This place has the best food! The chicken tenders are fresh not frozen and they are hand battered in house! They rock! What they need is more staff! The staff they have are great but they are running almost on a dead sprint! We listened to a phone ring for 2-3min and NO one made an attempt to answer it. These poor girls need more help! Hire someone to answer the phone! Oh my goodness! Overall the food is worth the chaos! Expect to wait most peak hours! Bathroom are always clean! The environment is nice and clean, with many tv's for viewing mostly sports! Which is love! The price of the food is well worth what you get in quality and quantity! read more

The Factory Pub N Grub - Pubs Near Me - Sterling, Illinois

Found out about this hipster restaurant in Sterling that has some kind of industrial theme to it. It certainly has a kind of out of the way location. The Factory Pub N Grub is found among old factories and warehouses. Among the more interesting places to drink and eat. You can get cheaper beers along with a few vegetarian choices so great stuff. Coming here the first time it wasn't crowded. It's got a bigger than expected interior. The bar is in the middle and there's plenty of tables. A great thing is they have discounted beers. It's about $2 to get beers they're trying to get rid of from previous events or whatever. A lot of the menu is meaty. Still there's a few plant based things. It's about $15 for an Impossible Burger. This comes with the usual burger toppings. Great place with an industrial hipness about it. It's closed Sundays. The menu is meaty but there's a few things for vegetarians. read more

The Factory Pub N Grub - Beer And The Impossible Burger - Pubs Near Me - Sterling, Illinois

Always great service and the food never disappoints. They are really good at checking on you during your meal.

Great food, great vibes, and even better service! The Factory Pub & Grub delivers flavorful dishes, generous portions, and a welcoming atmosphere. Perfect spot to relax, grab a drink, and enjoy a consistently awesome meal. Highly recommend! read more

Loved this place. We went for lunch and had a lunch special. They have great options and food is fresh and nice. The place is also very clean. Our server was nice and friendly.we ordered impossible burger, veggie Mac n cheese wrap and fries. Everything tasted good. I recommend this place. read more

I have been there several times. I have always had good friendly service. The quality of food and value are both great. I wish they had homemade Onion Rings but other than that! Good menu and place to stop in for a bite to eat. read more

Wonderful lean line strawberry salad to die for. I would recommend this on a very summer day to cool you down. Delicious. My go to

Three of us stopped in for a late lunch. We got EXCELLENT service from the bartender. I got the toasted ravioli, my comrades had a burger and the pulled pork sammich. All very good. Tip? Ask for a tiny bit extra BBQ sauce with pulled pork and extra marinara for the ravioli. read more

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Food and service was excellent! When in Sterling I will be back! Chicken wings was crispy and many sauces to pick from. Salad was very good and plentiful. Great bang for the buck! read more

The Factory Pub N Grub - Pubs Near Me - Sterling, Illinois

My wife and I had dinner tonight at this restaurant. We found the service and food to be excellent.

Great Burger.... What a great taste. We had the Bacon Jam Burger and it was cooked perfectly. We celebrated our anniversary and toasted with drinks. Awesome. read more

The Factory Pub N Grub - Pubs Near Me - Sterling, Illinois

Burger itself was good. But ordered Mushroom- Swiss and it did not measure up to the menu description. Very little mushrooms and 1 small piece of cheese. No sauce. Last few bites were dry. Quality has decreased lately. Waitress forgot my drink until she served the sandwich - which was the wrong sandwich. read more

We love to eat here, they have gotten to know us because we are regulars. We love Tanya, going to miss her when she leaves. Try it, you won't be disappointed! read more

Great place to eat great value, good food and great service. Homey atmosphere family friendly. It is a pub but a place you can bring the whole family. read more

The Factory Pub N Grub - Boneless wings mango habanero. - Pubs Near Me - Sterling, Illinois

This is one of my favorite places to eat at in Sterling. They have a great selection of food and beverages for everyone. I've never had bad service, even when they've been slammed. It is always clean and the staff has always been pleasant. read more

Worst experience ever. Stephanie was our waitress. Horrible. Had to flag her down to take our order. Restaurant wasn't busy when we arrived. After placing our order and delivering our food we never saw her again until we flagged her down to request our checks. No drink refills offered. Food was fine. Wouldn't recommend the steak sandwich. Mine had a lot of fat, my sister's was fine. Won't be going back. Many more options available close by. read more

The waitress was fabulous. The place was full. I ordered the sweet and spicy hand breaded chicken breast... meh.... it wasn't spicey and it wasn't yummy. The cream cheese spread was minimal and the hand breaded chicken breast was dry. The Raspberry Chipotle sauce was flavorless..... try some pepper jelly in the Raspberry jelly. read more

The sign on their door on 6/4/21 says "we are short staffed. Please be patient with the staff that did show up" Sounds like they need to pay reasonable wages and not be passive aggressive against the workers who couldn't or wouldn't work for what they're offering. read more

The factor has amazing burgers, the best in the area. The appetizers are great as well. The staff are friendly and attentive. The atmosphere is nice, not too loud. There is a lot of seating. read more

Best place in town to grab some great food. Huge variety on the menu for all to enjoy. The service is always top notch and a great meeting place for all ages! read more

Another great place for pub food! Very welcoming atmosphere and friendly staff. I love the openness where the tables don't feel like they're right up against eachother either. read more

Burger was under cooked, received fries not tots as ordered, couldn't get anyone to stop and help.

