johnny's fillin' station restaurant

the absolute best burger,barnone. i'm a burger lover, and johnny's is always worth the trip from east orlando. if you font like this burger, you don't know burgers.

great food but bad service from waitresses who seem to lack experience. sat down at a table and 15 minutes went by with no acknowledgement from staff. finally walked about to thebararea and had to ask if anyone was going to come to my table. she copped an attitude with me and had a couple of lame excuses as to why we had gone unnotticed. spent 90 min. there and had to ask for the check at the end when we went unnoticed again for the last 10-15 minutes. first time ever that i left a restaurant without leaving a tip!

great service and the best burger in town!. johnny's fillin' station has a terrific reputation in orlando because of it's laid back atmosphere, stellar service and excellent food. it's well deserved and always a great experience.

service here is spectacular. food never sits in the window and you're acknowledged seconds after sitting down. servers learn names and drinks get refilled in a hurry.

this really is the best burger in orlando. you can go to gourmet chains but they're not going to cook it to order and it's not going to be as big as a johnny's burger. if you like wings, this is your place. they're as good as the popular guys and there are specials that are much easier on the wallet. there is a fullbarwith several kinds of beer on tap and the drink specials are excellent.

the atmosphere is casual and clean. it's family friendly and has outdoor patio seating when the weather is nice. it has plenty of televisions if you're a sports fan and has the nfl sunday ticket during football season.

this is a great place. the proof is in their longevity and their expansion. a gem that's only minutes from downtown.

sad sad service. i had heard lots of great things about johnny's fillin' station and johnny's otherside. we had a group of 12, 10 of whom had been there on a regular basis before. they all warned me that the service would be horrifically slow, but unfortunately, last night was by far the worst ever.

the waitress came to the table with a chip on her shoulder, took our credit cards and drink orders, at which time we told her we wanted to eat too. we had to search out menus on our own....15 minutes later we got our drinks, and she then left us for 30 minutes. we asked other waitresses if they could find ours, and received some snotty remarks. after that 30 minutes, she finally came back and took our orders. from there, it went downhill.

the food was tasty enough, but one of the orders was wrong. instead of trying to correct it or discuss it with the customer, the waitress decided to ignore it. this group..is very social, and would have stayed longer and drank more, however, after the rudeness of the waitresses, including their complaining to other customers and snotty remarks to us, we decided to leave. let me say, the people in this group are all very service oriented, and very easy going. they all understand working with the public (law enforcement, social work, educational fields), and if someone gets behind or is overworked, a polite explanation and acknowledgement that she knows we are waiting would have gone very far.

what is sad, is that this really is a cool looking place that had an amazing singer, great specials, good food, and would be a great neighborhoodbarfor this group, however, none of them will return. i really hope that the service issue is improved as this would be a fun place to hang out.

lunch at johnny's fillin' station - so good!!. an associate and myself were over by fern creek ave in orlando the other day taking care of some personal business when it occurred to me that the burger spot everyone was always bragging about was just up the block. that's right i'm talking about johnny's fillin' station, i suggested it and like always my buddy who is consistently out to try new food spots agreed. it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon and i had a rumblin in the tumblin so we pulled in.

parking was a cake walk, even though there were a fair amount of patrons already inside (always a good sign) it seems johnny's has two sides to it. there's johnny's fillin' station and then there's johnny's other side.. which is just that, on the other side of the parking lot. today we went into the more casual laid back fillin' station side. we were greeted at the luncheonette/bar by our hostess tandy, who was the picture of polite.

walking in the place is quite comfortable, there are plenty of tables for a traditional sit down, abarto sit, eat and drink at. as well as few raised bars with ample seating to keep everyone happy. a jukebox as well as two pool tables and an assortment of video games to keep the kids busy. a very cozy kind of atmosphere that i settled into very quickly.

after browsing the menu a bit we decide to start with some deep fired pickle spears, they were very tasty! they come paired with what is an amazing horseradish sauce that had steam coming out of my nose in an oh so good way. the deep fried pickles come as whole spears, which i prefer to pickle chips. i decided to go with the standard fare for me at a burger joint, the bacon cheeseburger. my friend went with the johnny's patty melt burger, judging by the way he ate it and at the speed in which it disappeared i would say he enjoyed it immensely. my bacon cheeseburger was perfect, done to medium-rare.. not just supposed to be medium rare.. but actually medium-rare. the bacon was crisp and very tasty. i particularly like the way some places will serve the hot side hot and lettuce, tomato and onion on the top of the bun to the side.. this is a plus as lettuce tends to wilt at the pickup window while waiting to go out. i am happy to say johnny's serves them separate, just the way i like it!

during our lunch we discussed marti gras, and how we will be forced to miss it this year. so in tribute we ordered a few hurricanes to drink, these were obviously not the normal fare but our hostess tandy was happy to oblige. she made an excellent cocktail properly using both light and dark rum. and i have to say.. they really hit the spot. they were well made and perfect strength, far from the watered down drinks one becomes accustomed to downtown.

when the bill arrived, it was not at all overpriced. yet it was not cheap, i would have to say the price fit the quality of the meal and i was very pleased with the value.

there must be about a dozen things i still want off that awesome 50′s era looking menu, the roy burger with it's sour cream and jalapenos is the next on my list. all in all if i had to give a number rating i would put johnny's at a 8.5/10 and if you know me i've never had a 10 so that's about as good as it gets for me! what you need to do is go and stop off at johnny's fillin' station and get some of the best burgers in orlando for yourself.

no crunchy buns. johnny's fillin' station and their burgers were not my cup of tea. the hamburger buns were crunchy (i like them soft). this was definitely not the best burger i've ever had. and they were not generous w/their onions. guess i'm too old to enjoy a noisybarthat has no less than 5 tvs going w/different sports games in eyesight.

full service. best burgerbarto watch the game. try the full service burger w/ swiss and a grilled pineapple.