DeSoto is boomin', y'all. There is a lot happening, a ton of growth, and people need places to go. Why not go to a place that has seen the growth get planned and then get started? JT's Grill is smack in the middle of the legacy part of DeSoto and you can't miss it along the main road north of K-10. Regional, local, and other sports memorabilia lines the walls of the bar & dining room. There's is seating both inside & out (in good weather) and it's fairly spacious. The menu is essentially bar & grille fare with daily specials mixed in, and you can always get a solid meal & a drink for a reasonable price. Plus there is generally sportsball of some variety on the TVs, so stop in if for nothing more than to cheer on the home team. If you don't do one of their daily specials, then I would suggest the pork tenderloin, which is hand-breaded and pounded flat. The sandwich is huge and delicious, and it's one of the anchors of their menu. Burgers & more are all over the list of choices and all are a great option. Service is always friendly and generally hoppin' and when you mix good food with good people, then great things happen. Maybe it's not four stars on the Michelin scale, but for where you are and for what you might be after, JT's Grill gets it done with all the stars. read more

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Small town friendly. The servers are scurrying, taking the best care of customers they can, all with warmth and good humor. The food is very good, hearty American roadside fare - omelets, biscuits n gravy, French toast, chicken-fried steak, sandwiches. My friend and I have visited many diners in a hundred-mile radius, especially in pursuit of the best chicken-fried steak and coconut cream pie. J.T.'s may not be top of the list, but certainly in the top 5. read more

Food wasn't anything special, service was disappointing, and the atmosphere was depressing. I went with coworkers for lunch on Christmas Eve Eve so it was a little bit busy. We ordered fried mushrooms and they were of course tasty but extremely greasy. I ordered a raw KC strip which was decent and double side salad with bacon, I kept it pretty simple. They forgot one coworkers fries and another person's chili. To add this mess, there was a customer who was touching himself and farting very loudly. I'll probably come again since there are few place in De Soto to eat but I won't have high hopes. read more

Went here for a late night dinner and it was delicious. I have never been to a place that offered gravy as a side for chicken strips, but now I am obsessed. Their chili was also very good. This was our first time headed out here, but if we are ever in the area we will definitely come back. Our waitress was very friendly. read more

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First time in, been by 100 times at least, stopped in and so far two thumbs up . Will add more to this as time goes on. Very friendly staff, poor lady was doing it all herself. read more

JT's Grill - Breakfast - American Near Me - De Soto, Kansas

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Food was great and service outstanding! We will be back! We have the Philly steak sandwich and the wings and buffalo wrap. All good!

We stopped in at 9:45 on May 25th. We sat at the bar to have one drink. As soon as we sat, the bartender indicated the kitchen was closed. We told him that was fine as we were only having one drink. He then proceeded to say "frankly we're about to close". As my photo shows the hours for Fridays are 11 am to 2 am. I completely understand bars close early if the place is dead. It was but there were a handful of other customers sitting at the bar. The bartender lost two potential customers last night and received the $0.30 tip he deserved. read more

JT's Grill - Hours - American Near Me - De Soto, Kansas

I was referred to this place. I was disappointed in mu Luke warm sandwich which was supposed to beef with aus juice which was leaked all over the bottom of the bag. I ordered onion rings which were thrown in the same container with a pickle. So everything wad soggy and tasted like pickle. The beef tasted off . I took two bites and decided I didn't want to get sick. I don't feel a need to give this place a second visit. It was a waste of my $18. read more

JT's Grill - Beef sandwich with aus juice - American Near Me - De Soto, Kansas

JT's is a great place to eat, with a full menu of good food and fair prices. The staff is attentive and friendly, with a nice atmosphere.