We went to the factory in Sterling Illinois. My brother-in-law has serious medical issues, and I told the waitress not to give him any more beer. Only concerned about tip money, she kept bringing him beer after I told him that the doctor does not want him drinking more than one beer. I even explained the medical reasons why he should not drink more than one, and that he has fallen and broken mini bones. She belligerently brought him beer anyway. He came home and threw up. If he had fallen, I would have sued the hell out of this organization, because of the unethical behavior of the weight staff. I will be turning in this organization to the right authorities. read more

The people here where really nice great service and awesome food.my food filled me up and tasted amazing i ten out of ten this place if u in Sterling u have to try this place read more

The Factory Pub N Grub - Onion rings a grilled cheese and fries - Pubs Near Me - Sterling, Illinois

My wife and I stopped here today and right away our waitress was there, providing menu's and asking if we wanted anything to drink. I asked about a certain beer but ordered a different kind, but then waitress brought the beer I ordered but also brought a sample of the other I was curious about, wow! We ordered off a fantastic menu and the food arrived shortly. The waitress checked on us a while after the food arrived and all was good! I would recommend going here as often as you can, as I know we'll start doing. ......Reyn read more

The wait staff is the best around. Same goes for the food. The burgers are the best in the area, the wings are second to none and the beer is always ice cold. Oh and let's not forget the waffle fries. Damn good!!! read more

Showed up for a late dinner. Place was nearly empty but I turned out to be a very good brisket sandwich and cold beer. Solid choice for a local sports pub. read more

Lots of room with Great food an service. Chicken wings are excellent and not little dinky pigeon wings!!!

First time here and my sandwich was delicious. It was so much food I had to take half home. Would recommend the visit read more

The Factory Pub N Grub - Pubs Near Me - Sterling, Illinois

Great people, good food, and cold drinks! What more do you need. Music in the back is sweet! If it is going on, I suggest stopping buy read more

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The food was amazing, way better than I expected. Service was also fantastic. I had the pulled pork sandwich with a side of cheese curds, and would order that again. The cheese curds came with a raspberry chipotle sauce that was to die for. If we lived in the area, we would eat here weekly for sure. read more

A nice slow Monday but cold drinks, friendly staff and plenty of TVs. The food is good too, if you like burgers, this is the place to go. They have 20 different burger choices, not to mention 5 different bun choices. Tasted good and it came out in a reasonable time! read more

The Factory Pub N Grub - A nice cold tall beer! - Pubs Near Me - Sterling, Illinois

I'm sad today. The Factory normally has great food. However today I ordered the Lean Line Salad, which has grilled chicken. I noticed a piece of chicken on top that looked odd, kinda raw. It was rubbery and I unable to be be pulled apart easily as fully cooked chicken should be. Fortunately I hadn't eaten any or I would have gotten sick. read more

It's typical bar food like the 30 other bars in sterling and rock falls. Some are cleaner than others but all serve the same food just depends on who you talk too. If you like typical artery clogging bar food then hit any of them up they are all the same don't let one try and fool ya with fancy talking,it's a bar at heart not a restaurant. read more

The Factory has the best burgers around. The atmosphere is okay. It's definitely a bar first, grill second. I recommend it and I will keep going back. read more

Stopped in for lunch today while out riding with friends, the service was good and everyone liked the food they ordered. Very extensive menu. Our only complaint would be about the automatic gratuity that was added to our tabs because there were eight people in our group. 25% !!!!!! That's ridiculous. No one remembered seeing that on the menu. An automatic gratuity for a large group is common but that is a little excessive. Doubt we'll ever go back. read more

This place was awesome. The burger I had was one of the best! I can't remember what the name was but it was sweet with heat...had cream cheese and really was good. The beer is cold..I had the flight with one I was so impressed with I ordered another...cheery bomb ale...I think...anyway the food was awesome and I definitely will recommend anyone wanting a bar food type restaurant to stop here. The staff was great...no complaints at all. read more

Excellent food, fast and friendly service. Great atmosphere, was busy but not too bad. I definitely recommend this stop and will visit again when I'm back in town! read more

Amazing food, brought out quickly. Big portions, could barely finish mine but it was delicious and great quality. Nice seating and friendly staff. read more

The food is amazing - lots of different and interesting sandwich and burger selections that is sure to tempt any palette. I always look forward to trying something new there. read more