I've only stopped here a couple of times while waiting for a pizza from next door. But, I'd say the place is looking a little runs down. The service was timely, but the staff didn't know the cost of drinks or the liquor they used. Cocktails come in a plastic cup too, probably cheaper and less breakage. It's probably a good "shot and a beer" place. Just not my cup of tea. I do like the pizza from next door that they serve in the bar though. read more

1st time here for some beers & lunch. Service was pretty good, food was excellent. We did watch customers vape @ the bar while everyone was eating lunch. Not sure this should be going on inside a restaurant. We did get to witness the blonde bartender whom seemed to be very blonde or absent minded doing shots with the customers. Perhaps she was not blonde just drunk......... read more

Buddy & Pal's Place - Dance Clubs Near Me - Crown Point, Indiana

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The pizza was eaten. Old Mill has made good pizza, but it was only just okay today. They use processed crumbled sausage and it just does not taste the same as normal sausage. You have to ask for the better sausage. The all meat pizza is normally a little greasy. This one was very greasy. Tried the bbq chicken pizza. That in my opinion was excellent. Very tasty with a good amount of cheese. The server was busy but kept our group pitcher filled. Good job. Only issue was one pizza ordered was to have two items on it only had sausage. The bacon was not on it. Overall the place was acceptable and our group of 12 + ( some left and others came ) was satisfied with the location. Crazy thing is we had to ask them to put on the Stanley cup game So a little disappointing overall, but more or less met my expectations. read more

Buddy & Pal's Place - Pizza and beer at Buddy and Pals - Dance Clubs Near Me - Crown Point, Indiana

During my last visit on St. Patrick's day, I understood the place was Packed, we ask for pizza and wings and a couple of beers, we got the beers and the pizza, wings never came, I asked for my bill and the wings were there, so I told her, she removed them, so I though, never got the wings , next thing I know the charge for the pizza and beers came out from my credit card, next thing I know about 3 am, they put it for what I would guess was the wings and more. Call them 3 times but the manager never got back to me, while seating on the bar we did hear about someone having their card ran twice in the past, well, they got me this time. Shame on the business. Have a nice place but you don't need to steal from us!! You loss my business read more

Buddy & Pal's Place - Dance Clubs Near Me - Crown Point, Indiana

I don't like giving a bad review to a local hangout but the food here is not edible. How do you ruin a simple grilled cheese and fries? Veggie pizza was a tasteless mess and overpriced. Service was not good. And how does a bar run out of tonic and gin at 4:00PM on Thursday? I have to wonder if this place is on the way out and they just don't care anymore. read more

If you are 40+ don't expect to get served. Gotta go to the bartenders. We were there for 1 hr+. One server said we weren't her table the other said " she's talking to her F'NG. friends". Too bad, the 40+s are really good tippers! read more

This bar has a dog-friendly patio. It's listed as one of the top places in CP on the "Bring Fido" website, so I went in to check it out late last Sunday afternoon. I brought my shepherd-collie Zeke and we sat outside against the window. There were no local televised games and the crowd was quiet. My server was very helpful to me. She let me taste two beers I had never tried before and I ended up ordering one of them, a Strawberry wheat beer brewed by Platform brewing out of Cleveland, OH. The other craft beer I had was a Gumballhead brewed by 3Floyds out of Munster, IN. I've had plenty of times while visiting the Region. I enjoyed the beers and the service was good, but I noticed in the hour I was there that more people were coming in to drink. There was one server for the 20 people inside and the ten people outside. That slowed down service for those wanting refills, as the table near me complained about waiting on refills for their water. I told them this was a management issue and not a server issue because the server was hustling. Hope they have more servers on game nights! This is a big place with a large, covered patio that I'm sure deals with a lot of obnoxious Chicago Bears fans. Parking lot is also big and easy to get in and out of. Food is made by Langel's pizza next door that shares an open counter for food orders. read more

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Large place with a full wrap around bar, food, plenty of tables, music, and dancing. We sat at the bar and had a couple beers while watching peopLe dance. The dancee floor isn't very big, but itt didn't stop people from shaking it. Bartenders were friendly. read more

While visiting the area we decided to try this place. Walking in the place was extremely clean and welcoming , there are TVs all around, pool table and dart board . Service was great and food and drinks very reasonably priced. A nice neighborhood feel to the place. read more

Never been so angry leaving a bar! the blond bartender tonight was very disrespectfu! I will never go back! Please humble your staff!

We had our 40th class reunion at Buddy & Pal's this past weekend. The bartender for the "party" bar was very friendly and even though she was busy, she was fine with going to get a draft beer from the main bar if asked. (only thing on tap in party bar was Miller). Three stars is due to the fact that on Saturday nights they have a live band and the noise from the band was so loud you could barely hear people talk. Maybe it was poor planning on our part to have the party on a Saturday night, but maybe management should consider moving the stage to another part of the bar if there is a party in the "private" room. I didn't get to hang out in the actual bar very much and hope to come back and update my review after experiencing the main bar and not just the party room. read more

I went to this bar not too long ago and they had a live band playing. Welcoming atmosphere but a little crowded on the weekends. read more

