Jake's Joint

11/28/06

Great food, better prices, best staff

by caseyfunk at Citysearch

Jakes is great for exactly what you want when it comes to beer and burgers. Durring the day time it is a great burger joint. Food is great and the staff is quick and attentive. The after work crowd is perfect for winding down after a good hard day at work. Happy hour specials are great tasting and easy on the wallet. The evening crowd is better especially when the game is on. The food can't be beat. Drinks are some of the best in town made just the way you like them. Wait staff are the best around. They are quick, helpful, and SUPER HOT! There are plenty of flat screen tv's everywhere you look you can see the game. There is a Quality pool table and darts on request. If you are looking for the perfect place to eat and the best place to have a good time Check out JAKES.

• Pros: Great staff, Great atmosphere, Best food around
• Cons: none

11/18/06

Very Good Food, but CHOKING CIGARETTE SMOKE

by qoeijrfalisrjfaljrbos at Citysearch

First, the "Smoking: Outside Only" designation in the restaurant info box for this establishment is INCORRECT. Jake's Joint is first and foremost a suffocatingly cigarette smoke-filled bar. The place consists of one small dining room, an outdoor covered patio with a pool table, and an open-air patio in front bordering Parker Rd. The indoor dining room is small (maybe 25' x 50') and contains tables and a bar. Half of the tables are smoking, the other half 'non-smoking.' Patrons may also smoke at the bar. Translation: ALL smoking. And the night we visited, pretty much everyone on the smoking side and at the bar were smoking. We had to sit outside on a 50 something degree night just to avoid the smoke. Inside the building is a game room in which no one under 21 is allowed as the room reportedly houses faux gambling machines (what we were told, but didn't look). So the 'not for children' designation is accurate.

Aside from the stifling smoke, the food was really good, and relatively inexpensive. We had the Jake's special burger and fries...both very good. The service was very friendly and the food arrived quickly after the order was placed. If we go back to Jake's Joint, we'll likely call in an order to go and eat at home...anything to avoid the gross smell of the dining room of this otherwise decent place.

• Pros: Very Good Hamburgers, Relatively Inexpensive
• Cons: Insufferable Cigarette Smoke, Not Appropriate for Families

09/08/06

Sleazy bar atmosphere with burgers

by tallscot at Citysearch

With a 9.2 rating, I was expecting something special. I just got back from Jakes in Plano and I wasn't impressed at all.

Jakes has burgers and chicken and fries. They have beer and margaritas. I had a swiss mushroom burger, cheddar fries, a frozen margarita.

The burger tasted good. I don't know if it was any better than any other mom and pop burger joint, though.

The cheddar fries were OK. They were fries covered with a bunch melted cheddar cheese.

The margarita was OK. It was $3.

The atmosphere of the place is that of a bar with neon beer signs all over, small tvs with sports, poker video games. Nothing special.

The place was clean. The food was average. The service was good.

• Pros: Waitress wore short shorts
• Cons: It's a bar, really