Original Joe's in Red Deer

I ve never had a bad meal here, the servers are all amazing!

Had the shrimp appetizer which was absolutely delicious! Ill be going there again soon to try something else!

I had cat and bre for service. They where fantastic very friendly 10/10 will be there again with that service :)

Great food!

Very friendly staff and tasty food

Low end restaurant.

Great lunch spot Wheelchair accessibility: On the ground floor, easy access Food : 5/5 |

Food portions are huge. A great restaurant/ pub.

OJ s is always a great go to. Great service & great food. They never disappoint. The only thing that needs to be tweaked is the temp of their draft, it could be considerably colder. I like my beer pint glass to sweat but who doesn t? *update* I have been back a number of times since this review & the draft is now colder & my glasses are now sweaty!! Cheers!!

Very disappointed in the

My first and last time, i will never go to Original Joes. This place looks old and outdated in its daycor, the carpet as looks very warren and dirty in my point of view. The lovely lady that to our orders was very pleasant and fabulous as well as the pail aile beer. Unfortunately, i cant say that about their menu. It was very disappointing on the choices. It really didnt make my mouth water. My wife and I decided to the ribs as it was the specia for wednesday. However, I found them very grease cut. I ordered the wings, salt and pepper flavor, I ate 2 wings, disappointed in the size, must of been the smallest chicken wings Ive ever seen and over cooked to boot. They did take it off the bill and were very apologetic. Overall. very good beer, and the wifes bang bang shrimp was good according to her. The waiters was so sorry and very good at her job.

Great place to stop for lunch and a beer.

The dry ribs are meaty and the burgers the best in Red Deer! We try going to Original Joes once a week as the staff, atmosphere and food are simply the best in Red Deer without fail

So very good appetizers and burgers are pretty dang good. Frys are ...the same as everyone else so nothing special. Drinks are made and priced well. The OJ draft is kinda bland. Prices are fair and the service is usually really good. Parking: Parking if busy is hit and miss

The family loved the mini yourkie appie. All the food was enjoyed, a nice outting. Oilers vs Dallas , oilers were ahead when we left.

Great Mothers Day lunch with my son! Service is always great.

Hadnt been in a few years. Food was very good and service was great.

Pub food CAN be delicious! OJs does that, and they always make things right when is isnt. Love their fries, wings, fish tacos, poutine, and soup! This place is consistently good.

Brought my mother in for her birthday she wanted some good wings and a few beer, thought OJs would be a good choice. The wings were great but our server was not, she was more concerned with getting off shift to join the staff party of servers and face tattooed patrons sitting at the bar. Server asked to pass on our tab since we had just ordered our first round and told her we planned on ordering more. She then changed her mind and asked us to clear up tab and she would pass us to the next server and that didnt happen. We sat waiting for another round of drinks for about 25 mins until we waved down another server who knew nothing about it because she wasnt told, while we watched our original server drinking beer at the bar.Second server was very apologetic but by this point we were ready to leave. Not a very good experience for my mother birthday.

Onion soup was dry, over heated in microwave. Will never eat there again. I do not recommend at all. Replace the chef. Food : 1/5 |

Update more than a year later the service is still great, the food is served hot and fast. Id still recommend you try it out, the patio is giving summer vibes! The patio is awesome, the service is great, as usual the food & drinks are amazing!

I went there with my wife to enjoy lunch and it was an awesome experience with the Red Deer South branch, Bree was so helpful and a great service. Thank you and for sure will be back. Food

The Brussels sprouts were excellent, the mini yorkshire puds super good; and my fishbowl-sized drink was lovely. Service was patient and friendly, even in a packed house. Food

The dill dip here is TO DIE for! With the patio installed and the drink specials here, you gotta check it out at least once!!

Had a team dinner with 33 people . Great quick friendly service.

Almost 40 min wait didn t even get our drinks! Left to go somewhere else

Was a seat your self and then we had to wait a fair bit for the menus. Aside from that our service and food were great and no complaints.

The service was horrible. She claimed that that were under staffed but you could clearly see 2or 3 girls chatting in a group twice while being there. However she was quick to be give the bill... we got appetizers with no small plates... we had to ask for napkins and silverware. ..

Had lunch here today. Service was good. Atmosphere is fine too- a bit noisy. I had a Cobb salad which was great! The greens were super fresh. My husband had a steak sandwich with salad and fries. Steak was well seasoned (a bit salty) pretty tender and the salad was good. The fries were good just a bit salty. Dill dip is great. Overall good lunch.

Filthy, cold, and our appies and our meals came at the same time. So basically we had to choose what we wanted to eat hot...wont go back. Waitress was nice.

