So delicious! I've always had great service and everything I've tried is amazing. Menu highlights: Lemon shake up- made in the bar, delicious- pretty sugary- just like at the fair in the summer Mozzarella sticks- hand breaded, giant and cheesy Chicken tortellini- perfectly grilled juicy chicken breast on top of yummy tri-colored pasta in a delicious Alfredo style sauce Illini pork chops- tender and juicy and wrapped in bacon The white bread is so good and the butter served with it just melts in your mouth. Love this place and so does all of Quincy. It is always packed. I like the M-Th in store 1/2 price app specials!! read more

I've been the the Abbey countless times over the years. Any time we host friends from out of town it's our go to place. Their menu is vast and I've never seen someone not love their choice. The recently opened space offers a quieter area to catch up with friends, while the original seating area is the perfect place to catch the game or see familiar faces. While some nights their can be a wait to get a seat, it's always worth it. The staff are all working hard to make your experience worth the wait. read more

Food is always excellent, and the service is five star.prices are reasonable, and the atmosphere is always excellent.

Upscale bar with excellent steaks and friendly service. One of our Quincy favorites.

Food and service are always great. I have been here several times during 2023 and it is consistently great. I have ordered food for pickup and it is the same great quality as when I eat at the restaurant. Highly recommend this restaurant read more

My husband and I were passing through while going home from Texas. We are so happy we did! The service was excellent. I can say this because I was a server for over 16 years. She was super friendly, very fast when bringing us things that we needed, and we didn't even have to ask for most of that. The food!!! I had the filet and my husband had the ribeye. We both had the twice baked potato. We both agreed that they were one of the best steaks we have ever had. Cooked perfectly, seasoned and charred perfectly. We will definitely come here every single time we go through Quincy! Highly recommend! And the place had a great atmosphere as well! read more

Nice old school, neighborhood bar. I wanted a couple of cold beers and stopped in. Ice cold beer and friendly staff.

We called to check if they had call-ahead seating. The young guy that answered the phone hung up on me the first time, the 2nd call he was very rude. When I asked how long the wait was, he just said "a long time". I asked if it was about an hour, and he said "I don't know, it's just a long time". I hope they don't treat all their customers like that! read more

Went there last night , not a Pleasant experience. Blooming onion was cold, sat at the bar , it was an older bartender she hardly had time to attend to us.and when my large salad came , the salad was warm and so was the plate , never has this kind of experience in the abbey but there is always a first read more

The Abbey - Hell of a good meal - American Near Me - Quincy, Illinois

Friendly service. Fun vibe. Good options for sitting at the bar, booths or tables. The house made pumpernickel bread was tasty.

I have always liked going here, but the steaks are sub par. The last two times I ordered steak, both times way over cooked. Ordered rare and half the steak was medium rare and the other half was medium well. Not sure how that happens unless the grill temp is off. Seems to be a combination of issues with this place. Okay place but don't order steaks. read more

Stakes are awesome. I've had the ribeye and the fillet. Both are incredible.. cool place for sure if you haven't been must try...

Order pony shoe, no cheese, come on Abby.... Pay attention!!! Did want to drive back to get it fixed

This not a German resteraunt but the atmosphere and food were good.

Always amazing food and good service, but ...plan ahead because when it's that good you're gonna have to wait in line. Love the fresh loaves of bread they serve. Yummy! read more

This was my first time eating at The Abbey. We started our meal off with the Gluten Free Layered Dip. For being only $8.59, the portion size was extremely generous and enough to share between four to six people! The chips that came with it were nicely flavored and salted. I also ordered the French Onion soup; again, the portion size of this is extremely generous for the price. The soup had lots of stringy cheese, a nice beefy flavor, and excellent sourdough. The final thing I had was a Cobb salad--although it was good, it was not the best Cobb salad I've ever had. This salad came in a big, shallow bowl; although it looked like a lot, it was surprisingly a normal portion size. Although The Abbey is good, it won't be a place I'll out of my way for, as I'm from out of town. If I was a local, however, I would make this an optional place in my rotation. read more

