This is quite a thread... sounds like the food sucks and the owner likes to hit the customers upside da head - is it only the Summerside 55+ crowd who likes a good scrap with dinner and an idiot son in law story?
If they are have quality, HR issues (ie brawling) they are screwed I bet as the New Maid Marion spot across the street will take up any customers - same fare just faster,hotter and the owners are peaceful.
Does the GJ' s franchise company even exist any more?
We went to GJ chtown in 70's/80's regularily and I even threw a few fisty cuffs with friends at the gong show myself just for fun in Univer. It was the Old Abby launch

..my laugh for the day...like your humor..

anyone happen to hear anymore on this incident?

anyone happen to hear that charges were laid over this??

Still waiting for the police to conduct their "investigation". I assume if they are taking this long nothing will be done.

I had a gift certificate for GJ's and decided to use it today. I called ahead and talked to the guy (manager - forget his name) and asked him what kinds of salads he had. He said caesar and garden. I asked if they had chef? He said yes...I told him I'd like that but with NO tomatoes. He was rushed on the phone; I figured they must have been busy (it was 11:30).

At noon I went in to pick up the salad. I gave him the gift certificate and he rang it in and said, "no change since it's a donation...enjoy your salad". He then took off and sat down with a guy who was sitting at a table. Okayyyy.

I went back to my office and opened the salad -- it was FULL of tomatoes. And not the kind you can pick off. They were the chopped up, mushy kind and I was gagging picking them out. (HATE tomatoes).

The salad was okay...better than a lot of places, despite the tomatoes. It had a lot of ingredients, but I'd have made a better one at home.

Got rid of a gift certificate at least.

what did he mean its a donation???? any time ive gotten a gift certificate and dont use the whole thing they give back the balance or mark the remainder on it and sign it.,,, what a rude experience !

GJ's had donated the certificate to a benefit. We bought a basket of items at the auction and it had the GC in it. I guess that's why...

this restaurant ( if you can call it that) is fast becoming a "spot to avoid". its quite apparent the manager has no skills what so ever in running a business, or dealing with people.

basically, the word "tool" jumps to mind as a description for him.

you know, it would do him a huge favour for him to be sent th is thread. but by the sounds of it i dont think he'd understand the reasoning behind it being sent.

So basically Gentleman Jim's will donate to a charitable cause, but will not honor the full amount of their donation.

Nice.

thats what i was thinking. he could have marked the balance . Couldnt have been too large an amount if all she got was a salad!

The salad came to ten dollars and the gift certificate was for $15.

It's not a big deal to me, him keeping the "change". It was more of the way he said it and took off before I could say anything else...the guy has an intimidating personality and it's not appropriate for his line of work, imo.

find an email address for him and send the link along.

he should know what hes doing to his business.

I think the food is very average there, except for the steak, but sometimes you get one that isn't so good. Also, I love their whole clams. Their plates are full and the prices are good. The place needs major decor. It looks like the 80s in there. The service is wonderful! I go there when I get bored of chinese, which is not too often, or when my parents want to go because they love the steak there, but that's about it.

I go here if my grandmother wants to go out for supper in Summerside. She fits in at this place much better than anyone under 50 does.