Johnnie's Jazz Bar & Grille at The Power and Light District

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   Crystal

   Kansas City

   4 reviews

   3.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 16 February 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   Our server was very sweet, but it took a very long time to get anything we ordered. They were not busy at all. The menu didn't have many options, but the food was ok, and it came out on plastic disposable plates. The restaurant seems very fancy so I was expecting more but it wasn't expensive.
   

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   Jordan

   Kansas City

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 5

   Scheduled reservations for my wife for valentines day ... we sat at our table for 45 mins was never greeted, so we spoke to a waitress she said we had to order food at the bar? Went to the bar they said we must order food at the table .. so me and my wife found another place to spend our evening I was extremely disappointed. The music was great though
   

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   Adrian

   Kansas City

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 5

   If you want a reservation call the place. Dont use this app. It was a complete scam and never got a table. Bartender was absent and can use a lesson on service. Drinks were strong. Glad my date was wanting to move to a more intimate location.
   

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   Andrew

   Kansas City

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   I reserved a standard table for 2 but was sat at the “lounge” which was just a couch with a coffee table in front of it. No waiter or waitress ever came to take our order not even for drinks. After waiting 25 minutes, we left. Horrible service, would not recommend to anyone. Never going back.
   

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   Ethan

   Kansas City

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   First of all, we made a reservation and got put at the bar. Secondly, nearly every drink in the menu was unavailable or they were missing ingredients. Third, the service was slow and we were always told to wait. Finally, the food was great. We got the sausage and pepperoni flat bread and southwest egg rolls. However, two appetizers took 40 minutes to come out. I will not be coming here again and will recommend anyone who plans to go, not to.
   

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   garrett

   Kansas City

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 5

   Hostess without the mostest at the front, worried more about what the security guard was doing after work. We were seated for 30 minutes without a server checking on us. Asked the hostess if we could get a server twice, and was met with asking if I’d like her to personally guide the server to me. Yes, obviously I’m hungry and thirsty. Watched 5 other tables get up and leave before we finally did. Service was trash, can’t comment on the food bc we never got any. Wouldn’t waste my time here. It’s in the lobby of a movie theater. The only good part about this place was the band was good
   

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   Josh

   Kansas City

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   Showed up 5 minutes before my reservation with my wife for Valentine’s Day. Was told by the hostess that “unfortunately they are fully booked and open table doesn’t communicate with them on the back end” so we sat at the bar. At the bar we were met with pretty half hearted service, asking why we would have chosen that location for a valentines dinner, insinuating that it was a bad idea. The menu had 9 food items on it. One of which was a beyond burger that my wife asked for, she got met with “we have that?” And denied the burger because they were unfamiliar with it.
   

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   Michael

   Kansas City

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on 14 February 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   We booked a table for Valentines Day before a movie. We were greeted by a friendly hostess who sat us immediately but at a high-top rather than standard seating like I booked. After waiting for a while, we had to take a drink menu off of another table before our server even approached us. Upon finally approaching us, my wife asked about ordering a Moscow Mule which she mentioned they were out of, but seemed confused. We asked for her to come back in a minute. When she did my wife ordered a Count Basie (a Moscow mule) and she brought it. I ordered a boulevard Wheat. She returned with the Count Basie but informed me they were out of Boulevard Wheat, so I too ordered a Count Basie. We watched the bartender make it and set it on the bar and it sat there for over 5 minutes before I had to check with her and point out that it had been sitting there ready at the bar. Meanwhile another couple sitting nearby jokingly asked if we would like a food menu. They gave us the menu and explained how disappointed they were at the selection and laughed that they were ordering mozzarella sticks. They too had booked the reservation which falsely advertised the Valentine's Day Special that is only available at the Liberty location. All the while we watched several other well-dressed couples, excited for a nice dinner together get seated and go through our exact experience. Some leaving before the server ever came to the table. It was obvious that they too had been tricked into thinking the Valentine's Day Special would be available at this location as well. Regardless of the food situation (we were going to a movie and weren't banking on a big meal) the service was extremely poor and the Jazz music was late getting started.
   

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   Sharon

   Kansas City

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 17 January 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   My first time at Johnnie’s and expected a little more pizzazz. The band was really good but lack the people, less than 20 people in the room. Overall, great scenery and excellent place for date night out with your significant other,etc.
   

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    Jay

    San Francisco

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on 11 January 2025

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 4

    Great ambiance, good music and fun crowd. Unfortunately, the bartender was antisocial and the waitress didn't know anything about what drinks were available. Finally, the bar could not serve even basic drinks and had only three beer brands.
    

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