I'm a snob for going around and tasting every bars draft beer. It's always hit or miss on whether it's going to be flat or skunky tasting. This is not the case at the Rockford Hooters. Yeah it's just a typical draft beer but at this location it's the coldest and crispest I have ever had. Came back a few times to confirm. They do cut you off at 3 tall beers per their policy. Not a big deal. Wings are great too. Great service and it's clean. You can tell it's an older location but t only by the floor. Everything else is new and nice. read more

I just heard Hooters is filing for bankruptcy. Not sure if the Rockford location will close, but I wouldn't be surprised. I have been a long time fan of Hooters. My whole family has frequented this restaurant, since they opened. Won several awards at their car shows thru the years. The one thing that always impressed my family, was the attention to service this place had. Prior to COVID, I think the service was second to none. The manager always came out, and asked you how everything was going, and actually listened. Today, sadly, that is no longer the case. For whatever reason, after COVID Hooters changed their uniform to make it less family friendly, and got rid of some of the more healthy menu items, like non breaded smoked wings, grilled veggies, mahi mahi, soup , and bigger salad options. The craft beer was dropped, for cheap lite beers and a few imports from Mexico. Hooters gave up on the family crowd, and men and women over 30. It's sad, because I had a lot of fond memories of this place. It's so bad, I even turned down an invitation for a free birthday dinner there recently from friends. It is, what it is- goodbye Hooters! read more

First time at this location and had a great experience. We were taken care of by the manager as he was helping the servers who were already slammed. The ladies were running around getting people their orders all with a smile on their faces. We had the Buffalo shrimp, tots, and Daytona wings.... We left there full and happy. The food was fresh, hot and tasted amazing!! read more

This is the best Hooters that I have visited. Nicole was my server and she was fantastic. The service provided by her was first class. I noticed her badge said she was a trainer so Hooters is in good hands! This Hooters was not busy and there were more Hooter girls than customer, and there is nothing wrong with that. I ordered the Philly Steak sandwich and was not disappointed. Overall, this was a great visit for lunch. My ticker was $14.95 before tip. read more

Hooters - Nicole was here - Sports Bars Near Me - Rockford, Illinois

So tonight I and a co-worker went in to Hooters for some beers after work. I'm going to be honest here- we ordered no food because the last two times I've been there, the wings have been dry and terrible. We had a few beers and I believe 3 shots. This was over a span of 2 hours. I am aware that their point of sale system tracks the amount of alcohol people are drinking and apparently- when we ordered our last beer, it merited a visit from the manager. She informed us that we were beyond the allowed serving limit for alcohol. My opinion- company policy would be better benefited by at least giving us a heads up that we were approaching this cut off, and also- it's embarrassing to be addressed this way in front of other patrons. I watched an entire table of people wasted during my time there. They were there before we showed up, and were still there when we promptly left after we were told we'd exceeded the drink limit. Also- on our last visit- we stayed and drank for hours, not a single thing was mentioned. If we had been disrespectful, disorderly or in any other way seen as unsavory to have in the establishment- I'd understand. Won't be back. Unprofessional place. Food isn't good. Take it for what it's worth. read more

The food was good The help was awful The place was filthy, pick a different Hooters Rockford's awful read more

Hooters - Filthy! Yuck, you would have think they'd cleaned when they were closed for covid - Sports Bars Near Me - Rockford, Illinois

Since my original review I've realized just how fortunate Rockford is to have a Hooters like this one. It may have spoiled me to the point that I compare all other locations to my experiences here. We like Hooters for multiple reasons. My entire family loves the food. My wife loves the Buffalo Shrimp, I'm a huge fan of the boneless wings and our son is a huge fan of both. We also really enjoy the lots o' tots, the fried cheese curds and the fried pickles. We usually get the original sauce on varying levels depending on our moods. I'm more of a 911 or 3-mile. The rest of the family eats mostly Hot. They have other sauces, but they just don't compare. But the food is the same at every location, that's not what sets this store apart from the others. We've rarely had bad service at this location. In fact it's been so long se we've had bad service that I really don't recall when it was. As a family we can go in and the ladies that work here are always fun, polite and respectful. I know this is going to sound superficial, but they take a lot of pride in their appearance here. The uniforms are always clean and well maintained. The ladies working never appear to have been living in their clothes for a week straight unlike some other locations. Good Job Hooters of Rockford for setting the bar. read more

