7 reviews of Eighty Five Brink Street Grille & Bar
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Jenna A.
Place rating: 5 Lombard, IL
I haven’t eaten here — just came one night to see Jimmy Nick play and this was an awesome little intimate location! The band is right there with the crowd and it makes it super fun — for them and the crowd! The bartenders are all gorgeous and good at what they do — good job on the hiring! LOL.
Jeff G.
Place rating: 1 Carol Stream, IL
The interior and exterior of the building sure do look nice. The food and the service was very poor and slow. I eat out many times a week. This place is one of a only a handful I have gone to where I would never go back too. I ordered wings and when they arrived at table I asked for the blue cheese and celery sticks which was listed as part of the plate. The waitress went back and said they are out of celery so they gave me carrots instead. The carrots were dirty, they tasted dirty, and a few were left as whole round carrots, others were pretty large cuts. Reminded me when I was a kid and I would eat carrots and wonder if I would crack my teeth on them. My dinner partner had a hamburger that was very uneventful. We love good burgers and were just very disappointed at the burger as served. The service was very slow. The waitress was cold. Ever go out and have the experience where no eye contact was made with anyone in your party? This is the second time in recent memory that I have seen this. There was little to no communication. Very strange experience. Even when she gave me my plate of wings I noticed immediately that the celery was missing but she just dropped and ran so I had to work to get her back to the table. Definitely a very poor experience. Very poor food. But the inside and the outside of the restaurant do look nice.
Greg v.
Place rating: 1 Evanston, IL
Place is Crazy, company party some chick starts shoving members of the party and keeps saying I own the place. Clearly slam drunk, turns out it is the owners niece. Turns into a small brawl and the company party gets removed and threatened by several members of the staff/crazy ass family running this whack job joint. Steer far away from this joke of an establishment.
Christine J.
Place rating: 1 Crystal Lake, IL
Not what it used to be! :( Waitress greeted us and said she’d be right with us and never came back. Not very busy(5 tables with customers), we just got up and left.
Brigitte M.
Place rating: 3 Elgin, IL
This place is right out of a Cheers episode, which can be intimidating when walking in as a new customer. The bar is literally at the door and packed. The $ 1 drafts are great and the daily specials are cheap and plentiful. We had the pizza and it was very good. Definitely not a frozen bar pizza type place. The food was way above what I expected from a bar. Everything was great(with exception to the chili, which was too meaty). I’ll be back!
Nathan S.
Place rating: 4 Crystal Lake, IL
I always feel at home here. The people are very nice and prices are good. What I like most is the relaxed atmosphere. I’m not a karaōke fan so I leave once it starts on Friday. It does however, bring alot of people in.
Franklin D.
Place rating: 3 Indianapolis, IN
It’s a bar with an upstairs and a downstairs. There are some dart boards. You can’t smoke inside anymore(here or anywhere else in the area) but I think the patio is quite nice. There is a kitchen but whoever is running it is real flaky on the hours it is open and actually serving food. If you are hanging out here you might consider ordering pizza from Georgio’s just up the street. There is a karaōke night… Thursdays I think?