We went there about a month ago. They sat us right next to a table where waitresses were gabbing away while wrapping silverware, and looking at us like we weren't PAYING customers. Meanwhile, there were 20 other tables that could have sat 5 people. We sat and listened (overheard) about tattoos, boyfriends, bosses....not a desirable evening in the least. Shame on you Andrews. It doesn't deserve the 1 star I HAD to give it, to post this rating. The owner should be embarrassed.
Review Source:Still a wonderful value for the quality, freshness and portion. Busy place filled with area seniors. They have kept facility nice over the years, bathrooms modern and clean.
The mistake Andrew's made was jacking up prices all at one time instead of gradually. Like i said, still a great value. Â And wholesale prices have risen past 3 years. But when your Pork Chop Dinner goes from $5.95 to 9.95 in matter of 36-40 months, people are willing to try other places etc.
Food is consistently good!! Â Their barbecue is delicious. Â I don't think that I've ever had anything at this place that I didn't like. Â The food is always cooked fresh and good. Â The wait staff has always been very friendly and nice. Â My family and I have been coming to this place for years that they don't disappoint. Â They also offer great specials. Â What a nice family restaurant with good food and reasonable prices. Â I would recommend this place to everyone. Â Although on the weekends, I would recommend making reservations they do tend to get busy during the dinner rush. Â Enjoy!!
Review Source:Don't blink, sneeze, or take your eyes off the road for a moment, or else you can easily pass this place right by, as my husband and I did three times. Â Nestled between business in a bustling strip mall setting, with minimal signage, you may never know that a restaurant is even back there. Â I was meeting up with some old coworkers here for lunch and to talk about the old days. Â Friends and what turned out to be a delightful dining experience, made the trip getting here even more worth it.
You know, my grandfather would have loved this place. Â As a mater of fact, I think a lot of grandfatherly types like this place, and that is what it mainly caters to. Â Not that I am complaining; I love senior-centric restaurants, because old people don't take any crap. Â They want good food, and good service. Andrew's delivered on both counts.
When you walk in the door, I warn you that it is very dark in the entryway and in the lounge that takes up the whole one side of the place. Â We were promptly all greeted and seated in the restaurant area; which was not as dark, and accentuated with a few roaring wood fireplaces. Â Our two waitresses were wonderful the whole way through, from soup to after dinner coffees. Â You could not have wanted to be treated any better.
The food was great! Â Your Greek restaurant style cream of chicken soup was hot and delicious; but the topper was my main course. Â The best, moist, tender, juicy and flavorful Grecian chicken I have ever had. Â Words cannot describe how happy I was as I tore into that wonderfully prepared chicken. Â After dinner coffee was strong and plentiful.
Sure, this place is not around the corner from me, but for the price to quality combo, definitely worth a return trip.
The food here is decent
With a moderate array of steakhouse/barbecue type items.
But the manager and hostess of this dated establishment lack the punctuality and politeness to accommodate their customers.
They seemed confused and we're rude!
And are  unaccommodating for large groups. Word of advice next time don't have your Jersey Shore reject of a hostesses (with the crummy attitude) run the front of the house.  And  your manager and or bosses son to grow a set of balls and take control of situations.
Good home cooked food. Â Wait staff is friendly. The restaurant is a little dark inside and the crowd tends to be more advanced in age. Prices are good, food is excellent. The rotisserie chicken is one of the specialties and worth the trip. Call ahead on weekend nights or you may run into a wait.
Review Source:If you are looking for a good home cooked meal away from home, this is the place to go.
I started with the chicken rice soup, which would have been perfect had it been hot (it was lukewarm). The French bread was nice and warm and served with real butter. I chose the Chicken Alfredo pasta dish, which was all right (chicken was good, pasta was so-so). My husband had a big plate of steak, ribs, corn on the cob and baked potato. We each completed our meal with a huge piece of apple pie with a healthy dose of cinnamon - yum!