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Little known fact: Einstein's original Theory of Relativity was based on the price one pays for bagel in a New York area deli. In 1935 he ordered a bagel and cream cheese at the Bagel Barn in Princeton, New Jersey. At first bite he remarked, "I've had better bagels in Brooklyn," but after a moment's pause, he added, "but this one's half the price. So it's better. You see, my son, it's all relative." Littler known fact: I made up the above fact. But I bet Einstein would've agreed with the parable: one's judgement of how good something is is inversely relative to price one pays. Take for instance the weekly BBQ special at The Abbey. It's good. Fall-off-the-bone ribs, grilled & sauced tender chicken breast, a dish of buttered sweet corn, choice of a healthy heap of cole slaw or potato salad and served with a hot corn bread muffin are likely the makings of my final meal on earth ... that is, if I'm given the opportunity to choose my final meal. After a day of travel, my colleague and I each ordered the BBQ platter. Dang, we barely said a word to our famished selves until we finished. I think our first words afterward were, "Man, that was delicious!" But our second sentence was, "Can you believe that was only 9 bucks?!" You read that right. All of that Kansas City style deliciousness for only NINE AMERICAN DOLLARS. That's a remarkable bargain. A bargain so good that if I lived closer to The Abbey, I'd seldom dine at home on Tuesday nights. We both liked The Abbey a lot. In fact my only (minor) complaint is that with a name like "The Abbey," I kind of got my hopes up for a good Belgian beer. The closest they had was New Belgium's Abbey Ale. Not bad, but I had my sights set a little higher. (I'm looking at you, Piraat Ale brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge N.V. in Ertvelde, Belgium.) Clearly I've become spoiled living in Milwaukee. I forgot how the rest of America drinks beer! ;) I can't say everything on The Abbey's menu is as tasty and as good of a value, but if it's anything like the BBQ platter, it's the best stuff on Earth. You see, it's all relative... read more

The Abbey - Gets my hopes up for a good Belgian beer with a name like this! - American Near Me - Quincy, Illinois

Great food, if only they could add more sauce to their noodles i would rate them higher

3.5 stars. Surprisingly pretty good bar. The food was pretty legit. I had the petite salmon and wild rice. Salmon was seasoned and cooked well. Rice was flavorful. They had good drink specials, including $1 shots on the Tuesday we went there. We came in at 10:30, and the kitchen closed at 11. My only hangup was that our entrees came before our appetizers did. Our waitress later explained that the batter for frying took longer to prepare, and she wanted to be sure we got all our food. I just wish I had known that beforehand, since i was STARVED. But they did serve a complimentary bread (i think it's pumpernickel... the dark brown kind) which was soft, and perfect with a bit of whipped butter. I only didn't like that every food item was priced at an $8 minimum. I'm a voracious, but smaller eater... and i wanted an entree and appetizer. It just stunk that my $8 bang bang shrimp was about the same price as my $9ish salmon entree. I also tried to mozzarella sticks... which were HUGE! more like logs. But in both the bang bang shrimp, and the mozzarella sticks... the fried batter just seemed off to me. Flaky, crispy, but completely unflavorful. For the shrimp, the texture almost seemed hard. The shrimp didn't taste good. The breading/batter was meh. I felt that was a waste of money. The lemon shakeup (which was available with about 10 different flavors) was definitely good, but leans on the sweet side. I believe i had the peach flavoring. Service was good. Clean interior. I'd just stick with the well cooked meals, and stay away from everything fried. read more

The Abbey - Bang bang shrimp - American Near Me - Quincy, Illinois

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Came for a nice meal, I Love this place had to ask for salad and my $ 42 fillet came out in a to go box

Always have good service! The fried potatoes have never let me down and are my go to. Mozzarella sticks are huge and worth the money. Gary burger or fervo chicken are amazing sandwiches. read more

The perfect bar/restaurant. You walk in & you feel like everyone is going to yell "Norm". The food is great comfort food. I always go for the pasta or salmon. The hubs always gets hot lips. It can get quite busy & loud so expect that. My hubs & I always sit at the bar, order food & drinks & watch sports. Danielle is by far our favorite server/bartender. read more

Always a favorite in Quincy. Unbeatable service and cold drinks for anyone. Great food and appetizers.

