Jack's Place Restaurant & Lounge

Where to start... oh I know, the amazing seafood platter. I don't even like cake, but I will eat these crab cakes all day until I turn purple. I may be allergic, but it is worth the epipen. Trust me. It is a bit pricey and it is an off menu item, but by far the starlight of the show. I lied.The starlight of the show actually was our server Erick who embraces the definition of 5-star service. Witty banter had my friend and I laughing the entire night. Served us with a smile, made excellent recommendations and paired a nice Malbec with our steak - I'll get to that thing later...Later is now. This steak, oh my god. The crust was so good it makes Papa John's "well done" look like a pizza without the oven. This thing was crispier than KFC extra crispy wings. It literally taught Popeyes how to cook in Louisiana that's how good this crust was. The flavor profile is intense, very well seasoned through each bite and it left me wanting my next bite. The ambiance is cozy, warm and inviting and it is an awesome spot to bring a date, Jack's Place is now my place.Thank you again to the awesome service and the experience we were provided during our visit. Erick again, if you were drafted for basketball for your service you'd be D1. Kudos.P.S. I want to add, if you've ever had a McDonalds apple pie, I need you to forget about it. If you've ever had a cookie made at home by Nonna I need you to forget about it. If you've ever had any dessert that made you think it was 5-stars, NO it is officially only 2 stars at best, and that's because you decided to dress up for Sunday and go to church so you were being polite. This Crème Brûlée is made with a passion-fruit cheesecake base and it is mind blowing. It is crispy, like the steak, where it needs to be. It is smooth, like butter. Please get this.P.P.S Stephanie, the one overlooking the entire operation at Jacks was a treat almost as sweet as the Crème Brûlée. Extremely personable, at the very end of our meal, introduced herself asked about our experience and talked to us about the history of Jack's Place. If I had the money, I'd buy some land here, but for now I'll respect the history and let them keep it.

So was in Orlando for the SFA Spacepower Conference and stayed at the Rosen Plaza in Orlando.We would wind up eating at the lounge two straight nights and grabbing dinner there at the restaurant.The first night we just sampled several appetizers - shrimp cocktail, calamari, and ahi tuna. The shrimp was grilled and was just ok. The calamari was great and we enjoyed it. Tender and crisp with nice dunking sauces. The tuna was the surprise with the cracked black pepper. I haven't had it that way before but definitely would try it again.On the second night we both ordered the crab cakes and they were definitely well cooked and loved the flavor. The staff was exceptional and we wound up also trying a few after dinner drinks. Really loved the Nuts and Berries and even cloned it last night here at the house!The final night we went for dinner. We each tried the Surf and Turf special. My 8 oz filet was perfectly cooked - I ordered Medium and it turned out fantastic. Loved the crisp string onions and the meat was tender and tasted great. The filet sat on a bed of scalloped potatoes and they were also delicious. Butter and cheese made them even better. The surf was a lobster tail. Unfortunately, mine was overcooked and was so soft it just fell apart.Yasir was our server and he was great. Friendly for start to finish and always made great recommendations.The Chocolate Torte was outstanding and we split it as we were so full from dinner.Overall, Jack's was an up and down experience. The restaurant itself was an experience and the caricatures on the wall of famous people were a lot of fun to look at and it was much quieter than the lounge!

We saw the amazing photos and advertisements surrounding Jack's place and Bite30 so we knew it had to be one of the places we tried this month. I was able to get a reservation with just a couple days notice and when I accidentally made the reservation for the wrong day the young lady who answered the phone was so helpful to move our reservation one more day. We arrived on time and were seated immediately. Jack's Place is located inside of one of the Rosen hotels which we didn't realize until we were on our way. It was easy to find once we got inside though. We were seated and we each ordered one of their beers that is made specifically for Jack's. We obviously did the Bite30 menu, both of us getting the crab cake as an appt, I got the tomahawk pork chop & my SO got the filet for entrees. I got the flourless chocolate cake for dessert and he got the key lime pie. My food was great, my SO had to send back his steak because it was over cooked. He ordered it med-rare and it was more medium done. My pork chop was delicious and so were the crab cake and chocolate cake. Service was a little slow though, there were multiple periods where we were just sitting and waiting, looking for our server, wondering where he was. Overall Jack's Place was good but I'm not sure that it lived up to the hype!