This place is not a sports bar. You can't get sound on the game's, even if it's a big one that everyone is watching. If you do go there, everyone is carded, no matter what - 25 to 95 years old. That's no big deal, but they track your beers religiously. They will consult a chart every time you order a beer. When you are cut-off, you're done. Not because of how you're acting, but because of what the chart says. In the future, I'll stop in to get food quick, or maybe take out, and be on my way. Not worth hanging out and spending a lot of money. read more

We brought our exchange students here, and even they couldn't see what the fuss was about. We got fried pickles, mozz sticks, the buffalo platter, and curly fries with cheese for the table. All of which could have been bought at Sam's Club and reheated in the microwave. At least that's how it tasted. A forgetable burger rounded out the meal. The staff was cordial, but paid more attention to the tables of dudes there for the sports TV. Too bad, as a former server, I tip well AND I wouldn't stare at their tits. read more

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With limited choices in Rockford for chicken wings (and no I don't consider BBW a choice).... This is my husbands go to place when I have no lunch meat for weekend lunches. Food is always super fast. Waitress check order in front of you to make sure everything is correct. I love the breading on the wings so I always get them breaded. The hot sauce is not that hot so if you like them got I would get hotter than hot. We had a problem once where a wing was undercooked. The GM comped our meal and gave us a free 20 piece. Service is great, will continue to come back for wings. read more

Excellent Pizza, terrible Italian Beef, unless you like shoe leather. Worst I've ever had. Probably was originally frozen and long course over heated... dry, dry, tough. I would order the pizza again tho. read more

I have been going here a long time I enjoy the service we all have our bad days and I wanna say I appreciate the kind service even if I have been socially awkward I'm not perfect but I leave good tips just saying the food here is well presented. read more

THIS HOOTERS IS GREAT.Holly is a fantastic server. Love the service and the staff is terrific. I have some favorites. Hooters fried mild wings on the bone and pretzel bites with cheese sauce. What more can I say get your wings. read more

Y'alls food weren't that good but our bartender was excellent. Hometown is better from where I'm from. Thanks for excellent service

Went here last night for the Wednesday $6 boneless wings and a pint deal. The deal is pretty solid, but the boneless wings aren't very big so I had to order two of the special, which then ended up being too much food. It kind of sucks that they only let you order in sets of ten (when is the last time you've even seen 10 chickens walking around together anyway?) but I guess for the price I shouldn't complain. As far as the staff is concerned, they were friendly, prompt, and paid a lot of attention to us and it seemed like they were that way for everyone in the place. On the plus side, the girls were better looking than most other Hooters girls I've seen; on the negative side, it was still a Hooters, so that really doesn't mean much to anyone. This place is not bad but not great. If you want wings but don't want to go to B-Dubs, this seems to be a viable alternative (or if LT's is still closed down for their liquor license infraction, whoops....) to get a wing and beer deal on a Wednesday. read more

My wife and Son make me go for the wings.... I also love the Buffalo Shrimp!! read more

Stopped in for lunch. Don't go to Hooters as much as I'd like since the one near me closed it's doors. This Hooters probably won't see me back. Hooters food jumped the shark. Nothing is like it's supposed to be here. Food is VERY expensive. Quality is VERY marginal. Wings were meh. I got French fry pieces rather than French fries. Server was stone faced with personality of a dead moth. It's noon on a week day and there's basically no lunch crowd. Nah, plenty of other places around to eat. read more

great food and prices! Best service in Rockford not to mention the beautiful and genuine women

We come here every year. We got to Rockford Speedway for the Bahama Brackets. By far the best Hooters I've been to. Gena was awesome. Thanks read more

Hooters - Sports Bars Near Me - Rockford, Illinois

Been going to hooters for at least 20 years. Not a week goes by I don't eat hooters wings. I frequent Schaumburg and ORD but have been to DG and Vegas locations. This is my 2nd time here at Rockford and both times your wing sauce was inconsistent with other locations. Is this a franchise? Why is your sauce different from other locations? read more

