Michael John's Restaurant (MJ's)

Chose this place for an anniversary dinner since the menu looked great and definitely made the right choice. The food, drinks, and service were all great! The drinks were strong but still tasty. The appetizers made it hard to leave room for dinner. And the dinner made us want to try and find room for more bites. By the end, we took a lot to go which they boxed for us. Best of all, THEY LABELED THE BOXES!!! The atmosphere was nice as the seating isn't all in one big room that can get loud during a rush. All the food we had is pictured but we ordered mostly off the "specials" menu so go soon! (Except the crème brûlée cheesecake that had to be taken to go... and that I'm eating while I write this!)

Quiet atmosphere. Very friendly and attentive service. The blackened jumbo shrimp appetizer was very good. I subbed for Brussel sprouts with my marsala, incredibly delicious. Excellent experience.
I'll have to go back again to try dessert, we were too full. This is fine dining, expect to pay higher end prices.

Decided to take the boss lady out for a nice dinner on New Year’s Eve so MJ’s it was.

Pros: the service was outstanding from start to finish. Plenty of attentive and friendly staff. They were engaged, but not in the way of a nice dinner to close the year and kick off a new one. Drinks were tasty, appetizers were well portioned, but not too much. Salads were delicious. In full transparency, we filled up so much on our appetizers and salads, we could hardly make a dent in our entrees and desserts were absolutely out of the question, sadly. At no time during our visit was there more then 30% of the tables occupied, which was awesome. Things were very nice and quiet. More on that in a minute.

Cons: it’s just the little things that stuck out and I did have two beefs. When they went to seat us, we were presented a 4 top table. Immediately next to the table was a 2 person booth. We asked if we could have the booth instead. The staff member checked and came back and declined our request and cited something about a 4 top later reservation. It was a real head-scratcher. I can appreciate a business with a system so we just let it go. As an aside, there were several other 4-top tables they could have put the later reservation at. Also, at no time were more then 30% of the tables occupied. Such an easy yes to be a hero that burns in my memory. This is the other baffling decision. I asked to exchange a sauce on one of our appetizers, and my request was gladly granted. When receiving the check, I notice they hit us with a $2 sauce fee. Now, the $2 isn’t going to change my life, and I’m guessing it won’t change MJ’s either, but really? Two easy things that should have never been issues at a place like this, IMO. But heck, not my business to turn the petty-dial on.
All in all, the only thing hotter than their delicious buffalo dipping sauce was my date. She was straight smoking and would have gotten a Mickey D’s happy meal 5-stars. 🔥

Just a wonderful dinner. I ordered oinion rings, they were perfect, I never had escargot before, super delicious. Blackened shrimp was OK. Brea with honey was extremely excellent. I had filet mignon it was perfectly done medium rare, and gorgeous cut of meat. Wasn't as fond of spinach as Ruth's Chris, but overall the meal was really excellent.

BEAUTUFUL place. Love the cherry wood furniture and color scheme. Very Italian decor with blues Brothers and gangstas. Would be nice with soft Italian or classic music in background. Indoor and outdoor seating available.

Had a drink at bar after they suggested as we were early for our reservation. The place was half filled and we noticed only one server for the room so maybe that's why we couldn't be seated early.

The bar area wasn't busy so it was very nice.. The drinks delicious! The mojito was crisp with such nice flavors. My husband ordered the French Connection which contained Grey goose, lemonade and elderflower liquor. It was also prepared well.

I had the French onion soup and my husband the pot stickers for apps. Both were tasty.

They also serve a bean sauce with bread that was different but flavorsome.

I ordered the chicken Cordon Bleu dinner and subbed the mashed potatoes for sweet potato fries. There was a $4 substitution. My husband ordered the filet and subbed his mash potatoes with risotto... that was a $12 substitution. The steamed broccoli and carrot were eh..... it was probably the only thing I didn't eat. The dinners were really good otherwise.

We ordered a chocolate mouse type dessert with caramel that was average.

This was one of the more expensive restaraunts we've been to. Two drinks each, two apps, 2 dinners and a dessert over $200.

The food was good and the place was really nice. Our server Jennifer was attentive and you could tell very experienced.....

We may go back for a special occasion in the future but not just for a date night ....