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Joe's Sports Cafe

Restaurant Cafe Bar Hamburger restaurant Sandwich shop American restaurant Bar and grill Chicken restaurant Barbecue restaurant Sports bar Chicken wings restaurant

One of the Most Revieweds in Faribault


Address

1510 7th St NW, Faribault, MN 55021, United States

Website

www.joessportscafe.com

Contact

+1 507-333-5378

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (1.2K reviews)

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Featured Reviews


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  • 5/5 Mina M. 5 months ago on Google
    The food for me has always been good. My friend recently had a less than stellar experience there with one of the staff. But this time they completely redeem themselves! Megan our waitress was very busy but had amazing hustle handling the very busy restaurant. She was also very polite, great making recommendations and checked in often. You top that off with great tasting food - I highly recommend them for a great night out.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Bets R. 1 year ago on Google
    Our Waitress had a fun and lovely personality, which carried our experience and made up for the slow and lacking kitchen. Our appetizer (Candied bacon) was burnt and our mains took absolutely forever to come out. When they did, they were OK. There is quite a large menu with lots of interesting things so we will try again another time and see if maybe it was just an off evening. It was a kinda quiet Saturday night so hopefully next time is better. The prices are very reasonable and the facilities clean.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Makenzii 1 year ago on Google
    Great place to eat and great atmosphere! Waitress was Megan and she was amazing! She definitely is great at what she does! The food was great too :) Went for something different and got the PB and J burger. Definitely wasn't my favorite but it was a good experience! Love trying new things :)
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Colten C. 1 year ago on Google
    Food is always great, but the person on the phone kept hanging up on me halfway through the ring and wouldn't let me order. Never have had a problem and order from here 2-3 times a month. Great service in but when it comes to pick ups needs work.

  • 5/5 Carol W. 3 months ago on Google New
    Always great service! My husband and I love the choice of burgers there. We’re going to try either the ribs or fish next - they look delicious!

  • 4/5 Danette H. 7 months ago on Google
    I haven't eaten here in probably a year or 2. My consumer and I went there today, and I was not impressed. They weren't busy at all. We stood there for roughly 3 mins before seated. (Which I totally get if busy) After we were seated, the waitress brought us our drinks and let us look at the menu but came back every couple minutes asking if we were ready to order. We said no, so she walked away, and this happened a few more times before we figured out what we wanted to order. I felt like we were being rushed. We ordered and got our food, and the lettuce didn't look healthy at all. I have eaten here before but probably won't be back.

  • 5/5 Wesley 5 months ago on Google
    Good food, friendly service. Decent prices. Would eat here again 😀

  • 4/5 Nick S. 6 months ago on Google
    The food was excellent, but the bar tenders and servers were more focused on being on their phones and chatting with each other than working. There was a lady who came in because she had tried calling a couple times and the staff just let the phone ring.

  • 2/5 Brent R. 4 months ago on Google
    Food is good, but ordering for pickup is a nightmare. Ordered through DoorDash on 8/29 to get something to take back for a meeting, only to get there and be told (after waiting 20 minutes for them to open; they decided to open late that day) they weren't doing DoorDash anymore, didn't have my order, and that I'd need to contact DoorDash for a refund. Fast forward to today (11/14) when I'm back in town for work and I wanted to give them another chance. Went to their website this time and saw DoorDash as an ordering option. Interesting. Clicked through to DoorDash only to be told they're closed (as in not taking any orders at all, not just not open yet). Fine. Went back to their website and chose the other ordering option. All went well, selected curbside pickup, entered my credit card and vehicle info, and checkout was a breeze. So .,. I went to the restaurant a few minutes early so I could get my food the minute it was ready. Waited until five minutes past the scheduled pickup time and finally called to find out if I was supposed to let them know I was there. "What? We don't do curbside pickup." Went in to get my food and the receipt stapled to the bag said "Curbside" in huge letters right at the top with my name, number, and car description right below it. Could they not at least call and tell me I needed to come in? 🤦‍♂️ By the time I got my food back to the office a mile away, the burger was cold and the fries were limp and soggy. If I'd had the food at the restaurant, I'm sure it would have been delicious. Instead, I could have gotten hot food faster for less money and hassle by going to the Burger King across the street. Bottom line: If as a restaurant you can't even handle a basic takeout order, don't offer it. If you're a potential customer, do yourself a favor and only visit if you have time to sit down and eat at the restaurant. I'm sure the food is lovely, but I'll probably never know for sure.

  • 5/5 Stephanie Z. 10 months ago on Google
    VERY good food! We were on our way to Mason City and happened upon this place and we are so glad we did! The mac and cheese with ribs and my chicken bacon ranch wrap were SOO GOOD! Wait staff was very friendly, will plan a trip down just to stop back here!

