Johnnies

So sad — we walked by today and it was closed!

A little bit of a wait for the waitress, but the food was delish. Split the chicken ravioli & bruschetta. Food was hot & fresh. Drinks were refilled quickly and our waitress checked with us on how things were. Nice experience. We’ll be back.

THE SERVICE WAS HORRIBLE! It took them 15 minutes to ONLY ASK US if we needed help! The only reason they asked us was because I said excuse me and he still just ignored me. We Left right after he said we’ll be right with you because we wasted 15 minutes just sitting there.

Service sehr schlecht. Wollten Tisch wechseln und haben dies auch mit Kenntnis des Personals gemacht. Danach wusste niemand mehr wohin unser Essen gebracht werden soll. Nach langer Zeit und nachhaken erhielten wir unser Essen auf einen Schlag mit der Vorspeise zusammen und begleitet von der Zuweisung der Schuld auf uns. Schliesslich haben wir den Tsch gewechselt. Das Essen war natürlich nicht mehr warm und das Chicken Trocken. Vielleicht wäre das Essen geniessbar aber der Umgang ist stark verbesserungswürdig.

So muss es beim Italiener Schmecken. Pizza war genau nach meinem Geschmack, schön saftig. Frische Petersilie und der schön angebratene Knoblauch Runden den Geschmack ab. Ich würd definitiv wieder hier Essen kommen und diesmal die Pasta ausprobieren.

So we wanted Pizza and were a little worried about the reviews but we were desperate and hungry so we gave this place a shot…
Wow, the pizza was awesome, friendly service, and it was fast too! This was on a Saturday night at 7pm! I would also recommend the bronx burger! The only thing we didn’t like was the pasta dish portion size… it was a little needy…
But overall very good pizza spot!

We went to Johnny’s last night for dinner on the promenade and it was the worst experience ever! They didn’t even bring us the right pizza!
They were rather busy and sat us upstairs in table #13 which is literally in the doorway and waiters were bumping into our chairs all night. Why even have a table there? It’s so uncomfortable for everybody.
Our waiter was incredibly rude, forgot our drinks and food.
The fried calamari was okay but way overpriced, not worth it. Same goes for $ 8.50 beers. We ordered the Johnny’s Combo pizza, IT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THE PICTURE! It tasted like a high school pizza lunch. We waited well over 40 minutes for it and when we asked our waiter, he brought it to us cold and soggy, as if it had been sitting there for a while. We didn’t even finish it, we sent it back.
When the manager came by and we complained to him his only response was «I’ll take care of it.» No sorry or apology. Just kind ambivalent about it and seemed like he just didn’t even care. He took 20% of our bill which was nothing. Our waiter was rude when he brought our bill as well. He just looked like he didn’t even want to bus our table. We had to get up and grab our own napkins and red pepper because he didn’t even offer us anything.
To the management: If you’re busy, if your waiters called out or something and service is bad, AT LEAST SAY SORRY. Make us believe you care about your customers spending money – that you value their business. Maybe that would have salvaged the terrible food and service. But you didn’t even try.
Honestly, save yourselves this terrible experience and go somewhere else. Tons of places on the promenade.

Pizza is pretty awesome, bruchetta too. My hubby said his lasagna was ridiculously delicious.
I ordered the BBQ chicken salad, not a fan. Had to get ranch to make it taste half way decent. Other than that the service was great as well.

The food is amazing the atmosphere is great we’re having an amazing time eating Italian food for dinner tonight. The New York salad was enough to give 7 of us a side salad. The Marsala is amaZing