We had a late supper, I had a wrap & it was great. Love the gravy. It wasnt too noisy & we had a great time with the waitress. Food

Shelby was an awesome waitress!! Food was great, and highly recommend the brunch and wings! Keep up the great work

Been there a couple of times. Service and food good both times. Love that they have bottled Michelob Ultra beer in a bottle.

Went for a birthday dinner with a large party. Our experience began pleasant enough. However, a joking remark about a smoke break was misconstrued by our waitress as a slam about her age (?). After that, our service went downhill. We tried to keep it light. However, after a few issues getting orders sorted and to go containers for leftovers sorted, we jokingly told our waitress after all our rigamoral, she may have to take up smoking. She came unhinged at this. Ranting about how inappropriate we were to keep commenting on her age (again...?). This was a group containing seniors and children. No alcohol, a fairly jovial bunch. The AM who took over listened to our version of events, was pleasant and apologetic. However, we will not be back. A waitress that gets offended by a smoke break remark, trying to work at a pub, is in the wrong business. We sure hope some of your staff can develop a sense of humor or a thicker skin.

Manager who served us was amazing!! Best service Ive had in forever!!!

Tiffany was a very attendant server and entertaining! Will be back for sure and sit in her section!

Pay 27 dollars to get fish n chips that have hardly any chips. Fries are the cheapest product to serve. Pathetic.

Tiffany b is awesome! So accompanying and a blast of a time! Very friendly and very professional.

absolutely wonderful service, hot tasty food, great drinks shoutout to the server with the blue hair, she was wonderful!!!

We just ordered the food to go. Great food

We went out for wing night and had Tiffany as our server, it was an all around great experience! She was friendly, attentive and even helped us discover new items to try from the menu!

Limited parking, evened service with a smile.

I was here with a group. My meal was forgotten. By the time it came out everyone was ready to go and the my steak was supposed to be medium rare but came out well done, cold and the fries were cold too so I didnt enjoy anything here. The rest of the group had mixed reviews on their food quality. It was an expensive and disappointing celebration.

It was a lovely lunch date with my wife on a Friday.

Awesome establishment. Caeley was super friendly and great to deal with!

Great food, great atmosphere and friendly, prompt service Kid-friendliness: Its nice to be able to go there with my teen now. Food : 5/5 |

The food was delicious and the service was great. Was a really good experience.

Amazing food service was awesome

Was not very busy.We felt like we were a inconvenience to server

Love wing night. Menu has a good variety at great prices.

Ive never been disappointed with a meal at Original Joes. Service is always good, prices seem about right and the food is tasty...

Use to be a good place to order from and go to. The last several times we have ordered we have not been happy. First problem was the fries were half the amount they should have been, like 8 fries is all we got. Called and they said they are weighed so it was the proper portion. This time, the fries and fish were burnt. We have been ordering from this place for years but since covid the food quality has gone down. We will not be ordering or supporting this establishment again. When you go into restaurant it is load and service is normally slow. I would recommend any place else.

Went with my husband for a date night and NEVER AGAIN! My husbands beer from the tap was watered out/flat, our nachos came with an enormous piece of plastic melted into the cheese ( I have no idea what this plastic even was...gross)! When they re-made them, they were pretty tasteless and unappealing. And... our wings were the entire wrong order/flavour. All this and not one supervisor or manager came to apologize or check in and we were ONLY offered 10% off the bill. Pretty pathetic service to begin with and then this... we will never return.

Best for wings night

Havent been out for lunch in a while, how I know why, it is expensive.

Very pleasant atmosphere, and the food was great!

I came here yesterday with my other half. Shelby was my waiter . She was fantastic. Checked on us often was quick efficient and friendly. Our food was okay but Ceasars were the best i have had in a long while. Mediocre food is worth going back for, if you have a waitress like Shelby:)

Sat out on the patio had apple cider alcohol, supper and dessert and it was all really good on a hot summer day in spring. I was at sylvan lake last week and paid double the money for the food and drinks

Went today and was very impressed by the non-alcoholic cocktail options. We had each of the three and they were all really good and had more nuance to their ingredients than just juice and soda . Kid-friendliness: Lots of kids! Wheelchair accessibility: Wheelchair accessible

Severs are on top of it. The kitchen has burned every burger to a char these last two weeks.

We found the food and service was very good. Our server Shelby was knowledgeable, which was helpful. Thank you Shelby.

Eggs benny.....good if you enjoy hockey pucks. From the English muffins to the eggs, steak knife was required. Used to be good food.

Great fish and chips good service

The food and service was great

Server is very racist and very rude. Food is very dry. Very disappointing service. I would not recommend to go here.