No complaints about the service, but the lighting is just a bit dim. The best part about having a good meal? Having a cheap good meal!
Have been going here for 10+years. Â Each time it seems the service gets a little more, shall I say, inattentive. Â Last night we waited almost 10 minutes for someone to take our drink order. Â Manager was waved to and a server came shortly and took drink order. Â Then another server came to take drink order. Â We told her someone already was getting our drinks. Â I then went to washroom. Upon returning, my dinner companion told me the servers got into a squabble about taking the drink order, right at the table.......AAAAAwwwwwkward. Â I ordered one of their best dishes, shrimp dejoghne, but the shrimp was a little tough. Â (wah wah wah ) Dinner companion had chicken and ribs, but the ribs were room temperature. Â In the end our first round of drinks were comped...nice. Â We decided not to say anything about the food. Â I hope this is not the beginning of the end for Andrew's.......We'll be back.
Review Source:I would put a zero if I could. I went there for my friends baby shower today and it was a HORRIBLE experience! My food wasn't that bad but the chicken was slightly undercooked.
They made our party wait 45 minutes past the reservation to get a table and then while we were saying hi and meeting some new people and taking pictures, the waiter kept pushing to take the orders and then the manager also came by to ask if something was wrong and we were ready to order. Then they forgot some of the drinks and took forever to bring them. They forgot my salad and when it finally came it was the stalk mostly and had the wrong dressing.
The food took awhile to come out but with our large group I wasn't too worried. Then we ate and some ppl had to leave so we said goodbye. The waiter brought the cake to show us and gave the bill to the table. Then we had cake and we were trying to take pics and the waiter kept trying to pull the cake away. We then ate he cake and began to open presents and the waiter came by twice to get the check and we kept saying give us a moment. Then while trying to open more gifts, the "owner" douche that is Andrew supposedly came by and said pay the check we need these tables. We had been seated for maybe 2 1/2 hours and had a large bill.
When we pack up and are saying goodbye my nine month pregnant friend went up to talk to the owner Andy and he said we have a two hour limit and we should have kicked you out a long time ago and never should have sat you at all. He said I don't care if you are pregnant or not. He said he didn't want her there in the first place and to leave.
If this is how this douche runs a restaurant my friends family and I will not be frequenting this location. You are in a strip mall buddy not the magnificent mile!
Went here for lunch with a co-worker. The moment I walked in, I felt like I was in a funeral home. It was super dim, which messed with my eyes, and made me feel disoriented. When we sat down, I noticed all the blinds were shut tight and my co-worker and I cracked it open a slit. A couple of older ladies (senior citizens, is my guess) from a table near us began to squint, shield their eyes, and firmly requested that we shut the blinds back up. Not wanting to disrespect our elders or make the dining experience uncomfortable for fellow patrons, my co-worker and I reluctantly complied.
I ordered the quarter-chicken with the mashed potatoes and steamed carrots. The chicken itself was pretty tasty, but the mashed potatoes and carrots tasted like nursing home food.
My co-worker ordered a hamburger with fries. He said it was delish but way too much meat (which surprised me and, he admitted, him as well since he tends to have a big appetite) and so I would say they are quite generous with the meat.
Prices are reasonable and the food is decent. I don't think I will return though since it didn't particularly suit my palette. The super dark ambiance alone, however, is enough to deter me. When I finally walked back outside into the natural sunlight, my eyes hurt too much from the sudden shift in lighting.
We had lunch here after visiting the doctors' office. It has a sign saying Best Restaurant in the Area or something like that - their self-confidence drew us in. The vegetables were fresh, my wife's fish was firm, cooked just right and obviously not frozen. I had stuffed shrimp which could be anything, really, from something purchased at Restarant Depot to something they actually constructed. They were OK. A nice romaine salad came with each dish with many choices of dressings. The uantities were generous, the prices reasonable, the service was efficient. This is basically a Greek diner with a 1970s pizza parlor ambience, that is to say, everything is beige or brown, carpeted floor, tiffany kind of lamps. But it is what it is. They are sincere about what they do and it comes through. We told them we would write a nice Yelp review documenting our experience, and here it is!
