Ivory Jacks - American restaurant in Fairbanks - 2581 Goldstream Rd A, USA

Came here to grab some lunch and meet my boyfriend’s uncle. I was a little wary of the atmosphere at first as someone who identifies as a progressive city person. However, I was treated well and no one seemed to care or act judgmental. The service was a bit slow, but the food was very good. Definitely chowed down on those onion rings! Burger was good too.

Great place to have a casual meal, atmosphere was laid back and the menu had a wide variety of options. Servers checked on the table often. The BLT was off the chain, loved it.

Local bar and grill vibe with wide selection and a secret (separate) dessert menu. Service was fantastic and the decor was full of Elvis and Yankee stuff. Place was full of regulars that left in snowmobiles. Parking lot is spacious and well lit; this would not be a good pace to see the northern lights even though it's a little out of town. Ordered crab stuffed mushrooms with a side of curly fries. Fries came out long before the mushrooms and accidentally got a full order instead of half. Fries were pretty tasty, probably came out of a bag but were cooked just right. Mushrooms came on an escargo plate (cute). The (white) mushrooms themselves were just meh but the stuffing was pretty tasty. The server recommended squeezing the lemon over it and it was definitely better that way. The bread that came with it (I think it's the garlic bread that you can order) was hard but softened up after absorbing some of the stuffing juices and was pretty tasty that way. I think using the stuffing as a dip with the bread is better than with the mushrooms, 2 pieces of bread is not enough.

Tasty food! The burgers were good and the chicken burger was also very good! Steak fries were super tasty and the curly fries were pretty good as well. Staff was very friendly! Would go again!

The food itself was good. I wasn’t too happy about the guacamole type burger. There was just too much guacamole. It came with bacon and I only had 1 slice of bacon😞. For the service, there was a huge group in the restaurant. So, my family was almost forgotten. Bless the server though. The other skinny server could have helped out more than she did. She was walking around doing basically nothing while everyone else worked. So, we waited for 15 minutes to initially be served.

None of us liked our food. Chicken tenders were dry. Salad was sub par, ranch dressing tasted like mayonnaise, croutons were stale. Sodas didn't taste good. Must have been understaffed or our waiter was new because we had to flag him down constantly for drinks, or condiments, even finally had to ask him to check us out after waiting for him to come by for 10 minutes. Neat looking place inside, but don't come here to eat.

Service was extremely slow. Saw waitress every 25 minutes. We watched her wait on other tables multiple times before remembering that we were even here. Food was mediocre at best which seems to fit the old atmosphere of the restaurant. Wouldn’t recommend this to anyone unless you have a minimum of 2.5 hours between dinner and your next event.

This place was recommended by a local woman that we met. Being from out of town, we did not know what to expect, but the nachos we ordered were probably the best nachos I’ve ever had. The staff were super friendly. This place was really relaxed and a nice place to sit and relax for a while after a long day. We couldn’t resist leaving without buying sweatshirts. That walrus just gets me.