This place did not disappoint. We had a burger and it was great. Service was great. Nice little place. read more

The Cottage Bar & Grill - American Near Me - Tinley Park, Illinois

So, I came here just because I saw a sign that read "Friday Fish Fry - All you can eat". I was sold. The place is small. It's a dive. But the patrons were very friendly, inviting, and informative. The fish is excellent here: 4 nice size pieces of beer battered cod (there is a walleye option available). I hav no idea who can eat more! I was pleasantly full after my meal. Very good fish fried just right. Wash it down with an Amstel Light and I am done for the day! I'll just let my pics do the rest of the talking. read more

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I was here by myself last Friday and the all you can eat fish fry was amazing. they start you off with a soup or salad I went the cream of chicken soup and I was really surprised with it I found that it tasted home made but the star of the show is that beer battered deep fried cod. It was perfectly done to a crunchy golden brown and the fish itself was a nice firm texture that had no "fishy" taste at all. I have already made plans to go back with the wife this Friday. I see some reviewers were unhappy with the service but it was fine with me I sat down a friendly server took my order and everything was served at the proper temp. So this place gets a full five stars for sure. read more

Great food,excellent service, great outdoor table service with bean bags too, must try with daily specials!!! read more

The Cottage Bar & Grill - American Near Me - Tinley Park, Illinois

This place has an old school vibe. You walk in and feel at home. Good service, food and drinks. Small and cozy.

We love the walleye dinner, cooked perfectly and served with soup or salad and a potato. Servers are always very nice and attentive. Looks like an old time bar with gambling machines and a dart board and also has a jukebox. Fun place. read more

They have shockingly good food for a pub and very reasonable prices. Bartenders make are pretty friendly and remember return customers. It can get a bit loud on busy nights, but they have a nice outdoor patio if you're looking for something quieter in the nice weather. read more

Service and food is great...great white fish all you can eat at a great price...comes with soup or salad...Their Calm Chowder soup was very good also..Will be back again very soon.... read more

Went there last night after my husband repeatedly mentioned how good their $2 tacos were on Tuesday nights. Came straight from work so long day and just wanted to enjoy the evening with a couple tacos! Walked in to a bar that was maybe 30% full with two tables taken and 5 people at the bar. Music was ridiculously loud so could barely hear each other talk at the table. Seems like the slots were popping a bit. Ordered a total of nine tacos for three people, two beers and water. Then proceeded to wait well over an hour for our food. The bartender was also the server (B/S) and I felt that she had been working there for a while as she ignored us while talking with everyone at the bar. A table of people left abruptly mid way through as I think they were waiting a very long time for their food to come out as well. There was a bit of a commotion as the B/S started yelling at the group, got her boss on the phone, etc. Felt like there might be an altercation right then and there between the group leaving, a few people at the bar and the B/S. We stayed about another 35-40 minutes with no food, no water, empty beer bottle and loud music. Food came out "warm" from the kitchen seconds after we got up and said we were leaving. Took food order to go and left very disappointed. Told my husband I didn't want to hear about "The Cottage" anymore for a long time! Would I return, maybe. Would check to see who the B/S was before sitting down. Feel I would like to give this place another shot as the tacos, even though just warm, we're pretty good. read more

I started coming to this place after seeing the Thursday Sloppy Joe special last year. Yesterday was probably my twelfth visit...and have been very pleased with the service and quality of food. Last night, Jocelyn waited on us, her hands were full...having many customers...the service was still excellent. read more

The Cottage Bar & Grill - Tinley Park, Illinois ... 4 stars: This is a very nice little restaurant/bar on 159th Street. It is so little that you'll completely miss it if you are driving down the street too fast...you really have to look for it. It is smallish - maybe 6 tables seating four each inside, with another 5 high-seat tables seating two each next to the bar itself. Around the bar are a number of individual comfy bar chairs, probably less than a dozen. In the summer they expand out into their patio area and probably double their capacity. We went on a fish fry Friday a couple of weeks before Easter, and before they had opened up the patio area. Their all-you-can eat fish fry is very nice - four stars all by itself. They use a nice white fish and deep fry it with a nice light coating - no heavy batters for them. It was very tasty and hot...they make it to order so there is just a little delay in preparation. Even though it is all-you-can-eat ($9.50 ... $8.50 for a single serving), we were full on the first serving. We chose the home made chips and the French fried sweet potatoes for our sides - both were exceptional and both were made in-house. The beer was good and cold, and they had a full service bar for those looking for alternatives. Not really a place for craft beer, they still had a lot of choices...many on draft. Rather than a restaurant that is 80% tables and very little bar, this place is really 50-50. When you walk in, it is right on top of the bar...but be not afraid. This is a fine place to bring kids (tweeners and up) or parents or significant others - especially for the fish fry. We had always hesitated to visit because it looked like it might be just a dimly-lit bar only for drinking...but it isn't...give it a try. Thursday's special is home-made sloppy-joes - that will be our next visit. read more