Wasnt disappointed, food was good service was good and fast, left a good tip...good environment. Definitely will go back to eat.

The best freaking fries Ive had in a very very long time! Ill come here just for the fries alone thats how good they are

Quick and tasty.

Not eatting Cobb salad anymore twice we have gotten a rotten salad

Great meal, service staff was solid.

As a restaurant its fine, a touch expensive buy the food is decent, the drinks are a lot of there menu, and good. Vegetarian options: They have marked vegetarian options and impossible meat. Dietary restrictions: They have gluten friendly but not gluten free foods, for the most part (shared fryer) Parking: Mainly parking out back, it is the middle of downtown, so expect to pay during peak hours Wheelchair accessibility: There is one parking spot, and a lot of varied seating

We had the most amazing lunch here and can t thank our server Shelby enough! She was so kind and helpful, we will be back very soon ! Yellowknife, NT evacuee, Maria Food

Shelby was an amazing server. Food was great, they really go all out for the dips. We had gravy, still dip and tartar sauce. 5 stars.

OJs is always dependable for a solid meal. The Kona burger is one of my go-tos. Love the inclusion of two sides. The bruschetta fetticine alfredo was also impressive!

Went there to enjoy the 9pm happy hour with a friend just to be told the kitchen is closed and they can t cook anymore food. We decided to stay and have some drinks, after the first drink we were told by the waitress she had other things to do and brought the bill. They locked the doors and shut off the TVs just after 10pm. If that s the way it is then the hours should be changed on everything instead of wasting peoples time.

You got it girl was great. Food was good too

Food was awesome. Decent portions for the price. Service was great!

The Server is nice and kind, but my fish and chips is not, I ordered 2 pieces, the first piece I ate was okay, it like a piece of fish, but once I start cut on the 2nd one, I cant even cut in, the fish inside the batter is completely dry, once I see that I got no moods to finish the plate, wondering how long those fish been cooked. when i back to the hotel, and i feel sick been stay in the washroom. if not the client told me to go there, i will not be there.

This was the 3rd Original Joes I have attempted to dine at. The 1st was in Toronto, the 2nd was in Edmonton, and the 3rd was in Red Deer. In all cases, they got my order wrong, and what got served was lukewarm at best. This time, I sent the whole order back. I dont blame the wait staff. Its not their fault that the kitchen staff appear to be totally incompetent. I would recommend that you try any other restaurant, even McDonalds, before you think about dining at Original Joes anywhere...

Service was great, food so-so

Very nice location. Great service and atmosphere- food is good quality

A few of us attend Tuesday wing night once a month. The wings are amazing along with all of their other food. Service is great, atmosphere is awesome as well. Best part is they have not one, but TWO sweet patios!! Highly recommend!!

This place let us forgot that Red Deer downtown is a ghost town on a Sunday night! Great food! Good ambiance and service.

Was there for the Tuesday wings night with colleagues, no complaints. Wings were good and crispy hot, the mixed drinks were made right, Im sure the rest of the menu is excellent as well.

Excellent service, but the food was a let down. Salad had multiple pieces of rotten lettuce and the chicken wings were inedible. The replacement food was mediocre at best.

Food was good, service was great

We did not have food.. just drinks.. our server was great!!!

Excellent Meal for 30 Last Week - No Complaints from Our Table! Great Service, Good Friends and Atmosphere... We will be back for sure...

Awesome

We had a really good server (sometimes hit or miss here). Food was very good, food was fast and good portions.

Stopped for wings and the waitress seemed like a bully and rushed us out. Was not a fun experience. Food

The food was good. The staff was amazing, really good service and the food came quickly! The wine was good and we hit the half price night, so bonus.

Always a pleasure. Love the fish tacos, always consistent! Parking: There is a small parking lots but lots of street parking. Food : 5/5 |

Had a great time last night, we took our Daughter and grandkids for dinner . Excellent food and Amazing service from Hope. We will be back

Excellent service. Great food

OJ s has a good lunch menu. Good atmosphere for work lunches. Staff is always friendly and helpful.

Best sweet potatoes fries and dill dip in town by far! Actually love all the food here but those dill dip is addicting!

Wings are great...loved the TeriHot

Brie and Tiffany are my heros. Thank you so much

I stopped in for a late lunch, I was greeted immediately with a warm professional smile, and direction to find a table thats make me feel comfortable. My Servers name was Serena, she is the dream server, exceeded expectations in every single aspect of my lunch. With the highest level of professionalism she was able to make each person feel like their experience was important to her. Sometimes in 2022 service has slipped, I want to make sure that you dont think my comments are based on a good server compared to the decline. My comments are based on wanting to give someone 100% tip. While I was writing this, her interactions with a coworker, made me want to include it. A natural normal work conversation, but she included compliments with enthusiasm. If you are ever near Red Deer, I would recommend stopping by to see Serena. I promise she will renew your faith in humanity like she did to mine.

