Went to Jack's with the "kids" (32 & 41) for New Year's Eve dinner; hadn't been in a few years. Jack's is still the place to get a GREAT steak and they didn't let us down. I also love how they pre-toss the green salad and bring it to the table. My dirty martini was great and our server picked a luscious red to go with my perfect filet. It's a sure thing at Jack's! read more

Absolutely astoundingDrunks STEAK !!! Service & Ambience included...they've added outdoor seating I've noticed ( not while dining ) its out-back between buildings, I'm not absolutely sure if the tables are sitting on an ever so slightly slanting slope. To be enjoyed with your typical greens salad, steak so deliciously finely cooked to your taste buds delights. Topped off, by Your choice of nearly ANY, kind of refreshment w/ water for you. ENJOY. :-) read more

We love Jack's - always have and we have been coming here together for nearly 30 years. This past year something has changed - I've given it four visits before writing this review and I was very {very} close to giving it 2*. We both had salads with our filet - usually the lettuce is chopped well. It wasn't - very large chunks of lettuce and just overall wasn't the same or as well put together as it has been in the past. I ordered my filet medium rare/warm red and it was medium and I had to cut a big portion of it off, mainly the outer edges, and had to leave it behind because it was so overcooked the meat was difficult to cut with a knife. Hubby's steak, which was the same order as mine, was a much larger portion and cooked more closely to what we ordered, although still more pink than red centered, so we ended up just splitting his steak. If this had been uncharacteristic over the past several visits I'd let it go but it hasn't. This is the fourth visit we've had this same experience. When you pay any amount for a steak, but in particular $42, it's not unreasonable to expect that it be prepared correctly. Of course we'll go back - it's Jack's, but I certainly hope they get things dialed back in soon. read more

First time trying this place out and I loved it. This place has been open for 70+ years and it's always busy for a reason. The food was delicious and cooked exactly how I like it, medium and crispy on top. I got the Brochette of Beef with fries and a glass of White Zinfandel...recommend for everyone to try it! If you're curious, the dish was big and both my husband and I couldn't finish it (both of us left one piece of meat) and we were both very hungry when we came in! Everyone there is super nice and helpful and, just on top of things, we never had an empty glass of water or wine! Overall the place has a total of 14 tables/booths and then you have the bar area. It's a small place which gives it a cozy and rustic feel. If you're in town and craving steak, check this place out! read more

Jack's Grill - Brochette of Beef Very yummy! - Steakhouses Near Me - Redding, California

Have not been to Jack's in many years. But we got there right at 4 PM. & were second in line. Glad it was aa Monday. Got right in . Had the 16 OZ filet. It was awesome. Everything was wonderful. With the exception of the Salad. It's vey Goopy! Too much dressing. But all in all a winner! read more

Jack's Grill - Filet w/ backed potato! Yumm! - Steakhouses Near Me - Redding, California

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Love Jack's! Always excellent! The steak is cooked to perfection every time and their house-made blue cheese salad dressing is delicious! Cozy, inviting atmosphere. Usually a packed house, but worth the minimal wait- especially if you saddle up to the bar for a heavy-handed pour of your favorite wine or cocktail! read more

Jack's Grill - Steakhouses Near Me - Redding, California

We had a Nother fantastic steak at Jack's Grill last night. It was nice to see Mike the bartender except this time he was sitting on the outside of the bar. We noticed there is a lot of new staff and waitresses who seem to be doing a pretty good job. Over the 30+ years we've been going to Jack's only the staff have changed. The stakes are always good give them a try. Manga! read more

Wish I could give zero stars. If you are a steak house and all you serve is steak then cooking a steak to the correct temperature would be the most important thing you are doing. Jack's cant do it. I understand that at one point it was THE place to eat steak in Redding, those days are long gone. I ordered a medium filet. Which is a very pricey option. ( like everything at Jack's) What I got was so rare it was blue. When i finally got a servers attention I sent it back. Then I got the same steak Mid rare. The only person in our group who ordered a rare steak got an overcooked well. Staff was uninterested. Won't bother to come back. read more

