Jo's Restaurant

Good food with a locals feel and vibe. The staff and cooks are very friendly. I recommend both breakfast and lunch.

Usually don't write bad reviews but this place is just drab and dirty. One of the waitresses treats her tables like they're on a conveyor belt, the food is nothing more than run of the mill, and the decorations are held on the walls by cooking grease. As with The Same Place in Taft, only good reviews come from old people that are set in their ways and do the same thing 7 days a week.

My wife & I came to Jo's for lunch, the environment was friendly w/ very efficient & courteous wait staff. Time to be served was reasonable as well. Great value for the $$, but I had the tri-tip sandwich which (due to meat juices), made the grilled sourdough a bit soggy. Still tasted good, but could not eat it AS a sandwich. Also, the salad was very tasty!!!

I really want to rate Jo's higher. It is a great little breakfast joint and we come here often, but the service has been a hit or miss lately depending on who we get. There is one waitress in particular who just comes off as she hates her job but says the right things. She says the things she's trained to say, but her tone is condescending. The food is good. It can get busy, which speaks to how the locals love the place, but pretty decent at getting people in and out. However, the one waitress is such a turn off to the place.

So I was working out in Taft and found this nice littleDiner via yelp . My co worker and I were craving chicken fried and Jo's definitely delivered. The gravy was on point the chicken fried steak nice and golden brown. I didn't take pictures of my buddy's food but he had a smorgasbord our the table . He got the chicken fried steak along with a side of biscuits and gravy and French toast that all looked amazing. I had the chicken fried steak with hash browns a side of bacon and sourdough toast , boy did it hit the spot! Our waitress was nice and attentive kept our coffee cups full. I loved the oilfield decor in the restaurant , the place just felt homey. Overall good experience, and will definitely return.

The manager at Holland Inn recommended this place for breakfast and after reading the reviews on Yelp - especially the chicken fried steak breakfast- looked forward to trying it out. There is a small parking lot to the side and street parking. Upon entering the restaurant I was taken in with the charm and originality of the place with its oil field murals and wall decor celebrating the oil field history of the area. The place also had charming St. Patrick's Day decorations everywhere in preparation for the upcoming holiday. I would love to see how they decorate for the other holidays! It's open seating the the waitress was quick to give us our menus and see what we would like to drink. Of course I ordered the chicken fried steak and eggs over easy with cowboy potatoes and sour dough bread. My husband ordered the Denver omelette also with cowboy potatoes and sourdough bread. The chicken fried steak was one of the best I had ever tasted mostly due to the gravy but the steak itself was a little over done. The over easy eggs were perfect, the cowboy potatoes had a nice flavor and the sourdough bread was perfectly buttered and soft. I regret to say that I believe my husband's Denver omelette tasted better than my breakfast. The ingredients were fresh with a nice flavor and the omelet was fluffy. I'm skittish to order omelettes because I'm usually disappointed but his was great.

Great overall place for breakfast or lunch. They need to bring back the old or fix the current hash browns for breakfast though.

Family friendly, locally owned, great service, prices are fair and the food is great.

By far the best place in Taft to eat. The food was great, the service was excellent. Way to go Jo's Restaurant.

The food is always great, service is stellar. A great local spot where you can always see people you grew up with.