This place is the best hands down. Food is great and the employees are super nice. The owner, Mike is a great guy that gives a lot back to the community. read more

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

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Everything we had was delicious. My husband and I split a 1/2 beef roll. The dips were amazing. My daughter-in-law recommended the house made ranch sauce so we tried that also; absolutely delicious. Someone had the Philly cheese wrap also, and loved it. I will be going back for the beef roll. The price was very reasonable, so as long as they don't raise their prices, we will go back! read more

Pizza is good, service is great, love the beer nuggets. Monday pizza night is busy, but a good time. We do mostly drive through pizza carry out, always done on time. read more

Hobnobbers offers 1/2 price pizza (any pizza) on Mon nights. I They get pretty busy by 6pm.....sometimes there are groups that come in. There is 2 waitresses/bartenders that bust their arse. Kayla n Shawna are phenomenal. As busy as it gets, they keep a very positive attitude n all tables are taken care of, and the 2 repeatedly circle around all the time to make sure everything is good at any given table. read more

We love Hobnobbers pizza & usually order it for takeout. Our favorite is the large thin-crust, cheese, sausage and half pepperoni pie. In the 5+ years we've been ordering, we've found their "ready" times very accurate, never have had to wait longer than the stated pickup time. Ingredients always taste fresh. The sausage is especially tasty, with little to no aftertaste. The crust is flaky and mildly seasoned, giving it a unique flavor that keeps us coming back. For us, it's the best pizza in the Genoa-Sycamore area, by far. read more

Long waits with mediocre service. The food is okay, but avoid sides. The beer menu always seems to be out of one or two offerings and it's not that large to begin with. Lastly, the cost just seems to keep rising and now is too costly to justify this mediocrity. Better options nearby, avoid... read more

I gave them zero stars. I ordered a 16 inch 2 topping pizza and it took 2 hours to show up . We called 3 times and not even a sorry. The pizza was cold and the edges were burnt. I will never order from there again and will tell every one of my experience!!! I had to give a star to post this but really they deserve zero stars!!!! read more

Awful service. Took us 20 minutes to be greeted and then another 20 to get our drinks. Next, Jenna only brought out the adult meals and not the kids! By the time the kids food came out I had already finished my meal. Then to top it all off we forgot to grab our leftovers off the table and when we called back they had already been tossed. Won't ever be back . read more

If I could give it no stars I would. I used to like this place but I've been in twice in the last 3 weeks and both times they were not serving their regular menu just an abbreviated menu less than 1 sheet of paper that was basically just pizza. They blamed it on being short handed. The first time we walked out because we really wanted hot wings and had gone in specifically for that because we'd seen them before and they looked great. Guess what hot wings, one of the easiest foods to cook are not on the abbreviated menu. Today when we went it we were told they were serving the abbreviated menu and we should have left but I felt sorry for the waitress so we thought we'd order 1 of the only two appetizers on the menu, pretzel bites. Well it took forever to get them out to us and when they arrived there were 8 1" pieces of pretzel and a cup of cheese for $8. Our total bill for 1 order of pretzel bites and 1 Pepsi since my wife just ordered water was $12. While we were there 2 tables that had ordered before us still hadn't gotten their food and 2 other groups came in, saw the abbreviated menu, and left before ordering. One group said they were going to McDonalds instead. How bad does your restaurant have to be that customers would rather eat at McDonalds??? Talking to the waitress she said they are serving the abbreviated menu every Friday and most Saturdays because they are short handed. It's sad because this place is close to my parents place and my wife and I used to meet my parents there for pizza and Parmesan nuggets at least once a month but we probably won't be going there any more. I feel sorry for the waitstaff because how are you going to make any tips with no real menu to serve and terrible wait times to get what they do have. Mike G. read more