OK... so thanks again to Yelp and it's reviewers, I found a nice little bar and grill to go to for lunch! I'm gonna stick with the trend... definitely a 4 star establishment! Here's the skinny: Where's the Door? No Craft Beers... Daily Specials! Ooh... Patio Here's the fat: The main door to the bar and grill is a side door to your right as you walk underneath a trellis on the East wall. I wasn't sure which door to go into... There was on that said "Banquet Hall" and another door that kinda reminded me of a 16th century village house front door... that's the one. I asked if they had any craft beers but, unfortunately they did not. They do however have a fine selection of import beers, the one I tried today was Tennent's Scottish Lager($4.00) - pretty good, not my favorite beer but it was A-OK. Picture - http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/the-cottage-tinley-park?select=EEYMYG9172e0g6kpnwK1pg The specials change every day except- Wednesday - 49 cent wings Thursday - $1.50 Sloppy Joes - these come with homemade potato chips. Fridays - There's an all you can eat Fish Fry for $9.50 all day long. For the current days special check the board to your Left as you walk in. The Sloppy Joes are pretty darn good BTW. Picture - http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/the-cottage-tinley-park?select=8OX37aDnaBFigVN90YxlAw There's a Patio out on the West side of the building, it's huge considering the size of the bar. It has some pretty neat brickwork and even has a wind shelter for smokers too. Picture - http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/the-cottage-tinley-park?select=tixyu_Z0zD9HHhIwMhxl7Q It looks like it'd be a fun time in summer. Check this place out, it's a neat little pub. SYOY read more

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Late night Irish pub with no Affliction shirts... Belly up to the bar for a perfectly poured Guinness and some friendly bar tender banter. This place is never overly crowded and has a great small Irish pub warm feel to it. Very relaxing. Add to it that they're also open until 2:00 am during the week without being a bumping mini-club where all the dudes where Affliction shirts, and you've got a solid little place right here in Orland Park's back yard. read more

The Cottage Bar & Grill - A perfectly poured Guinness can make (or break) your day. - American Near Me - Tinley Park, Illinois

A small restaurant with a banquet hall and people waiting for over 40 minutes on a Friday fish fry. Left on o see the staff sitting in the banquet room gabbing while we were waiting for a seat. Saw about 5 set of people also leaving after 15 minutes in disarray after also waiting to get a table. Never again read more

Awesome hole in the wall bar, with out the nasty smell! Big screen tvs, good selection of beverages, darts, bags, etc. The menu is more than I would've expected, mini tacos are great! Function room and outside patio too! read more

The Cottage Bar & Grill - a lighted sign - American Near Me - Tinley Park, Illinois

We came in last night and stood by the bar and the bartender who's name I believe is Kami would not take our order. We motioned her many times and she acknowledged that we wanted to be served then walked down to the other side on the bar and ignored us. She was extremely rude! We eventually left as she watched us walk out the door and gave us a smirky good bye wave. We knew her intentions were not to serve us right from the beginning. We were very well dressed as we just came from dinner at Coopers Hawk. We were out celebrating with a politician from Illinois and will never go back to this place! I can understand some rude people but this bartender was absolutely the worst! read more

We recently needed to reserve a dining locale for a 50th wedding anniversary. Since we happily used The Cottage for a previous family gathering, we decided to research them for this event. Ultimately The Cottage was not a proper fit for this gathering, Glenna worked diligently to try to accommodate us and our needs. We would have absolutely no qualms about using The Cottage for any of our future events and recommending this site to others. read more

I don't often write updates on my bars, but the Cottage earned an update. I came here for the first time on a Friday night, the next night, I was at another bar and had the bartender from the Cottage working. Not only did she remember me, she remembered my name. I love a friendly bartender and it makes a big difference in my opinion. So we came back the following friday. New bartender, but she was just as friendly and attentive. She even overheard me say it was my birthday and insisted on buying me a beer and a shot. You don't get that kind of friendly service at all bars. Most bartender just serve and walk away. This place is small but fun and intimate and I will definitely go back again and again. read more

Food is terrible, waitress had cuts, and band aids all over her arm. Guinness is good. I was there recently with 4 friends. We spent a lot of money on drinks. Did not receive one free round. The nerd owner or manager whatever he is laughed at me when I said it would be nice to get a free round after spending $150 there. He sucks and so does this bar. I will never go there again. read more

Wow. Wicked ass Reubens. Outstanding. Man, wicked ass good sandwich. By far one of the best

3rd time that we have been food and prices are descent and reasonable. The music tonite was ridiculously loud.only to be out done by people basically yelling to each other to converse.understandi like all kinds of music and im not shy when it comes to volume in the right setting.it was ridiculously loud wherepeople are out with friends having a good time.it was tense to say the least.my wife watched 2 different couples come in get the vibe of the place and turn around and leave.the bartender/waitresswas next on list.ordered fish fry brings different fish entree after it had been sitting on the bar getting cold till she finished other things.one of which was making a couple of drinks.mind you the distance from the bar to the table is 20 feet At most.sets the entree down walks away. Waitress/bartender comes back i ask her / tell heri ordered the fish fry which sets off another tense exchange on what i ordered.mind you when ordering ,she comes back to the table and asks you are the only one getting the fish fry.we said yes as my wife was ordering a burger.so we get through that bs.throughout this outingshe gets right up on us to hear what we are ordering asking for ,condiments ect.which she drpped the ball on that as well.just for the record my wife and i are not over the topon the whole covid thing so the waitress getting up on us to get our orders and things did not freak us out.maybe if the music was not so ridiculously loud you could of comprehended what we were saying.food items took a while (not ridiculous) but a long time.i would of liked a bit more on the all u can eat fish fry but between the music,the wait,and the waitress /bartender we just wanted to leave.had plans on eating having a cocktail and decompressing from the work week ,snow,and cold.no such luck The music and the waitress/ Bartender bs really ruined it for us. A shame as we have been before and as we drive by asking each other where do you want to go we will remember this outing and keep driving right on by.again not half bad food and prices are reasonable read more