On our way to the Eclipse 2017!!! Recommended by our wonderful Travelodge front desk woman...Great neon at Jacks! blue cheese dressed iceberg salad fine for this old school style joint...then surprise! wow! the best baked potato I've ever had outside of home. Huge perfectly baked steaming dry flaky (want one now!) garlic bread in the old school style also fine...NY steak, beefy cooked med rare to order.. Jacks 1 lb ground steak with onions fine but the NY better...would return if in area great friendly servers.... oh yeah except for the very unfriendly barman...boy was he in a lousy mood..taking shots of beer every few minutes & disappearing into the backroom for who knows what,,, read more

Love the quaint historical atmosphere...it's like stepping back in time. The food is simple and delicious! Definitely the place for a good steak. read more

Favorite place in Redding when i am there. had the 10oz Filet with side of prawns. cooked perfectly as asked.

Divey from the outside and swank on the inside. Very large juicy steaks cooked to perfection. The service is great. Since they don't serve dessert we asked for their recommendation and were told the Vintage around the corner. read more

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We loved the steaks ,ambience and Dakota the bus was the sweetest guy so attentive Denise was our waitress and she too great this place is a blast from the past with excellent everything Just saying If in Redding do not miss read more

Ok if your in Redding go here! The place is great the food is amazing the staff is awesome. I went in to have dinner and stuck around to have drinks. The bartender pours adult drinks. The staff is super friendly and make you feel welcome. It was my first time going here and I will definitely be back! The history of the place is really cool and worth looking up. There has only been three owners in its history. The menu is simple. Steaks are wow amazing, they do not make it hard as the menu is very simple. Bottom line is check it out for yourself! read more

Jack's Grill - Yum! - Steakhouses Near Me - Redding, California

Ate there last night I am from Portland the Steak was superb as usual try to eat there whenever I come through Redding

Always a quality time and a quality meal! The rib-eye is a great addition, thank you! Please don't change a thing, the vintage is the charm read more

My parents have always told me when your old enough we will take you to Jack's so you can really appreciate it. Well that time as come, it was the best steak I've ever had! read more

Jack's Grill - Tequila sunrise! - Steakhouses Near Me - Redding, California

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My family and I have been coming here for years! Small, old school, simple menu, perfectly cooked steaks, and excellent service. I ordered the NY tonight and it was cooked perfectly medium rare, everyone else in my party was very happy with their meals as well. BUT, the only thing I can critique Jack's on is the bar. I'm a bit of a whiskey snob, so, it would be nice if they could make a real, legit, old fashioned... no cherries and all that other junk. I do believe their long time bartender retired so this may be the cause, nonetheless that is my only gripe about the place. Enjoy! read more

I'd rather eat here than Ruth's Chris (is it okay to throw other places under the bus like that?)... Jack's is not pretentious, far from boring, and I can't stop singing the praises of the 10 oz New York Strip I had there a few evenings ago. Just a darn good, perfectly cooked (I opt for medium rare) and perfectly seasoned steak. My dad and I split a bottle of red wine. The wine list is rather short and I meant to ask about corkage fees -- forgot. The website/menu doesn't allude to one, but you never know! The wine glasses are little (or I'm a lush) so you feel like you're getting a lot out of one bottle. Full bar as well. Salad a little heavy on the dressing; it comes premixed and the wait staff serves it for you. I appreciated how cold and crisp the lettuce was. Homemade blue cheese dressing wasn't out of this world, but also can't complain about it at all. We didn't touch the garlic bread. The other things were better to splurge the calories and stomach space on. The hostess stand is oddly located so that you have to walk halfway through the dimly lit space to check in. We got swooped by another couple who requested the last booth who already knew this little secret. So go in and look left! Oh yeah, my dad said there used to be a brothel upstairs back in the Wild West days or something when California Street was rowdy :) Is this true? read more

Simply a great steak served in a classic, old school place. Open over 80 years, they're doing something right. Service is friendly. read more