This place is awful. As soon as we arrived a waiter approached us with menus and told us that someone else would be helping us and quickly walked away
We waited, and waited and waited. Finally, I got up to look for someone. The only people dining was our table and two others on the patio. No one was inside. I only tell you this as I thought that might be the hold up. Nope! A young girl approached, I told her we have been here a while and that we were told that someone would be helping us «who said that, the guy» she asked. Yep! She seem annoyed.
She took our order as other patrons were getting upset about waiting on the male waiter as well.
I ordered the Tuscan salad which was to come with goat cheese, sun dried tomatoes and pine nuts. I ordered it with chicken for an extra $ 4.50
Salad came, the chicken was so small and incredibly dry! No goat cheese and 1 pine nut, yes I counted 1! When I told her, she said I will tell the manager, she came back, they took 7 bucks off of my salad. I just realized while looking at my check… She charged me for a while and I ordered a half. So in actuality I paid the price I should have paid in the first place … The discount brought it down to menu price.
Why did I mention it to her at the end of the meal? Cause she never came back… Nor did the guy waiter. They were never around. Never refilled drinks, never checked on us.
My Mom ordered the spaghetti bolognese with a sausage on the side. They put it in the spaghetti. Just terrible

WORST EXPERIENCE I HAD @ A RESTAURANT!
Ordered a pasta dish and it was ok, if that. Then ordered 2 Goose Island IPAs and they gave me Budweiser instead. Btw I also ordered a 12oz bottle of Newcastle which they charged me 7.50 for.
I ate on their patio section and had to listen to some tweaked out lady SCREAM crazy sh#t and stare at people while they were eating! Which the restaurant did nothing about.
As I was signing for the bill it was time for this crazy lady to come inches from our table and stare at us! During this time I was distracted and forgot to leave a tip. Which then our server chased me down with the bill and said «service wasn’t included.» I still tipped them even though after all that.

I was hoping for some REALLY good pizza. I got decent pizza. My friends and I have a yearly tradition where we go and eat lots of pizza and gelato. Normally, we go to a brick oven place in Beverly Hills that is pretty unparalleled.
I thought the inside of the place was kitschy. I thought the service was really slow. And the music was really bad. There’s actually no reason why I’d go back here if I were wandering around the Promenade… like, seriously though. You’re walking distance from so many amazing places that are within the same price range.

Wow, this was phenomenally bad pizza. Got a $ 13 salad that was out of a bag. They called it chopped, but it wasn’t. It was bagged. Then we got the buffalo chicken pizza. Nothing about it was good. The crust was mushy, and tasteless. The cheese fell off the crust. They put a big pile of raw celery on top of the pizza, it was gross and we had to pick it off before eating.
We sat outside, and that was nice, to watch the craziness of SM promenade go by. But it was just horrible food.

Well the food was bland
Pizza tasted like nothing
Garlic bread was rock hard
Everything tasted like nothing
The only thing I can say about this place is I’ll never forget how much we laughed until our stomachs hurt. But only because the food was so extremely bland and so was the service
The had the audacity to circle 18% at the bottom of the receipt
Nah, you guys got 15%.
Thank you and goodbye!

It was a nice welcome setting kind of like a café or bar right down the roof of your apartment. Santa Monica is known for its pier and shopping areas and good good food.
The buffalo chicken wings I thought was too salty and it just did not give it that warm southern country feeling. The bbq pizza was alright but it almost tasted like California pizza kitchens recipe. Definitely not that wow of a place to eat but I like how the interior feeling felt like a real pizza parlor.
Lower down the sodium level then maybe I’ll come right back.

Everything burnt, bland and pricy. Décor is old like their food. Needed to add A TON of parm to our food just for it to taste like something. The way to bathroom is like going over the hill thru the woods. You have to climb the stairs to the second floor and basically fo thru a long and creepy hallway to get there. Small flies fly around and a few landed on my food. The sausage in my pasta was burnt. The knots were meh. I was just hungry. They were partially burnt aswell. This place is just gross.
Ps: the garlic knots are NOT complementary like a few reviewers mentioned. We didnt even get water. Tsk tsk. No breadsticks. Nada.

