johnnie's hideaway

their steaks are excellent and the service as well. the prices are reasonable for such a nice place. this is a must eat at place.

absolutely fantastic! amazing perfectly cooked filet mignon and the lobster macaroni and cheese is brilliantly dome with lobster bisque - don't pass it up! it is expensive (3 people cost $138 plus tip) but if you are looking for a place distinguished from the rest or to impress, this is it. hands down one of the best meals i have ever eaten. bravo!

tourist trap. i took a group of visiting coworkers here after they had mentioned to me that they heard it was good. since i had never been, i agreed to go.

the 5 of us were completely disappointed. the service was terrible, the food was overpriced and mediocre.

i enjoy the other talk of the town restaurants and find it puzzling as to why this one disappointed so badly.

ambrosial. the food at johnnie's hideaway is fit for kings and queens. i celebrated my 32nd birthday sunday, may 23rd at johnnie's and was immediately impressed with the decor and the smiling hostess. we arrived at 4:40 before dinner seating was available so we made our way to the bar and i had a margarita with three of my girlfriends(they had water). i think the only margarita(virgin) that could have beat this one; is one served on the beach in mexico.

a few moments later the hostess seated us by the water and what a view (this is why i live in florida). we started with a classic shrimp cocktail, crab cake(must order, the mango salsa with the crab cake makes a savory bite), and one oyster (yes one a girlfriend wanted to try it) the appetizers were appetizing.

the house salad was a strange but flavorsome combination of veggies that included beets, potato salad somethings i can't recall the name. it had a dressing that was to die for. promise me this; don't change a thing about the salad, eat it as the chef designed the plate, you will be rewarded. (i want this salad for lunch today!)

for my entree i ordered the oscar lobster claw which came with filet mignon, asparagus, redskin roast-garlic mashed potatoes and of course lobster. heavenly, divine, rich and succulent describes this entree, it was pleasing to the eye an even more pleasing to my taste-buds. my dinner was pared with a red wine (sorry can't remember the name) the wine was a medium dry, un-sweet, full bodied wine; perfect pairing.

we did have dessert, i choose to share the pineapple cake with my dinner guest which my server jeff served with a birthday candle in it (thanks jeff)! huge, the cake was a tasteful mellow refreshing surprise for a hot florida summer day; a perfect end to the meal.

a special thank you to thomas gray - manager
jeff - our wonderful server ( thank you for my paper rose)
and to the entire staff of johnnie's hideaway

when you visit johnnie's hideaway tell them rachel sent you. bon appétit!

johnnie's, always good!!. calamari , one of the areas best. sexy place to eat, especially outside.

surprise salmon. nice building, great appetizers - unfortunately i ordered the king salmon (deep red firm flesh commands premium price) - and the plate actually contained a slightly pink and mushy slice of salmon i suspect was "farmed variety". house salad was wilted (for everyone in our party). both inexcusable for the price of the meal.

being identified as a food blogger probably didn't hurt the fact that we got exemplary service all night long. but i'd like to think that most people would get the same service at johnnie's hideaway. the steak and stone crab claws were outstanding. this was truly a memorable meal.

my boyfriend and i wanted to go somewhere a little fancier on our evening out. we expected it to be pricey but worth the extra money. it was not! we were sat at a large party table when it was just the two of us. one waiter greeted us, then a waitress came over and introduced herself without explaining they were sharing the station. we ordered our drinks and had about 20 minutes to decipher the menu before the waitress asked for our orders she laughed at our questions like we were a joke to her. the salad was bizarre with the most random ingridients like chick-peas and beets. i has the 10oz filet minon which wasn't too bad, though it was more rare than medium rare. he had the plank salmon which was alright but nothing special. we had to repeatedly ask for drink refills while those at the tables near us were fawned over. we felt neglected and agreed we receive better service at red lobster for half the price. not worth the time or money!

a fantastic place with amazing food across the board and service that equals. been several times and always leave content, and pete has become my favorite waiter in florida!

food was excellent! have to try the portabella fries! service was wondefull! beware of huge portions on the sides! two can easily split them! don't order slot unless you are a big eater! but you will get your money's worth!

worth the $ delicious food,.... worth the $
delicious food, especially the crab legs which are already split in half for you so there is no messy wrestling involved. hubby says filet was the best steak he ever had. quick, courteous service and great desserts. i won't lie-- it's on the high side price wise. but totally worth it.

