Jack Saloon

Northern

3.0

My wife & I showed up on a Tuesday around 6:30 7:00 pm & the place was completely empty. The waitress was excellent & super nice. The chairs in the bar section are unfortunately very uncomfortable. They have no support & when you sit in them you sink. I m a bigger guy so I thought it was just me but my wife who is 160 pounds lighter than me had the same sensation. We received the menu which were pretty torn up & decided to order the jacks smokehouse platter for 110$ . I ordered a Stella & it was warmish with the beer lacking flavor & with an unpleasant bitterness. I love Stella it s my favorite beer. So I m thinking the taps might not be working right. The platter we received is monstrous. A nice cheddar smoky sausage, 6 ribs, some chicken wings , some corn ribs, a small mound of pulled pork & a huge piece of brisket with fries. The pork had big lumps of fat in it & the sauce was very bland. The corn ribs were good with a nice batter. The ribs & the chicken wings were excellent . Fall off the bone ribs with great sauce. The wings are deep-fried with a rub & they were crispy & juicy & really good. The brisket is a complete disaster. Fatty no flavor ....to be honest reminded me of a pot roast boiled in water. Ate 2 pieces & ended up spitting the meat into my napkin. Yuck yuck yuck. Gelatinous non rendered fat. Terrible. The smokie sausage was good but I got some gristle in it that was unchewable. We finished up I told the waitress about the brisket & she just said that people rave about it. Maybe the chef had a bad night. Anyway don t go on a Tuesday, the beer is warm , the platter though big lacks flavor. Sorry to say cause I wanted to love this place , expensive & not worth it. But if you do decide to try it the chicken wings & the ribs were great. & as you can tell from the response of the owner not willing to admit that his food is not up to par.

Fabrice

2.0

Brisket sèche & manque de goût & les ribs étaient aussi très sec.

Gaëtan

5.0

Toute une ambiance & la cuisine est excellente! J'ai manger la brisket. Merci au staff pour le service super!

Judy

3.0

Great atmosphere & service but did not like the food. I had the Jack l'Americain burger. The beef patty was over cooked & was from frozen that has a bad aftertaste. Hubby had the brisket & it was dry. The fries are great. The drinks are also very good.

Jesse4_

5.0

Brisket & Bavette was excellent!
We won our championship! Thank you to the waitress who served our team yesterday afternoon.

Jonathan

3.0

Je laisse rarement des commentaires mais jai ete tres decu de mon repas brisket javais literalement 1x un jarre de petit steak de brisket tres minces a peu pret 1/2 pouces pas des lanieres comme du vrai brisket pas sauce au jus tres sec pas juteux (graisseux) malgre que le gout fumer etais tres bon & jai eux un tres bon service jpence qui devrais verifier & repenser cette assiette surtout quand jai vue mon assiete a 30$ jai manger mais je lavais sur le coeu

Patrick

1.0

Ordered delivery from this wannabe bbq joint.

First, the portions are surprisingly small-especially for the Extrémités brûlées / Burnt Ends & the barely noticeable hint of brisket in the Macaroni au fromage / Mac & Cheese.

Small portions wouldn't necessarily be a problem if the food itself were good. Unfortunately, that's not the case.

The Burnt Ends are chewy & oddly smooth, with a texture closer to sliced bologna than properly smoked brisket. There's none of the caramelized bark, crisp edges, or smoky richness you expect from burnt ends-just soft, uniform cubes that somehow manage to taste like cheap ham & rubbery at the same time.

The same issue shows up in the Viande fumée double / Double Smoked Meat. The meat has the flavor & texture of a cheap deli ham rather than smoked meat. No peppery crust, no real smoke flavor, & none of the tender, slow-cooked texture you'd expect from something that supposedly spent hours in a smoker.

It's honestly impressive in a strange way-making two different smoked meats taste exactly like bargain ham takes a special level of culinary confusion.

If the idea here was barbecue, it completely missed the mark. If the idea was ham, then congratulations-you nailed it.

Attached is the rubbery smoked meat they put in the'Double Smoked Meat' which is supposed to have'two beef patties & smoked meat' but apparently counting to 2 is a skillset that is about as good as their meat smoking skills as we had a single patty of each'meat'.

Cash

1.0

Horrible food, never had such dry ribs! Beef brisket dried like in the dessert of Arizona! Horrible. Waited 1 ½ hour for bill.!

Jimmy

2.0

Disappointing Experience Despite High Hopes

I really wanted to like Jack Saloon, but unfortunately the experience fell well short of expectations.

The Good: The ambiance was pleasant, & credit where it's due - once we placed our order, the food came out quickly. You could tell the team was trying to make it work.

The Bad: The food quality was the main letdown. The brisket & ribs were both extremely dry, with the ribs being particularly tough & difficult to chew through. The pulled pork tasted more like day-old leftovers than something freshly prepared. The wings were decent but nothing special. The sausage was dry. The Mac & Cheese lacked taste.

The Service: This was equally disappointing. Our server kept walking away mid-conversation to handle other issues, & it took an unreasonably long time just to order drinks. The overall service felt disorganized & unprofessional.

The Bottom Line: For a smoker's plate that cost over $100, the value was absolutely terrible. It's really unfortunate because we went in hoping for a great meal, but I honestly didn't know it was possible to mess up brisket this badly & still charge premium prices.

Nathalie

2.0

Nourriture très ordinaire
Le spaghetti goûtait l'eau
Côtes levées sans sauce ne goûte que la viande cuite
Brisket grosse pièce de viande non coupée que du gras
Déception sans parler du service