I’m just not feeling the same way about Johnnie’s New York Pizza, in comparison to all the positive reviews. My friend wanted some pizza and they do sell by the slice, as long as it’s carry out or TO GO. They have a special for 2 slices and a medium fountain drink. Not a bad start.
The staff was friendly, no doubt about that, but the pizza just wasn’t that good to begin with. I wasn’t too fond of the dough and it was REALLY greasy. I was imagining more of a thinner crust, but no luck. I had the pepperoni and sausage, which had so much grease, that it started to drip off to the side. I know certain pizzas might have some extra oil, still I wasn’t expecting that.
For a Sunday evening, the place was dead. Considering, it’s the Christmas season, you’d expect more hungry shoppers dining in, while taking a break from maxing out their credit cards. The venue didn’t even seem all that clean either. I’m reading some of the other reviews and maybe pizza just isn’t their specialty.
Shall I opt for their garlic knots, chicken wings, calzone, salad, or spaghetti? I’d rather not, unless they plan to take the word PIZZA out of their business name. I’d rather you press your luck with Stefano’s Pizzeria down the street. I’ll leave that experience up to you, so take it for what it’s worth.

The first time I visited was for the garlic knots. Garlic. Bread. Marinara sauce. What’s there not to love. The second visit included spinach dip and a tomato — basil — cheese pizza.
It all SOUNDS good. The only problem was everything is so bland at this restaurant. The marinara sauce is bland. The garlic knots are more doughy than garlicky balls of goodness. The spinach dip… was my guy’s choice but again no flavor. And my pizza. I really wanted to like it but couldn’t.
I don’t understand how everything could be so tasteless and without seasoning. Salt. Salt is a seasoning and it doesn’t even have that.
I think the only reason this place survives is because of its location. And tourists. Who will never eat here again. Like me.

3.5 stars actually. Service was good for a full Saturday night, inside like other people say needs urgently sone redecoration-​atvleast paint the walls. Tuscan salad was good although I could not find the goat cheese and the portion was huge. Pizza was kinda dissapointing. Not the worst I have had but far from the best. Dough was on par with costco pizza, toppings were good but in scarce quantity, lots of cheap cheese on it. Indon’t see myself actively trying to eat there again but I didn’t find it as despicable as some other of the reviewers did.
58 $ for a salad a below average pizza two pelegrinos and a beer were kinda steep though

I see lots of negative reviews. This was not my experience. I call disgruntled ex employees or customers having a bad day.
I don’t just throw out 4 star reviews all «willy nilly» but I also only drop a 1 star on a near death food poisoning situations or extremely rude service. Which I have if you check out my other reviews.
Me and the wife shared a New York Salad. Very good. The Italian dressing was excellent.
We also shared the spaghetti and meat balls. Good stuff. Meaty sauce and the meatballs tasted home made. I approved. And for the record YUMMY.
The service was satisfactory. The place was full and the customers looked happy. It was a happy place.
We’d eat here regularly if it was close to the house. Don’t listen to the haters. Trust your pal Tim. Out!

Decent pizza and crispy chicken wings. Service is alright. Were sat inside without being asked if we wanted inside or outside, not like we would mind either way but it’s nice to be asked while there is room outside.
Place is large, two floors of tables, bathroom is upstairs and all the way in the back. There is a elevator within the restaurant to access both floors besides the stairs.
Ordered the Parmesan Garlic Wings which were crispy and good but the garlic was added on as a garnish.
Had the Johnnies Combo Pizza which came with sausage, pepperoni, bell peppers and onions, the crust was sweet but the pizza was average.
They give complimentary garlic knots, nice dough with glazed garlic.
Doubt I will return, but thanks for being close by for lunch.
By far the best part were their wings.

A WAY belated anniversary lunch for the wife went down here. Why some cheesy pizza place on 3^rd street you ask?! It’s the place I brought her to on our first date, oh, some 13 yrs ago, it was all I could afford back then and yeah I’m a sucker for nostalgia… so what.
GARLIC KNOTS
Hell of a deal for only $ 4, we couldn’t even finish ‘em. Good stuff too.
PEPPERONI n JALAPENO PIZZA
Not bad at all, we shared… just like lady and the tramp. I wish I could say I was the lady but we know that ain’t true.
But I can be…
on occasion…
one romantic motherfu*ker.