Loved The Times We Stopped By !! Maybe We'll Return, For Date Night !!…read more Each time Beau & I dined here, it was with the guys.. From the ambiance to the food: This Place Gives Good Vibes!!! The Ambiance: Woodsy, Lodge Like Interior..(to me, seems reminiscent of an Alaskan cabin) Rustic & Cosy, with Small Town Charms.. The Food: Most items on the menu, are fairly good. Beau, finds The Wings, are not bad.. Whilst I find: The Chili, The Patty Melt, & The Wedge Fries, to be Wonderful!! The Service: Ranges From Server, But Is Mostly Accommodating.. Overall: Love the Small Town Charming Vibes..Nice Cosy Place, In Which To Dine..

Great food and service. Food quality and quantities above average. Pricing reasonable too.read more

I enjoyed my visit. The beer is cold and the people are friendly. The mixed drinks look to be…read morepoured very generously. The food is good and reasonably priced. The appetizers are very large. I would suggest starting with the half order of the Hob Tots. Crispy tater tots with breaded deep-fried cheese curds and then topped with gravy. Yummy. Their thin crust pizza is crispy. Very delicious. I love the french fries. They are battered so they're very crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The Italian beef is tender. And the chicken wings are a good size. I asked for mine well done because I like my skin crispy. These are the honey garlic wings.

Casual & fun place to grab a pizza and a couple drinks after work! We love the beer nuggets and NA…read moredrink options. Our server Kaia was very welcoming and very accommodating!

My boys and I were looking for a reason to head to Sycamore for dinner from Western St. Charles so…read morethat we'd be conveniently near Ollie's for some dessert custard. After looking through some options decided to try Pub 64. My kids aren't very adventurous so they fought me a bit and wanted something they already know and like. Nevertheless, I was providing the transportation, and off we went. I had the "Not Your Momma's BLT," and my kids had a couple of Craft Burgers and a pork belly flatbread. I'm generally not generous with giving 5 star reviews, but the two kids eating the burgers (which have a heavy layer of cheese, a lot of bacon, and a fried egg on top) BOTH said that this was the best burger they had ever eaten. Seriously. These are teens and they were super impressed. The wait for the food was a tad on the long side, but the atmosphere in the restaurant was nice, with just the right amount of TV's. The waitresses were all super friendly and even entertaining to a degree. This all made the wait perfectly acceptable. It's a nice place to have to wait 5 extra mins for your food. I'll just say that. My BLT had a layer of pork belly, cooked very nicely and full of flavor, and was served with a layer of some kind of spicy mayo, which was outstanding. Honestly, it might have been the best sandwich I have had in years. It was downright amazing and had just the right amount of spice, and freshness and flavor. I can't wait to have it again. The boys both raved throughout eating their burgers. My 11 yr old couldn't finish his but wanted to bring the other half home to put in his school lunch on Monday. They both very much enjoyed their fries and I had the home made potato chips, which were very good (I don't usually like homemade chips!). My 16 yr old ordered a porkbelly Asian zing flatbread thingy that he said he very much enjoyed. I tried some of it and loved it. This joint is well worth a visit. I can't imagine someone not liking this spot. Their menu is somewhat limited, but I consider that a good thing. Although it's a somewhat smaller menu, there are plenty of things for kids and plenty of different items that look pretty good. We can't wait to go back and try it again. Considering it's the best sandwich I've had in years, and my two boys both rated it the best burgers of their lives, I can't give a rating below 5 stars! Additionally, they have a very nice selection of beer on draft. Some well known, reliable brews, and some local, craftier stuff. I was impressed. Very nice.

Not a lot of pictures because the food came out & we were starving and everything was FANTASTIC! I…read morewalked in and didn't have the best ideas about the food was going to be good, maybe at best your typical bar food. But I was WRONG, this food hands down best food In Sycamore, and we have visited 2 times. Our server was great, so nice & friendly & also the bartender, she had her hands full! The Crunch Rolls, like giant mozzarella sticks in egg roll form, what a great infusion!

Great place! They have a great gluten free pizza! Good service and people…read more Definitely Recommend

The food was delicious and drinks were great!!! Nice music and clean place lots of room. Our…read morebartender a bubly social butterfly. Nice place for a Sunday lunch and drinks. Will definitely be back!!!

Best of the many bars in DeKalb. It has been a long time local favorite. Lord Stanley's has been…read morewhere NIU students and locals watch sports, get trashed, and eat greasy pizza for years. For sure it's not a nice looking place but this isn't where to go to impress anyone. The cheap prices and cheap tastes are the main things. A lot of bars around here are nothing special looking, and this is no exception. It's pretty much a worn out looking place. The inside is bigger than it looks, with room enough for quite a crowd to watch games and stuff. Lots of good deals going on. These are daily and weekly. It's about $4 for a cocktail. The basics like whiskey and Coke or whatever. A lot of classic appetizers. It's about $4 for the World Famous Willies. Highly suspect these are that famous. These are fried pizza dough balls served with red sauce. Also you can get these with garlic and Parmesan cheese. The pizzas are pretty greasy but still are popular. Classic small town college bar. It's open in the afternoon to late at night, so lots of time to come in and have good times. There's plenty of the locals, not just the college students who like to hang out or whatever.

