly as well.

This used to be one of my favorite places to eat but tonight it was very disappointing. Got there, went outside, sat down, tables were dirty, food on the floor. Moved inside instead. What looked like the manager schlepped over the to the table and brought us wrinkled menus. No warm greetings. Server came, she was apparently one of two servers that night. She had waited on us pre-Covid. She was good at making recommendations but once dinner was over, we waited for the check and decided to leave cash instead of waiting forever. Had the pretzel bites and cheese sauce which was very good. My wife had the fish and chips, I had the Korean bowl which was bland. I had it before but this time I had to ask for sriracha and soy sauce. Got the sriracha but never got the soy sauce. It starts at the top, if the manager doesn't care, neither will the staff. read more

we had breakfast there and it was awful. they make eggs to order but they don't know how to make them the way you want them. terrible potatoes, no way is it worth $13. last stay here for sure. read more

I really enjoy eating and having a few drinks here. The wings are phenomenal. Highly recommend... CON: They don't start serving breakfast until 6:30am. Since the restaurant is located in the Holiday Inn, they should make breakfast available like every other hotel and Holiday Inn at 6am (M-F). I stayed here last week and went downstairs to grab breakfast around 6:05-6:10 and just thought they were getting a late start so I left. I was back again this week and saw 2 guys walk out around the same time and I asked them if the restaurant was open. They said they were told 6:30 and weren't gonna wait. I walked out too... Just a heads up for those of you that are up early and wanting breakfast when it typically starts at hotels around 6am. Great food though! Don't get me wrong... read more

So my bartender Pauline TOTALLY killed it tonight! She solved this day-of-week/month/date Rubik's cube in a minute... AND she pours a mean drink. The half Cobb is a steal at $4, and the tap selection is pretty amazing... especially for Davenport read more

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A group of us recently went to J bar for brunch. I forgot how good it was. We had been there when it was new but not since they built up the area. We liked the atmosphere but the drinks started to weaken and it was a bit pricey and haven't been back in a while. We had a TAPONIT deal and decided to try the brunch. Not a large menu for breakfast but enough options and the food was good. Bottomless mimosas were served in good sized glasses and the waitress gave us plenty of refills. The place was empty but it worked for us because we had a good size group and we were able to get in right away. Our server was friendly and had good suggestions. I'm looking forward to going back again soon . read more

Our server Alissa was AMAZING excellent attention to detail and personable. I also work in customer service and I was blown away at her interactions with not only our table but other customers in the bar. She made honest recommendations, and steered our table to food food and drinks. She told us she works the late shifts so if you're there at night be sure to ask for ALISSA! read more

Fair/ beautiful place & good service, not outstanding food. My husband had a burger- handmade & cooked well - good. My Harvest Salad was 4 or 5 bites of chicken, slices of what appeared to be canned spiced apples, mountains of lettuces & a few tiny pecan pieces w/ lots of craisins & cheese. Chicken was bland & not enough! We MAY go back for another try...Not at all busy on a Friday night- I see why. read more

Disappointed. My girlfriend and I went to The J Bar on a Tuesday evening for dinner. We were quickly greeted and seated in the dining room. Our table was in a far back corner and it was fairly busy. Immediately we noticed how uncomfortably hot our table location felt. The atmosphere overall was sophisticated and modern. Our server greeted us right away and introduced us to the menu, explaining that the concept was smaller portions and plates designed for sharing. The service was timely and friendly. We ordered beers and were impressed with the selection of a dozen beers on draft. For an appetizer we ordered the Spicy Sczechuan Lettuce Wraps which came three to an order. We thought this was strange because most tables usually have 2 or 4 people. With 2 you either share or fight over the third and with 4 someone gets left out. The wrap was good and I would recommend it. For our entrees I ordered the Gaucho Steak and my companion ordered the Saltimbocca. I ordered the steak medium but it came rare and cold. The outside of the steak had a good sear but the center was cold to the touch. The side of mushrooms were good and the fries were fries. The Saltimbocca is a chicken dish with potatoes and prosciutto. The chicken had a very peculiar texture. Imagine biting through fresh mozzarella. Very spongy and squishy. It tasted like chicken but did not feel like chicken. The menu said it came with with red potatoes but they were russet potatoes. The flavor of the steak was mediocre; my dish was just ok - not great, not bad. The flavor of the chicken was good, just had to enjoy with the weird texture. It seemed like the chicken had been pre-cooked and frozen to create that texture. In summary, we were excited to try the new J Bar, but we don't think it lived up to our expectations. The atmosphere is good, the service was good, but the food left much to be desired. Overall it was just OK. read more

