Jo Blo's Bar & Grill in St. Catharines

A bit pricey and Short table talk.... A little interaction with customers goes a long way.

Wings were really good. Cool spot.

I love their chicken wings. The best in St.Catharines

Awesome

Really good food! Great staff. Downfall, charging for mayo and grilled onions. Ridiculous!!!

Nice, cozy place with great service . Drinks only this time around Service

Food is decent. Nice atmosphere, great staff

Probably our worst restaurant experience ever. I will preface by saying that there were two large groups and only two staff members in front of house. That being said, an abundance of food was missing from our order, we were not offered another drink, multiple people in our group got sick after eating there (5 that we know of) and there was a piece of metal from a scrubby in my wings which was not rectified on the bill. None of us will be back

Fun and friendly place to stop when you get off the go train.

Spent Saturday night here. Was very busy but the service was excellent. Paula and Jenna were super friendly. The food was excellent. Will definitely be back.

Paula is always so welcoming when we grab some after hockey refreshments. Always great service.

Dee is always welcoming and knows our favourite orders. It is our favourite local because of the terrific servers and great food.

Friends and I have been coming to Jo Blo s for a few weeks now on Mondays for pints and Tapas. While all our visits have been enjoyable, last night was a poor hospitality service experience. Upon arrival, we talked with the servers about how we love the tapas and think it is a great deal. We then specifically requested the Tapas menu as we were only given the normal entre menu, and when ordering, pointed to items listed on the Tapas menu. After a few drinks and laughs, we were ready to settle up and were charged full entre price for at least 3 items we ordered ($20+) and not the Tapas price ($6). The portions were not noticeably larger so we didnt think twice, but when we asked the servers about the error, we were told that we were in the wrong and that we need to clearly specify that we are ordering the tapas version in the future. While it should have been obvious that we intended to order Tapas for numerous reasons previously mentioned, I would have expected some sort of service recovery initiative from the staff, but instead all we got was a At least you have leftovers for lunch tomorrow! comment. Overall, a poor service experience at Jo Blos as I think any other restaurant would have done something to mend the situation.

Delicious food great experience

This bar ticks all the boxes for me: - Friendly and attentive staff - crispy and delicious wings - generous heaping of nachos with a variety of toppings - gooey yummy desserts (funnel cake and cake in a jar ) Would definitely recommend and come back!

Great spot near the arena. Friendly service from Dee and Paula. Excellent and delicious pizza and wings. Reasonable prices and cute diner look inside. Must try!!

I received a Skip the Dishes gift card for my birthday and decided to try Jo Blo s based on reviews. I was not disappointed. I ordered Rustic Rose Penne Pasta, Feta Bruschetta, and chocolate cake for dessert. All of it was delicious and I had enough for leftovers to enjoy again the next day. Definitely going to order from here again.

Great place to eat. Awesome service. Best Loaded Potato Soup ever!

We were at the rink across the road for my sons hockey. The food and service were fantastic.

I had an amazing time here! The food was delicious and the staff was very friendly and welcoming, making the experience a memorable one. Id recommend Jo Blos to anyone looking to spend a night out with friends or family!

I highly recommend Jo Blos if you want bang for your buck! The staff was above and beyond friendly and the food was amazing! Definitely try the wings!

Excellent food Excellent service Food

I am going to be honest. I walked into this place not expecting too much and only stopped in cause Jo Blo was a childhood nickname of mine, but I walked out of there as one of my all-time favorite restaurants in this area. The potatoe soup is the best soup I ever had. The rest of the food was delicious and reasonably priced. I cant wait to head south again just to go back for that soup.

I visited there for the first time and it was amazing. Food was delicious and alot. Min was just the best host, its like she knew what you wanted even before you order. It was an amazing first dinner experience at Jo Blos Bar and Grill. Definitely will be going again

Nice place, local to me. Most staff are friendly. I do enjoy most of the food also. Prices are decent.

Large portions of food. Friendly staff. Old time small town atmosphere.

Brilliant service

Awesome service from the bartender Paula! Very attentive, and kind every time we have went! Drinks are always cold! OWNERS PLEASE READ: It hurts my soul to see that beautiful fish in the front of the restaurant in such terrible shape. It is far too big for that tank. Please please please get a bigger tank or surrender to someone who can properly take care of it. I work in animal care and would be more than happy to help. Hard to visit and see that beauty suffering.

