"Jack Holder's Restaurant & Bar is a family-owned diner in San Jose that offers a slightly upgraded take on classic diner comfort food. The Post-Millennial meets the Greatest Generation.
At Meridian a…
The CLUBHOUSE is extremely delicious and a generous portion. The fries are really good, especially for delivery fries, they don't get soggy. I highly recommend!
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Dina V
Emerging Expert • 53 contributions
07/08/25
• DoorDash order
Their soups are always a delight as they taste just like homemade. Great quality food without comprise! The bacon was cooked crispy (the way I enjoy my bacon). This time I was given a generous large cup of gingerale which fits the price more so. Thanks Jack Holder's for tasty homemade food.
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Dina V
Emerging Expert • 53 contributions
30/07/25
• DoorDash order
My drink came in a small cup for paying $5. Other places generously give a bigger cup. This was quite small. My soup was also mostly brother with barely veggies and noddles. A bit disappointing tonight between the soup and soda. The daytime crew is on top of things more, I typically order in the daytime.
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Tiffany I
Local Expert • 57 contributions
09/03/25
• DoorDash order
Disappointing compared to when we went there to eat with my family last week. 49ER BURGER was super dry. They didn't put the sauce in a little side container so I could add it (as shown in the item pic). They put a tiny amount on a very small amount of shredded lettuce that was absorbed and I didn't want to add. There's no other sauce on here so it's just bread, cheese, onions. PASTA JAMBALAYA was ok, not good enough to reorder in the future.
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Natalie S
Local Expert • 257 contributions
20/09/24
• DoorDash order
I had the STEAK & AVOCADO SANDWICH at their location on El Camino and it was amazing. This one? Not so much. They didn't toast the bread like they do at the other location. The ciabatta they use falls apart easly and when they toast it that helps it stand up a little better to the grease from the steak. This one was COVERED in "grilled" onions. I put grilled in quotes because they weren't really grilled much. They were still really crunchy and had no signs of carmelization. And the huge mound of these onions took away from everything else. The other sandwich had a good amount of avocado where this one did not. In fact, this sandwich only had avocado on one side. There was barely any steak on this one and it was beyond bland. Salt & pepper would have been nice at the very least. The one good thing with this sandwich was that the tiny bit of steak that was on it was at least tender. I think that from here on out if I crave this sandwich in the future I will just pick one up from the other location on my way home. I won't order it again from the Meridian location. It just wasn't good.
