Hadn't been to Jonsey's in 25+ years, was back in town and wanted to take my fiancée and our son to brunch before getting on the river. When we walked in, we stood there as there were no signs saying to seat ourselves, the place was just over 1/2 capacity and it wasn't long before a woman told us to go ahead and sit anywhere. The interior was like stepping back in time, I could visit that diner everyday and still not see every piece of nostalgia on the wall. Off to a good start. Our waitress came over to us somewhat quickly, however, she sighed & seemed agitated. We ordered our drinks & she just left. We ordered fried mushrooms and mozz sticks as apps & told her when she came back w/ our drinks. Again she sighed & seemed annoyed, but left to put our order in. After we'd all decided on our meals, we closed our menus so she wouldn't think we were still looking, but we had to wait till our appetizers were there to tell her we were ready to order. It was then she sighed aloud and ripped her notepad out & I could feel this woman's negative energy exuding from her, so we quickly ordered without any ?s about the menu because she was already extremely rude & we just wanted to eat. The portions were good, but after appetizers and a few bites of our food, and a rude waitress, we decided to pack it up and go. That's when my son noticed the sign for ice cream at $1.50 a scoop, I did flag her down and ask her for "to go BOXES", plural, as she could clearly see we had three plates still full of food, she literally just walked away from us and didn't say a single word. She heard me, she sat the checks down for us to pay and walked away again. She eventually made it back to our table with ONE to go box. We needed 3 total, without packing any of the apps we had left. I asked if vanilla was the only flavor of i.c., she responded, "Yes, but I don't have cones, it'll have to be in a bowl." I told her that's not a problem & my son chimed in that he wanted two scoops & she started to walk away again, without a word. That's when my fiancée spoke up and said, "We will also need more to go boxeS too please!" This woman literally ROLLED HER EYES AT US and stormed off!! I had to look at my fiancée and say, "Don't say a thing. Let's get our ice cream and boxes and just go." At least 5 minutes passed till she walked by and TOSSED a to go box onto our table and kept walking. No ice cream, and again, ONE to go box! At that point I said, forget it, let's just go, so I gathered the checks & went to the register. While standing there, I was able to ask the man cooking for a to go box and he happily obliged. 3x of asking for boxes to get our three plates of food to go. As I stood at the register, a man came in for a to go order and had a seat at the barstool, another woman sitting in the first booth seemed to be waiting as well. Once the man walked in and sat down, the waitress came to the register and I said, "If you can just put that ice cream in a to go cup, we'll take it with us." She looked at me dismissively and said, "I've got to ring him out first." No problem, I don't mind waiting, even though I was standing there before he walked in, his was a to go order, so I waited patiently. She rung him out & then she looked around me to the lady in the booth & asked if she had an order, thankfully the woman saw me said, "You can go ahead and help her." Then and only then did she reach for my check to ring me up, I mentioned to her, add those two scoops of ice cream please. She looked at me and said, "There's actually an ice cream place right down the road, specifically for ice cream." I've never had an employee try to NOT sell me dessert & recommend that I get it from another business! I was already short on time so I said to her, "If you don't want to sell us ice cream, just say that." She said, "No, I'm just suggesting it, I'll get his ice cream. But for future reference, it's right down the road." I told her thanks for the suggestion, but we'll wait, it's not a problem & a short time later, she came back, forcing the small cup & spoon down with such haste that the spoon literally bounced back off the table. I still tipped 30% of the check, whereas some people may have not left a cent, but I wasn't going to let her miserable attitude cause me and my family to be miserable as well, so I handed her the cash & told her as sweet as I could, "I hope that your day gets better!" She didn't bother responding. Side note: I am a woman, married to another woman, I came in wearing a (fully covering) dress over my bathing suit, and I'm 6'1", hard not to notice that I wasn't from around there, but I hope she doesn't treat all newcomers with the same disrespect because they'll never gain new customers that way. read more

See all

Stopped by Jonesy's while in Paris. Walking in to this place is like a time warp! Feels like 1950 - low counter with stools, tin signs all over the walls. Very diner-y menu. I got chicken strips, my husband ordered a burger and we shared tots. The tots were HUGE. We probably could have just shared them with no other food! Service was kind - cash or local check only, so make sure you have a way to pay! read more

Jonesy's Cafe - Chicken fingers, tots, and cheese burger - Restaurants Near Me - Paris, Missouri

Food, costumer service, and feel! Loved the food portions, service, and the great service I received. Definitely a need to visit place on route north. read more

Jonesy's Cafe - Good and huge fries - Restaurants Near Me - Paris, Missouri

For a small town diner, it's exactly what you would expect. Great diner food, casual service, and no muss or fuss. Only docked a star for not being very clean, especially the bathroom, but I'd have docked 2-3 if it were a more mainstream location. Basically... I wasn't surprised... read more

Jonesy's Cafe - Old school...grill out front, packed back room, and friendly chatter all around. - Restaurants Near Me - Paris, Missouri

Great customer service food is fresh,hot and amazing and it's very old timey as a theme in there it's perfect to eat there

Hand pattied ground chuck burger. Enough fries for supper. Hand scooped milk shakes. Open kitchen. Great asset to the community.

When we walked in the place was full of kids from a basketball camp so we expected a long wait. The kids cleared out and locals came in. After 45 minutes we asked one of the waitresses to check on our order. She didn't come back and avoided any eye contact. We noticed several being served who arrived well after us. Finally after an hour I asked another waitress to check on our order. She informed us we were still way down on the list. Our order consisted of 2 cheeseburgers. Nothing fancy or out of the ordinary. I have dined here many times and believe me, the food is not worth the wait. read more

There are two restaurants in Paris, MO: Jonesey's and a Subway. Jonesy's is a local diner-type establishment, serving up hamburgers, cheeseburgers, french fries, and breakfast, that kind of stuff. The atmosphere of the place is small town locals. There's lots of memorabilia on the walls. The quality of the food is low. My cheeseburger came on a flimsy, bleached enriched bun. The ketchup tasted cheap. My tater tots tasted like they came straight out of a frozen bag. My friend told me the milk shakes were good, but I did not try one. My other friend said this was the type of place where the food "hits you around 2 o'clock." She was right. The service was good, but it seemed like every waitress in the place, like 4 of them, asked us how we were doing every time they walked by. I think in 40 minutes we were asked 10 times. To me, that is excessive, and it got a little annoying. One of our party asked for ranch on the side of her salad, so they just brought her a squeeze bottle of ranch. read more

The service was okay. We asked about the pork tenderloin and was told it's frozen, not hand breaded. I ordered a bacon cheeseburger and got just a cheeseburger. They did provide a lot of tots, which was wasteful. After hearing the pork tenderloin was frozen I was concerned about the cheeseburger. Luckily it wasn't a frozen patty. For the money it was okay. I would probably go back. read more

We recently ate at Jonesy's and had a wonderful meal. Plenty or more than enough for a serving. Enjoyed checking out all the memorabilia on walls. Would recommend...good place to eat and good prices.. read more

I love Jonesy's! I live in town and used to go there everyday, and the best thing is you never really need to buy a full meal. If you just order fries or tator tots they bring you twice as much as if you order them with a burger or chicken and it costs the same only 1.75! The milkshakes are really good because they pretty much give you two. They fill the milkshake glass then give you the rest that didn't fit in the glass! Someone from out of town may not like it but its home to me and I grew up on this food! read more