Tried this place again after a few years off We've had several mediocre experiences in the past. Place wasn't super busy, but our waitress was running all over the place- overworked. It seemed like she had every table in the place. The rest of the very young staff were little to no help to her, other then delivering our food. I don't like when places have others bring the food, because We got our drinks, 3 different types of sodas-. 2 of the 3 were watered down- Fountain was out of syrup. When our apps came we returned them and just switched them to mtn dew because we knew that tasted fine. Having no confidence that anyone would fix the issue. We were delivered our nachos with no plates, so we all just ate off the tray. Also no napkins that works well with nachos How about no silverware- ever throughout the meal. We ordered sandwiches but still, scooping up nachos, adding sour cream and jalapeño, a utensil would be nice. Food was mostly ok Hot dog bun was stale and very hard Mustard on the table had so much dry crusty mustard under the lid, I skipped it. It's OK at home when it's your own crust, not someone else's Again most of this was not our waitresses fault. we hardly had any attention and never got refills. Maybe they should have someone else running back and forth to refill all the alcoholics drinks and let the wait staff handle food, utensils, napkins, bringing the check and just checking in. Also asked for no Mayo on wrap, ranch instead- I got Mayo Meatball sub- we were asked if we wanted cheese on it, my son said no, we got cheese Tater tots are also easier to eat with a fork or spoon read more

Great service good bar food, pizza, salads and pasta. Can't be a Monday half price dine in pizza. Full bar with plenty of tv's. Can be fun when. Green Bay is playing. Great crowd of regulars read more

The food was good, had a large pizza and we ate the whole thing. Servers were all attentive and friendly. Will definitely go back!

Nice vibe, mushrooms were really good for an appetizer, the star was the spinach salad SO GOOD! not a fan of the pizza, great service!

BEST LIST 1. TIE: Shawna / Beef Roll 2. The cheese curds 3. The beer nuggets (garlic and parm) 4. The hob tots (gravy, cheese, onions) We'll be back! read more

I enjoyed my visit. The beer is cold and the people are friendly. The mixed drinks look to be poured 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. read more

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Disappointed. The menu states HAND BREADED and fried chicken tenders. I can guarantee these were not hand breaded, most likely frozen from a distributor. Actually reminded me of a Tyson chicken tender you get in the freezer section of the grocery store. Don't say hand breaded if it truly is not. Nobody likes to be deceived. I also ordered the side salad which consisted of lettuce, lots of it and one piece each of a thin sliced tomato, onion and cucumber. The side salad was priced at a whopping $4.99 for a plate of lettuce. read more

My favorite delivery and carry out place. Their wings are the BEST! Love to play darts here too.

I ordered garlic parmesan wings and honey garlic wings. Both to be tossed in the sauce. When I got my order the honey garlic wings had barley a drizzle of any sauce on it and the parmesan garlic were bone dry. I do know parmesan garlic butter sauce tends to be a drier sauce but these had a sprinkle of parmesan on about 4 of my 18 wings. Without any sauce the breading on the wings is gross. It's like eating something wrapped in sandpaper. One of the wings had black meat throughout so I can only assume it was rotten. No one would eat them they were so horrible. And I tried calling them to see what happened, maybe a miscommunication. But the first time I called no one answered ok they are busy try again on a few, 2 rings sent to voicemail, again 3 rings sent to voicemail. Tried contacting them through their Facebook and ignored. So on top of bad food, they have horrible customer service. Skip this place. read more

Great food and service. They sponsor my son's volleyball team and treated us well at the after-game get-together!

I just checked this place out during a softball tournament! The beer nuggets looked good on Instagram but .... Ehhh. Large portions of fluffy bread. Pizza was small thin slices so a friend had to have 3 slices for the equivalent of a normal pizza size. Parm fries - leave these! No cheese and just a basket of greasy fries! This calls for a new recipe! Wraps and cinna nuggets were good!! This place has a good vibe, pretty clean and air condition cool! read more

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The place is on point! Great flavor, toons and service. Highly recommend. Our visit happened at 11 am on a Sunday while traveling. Kids chicken nuggets were so good our picky eater's plate was empty. Husband has a cheese burger with an egg and Cajun fried potato salad. Best potato salad he's eaten, his words. My grilled chicken salad was perfect the fries were double fried, crispy outside delicate inside. All round Yum! Service was very friendly and helpful, but a little slow for our taste. read more

This place is walking distance from my house and it's a cool place to grab a drink or two and grab some food. Used to be called something else and the. The renamed it and remodeled everything. Turned out looking really nice. read more

Hobnobbers - How can you not love this place? I'll take two soups please. - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - Sycamore, Illinois

