This place should be on Kitchen Nightmares. It is horrible. My girlfriend puked on the way out and all she had was a banana split. As I write this I fear I'm going to puke myself. Our friend just wanted soup and chicken and got dog food and cold soup. Sad and nasty. I was tempted to ask the officers across from our table if it was a crime to be this discussing. If you are thinking about eating here just stop thinking....it's a mistake. read more

Ate breakfast here for the first time. Kids had a miox of breakfast (pancakes) and lunch (cheeseburhers). Every was pretty nice - the breakfast steak (kansas sirloin) was close to being a ground steak. read more

They did a really nice job w/ the new place, there's lots of food to choose from, nothing amazing though. Typical family joint. read more

I ordered a steak sandwich to pickup to go. No fries or sides. This was a thin ribeye for $15.95... Are you kidding me. Steak did not have any seasoning on it when cooked... Must be why they put 3 packets of salt in the bag. This sandwich should have been at most $8.95. with a drink and tax I was out the door $22.. RIP OFF! read more

Jedi's Garden - This is BS! Steak sandwich prices are outrageous for the thin steak sandwich that should cost $7.99 to $8.99 - Greek Near Me - Griffith, Indiana

This place is not like it used to be. The prices have gone up and cleanliness has gone down. our booth had ants and their restrooms were disgusting. They were probably the worst restrooms I've seen in years including travel centers and rest stops. read more

The food was very good, my only issue was with the lady at the counter checking out. Both of us are seniors. I ordered a senior meal which comes with soup or salad, coffee or tea and a dessert. The person I was with ordered breakfast and coffee. I asked if she could have my coffee which came with my meal I just wanted water. But then She made a big deal about taking it off, and said that they would never do this again letting me know this in advance. I have frequented this restaurant several times over many years, but probably will never go back there due to her attitude. # I never got my dessert.... Mark J. read more

First off it's been years since my family has went to this establishment. I remember why we stopped going here the food was terrible chicken alfredo and seafood alfredo were gross tasting and overcooked. Chicken gyro tasted overdone read more

Best place ever love the food the ppl everything about Jedi's Garden is great skillet was good the boss is extremely friendly the waitress is great the food was great the atmosphere is wonderful I love this place I recommend it for party and family events read more

Jedi's Garden - A double cheeseburger - Greek Near Me - Griffith, Indiana

I really enjoy going to Jedi's for breakfast or lunch. Friendly establishment to sit and have a nice meal. There is a variety of meals to order from. You can order Greek, Mexican, and American from what I've seen. I have yet to be disappointed. Staff is nice. Prices are decent. Food is good. Location is nice. read more

Normally my family attend the Jedi in Oak Lawn, but decided to try the Griffith location for the 1st time. I ordered the rib and chicken platter only to get sick while there (making 2 trips to the bathroom to throw up). The meat seemed to taste slightly old. They didn't charge me for my plate and the server was very friendly. read more

One of my favorite since High school! 30 years later still Outstanding.. Veal Parmigiana, Salads, Soups all great! Tried teriyaki wings for the first time last week,, blew my mind.. Soo Good!! read more

I just left this place I live down the street me and my friend order Carry out it was a lady at the front that wouldn't serve us I'm now sure it was because we was black two different people told her that we was waiting to place a order she walked around us three times then told a woman that was serving a table to take our order as she stood there. We went to the car and came back in less then 10min the other girl Jessica came outside with our food. I said I wanna make sure my order is correct before I leave she in the back talking about what more do they want. Never getting my business again!! read more

Terrible, my fish was not cooked. I ordered it fried and not flake or done completly raw inside!!! Fish was sent back and I refused to reorder. My father and nephews baked chicken was also raw, raw, raw!!! Terrible cook, terrible food will never go back again!!! read more

The chicken dumpling soup on tues. the closest thing to what my mom use to make! They're usually not busy and the food is ok.

