Johnny Black's Public House

We had a great time you guys were all so sweet to us. Our server Kaya was so sweet thank you for everything. The food was great. The atmosphere was awesome for the Tigers game win. See you next time.:) 🇺🇸🐅🤟🏼

Front of house greeted us with little to no enthusiasm but still felt welcomed. Got to table seated in bar area. Wasn't too busy but still waited a little longer than excepted as we watched many staff members walk by.

Quickly ordered food due to a time crunch before an event. This is where things looked up. My husband got the Bourbon Brussels which he said was one of the best he has had compared to recent places we have been before and had them. Couple days later still talking about them.

We shared the steak bites which were tender & delicious even as leftovers. The burger... well I cleaned that plate. So good.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 3

Best steak bites around! Highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lindsay was our waitress today. Very nice! I hope we get her next time! I wish Waterford had Happy Hour like Lake Orion.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

5 people evening dinner and drinks. Service was fabulous and the food was delicious 😋

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gluten Free options are available only on selected items. There's no gluten free burger buns, and there's no gluten free pizza either. Apparently, their French fries/chips aren't gluten free, so perhaps those are breaded? Most of the fried fish dishes can be swapped for grilled versions, without the wheat breading. And most of the Mexican dishes with flour tortillas can be served with corn tortillas instead of wheat ones.

Ask a server for their gluten free menu, which notes the options that come gluten free normally, versus the dishes they can swap ingredients and cooking methods to make them gluten free.

When I asked a search AI if this place has gluten free options, the AI said it's not mentioned anywhere on their website. So I popped in to ask. Will come back and try it out. But would love to request a Gluten Free Burger Bun. They can be frozen for a long time and toasted before serving them. Would be better than a Keto style lettuce burger wrap.

The interior here is smart looking, sporty and there's upbeat pop tunes playing at a light volume. Nice. There's probably 50 TVs in this place. All seem to be on the same channel today. Would be good if they enabled closed captions to read what the people on TV say.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Johnny Blacks fish tacos are my absolute favorite. Chef always makes them perfect.

Grill and blackened is how I like them and the orange drizzle sauce is very good.

Highly recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Baja Fish Tacos

Ehhhh at best. Good conversation with the peeps at the bar but otherwise underwhelming. Better attentiveness from the bartender would've made the experience better...

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

Food is great service is always top notch. Draft beer… flat, taste off, never cold.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Met my brother, this is in Michigan, we're from Tennessee. It was busy yet service was fantastic and fast. Food was delicious. I ordered the serloin tip dinner. Pictured below.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We had heard great things about Johnny Black's other locations and tried the Waterford restaurant. The food, service and prices were so good we went back a week later. Both times we took food home with us because the portions were so big.

We had the burria burritos and the lake perch tacos, both outstanding. They have an excellent selection of beer on tap and what looks like a very complete bar. There have to be at least a dozen big screen TVs in the indoor seating area.

Both our servers were very good and checked on us regularly. The restaurant was a bit busy both time but our food was served promptly and piping hot.

We've alsp had southwestern egg rolls in several places and this starter was the best by far.

I HIGHLY recommend Johnny Black's!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Burger was dry and prime rib sliders were hard and dry.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 4

This is my first time here, I was impressed with the food and the wait staff, both were excellent. I want to try a few more things off the menu because the menu looked really good and I had a hard time deciding so I will be back.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Filet over cooked twice, ( wife and mine) asked to redo, they did, same result, they need help in that department! Medium rare/ rare should not be well done! Asked for no tomatoes on Italian grinder to go, they got that wrong too. I feel kitchen needs a better supervision ✌🏼

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Great food and better yet, doesn't turn away ppl with disabilities and their federally protect medical equipment like the restaurant next door. So thanks for that. Cajun pastas the bomb too

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5