prob the absolute worst steak and seafood i have ever eaten! the restaurant itself is nice but the food doesn't match. there was a party of 5 and pretty much everything was horrible well except the blue cheese stuffed olives in my martini and the cheesy bread they give u before ur meals. we spent $350 and all left hungry. the filets tasted like they were sitting in the freezer for a bit too long. the stone crab claws smelled like pure fish and had white mushy stuff inside them like they were frozen also. worst dining experience ever!!

overall a good restaurant to try, but i think i would only go back for the monday night all-you-can-eat stone crabs.

we started off with the stone crab bisque and clam chowder.  both were wonderful. i have never had so much clam in my soup, except for going to san francisco.  

i had never tried stone crabs before, so we got those as well. they were delicious, especially with the mustard sauce provided.  i would use that mustard sauce for sandwiches and salads if they bottled it.

and if you are looking for a good drink, the smoked pineapple sunset is delicious!

for entrees my husband had the ribeye with blue crab truffle butter topping and i had the giant madagascar shrimp.  the butter sauce for the ribeye just made the steak that much better.  the shrimp were massive!  i have never seen shrimp that big.  the best part was dipping the shrimp in the sauce that came on the side, but i can't remember what it was.  i also got a loaded baked potato, big mistake.  it was massive, i barely made a dent in it.  our entrees also came with a salad, so we both got the wedge salad.  it is just too big as well.  i would get the house salad or caesar next time.

now as far as atmosphere goes, when the entrees arrived is when i started to feel my adult meltdown coming on.  we had been seated in a lovely room, but as the night went on 4 8+ parties were seated in our area.  the noise was unbearable and the pace of the meal considerably slowed down.  we couldn't hear our waiter or each other talking it was so loud.

when we first were seated the manager came over to say hello and we got to talking and told him we were here on our honeymoon.  he insisted we save room for dessert on him.  so when it came time for dessert i went with my favorite, creme brulee, and my husband went with the key lime pie, even though i was getting antsy to leave from the noise and length of time.  the creme brulee is made table side with a liquor caught on fire to make the crust. my husband went with the margarita version of the key lime pie, basically some liquor is poured over top the pie.  i am pretty sure my husband was drunk after his pie.  went they brought the pie it came with the shot of liquor, that poked holes in the pie and poured the liquor on.  our waiter then asked him to wait a minute and he would be back.  he came back with another shot of liquor and poured it on top too.  it was just sitting in a pool of booze.   i have to say the creme brulee was horrible.  the liquor was not completely cooked off from the brulee part and my first bit was a big shot of booze.  for some this may be great, but i am not a big drinker so this was too much for me.  once i scraped off the booze puddles and just tried the custard it was just as bad.  i had my husband take a taste and he actually thought it may just be plain butter in the ramekin, not vanilla custard.  it had absolutely no taste to it.  

by this point we are almost to 3 hours for dinner and i'm about to lose it from the noise so i hand our waiter my card so we can get the heck out of there.  big mistake!  i didn't notice until we left that we were charged for our desserts that were supposed to be on the house.  but in the grand scheme of how much we spent here it wasn't worth me going back to have it fixed, especially when we had already left.

despite the dining experience going bad towards the end i would definitely try here again in the future.  probably not a friday night though, and i would skip dessert.

this is stone crab season. we arrived orlando 12/4 and knew we wanted to try stone crabs, this is the restaurant we chose. reservations @ 8 pm. nice restaurant, quiet but not empty, plenty of patrons, we really didn't need reservations as it turns out, but mondays they do an all you can eat stone crab special, so we made a reservation. we were given a quiet booth, big enough for five or six people sort of in a corner. our waiter was "mo". mo was very friendly and knowledgeable about the menu and was very willing to answer our questions as this was our first taste of stone crab. we pretty much knew what we wanted from reviewing the menu online, but with the information mo gave us he slightly changed the direction we went. we ordered drinks and some calamari, which was lightly breaded with zucchini sticks also breaded and fried. good calamari. out came our two pounds of already cracked stone crab, served on ice with a special mustard. the mustard was not needed, the stone crab was sweet and very good. at one point mo told us not to worry about sticky fingers and brought some warm wet towels to clean our fingers. our house salad arrived, very good. then finally our entrée which was trigger fish from hawaii, atlantic salmon and a shrimp and scallop scampi. my husband and i split all food mentioned and we had plenty to eat. kudos to mo for his guidance on our selections and also to the restaurant itself for their attention to detail. all was beautifully presented and we did not want for anything as mo was very attentive. we will return and we will ask for mo to be our server.

johnnies hideaway is the best restaurant in the world. my service was great. shiloh was my waiter, and he was on top of everything. my steak was was delicious. and my salad, as good as monkeys wearing a baseball uniform. johnnies hideaway, the best restaurant in...the...world.