JT Basque Bar and Restaurant Reviews

I love this place!! Drinks and service are great, and there's so. Much. Food. Good lord and it's all so amazing!!

Amazing food, amazing people, so many kind and caring people. If you are looking for a good place to go with family this is it. Great for ages 1 - 99 :)

Fantastic service and excellent food. I've never had a bad meal here.

Great family style restaurant with fantastic food choices and good drinks. Good for big groups

AMAZING family style dining with a traditional menue that tastes the same as it did years ago. Consistently great.

This wonderful authentic Basque Restaurant just never stops feeding you! It is a great value for the amount of food they feed you and it is a fun way to eat out with family and friends. We had a party of over 10 people and the waitresses never missed a step. Thank you for a great night out!

We thoroughly enjoyed our experience at JT's... Great food, wonderful service and friendly people. We will be back!

Always a wonderful experience. Great food and service. Undoubtedly among the best steak and lamb entrees in northern Nevada.

Took a long time to get seated. The signature drink the Pichon wasn't anything to write home about. However, the meal was great and the chilled wine served with dinner was the best match of any of the wines we brought.

Honestly, the best Basque in town. Heading back to Reno after a Sierra adventure, JT's is always on the radar. Well made vittles, delightful service, and a sense of family. Get your picon on!

a great 5 course meal they litterally get you full on the side dishes they give you to share such a great place to eat

food was very good but service was slow and steak had a fish flavor to it

Basque comfort food. Very friendly wait staff. A locals place. Great vibe.

This is one of my favorite restaurant I have been to. The staff is super amazing. The meals are all you can eat of the dinner they have for the day. This is my wife and I second time being here and we live out of state. When ever we are in the area this is our go to spot. The food is wonderful and I always eat a great share of it all. This last time I had the rabbit as my main course and the sauce it was cooked in was amazing. Great atmosphere and great food make for a perfect combination

Great food and service in a very comfortable kick back atmosphere

Very good gluten free options! Very nice and cozy place

Service was excellent and the sweet breads were so very good. I was expecting family style dining but it was nice to have our own table.

Great food and service. Won't leave hungry plenty of food.

This place is amazing. It has great food and the best steak I have tasted. The staff was great at keeping food coming and keeping your glass full. I would always choose here over most places.

Great food. Great drinks. Easy clean atmosphere. The employees are respectful and delightful.

Friendly staff and delicious food. The menu is limited but excellent, the location is very convenient. The restaurant has a full service bar. Be prepare to wait for lunch/dinner but there is plenty to see in the celling and on the walls while you wait. There is no kids menu.

I ve been going to the JT for 25+ years. And, I ve never had a time or, bad meal. Love it.

Along with the Star Hotel in Elko, it is quite possibly the best place to eat in Northern Nevada. Friday night's beef tongue stew is unforgettably good. You won't be disappointed. Be aware that it is a very popular destination, and a reservation beforehand is not a bad idea.

Excellent food and services! Recommend very highly!

Fast friendly service, good food and reasonable prices.

The cuisine is great! They serve plenty of food, most of it family style. The staff is always friendly and make it a fun place to eat. It's easy to see why the restaurant has been around nearly 60 years.

Best lamb chops I have ever had in life. Others had delicious salmon and chicken. We all loved the crisp fries and finished our meal with yummy ice cream. Salad was only lettuce...would like more veggies. Very busy place. Be prepared to be patient waiting for food and beverage refills.

Clamper event so it was extremely busy. The food and the service cannot be beat

Best steak sandwiches and dinners. One of our favorite places to be.

Best steak in the Carson valley. You will go home full.

This is the best Basque restraint every! Everything was amazingly delicious!!

Awesome experience! Food was amazing, staff was super friendly, and the crowd was in a great holiday mood.

Best place to eat in town. The best evening is Friday, the food is amazing, the service is spectacular. It's a throwback in time to just walk in, whether in the bar area or the dining room, count on seeing friends there. A perfect family dining experience. If you leave here hungry, it's your own fault!

Friendly staff and great food. Liked the atmosphere as well.

Always good food and drinks! Support small local restaurants like this!

JT is a staple in our town. Quality is usually good, service the same and if you like a lot of food or have a big appetite this is your place. I usual only come for lunch and get the steak sandwich with garlic and waddle out fat and happy.

If you conne for dinner get a picon and don't forget to stick a dollar to the ceiling.