Came with a group of 12 no reso,no problem. All of us were satisfied with Fish,Wings,great salads...even a huge burger ! I love the name... been telling everyone I can about Jo Blos Food : 5/5

Had food delivered while on vacation. Grilled chicken missing from salad. They insisted they put it in the bag but it simply wasn t there. It s unfortunate.

I ordered over Skip The Dishes. They messed up part of my order, but the food that was sent looked and tasted awesome! The pictures online dont do it justice. The presentation, taste and quality is better than what the pictures online show

Maria is the best server that we have ever known. Great personality and very attentive.

My favorite spot! Best wings around.

Best steak subs around and the atmosphere

Great food. Service is amazing! Owner is accommodating and friendly!

Ive been coming to Jos on and off since it opened. Ive tried different burgers and sandwiches, pizza. Always nice cold beer, a good place to sit down for a drink and something to eat. One thing really bugged me though; I ordered 1lb of wings yesterday and it was $18.00......That is ABSURD! For 8-10 wings, which is pretty much a snack. They werent especially huge or anything, ok size. For a small sports bar that is a majorly expensive price for bar staple like wings. Should have an option to not get dip, carrots and celery and shave off 2 bucks or something. I asked how much 3 lbs was cus i knew 1lb wasnt enough and it was $45!!!!! Half of $100 for say 30 wings. Thats like 1.60 a wing. I ended up just getting 1lb. You can get 3lbs of much bigger wings at $36 at similar places, just sucks because Jos is within walking distance and thats a good thing when you want a drink and dinner lol. I know there is a wing night, but i wanted to do pick up. Anyways, Jos is a good atmosphere, good food, but just had a problem with how much the wings were considering they arent anything out of the ordinary and cant even feed 1 person almost like a $20 appetizer. Also, i wish the website had the actual menu on it instead of QR code. Why not just make it easy to scroll through menu instead of this QR stufff.

Jo was a good guy blow was better

Our waitress was super friendly and attentive. There was a slight mix up with my order, but they corrected it. Food was good.

Had the Tuesday special. Thanks Maria for great service

Good selection of beers on tap. Service was friendly and accommodating. Good times.

Tonight was the worse bar/restaurant experience ever! My friend and I discovered this gem 4 weeks ago. We go up every Sunday for a Caesar and appetizers. Both and all is incredible. Caesars are the best! Tonight because of the bar maid, we will not return. I gave her as much respect as she provided us. Zero. Why do people like this even work in the service industry? She was disgusting to me and my friend, as well too other patrons and staff! Turned me off enough to cancel the other 4 fantastic visits. I would hate to drive from Hamilton only to be greeted by this bar maid.

First time here 2 beers 1 shot. Had to chase the juvenile bartender just for a refill. If she had the respect to say thanx and at least attempt to return my change. She would have doubled her tip. None of which happened. I will not be returning. The bar however was a clean decent spot. Which also has respectful employees. Hence the 3 star review A recent conversation with the management Showed me they care about customer service. Thank you. .

Hailey was fantastic! the food was amazing but i shed a tear due to the pool table being somewhat funky Parking: parking lot is kinda small, had to park across the street

Came by Monday night for the first time based on some recommendations from friends, was surprised to find out it was tapas night! Great price for portion got to leave full for only 20$, beer was cold, service was excellent for how busy it was with 2 staff members. Thank you Tish and Dee, I ll be back again for tapas

Hands down best wings around!

Lots of drink selections especially for the girls!

Parking: Lots of parking Food

Great food. The chicken wings are really good. We had great service also.

Love the place, go every Friday after hockey. Fantastic Wings.

Big thank you to Min and her team, had a end of year Nascar party there and she accommodated us perfectly for the afternoon. Great specials, cold beer and awesome atmosphere! Min and her team are always so friendly. Got real busy while we were there, and to see how her and the other bartender kept up, and how organized they were, it was impressive to see! Also shout out to the kitchen, the food came out almost as quick as we ordered! Great job Min, and thanks. Look forward to doing this again next time!

Food is bland and tasteless, very rude on the phone unable to handle orders through std that were missing items or just wrong. Save your money , overpriced small portions.

Have to ask - What is with the poor fish? Huge fish, small tank. Seems a bit cruel. Friendly service but sometimes slow (they may not have enough staff so I cant fault them for that). Food is pretty good. Greasy but tasty. The building could use some updates including more seating but overall had some great times here.

Very consistent food quality and service from staff.

