Jacksons Restaurant + Bar Monaca

We had a delicious dinner and the server was great! The honey glaze chicken was very flavorful and the salmon was cooked perfect. To finish it all off, the dessert couldn't have been better. The atmosphere was great and the place is very clean. It wasn't overly crowded. We were seated right away. The whole meal with drinks and dessert was $120 and that included a 20% tip. Definitely worth stopping by and trying it out!

- Denis Sutter -

Surprising great! We just stop overnight here at the hotel on the way from D.C. to Chicago, and didn’t expect a lot besides of any cities here, just to bite something after the ride. This restaurant is like a pearl in the middle of nowhere (sorry if someone feels offended) and we are happy to have stopped here. Our experience was great! I wasn’t very hungry so I ordered two starters instead of a “full” dish - one too much! The portion are really good and much bigger than expected. My husband took the filet mignon only and it was enough for him. My tuna tartar as well as the pumpkin salat was fine presented on plate, had an intensive fresh aroma and tasted delicious even if I would never combine tuna & sweet papers, but it works good! The house wine was good enough and with 8€ a nice offer. All in one - we appreciated the meal, the service, the modern design and the wine and we clear recommend this place! Our warmest thanks to the cooking & service team

- Mila P -

Most of the food was excellent. We had 4 appetizers, 2 salads, 2 entrees and three drinks - for about $105. Seemed reasonable. Everything was good to great except the fried brussel sprouts. The breads and spreads are excellent. Steak tips excellent. Crab cake excellent - except I would get the sauce on the side next time. Shrimp pasta excellent and lettuce wedge perfection. Second visit we had the Greek salad, pepperoni pizza, focaccia sampler, oil poached swordfish and again the lettuce wedge. You see they changed the presentation of the lettuce wedge - disappointing. Besides that everything was excellent except the focaccia sampler. One piece had whole pepper corns and one piece had overpowering mustard. Since again the food was mostly good no change in my previous rating. Also the staff was excellent and very attentive. The drinks were also perfect.

- Gil Diaz -

I was there on a night that was quite busy. Service was exceptionally slow. Our server was very nice, but I think she must’ve been new. Our reservation was at 7:15. We arrived on time but 9:05 we still did not have our food. It took us a very long time to get our initial beverages and to get our order in. Our food came out slow slowly one plate at a time, which is unacceptable when eating with eight people. We seated in an overflow banquet room that was quite chilly. 66° I had cold air blowing on me from event just above me. I asked as soon as I arrive to please make it warmer in the room. This never happened even though I asked repeatedly. I wore my coat throughout dinner. The food was average though presented well. I did like the fried brussels sprouts.

- Annette Patterson -