My first time ever coming to this establishment and I absolutely hated it. I walked in told the hostess I needed a table for 3 she said okay it will be about 20 mins I said okay we are going to the bathroom and my friends husband said I'll be waiting at the bar. I kept looking over at the hostess after about 20 mins and went back up there to ask about our table because she was seating people who had come in after us. She said sorry but I don't remember you it will be about a 45 min wait I said no I don't think that's okay. Me being a bar owner myself never would I let my staff act the way she did. One of the servers there came up to us and was so rude and pissed that we sat ourselves after being taken out of line. She was clearly drunk and I'd never recommend this place to anyone. Everyone I know that has been here absolutely hates it. read more

One of my husbands favorite places. Great beer selection and most of the food is awesome. Love the chicken salad and the curry. Prices are a bit high for my taste but atmosphere is worth it. Some of the staff could be more friendly. read more

This used be one of our families favorite restaurants on Main Street in St. Charles and would be 4 stars consistently. In the last few years the food quality has gone down and many times they are of basic things on the menu by 6pm. If they do have the food it takes over 30 minutes to receive it after ordering (tonight after 40 minutes of waiting they finally told us they were the kitchen was behind and would be more time, so we left). The thing that has gone down the most is the service; short or rude wait staff. I can't spend my money at a place that does not provide good service. Plenty of places to choose from. read more

Loved the interior. Our group was able to sit in the old bank vault to eat. The food wasn't out of this world but the drinks were good and service was good. We then wandered down to the basement which was a different atmosphere. Pretty fun, felt like you were hanging out in a friends basement. I generally liked the place however it was pretty smoky when we were there. Such a cool place but I hesitate going back because of it. read more

I got the Irish curry with shrimp. Probably my fault for ordering it, but it was tasteless and looked like it came out a microwaveable bag. The guy next to me ordered the Rueben and to the restaurant's credit, it looked pretty good. Fine service, great outdoor summer atmosphere. Just don't get the Irish curry. read more

My husband and I have been going to Llywelyn's CWE since 1991 when we were dating. We decided to go walk around St. Charles today and have dinner at Llywelyn's. We stopped in for a drink before our walk and... While my husband was away from the table the waitress, very nice, took my drink order and said she would be back to get my husband's. It was a while before she came back to get my husband's drink order, and when she came back she was without my drinks? It was a while again before she came back with 2 cups of water, both with ice. I asked for water without ice. Eventually she comes back with my huband's beer and my wine. She hold's up my glass of wine and says, "Did you realize this is all you get?" The glass had 1 inch of wine in it? I said , ummm, I think I'll skip the wine and stick with water. She's fine with that and stops at a few more tables. My huband and I just sit there feeling like we're in the twilight zone! 5 minutes go by and she comes back with a glass of wine and says that they were teasing her because she is so gullible and this is the right amount of wine now! I passed on the wine and, we passed on dinner. What a bummer. The waitress was pleasant, possibly needed a bit more training, and the bartender...well, the bartender needs something! read more

I'd give zero if I could. The Outside hostess is extremely rude. She takes your number and says she'll call when a table is available. She never calls, then when confronted about it could care less. She was seating other customers. I told her that I didn't get called and there were several tables available she just laughed, Very rude. I'll never go back there. There are so many nice friendly places in old St Charles don't go here. read more

Not impressed. I was really hoping this would be solid British/Irish fare. However, I was very underwhelmed. I ordered the fish & chips because I normally love it and I figured it would be one of their best dishes. The food was hot; I will give them that, but my fries were seasoned fries--not regular steak fries like you'd expect. My fish was completely flavorless--the malt vinegar couldn't save it. The fish was also so greasy that it started to drip out and made the underside of breading soggy. I could forgive this except it was $30 for two entrees and no drinks. The waitress was nice enough, but she didn't do anything when we pointed out that our menus had different prices on them; she just put the old menu (with old prices) with all of the other menus. read more

Great place great food great environment love this place a must go to if visiting or living in St. Charles a staple for all!!