I used to love eating here !!! But in the last year or so, this place has went to the dogs!!! they cant seem to keep servers anymore and as far as i'm concerned the food isn't what it used to be!!! I ordered a ham and cheese wrap today. It is supposed to come with lettuce ,tomato, and mayo.. when it came out i took a bite and who ever was cooking put pre made salad with the carrots and cabbage mixed in with it. absolutly terrible!!!! my lady ordered the Athenian skillet which from what she told me was a big mistake!! Like i said in the beginning I used to love eating here and i really wish they would figure out the problem, what ever that may be!! read more

Love the food, but had to leave today, servers and hostess, and Manager(possibly owner) on duty not wearing a mask....Your food is good, but not to "DIE" for read more

I will not be patronizing Jedi Gardens of Griffith Indiana-EVER AGAIN. They fired a longtime, hardworking waitress after Brad W posted a review on 3/1/13. I do not know if the waitress told him that she would be charged for the cook messing up the food. But if the food is bad it is not the fault of the waitress!!! And Brad is right that if the restaurant is charging a waitress for food not cooked properly then there is a huge problem. And that problem should be reported to the Department of Labor. Shame on you Jedi Gardens!!!!!!! SHAME!!!!!!!! SHAME!!!!! Oh yeah and the last two times I ate there the food was HORRIBLE!! On one occasion the steak tasted boiled and then the last time I received a wilted salad and greasy fish!! I already decided that I would not go back because of the nasty food but after what happened to the waitress-NEVER!!! And oh, I will tell all my friends about this as well!! read more

Ordered take out ... waited til my food was already prepared then was told my soup does not come with the meal to go ... really .. and I had to pay extra for them ... not happy !!!! .. Will not be back !!!! Horrible .. read more

They are a great family owned dining restaurant. We have our yearly family gathering at their private party. Food is delicious

Good service, yes, but my review is about the food, since that's the primary reason we go out to eat, right? I went here recently on the recommendation of a family member. Nice clean decor, family-friendly..Mickey and Minnie Mouse were greeting kids at the door, pretty cute. Back to the food.. I ordered the pork tenderloin dinner - the chicken shell soup that came ahead of that was excellent - but it went downhill from there. Expecting a homemade hand-breaded tenderloin, I was instead served what looked like something from the freezer section at a grocery store - a very, very (did I mention "very?) processed slab of meat that was so thin it could have slid under a door. Dry, hard, tasteless..I only had a few bites. How hard is it to pound out a decent cut of pork, bread and fry it? The mixed veggies on the side were overcooked and way soft, blah. Really disappointed. read more

My entire family and I have been long time customers of Jedi's for over 15 years. I have recommended this restaurant numerous times to friends, family , coworkers , people I have cared for and their families. On August 4th I participated in Too Good To Go a food waste saving app. I purchased 3 packages from this restaurant I have loved for many years. I arrived between the appointed pick up times. I was told by the owner Tom Papadopolous upon entering they were closed for food service. I tried to explain I was there for 3 packages purchased on Too Good TO Go. He was extremely rude to my brother and I. He told me "the kitchen is closed and he don't care that I am there to pick up my food I purchased ,to come back tomorrow."He then told me "he don't know why they allow someone to purchase 3 packages that it is just repetitive stuff." I was shocked at the treatment I received at his restaurant. If he does not want to participate in this app then he needs to remove his restaurant . I will never set foot in his business again nor will my friends or family! I will never recommend this restaurant and I will definitely tell everyone my experience here. What a disappointment! read more

Disregarded the negative reviews and so glad we did! Pleasant staff, Felix great server, thanks! Food was great. Gyros off the spit and orange chicken. Great experience and will be back. Plenty of parking in lot. Had driven by other times and figured all the cars in parking lot meant good food. So glad we stopped!! read more

Not a bad joint to eat at. Food is pretty good most of the time. I live right across the street and I tend to come here once every couple weeks to get my skillet fix. I have not had a bad experience here yet. A few of the waitresses are a tad on the scary end lol, but overall I honestly have nothing bad to say about this location, and I have been coming here since 2013. read more