My family and I waited for 25 minutes on a TUESDAY NIGHT. Finally decided to leave and go to The Tower where we were promptly catered to.

A Quincy tradition which means when in Quincy you should go and I agree! Food was quite tasty. Loved all the options. Food not terrible in price. Beer, wine, cocktail choices. Go early, especially in a Friday night. After 5:00 line was quite long though well worth the wait. read more

This restaurant is decorated with abbey in mind. Plenty of seats facing various TVs showing various channels. It is a bit loud around dinner time but what restaurant bar isn't. I am helped promptly to a seat and wait staff get to drink and food order. I took a few moments to look at the menu. I elected for a chicken dish. I think I recall parmessan. Order comes with large bread a salad, choice of sides. Sides I selected were seasonal vegetables and baked potato. Bread was fairly large loaf. Enough to serve three persons. I was fairly hungry I nearly ate most of. Salad was standard variety of mixed fresh lettuce, carrot, croutons, and dressing. Nothing fancy or bad. Decently dressed. The chicken dish came with two large breaded breasted chicken, topped with sliced and melted cheese. Chicken was cooked. Nothing particularly stand out. The seasonal vegetable were ok. Basic fair. Baked potato was ok. Portion of the dish was huge but valued right. I left full and with plenty of left overs. Overall food was okay. Ambience was good. Service was prompt friendly and attentive. Food was ok. read more

Excellent food and service. Highly recommended. Especially crowded 4-7 but they work to have you seated quickly

Sweet bourbon New York strip...amazing. The loaf of bread and lemon shake up was also really good as well!

This is my first time at The Abbey. Myself and some friends ate here earlier this week and had an awful experience. We were sat and waited about 5 minutes for our waitress to stop by to take our drink orders. My friend asked for a recommendation about which cocktails were good, and she said, "they are listed on that menu why don't you look." Immediately set wrong with all of us. We ended up ordering drinks, and all of our cocktails were WAY strong. There was no flavor in any of the three we ordered, just straight burning alcohol taste. We asked our waitress if she could bring us something else, and told us that when we order drinks, we should know they have alcohol in them. Again, just not pleasant in anyway. I'd like to taste my drink, if I wanted shots I would have ordered them. When she went back to the bar to speak with the bartender, she pointed at us, rolled her eyes, then just gave us this dirty look. She was very rude with us and when the new ones came out, she said "I hope you know you have to pay for all these." This was pretty much the last we had to do with the service. Apparently there was no manager on shift that night. After we ordered our food, it took about 25-30 minutes to come out. Not too bad, but they were not busy, just a few tables were full. The food was OK. generous portion sizes and the bill was not too expensive, considering we ended up paying for 3 drinks we never touched. The mozzarella sticks were amazing, and that's pretty much the only reason I'm giving more than one star. We ordered the following items and split them between the three of us; One steak med-rare (it came out more rare to our liking, but we ate it anyway.), the French dip (or whatever they called it-can't remember now), and a boneless wing basket. The food was alright, but nothing I can't get anywhere else. Our waitress forgot our loaf of bread, and when we asked for it, it never arrived. We ended up eating about a quarter of our food and paying for the meal and leaving, and went somewhere else to finish dinner. If the staff can be more friendly towards the customers, maybe we will consider coming back, but the way we were spoken to that night and treated none of us will ever be going back. read more

Was amazing food! It's a little expensive but definitely worth it! The potato skins are amazing, and a simple steak was perfect!

