Johnny J's at
Portage Lakes

Quick answer

Four things separate this room from the other three, and all four are printed somewhere rather than claimed. It opens at eleven instead of ten. It prints its own July 2026 menu. It runs trivia on a Tuesday. And it does not do brunch.

The pub

The address is Suite 3 at 3333 Manchester Rd in Akron 44319. The name says lakes and the site says plainly that the room is inland — it is not on the water, so set your expectations to a pub rather than a waterfront. Google files it as a Bar and grill, then Sports bar and Pub, in that order. Medina lists the same two categories the other way round, with Pub ahead of Sports bar, and Springfield Township lists no secondary category at all.

The kitchen works from its own card, dated July 2026, and it is genuinely a different card rather than the same one with a different header. Seventeen house sauces instead of nineteen. Three dry rubs instead of four. Irish Dew is on the sauce board here and nowhere else in the group, and Mike's Hot Honey, Caribbean Jerk, Creamy Garlic Parmesan and the Mesquite BBQ rub are absent.

It is also cheaper on most shared plates. A sirloin is 19.99 here against 21.99 on the Medina card. The steak salad is 18.99 against 20.99. A Strangewich is 14.99 against 15.99; a BLT 11.99 against 12.99; Mile High Nachos 12.99 against 13.99; a Bavarian Pretzel 10.99 against 11.99. Boneless wings run 8.49, 15.49 and 22.49 by the six, twelve and eighteen, where the other rooms print 8.99, 15.99 and 22.99.

There is one plate that exists only here: the Big Dip Burger at $14.99, built with American, lettuce, tomato, pickles, red onion and bacon, then dunked in warm nacho cheese. No other Johnny J's prints it.

Tuesday night is the other thing worth driving for. Trivia starts at 7pm and runs two Sporcle games — no other pub in the group has a trivia route, a trivia night, or anything scheduled on a Tuesday evening at all. The trivia page has the format.

How to order

Collection is through this room's own Toast page. Be careful which one you open, because ordering against another pub's page sends the ticket to that kitchen, and the menus are not the same — a sauce that exists on the Medina card will not be made here.

Delivery is the one thing to check rather than assume. Uber Eats and DoorDash listings for this address are in the footer, but Google's record for this listing does not carry a delivery flag where the other three do. Collection through Toast is the route this page can vouch for; ring 330-557-9574 before you count on anything arriving at a door.

No tables are bookable. The Reservations button opens Toast, and Google carries this listing as not accepting reservations. Groups call the party booking line 234-265-9336 — the book a party page has the notice period.

When to come

Eleven in the morning to half past two the following morning, seven days a week. That first hour matters. The other three pubs open at ten, so a ten o'clock arrival here is an hour early.

Monday is 69¢ boneless wings. Tuesday is a flat $9.99 burger with a side, which is a different deal from the two-dollars-off version the other rooms print, and it lands on the same night as trivia. Wednesday runs $6 select appetizers with Working Women's Wednesday from 3pm to 9pm. There is a $14.99 sirloin, and Friday is all-you-can-eat fish fry at $14.99. The weekly board lays it out properly.

Visit

3333 Manchester Rd #3, Akron OH 44319 · 330-557-9574 · open 11am–2:30am.

Google records a wheelchair-accessible entrance, seating, restroom and parking here, plus free wi-fi, a bar on site and outdoor seating. There is no patio page for this room, so if outdoor seating is the point of the visit, call before you drive.

Brunch is the other absence to plan around: this room does not serve it, and the brunch URL simply redirects to the menu. For a Saturday morning, Medina runs 10am to 3pm, and so does the Waterloo Road room. The full Portage Lakes menu is here.

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