Jams Old Market

Food is really good. They have a great variety of options. Outdoor seating was nice.

Three visits in 1 review! Visit 1: Saturday Brunch Service ok. Ask for a bottle of water for table or you will wait for your extra small glass to be refilled. Asking for jam/jelly for English muffin while ordering will save time as the person helping us never returned. Food excellent. Presentation sloppy for brisket omelet. Visit 2: Monday dinner Busy, but with reservations quickly sat at table. Live music way too loud, but excellent for a change of environment. Service - poor. Dinner salad brought 2 mins before meal. Received a $0.50 dressing charge. No water refills despite requesting. Neither of our food choices were to our liking, but I think it’s all personal preference. Visit #3: Sunday Brunch Service excellent. Food excellent. I’d highly recommend Jams. I think with everything, it is hit or miss with service and quality of food.

Okay. The apple cider margarita was amazing!! The baked “scampi dip” was just a small bowl with holes in it for the shrimp and cheese melted over the top so it’s not actually a “dip” or scampi, but tasted good. One star because, everything else Horrible. My friend and I had reservations which were clearly not needed. I ordered the lobster tacos , when I asked if I could NOT have the lobster beer battered I was informed that I could not because that was the only way they served the lobster. I agreed and was immediately disappointed! My suspicion was confirmed! There was NO lobster present, just a nasty over fried batter that had a metallic after taste most likely due to not changing the oil. HORRID. My friend had the crab cake salad. The crab cake was fried as well with the same result as the “lobster”. Menu looks amazing but food did not compete with description!

AMAZING NACHOS & CHEESECAKE!!! While I was visiting town and I had dinner at Jams old Market. I sat at the bar and I had a wonderful bartender. I ordered Nachos and it was a big portion and they were delicious! For dessert I had their amazing Cheesecake. It was a great location in Downtown close to my hotel. I definitely recommend!

We looked at the Jams' & Power burritos for brunch (more like lunch) but asked our server, Randal, about the Chief's burrito which varies. After the explanation, I chose the Chef's burrito brunch with potatoes and a Field Salad with balsamic and vinaigrette dressing. It appears the nuts (walnuts & pecans) we're roasted which added great flavors to more than compensate for stale croutons (try a few before your server dashes off). The burrito was FANTASTIC, in spite of the oversized onions. The sweet BBQ pulled pork and zesty sauce complimented wonderfully. A truly great start to the weekend - thanks, Randal, 4.5 overall!!

Father’s Day brunch was pretty good here, but VERY slow. We sat down at 10:30 AM, ordered just two simple brunch entrees, didn’t get food until 11:15 which was not ideal considering we had a toddler and baby with us. It took over 30 minutes to get our food from the time we ordered and there were quite a few open tables around us. We got the biscuits & gravy which was good, just needed more gravy, and maple bacon French toast that had a delicious peanut butter banana flavor. Our server was really friendly and genuinely seemed to like her job. We appreciated her attentiveness, especially to our situation with two kiddos. It is a pricey brunch spot, you pay for the upscale dining experience. Only took away a star for the slow food.

Jams in the Old Market hit every mark of great dining—excellent service, great ambience and delicious food and drink. The Skyscraper Vegetable Sandwich and Mule I had were both outstanding. And my husband loves their Coconut Chicken Salad. (I’m not a big fan of coconut flavor but they even make that palatable for the non-fan!)

We got the fried ravioli as an appetizer and the spicy margarita. Both were to die for. Then, I got the coconut shrimp salad as my entree. Also, tasted so good. My dad got the Jam’s Mac n cheese. Also incredible. We were actually en route to South Dakota but the food was the best food we had on our trip. 10/10 recommendation.

Very good experience here. Nice atmosphere, place was comfortable from all aspects. Waiter was helpful in ideas to choose from, but not pushy about anything. Located in Omaha’s downtown Old Market just a block North of Howard Street. I ordered the Habanero Lobster Bisque to start. It was excellent. Had a bite to it, but for people who like a bite, it’s not that bad for heat. If you don’t care for spicy at all, this may have a bit more of a kick than you like. Over all, to me, I thought it was excellent, and would not hesitate to have it again if it were made for that day. For the main meal, I got the Midtown Meatloaf. The meatloaf was a bit different than I’m used to. I will say, the waiter did an excellent job at letting me know how their meatloaf was compared to what most in these parts are used to. Around here, you’ll typically find it’s cooked with ketchup on it, and generally some sort of brown sugar glaze, and then you can add more ketchup after it’s sliced on your plate. This meal is nothing like that, and I was fairly warned. However I still wanted to try it. There’s no ketchup, or glaze at all. It’s more like what I would consider a hamburger steak. Then they put a light brown gravy on it. So, it was a good meal, but not like what I’m used to. I would most likely opt to move to other menu choices next time, as opposed to making it a “go-to” meal. It was good, but not near legendary in my book. However, this is more of a matter of my pallet choice, and with all else I mentioned above, this was a 5 star visit, and well worth another stop.

Stopped in as we drove through Omaha. Had Sunday brunch and everything was outstanding! Braised short rib omelet, peanut butter French toast, chicken and waffles. Everything was prepared perfectly, huge portions and fair prices. Will definitely return next time we’re in Omaha!