You simply cannot go wrong with the pizzas or the price! Great for friends get together.read more

Service has settled out and has improved…read more We dropped in when our primary choice was taken out by a freak storm which knocked out power to the west. I'm working on building my iron levels, so Florentino's got the nod. We were seated in a booth promptly when we arrived at around 5:15 pm. Within a minute, filled and iced water glasses arrived and then in another minute, a loaf of bread with butter. The bread had good texture, and worked well with the butter. We thought about the wine and my wife ordered their Veal Marsala, which worked with the Josh Cabernet that I wanted to order. Again corkage fees are quite reasonable. The salads came out - my wife enjoyed her wedge salad, and I enjoyed my Caesar (albiet still without anchovies!) with a solid dressing and crouton mix. As we finished the salads, the main courses arrived. My wife enjoyed her Veal Marsala, but couldn't finish it. I enjoyed my filet - it was better seasoned but still needed just a touch of salt to bring out the flavor. The room is still loud - they could use some baffles over head. The lighting has a variety of light fixtures from the ceiling. The bar still has 4 TV screens (which don't disrupt conversation at the tables and boothes. The seats are quite comfortable. This is improved from our last visit. Hopefully, they maintain this effort.

Great service lots of staff fantastic menu huge bar and awesome…read more music a little bit of traffic jam With staff very new here in dekalb

First of all, the view can't be beat and the servers are all very nice and attentive. For being a…read morelittle off-the-water cafe, they provide much better service than I expected--and since we were here on a holiday, they were pretty busy! My group tried a good selection from the menu: chicken tenders, burgers, wings, and a wrap. The food was simple but delicious--I had the wrap, which was basically one of their salads with grilled chicken added, stuffed into a burrito tortilla. It tasted fresh, was wrapped well (I hate when a wrap falls apart), and despite having a good amount of vinaigrette, it didn't leak or go soggy. I kind of regret not getting a second one to-go! From the others' feedback, the rest of the food was just as good--great quality, tasty, and thoughtfully assembled. Pretty much everyone got fries, and enjoyed them. They're crisp, flavorful, and fluffy inside. The prices are reasonable, too. My food and a soda came to like $15, and most of the meals are about the same price, between $10-15 depending on add-ons and upsells. They also have a great ice cream selection--I wish I'd had the appetite to try the strawberry pretzel flavor!--and have milkshakes, beer, boozy seltzers, etc. All great options on hot summer days. Overall, I'd say it's worth a stop if you're in the area!

My husband and I went to Pokano's for the first time this season and were quite surprised at the…read morechange in attitude towards customers by the owner and staff, When they first opened, they were very friendly and customer oriented. We have been regulars since they opened a couple of seasons or so ago and the atmosphere was always friendly and courteous. This season we were greeted with Mother's Day Brunch menu at 5 pm so breakfast items and a selection of one burger with fries were the only options. The waitress was rude and slow. Our plates were never cleared, and she never stopped to ask if we wanted additional beverages or dessert. We chose to eat outside because the weather was nice but discovered they had locked the door to prevent customers from coming back in the most convenient door and requiring them to walk around to another door. When my husband asked why, the waitress said to reduce customer traffic. We overheard the waitress chastising customers who came in about a half hour later that the restaurant was only open one more hour and that so they would have to eat fast. There was only maybe 4 sets of customers including us, so the place was not busy. My husband works in another local restaurant. This type of service in unacceptable.

Man... perhaps the best tavern / pub meal we've had…read more Incredible outdoor space and beer garden. Great staff. Funky vibe. Wonderful beer menu. But the food stood on its own Fish and chips, burger, tots, fries, chicken. All 10/10. Perfect execution and attention to detail Stop searching for a killer fox river valley meal and head down to the sidecar, you won't be disappointed

Amazing food in a cozy-casual bar setting. My fiance picked this place for dinner and it did not…read moredisappoint! We started with the soft pretzel sticks, which came with house beer cheese and spicy mustard (and it was quite spicy!) For entrees, I got the smoked pork shoulder sandwich, with sweet and tangy mustard, pepper jack cheese, and pickled red onion. It was delicious, very filling, and the play of the mustard and red onion flavors against the pork were exciting. The roll needed to be sturdier, though. And lest I forget, the homemade tater tots! They look like chunky croutons, but the crunchy exterior hides a soft potato-y goodness inside. He got the "God Told Me To" burger, which included cinnamon apple chutney and yuzu aioli on a pretzel bun, which he said as really good but messy. This is apparently one of those places who various wait staff keep checking on you interchangably, so it can be a bit hard to know who to ask for things (I guess anyone?) but nothing got left out and we were not ignored. Overall, great food with a laid-back vibe. Would recommend and return.