Tiffany was the best waitress at OJ s I would 100% recommend heading down to OJ s!

Great fish and chips to go. Fills you up.

Server was very rude. Felt rushed severs don t know who s food is whos.

Great service and the food was excellent.

Thanks Cody!

Enjoyed the ambiance

We were served today by Serena. Despite her being extremely busy, she was kind, attentive, and fast! The food came out hot, in a timely manner. She was very personable with our son and gave him a sticker as well. We really appreciated our experience today! Thanks so much to everyone at Ojs. We will be back :)

I ve never felt so awkward in a place. I was enjoying a conversation with my spouse when my bill was handed over my shoulder, food taken and without a word the server was gone. I was in shock since I did not request my bill or food to be take away that I couldn t even get my words out. Unfortunately we had the same experience with the service weeks ago. I used to love OJs years ago. Good people, big portions, reliable circa 2007.

Beautiful place Great staff

Me and my husband went twice. It was great food. Just server often forgot what we asked like extra plate or more napkins or hot sauce and stuff. It happened twice. Wish if they can focus on us since it was only 2-3 table filled and quite night.

Great selection friendly staff

Service wasnt very good

We frequent OJs often. The food & service are always consistent. Serena was (and has been many other times) our server. Our kids are always just as excited as us, to see her & be served by her. She is extremely knowledgeable, attentive & above all genuinely kind & friendly!!

Here every Friday for lunch, great food, great staff

Was a beautiful day sat outside felt briefly forgot about but Serena the server who took over saved the day and helped us out! We enjoyed our lunch and was super thankful for Serena who ensured the rest of our experience was super quick and easy. She was very apologetic for our long wait before she took over and was able to comp us our appy and drink! OJ s please give Serena an extra pat on the back for going above and beyond. Thanks

Great atmosphere and friendly servers, the food was excellent!

The food and service was amazing! Its one of my favorite go-to Restaurants in the Red Deer area.

5 stars, as usual. But the best bartender guy moved on! Vegetarian options: They exist. Dietary restrictions: They have gluten, vegan, and normal people choices. Kid-friendliness: I amgine it is until the evening. But no one wants your kids next to their beer.

Parking: Minimal. Be prepared to pay at a meter or lot close by.

I hate being asked if I want change everything else was great.

Awesome food

A family of five visiting from the UK, we stopped at Original Joes in Red Deer for a break on our road trip from Edmonton to Calgary. The service was excellent, with a friendly helpful server, and the food was really quite lovely. We didnt even realise it was a chain restaurant until later on. Highly recommend.

It wasnt the greatest experience unfortunately. The food was slow to arrive and the price was pretty expensive. It wasnt our serving staff but some foul up in the kitchen. Either way kind of a disappointing experience while taking my son to lunch while he was visiting from far away. Update: My wife and I came back and WOW did this restaurant ever redeem itself! The crew was extremely friendly, the food was prompt and delicious and we will definitely be back! Thank you OJs for being so amazing!

Very very good and delicious food. Hillary was very friendly and nice. Highly recommended

Great food tasty and served in quick time recommend this place

Its delicious, I had a vegetarian Hummus + Pita plate, and I recommend the non-alcoholic mojito!!!! Vegetarian options: Deliciously

The food was FANTASTIC. The ambeyance was very warm and inviting. The service was phenomenal, everyone helped each other. The mini Yorkies are very good but the horseradish was a little overbearing. The ace burger poutine was wonderful. No flavor interrupted the other. Very savory and tangy. Finally, the dirt pie was very nice. Smooth, creamy, subtle and delicious.

Just popped in for an after work snack and drink and had the absolute pleasure of being looked after by Ty!! I cant believe they are normally behind the bar!! We had lots of laughs and the service was so fast and fun too! Cannot recommend the place enough especially if you are being looked after by Ty! EDIT: sorry its meant to be 5 1/2 stars!!! From my friend that came as well!

Great atmosphere and staff. Working my way through the menu, havent had a bad meal yet.

The place is not eager to give options for those with sensitivities. Mashed have Gluten here No one else do All you can have is boring sides. Why not a baked Potatoe, appetizers that fill you that dont have Gluten. Its been a couple years since we were here.

Basic Canadian fare nice atmoshere

Food and drinks are great. Very slow service. Hospitality industry shortage of staff. Tough times these days.