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Old school steakhouse. Unpretentious quality. A living legend. It doesn't look like much from the outside. Hasn't changed in over 70 years. Ironically, it's my first time here. I lived in this town for 12 years. It got pretty crowded for 5pm last Saturday night, although it WAS happy hour, and a good band was due to start playing at a bar on the next block. We stood for a good 40 minutes nursing our beers. Longtime friends, we had lots of catching up to do. The three of us all ordered the small filet with salad and baked potato. They have other things, but c'mon, it's a steakhouse! The salad comes famiiy style in a big bowl that gets passed around. I like that. But the steak! Ohhhhhh .... MMmmmnuhm.... for years I'd heard about Jack's and at long last, finally, I see.... read more

Jack's Grill - Steakhouses Near Me - Redding, California

This place is 5 stars all day long!! Simple menu but amazing steak .... it really is quite a gem of a steakhouse it's definitely not fancy but it's clean and the food is excellent. You will not go home hungry because you can't get full on fancy ;) read more

So I was in here in April of 2018, like yesterday Mofos, and let me tell you, it was the single worst "filet mignon" I've ever had. It simply wasn't a filet mignon and definitely not a value at $37. The good news is that i was drunk. But I wasn't too drunk to know that it simply wasnt a filet. My hunch is that it was a flank steak, burned to crap. If you choose to dine at this Redding landmark, spend ample time at the bar drinking prior to sitting down for dinner. They don't have dessert. The salads are gross (think iceberg lettuce drowned in dressing) and the only redeeming aspect was the the chive-infused sour cream for the baked potato. The waitresses are friendly and prompt. If you're interested in catching a heavy buzz with reasonably priced cocktails then it's a serviceable option in Redding. I hate to do a drive-by review on a locally owned restaurant, but man, there was so much room for improvement on the food. read more

Excellent drinks, wine, steaks and service. Thanks to Candice for the impeccable service.

Love this place. Our steaks were perfectly cooked, but I will say my ribeye was considerably more fatty than I'd like. However, the flavor and crust was perfect. I did notice that their prices went up, but earnestly I'd rather their prices go up versus them not be in business. Jack's is still my favorite place to get a steak. Stiff drinks, ambiance and fantastic steaks... how can you go wrong. read more

Very bad staff attitude, the worst customer service. We decided it was not worth giving them our hard-earned dollars and went to a steak house down the street. We had a lovely time with wonderful food and drinks. You should go to a restaurant where they care about their customers as much as their food. read more

The NY Times said the following: "As much a phenomenon as a grill, this hole-in-the-wall restaurant still has its original tin ceiling from 1938, a 1944 cash register, iceberg lettuce salads with green beans drowned in dressing and a kitchen too small to serve dessert.." Don't go hungry. You'll have plenty ot time to develop an appetite due to the no reservation policy, and the fact that everyone in a 25 mile radius descends upon the place. We were told an hour 20 minutes, it was actually two hours before we sat down, and the waitress forgot the mushrooms that I ordered with my steak. However, I can be very forgiving when there's a bargain to be found. Even more so when it involves a steak. The only choices to be made at Jacks involve which of the 5 cuts of steak, three kinds of salad dressing, and mashed or fries. The red lighting is crazy-I think I'd go blind if I worked there. Good meal. read more

Jack's Grill - Steakhouses Near Me - Redding, California

Jacks is a redding landmark expect very low lights, great steaks, and the best wet salad with blue cheese dressing. After having my baby I couldn't wait for medium rare beef and a margarita. Jacks never disappoints from the garlic bread to the crust on the steaks. We got a side of breaded shrimp and the batter was crisp but not greasy with great flavor. Favorite special occasion spot in redding. read more

Jack's Grill - Small filet, baked potato, fries, garlic bread, steak bruschetts, margarita and a Sierra Nevada beer = perfection - Steakhouses Near Me - Redding, California

Locals sent us here instead of cattleman's. What a mistake. Over priced and sub par particularly the steak. Wait staff was nice enough. That's what gets the stars here. Waste of $100 bucks sadly. Wished we had a better experience especially given the price. read more

Their filet is to die for. It feels so homey there with their wonderful staff like Tyler and Ann to name a few.