The beer was great. The food took about an hour to come out. When it did come out it was lukewarm. I don't think the chef had made the curry before. In fact I don't think he has actually eaten a curry based on last night's dinner. The waitress did her best but the kitchen must have been overwhelmed. I have had burgers and fries there in the past and thought they were delicious. I would go back for them but not for the curry and not when the place is busy. read more

Thank you to Anthony for setting us up to use your downstairs this past Sunday - the guys who took our drink orders and as well as the girl who took our food orders were great. And as expected the food was the best! read more

If you've been to the other locations don't expect this one to be similar. It's smoky and you have to wait for the bartender to finish "whipping the nae nae" before you can get a beer. It's all around awful rap dance club on the weekend inside. Loud and young people havin a blast, hey good for them. I'm 33 and rap is not my most favorite thing so I think it sucks so but you may like it if that's your jam. read more

Service on a Tuesday night was BAD!! and food is way overpriced. I travel quite a bit from Chicago to Miami and this place is OVER RATED to say the least. Dont get waited on by the big guy with the Phu Fighters shirt, he can not remember an order or deliver it to the table in order. Main course came before the salad?? Come on dude, the place was empty, how hard is waiting on two or three tables.. And why would I get my dinner and the other guest not get the order they placed at the same time? Odd and poor service. I ordered a Ceasar salad with my meal.. want to know what was delivered?? Get this, a large Ceasar salad with chicken on it, after my main course, and they charged me for a large Ceasar to boot. Look at this over priced menue ... a Steak and Cheese is $11.95!!! My God, they need to visit Chicago for the real deal under 8bucks. Better get it right Llywelyn's, you no longer have my vote. Oh, and please udate your on line menu as you did not have the Shrimp wrap that I wanted so I settled for another item. You see, I check out a menu before I visit a restaraunt and when its not right,, its just that,, not right. read more

This place has the worst service ever. Went in for lunch with my daughter to sit on the patio. Some guy in a ninja turtle hat who works there tells me I have to let the bartender know were on the patio. No problem, I go inside to tell the bartender and no ones at the bar. I go back outside and ninja hat guy. He is busy smoking and looks annoyed. He tells me to go back in. I go back in and finally found someone. She tells me that the patio is closed and they are not serving out there. It is 12:45 pm, 75 degrees, and sunny. I decide at that point to leave. I tell the ninja hat guy were going somwhere else and that I think it is pretty lame how they run their buisness. I told him Im in the restaurant buisness as well and would never treat customers as if they didnt matter. He then says "Oh yeah, hows that working for you" in a condescending tone. I hope the management there can do something with some of the staff there. I like eating there and think the food is great. I cant believe that the management would want tier employees treating guests that way. read more

Catering!! If you are looking for something different for corporate catering, I cannot recommend Llywelyn's enough. Thier food was delicious, a nice selection for diverse food tastes and diets. They offer disposable trays and sterno if you are doing a buffet, but deliver the food just as hot as if you were in the restaurant. The price is reasonable, the food is great, and they deliver!! read more

Love love love Llywelyns! Must order the roasted turkey melt and sweet potato fries!! Ahhhmazing! Always great service with a great outdoor sitting area with bar! read more

We went there on Black Friday for lunch. The place was packed. They were very understaffed for a day like today. It took 30 minutes for the server to bring our drinks from time of ordering. And then they weren't correct. Food was brought in about an hour. All of it was barely warm. Had to ask for silverware and napkins after food arrived. One of our party did not receive her food. Server did not acknowledge that one meal was missing. Had to wave her down several minutes later. Server Was told that if missing meal was not ready to cancel it as most of party was half way done eating, server checked and came back several minutes later and stated it would be ready in a few more minutes. Once again she was told to cancel the meal. She nor anybody else once apologized for anything. May have been better overall experience if they would have had more help and employees who understand how to makeup for issues. read more

Love this place. We always get the chips (with rarebit and pepper cheese!) and the steak and cheese. I'm sure there are other good items, but these are the best. The patio is fantastic on a nice day. The bar actually sits a little odd when you are on the North or East side of the outside bar. The ground slopes and the bar level is actually armpit height. So get a table or on the other sides of the bar to be more comfortable. Sometimes the service gets a little sloppy because they do get busy and have lots of turnover (we go there often and see lots of new faces). Great place if you have some time to sit and enjoy yourself. read more