Just ordered take out, we had nachos and calamari and they were both delicious! Thank you for all of your hard work :)

I don t usually write bad reviews but I ordered take out today. I went to pick up my food none of the bartenders/ servers were wearing their masks . Best part was when the server was bringing my food from the kitchen I saw her hold the take out boxes stacked really high that she needed her chin to hold it! Talk about being sanitary and professional. Thanks but no thanks I could imagine how clean there kitchen is!

Ive been a regular here for years, and the service is always phenomenal and the food is always excellent.. Just recently had their new pasta and it was outstanding..

Our hockey team comes every Friday and the service and staff go above and beyond. Pizza, wings and mozza sticks seem to be our top three items. They also have a great draft deal on. Keep up the amazing service and we will of course see you Friday

I love Joe Blos . Free pool. Good prices. Friendly service

Gotta try the spicy parm wings. Delicious

Beer and wings... Need I say more

Jo Blos never fails to deliver and present delicious and well-prepared snacks, entrees and more. Friendly staff and timely order preparation. You will not be disappointed.

This little gem of a sports bar provides amazing service to everyone who walks through their doors not just the teams that come in after their games. The owner Ming and her Front of the House staff make sure everyone feels welcome and is taken care of. The pizza rivals any pizza spot in the area in terms of sports bar pizza and the variety of wing flavours makes it easy to cater to a basic wing person or an adventurous one. I m sure the other items on the menu are just as good but for this particular person and team the service goes above and beyond and it s noticeable because they care. A huge thank you from the Gryphons. It is a spot that is highly recommended for anybody, family, or sports team

Honestly one of the top restraunts in the city. Everything is fresh and the portions are huge. If you havent been your definetly missing out ...the Philly steak is my ultimate favorite...yummmmmy

I ve been coming to this establishment for years and have always had great service and great food. The wings are the best in the city always fresh and delicious! Highly recommend if you re in town or in the area. Jo s is such a friendly environment with great food and an easy relaxed atmosphere!

Great food, different funky types of wings great staff. Good times all around

Love, love ,love the food , all of it, especially cake in a jar. Omg. Love the friendly awesome staff, service is impeccable, always quick , Never had anything but a great time because even the customers are great . All thanks to the greatest of them all The Boss herself. Min.. You Rock Lady. Number #1 Favorite Wing Place By Far. And the steak subs , dont get me started

Nice establishment. No to little vegetarian options

The owner and staff are amazing!!! We had my sons birthday dinner there with most of his hockey team. The food was amazing and the service was unbeatable. We will 100% be going back. Also the owner herself decorated the back room for my sons party!!!

Been our go to after hockey hangout for a few years now! Good atmosphere, great good & drinks, what more can you ask for?!

The owner of this restaurant shows that she cares about her guests and her staff.

Great food, excellent service!

This was the venue for my sisters baby shower. Min and her staff were great helping us every step of the way and making sure everything went smoothly! I recommend having an event at this location or her other one!

The waitress was great ,and the food was great to.

Great place for some good draught and wings. Check out their wing night special.

Awesome food! Great service

Excellent service and my favourite place for wings! Kids loves their desserts especially the cheesecake!!!

Sydney our server was amazing, great food nice environment. Pool table was a nice surprise.

Food was amazing, decently priced, and friendly staff. Stumbled across this place while in the area, definitely recommended!

Good service. The food was very good. Flavourful and well cooked and good serving size.

The best bar in the town. I wanna drink tequila battle with the owner

Awesome location for teams & large parties! Very accommodating

Came here for lunch and had the best calamari Ive had in the Niagara region! It wasnt chewy like everywhere else I order it. It was so crispy and tender and the sauce with it was amazing! The burger was only 8 dollars before I upgraded to poutine. They both tasted spectacular. My friend got a Caesar salad with crispy chicken and it was amazing. The dressing, the croutons and the chicken. Free refills on pop and iced tea was also a great deal!

My team has been coming here for a few years now and love their food and service! Recommended for teams!

Best Nacho in town!

The food was really good great portions and a staff was very friendly.

Ordered a sandwich and beer for delivery on labour day. They canceled my order and my last 100 bucks was gone for 5 days. This place can burn to the ground for all I care. Edit: Money was returned promptly. I guess someone at SkipTheDishes understood. Have an extra star. Edit: Thank you for the detailed explanation. I appreciate your honesty. I will replace this review with something better as soon as I have a chance to visit your establishment. Edit: For now I will just assume that your restaurant is 5 stars

As usual excellent service

Kid-friendliness: You can go for dinner with your kids here sure !