Review Source:For ten years, we drove past this place on our way to/from the airport. Each time, I'd mention wanting to go there, but never did. Until last year. We finally stopped and had a meal. Since that first trip, we've been back more than half a dozen times. We're kind of hooked on Andrew's.
The wife loves this place. For me, it takes me back to when, as a kid in the 80s, I'd go to dinner with my family at the Brown Derby in Akron, OH. Not a bad thing at all. Just very much a time capsule. Solid, traditional food. Andrew's big thing is their wood-smoked rotisserie chicken and ribs. Cooked on the centerpiece of the restaurant--what my daughter calls the "wall of fire"--an open flaming rotisserie. They have other entrees, but this is what people come here for because they do these two things really well. And any of the rotisserie chicken meals won't break your budget while delivering a huge amount of tasty food.
Andrew's is in a stripmall. It's dark, but not in a bad way. It feels like the past. It's popular with older folks and families. It's a little noisy, but you don't have to shout to have a conversation.
If you like delicious, simple food done the same as it's probably been done for more than 50 years, for less than you'd expect to pay anywhere, this is your spot.
I did like the place but only soso. Had the pork chops good flavor but a little dry. Was difficult to get the water glass refilled, so loses points on service. Yes the Median age is about 73 here, but better to be on that end of the curve than on the chucky cheese side. So that's a push for me. The wife's fish was good. I think I shoulda gone with the chicken. I may try it again but not in a hurry to get back.
Review Source:I see old people.
Yes, this is a popular senior citizen hangout. Which is ok with me...I'd rather trip over a walker than a baby stroller. And no complaints about the blue plate special-style pricing! If nothing else, this place gives you a lot of food for your dime.
As for the food....I tried the highly recommended wood-roasted chicken, and it was definitely something I would order again and again. One of my DC's ordered the ribs, and I had a taste...I'll admit, it was not the best BBQ rib I ever had. Just a little tough. I much prefer Smoque and Fat Willy's, and even Carsons. But, it wasn't inedible...I was just glad I got the chicken. I've also heard good things about the pork chops.
It's not the kind of place I'd go out of my way to visit, but if I was in the area, hell yeah!
I love Andrew's! Â I was there last night for my friend's birthday. Â Their chicken is the best, and you can get broccoli and carrots instead of corn if you like. Â The broccoli is so huge and delicious! We had an excellent waiter and he remembered what everyone ordered.
I had the beef barley soup as well and it had a tomato base rather than a beef broth. Â I liked that as it was something different. Â You can get your choice of soup or salad witht the meals, along with potato or rice, and choice of veggie. Â
And it is not expensive. Â Thumbs up all the way around.
Henry (a recent reviewer) couldn't have said this better:
"As soon as (we) walked in the door, I felt like I was in a Berwyn funeral home." Â This is so perfectly said! Â Andrew's feels exactly like that.
Here are some of my own:
++ Recent census data confirms that the median age of Andrew's guests is 73.
++ Special discount for patrons who drive a Buick or Oldsmobile. 5% additional if it features the gear shifter on a stick OR dusty-blue velour upholstery. Â
++ Â Metamucil on the Rocks is a featured cocktail.
++ 68% of all diners are wearing elastic-waist pants at any given moment.
I think I should stop now and get to the serious review. Which is:
ANDREW'S IS AWESOME.
A great little tucked-away place that is more throwback or Wisconsin supper-clubbish than hip barbecue joint (even though it's full name - Andrew's Open Pit - connotates otherwise).