My rating is based off of customer service and professionalism. According to the website you can "rent out" the lower bar area at the St. Charles location and it accomodates up to 30 people. They also ask that you have at least 20 people otherwise they will not hold your reservation. I attempted to contact the General Manager on several occasions and a lady answered the phone all three times and stated the manager was unavailable and that she would give him my contact information. Not to mention the fact that she asked why I kept calling back and hung up on me at least two times. When I called back after she hung up on me in mid-sentence the supposedly unavailable manager picked up the phone and had just as bad of an attitude. He stated he never received my contact information and when I explained to him that the lady that answered the phone had horrible manners and was extremely rude he didn't even care. The only thing he said was okay and asked what I needed. When i explained why I was calling and that I was hoping to reserve the spot for a party of 30-45 he stated he would just have to get back to me at a later time. Several hours later he left a voicemail stating they wouldn't be able to accomodate me and didn't give me a reason. I'm sorry but if your website is giving misleading information it needs to be updated to reflect that you cannot in fact host a party of 30 and if you are going to be rude and un-professional i would rather take my business somewhere else. read more

I have tried this establishment several times as they have a great beer selection, particularly impressed that they have Fullers on a proper tap. However, with that being said that does not automatically make them a proper Irish style pub. I went there on a Sunday and asked if I could watch the Liverpool v. Chelsea soccer game and even gave them the channel and I got a look like a cow looking at a new gate. I could understand if the place was packed and everyone was watching the Rams lose but it wasn't. One of the two biggest disappointments I have is that there is no breakfast/brunch or even an Irish breakfast on the menu. I asked and was told that they only do that on St. Patrick's day. Horrible idea! The second and largest disappointment was the food in general. The pub curry was more like curry soup, the fish and chips tasted as if they were from the Gordon's fisherman box and tossed in the microwave the tartar sauce was rancid, and the bangers and mash was the worst! Pretty sure the chef has no taste buds or has never been to a proper Irish style pub and tasted what they should taste like. These things were rubbish and made Vienna sausages look like something from McCormick's. I may stop back in for a pint or two,as my options are limited, but never again will I ask for a menu. read more

It's a bar with food. That's what I expected and that's what I got. Our waitress was great and was able to recommend food. It was very loud and that's the only thing I had a problem with. The food was also very good. I wasn't blown away but definitely good when you've been out walking all day in St. Charles. read more

I brought a lunch date here and we sat outside. The salads we ordered were overpriced and definitely sub-par. We were served our food without silverware, I had to get up and get it myself. Otherwise, the service wasn't terrible, but it was mediocre at best. We sat outside and it was nice. I would say that for the price there are most likely better options right down the block. read more

Good stuff! Great happy hour. We love to go here once or twice a week. Strong drinks and happy hour apps are generous.

Very very poor service we felt like we are putting them out. we sat at the bar. service is very poor we had to ask for everything. he charged us extra for salad dressing because we didn't like it and for the pretzel he charged us extra for cheese! We won't ever go there again !! Very disappointed! read more

Okay, to start off I've been to many of the Llwelyens locations and to this location multiple times. However, last night I was simply disgusted with everything that I saw. I'm not picky about many things, but when I see the server, cough into her hand, and then put a lemon slice on a glass with the same hand without washing them, it disgusts me. That's how people get sick. Simple as that. The same server continuously touched her hair and her face, then proceeded to go inside the kitchen and roll silverware without washing her hands. Took 15 minutes to get our drink orders in and 10 minutes after that to order our food when the restaurant was half empty. Also our server was the bartender...go figure. Totally unfair in my opinion. When she took forever to get back to us, we flagged down another server to ask him if he could serve us. He said he would ask the bartender if she "wanted us" and if she didn't, he'd take us. Our food was cold but the best part of the experience funny enough. I don't know what is going on but the manager needs to give their staff a serious lesson in personal hygiene. read more

My husband and I went to Llywelyn's for lunch on 1/13/14. We were excited about the menu. They have traditional pub fare along with a good selection of burgers, sandwiches, and appetizers. The food was ok. I had a burger that was lacking in flavor and was very greasy. My husbands Reuben was a little bland as well. The pretzels we had for appetizer were good, except they were way over salted. But the food is not what prompted me to review this place. The service we had was very poor. After we were sat at our table it took the server ten minutes to get our drink order. She brought our drinks, then walked away without asking if we were even ready for appetizers. She finally came back almost another 10 minutes later and took our whole order. The wait time for the appetizers wasn't bad, but when she brought them to us, she dropped half of our appetizer on the floor. We got our entrees in fairly decent time as well, but the server was totally unfriendly. I realized when I got my burger that it was fairly large and I wanted to cut it in half. I noticed that we were not given any silverware. So I picked up this big greasy mess of a burger and just ate it cause I could tell the server did not want to be bothered. I asked for a refill on my Pepsi and it took her another 10 minutes to bring that to us. She brought the check so we just left the money on the table and walked out. I left her a pretty generous tip I thought for the level of service we received. After we left, we walked around the back of the building to go to an antique store. My husband and I stood outside to enjoy the weather for a couple minutes and I saw a man sitting on the back porch of the pub smoking a cigarette. No big deal, we are both smokers too. But I stood there and watched him for a minute (he had to have been a cook or dishwasher of some sort). He proceeded to blow his nose into the air and them wipe his nose and mouth on his arm and his shirt!!! It was absolutely disgusting! I will not be going back to this pub again. read more