Good place for a beer after a hard days work. Kid-friendliness: Staff very welcoming and was truly a great visit. Always my go to place.

Always excellent on SkipTheDishes! I love ordering their buffalo chicken wrap!

Wings! WOW!

Very accommodating to teams. I recommend registering your team with them as they have also deals for teams

Large selection of beer/cooler! Amazing service

Great spot for a bite to eat after hockey! Right across the street from the area

Hands down BEST STEAK SUB!

Attended a birthday party that was reserved in the back room. Good atmosphere with a pool table in the back corner, friendly staff and enough tvs around to watch your favorite sport. Managed to slip into the back parking lot but it is very tight getting in and out.

9. Been ordering on Door Dash and the food is always bang on!

Amazing chicken wings and nacho

We ordered from Jo Blo s tonight, noticed we were missing a part of our order when the delivery driver dropped it off. I phoned the restaurant right away to inquire about the missing item, and wow is all I have to say! They went above and beyond to get the missing item to me. We have always loved ordering from Jo Blo s and we will definitely continue to do so! Thank you so very much to the staff, you are very much appreciated!

Always excellent!! Thank you for putting this message on the cake!!

LOVE THE SNOW CRAB LEGS!!!

Vegetarian options: There are options to have vegetarian meals. The brusshetta was a real treat. Parking: Parking around back is ample. Kid-friendliness: The restaurant was well lit with natural and illuminating light. It could also accommodate young children escorted by a parent or guardian. Wheelchair accessibility: No stairs into the establishment allows wheelchair accessibility.

Rustic rose pasta my favorite

The best Tequila shots in the town! The BEST wings in the town!

Jumbo Wings makes me crazy.....

Jos style is my favorite wings...

Lets rock and roll at Joblossssss

Love the food. Been several times. Burgers, nachos, poutine, wings. Caesar salad, Fish and chips are all delicious.

Amazing restaurant!! The owner is great and she has wonderful staff!! We hosted a party there and Min was so accommodating. She exceeded our expectations and ensured everyone had a great night! Definitely reccomend hosting your next party there!!

Had my husbands birthday at this location. They accomdated a large party with our own sepearte space- had a ton of fun playing pool and darts. Staff was incredible, food was delicious. Highly recommend the loaded nachos, coconut shrimp & spin dip. We will be back !!!

Great local bar. Nice stage for bands, super friendly staff

Small bar but great beer and service

Good wings

This place was a great place for food before the apocalypse and has continued to provide delicious food at affordable prices throughout the pandemic. Ive had both curbside and Skip the Dishes from here and Ive never been disappointed.

Found my new chicken wings spot! Some of the apps we had were wanting, but the wings were fantastic! Will be back for them.

Service was great. Cheap wings Thursdays for 80 cents a wing. Wings big and full of meat. Id go back

The food itself is amazing which is why I give 4 stars but the lack of nutritional information has me no longer ordering food due to not being able to count calories, sodium etc. If you dont care about that though the food tastes great, you get large servings and its worth the money. Hope eventually nutritional information is added.

Their skip and physical menu have several spelling mistakes, some of which lead to false advertisement.

Best wings in town!!!

Jo Blos for the win I am never disappointed Those Nachos tonight was impeccable Customer Service is great Keep it up guys... until next time xoxo :)

I used to be a regular at this bar but not anymore. My sister and I were here recently and the service was terrible. We were seated outside and no one acknowlegded us, however, we could see staff watching us. When a server finally came to get our order we were talking and laughing. The server who approached the table snapped what is your drink order. Before we had both finished our orders, we were asked how much we had to drink. We informed the server we hadnt been drinking. The server scoffed and asked us to leave. So we went somewhere else where weve never had a bad experience.

Great management. Pizza and wings are great too. Give it a shot!

This is the first time I ve ordered from Jo Blo s and I am happy I did. I m a pretty fussy person and this place s food quality and presentation (especially considering it was delivered) is impeccable. The food tasted phenomenal. The wings are probably the best I have had in St Catharines and their Bruschetta is second to none. Absolutely thrilled to come across this little gem.

Steak and cheese is fantastic.