I almost never do reviews on places but my experience here was so bad I just felt the need to warn anybody else who evens considers this place. The only reason you should even pull into this parking lot is if you're over 50 and love shitty food. THIS PLACE IS NOT MEANT FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR 20's!! It's an old sports bar with atrocious live music meant for 25 year high school reunions. Not to mention the service is awful and you'll see your waitress maybe twice the entire night. Once when you order your food and then another time when they bring it out cold. The drinks were almost as weak as the live performance and I couldn't wait to get my ass tf out of there. Hey maybe this place is amazing to people born during WWII but if you know any other bars at all in the Crown Point area I highly suggest you go there instead. read more

You know when you go somewhere and there's like barely enough cheese for half your fries? No worries here, this place has it all figured out. Labels next door makes their food, and everything our party of four got was above par, just enough of everything to make it delicious and awesome. The rum and Coke was great too. I'd come here again because I got great service and the food was perfect, not like some other bar/grills I've been in and around town. read more

Buddy & Pal's Place - Watching the Cubs wild card. - Dance Clubs Near Me - Crown Point, Indiana

They advertised drink specials on their website that they did not honor. I asked the manager and he said that they website post applied to January and it's now March ... hmmm .. not sure it's my responsibility to double check that the website is updated :-( read more

This place still has good food but the service today was terrible. The waitress was too busy on her cell phone to take care of customers. This is the first time we came here and received bad service. read more

We were practically the ONLY sit down diners and we barely saw our waitress, never asked if we needed refills on our drinks, food took a looonnnngggtime to prepare, then sat on the counter.... Food was greasy and way over salted- Thank God we'll never be back there....not really a fan of Indiana in general, worse roads than even South Carolina rest areas offered very little respite, they should sue their last governor for his lack of state infrastructure- read more

Yelp, this place needs help. There was excessive grease on both menus, and you could fry a chicken with the grease on the table. The steak nachos were lame and the steak on top was marbles of dry hamburger. The waitstaff doesn't lnow the menu and had a difficult time making change for a large bill. The drinks are watered down and served in plastic beer cups. Come on Man!!! read more

Buddy & Pal's Place - Ick - Dance Clubs Near Me - Crown Point, Indiana

This bar gets worse every time I go there. Such a shame since it so close. The only cold beer I've ever had, has been on a cup of ice!!!!! Waiting staff sucks. They all too busy eating or talking to who must b they're friends or the other staff. The bill is always messed up. Take my advice, don't open a tab, pay as you go!! read more

Been here a ton of times over the years; never really had any issues. Last night had a group of about 30 patronizing the place after the loss of a loved one. THE worst service I've ever experienced in a bar. Wait staff was non-existent. It was apparently senior night and maybe we got the cold shoulder for occupying tables normally used by the regulars. Had another table across from the bar next to the waitress station. Sat there for 3 hours and not once did a waitress assist us. Had to open up a tab with the bartender and get drinks from there the entire night. Had to go to the restaurant window to order our own food. Langel's (the restaurant side) always has good food and pizza so there's no issue there but this was truly pathetic service. If Chad still manages this joint he needs to get it together. Place had patrons but was nowhere near crowded. read more

So disappointed in the service here. Came in with a friend to have a few drinks and order a pizza. Sat there for about 15 minutes with no service at all and ended up leaving and going to a different bar/restaurant in town. Seems like women that come in are ignored by waitresses. This is not the first time this has happened here... read more

Zero stars, Tuesday bartender can't handle 10 people at bar. Service slow with attitude, won't be back.

Not bad bar food yet the service is miserable especially the bar. The girl behind the bar may have the worst attitude I have witnessed in years. Don't go there on a Saturday to watch football the bartender will not put games on the flat screens. Better at home. read more

Ok atmosphere but the service is so slow. We stopped going since service is consistently bad. The food is average, not bad but not good, either. Since there is nothing more making the place stand out, we dont go back to tolerate such poor service. read more

This is a nice place with a good atmosphere but the service is always bad. The waitresses are always congregated in one area playing on their phones so you sometimes have to walk over and ask them to come back to your table. read more

Last couple times there have been horrible! I now give up. Wait staff sucks and all they care about is hawks game. Ufc fights on same time there 30 tvs in there atleast one or two can go to something besides blackhawks. They pretty much make all money off hawks cuz its dead if they arent on and too many rules for juke box. Place sucks and im done giving it chances i always leave pissed off. read more

Love this place ! Went Saturday night with my fiancée for the live band that was awesome . The place was packed but service from Melissa was awesome and the manager Chad kept stopping by our table to see if everything was okay he had a personable attitude and was a very charming man . I had so much fun I will be back read more

The service was terrible. Food came out cold and greasy. Waitress had to be asked several time for everything. We were a large party of 15 and we were almost completely ignored by a group of waitresses on their phones and sitting with a table of men talking. Waitress wouldn't clear the table of any empties or finished plates until we asked several times. Needless to say I won't be back. None of us 15 people will. read more

Great atmosphere and friendly staff! I'm always greeted quickly. Overall great experience and sports bar environment. I'll will definitely go back! read more

I love stopping here after work. The crew is very friendly and the food and drinks are great. I always get fast service. The owner is a very nice guy! read more

This place used to be great, seems to have been managed right into the ground. Serving staff is horrible. I used to understand the bartenders there were not always the best at making drinks, but they were there as eye candy and at least friendly. The ones now have neither of those going for them. The only thing worse is there security staff who want to prove how tough they are. No wonder the Winfield one had to be sold and the schererville one is up for sale read more