Stopped for lunch, meatloaf was the special. Without going into detail, I have a rule, never order meat loaf in the wild, never. But, at JTs, about 11am, meat loaf on special, I engaged the waitress. Asked her if the meat loaf had been prepared that morning, she assured me that it had. I shared with her my rule. Nothing worse than 4 day old, reheated , cafe meat loaf. On her recommendation, we ordered the meat loaf. It was excellent, moist, full of flavor, even some crunch, fantastic. Would definitely order again. JTs has got it going on , good food, great service, we'll be back. read more

Solid,reliable, flavorful with a good menu. Large portions leave great leftovers. Pork tenderloin is

We're here overnight and had a look online for local eats. Lots of fast food around, but had enough of that on the journey and most places are 10-15 min away. So we see JTs and figured we'd give it a go. When we arrived, we were pleasantly surprised by how nice the place looked, modern and welcoming. Staff greeted us right away, seated us and had the waitress to take our order without a minute passing. Now they weren't busy at the time, but seemed like they could handle a busy night. We out in our order right away and the food arrived within about 8 minutes, hot and nicely presented. Waitress remained attentive the whole time and the food was quite good and affordable. We had the Cowboy burgers and enjoyed them cooked a perfect medium rare. We also ordered the onion rings and they weren't worth it. Greasy, soggy and average, but the standard fries were nicely done. It's a sports bar and represents the area well. Worth stopping in if you're passing through or a local wanting to grab a beer and burger. read more

JT's Grill - The Cowboy Burger - American Near Me - De Soto, Kansas

JT's food is a small town gem. The owner and his wife care about the service, the food and the people. If you ever had bad service from here, they are aware and handle it promptly. The food is small town fantastic. My kids love the wing of the month! The chicken fried steak/chicken is awesome and the green beans are like grandma cooked them. I also love their chili. read more

I feel so lucky to be this close to a great local grill. Dropped in for lunch with my husband to find a cozy lunch and dinner restaurant with a fun hometown bar attached. Great friendly staff and fast service My husband ordered a cob salad that arrived with plenty leafy greens, Turkey, blue cheese, and fresh ingredients to cover the plate I ordered the BLT sandwich and splurged for tater tots that were hot and crunchy. The BLT was toasted to perfection, with fresh greens and plenty of bacon from a cook that obviously refused to be stingy. We followed it with two ice cold teas! ( it was lunch - no beer this time around) We will definitely return!!! Great job! read more

JT's Grill - Fresh Cobb Salad - American Near Me - De Soto, Kansas

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Nice surprise. We drove by many times without stopping. Glad we stopped. Food was good. Would return. The service was fine, our waitress was young and lacked interpersonal skills that I am confident she will develop with time. read more

We stopped in last night for some wings and a couple adult beverages. Chris at the bar treated us great and the wings where spot on. Just a darn good joint. read more

We have been going to JT's every Tuesday evening for the taco special since May. We have never been disappointed. Staff is always friendly and the food is great. read more

Cute little local place. Hubby really liked his burger and the fries were so good. I had the spicy chicken sandwich but asked for it as a wrap. It was ok but a little lacking in actual chicken and I found and dug out (thankfully before accidentally eating) 8 huge fat slices of fresh jalepeno with seeds! Those would have been insanely hot and not at all good. Ordered the onion rings to go with it and they weren't great, would def get the fries next time. Will probably go back and try something else. read more

I sat at the bar during the lunch rush. The service was good. The bartender was working her bum off. The beer was super cold (thank you!) the mushroom Swiss burger was pretty good but I needed to add a little salt. The fries were some of the best. I'll come again but not sure how well the other part of the restaurant's service will be. read more

