Jameson’s Charhouse

Very pleasantly surprised! Normally we go to Wildfire for special occasions but on a friend’s recommendation we decided to give Jameson’s a try. The steaks were delicious and perfectly cooked. I would consider this a higher caliber place. I would definitely place it above Outback and the steaks were in par with Wildfire. I was shocked that the meals were not a la carte. You receive more than one course (soup and salad and choice of potato and a vegetable) and the spacing between courses was perfectly timed. We will definitely return!

Great Value! This is my to go to Steak place. You can get a 8 oz prime sirloin steak for $ 16! It came with delicious mashed potatoes and green beans. With most of their entrees you get a salad and soup, with bread to start. The service is fantastic and it is a nice atmosphere. It may not be the fancy pricey normal steak house, but it definitely is the best value steak house I’ve been to! I would take Jameson’s over outback any day!

We had the worse service I ever had at any restaurant It took over 2 hours. She was so slow. At the end had to go to the hostess desk to request the bill and the manager he took of our drinks which wasn’t that much 18 dollars. But the meal itself was quite good. So I am a person that likes to go out for dinner when the service is that bad it makes your whole night bad

I’ve been to Jameson’s several times over the years. It’s never been great — just a bit above your average restaurant (think Friday’s). However, this last time was awful. It seems like each time it has just gotten worse and worse.
Service has always been slow. A lot of young high school kids and/​or college aged kids. Yes, portions are decent for the price… but that’s about where it ends.
The food is sub-​par. This latest time several of us got hamburgers. I got a salad and coleslaw with mine. My coleslaw was awful. Very sour. Some of the pieces of lettuce were eight inches long. They couldn’t even cut them up. Now the hamburger – terrible. Driest burger i’ve ever had. It couldn’t have been all meat. Didn’t even taste like hamburger. I asked for it medium, but they cooked it «extra well.» So this just added to the terrible taste.
We also tried the chicken wings as an appetizer. Would not recommend. The ones you can get from a freezer bag taste just as good. We figured these items would be easy to make, but I guess we thought wrong. Maybe they had a bad night… but we won’t be back.
Anyways, all of us got sick from the burgers. Not throwing up sick, but on the toilet all night sick. When we called the next day, the manager wasn’t even apologetic. He said he could refund the money if we used a credit card, but since we paid in cash, he said he wouldn’t be able to do a refund — only a gift card. After arguing and explaining we wouldn’t be visiting ever again, he agreed to refund the burgers via a cash refund.
Not sure what all the fuss is about with this place. It is not worth a visit. Do yourself a favor and take a look at the filtered Unilocal reviews. Some how, all of the «bad» reviews got removed from the Jameson’s page and have been filtered. There are better restaurants within a short distance of Bloomingdale.
Edit: why is my review filtered? Do I need to post a picture of my receipt? Unilocal is such a scam.

Will only go here if someone else is paying. Even then, I try to get them to pick a different place.
Several not horrible but not good experiences here. For whatever reason, they have a hard time keeping drinks filled. A table of 8 should not have all empty glasses for 20 minutes.
Food is bland. Soup is plain, no flavor. Veggies are just steamed, no seasoning, no nothing. Steak needs A1 to be flavorful, and that is if they even manage to cook it right.

We met another couple there last night and enjoyed the food and the waitress was outstanding, even though the place was busy and crowded. After dinner we went to the bar for drinks and unfortunately that’s why I had to give this place only one star. The bartender was absolutely rude, arrogant, and ill mannered. As the designated driver I only ordered water but the others were ordering drinks and the bar at this time of the evening was only half full. I asked many times for refill of water without getting a response. I had to take my husband’s water because HE was able to get some maybe because he was ordering drinks?
When my friend asked for a water after a couple, he actually rolled his eyes! Clearly is not a seasoned bartender because he is clueless on how to treat customers, especially the ones picking up the bill. When I finally waved him down to get the bill, he took my card, left the receipt in front of me and never said a word.
In all the years of leaving a tipping for service I have NEVER not tipped a server, even if service was slow. This was the first time I left a server nothing. Then when we were getting our coats on, he shouted «thanks for the tip». My reply was, «it is an exact reflection of the service you provided here at this bar». Maybe he should consider another line of work?!
We will return to the restaurant because we enjoyed our meal so much, but we will never return to that bar. The management should really get more in tune with their servers at the bar, because clearly there have been many customers who have had similar experiences.

Dude! 6oz sirloin was amaze balls! I wish I would have ordered the 11oz. 7 people, steaks, appetizers, drinks, and tip around $ 250. Worth every penny. Can’t wait to return.