Yelp considers 3 stars to be "A-OK" and 2 stars to be "Meh. I've experienced better." Truth be told, with those definitions, this was a 2-star experience, but I'm throwing in a bonus since Hobnobbers is so new and I think they're still getting their feet on the ground. I'll break my review into four parts: food, service, environment, promise. The food was so-so. My wife and I each had a burger; one child had the kid's pizza, and another had the chicken fingers. We ordered our burgers medium and they came pretty close to well-done. Having tater tots on the menu is a nice addition and those are what you'd expect. The fries were decent considering they're obviously frozen fries... frustrating, though, because it's not hard to make some killer homemade fries. That would've been a nice touch. All in all, the food was mediocre - nothing I couldn't get anywhere else and more expensive than better food at PJ's or MVP's just a couple miles up the road. Which is why I was hoping we'd score big on other factors. Service was fair. Could've been better. Could've been worse. A little more attentiveness could've helped. Not having to ask for silverware. Being served the kids' dessert rather than having to ask for it after the bill came... But all in all, this was average. Not much more to say here. Environment is solid. I really dug the environment at Mugzzie's that was in this spot previously. Loads of history all over the place. This is definitely different, but it's open, comfortable, has a nice buzz throughout. Not grungy or pretentious...but just about right. All in all, they've done well for the environment. However, it is big and it's pretty spread out. Which means if there aren't a bunch of people in here, the environment is going to feel pretty empty and pretty flat. I hope they can keep the place full so the vibe stays strong. The promise they offer is what I was perhaps most disappointed in (the food followed closely behind). Hobnobber's claims it's a "family friendly restaurant and sports bar". Okay, it's a sports bar, so any claim of "family friendly" needs to be taken lightly. I get that. But their Web site boasts a respectable kids menu, so we figured let's give it a shot. It's the little things that separate 2- and 3-star joints from the 4- and 5-s when you're going to claim "family friendly". Cups with lids for small kids. The attire your servers are wearing. Give the kids a menu to color on (though the little twisty toys were a hit with our kids). I'm not naive to realize this is still a bar and I'm not looking for Chuck-E-Cheese's. But there's nothing particularly family friendly about Hobnobbers that I'm not going to encounter at any other bar in town. Bottom line, I really wanted to love Hobnobbers. I'm a firm believer that this community could use some more solid dining establishments that are locally-owned and aren't a franchise. Yet if you're going to be local, you've got to serve better then I can get out of a franchise. Applebee's, Ruby Tuesday...all serve frozen food. Please do us a favor and make stuff from scratch. Let the service set you apart that makes me feel like I can't wait to get back. And if you're going to make a claim, make it matter. I'll probably swing in again in a few months when things are (hopefully) a bit more established. But I've got to be honest in saying that nothing blew me away here that I couldn't get equal or better elsewhere in town. read more

Salad is mostly iceberg lettuce, had to search for tomatoes and bacon in the chopped salad. For 8.99 it's disappointing.

My wife and I went there last Friday night. The place was packed but we were able to quickly get some seats at the bar. I was impressed with the beer selection as I was sorta of expecting the typical Bud, Miller, Coors but there were quite a few craft beer choices like Dogfish Head and Goose Island. We ordered a few appetizers and had a few beers. The chicken fingers were good, the smothered tater tots were better. We also tried the garlic parmesan and funnel cake nuggets, which were both excellent. Overall we'd definitely go back. read more

This place has gone straight downhill. After years of coming here, and numerous "second chances," there's just no more reason to come back. Service is TERRIBLE. The cooks are absolutely clueless and apparently don't read tickets. I give it another year and they'll close up shop. read more

Super impressed with the new Hobnobbers. The bar is a nice, large horseshoe shape, large HD tv's absolutely everywhere with a great, rustic decor. It is a bar but still family-friendly. And the food is really, really good. We stopped in last weekend & then went back for takeout this week. Quick recap on what we've had so far: *Pizza* :: We tried the thin crust with a few toppings. Crust is crispy, great sauce (not too spicy, not too sweet) and tons of cheese. Our new go-to local pizza spot *Tater tots* :: FTW. These are amazing with the cheese sauce & bacon (C'mon.. if we're ordering tots, we're not exactly counting calories anyway, right?) *Beer nuggets* :: We tried the garlic, which were good. Heard cinnamon & funnel cake are ridiculous *Italian beef* :: Super impressed. Lots of thick slices of mozzarella melted on top, soft, toasted roll, and juicy beef. Definitely my new favorite place to get Italian beefs *Chicken wrap* :: Good. (Daughter noted there almost was too much chicken--which is unheard of most places--but it almost made it a little dry. Still would order again) There's a large selection of craft & traditional beer in bottles and on tap. Would love to see a mixed drink menu at some point. Bottom line: Great place to watch sports & munch on tasty bar bites. read more

