Johnny's Beef & Gyros - Joliet

Nothing beats a good Italian Beef especially when your in Chicagoland! That is exactly what you will get when you have an Italian Beef from Johnny's. This was my second time at Johnny's but first time at this location. The restaurant was clean, the staff was friendly and the food phenomenal! It's a casual place to grab a great Italian Beef... They have several options besides the Italian Besf which I do plan on trying if I can eat there without ordering my favorite!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

First time eating here and it wasn’t too bad. I had the gyros and fried mozzarella sticks.

I’ll have to come back and try their other sandwiches.

I am hesitant on leaving this review of this hidden restaurant gem however, the owner of this establishment and his staff deserves this recognition as well as this 5 star review. This restaurant has consistently out perform all of the restaurants of this type in the Joliet area using this matrix: QUALITY, QUANTITY, CONSISTENCY, PRICE AND SERVICE. My photo of my Ruban Sandwich order I received today tells you everything you need to know and what you can expect when visiting this gem. We as customers only want what is expected when we spend our hard earned money. This place and their staff delivers it. Let the owner and the staff know how much they are appreciated for delivering a quality product to their customers. Places like this are a dying breed. GREAT WORK GUYS!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

5 inches of beef on 8 inch bread and small fries. $15.50 plus I left a $2.50 tip in the jar.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

I'm late in writing this review because my actual visit that I'm detailing here was about a week and a half ago, but I'll keep it simple... I don't know if some workers at this place has a personal problem with me (which i can't imagine since there's never been a problem voiced and I've certainly never done anything to anyone employed there), or if it's with people who look like me (I'm a black man) or if it's just plain happenstance incompetence, but the last time i ordered food there was the latest instance of this establishment serving me sub par food with obvious instances of bad food preparation!

To make a long story shorter, after previous times where i was given a partially burnt pizza puff with a hole in it and some of the filling missing, and another time where i was given a Gyro on a pita that was used straight out of the pack with no warming or toasting on the griddle. This time i again ordered a Gyro (2 of them) and i made a point of requesting that the pita be warmed on the grill, and i also ordered an Italian beef with hot peppers and a combo with sweet peppers.

While they did indeed manage to grill my pita this time, they decided to totally ruin the rest of BOTH of the sandwiches by absolutely DROWNING the sandwiches in tziki sauce! Absolutely disgusting! And it was definitely done on purpose because from the top it looked fine if i were to check my food before leaving, but all throughout the rest of the sandwich it was like they dipped all the rest of the meat in copious amounts of the stuff and on top of that it didn't taste the same at all, it had an extra twang of sourness and bitterness that it normally doesn't have, so i unfortunately suspect something was done to it purposely (maybe extra lemon juice squeezed into it??), i don't know for sure but like i said this was overt bad food preparation which makes me think of all the these actions as intentional, so needless to say me and my wife couldn't finish them. And while my stepdad said his combo was ok, my mom's beef with hot peppers, though it had a nice flavor to the actual beef that i noticed after she asked me to taste it because they absolutely smothered her sandwich in the hot peppers and even after she took most of them off it was still extremely spicy as if they poured some of the juice on it! And we are not people who are averse to spicy food at all so it was glaring!!

I'm totally disappointed to be having to write this review because I've been there maybe 2 or 3 other times outside of the ones I've named and I've had good food, even the gyro when it was made normally and their big daddy burger as well. But a 50/50 shot at getting my food prepared correctly and without whatever malice that seems to surface at times when i patronize their establishment is not good enough to remain a loyal customer, so i will not be going back to that place, and whoever reads this is gonna take away from it whatever they will, but just know that this review is real and it's what i have actually experienced and that's the only place i can speak from. So i don't care if you've had a million visits without issues, that doesn't make their dealings with me ok in anyway with the incidents I've described here. So buyer beware!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 2

Fantastic Gyro for lunch. I need to go back and try other sandwiches. Great fries too.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Gyros Sandwich

Chicago style fast food joint. Great big Italian beef sandwich with hot peppers was very satisfying. Gyro was big too. Tasty and good amount for the money. They had the video slots area separate and off to the side if you are into that. Overall worth it for the food alone. I wanna try the signature big burger they got next time. Apparently they throw gyro meat on the cheeseburger. Sounds fun lol!

Great fresh gyro meat and the big daddy burger is gigantic and delicious

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Good chicago hotdogs!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

This was a random stop on my drive home. I was hungry and saw they had gyros so I went in. The staff were pleasant enough but the main reason I'm giving it five stars is the value. I ordered the gyro combo and WOW....it was the biggest gyro I've ever had. I did not finish it all and can probably get three meals out of it. Plus, there was a lot of meat on this gyro and the slices were thick. I'm never really in this area so I won't be able to make it back anytime soon but next time I'm in Joliet I know where I'm going.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Fast service, good food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fries, Sandwich

First time ever trying it. I'd say the beef was better than portillo's

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Why can't you put the same amount of beef when I buy a combo! Your way of screwing the customer! Also burger was full of grizzle! Totally disappointed! To finish your manager shouldn't be interviewing people right next to register asking about wages & things people don't need to know! Totally lost this customer plus many more! BAD!!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

You have to try the Big Daddy Burger...awesome!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Big Daddy Burger

Decent gyros.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 5