This isn't high-end cuisine by any means but it doesn't try to pretend to be that. Just take a look at the wall when you walk in and the "wallpaper" discount menu will tell you that.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ANY of the roasted chicken options
Pork chops (but don't expect 2-inch steakhouse cuts here)
Fresh side salad with balsamic vinaigrette
Shrimp DeJohnge
NOT SO GREAT:
Service
Sauces (seem very processed/Sysco like)
Accept Andrew's for what it is and you will come away feeling satisfied. AARP members and regular folks alike.
I can't believe this place exists. Â It's a hidden little gem. It's great for an inexpensive but classy dinner. For $8 you can get 1/2 chicken, rice/potato, vegetables/corn, and soup/salad. Â I may be slightly off. But really. You can get a complete dinner here EASILY.
as an appetizer, GET THE CALAMARI. There's a different taste to the way they do it here. A good amount of crunch and flavor texture, and the squid itsself is fresh and almost sweet. Something about it is really tasty.... I'd even eat the greens they serve it on top of. Really delish.
I haven't tried anything other than the wood-roasted chicken... but then again, I don't care to try anything else either. Â It's juicy and tender with great flavors. Â I usually pick the lemon herb.... dripping with deliciousness and savoriness. Â But the other types aren't bad either.
This place has a full bar which is lounge-like. Â A little older of a feel for my tastes, but a great option if you want to pre-game before your dinner, or are in line to wait. Â
The place seems to cater to an older crowd, and the staff sometimes seem really unhappy... still, I think it's a great business and a great go-to place in the area. Hopefully it sticks around.  I love a place where the bill is easy on my wallet and I have a whole nother round of leftovers  I can take home for later.
This place reminds me of a supper club. Â It has the wood walls and everything. Â We were probably the youngest ones in there, but that's OK. Â I love the 1/2 chicken. Â I would definitely recommend that. Â It's perfectly roasted until the skin is crisp and tasty. Â I usually don't eat the skin, but I make an exception at Andrew's. Â I always add a little salt to the chicken and it makes it even better. Â
The side dishes are fine but generally could use a little seasoning. Â I had the broccoli and carrots tonight, and they were just plain vegetables. Â They were fresh and everything, but they were steamed and that's it. Â I added some salt and pepper which helped (if you like salt and peppered vegetables). Â The gravy is a little weird. Â I recommend the baked potato rather than the mashed with gravy but that's just me. Â
Oh, and everything here is super inexpensive. Â The 1/2 chicken dinner was $7.95 and my Mai Tai was $4.75. Â
Our service was good, too. Â The food came out quickly. Â We were there at about 8:00 in the evening, though, so it was a little later than some have mentioned. Â
Overall, I would definitely recommend Andrew's.
This afternoon we went driving around looking for a place to grab some lunch / dinner and by sheer luck ended up back at Andrews. It was New Years Day and we were happy to find a place we liked that was open.
Christopher took some pics to add to the review, we ordered and then he pulled up my last review from summer. We laughed because we had both ordered the exact same thing as last time including the cocktail. I guess we truly are creatures of habit.
The waitress was very nice and attentive. She handled a few minor special requests with ease and stayed on top of our orders and needs throughout the meal.
I must admit that this time my lamb chops were kind of tough. The flavor was there, but the meat was too chewy. Also, Chris's steak was medium rare rather than the medium well he had ordered. To me it was perfect, but he does not like pink in steak and this was plenty pink. That being said, if he had sent it back, I know it would have been corrected, but he didn't.
Today we ordered dessert. I got flan which was pretty good and huge!! Chris ordered rice pudding which was enormous!! It was enough to feed the entire Mormon Tabernacle Choir!!!!! I'm not exaggerating, believe me! Well, I guess I am exaggerating a bit, but it was colossal ... well maybe not quite colossal, but big for sure!!!
Upon walking into this place, I didn't think I'd like it. Quite a few older people in there. However, the food is very good, and the waitstaff is actually friendly. In the cold weather, they have the fireplace going, which looks cozy, but will actually roast you if you sit in the vicinity. It is super hot over there. Also sitting next to the open pit kitchen is hot.