Order was messed up but they fixed it and were really nice

Great food ,and service

Eww all Im saying

good ol watering hole! good memories made there and good food! check it

Good food great service

Wings were great. It was my second time there. As I was walking out, the bartender, the younger one, , cute, practically tackled me and said did you pay your bill !! ? . Well if she wouldve been behind the bar she wouldve known I paid my bill. There were 1 or 2 other bartender/ waitresses there too. I cant wait around for her to show up . I dont know where she disappeared to but she was gone for at least 10 minutes so the other bartender took care of me. Im older and certainly dont look like an dine & dash candidate. Take my word for it. It certainly ruined my experience there. Considering I was sitting right there at the bar, the service was horrible . Train your bartenders to move their head and check out if people need drinks . If it wasnt for the fantastic wings, Id give 1 star. Maybe 0.

Delicious food, cold beer. Fast friendly service. Thank you for staying open and surviving the Vid. Super covid check too.

Our hockey league recently moved to this bar. The owner goes above and beyond to make it a terrific experience.

Yummy food. Great service. No one hopped the bar when we left.

Just always good.

Ive been wanting to try this place for a long time, because Ive heard a lot of great things and the photos of the menu look delicious. I was sadly disappointed with the majority of the meal :( The fries were VERY stale tasting, which made me really sad because fries are usually my favourite part of any meal. I didnt even end up eating them all because they were too difficult to chew. The gravy, however, was very yummy. The cauliflower bites were quite soggy, but the flavour was decent. I had the bacon and cheese burger - the top bun was somewhat stale tasting and the bottom bun was extremely soggy. The meat itself was very good though, definitely did not taste like a frozen patty which was great! The best part of the meal was the funnel cake fries - zero complaints there. They definitely exceeded expectations. Im not writing this place off just yet. I see the good reviews - Im hoping I just had some bad luck last night and next time will be better!

Messy

Portion size could be larger. Service is great. Very tasty food!

This place does amazing chicken wings always loved there food and friendly staff

Great cold drinks and food! Awesome owner Min! Great atmosphere here!

Service was excellent, food was fine, atmosphere good too. Value was worse then places like Boston Pizza. Got the 3 apps for 20$. Sounded like a lot until the small 8x8 inch plate arrived. In it were 3 stuffed potato halves, 3 chicken fingers and 6 mozzarella sticks. My 13 year old and 15 year old eat it and looked for more. Other pubs, for the same amount, have so much finger food a family of 4 is full. The owner or manager should visit a few bars and compare. You are serving bar food not a 5 star experience. Maybe there is a reason the place had only 2 persons in there sipping on beer.....

A excellent place to go

Really love the food! We had a holiday party there two years in a row and both times it was great! Friendly staff!

Fantastic

Great dive bar

Staff are awesome. Drinks are cheap. Food is incredible, especially for the price.

Old school bar and pub grub

Doesnt offer quality hot beverages

Superb pizza and wings - good variety

Very friendly staff, delicious food, and great service. Highly recommend!

Son had kids hamburger combo, he loved it, great size as well dnt think I would have been able to finish fries and burger. I had the assorted sub it was huge and very filling, as I was eating I was thinking wow there is a lot of meat it was awesome, hats off to the cook, and also front service was awesome bartender was very welcoming and very polite!!! Awesome lunch thanks Jo Blos staff!!!

Had an overall great time here. Nice and friendly atmosphere. Food came fast and was really good. Staff was very friendly and attentive. Beer was nice and cold and they had a good variety.

Decided to google pulled pork near me and came across this place. I looked at the menu and it looked interesting so I ordered for takeout. I ordered the pulled pork sub and got a poutine with it. They accidentally gave me a pulled pork poutine so I had to wait for them to fix it but that was fine. Mistakes happen. They were very apologetic and nice about it. No problems to fix it, no excuses. Great service from all the ladies there. When I got home and looked at my food I couldnt believe how big the sub was and how much you get in it. Its worth the money. They give you a good amount of BBQ sauce on the pork and the coleslaw is awesome. Its very filling. The poutine was a regular poutine. Usually you find poutines with gross plastic-y cheese curds but this one wasnt like that. A bit too much gravy for me but everyone is different. Judging by the pulled pork poutine I accidentally got, it looked like it would be good too lol. All in all everything was great. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone and 100% recommend the pulled pork sub. Thank you for the great food and service.

Great waitress. Good burger

Great service and excellent wings, liked it a lot

Good service, food was good, prices a bit high, I was a little surprised, considering its a small local place... Im trying to support local, but at these prices, I wont be able to as often as Id like.

Had a surprise party in their party room. Min was so helpful with the planning of the evening. We were able to decorate before hand. Pizza and wings were so delicious! Staff were terrific. Very accommodating! It was a great night! Definitely, recommend Jo Blo s for parties and get together.