I was so excited about this place, we went for the first time to have dinner.It's inside the hotel, he's a complementary parking or paid vallet.We had reservation but restaurant wasn't full.We just ordered some soda and beer, they brought an complementary bread with a really good kind of pesto sauce(amazing)After 15 minutes still waiting for beers, and as soon our appetizer arrived I just asked to cancel the beer's as I like to enjoy before the meal.We had the crab cake that was amazing, I could eat every single day in my lifeThe onion soup was horrible, tasted like canned onion soup with cheese.We asked about the bread, if we could order more (not because of the bread, but because we still had that amzzing amazing sauce) the waiter told us that would be charged 10 bucks for one tray of small bread, we were in 4, just received one to split, but for 10 bucks I declined, it's not about the price, but the bread isn't worth, wasn't a good bread not worth even 3 bucks.But the nightmare happened with our main dish, our file took more than 1 hour and 20 minutes, they blamed my wife saying that she asked well done and that was the cause of the delay.Cmon wouldn't take more than 10 min max to do that, and at that time our 3 years old started being bored...After all the delay our dishs arrived, wife's was OK, my friend (Medium) was OK but mine Medium was WAY overcooked.I cut in the middle and showed that they overcooked a lot, wasn't even red...Só I waited about 25 minutes and they brought a new file (but looked like they used the same sides that were in the plate before.This steak was one of the best I had in my life, that time the manager come and asked to cut in front of her (probably she wasn't confident about the point)Was so tender, I could even taste the difference of my friends steak that come correct to mine, was much better.The deserts are big! Specially the passion fruit creme brulee (but a little sweet for my taste)The flowerless chocolate cake was really good.At the end of our nightmare manager come again, said sorry and didn't charge one of our 4 plates.Food was really good, but experience wasn't good, I don't know if I will go back again, maybe I give another chance, but the service was so bad and our water wasn't friendly (when we asked why our order we'd taking more than an hour and half he said was because of the well done file, my wife told that was impossible and he just replied "yes, it is, do you want to talk with the manager?" she wouldn't, but as he suggested she said yes...That's all, sorry for the long review, I wish next time I will just post "amazing service, amazing food"

Ronnald and I wanted to try out one of the participating restaurants of Bite 30. I ended up choosing this place. I have regrets because it was just not that good. I had not taken the time to check the most recent reviews and I would possibly have changed our choice. The establishment was very nice. It's inside a Rosen hotel. Parking is complimentary for the restaurant which is great. Everyone was very friendly. Service was good. First complimentary warm bread with butter and pesto comes out. It was good. For first course we both picked the French onion soup. I wanted the crab cake but changed my mind after reading the reviews. However the French onion soup was in my personal option not good. It was fine but whoever decided to put a slice of bread in there that soaked up all the juice and there was not really any soup just soaked bread with cheese over it, ruined it for me (see picture). Flavor wise it was good.The main dish was an absolute failure. I had salmon with rice and vegetables. It was as bland as can be and very over cooked. Simply not good. I hardly ate any and took it home to my dog.The dessert was outstanding. I had something called passion fruit cheesecake crème brûlée and it was all that yet not too much, delicious. Presentation also amazing. And a huge portion. We found out desserts are not made in home but bought from an external company which made sense how this was so excellent but my other courses were so bad.Overall a great evening, I had a pleasant dining experience thanks to Ronnald M. with lots of laughter. Hope we can add some better food to our next Bite 30 experience.