We've never been to this restaurant before and saw there were two county police cars in the parking lot, so decided it must be a good place. Upon exiting our car, three nuns were also walking in. How could we go wrong?? Well, it was wrong. I decided to have breakfast and ordered the steak skillet with some over easy eggs. My gal ordered the chicken breast and a baked potato. The waitress told us it would be about 15-20 minutes. It's not busy in here btw. We arrived here at 5:15. Fast forward past the lemon soup and salad that my my freind got, which was pretty good, to the main entree's. Hers came as a dried out butterflied cold chicken breast soaking in a plate full of pea's and pea juice. Peas were never mentioned or she would have either declined or asked for a alternative. I asked for another plate so it wasn't chicken bathed in pea juice. Her baked potato was also cold. It got sent back. I was going to dig into my skillet and a dark hair about an inch long was sitting right on top of my over cooked eggs. Just for future reference, over easy means the yokes are not hard nor the edges crispy. We waited about 5 minutes for a plate with no peas and the potato and when it arrived it was the same potato but had been nuked. Cmon. When her food arrived I showed my food to the waitress and all she said was, "Is it cold?" Hello!!! See that huge hair???? I asked to see the manager and when she came over she apologized. I told her we really had anticipated a good meal, but this just kept getting worse by the minute. Finally my new plate arrived and I was able to eat. My skillet was just mediocre at best. The replacement chicken breast came back cooked good. But the baked potato was a dried out failure. The check came and they had discounted it by $5. I decided to just let it go at that as I was not going to let it ruin my evening. It's not about the money Jedi's. Get people that care about making a good impression. Cooks that actually care about what they are doing. And managers that are not just sitting in a booth by the register. They need to be checking everything all the time. Thanks read more

My first time ordering and I did a to go order. The lemon rice soup is really really good. I definitely enjoyed. I did order the Stuffed Pepper special, and just know that I am a person who does not add salt, I cook with some salt, but do not add extra. If I have to add salt to food then the food ABSOLUTELY needed it. My suggestion would be to have the cook add salt, it doesn't need to be an abundant amount but some would be helpful. Will try again especially for the soup. read more

Previously a frequent customer but then the service started to decline . Apparently the owner ( short lady with short hair and her daughter dont like black people to patronize their restaurant although they have a few token black people staffed. Whenever i come to place an order the short lady will scoff and order the black waiter to take my order. I thought it was an isolated incident but it has happened on numerous occasions. After today when the daughter did the same thing it solidified that this restaurant doesn't like people of color. In general the soup is great and their salads are pretty good based on surrounding options but at this point its not worth it and will be spending my money elsewhere. read more

Me and my fiancé love this restaurant. It was one of our favorites until today. We went in for brunch and even though yes they were busy it took 10-15 minutes for us to be acknowledged. Once the waitress acknowledged us she took our order he ordered lemon rice soup and I a skillet. She did not bring us anything to drink I had to ask another server for water my fiancé did not get his soup until way after my food had arrived. The waitress did not come to check on us at all did not top off beverages did not thank us for coming in but made sure that the people behind us were well taken care of. We spoke with management and as we were talking the waitress came up to us as if she were trying to confront us herself. All around horrible service however the food I would rate a lot higher. read more