The steaks are good and reasonably priced. The portion sizes are really good. I had a shrimp dish that was on their special menu one time, it was outstanding!
I like meat. Â I like it when it comes in decent portions. Â I really like it when it comes in decent portions and is reasonably priced. Â I really really like it when it comes in decent portions and is reasonably priced and is actually really good.
That is why I like Andrew's. Â Everytime I have been in Andrew's there is ALWAYS a crowd. Â I mean always. Â WIth that being said, sometimes service can suffer a tad - it seems like some of the wait staff get a little flustered when they experience a crowd. Â However, it is a great place to have a conversation and relax with friends.
We ordered the fried calamari which tasted, OH whats the word, orgasmic? Â No. Â And I can't believe I just used that word. Â Let's just say it was really good. Â Then comes the standard dinner salad. Â Nothing amazing about it - but its some lettuce and a tomato in a bowl. Â What else do you expect? Â The bread- I like! Â It always comes to the table warm and delicious. Â Then onto the main course. Â You can't go wrong with chicken here. Â It is always cooked perfectly, and always juicy, never dry. Â The steak I had was great too - however cooked probably a minute longer then I would have liked, but still good none the less.
One of the people dining with us ordered the burger, well done. Â Not my thing - but people like what they like. Â She had only but a couple bites and was not very satisfied with the burger, which I have never tried from there,l but the blue cheese burger does sound very enticing for next time. Â Anywas, maybe it was because of the way it was cooked or what - but it was not an ace-in-the-hole for her. Â Everyone else enjoyed their chickens and steaks and ribs galore. Â I will always come back for more!
hmm.....I am torn, just torn between 3 and 4 stars.......
The open pit barbeque is good eatin'. Â The salad is ok, forgetable really. Â I always order the barbeque chicken and rib combo. Â I get the chicken all white meat. Â Very good. Â Sizzling, juicy, tasty. Â The baked potatoe is bigger then average. Â Good also.
Problems I have had there: Â service is really slow. Â And lets say, just be careful of the time of day you go in there, and leave it at that.
Ancient man would hunt and stalk Mastodon across the plains of Pangea so as to feed his family for weeks on the meat from a successful hunt. Â
Today he can do just about the same without having to wear a bear skin jock strap with an obsidian knife shoved in his waist pocket. Â All you need is a small amount of coin and your car will tip over like fred flinstone's when you walk out of this place with your doggie bag.
This is down the street from my house... we have tried it a few times... I hadn't realized that I'd never reviewed it until I read my dear friend, Darren's, review... and well, I've got my own issues.
I understand that when I order my steak well done, I do so at my own risk, it's the case everywhere... but everytime I order steaks at Andrew's I don't even get one that is Medium! Â My 6 yr old daughter loves a medium steak, so one night I ordered their filets and had one well for me and one medium for her... BOTH were rare! Â Seriously, my daughter nibbled the edges of her meat because she felt it was too bloody, and this is a kid that thinks well done tastes like a shoe... so it's not just that it wasn't done well enough for me.
Admittedly, however, I am giving the restaurant 3 starts because the ribs are good and the chicken is good and my son has enjoyed all he's eaten on the kids menu.
For what it's worth, the service is mediocre, we have waited over a half our for our server to return to our table after dinner was served, on several occasions.
Will we be back? Â Yes... I gave it 3 stars not 1 or 2, but is it my favorate restaurant for what they have, no... it's convenient though.
I really enjoy Andrew's. Â This place offers good service, extremely generous portions at reasonable prices, and a great selection. Â I used to live in Des Plaines and loved dining in or ordering take out from this place. Â For ~$10 per meal you will leave with grocery sized bags over-stuffed with chicken, vegetables, bread, salad (wow I am starting to salivate just thinking of this place), even napkins and utensils.