Molly the bartender is fantastic literally one of the only reasons I come out so friendly and great customer service skills

A weekly go-to for a quick meal and drink. Everything on the menu is good. Soups are awesome too. One of the best blts in the area. The people are so friendly too. One of our favs!!!!!! read more

There is a bartender there that is should not be working there. Her name is christy. She is has worked there for a long time and my friends never wanted to speak up. They would rather come and not spend money just spend time with friends because she used her authority not to serve because she didn't like them. I work for a law firm and that's not right. If she keeps doing what she does I will make it known and let the the village know. I'm sure my some lawyers would love look into what she is doing read more

I frequent this bar as its close to home, friday fish frys are to die for. Also the sloppy joe wednsday special is great for lunch. One of the best guinness pints around. Highly recommend stopping up. read more

Typical dive bar with great locals. However, owner GREED, and the subpar service, which is very consistent outweigh the desire to go back. Went in for $1.50 sloppy joe night (as I do weekly). Ordered multiple drinks, multiple sandwiches, etc, and when I needed to take a sandwich home, I got charged $3.00 for a box. So much for taking care of your regulars and someone who had also been in your location for over a hour eating and drinking. VERY POOR customer service and appreciation. Will NEVER return and neither will my other weekly guests I usually come in with. GREED = demise. read more

Ew ew ew. Live in the area and drive past all the time. My boyfriend and I went to check it out. Place was dirty. Very odd crowd- felt uncomfortable. We felt guilty to walk in and walk out so I ordered a vodka lemonade (cup looked dirty I felt gross drinking out of it) and my boyfriend chugged his beer to get out asap. Will never return. We went on a weekend night and I think the bartenders had a little too much to drink too? Trashy place. Unsure how this place stays open on a busy street. read more

I went here for a paint and wine night on Friday. I ordered a BLT sandwich at 6:30. It took them an Hour and thirty minutes to make this. Apparently the cook was stressed out and was yelling at the staff too. The manager didn't offer anything for the inconvenience and just said "sorry" that my meal was delayed. Service is horrible and will never go back. The bathrooms need major cleaning since there was dust and dirt everywhere. read more

Stopped in on Sunday, 2 October 2016 to watch the Bears game with a few friends! Bar is small and cozy, not overcrowded. The only real problem was that my group was hungry and tried to order some food from their menu, except there kitchen is closed on Sunday's! Didn't see that posted on there Yelp page. We wound up having Jimmy Johns delivered to the Cottage because the game had started! read more

Cute little place to hang out and their food is really good!

The place sucks!! My husband and I gave it 3 chances, the place just sucks. The bar tender is a flake with a stick up her @@@, seemed like she was drinking herself. Not clean and very weird crowd in this place, never crowded seems like the same 5 people every time we went there. Won't be back!!! read more

I often drove by this place and wondered what was it like. I finally decided to stop in for a beer and something to eat. I found a clean and friendly comfortable bar. The beer was cold, the food not so good at all. I ordered a Malibu chicken sandwich and sweet potato fries. I received 2 BURNT, deep fried chicken pieces on a bun with a piece of cheese and ham on it. They served it with REGULAR fries. When I complained I was told the chicken was frozen so they cooked it longer and they made a mistake on the fries. So I got stuck with a nasty, heavily BURNT and over cooked chicken sandwich and BURNT potato fries. Yes they over cooked the fries too. I recommend the place for a beer, but when it comes to service or food, go elsewhere. read more

This is a typical neighborhood bar with very friendly people. Went there for their fish fry. The Pan fried Walleye was good. We also had the deep fried White fish. The price was great and the the food tasty read more

Great neighborhood place with good Food. Have best Bartender around in Michelle. she makes everyone feel at home and gives great service all the time. just a nice place for a nice cold beer and a sandwich read more

My wife and I wented to try their Fish Fry that they advertise as being great. It was anything but. We had 80% batter, 5% grease and 15% fish (if you could find it). This was the worst Fish Fry that I have ever been to. We even try a few more pieces but it was still lame. If you want fish, McDonald's Fish Sandwich is 100 times better. Avoid this place and go elsewhere if you want fish. read more

This bar doesn't ID all the time, so minors can easily get in. The same groups of people constantly go there and it's never crowded. It's always empty. Just isn't a fun bar at all. Plus some of the regulars try to start fights. read more