Jefferson's - Topeka

The food is like a typical bar food. Service changes each trip with the new staff. Parking is good, off the street. Good place to watch a game while you eat.

Went with some friends and had an alright time. Was pleasantly surprised that they had an arcade for the kids in the basement with a monitor/camera broadcasting upstairs. That allowed us parents to keep an eye on them but continue our conversations upstairs. Service was attentive at first but started to slow once food was ordered. Appetizer came out quickly but the rest of the meal seemed to take a while. They weren't overly busy and the staff seemed to be hanging around in enough numbers that I didn't see a lack of help. Food was okay but nothing to "write home about." It's what you would consider typical bar food. I haven't tried the wings yet, but my chicken and pickle sandwich was okay if a little dry. My daughter enjoyed the Mac n cheese. May come again with friends but probably won't seek it out again on our own. Initial gaming tokens were complimentary but additional tokens were quite expensive. Just okay?

First time trying this establishment. And probably the last. Ordered chips and salsa for appetizer. Chips tasted like old grease. I had chicken wings. I thought this was one of their specialties. The wings tiny and tasteless. The fries, like the tortilla chips, tasted of old fry oil. The person I was with had a chicken sandwich and said it was tasteless as well. There's an old adage in the restaurant business of "if you got time to lean, you got time to clean." Way too many stuff sitting around looking at their phones. Shows me poor management. Very disappointing.

Stopped in after the lunch crowd on 10/23. A hostess handed us dirty menus and showed us to our table. We ordered drinks from the bar and 2 sandwiches with fries. After a couple of bites of my sandwich, I started on my fries. Picking up the third or fourth fry revealed a crispy critter on one of the fries. I inspected it closer and called the waitress. She apologized and headed to the kitchen. My husband, having ordered a fried chicken sandwich with fries, immediately stopped eating his as well. The manager came to our table, apologized and said he would take my meal off the bill, and take 25% off of my husband's meal. Wonder if the manager went back to check the frying oil or if he let them continue using it for the next batch for fried food. Wish I'd taken pictures. WE WON'T BE BACK. BTW. Not wanting to penalize our waitress, we tipped her 20% of what the full bill would have been. She was sweet and quite embarrassed by this incident.

First thing - the wings are done if the best I have had! Meaty and crispy! I like mine naked with sauce on the side and these did not disappoint. The buffalo sauce was great but I really loved the mango habenero (always my fave anymore) The salad was fresh & crisp - ranch is fresh too. All basic food stuff and done really well. The facility is interesting as it seems to want to be a bar but lots of windows & family-style. So I think I like it because it's not so 'typical'I want to try more, especially burgers. I will update rating once I get more sampling!

One Word: LacklusterPros: We ordered wings and decided on the Asian Zinger for our sauce. This was pretty good. My husband ordered the chicken sandwich but it looked like nothing on the menu or website... I mean, nothing. As though they created something out of the blue in the back.... tasted okay. He asked for potato salad, he got fries. Simple fix, no biggie. The potato salad was good. We also had corn nuggets; I've had better.Cons: Too many people working and nobody knows what's going on. We were sitting near a couple that was sat at a table. They waited... they waited..... so after about 15 minutes, I decided to flag someone down to take these people's order and the guy looked annoyed that he had to help them. Ok.... I kinda felt like the service as a whole put a damper on the experience for me. The food was simply okay. I am not rushing back and frankly, I wouldn't even suggest this place as an option even if I am on this side of town. One of the biggest issues I see where most of the staff is between ages 18-22 is that few actually seem to care about their jobs. Overall this visit was meh.

Food was good, no wait time and the waitress was amazing and immediately refilled our drinks when they were empty.

Restaurant was dirty and food was mediocre. Best thing was we had a great server who was very friendly and attentive. Wings were small and over sauced. Burgers were overcooked. Quite disappointed as we had heard positive things.

Absolutely the worst experience ever!!! Should be zero stars!! It took us 5 minutes to be seen at the front. The waitress asked us booth or table, I said it doesn't matter. She asked a waitress if she wanted us and she shook her head no. What?? Should have known then to leave, but we were seated. 10 minutes later our order was taken. 15 minutes later no food, no water, no drinks. The waitress came by to let us know that the Coors would be right out and that the bartender was new but was trying to figure out how to make a grey goose with tonic and lime. OMG!! After 10 more minutes with no food or drinks, we asked to speak to the manager. We waited 5 minutes and then decided to leave. Will never go back!

The service was as always. The waitress' are always friendly and hustle to refill drinksAs far as the food I am sure it will be okay once we get home and put it the microwave. My wife and I both ordered the two hot dogs and fries. The first hot dog we had was hot on the outside but cold in the center. We both checked the other one and it was cold on the outside and inside. Very disappointed usually the food is good