I work in the area and there isn't much to choose from by way of wraps and soup or salads. My first visit was a taco Tuesday a couple years ago. I was not impressed with the flavor or the sauce. My 2nd taco had a hair and I couldn't eat any more. I tried again last year near Christmas and ordered a to-go "Rachel" which is a Turkey version of a Reuben. After spending $12 on the sandwich and green beans, I get to work and it was a corned beef sandwich. I double checked my online order to make sure I selected Turkey and I did. I called and they asked if I wanted to bring back. I declined since I had already left work once and had already used up my lunch period. I tried again today for lunch because I was craving a wrap. I ordered online again. Selecting a spicy chicken wrap with grilled chicken and a side of fries. Again, once back to work I find that my wrap after a few bites in, has crispy chicken (which is not horrible, though not what I ordered) and then pickles on it. I don't believe those are even an option on that particular wrap.? I did not call about the incorrect order this time, because I give up. Sorry. read more

Ordered the kc strip and a baked potato, ordered stead med-rare came out well done. Like chewing on a boot. Waitress asked to take it back but I told her no I don't want to be wasteful I will just eat it but it's not good. Wife's grilled chicken sandwich was tougher than woodpecker lips and cold just like the onion rings.the waitress was more interested in talking to a group of people she knew so was a bad dinner. She seen we didn't eat hardly anything and knew it was bad when I told her about the food. They took the onion rings off and that was $2.00 not that I wanted a hand out but at least make it right! Was horrible for $48 hopefully if you go it's better this was just our experience. read more

Don't you love going into a nice small city with wholesome people and everyone's all excited to see the game on Sundays! Definitely the place to go, this place has been family owned and has been here ever since I was a little kid, JTs was always part of the family tradition. I got a chicken sandwich which was absolutely phenomenal! The French fries aren't every day French fries but simplistic and perfect! The waitress was absolutely amazing small town wholesome waitress very helpful and always refilled our drinks when it got down to the top of the ice! Very nice place highly recommend. Top place to eat in De Soto! read more

Love this little hide away just west of southern Johnson County in DeSoto! We come for Taco day and breakfast on the weekends! So personal and homey! The breakfast sandwich is excellent! read more

I thought this place had great food! Husband and I went for dinner on a Saturday night. He got the Boom Boom Burger and said it was one of the best burgers he's ever had!! I got a buffalo chicken sandwich and that was also super good. Yummy fries too! We will be back! read more

This place needs to hire competent servers and cooks Horrible greasy cold food Terrible servers A waste of time and worst dining experience Don't waste your money on this crap Don't waste your time waiting for their terrible servers to do anything other than stand around read more

This was a great stop for lunch! Love the local sports bar atmosphere with tributes to the Big 12 and local sports teams! Plenty of viewing ability to watch basketball! The food was really good. Kids meals were good portions. The anchors were tasty, good blend of crispy tortilla chips and cheese sauce, the wings were great with tasty dipping sauces! The BLT was also well made and the perfect combo of taste and size. Service was excellent! Everyone was friendly and attentive. I'll come back next time I'm in town visiting family! read more

This place used to be great I don't know what happened but now it's like the kitchen doesn't want to get your food out. hour and a half and I still didn't get the six tacos that we ordered it's ridiculous read more

I live about 10 minutes away in Canyon Creek. This place has great Breakfast and is better than going to some jam packed place in Overland Park with average food. They are busy but you get right in every time. Great food and great service. read more

I waited for an hour and we ended leaving and never got the food. I would not recommend this place.

Good food. Great service. One of our kids' favorite spots. Love their tacos on Taco Tuedday! read more

We love JT's! Since we've moved to DeSoto, we've had dinner and breakfast several times. The food is good to excellent and the service has always been excellent for us. It's clean, simple food, and well executed. Our favorites are the wings and Chicken Kickers (hand breaded chicken strips), with their mango habanero or buffalo sauce. Their Cobb Salad is phenomenal and their fries are good as well. We've also had the burgers which are decent. For breakfast, the cinnamon roll in a mini skillet is a must, but order early because they bake as they're ordered. I love the skillets and my husband likes the biscuits and gravy. We've never had bad or inattentive service at all. read more

Paid 17$ for a chicken salad with extra chicken. Mfer came out with 2 chicken strips worth. Now I gotta get McDonald's.

