Jared Weggeland
The staff are great here and the food is delicious – such generous portions too! This day I had fish, tater tots and fired pickles. I had the pickle spares, but you can order slices too. The inside is cozy and friendly. There is a very active order then pick up program. Highly recommend. Plus, I love to support small businesses. Whenever I am working with real estate clients in Fort Meade, I try to stop by John’s place. I can always count on them for a good, wholesome meal
… moreFlorida Jeep Rides
We Jeep and we eat. We travel all over Central Florida looking for great trails and locally owned restaurants. This diner fit the Bill. Service was great, enjoyed my cowboy burger and foot-long hotdog with some spicy coleslaw on top. The catfish stayed hot and tasted great. If you’re in the area and you wanna support a local business stop by and get you some food. Incidentally it also is a drive up restaurant. You can park and host will come out take your order and bring the food to you. Nothing like some old school goodness.Florida Jeep brides thank you.
… moresapo
First off !!PLEASE PLEASE DONT GET THE STEAK AND SHRIMP WHAT A RIP OFF FOR $25!! I came in after yrs and yrs of eating here and was dissapointed in my meal i should of honestly went back and got my phone to take a picture of how shitty my steak n shrimp looked. Im beyond pissed this is the first time im pissed anyways stay clear its a rip the steak was prolly the size of my open hand or smaller and the shrimp were no bigger then the size of a quarter or smaller maybe. Typing this im just pissed i paid that $25 for this meal. My mom got the catfish and she got plenty of food and my cuzin got half fried chicken he had more protein on his plate half the cost almost and just all around the meal i had was not worth $25. Honestly i wont prolly ever come back here. Dont get me wrong i dont mind paying but the food better make sense for the price.
… moreLes Manske
We are from Wisconsin, and attended the Flywheelers show. We also have a house in Lakeland. We try to get there as often as we can. The food and people are great. It is one of the best five star restaurants with home cooked meals in the country.
… moreMolly H
The food was good and the prices were perfect. The waitress and owner told us about their little town. Everyone was very friendly. Very large menu. I do want to mention when someone is allergic to a certain type of food the kitchen should take extra care to make sure it does not infiltrate your order. otherwise you’re sick for days.
… moreDrog Drog_bologna
Have been going to John’s since I was 7 years old, always have had good food, always had good chats with the workers.
Everyone is friendly and welcoming, its one of the things I miss about Fort Meade the most. Will definitely be coming back whenever I come back to Florida.
… moreDaniel Mederos
Food is always fresh and tasty! Service is unmatched! Would highly recommend. We stop by every chance we get!
… moreAnn;Cohen Sponder
Great find while on our road trip!
Genuine “country cooking”!
Fried Catfish was fresh & the pot pie soup was delicious (plus 2 more sides included)…This 1 meal could have fed 3 people!
Very reasonable.
Great server, so charismatic!
… moreJohn
Stopped in John’s drive -In today for some lunch. They had same great looking options, it ultimately went for the fish tacos and fried okra. Little heavy for lunch, but man they were good.
… moreThomas Zeltner
The chicken Teriyaki and the double cheeseburger was delicious!
What a little gem on a road trip going through Florida.
Great prices for what they offer!
Definitely gonna stop here again
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