My family and I dined at Jedi Garden restaurant yesterday for my niece's 18th birthday dinner. Her mom picked this restaurant because she absolutely loves their Lemon Rice soup and now we realize that we should have just picked her up some soup to go and dined someplace that has edible food!! I nor my family are picky eaters but this food was lukewarm, bland with no flavor, some under-cooked, some overcooked. My husband ordered the meatloaf because he loves meatloaf, what came to the table was a grayish-brown colored piece of some kind of meat like substance with a strange texture, the corn was simply opened from a can and put on the plate, which I honestly have no problem with but a least season it up before presenting. The mashed potatoes had no flavor at all, no salt, pepper or butter! The broccoli was rubbery with cold cheese sitting on top of it. Fried fish came out soft as if it was not completely done. I ordered the seafood platter which was supposed to have five items on it, everything looked the same except for the shrimp which had no flavor at all. As I looked around the table, everyone had the exact same look on their faces which was disappointment, mind you we waited over two hours for this crap. We had to ask for the manager two different times after waiting so long. The ONLY thing that was good was the lemon rice soup and the bread rolls. My husband refused to eat his dinner and had the manager take it off of the bill. The manager came over and made excuses about the extremely long wait time, blaming it on her workers whom she said were her family members and the cooks in the kitchen. At one point she told us that "they" should have put more than one waitress on our table!! I asked her who is they and aren't YOU the manager!! She said that she had just came on shift!! Someone dropped the ball and never put our orders in or forgot that we were there. Once we said that we were going to leave the food started arriving to our table and once we start eating and realized that this is the crap we were waiting on we were all disgusted!! I think the staff and cooks need to be RETRAINED!!!!! You can imagine how much money was spent with our large party! On several occasions we would get up to look around the restaurant to see if they were crowded and they were not so really there was NO reason why it took so long especially when no thought went into any of the food dishes. I will never step foot in this restaurant again. You would think that the manager would have offered some kind of discount on the bill as she was very aware that we waiting a very long time for our food. She knows that we were unhappy with the food because we showed her plus I am sure she saw all of the food still on our plates uneaten!!! POOR MANAGEMENT..TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND DISGUSTING FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is an option while writing this review to send the restaurant a direct message, I won't even bother doing so because in reading other negative reviews, management responds with a "scripted "response that is far from apologetic or sincere so i will spare them from having to type it. read more

In September 2003, tragedy struck my hometown of Griffith, IN when the long-standing, all-hours Jedi's Garden burned to the ground. My favorite place in town for cheap coffee, great lemon rice soup, rice pudding, gyros and (let us never forget, folks) Mickey Mouse pancakes (compete with maraschino cherry eyes and grilled pineapple smiling mouth!) was gone. I got emotional every time I got off the Cline Ave. exit and saw a gaping hole where Jedi's once stood. *sniff* And then - Ah, a beacon of light! A new structure was erected. And after over 3 years of teasing me with what I knew would some day be a functional restaurant again, Jedi's FINALLY reopened a month ago. I heard the restaurant's grand re-opening was anticlimactic--there were no ticker-tape parades, no fireworks. But boy oh boy, was I excited!! Justin FINALLY got to experience almost all I'd told him about--the 20 lb. menu for this Greek Family Restaurant (which, really, Yelp, should be a category itself), the enormous, tasty and inexpensive breakfasts, the dessert display case. The only thing really different about the space (to my knowledge) is that the interior is updated and fancier than I recall (it looks like one of the dining rooms even has a fireplace!). I did have a minor disappointment when I learned that the rotating cake display was not restored to its original splendor--very saddening, considering that's where you'd find my younger brother and me ogling the tower of spinning cakes and pastries (that I don't think we were ever allowed to try). But alas, the food is still good, the servers are pretty much the same (friendly small-town waitresses, for the most part) and they still have Mickey Mouse pancakes. Even without a huge re-opening party, the parking lot is full and so are many bellies. Beware the after-Church crowd--it can get pretty packed on Sundays. And have some rice pudding for me. ;) read more

Their cream of lemon rice soup is really good, and is what usually that's what will bring me in. The servers are usually friendly but have had some hit or miss experiences in the past. Sitting on the left side of the restaurant, up the few stairs is always colder than the other side. read more

We frequent Jedi's multiple times a month. Absolutely love the service, the staff, and the atmosphere. The breakfast skillets are always great! Love the added bonus that they let the Girl Scouts sell their cookies in the front door! read more

Well......I am even more disappointed that there is no feedback from Jedi's. Will not recommend this place to anyone ...ever. For such a "friendly" place like all say...I think not. They are not a bit concerned of my well being. THUMBS DOWN! read more