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Went to the Jbar last night. Great atmosphere. Great cocktails. Portion size for the price are way over the top. Very disappointed. Not even close to enough for the price. Had to wait a very long time for service and finally went to find a server. read more

Let me start by saying service is the reason I will return. The server was always checking in. The manager checked in when my wife sent her steak back to get it warmed up. I got the Korean noodles but man it was salty. She asked if I wanted to try something else. I don't normally do that but this time I took her up on her offer. I got the 50/50 burger. Half burger and half bacon. This I would get again. The gaucho steak was good but could be warmer. Finished the evening off with banana bread pudding. You could skip dinner and go straight to dessert. Like most of the other reviewers, I agree the J bar atmosphere is great! read more

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If you wanna feel like downtown Chicago. J Bar is it! But this is the Quad Cities. We do our own. We do them right. But after waiting 20-30 mins for a beer. Well my money was better waisted on saving it. Look elsewhere. BEWARE OF BAD SERVICE! read more

Interesting. The ambiance is the focus above all. We came at 7:30 on a weeknight. It took 15 minutes after being seated to have a waiter visit us. I got the impression of disorganized more than busy, as we were seated immediately when we arrived. My girlfriend ordered the 50/50 burger (half burger, half bacon) and it was overcooked and honestly pretty bland. The kettle chips were soggy and uninteresting. I had the gaucho steak and it was room temperature when served. It was undercooked, but that's okay by me. The house cut fries were okay, but not very interesting and needed more sea salt. Overall. The price was very inexpensive and the wait staff was good when they got there. I probably won't bother coming back. There are many other options in the QCA that are far more impressive. read more

J Bar has an unassuming location in North Davenport attached to a Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites and adjacent to a newer outdoor retail/outlet mall. I drank and ate at the bar on 08/30/2019 and had attentive, unintrusive service by Dalton & his team. My martini was a bit weak but still enjoyable. My Caesar salad was generous, cold and delicious, and my steak entree was well cooked. The "tomato & arugula" salad actually was tomatoes, marinated fennel and asparaus--delicious but as a kitchen it's important to disclose all ingredients and not have the menu be different than what's delivered. I'm going 4 stars only because of the Generica mall/hotel ambiance--the kitchen is doing really good things here. Go. read more

From the service (Christie) to the food (Chef Steve), to the atmosphere to the pricing it was a great experience. The the tasters were awesome, my ravioli was perfection. The shrimp and grits were great. The banana bread pudding sweet was divine. A crack wait staff kept everything moving and they all helped keep it that way. read more

With such beautiful decor and a good location, I thought my first (which is now my last) experience at The J Bar would be fantastic. Well, it wasn't. First, let me say. I messaged this restaurant on social media asking prices and food options on Facebook, hoping to get an idea on what to expect. They read my message and ignored me until I sent a second message. Then I got a brushed off response. Here's an idea J Bar, GET A NEW SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM MEMBER. With that being said, I gave them the benefit of the doubt and went in to the restaurant with a positive attitude. I always feel I should point out the good in any place (except Solar Vision) before stating the bad. The chairs, the chairs at our table were so comfortable, I could have sat there all day. They were on point with bottomless mimosas! Now to the reasons why I won't get back. We went there for my birthday brunch. Our drink order was taken rather quickly as well as our food order. However, when we received our food order, everything was messed up. One of our party mates got their brunch Chicken Sausage and Hash, guess what the kitchen forgot? The chicken sausage. The kitchen remade the entire order but it took them a good 15-20 minutes to get it to our friend. The servers gave my son a child's burger when he ordered the 50/50 being a teenager. Oh it gets better, two of us order their breakfast flatbread, which featured smoke Gouda cheese (the only reason I ordered it in the first place). Our meals did have that item on it at all. We brought this up to our server and we were only discounted one of them items. Then they forgot to place an order for the 1-1/2 year old at our table. Can you imagine what's it like to be 1-1/2 and be waiting for food because you're hungry and you have no way to say "where's my food? I'm so hungry!" Then see everyone get food but you? Yeah. Luckily this little girl has a great mom and asked the server "where's hers?" Of course we had to wait another 15/20 for a baby's burger. Then my friend was charged for a side of RANCH which she never received and we had to find a bartender to get us a bottle of hot sauce. Oh and the cheesy hash browns? Skip those. Seriously, no flavor at all same for the pork tenderloin. This is IOWA, how can you mess up a pork tenderloin?!? Here's a tip, if you want service that is subpar, food that is missing ingredients, and you like to hunt down for simple items you ask for when ordering, go to The J Bar! You'll spend a small fortune for a dining experience that leaves you wanting to hit up the Taco Bell down the road. Also, parking is terrible. BYE FELICIA! read more

