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Big Johnson's
Big Johnson's has replaced the long-standing Village Rainbow Cafe in the heart of the Church-Wellesley Village. The patio remains but the kitchen is now serving up sandwiches, burgers and pub grub made from local and seasonal ingredients.
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The menu sounds appealing, boasting more modern pub options like naan bread pizzas and sliders etc. But unfortunately it would seem the chef must have had these at tasty restaurants but was unable to replicate the tasty flavors at big johnsons.
The food took over an hour to come out, I'm really not exaggerating it may hav been even longer. The server seemed nice enough but also didn't seem to think that food taking an hour was out of the norm. Finally the food arrived. I almost cried. We waited 1 hour for tepid mediocre food. The sliders were nothing but bread and no filling, the pulled pork pizza was cold and limp, the wing were okay. Then who must have been he manager came over and asked how our meal was. We said the food was okay but took a long time. He seemed to take this as a glowing review, and walked away leaving all of our dirt dishes still sittin on our table while he walked to he other side of the patio for a cigerette. Will I go back? Nope.
Don't let yourself get taken by the fancy makeover.
Sneakiness notwithstanding, the food is just not worth it.
My name is Keith and I'm the general manager at Big Johnson's, I'm very sorry to hear that Mel, le Charles, John J, Matt and jimbo have had bad experiences at big Johnson's. I'd like to invite you to send us an email with your information so we can invite you back and turn your bad experience into a great one.
I'd also like to invite anyone who has had a positive or negative experience to contact us, we appreciate the honest feedback.
bigjohnsons@me.com
Thanks
If you are really Keith, why is your account in the name of Chris Johnson?
Thanx for your fast response, we are looking forward to hearing from you via email at bigjohnsons@me.com
We hope to chat soon, have a great weekend
We were so pleased to see that the village rainbow had closed and was being replaced be something new...didn't think it was possible to have a restaurant as bad...
My partner and I were out and saw empty tables on what is one of the best patios on church.
We sat and had a beer each and ordered a sandwich and fries to share. The waiter was pleasant enough. Our food came quick enough...but frozen shoestring fries...are you kidding me? Then I had to go hunt down the waiter for salt/pepper...rather than handing it to me he insisted on walking back to the table with me? The wrap was okay...barely, chicken dry, ingredients did not seem house made.
The waiter...told us to give him a shout if we needed, was never seen again...except chatting with coworkers inside by the bar. Our food done and beers long empty...we sat for 20-30 minutes attempting to get his attention for the bill. Finally we asked the host if he could have our waiter come to the table...another 15 minutes passed and nothing.
So we did something we have never done before...we left $25 on the table...estimating that it would roughly cover 2 draught and a $9 meal...and walked out. I hope there was nothing left for a tip.
We will NEVER return here...and have replayed this experience to several friends.
Big Johnson's will not be around long. Today we stopped for a drink on the patio at o'gradys across the
street...on a perfect summer Sunday afternoon there was only one table on the patio at big Johnson's.
Do not bother going here. They deserve to fail.
And then he says we dont take credit card or debit cash only today. On top of it all, the food was fucking grose. Yuck. A $5 grocery store wrap with McCain french fries and a pop (without a big tip they were expecting) came to around $17.75... pass.
This is why I only go to pre approved resturants I like. And if people dont like, hey tough shit go eat alone.
Save your dollars for better choices for better food and friendlier, more efficient and real service. Mere steps away are establishments that are committed to the long term and building better relations with clientele.
I agree with Peter from August 28: deserves to fail.
Just. Don't. Go.
Then when times got rough, do you think they displayed any honesty about their situation? Absolutely not. They ran up their bill like crazy and then conveniently disappeared off the face of the planet. No attempt was made to settle up.
Now, try to pursue them legally, and you have to take a number behind a whole slew of other parties. Guess why Big Johnson's doesn't accept debit or credit? Because Village Rainbow screwed their merchant account provider LARGE. Guess why employees must be paid under the table? Don't know for sure but ill bet you it has something to do with screwing the government payroll people.
How can the Village restaurant / bar scene get better when you have crooks like that running the businesses there??????