Nestled in the Rosen Centre Hotel you will find Jack's Place. We made a reservation to come for the tail end of bite30. We were seated close to the front, so I cannot comment too much about the layout and true ambience. We ordered the crab cake (amazing), 8oz filet (medium rare- closer to medium), and key lime pie. Everything was delicious; our server was very kind, but the entire service experience was on the slower end from getting our table after check in to taking orders.

Excellent dinner with Bite30 set menu. We tried filet mignon, tomahawk pork chop, salmon and chicken. All were very good. Caesar salad was a Caesar salad, crab cakes were hot and fresh off the grill. Deserts were all outstanding we had creme brûlée cheesecake, chocolate cake and key lime pie. Dave was an excellent server, good prompt service. Hot breads are really nice. Most highly recommended.

This has been a place we have very much enjoyed over the years. The food is delicious, the atmosphere is upscale and the caricatures are so fun. We went the last night with our close friends and it was wonderful with excellent service by Sofia. We started with the complimentary bread and 'crack' pesto. The pesto is very delicious but I felt as thought it was almost too powerful in pesto flavor and needed more olive oil or something to tame it. Don't get me wrong - I still ate it...and, I always love their butter. Appetizers were the cheesy onion soup, New England clam chowder, ahi tuna and the Caesar salad. All were excellent. The soup was large enough to take some home. Next up was the filet, sea bass and chicken saltimbocca. These were well executed and delicious. We thought the sea bass was not as melt in your mouth as last time we went but still great. The server suggested the chicken and I loved it. I had never had it before and anything wrapped in prosciutto or bacon, I'm in. The al dente pesto pasta was an amazing accompaniment to the dish. We took leftovers here too. Desserts were the macaroons with lemon gelato - simple and refreshing. And, the key lime pie and chocolate torte. The torte was the rock star. Wow. Super chocolatey! We will certainly return again in the future.

First time at Jack's and had a great experience overall! Was a bit confused finding the place and didn't realize they were located inside Rosen Center. I ubered so didn't need to struggle with parking or valet. If you drive, give yourself time to find parking or choose valet if possible. We had reservations for a party of 10 and were all super excited to try the bite30 menu. However, it was informed to us that bite30 is only valid for groups of 8 or less (this was not specified on their website at the time of booking our reservation which was weeks in advance). We asked the waitress to see if 8 people can order from the bite30 menu while 2 ordered from regular and management was able to make that accommodation for us. I ordered the salmon as my entry, crab cake as an appetizer, and the raspberry crème brûlée as my dessert. I also ordered 3 cocktails with my dinner: espresso martini, dirty martini, and another specialty vodka cocktail with elderflower liqueur (I cannot think of the name) and they were also very nicely made. Our waitress did great at keeping track of everyone's orders and the food came out pretty fast! Bite30 was a perfect way to try out this place and I'd definitely be willing to come back and try other things on the menu. *I do see the party size limit is now on their website*. Since I ordered off the bite30 menu, my total came out to $70~after tax which is an amazing deal! I'd definitely order this even if it weren't on the bite30 menu pricing.

We came here for the Bite30 special. I was looking forward to trying this restaurant since it had pretty good reviews. my husband enjoyed his onion soup and pork chop but my crabcake and salmon were not good at all. The crab cake tasted like a fish cake and the salmon was overcooked. The only redeeming part of my meal was a couple bites of salmon that I put some pesto on and the complimentary bread that is served warm. I would absolutely never go back to this restaurant and I would recommend no one order anything seafood off the menu. When we arrived, it was not that busy but it took at least 15 minutes for a server to come to our table. It was very strange, he walked up and asked if anyone had helped us yet. We said no and he said OK well, I will be taking care of you tonight. There was a table of about 12 people that was seated shortly before we arrived so that may have thrown things off. They really should take that crab cake off the menu or just call it a fish cake so people aren't disappointed. Self parking is free even though there's a gate and it looks like you might be charged. There's also numbers on the parking spots but it apparently doesn't matter where you park.