Great place, good menu, service great and food is awesome. Only bad thing is the very very limited parking Parking: Parking very limited

Great food and good service

Fish and Chips with their dill dip. And Crispy Chicken Burger, Caesar Salad and Soup. My granddaughters first time here and she loved it, a very nice atmosphere. This is my go-to for fish and chips (and dill dip ). Great and friendly service.

Went for lunch today, and our waitress Serena, was amazing! She had such a huge smile and gave fantastic service! PS. The bacon tomato soup was also top-notch!!

This is definitely the best place in town to go Services incredible! If you go ask for Tiona she is one of the best!!!!!

Best food in red deer!!! Regards to all staff ;) Food

Few weeks back my wife and two small girls went to this location. I personally LOVE the Kona burger, at least I do in Vancouver where we lived before moving here this year. Cant comment on the food at this location, we walked out before ever ordering *sigh*. Anyway, we arrived and were greeted and told we could sit up on the upper floor. We picked a booth settled in.... and waited... and waited some more... Finally I got up and asked a server... Just if they had a high chair for our 1 yr/old. They said no. That pretty much made our decision to finally leave after nearly 30mins and not even being brought water, asking if we needed anything or even mentioning they dont have high chairs or boosters or anything. You cant tell me this place doesnt cater to families. All the OJs Ive been to in BC all had high chairs, get with it guys! Really dont know whats worse, not being serviced or not having something for a baby to sit in :(. We were very uncomfortable with the entire experience. It wasnt even busy when we arrived. Came for an early dinner like 4pm. My wife loves OJs too but said to me she doesnt want to come back here again for a very long time if ever and I agree, your location has some work to do. ps. We went to Montanas we were greeted, seated, and served in less then 15 mins!

The parmesan brussel sprouts with bacon are unbelievable. Literally the best protein packed saucy heaven you will ever experience. Hell. Ya.

Ordered lunch with the office.. we all got fish and chips.. we were missing a salad and fries and almost none of the fish was fully cooked... call the store as we ordered off the website - not skip. And she advised we would have to contact skip and there was nothing she could do for us.. i didnt order off skip. We are not impressed.. over $100 order and told nothing they could do for us.

Great food.

Always a great experience and a wonderful meal.

I have Covid and wanted soup. Because I couldn t do pickup we used skip to get food. I got a pacific rim bowl, my husband got some other stuff, but when it arrived only the noodles were in the bag, not the container with the broth and fixings. Long story short the manager (I didn t catch her name unfortunately) was getting off shift and drove soup to our house and gave us a free dessert, when she easily could have just said that s on skip, not us Absolutely blown away by the gesture.

Good food

Food was ok, service was good.

My husband and I went out for a dinner and movie date night and decided to give Original Joes a shot. We usually opt for State & Main but wanted to change things up a bit. When we arrived we were greeted and told to pick a seat anywhere. Once seated we waited for about fifteen minutes until a server acknowledged us - she asked if we had been helped, when we told her we hadnt she said she would track down our server as this wasnt her section. While waiting I ran to the washroom to wash my hands and the soap dispenser was completely empty. Our server showed up a few minutes later. I asked her what was on tap for local craft beer options and she said she wasnt sure - she had to go ask the bartender. When she came back she said that everything on tap was craft beer except for the Budweiser. Discouraged, I decided to just order a water. My husband and I placed our food order with the server. We waited for half an hour before our appetizer arrived, brought to us by another server. She asked if we needed anything and my husband mentioned that we were still waiting for our waters. This server brought those to us shortly. Our appetizer (chicken gyoza) wasnt very warm and may have been sitting out for awhile before being served to us. About halfway through eating our appetizer our mains were served to us. We both ordered breaded chicken burgers and the breading was very dark, the chicken seemed overcooked and dry. We did not enjoy our meals. We ate quickly and my husband tried to get the original waitress attention so that we could pay and head to our movie. By the time our waitress brought the bill and we had paid we were too late for the movie. The entire experience was disappointing and we wont be returning to Original Joes again but we will joke about their craft beer tap for years to come - everything on tap is craft beer except for the Budweiser...

We came in tonight, not overly busy. Was told to sit wherever we liked. Sat there for 20 minutes until someone finally came over and said we were sitting in a reserved seating area when there was clearly no reserved sign on the table we were sitting at. Don t tell people to sit wherever we want, maybe try seating us or hell, follow us with menus to make sure we aren t sitting in a reserved section or tell us not to sit in a certain area. Not sure why we continue to give this place a chance since our experiences are never good. Do better.

Still a great place. One of the few remaining restaurant/pubs in downtown Red Deer