My first time here and LAST. I walk in with my own coffee, mainly because I got hungry while driving.. Thinking no big deal I walk in with it, the hostess sits me and the waitress takes my order. After 10 mins the same hostess walks back up to my table and asks me to leave stating "We serve coffee so you can't do that please leave.." I asked if I can put it in a cup and she said yes (which boggles the mind totally why am I allowed to put it in your cup) then she proceeded to treat me like a child and still talk about me bringing in a coffee, how it was wrong and no one should do that.. Finally after about 30 seconds of berating I stood up and said enough I am leaving. When I left I tried to call and report her to management , she got on the phone and pretended to be manager ... She looked like a crackhead.... The menu was outrageously overpriced. I've been in Management and never was disrespected to the point of wanting to walk out (especially when the order was being made in the kitchen) but they were kicking me out... This place must be rich off the overpriced menu to allow a PAYING customer who orders 14$ worth of food (for a breakfast meal) to just walk out over a dollar coffee .. Ridiculous... I never cared for reviews because they can be lies, and never leave them. I rushed home to warn others of this place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Les Brothers in Downtown Highland accepted me with my coffee, I ordered a very reasonable meal and ate minutes later and had a great laugh at the Jedi Garden expense... Thank goodness for business's without a hostess on crack.... Many customers bring in flavors to put in to water, and none of them get kicked out for not buying lemonade, Maybe I need to find a lawyer I could of been discriminated against for sure... read more

Ooof. This was not the cantina I was looking for. My lunch was comprised of a tired and expected side salad of iceberg lettuce, less than fresh tomatoes, some shredded carrots, and cucumbers. I also had the gyro which was a bit greasy, but did hit the spot. At least the yogurt sauce was good and a few of the fries were crispy. read more

This is my favorite place for a big meal. This Greek restaurant does it right. Your dinner comes with a bowl of soup or a salad. Some dinners come with both. They have the best of the best rolls from any Greek restaurant around. They come out soft and warm. The soups are good. The food is good. The waitstaff is nothing special. They have poor customer service. Very unprofessional. The waitstaff wants to tell you their life's trouble. The waitstaff are not happy working there. One time I was sat near the wait station. It was terrible to hear all their gripes. I come here for a warm big meal after a long day. But I wouldn't pick it for a date night or anything special. read more

This place is a Neighborhood, Church Family favorite. The Menu is huge, the service is great, the food is delicious. I will keep coming here for as long as I live in this area. After church services (Confession, Communion, Stations of the Cross, Confirmation) for a special treat/ appetizers /snacks - this is the place to be. Prices are very reasonable, too read more

I have to say I was very disappointed in the food. My waitress on the other hand made up for it. I ordered veal Parmesan and the veal tasted as though it was frozen. I was also disappointed in my side salad. The lettuce was wilted and less than stellar. Decor needs updating. I felt like I was walking into something from the 80's. read more

Not a good place to go to if they get your order wrong. you are expected to pay for whatever they give you and they will bill you more if you replace it with something else. Waitresses will offer something in exchange, then add it to your bill hoping you don't look. I was handed a receipt with no extra charges, to get told at register i need to pay more.. I do not think i should of paid for something that was offered to me in exchange for my suffering when my order was wrong. i cant even begin to write how bad their attitudes were at the register.. awful hospitality! and they don't care if other customers cannot take the smell, they will light up the saganoki right in front of you.. personally to reduce that vomit smell in the place, you should do it in the kitchen first.. there was at least 4 other tables getting ready to leave from that smell issue. i was going here for many years, but after today's rudeness i am done. read more

No thanks. Went there when I was in the area visiting my sister. It's almost noon when we went and they had no soup ready...wtf. The rest of it was dry. I"m sure there are better places to go in the area. read more

This place is very accommodating! I've had their lemon rice soup, which is comparable to Round the Clock's. I've also had their spaghetti. They give you a lot of food. At least for those items. The lady that checked me out was also nice. I like that they are open pretty late too. read more