Service was adequate, server was friendly and suggestive. They had all you can eat wings by the 10, for 14.99! (bone in, or naked) However, the wings were the absolute worst hooters wings I've had and I really like hooters wings. I don't kno if it's the way the add the sauce, or the breading, but they were soggy and not very tasty. I didn't finish them. I'm not sure what happen but I won't try there again. read more

First time here, our waitress Raven was absolute , order a wings, philly steak sandwich and a buffalo fried chicken sandwich. Wings are ok, philly was good and my husband liked his sandwich. The curly fries were on the cold side. Nothing really to brag about. BWW is the place for wings. Have to think about going back????? But we had an AMAZING WAITRESS!!!! Best part of the whole experience. read more

I had I had a very bad experience with this Hooter on Argus in Rockford Illinois. First of all I ordered online. I ordered 8 wings . Once the order was received the wings were horrible there was grease everywhere at the bottom of the container. Overall it was a very very bad experience for me I would never order from Hooters. Please if you go to Hooters in Rockford on Argus please check your food. Before you get it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Also they overcharged my account $5.00 read more

Our waitress was terrible. She forgot 2 meals and 2 sauces she made 3 mistakes in our order and she made us wait to come to our table, service was terrible read more

I went here to watch the UFC event when every other restaurant in town was packed. First thing I notice is that the TVs aren't placed very well. It's hard to find a good seat to watch the event because some of the TVs are small and are in weird spots. The seats are so uncomfortable, it's unreal. Albeit, it was a stool, but the most uncomfortable stool I've ever sat upon. The waitress, Taylor, gave our group a lot of attention and always refilled our drinks right when they were about to be finished. I like her. The place has good service, I'll give it that. The food was mediocre at best, though. Throughout the night, I had some mozzarella sticks, a couple of onion rings, a couple of wings, some "big dipper" fries; as they call them, and the whiskey barbecue burger - it was named something along those lines. I didn't have all this to myself, mind you. Our group just shared the food together. The mozzarella sticks were okay. The onion rings were not cooked enough, I don't think. There are 17 sauce options for wings, which is nice, but they wings aren't moist and I don't think they put enough sauce on them. The big dipper fries were really good - perfectly seasoned, fluffy on the inside, and a good crunch on the outside. But it sucks if your fries, a side, is your best food. The curly fries that came with my burger didn't have a lot of flavor to them. They were mediocre. The burger wasn't that great because I could not really taste it. I just tasted the heat, not the meat. I would go somewhere else to watch the UFC and if you want to see women, go to The Tilted Kilt because they have better food. read more

The sliders are the worst it's tough to get em medium I know but these were the worst dry hockey pucks! And $4.20 for the small draft is crossing the greed line. read more

Because I prefer lemon juice on my salad as opposed to dressing, which can hide a multitude of sins, I saw how pathetic the lettuce was. It should not have been served. Wilted and brown instead of green. read more

Fine service, but the food was disgusting. It's kind of sad when the cooks mess up wings. Pretty pathetic

Best wings I have had in a hooters in a long time... They are fairly new I hope they don't lose the quality once they start making money...

The food here is wack! barely any sauce on the wings no meat in the tex mex nachos that are advertised in the menu as loaded the women here are pretty but the food sucks read more

Me and my family was there will be a this past saturday we would not be steping foot thin this place ever again 5 out of 9 of us got food posing idk what it was from we all had different foods will not tell anyone to go to hooters bufflo wild wings from now on read more

We go to this Hooters at least once a month. They have THE best crab legs and some of the coldest beer around. The food, drink and manager keep us coming back! We have a GREAT time every time we we go there. If there ever is even the slightest of problems, even if you just don't like the taste of something, the manager rectifies the situation immediately. People do not believe us when we tell them that Hooters is the best place in Rockford for seafood, but it really is. (Their wings - of course - are awesome too!) If that's not enough, the overall service and the desire of the manager to ensure everything is PERFECT, is way more than enough for us to continue to return and to recommend this restaurant to anyone we can! read more