Went to Llywelyn's Pub in St.Charles last evening. Met there with a group of friends that meet on a regular basis about every other month or so at various places. Too small of a parking lot behind the building therefore had to park on the lot catty-corner from the place behind the building. We reserved a spot for about 15 people and was seated pretty quickly. Waitress (10022 Taylor D.) was not friendly but we were thinking that was only because she was young and wasn't taught how act accordingly, nothing overboard. She took our order, delivered the food and that was about it for that. Food was okay for the price, nothing to 'write home' about. The kicker for us was after we were finished eating and quietly visiting and talking, a waiter came over and asked us to leave since there was a line at the door waiting to be seated. In all my years of visiting various restaurants and bars. I have NEVER been asked to leave for ANY reason considering we were going to order dessert and possibly more drinks. We felt if they truly needed the space, they possibly could have asked us to move to the bar area and given us either a free dessert or coffee. Will NEVER go there again!!!!! read more

Please let me start off by saying the food was good, no complaints there. Our service was another thing entirely. Our waitress was sulky, sullen and just plain in a bad mood. We waited 10 min. for a table, not bad, I'll grant you. Then we waited almost that long for menus. My husband asked about the beer prices (none were listed). Our waitress said" they vary". When pressed, she said "$5.50 and up." He order one of them. I asked for water with lemon. She brings the water, no lemon. About 10 min. later, she swings by & comments "Oh, they didn't get you your beer?" but has no lemons. Minutes later she tells us "That beer is bad." Lemons, finally, after 3 tries. He orders a different kind of beer. Yet another lapse of 10 min. when she tells us they don't carry that beer anymore. He orders a third kind of beer. Our food arrived, and was very good (Llewelyn burger/ Brittany's chicken salad sandwich.) After she cleared away the dirty plates, we waited another 10 min. for our check. We were charged for two beers (probably the one that was "bad" and the one he actually got to drink.) There were people who got their food just about the same time as we did, and they were gone 15 min. before we were able to get out of there. They need to retrain this gal to be a little more cheerful to customers and to take better care of them. We don't go out to eat very often, so we want it to be an enjoyable time. Not this time. read more

I visited on Sunday 6/9/13. Four adults, one child. My husband and I ordered burgers plain cooked well with lettuce, tomato and onion on the side. Both burgers were burnt and dry. The side condiments were minimal. I mean the lettuce was just bigger than a silver dollar and the tomato the same size. The onion was wilted and barely any to put on the burger. I got a side of mixed veggies which had pepper across the top. I have never seen that, but maybe it's something they have started doing. I sample the fries from my mother-in-laws plate and noticed they were over fried and nearly hollow. I noticed her fish sandwich was more bread than meat and condiments as well. The service was slow even though it was not packed, but busy. Our plates took nearly 35 minutes to get to us and our refills didn't happen until after we had ate. I think I will be taking them off my visit list until they can improve. read more

We went to lunch here on a Monday...while it was a little busy at 1:30 pm, the service was mediocre at best. Our waiter was responsible for at least 6 tables, so he was extremely busy and not as attentive to us as I would have liked. My soda sat empty for at least 7-10 minutes. I ordered the fish and chips - when my meal arrived, my fish was not very warm and the portion of fish was alot smaller than my bun. I didn't even have tarter sauce on my sandwich, and there was none on the plate - so I had to order some. I ordered the homemade chips as my side and they were burnt...so I asked for a different batch of chips and the waiter brought me yet another batch of burnt chips. I was not pleased and he never even asked me how the 2nd batch was. I hate complaining so I just dealt with it, but was pissed because I really like homemade potato chips. My boyfriend ordered the roast beef sandwich without onions...and guess what...when the sandwich arrived there were onions on the thing...his chips were also burnt He was also supposed to get au jus with his sandwich and the waiter had to go back and get it. ughhh..Atmosphere at this place is so-so at best. Will not ever eat here again. read more