Dining in is also a great experience and you can see the brick ovens which rotisserie the chickens towards the back of the dining room. Â It's a little dark inside, and at times over-crowded, but they can usually seat you in a short period of time. Â And, if you do have to wait, there is often an empty seat at the bar up front. Â Wait staff has always been friendly.
Although they offer particular specials, I usually find myself enjoying the chicken oregano, a salad with creamy garlic, and if grabbing an appetizer the shrimp de jonghe. Â I always leave there stuffed, usually with leftovers.
Yes, it is definitely an older crowd, and I tend to reset the age curve, but I will take this over the screaming babies any day of the week. Â It's not the fanciest place, but I have enjoyed dates there and wish they were closer to where I live now, as I'm sure I would be enjoying them regularly.
Absolutely awesome value. Â Think a traditional old-wood, older-clientele ambiance; definitely the type of place you could take your folks or other relatives. Â Don't let the unassuming strip-mall locale fool you - inside is some of the best food you'll get in the northwest suburbs. Â
Although I put it in the "American" category, there's a significant Greek influence - you'll always find lamb on the menu as well as other traditional Med dishes. Â Treat yourself to the shrimp dejonghe appetizer; it's well-worth it. Â Service can be a little slow depending on crowds, but is always polite and accomodating.
This isn't the hippest place you'll ever eat, but it's reliable and relaxed, and chances are you'll rave about your meal afterwards.
Ok, this is not a romantic date place where you put on your classiest outfit and wow your sweetheart with the finer things in life. Â It's not the place you tell your friends about in that breathless "Oh my god, you have to try Andrew's Open Pit and Spirits" Â way. I believe they sell holiday gift certificates, but I would only buy a holiday gift certificate to Andrew's Open Pit and Spirits for a select group of people. Â Elderly people. Â People who like "joints" and who are made suspicious by the word "bistro" or "trattoria."
This is where you come to put huge portions of reasonably priced meat in your face. Â This is accomplished under dim lighting that ages everyone by about 15 years, preferably after you've drunk the house mai tai, a $4 "tropical delight." Â The servers will take your food order and eventually bring food to your table and supply you with your check. Since the lighting makes them look like the reanimated dead, that's probably all you want to see of them while you're trying to eat.
As you can imagine, the joint gets crowded on a Saturday night. Â Giant takeout menus are posted on the walls, and they call to me with the promise of giant pork chops and plump roasted chickens to go.
I've been a customer of Andrew's for several years. The decor is nice, the food excellent and the prices reasonable.
There is a brick oven located at the rear of the dining room. You'll always find chickens roasting on the spit. I've never had a bad meal there.
At times, the restaurant is crowded. For large groups, I've had to wait, even with reservations.
Try the wood roasted oregano chicken and the peppercorn ranch dressing.
The food is excellent, except for the water-logged corn on the cob.The service REALLY sucks. Â We have gone for lunch on many occasions, on limited time, only an hour, and it takes a half hour to 45 minutes to get our food? Â We usually get back to work a half hour late.
4 stars for the food but you lose one for the service. Â
And as many old people as you'd see at Old People Buffet.
Andrew's is near Des Plaines (80%+ of population is comprised of longtime AARP members). Â The word geriatric seems to come to mind when describing this diner. Â The food comes out relatively quickly, but don't expect to always fit your lunch in within the hour. Â You'll be one of the few whipper snappers in the joint, but you won't need an AARP card to get hooked up with a big meal on the cheap. Â I love their 1lb pork chops for $7. Â Not a fan of zeh peeg? Â How about a quarter chicken and a 1/3 slab of ribs with sides for $9?
Whatever strikes your fancy, come hungry and bring reinforcements... you'll probably need help being rolled out the door. Â Considering its nearby competition is pretty much a Portillo's and an Old Country Buffet, Andrew's is probably one of the nicer restaurants in the area for good food on a lean wallet. Â Located just off the I-294, this place is a short commute from O'Hare and makes for a good lunch or dinner spot.
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