Four stars because it's in Quincy and takes me back to my youth. The menu hasn't changed for 20 years. Sometimes that's what I love about the Abbey, and sometimes that's what drives me crazy about Quincy in general. Visited during Culver-Stockton homecoming weekend. Didn't want to stay in Canton because you can still smoke in bars in Missouri (please, Missouri, you need a public smoking ban, UGH). Spent a LOT of time at the Abbey in and after college while living in the area and often visit during trips home now. I love the layered dip, nachos and Caesar salad. They seriously have not changed these items in 25 years. It's great for nostalgia, but not a place I'd frequent in my adopted home of Madison, WI, where farm to table flavors are the norm. There's something distinctly Sysco about the Abbey food, and Quincy food in general. The beer selection is mediocre at best, I think due to Quincy just not connecting with the craft beer movement. I had a horrible tasting wine that I sent back and replaced with a Captain and diet (another thing I only drink in Quincy). I will certainly return because it's one of the better places in town, and I do like it, but a little bit of refreshing and upgrading of the drink and food menus would go a long way. read more

Others say that it is really dark inside, I didn't find the lighting all that dark. I also didnt take issue with a traditional menu. The place has been here for over 30 years, what do you expect?! + better food than I expected + great French onion soup + good salmon, I asked for it cooked medium - the service was fast and impersonal, but that doesn't bother me! + I'd eat here over the other places I've eaten in Quincy while here on business + price wasn't bad, $20 for a salmon caesar salad, kettle of French onion soup, and a glass of wine read more

You need to update your website as it doesn't load. I've checked through yelp, safari, and DuckDuckGo. I wanted to order, but even after calling I can't get a correct website. The call revealed a food and fun.com website, which has nothing to do with the Quincy restaurants. No business for you today read more

Probably the nicest bar in the small town of Quincy, Ill. The food here pretty good, and somewhat pricey, but you get what you pay for. The portions are big and you always get it right on time. The drink menu is pretty good too. The beer selection is just like every other bar you have been to, they have a pretty good mixed drink section, and they have a great martini selection. Only bad thing about this place is that its really dark. read more

Literally, some of the best appetizers in town. They have a happy hour that you don't want to miss. Fried pickles are a must!

Always great food! Always great service! The bang bang shrimp are unbelievable! Walnut salad is delicious! You can never go wrong with a steak from The Abbey! read more

The Abbey - Tomahawk Steak! Awesome!! - American Near Me - Quincy, Illinois

I'm not sure who's running the kitchen knows what french onion soup or chicken piccatta are, because I've ordered both and they tasted nothing like I'd expect them to, very flavorless or just weird. That being said, you could certainly do worse in Quincy. Just stick to the bar and grill basics on the menu. read more

The most comprehensive menu I have ever seen without being overwhelmed. Amazing prices. Everything's good! Bubbly blue cheese a must and their gluten free menu is better than most in Cali where I live. Just good food. Please stop in and enjoy this hometown place! Never been here. Will be back! read more

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This seems to be one of the most affordable and popular watering holes in town. I am from out of town, and when I come to Quincy I seem to always find myself here at some point and time for half off appetizers, cleverly coined as "abbey-tizers." Since I am from the Chicagoland area, when I see beer priced at $3 or less I am defiantly sold. Appetizer wise I have had the blooming onion and quesdilla before, and have yet to be disappointed in that front. But the Horse Shoe off the regular menu, which is a burger covered with garlic toast, mountain of fries, and then smothered in a special cheese sauce... needless to say its delicious and messy. If you're in the Quincy area after 3pm swing through The Abbey, you will not be disappointed. read more

I've had the extreme pleasure of going to The Abbey a few times now and I've never been disappointed. I've sat at the bar, at a table and in a booth.. It does not matter where you sit, it's still a very peaceful and pleasure filled experience. I've had the chicken "logs" seriously these are HUGH but with the right amount of breading, it's not full of breading, but full of meat. Excellent flavor and very moist. Then there are the mozzarella sticks.. are as huge as the chicken "logs" You are going to be dipping those babies for a long long time. Wow, they are yummy. The chicken broccoli tortellini is amazing, the sauce is perfect, chicken is moist and perfect sized with just a hint of broccoli. The atmosphere is very nice, some say it is dark but I think it's perfect. If you happen to be in or around Quincy, you have to stop by. From what I understand the owners also own a few other places in town as well. I'm not exactly sure what they are, but I know for sure The Abbey is amazing! read more