Typical sports bar with lots of TVs. The place is family friendly. We saw quite a few younger kids eating with their parents. You must try the garlic Parmesan beer nuggets. Those doughy morsels of goodness are AMAZING!! They practically melt in your mouth. They offer them in a half or full order. The full order filled us up. We did not have anymore room for any other food. read more

Hobnobbers - Beers on tap - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - Sycamore, Illinois

Food was average, service was friendly but slow and inept. Most likely because most of the other waitresses were standing around the service window flirting with the boys in the kitchen, while our waitress did all of the work. My dinner plate had a dirty handprint in it, and the sandwich rolls were burned on the grill, and presented anyway. Billing was not reflective of specials mentioned ($1 off apps): Won't revisit. read more

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This is an old review, so...don't try and jump on me for being late. So, the food there was good. My date and I ordered the sampler platter and, it was the biggest portions I've seen(that's not all that bad). My meal(the Philly) was decent. The au jus was a nice amount of salty and, had some decent spices to it. The fries were good. Now, the negative. The server(I honestly forgot her name) seemed way more attentive to a table of 10, which I assumed are either regulars, or...just friends of everyone near by because almost everyone that walked in stopped at their table. Aside from slow service, the food was good. Not sure I'll be in again, but...if I do stop on in, it might be earlier, see if I still get the slow service or, not. read more

This is a known Packers bar, but as a Bears fan I never felt more at home, with a great beer selections and friendly staff this is a great place to watch a bears/packers game. I had lots of fun bantering back and forth with the packers fans and they made me feel like I belonged there. My Packer fan friend recommended I check it out, and now we go there every year to watch Bears vs Packers Game. Excellent food too. read more

Bartender not attentive. More interested in talking to patrons than taking orders. Pretzel nugget appetizer : 9 nuggets for $5.99. Greasy over seasoned burgers with old veggies on them. Meat tasted old. I'm waiting for the diarrhea. read more

Ordered two chicken wraps with loaded sides, one fries and one tots, for dinner tonight. First our order had the incorrect wrap and both sides were plain. Then we called and they quickly offered to replace our meal and send it free delivery. It arrived about 25 minutes later, good timing, however it was made incorrect again. When I'm spending $28 for two chicken wraps I would really hope it would be easy to remember cheese and bacon on the sides but two back to back orders were incorrect. read more

Excellent addition to the area. We ate their twice this past week. Food was excellent. Great pizza and good burger. Nice atmosphere with plenty of open space. Excellent location for watching sporting events or for family pub style dining. While service was excellent on Monday, it was equally poor tonight. I'll chalk the inconsistency up to a new business. Sat at the bar both nights. The (new) bartender spent all but 5 minutes tonight talking to two people so she never took my order, served a beer, or realized a refill was needed for more almost 15 minutes. Thanks to the reluctant waitress who stepped in to take my order. I look forward to watching the establishment grow. read more

I went to Hobnobbers for lunch with friends . The waiter had me pay for my food and someone else's. But I only got one receipt. I checked my bank account and I realized I was charged for two checks. I called them and they told me they will call back. They never did . So I called again and emailed them to get my money back... they won't call me back or email me back. Very rude service. Never again will I go there. read more

Like another reviewer, we left after a few minutes of standing and waiting for someone to acknowledge our party of four.

After standing 15 mins, we finally flagged down somwone to ask about seating. She started looking around, mumbling somwthing and said "between 20 and 40 mins, depending on who is sitting at bar". Will try another time, but so far not impressed. read more

Another great meal! I brought my 4 kids with and they enjoyed the food and were kept busy with the chalk board. There was a previous review commenting on the servers attire not being family friendly. I disagree. The staff wore t shirts and the bartenders had on tank tops. Either wore jeans or shorts. I found it casual and appropriate. read more

At first glance, I was a little skeptical about this place. The place was packed though, and when we got a seat it was about 30 minutes until we got our food. I was a little disappointed...but then I tasted the pizza. Absolutely worth the wait. The thin crust was spectacular. The owner came over and apologized about the wait, and he seemed like a great guy. Two thumbs up overall from me! read more