My boyfriend and I decided to give them a try on Thanksgiving, we made last minute reservations and were able to get a table at 6:15. We arrived a bit early and the place was packed! It was nice that we got seated at 6:15 on the dot. We waited for about 5 minutes before our server appeared. She brought us a warm delicious piece of bread with yummy butter. She took our drink order and we were able to take a look at the menu and their special turkey day menu. I went with the London broil and my bf got the rib eye. Our meals came with their soupe du jour and a salad. The soup was a creamy chicken and rice, it was ok, it wasn’t served hot which didn’t bother me but I could see how someone might have found lukewarm soup not appealing. The salad was very simple, a mix of greens, one cherry tomato and shredded carrots. My London broil was good, cooked medium and served with a brown sauce with mushrooms. My side was red potatoes either veggie of the day, that veggie being a huge piece of broccoli that was served raw and without any seasoning. I found that so odd, a steamed broccoli would have been nice. My boyfriends ribeye was good, he didn’t complain. All in all our meal was good. Good cuts of meat and a good price. The restaurant is very big and it looks like they have a decent bar area. I think that I would go back to this steakhouse, the sides could have been better but the meat and bread was yummy and the prices were not bad. Our server Agnes was also very attentive for how busy it was and she made sure that our glasses were always filled. We truly appreciated a job well done by her especially when working a busy holiday. I must also add that the hostesses were very friendly and pleasant.

The service here is very consistently terrible. We’ve had servers blame us for wrong orders, long waits for drinks and food, and altogether below mediocre experiences. I’ve given this place a lot of chances because I liked their food, despite their terrible service. But now, even the food went downhill, due in part to the food arriving lukewarm.
Who does the hiring here? There’s always new servers and they’re never competent. I’ve been here 8 – 9 times but it’s time to find somewhere else to go. This is a great place to go if you want your friends to hate you for bringing them there.

The noodles for chicken soup over cooked and to many in the soup so you got a soggy texture. The salad typical bland can be more presentable. Tuesday special is meatloaf covered in mushroom sauce if you are on a low sodium diet this is not for you. The potatoes smashed ok again the vegetables need updating. My husband ordered prime rib steak medium well it was good baked potato good. My husband loved the bread. Service was good not full house Tuesday around 4:30pm.

We recently went here for my mom’s birthday dinner. My dad had made a reservation in person for 10 people, but when we got there they refused to seat us, claiming they had no reservation in our name. Now, it was 4:30 when we went in and we could see the dining room was mostly empty.
We eventually got seated after the manager came out, and our waitress was great, but rude staff has become a frequent occurrence the past few times we’ve dined here.

Went here for a party. The food is mediocre. The service was sub par. I wanted another glass of wine and our waitress was nowhere to be found. I waited a half hour and just drank the water on the table. When that was gone, we were totally out of luck.

Went today for lunch after attending a bridal shower here in the spring and thinking the food was good (just not down that way very often). The sandwiches were decently prices (mostly $ 10-​$ 13) for huge portions. I got the chicken philly, which was very good, and it came with soup, fries, and coleslaw. The service was really good too. I would have no problem coming back to try something else.

So much food.
Don’t get an appetizer. You get soup, salad, and bread with your meal right away.
I got the special which was 6oz. New York strip with 5 fried shrimp and mashed potatoes.
I had the cream of potato soup before that, and a salad with ranch.
My boyfriend had the filet mignon.
No complaints. Service, atmosphere, and food were all great! The malbec wine was a great add with our steaks. We will be back!

Food is ok, probably 3.5 stars, you get soup and salad, so much food that by the time my entrée arrives I’m pretty full.
Bar is ok, probably 2 stars, staff is not friendly including the servers who work in the bar area and drinks are just ok.
Ambiance is 1.5 this reminds me of a restaurant my grandma would have liked and you do see lots of g & g in there.
It’s an ok restaurant with a good value for the buck.

The good: portions are generous, most items come with soup and salad, the food overall is pretty good. The couple times we’ve ordered to-​go they pack it up very very well.
The bad: the service can be dreadfully slow and unattentive

