Great place with wonderful staff
Great burgers and drinks!
One of the best burgers I've ever had! The fries and onion rings were fantastic as well.
This food was delicious! Homemade chip nachos with blue cheese ?.
The Kentucky Mule (with Maker's Mark) is the best Maker's I've ever had. The French fries are great. I had the wedge salad, which was pretty substantial with really good balsamic dressing and plenty of blue cheese crumbles. The service was very good. Nice place
Johnny B’s is located on the corner of 4th and La Mesa in the charming village of La Mesa. I think the outside looks a little deceiving where you would think it’s only a bar…but it’s not it’s a wonderful eatery. You may sit inside on the small patio along the sidewalk or covered back patio. Yes, inside and the back patio and have TV’s for those who would like to watch sports. I been going here for decades. There is a full bar. I am always pleased with the food, must say I like their fries, I have probably had everything on their menu.Parking on the streets directly surrounding this gem is metered – so pay if you
My go-to burger and beer joint when visiting San Diego. Always polite service and a great burger. Love the fact the local brews are offered. Small business restaurant offering small business brews. Great combo. Support local businesses!
Soooo yummy!!! I got the blue cheeseburger, bf got the Monday special. We were both raving about our burgers and planning our next trip to this place! I'm going to try the sliders special next! It's cool they have different specials every day also.
I've been coming here since the beginning. Not daily but have been here many, many times over the years. I'm starting to wonder why. The last few visits have been o.k to terrible. With the terrible being this last weekend. Mom wanted a patty melt for her birthday so let's give it another chance.Apparently they were having an event in the village so there was lots of people in the streets. We thought that it would be a wait but once inside it wasn't bad at all and we walked back to patio and sat. It started off good, the waiter seemed polite and was quick to get our drinks. I noticed we had no menus so asked if we could have some. He pointed to the plastic thing on table with a small menu on it. "That's all?" him: "yep, that's all" then silence. No explanation or any kind of rapport..blank stare. Because of the event it seemed they only had a limited menu. Bummer. Oh well, they had several burgers, sandwiches, salad, so we would have no problem finding something.I always get burgers when here so I went with a buffalo chicken sandwich this time. Bad decision. It arrived, ON A PAPER PLATE, and was the most pathetic little chicken breast I've seen in a while. Seriously, it looked like the frozen breasts that the sell at supermarket in the big bags. Maybe 5 ounces with a little slather of sauce on top. Bland, tasteless, unsatisfying in every way. I also got a side salad as well which was just a $6 plate of lettuce with a few slivers of onion and a pale tomato. My mother got the patty melt and it was fine but again, 6 ounces maybe. Very small (somehow I blanked out the size of their sandwiches or they have gotten smaller. I'm leaning towards the latter). Small portions are fine, we eat too much anyway but when you are charging $12-13 for just a sandwich with no fries? Come on. Did I mention the paper plates, plastic forks and solo cups for the drinks? Embarrassing. I could go to most fast food joints and get 2 sandwiches for $7 that taste better and are larger. The waiter disappeared pretty much for the rest of the meal, I think he checked on us once (and that was to pull more drink orders out of us). Never once asked how it was, if we needed anything, etc. Granted they got pretty busy but, like most restaurants now days (even before wit staff started quitting their jobs) they under staff to save a buck so it stresses everything out. 2 waiter/waitresses for 15 tables?So, all in all, 3 stars is being generous. It's based on what this place used to be and not what it's become. This visit was one star. 2 people, 2 bloody mary's, 2 plastic cups of wine, food with no appetizers = $70. As it has grown, service and food have declined. It's sad that is always the case.It's average, overpriced food. With more expensive drinks. Maybe to come and just drink but the restaurant has really gone down hill. As one commenter said, you can do better many other places. Come on Johnny, you're better than this.
A local icon of La Mesa, and a special place in my heart. The food is great, you can never go wrong with the lunch special (fulfilling and good value). The service is great and the employees are welcoming.