  • 5/5 Stacie D. 10 months ago on Google
    Driving through on the way back to Illinois stopped here for a bite to eat for the first time....let me just say the food and service were excellent!!! Will definitely come back sometime soon! Thanks so much I think our servers name was Ansley? I think I'm close anyway she was top notch!!!

  • 4/5 Amy L. 9 months ago on Google
    I'll say the food is always great. The service is a toss up. One day you may get great staff the next day not so much. I went 2 days in a row. 1st day had a great waiter, second day bad waitress. She was friendly but never gave us silverware and never checked on us at all. So no refills either. If not for stopping another waitress to get silverware we wouldn't have been able to eat and we were on a time crunch!

  • 5/5 Angie J. 1 year ago on Google
    We had an early lunch group of 12 people. The wait staff did a great job with the large number of orders. The food and drinks were all delivered quickly. The food and bar drinks were fabulous! One of the best services that we have had for such a large group! Great job team!

  • 5/5 Michael G. 1 year ago on Google
    First time visiting Joe's and it won't be the last. If you eat here be prepared for massive portions of fantastic food. I got the walleye fingers and cheese curds and they were definitely more than enough to feed two people and were perfectly cooked and delicious. Our party had the ribs and a couple burgers and we left with plenty of leftovers for later tonight. The service was great. Highly recommend.

  • 5/5 Joseph B. 1 year ago on Google
    Really good food, nice atmosphere and friendly service.

  • 1/5 Amanda 1 year ago on Google
    Long time customer of Joe's. We stopped in for a family dinner 6:45pm on a Saturday 9/10/22. We were told there would be a wait on food & we were okay with that. Our server is new and she had a party of ten next to our table. No problem, we understood. When the food did arrive, 2 out of 5 meals showed up, luckily they were for our children, but it took another 15 minutes to get the other 3 and we had to request silverware as we were never given any. I ordered a pot roast sandwich for myself and the kids version for my youngest. The pot roast was so dry that half of it was inedible due to being the consistency of beef jerky and they sent fries instead of the mash potatoes I ordered....I had to feed this to my toddler. The waitress came by and asked how the food was and I politely explained that the pot roast was super dry. The waitress then proceeded to tell me that she believed me and would comp the inedible meals if she could, but only managers could do that and she said, "I can talk to my manager, but I highly doubt she will [discount the ticket]," and then brought us our ticket without even attempting to have the manager come to our table and ran our card for payment. I feel bad for the waitress, but also, for $90.00 and ample waiting time, I expected much better food. I'm sad to have to remove Joe's from our night out rotation as it used to be some of the best food in town, but we won't be coming back.

  • 4/5 Angela C. 1 year ago on Google
    Food was good but not necessarily presented at the table the same way as in the menu picture. Service was quick. Cheese curds are amazing but a little pricey for the serving size.

  • 5/5 Steve M. 2 years ago on Google
    Service was great. Atmosphere is nice. The food is outstanding. And very large portions. Highly recommend.

  • 2/5 Robin L. 1 year ago on Google
    The ribs are the good and those waffle fries are fabulous. Been there twice since moving here and it's just for the food because those waitresses need some addressing in courtesy and managing their tables! Both times we were there two different waitresses and both were not very pleasant or good at their jobs!! They took our order gave us our food and never came back! I asked for hot sauce and was told they didn't have Cholula, when I was served that the week before!!

  • 5/5 Carrie P. 2 years ago on Google
    We enjoyed a fabulous dinner at Joe's tonight! Excellent service and our food was perfect! (Server-Nellie & Bartender-Megan) Loved the look of the updated menus. The new food presentation is fresh and fun!

  • 5/5 Jacki R. 1 year ago on Google
    Food was outstanding. Cute bar. Parking was decent. They had coconut chicken on the salad .. very very good

  • 5/5 Tami K. 2 years ago on Google
    Stopped here on our way through heading home from Iowa. The reviews were stellar so we stopped in. We were not disappointed! I had the gyro that was very good and my husband was feeling a little road weary and just wanted a simple grilled cheese and fries. Our waiter suggested he get the grilled cheese from the kids menu. First of all it was super nice he would let us do that second of all it was a fantastic sandwich and fries! Excellent service too. We will definately be back if ever in the area again.

  • 5/5 Tiffany G. 1 year ago on Google
    First timers at Joe’s and it was excellent as soon as we walked thru the doors. Our waitress Aynsley, with her wonderful personality, was welcoming and knowledgeable of the menu. We started with walleye fingers as an appetizer that could feed a small family 😊 and very delicious. We finished with a black and blue burger and a bourbon teriyaki burger - both were absolutely cooked and presented with perfection! It’s a must to stop at Joe’s. Great service…excellent food…highly recommend. Thanks to Aynsley and her suggestions along with her personality we will be back!!


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Happy-hour food
    • ✓️ Healthy options
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Happy-hour drinks
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway

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