Recently I’ve gone to Jameson’s in Bloomingdale around three times.
All three times there was a wait, and it appears that near dinner time, they get pretty busy. We had to wait about an hour on a Saturday at 6 PM. You can reserve a table on Opentable, so I’d suggest making reservations ahead if you know you will be going there.
The menu items come with a soup, salad and side, so it’s a pretty good value.
First off, your server will bring you warm sourdough bread with a yummy whipped sweet cream butter. Also, appetizers if you order any. We tried the spinach and artichoke dip, which I would skip as it was super spinachy (which isn’t a bad thing) and the dip itself was lacking something. The consistency was a little watery. The calamari on the other hand was great!
Soup will follow, whichever of the couple of choices you have — I’ve tried a few of their soups, and they were all pretty good.
The salad will come after, which has always been very fresh and green. I especially like upgrading to the greek salad, in which they will add feta and pitted kalamata olives (which are pretty good quality). I also had the caesar, which I have to say that the dressing was really watered down. I was hoping for a thicker, richer dressing.
As far as food, I’ve only had the filet mignon and the beef kabob. Both were good. For a side, you can have a potato or the daily vegetables (the green beans are a no-​go).
The dessert selections are also good. I particularly like the flourless chocolate cake (very rich) and the brownie sundae. I also tried the carrot cake that was just OK, and the cheesecake, which is pretty standard.
My only gripe about this place is how slow the service is. I haven’t had any issues with servers — they were all great, but the length of time you have to wait for your drinks, bread, appetizers, soup, salad, dinner, dessert (for parties obviously). Everything comes out slowly. Prepare to be there for around 3 hours, as after an hour has passed, you are just getting to your salad. Perhaps thats why there is always a wait? I think they need more staff.
But overall, I like Jameson’s. I will return.

Was here last night for my grandma’s 85^th birthday. Came with a group of 7.
We ordered our food and within a few minutes received our soup, the server picked up our dishes very shortly after we finished… A few minutes later. Salad! Our main course also arrived in a timely manner. (Granted, none of this was RUSHED).
I thought or server was great (considering she was trying working with all 8 of us, PLUS other tables). Her name was Jaime. She was really sweet, and pretty attentive. She tried to be personable, but it was really busy, so I know it’s hard to connect with a table when you have a lot of running around to do.
I have never been here before, and I had pretty decent expectations for the place. I ordered the 8 oz sirloin with roasted red potatoes and veggies. Ordered it medium. The steak was cooked to perfection. Juicy, tender, flavorful. I’m honestly not sure if I got the red potatoes (I think they were just regular small golden potatoes).The veggies were green beans with cooked carrots –very good.
My own personal experience was great! But a few of my family members ordered ribs and they were disappointed, and –to me– they looked like they didn’t have much meat on them. BUT it’s a steak house… Not a specialty bbq joint.
*Side note: It seems like every time I go out somewhere and am not pleased with my food, everybody else’s is perfectly fine. But when I go out and everybody else’s food is unsatisfying mine is quite good.
… Anybody else have that happen to them?

Since I’m working 2 blocks away, And there’s not a lot of dining options in Bloomingdale, been here 3 times in the last week. Decent steaks, fish, and chicken. You get soup and salad with an entrée, nice. The Chicken and the chopped steak are the best deals and taste good as well. Otherwise, you’re pushing close to $ 30 for steak or fish. Drinks are priced a little on the high side. Nice bar though.
A veggie comes with your meal too, here’s where they lose a star, broccoli, is the «only» veggie. You can not even buy anything else. Now, I like broccoli, so I’m predisposed to enjoy their broccoli. It’s truly awful here. You’d think if you only did one veggie you’d be the master of it. Not the case here. It’s a lifeless mass that tastes like its spent the last 2 hours sitting in hot water. It looks like the stuff you wouldn’t buy at the grocery store. Is it the executive chef, the manager, or the corporate weenies (this place is a chain) responsible for this?
Place is worth a visit, however, enjoy your potato, get an extra app, and skip the veggie.

Another upgrade. After an early New Year’s Eve dinner, I have some new thoughts to share.
Make a reservation for NYE. We didn’t and arrived just before 5pm. The lobby was packed. We sat at the bar and ate dinner there. It wasn’t overly comfortable, but that’s what last minute decision makers get.
There was a split decision on the shrimp dejongh appetizer. I liked it. He didn’t. The filet was worth every penny. So tender. It was well seasoned and just right. The one stem of broccoli hardly constitutes a side of veggies and shouldn’t even be mentioned on the menu. The salad was meh. Some of the lettuce was wilty with brown edges. I picked through that and nibbled on what was palatable. The mashed potatoes should be served on a separate dish. The steak juices were all over the plate and thus all throughout the mashed potatoes. Maybe it’s me, but if my foods are going to be mixed, I want to be the one to do it. Finally the chocolate peanut butter pie was heavenly, but the cost was outrageous! It was not a slice. It was a sliver. So reduce the price or increase the size of the piece. I felt like I got the short end of the stick on that one.
Overall, the service was okay. It’s still obvious that the regulars get preferential treatment around here. Even at the bar when you can clearly see that you aren’t being acknowledged. There are some real highlights, but the lowlights keep me from going here too often.