Eaten there twice in the last month. Hamburgers are all cooked well done....that's the policy (!). Sent one back, asked for a medium, got another a bit less well done, but still ruined the meat. Tried their chicken breast...nice and thick but too dry. Fries were SOAKING in oil (pools of oil). When I mentioned that and showed them to waitress, she told me that "they fried their french fries in oil" there...duh! Really? Never knew that, right? She was very nice though and we tipped her very well anyway and she brought me new fries that were better. Just hate being talked to like I am an idiot though...especially from another woman. Will give their wings a shot next time. Would be nice if you could substitute the fries with a veggie or coleslaw without an upcharge. Everyone there is nice, but they need new cooks I fear. read more

Just had a buffalo chicken sandwich for lunch and it was totally disgusting. Chicken was tough, greasy and had no flavor at all. Will not be eating here ever again. Completely gross!!!! read more

Food sucked ass!!! I spent over $70 on take out and got my order wrong...everything was cold and stale. I ordered a cheeseburger with onion tomato lettuce and side of mayo(no mayo) also stated will pay diff for their loaded tots(ended up paying full price for half a order that came in box with my burger) my fiance order double bacon cheese burger(both burgers dried out and hard to chew) didnt have anything on it that he asked for. My mother ordered their garlic parm wings(only thing good that we ordered) and a cheeseburger(forgot what she ordered on it) but had no cheese no ketchup. Also ordered 2 slices of cake(fiance and mom liked...too sweet for me) also ordered plain chicken wings for my fiance(never got them). I called right away spoke with a female who wouldnt give me a name stated she would take my name(gave it to her) and the next time i came in i would get a $30 credit. Bullshit!! Went back a couple days later to eat there thinking it would be better experience. I was told since the waitress didnt write my name down i had to pay my bill...are you freaking serious! Never will i ever go back and the only reason most people go is to look at what you think are big boobs but are only push-up bras with padding lolz. read more

Very disappointed. It's 10 pm when we got there and you supposed to close at 1am. "Sorry, we are at our full capacity". Can you do a better job in handling that? Would you like to order To-go or etc instead of just staring at us?!! It's snow storm out there. Hope you can make it a better day for us since we took 2 first time guests to you guyz that could be your loyal customer. GONE! Great job. Sad for you with more than 4 people at the hosting area but none of them even care to entertain. read more

I'm not impressed with the entire chain, and this one is the lamest. Due to business trips, I've been dragged into a number of Hooters restaurants by coworkers voting against me. A lot of the girls aren't that attractive, but act like you owe them just for wearing tight shorts and a shirt. I like looking at hooters as much as the next guy, but phony flirting and forced conversation are completely unappealing to me, particularly when accompanied by really mediocre overpriced food, blaring music, and redneck atmosphere. read more

3 bux for a tall beer, great hot wings and a pretty good place to watch a game. The scenery doesn't hurt. They also have trivia on Tuesdays.

I've been going to Hooters for 15 years. The food is great, free refills on soft drinks, and the Hooter girls are friendly, funny, and look hot. Shelbi loves serving me on Wednesday and Fridays for lunch and knows what I want to eat on those days. I save money on the coupons from the Hooters calendars. read more

I can't believe what just happened. We come here often and tonight will be our last. 6 people, 2 bills. Easy. You would think. I will not even embarrass them and go into lengthy detail of how incompetant these people are but they screwed our bill up SEVERAL times. Even after they were right. All in all they ended up charging our cards without having us approve the changes they were making. I ended up getting charged an extra 15 dollars. My options? They can reverse the charges which will take 1 to 5 business days to show up on my bank account, and re charge me or I can pay it. The manager flat out told me those were my only 2 options. He told me there was absolutely nothing else he could do for us. He also recognized that we were "completely fed up with this place and never want to come back". And yet there was nothing he could do to fix things or change our impression of this place. That was only the end result. Unfortunately, our waitress was useless. I have never had to go to the bar during my meal to have them find our waitress and then later have to ask the bartender for a box to go. I definitely did not come here for a free meal but a better educated "manager" and a competent waitress would have been nice. read more