Worst service ever. Came here once before and by the time we all got our food, it was cold. That was when they had just opened, so I gave them the benefit of the doubt and tried them again. After being told it would be a 45 min wait, we were still waiting literally an hour and a half later and there were multiple tables open. We sat at the bar and had a few drinks while we were waiting. I ordered the same drink twice in a row, and from one bar tender to the next it looked and tasted completely different. We'd seen several people who came in after us put their names in and get seated before us, so we asked the hostess about when we would get seated, she said there was another group ahead of us but she couldn't find them and was looking for them (???). About ten min later we were told our table was ready (one that I had seen that had been sitting empty for quite awhile). When we asked the bartender if we could carry over our tab to our table he told us we could, but he "preferred it if we didn't." This came from the bartender who made me the horrible drink. We thought it was pretty tacky. Once we got seated we ordered avocado egg rolls and another appetizer. The waitress came back and told us they were out of the second appetizer so we chose a different one. Our egg rolls came out quickly, but we were not impressed. The outside was burnt and inside was doughy. Our waitress kind of gave us attitude when we told her about them - I should note: she didn't come back to ask how they were, we had to flag her down to tell her. She offered to remake them but we declined. We'd had enough. We politely told her that once our other appetizer came we would like the check. She quickly returned with our check, no appetizer. That came about 5 min later- I've never been to a restaurant where the appetizers didn't all come out at the same time. We thought it was rude to bring the check before our second appetizer came out too. There were no apologies for the wait time or bad appetizer. We left and went to a nice Italian restaurant a few min away that has always given us great food and service. We will never go back to the J Bar. read more

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Meh. Not impressed. Clearly the emphasis here is on atmosphere and not on service or food. We waited at least 15 min after being seated before anyone approached us (not because it's busy... And then a second server came over) , at which point we were asked if we'd like a drink.... But had no drink menu. Iced tea, thanks. Oh, and here's our order because we've been sitting here long enough to figure out what we want. My other half had the gaucho steak. He said it was fine but nothing amazing. The fries were ok... They needed more of the advertised sea salt. My 50/50 burger was not "awesome," as described. It was overcooked and came with some spicy sauce (not advertised). The chips were ok. Overall not an experience we are remotely tempted to try again. read more

This is my second time here. The first time I had the BBQ Carnitas, which were delicious but overpriced. This trip stayed consistent with pricing, but the Cobb Salad was bland; Not enough dressing, bacon, what else...flavor? Yeah, that was it. I love the wine selection (VERY pricey), the ambiance, the creative menu (who else serves a slider in their Bloody Mary ?), but in the end it's too pricey to be hit or miss. Probably taking a miss on future visits. read more

The server spilled - and I'm not exaggerating here - an entire cup of coffee on me. Two towels weren't close to enough to dry off. Of course it was accidental, but I was soaked. The manager made a lame joke and then declined to remove anything from our bill. Not even an offer to cover the cost of dry cleaning. Pretty terrible service, frankly. Add to that the unhappy food (the skin sort of sloughed off the donuts; the egg casserole thing screams "church potluck") and it's an easy decision not to return. read more

Excellent place for a date night! The candle lit ambiance really set the mood and the customer service was both professional and polite! I had the fish and chips and the Lemon Amaretto Strawberry Shortcake and the both were phenomenal! The price point is what you'd expect from this classy restaurant/bar! Will certainly be back! read more