Turned 61 today and went here for dinner
. Got there at 5 and 2 tables were occupied. By the time we left it was more than half filled. We left at 6 or so. Food was amazing go hungry! Staff superb Ryan the mgr talked with us for a good 20 minutes or more. Lamb and sirloin...yummm oxtail stew OMG!! We're going back for sure!!

Been dining at the J & T when it was named that and still had rooms available upstairs where US Forest Service employees stayed while working in area. Of course the food was as always, excellent!

The absolutely best Basque that I have ever have eaten.

Awesome environment and cool bar with attentive staff. Food is only okay.. Fist course of soup was decent, salad course was terrible, just a bed of romaine with light forgettable dressing, stew was actually pretty good, bean dish wasn't cooked and tasted like the inside of an aluminum can, fries were soggy and possibly from a frozen bag, entree of cod was way too salty, lamb shoulder entree had terrible presentation and was just alright. Overall quite disappointed with quality of food. In a time when restaurant competition is quite high, this place misses the mark.

Exceptional food, service and taste. Definitely will tell our friends and family about this great restaurant.

Great food and cool old building. There is a dining room and a bar. the bar is maintained in the vintage style from the mining boom. The 'steak' sandwich is good for lunch; I write 'sandwich' since it really is a steak with a couple slices of French bread. I eat it like a steak with a knife and fork.

My wife and I stop by at least once a year. This is family style Basque food. We've visited other Basque style restaurants in the valley but we drive 3+ hours to eat here.

We literally stay in Gardernville to do nothing but eat here (although you can't beat for views and the small town feel).

From the steak, to lamb, to roasted rabbit and other Basque foods I won't try (sweet bread). It is all fresh and absolutely the best.

As a side note it's $25 a person (they didn't charge for my kids) and you get so much food plus coffee and ice cream to top it off.

Went here for the first time on a business dinner. Enjoyed the food so much I brought my husband. Family style. Each time the menu changed slightly. It is a great time. Farm to table food. Very fresh. Wait staff makes you feel like you ARE a member of the Basque family

Always amazing! Food was spectacular tonight. Wish I would have brought in my gift certificate but I guess that just means I get to go again.

Love this place! This is as authentic as it gets, fair prices and you will NEVER leave hungry. Lamb chops are fantastic. Don't just show up for a quick bite. Come for dinner and enjoy the full experience. Sending love from June Lake, CA!

Always great food and great service. And it's been Consistently good forever

Great food! Here almost every year with family. Easy drive from South Lake Tahoe.

I always have a good time and a good meal when I visit J t's. It's an old time Basque restaurant family style dining, As its head before the food is excellent, the service is great, but I guess like everywhere that has fine food and good service that food is a bit pricey

Weekend very busy but worth the wait, service good, had the top sirloin steak cooked very nice and good flavor, not a drinker but the Bar was very busy and everyone enjoying themselves.

Looks like all the other 5 star reviews have this place covered.
I will only add that I recently visited for the first time and can say that this place will be a regular stop for dinner when I am in the area from now on. I didn't want to leave.
Authentic and delicious!
Make sure to have some Picon punch before dinner!!

Great Basic Food. Friendly staff. Huge portions. Excellent bar.

Simply one of the best Basque restaurants I've ever eating at. The server was very attentive and efficient despite the fact she was covering eight tables. Everybody seemed happy with their respective meals and I heard a couple near me oh, that they would be coming back here again. I believe the hostess is also one of the owners. She made me feel very welcome and I got a bit of a man crush on her she was so pretty. And of course the food was very good. Some of the best lamb shoulder I've ever had

Best place for dinner in Gardnerville, hands down! Great food and outstanding reliable service every time. Never disappointed at the J.T.!!! Picon punch, yummy wine, soup salad, bread, beans, stew... and the best fries ever!! Try the scampi, it's perfect. Butter pecan ice cream on a lucky night...throw a dollar on the ceiling on your way out to impress your family! :)

If you have never dined at Basque Restauant the amt is a bit overwhelming. It's getting a bit pricey, but still good. If you have never been be sure and try it.

Good home style cooking. 5 course you get your monies worth.

I love this place, always good, and normally a good atmosphere, but covid is making everything not as good as it can be.

Great food and atmosphere. Accomidated our large party. Lamb, sirloin and chicken dishes were fantastic. Family style.