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Jacks Monterey, Monterey, CA

Jacks Monterey

4.3
4.3
279 Reviews
$31 to $50
Californian

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2 people
7:00 pm
Booked 7 times today
  • Dog-friendly
  • Hot spot
  • Good for business meals
Jacks Monterey is poised to provide a refreshing culinary experience in downtown Monterey, inside the Portola Hotel & Spa. Emphasizing local ingredients, high-quality seafood, and an award-winning wine and cocktail program, Jacks philosophy derives from globally-inspired traditions of California Cultural Cuisine highlighting flavor profiles unique to cultures from around the world. With design details throughout the indoor and outdoor dining venue to echo the beautiful surrounding landscape, the atmosphere at Jacks promises to be sophisticated—never pretentious. Jacks offers a variety of seating with a bar, fireplace lounge, and pet-friendly, outdoor space features living walls, bistro lighting, and fire pits.

Open for Breakfast & Dinner.

For more information visit www.portolahotel.com/dining/jacks-monterey

Dining areas

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Californian, American
  • Hours of Operation
    Breakfast Daily 6:30 am–10:30 am Dinner Daily 4:00 pm–10:00 pm Bar Fri, Sat 10:00 pm–11:00 pm
  • Phone number
    (831) 649-7830
  • Payment Options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Executive Chef
    Carl Ashurst
  • Area
    Monterey
  • Parking details
    Hotel Parking
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, BYO Wine, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Dog Friendly, Full Bar, Indoor Fireplace, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 279 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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4.3
4.3 based on recent ratings
  • 4.5Food
  • 4.2Service
  • 3.9Ambience
  • 4.1Value

NoiseModerate

279 Reviews
  1. Shelly

    Central Coast

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on 10 November 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Jack's has a beautiful setting, service was excellent and the food was delicious! Very reasonably priced, as well.

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  2. Ashley

    Sacramento

    8 reviews

    5.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on 20 October 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Great experience! Antonio was an excellent server and the support staff was very friendly and quick to respond to any request. We went for my daughter sweet 16 birthday. we will be back!

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  3. Delene

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on 30 September 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    We’ve stayed at the portola hotel for the last 4 nights and have been to Jack’s multiple times in that time. The staff is flawless. Lex, Jasmine, and Matt (to name just a few!) are amazing. They go out of the their way to be helpful, kind, and informative. Food is delicious, and worth the cost. Will absolutely return.

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  4. Deb

    Central Coast

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on 24 August 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 1
    Was not a restaurant but tables in the hotel lobby, not what we expected for a 4star hotel dining experience

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  5. Foodies

    Naples

    80 reviews

    3.0

    80 reviews

    Dined on 6 August 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 2
    Too noisy. Server must be new. No clue about food sizes. Made uninformed recommendations. Likely not going back

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  6. JhoannaM

    Central Coast

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on 6 May 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 5
    Our server decided to give us less than an hr to enjoy ourselves. I had just barely order my second drink. After just delivering it she just dropped the check without ever asking if we needed anything else at all. I said that’s very poor service. Me and hubby decided to just pay and go next door to Marriott for a couple drinks more and dessert since I guess we couldn’t have at jacks. Our Marriott server was soo attentive. I regret not just going there for our entire dinner , we been to portola a few times since we are local and had never have such bad service. Will think twice to come back.

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  7. OpenTable Diner

    London

    4 reviews

    2.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on 6 April 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 3
    Service was very slow, food average and very overpriced

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  8. Phyllis

    Las Vegas

    20 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    20 reviews

    Dined on 23 March 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Nice clean place. Server was very prompt. Drink was pretty weak. Sliders were okay. Husbands flank steak was so tough he couldn’t cut it and he didnt finish it. Wasn’t asked why. We are staying the hotel so we went back for cocktails later. They were good. Not many other places nearby to go to.

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  9. NaomiV

    San Francisco

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on 25 February 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    everything was amazing, the short rib ravioli was great, (our waitress recommended but said it’s seasonal) the shrimp scampi was great, and so was the salmon. it was a nice lighter option. our favorite was the sourdough bread, as an app! get it! the only downside was drinks, was not a fan of the cucumber martini and usually i love those. 100% recommend for the food.

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  10. OpenTable Diner

    Central Coast

    2 reviews

    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on 15 February 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 5
    I wish the food and service were equal to the beautiful space and the steep price but it wasn’t. Not even close. Not the server’s fault - clearly over worked and doing her best.

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Jacks Monterey is rated 4.3 stars by 279 OpenTable diners.

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2 people
7:00 pm
Booked 7 times today
Google Map for Jacks Monterey

2 Portola Plz, Monterey, CA 93940-2419

Dining areas

Additional information

  • Area
    Monterey
  • Hours of Operation
    Breakfast Daily 6:30 am–10:30 am Dinner Daily 4:00 pm–10:00 pm Bar Fri, Sat 10:00 pm–11:00 pm
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Californian, American
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Parking details
    Hotel Parking
  • Payment Options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive Chef
    Carl Ashurst
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, BYO Wine, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Dog Friendly, Full Bar, Indoor Fireplace, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Wheelchair Access, Wine
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