Great steaks great atmosphere. Really cool old school steakhouse. Anytime I'm back in Redding I will be back. Staff and drinks were awesome too. read more

Open late! Great steaks. Simple menu. Lots of local customers and repeat visitors, must be good if they come back again and again. I've been here twice now read more

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We really enjoyed ourselves and our dinner, plain and simple. Jacks is a no frills kind of joint where the focus is on the steak. No reservations and no bullshit! One word to the wise, order your steak half a more done than you normally would. I'm normally a medium rare guy, but wished i had order my steak medium. read more

Our filets were not good. Too done on outside and flavor not up to par. Prices not worth the crowded and dingy atmosphere. We used to enjoy going to Jacks. Quality has declined considerably. Don't recommend l. read more

I am working in Shasta County and for my birthday, I decided to take myself out to dinner. I did a web search of the best restaurants in Redding, and Jack's Grill came up. The reviews were great so I decided to give it a go. I was super disappointed. PROS: Very cool old decor Very nice waitress Historical significance CONS: The food was just bad. Stale bread Way overdressed salad Baked potato overcooked. Filet mignon was very stringy and dry. The lovely waitress was kind and offered for them to cook me another steak, but with the other issues with the bread, salad, and potato, I wasn't interested in starting over. I hope this was just a fluke, and it probably was, because of all the great reviews. But, my experience made it so I won't go back. read more

Well... I was so looking forward to a great steak. For $37 it was less than poor. The place is loud, dirty and over priced. The meal started with a bowl of iceberg lettuce and "green beans" and nothing else. The service was prompt and friendly. Our steak was crispy and VERY salty. The fries were over cooked. That said would we go again? NOPE sorry read more

Jack's Grill - Steakhouses Near Me - Redding, California

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Only cool people should go here. If you're a snob and a crank, don't bother. The bar is great. It used to be a brothel in the 20th century. The steaks are perfect. It's the best place in Redding to eat--hands down. But if you're going to be a cry-baby whiner who can't handle a few drinks while you wait for a table, go to Olive Garden or to Red Robin. Save us from your company. read more

I have to give 5 stars for food and one star off due to: Services slow, took the server forever to take our order and for our water to get to our table. Ambience, too dark in there. Furnitures are old and run down. Overpriced, $4.49 for a small cup of iced tea. Steak price was reasonable coz it was worth my $30 for a New York steak. The steak was fresh and juicy. Charbroiled on the outside which makes it crunchy. Fries were stale. Even the kiddos who love fries said they were awful and refuse to eat them. The salad dressing was made on the house which makes it unique and tasty. But the iceberg lettuce were a mess! Overall, we enjoyed our meal. We will probably come back if we pass by again. Note: they don't take reservations so expect to wait, this place is popular in town! read more

Jack's Grill - Steakhouses Near Me - Redding, California

If you had to describe a perfect "hole-in-the-wall" eatery, there should be a picture of Jack's Grill. It is just that - dark, pub atmosphere, boxy, little decor. The treat is the meat! If you like big, perfectly cooked to order steaks, this is your place. It is a NOCAL magnet for steak eaters. For us, it was a little on the dark side inside. It is basically a brew pub with maybe 20 small tables and some booths. We had a 1 hour wait on a Thanksgiving weekend evening. Your basic steak dinner comes with a lettuce/thousand island salad and will run you $25-$30, before beverages. Well worth the wait for a table. Enbibers will pass the time quickly at the full service bar. read more

Jack's Grill - Worth the wait! - Steakhouses Near Me - Redding, California

What a disappointment! We have always loved Jack's, and their new patio enticed us to have our first (completely vaccinated) dinner there tonight. But... NO PATIO DINING!! What?! Most restaurants offer ONLY outdoor dining! So we ordered our dinners to go and had a drink while waiting on the lovely patio, where I had a brainstorm: Why not eat our to-go dinner there?!? No work for the staff; it had already been done (cooked, boxed, served), and we'd order another drink or two while we ate! But NO! No outdoor dining! Again - what a disappointment! read more