Wanted takeout but husband ordered a beer so we went in. The burgers and fries are the best - easily a 5. This was our first restaurant meal since quarantine. Absolutely no one wore a mask. Wait staff came right up to the table and talked over us - less than 2 feet from us. No social distancing. At least 5 different people came up to ask us how our food was, even talking over the food as it was set before us. If we get Covid, we know where it came from!!! read more

Such a great place! Food was amazing. They make their own salad dressings and there is something magical with their bacon! I highly recommend JT's because the food is great and Jennifer the bartender was awesome and very helpful when deciding what to order! Go! It's so good! It's my second time and I'm now back wanting to try the BLT! You can screw up bacon, but not at JT's, they got it down! read more

Looked forward to Taco Tuesday as it has always been great, however tonight I waited 45 minutes for one chicken soft taco. When it finally arrived it was cold. Same thing happened with everyone else around me. Taco orders were wrong and cold. The place wasn't even busy! Will go to our other bar and grill here in town for tacos from now on! Disappointed as I have been been coming here for years. read more

I have been coming to JT's since it opened. Was an occasional drop in place till about a year ago when the service and the food went downhill! Recently I received coupons in the neighborhood Valu Pak for free potato skins and/or buy one get one half off. After fighting the traffic to get out of the city, the last thing I want to do is fight the traffic to get back into the city for a Friday evening meal. My dining companion suggested we use the coupons and go westward to De Soto and try JT's again. I reluctantly agreed. After all how can you go wrong with potato skins? It can double as a meal if the entree was a disappointment. I'm glad to say the place has redeemed itself during my hiatus from dining there. The potato skins were very good.....and free! (with the coupon of course...gotta love those coupons) I ordered the chicken tender dinner, but didn't want french fries with the fried potatoes already on the table. I asked the waitress for options. She told me that the potato salad was unique and that I should try that. It was a warm cheesy type dish. After assuring me that it was not German potato salad (not a fan of that), I chose to take her advice. That's when the pleasant surprises began....the salad was fresh and crisp, with croutons, and as Marie F would agree, heavenly slices of bacon on top////real strips of crumbled pork!, not the fake kind. The chicken was real pieces of breast meat, that tasted like they were fresh breaded, not the frozen poor excuse for chicken that I had there a year ago. and the suggested potato salad was excellent. Warm with cheese sauce, onions and gentle spices that was a delight for something different and not so heavy as the fried variety of spuds. Our waitress was Patty , a pleasant and helpful woman that let us want for nothing. Decor is as others have described, typical sports bar with large TVs throughout. Noise level is minimal so you can have dinner conversation without yelling. Glad to have you back on my list to visit again! Would definitely suggest the warm cheesy potato salad to anyone visiting this establishment. Keep an eye out for those coupons, that's what drew me back for another try! read more

JT's Grill - the dining area of the restaurant - American Near Me - De Soto, Kansas

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Nice little bar and grill. They have several big screens and a large overhead projector to catch the games. The food is typical bar food and its done well. We had salads, nachos, onion rings and chicken fried steak. Everything was good, especially the onion rings and chicken fried steak. My only complaint is the chicken fried steak was served on a bed of garnish. Word to the management, this is a bar and grill and you are serving me chicken fried steak with gravy - leave off the silly garnish. It only makes a mess. read more

Service was good but this place is waaaaay overpriced... 12 dollars for a burger that is a frozen patty and completely dried out... bland onion rings.... only thing good was the boom boom sauce which they forgot to but on my burger in the first place which was called the boom boom burger... you had one job... hole in the wall... more like hole in my wallet... never again... read more

Some friends brought us lunch yesterday and I had the best Tenderloin I'be ever had. So good!

Yummy local bar and grill. The food is always hot and fresh, with a fun atmosphere. The only down side is they go through a lot of wait staff. I prefer local joints where I see the same faces on a more regular basis. read more