Good food good fun, very delicious food. Highly recommended. Excellent everything totally for sure…read more Top notch service all the way.

I like this place. And unfortunately the food is hit and miss, if you stray from the simple stuff…read more The service is always great. Friendly, Quick, Attentive. All that!

Living in Kansas City I am a certified BBQ lover. Am I an expert? That's a laughable title for…read moresomeone that doesn't own a smoker or a restaurant, but I do enjoy comparing. With 120+ BBQ restaurant reviews under my belt, I feel that I've got a good handle on what differentiates a BBQ joint from good, to excellent to world class. If John Hardy's was located in KC, it would be in the middle of the pack, but for being in a small market town like Rochester, I'm gonna give them a solid 4 stars with a few stand-out items on the menu. My wife had the small brisket plate with fries and black eyed peas - $14. I had the 2 meat combo with beef, ribs, sweet potato tots and slaw- $15. Garlic bread was also provided. Meats: Ribs were smokey and tender. Beef was thin sliced eye of round, tender and worked well to sample the sauces. Brisket was an extremely thick cut although the menu says thin - it was more of a prime rib slice than what I consider brisket. I thought it was wonderful, although my wife thought it was to fatty. I would have no issue re-ordering any of the three, although I would like to try the sausage. Sides: Black eyed peas are not found on many BBQ menus but were straight from a can or at least had no added ingredients to make them unique - blah. Coleslaw - creamy and nice, but nothing that a 100 other places haven't done before. Fries - crispy, plentiful and perfect. Sweet Potato tots - where have you been all my life? The best damn deep fried potato side option I've ever had. Garlic toast - again a side that I don't often see in a BBQ joint but the warm bread liberally coated with hot garlic butter was the best bread option i've ever had - I ate all 4 slices, making small sandwiches or for sauce dipping. Sauces: Mild and medium were almost interchangeable in taste. The Sissy Boy sauce was a robust sweet sauce that reminded me of some of my favorite sweet sauces back home. Sissy Boy? Really? Overall it was a very filling lunch that was priced right with a solid meat selection and some stand out sides. This Kansas City boy was reminded of one my long standing sentimental favorites back home - Rosedale BBQ. John Hardy's is similar in that it's been around for decades and provides what I call "blue collar BBQ" Nothing is best in class, but a quality product at a good value that stands the test of time. Hell; I even bought a T-shirt for $12! That should get the local joints asking questions when I sport a Minnesota BBQ logo here in the world capital of Burnt Ends and Cheesy Corn.

1st visit this past weekend for family lunch - we had a total of 11 people in our group (7 adults,…read more4 kids). It was a super hot day and it was a little warm In the restaurant. The servers were very nice and friendly. The food was decent - ribs, wings & turkey were good, the other meats we tried were ok. The garlic bread was soggy (would have been much better if it was toasted slightly). My two little guys got kid's meals and liked them.

Consistently the best Bar BQ in the area and still serving the same great food decade after decade.read more

Food was great and fantastic sauces. It's worth the drive from the Twin Cities. I'll be going back…read moreany time I pass through Rochester

Great tasting and texture to the burger. Very good selection of styles of burgers. I got the Seth's…read moreand enjoyed it from beginning to end.

Despite Google Maps' attempts to direct us to restaurants 10+ miles out of town, there are plenty…read moreof restaurants in Stewartville, MN. This one, which is listed under several monikers ("Seth's Down Under...", etc.) turned out to have excellent food. My husband and I both opted for burgers, for which there were numerous options, some quite unusual. I wasn't bold enough to order the Juicy Lucy with peanut butter, but I did get the one with an overeasy egg cooked into the upper half of the bun. The meat was very tasty and well-seasoned with what appeared to be steak seasoning--cracked black pepper, coriander, probably toasted garlic and onion powder. The burger came with a generous side--a full-sized basket of tater tots, nicely crispy on the outside and enough to share. Fortunately, Wednesdays are "burger nights," during which you can order a burger without a side for a discounted price ($12 rather than $15) and also get a discount on your second drink (not applicable, as I had a soda and my husband had just water). My husband had the Salty Dog burger (sour cream, provolone cheese, chopped green olives) sans side; he said it was good, but "a bit busy." Service was good--friendly, helpful, but attentiveness dwindled toward the end of our meal, resulting in drinks running dry. The ambiance is rather lacking--the floors are cement and the ceilings low, so it is LOUD when there are other people in the restaurant, but it the restaurant also makes no pretense of being anything other than a basement burger/beer joint. It is clean and well-lit, with several strategic large-screen TVs showing sports. Not romantic, but the eats are really good.

Awesome food!! I love the Chinese hy-Chi! They always have…read moregreat food. And they have good pricing lunch specials through the week.

It is not possible to get hot food here, in part because the kitchen is long distance from the…read morerestaurant. For that reason, whoever designed this layout should be sued for architectural malpractice. The only way these places can stay open is because people in Rochester tolerate substandard food and service. This is a classic case of management benign neglect.

Don't be dissuaded by the location and simple exterior, the interior was comfortable and service…read moreand food was excellent. They have fun daily drink specials and the two beers we tried were great

This place needs ALOT of help. The hardwood floors on the bowling side has giant holes and duct…read moretape for repairs. The bowling alley itself needs repairs. Waited for over 30 minutes for a wrap and fries only to find out our order never got put in to begin with. Trail chips with every meal are awful! No one wants half cut baby potatoes. You could cut half of your menu down and food might have better quality. The place needs some major help! Definitely gone down hill since new owners took over. Won't be back.

My husband and I came here on a weeknight around 8:00 pm. We waited a few minutes by the front, and…read morethen told we could seat ourselves. There was one group of women at a table and then a single patron at another booth, but the restaurant was pretty empty otherwise. I will say that the comedy club next to the restaurant was pretty loud, but that was to be expected. We placed our orders and waited a good 20 minutes before we received our food. Unfortunately, my fries and burger were both cold. The burger was okay, very heavy on the onions and the flavor overpowered the rest of it. Was overall an okay experience, I probably won't be returning.

The reviews speak for themselves. Horrible customer service. Unfriendly staff. The ginger bartender…read moreand the woman with the short black hair. Owners take note. This place won't last.

Friendly staff, great food, lots of seating space and good ambience. Their sauces is also what i…read morelove - such great spread of Options in mild medium or spicy.

This one was tough. So, I've had QDOBA several times now and I DO enjoy their bowls much more than…read moretheir competitor here in town. BUT... every single time I have gotten the fajita veggies on my bowl they are hardly cooked at all. They're raw and crispy - which is fine if you want to eat some raw veggies with dip - but when you refer to them as fajita veggies most people will expect grilled veggies. Not pleasant on a bowl uncooked. The service is good though, and the restaurant is always clean when I go in. I'll go back but if the powers that be see this by chance - LETS GRILL THOSE VEGGIES WELL! Until then, I'll be leaving them off.