We had a very pleasant lunch here. I had a bruschetta salad that was quite delicious and filling, and the coffee was tasty. Our waitress was friendly and attentive, and was happy to bring the kiddos appetizers instead of meals.
I'm giving this three stars because the interior was freezing and the service, however, pleasant, could have been faster.
I've been to several Champps locations across the Midwest and this one is my least favorite. I went here on a Saturday night during a Chicago Blackhawks game and unfortunately was seated in the back/side room, which was somewhat cold, but more disappointingly, deathly quiet. The main room had the audio playing for the Blackhawks game but they wouldn't turn on the sound in the side room. So even though I was in a sports-themed restaurant surrounded by TVs, I couldn't hear any of the game since the sound didn't travel to this room and my server was unable or unwilling to get the sound turned on.
After asking her, she said something about not being able to turn it on because several games were being shown on various TVs. Well that didn't seem to be a problem in the main dining room where the game audio was on loud and clear. When you go to a sports-themed restaurant, you want to enjoy the game -- audio and video -- and not be shunned to a back room away from the action.
I left disappointed overall even though the food and service otherwise was decent, though the waitstaff generally seemed a bit harried and overworked (we had a couple of minor glitches with our order and had to track down a different server to get a to-go container at the end of our meal).
Overall, I'd recommend avoiding this particular Champps location. The food and drinks aren't inexpensive, so the service and overall experience should be better and more consistent. Try the Rock Bottom Brewery across the street instead.
Very disappointed! Â The food was nothing special. Â The burgers tasted like frozen patties, they claim they never are. Â Drinks were not good, I guess I should let this stomach ache go away before I write any more. Just don't have high hopes going in here. I do have to say the staff was nice even though part of our orders were wrong.
Review Source:This place used to be really good but I think over the past few years it has gone downhill. Regardless, it's packed a lot so a lot of people seem to like it.
Food is just ok and prices are on par with other places. They do have a good variety of pasta, salads, sandwiches and appetizers. I just haven't been impressed with the flavor of their food the past few times I have gone.
On our recent visit, our waitress was pretty slow and forgot a lot of things. We brought our 10 month old and he will only be good for so long in a restaurant. She took forever to bring everything to our table.
I'd probably go somewhere next time if we are in the area.
I think 3 stars is accurate for this place - it was a pleasant experience, it served our needs and the food/atmosphere was just fine. Â Our waitress forgot some things and made some mistakes but they were minor, and she was overall very friendly. Â I had a shrimp pomodoro pasta dish which was good but they left out that it came with a generous heaping of parmesan on top. Â I absolutely hate parmesan but able to just scrape it to the side so for the most part it didn't affect the taste that much. Â But be warned!
Boyfriend's grandpa could not get enough of the fish and chips. Â He was very excited and brought it up at least twice at dinner, and in the car, and during the next day how incredible his fish and chips were - so I would recommend them if you can't decide what to order!
Overall, just a normal sports place, but not as loud. Â Decent bar food and lots of TVs everywhere. Â I've never been to a Champ's before this time but would definitely go back.
Champ's - 3 Stars: always seem to be able to find a seat in this huge dining room surrounded by large-screen TVs. Another nice find for beer selections in Orland Park. This big and airy restaurant has a nice ambiance typical of a sports bar ... youngish crowd, good bar food - overall nice selections cooked behind a wall of glass. Recommended for all family groups.
Review Source:A great sports bar! Â Their burgers are really good and their nachos are my favorite. Â Their wings are not half bad either! Â I suggest going from 4-6 or 10-close and sitting in the bar... Half price appetizers. Â Also, Mondays are $5.99 burgers! Â Best part about this establishment is GLORIA... Best waitress ever!! We always request her!!
Review Source:We have been here several times and are MVP members. Typically, a good place for burgers, although they do have stiff competition from Red Robin and Five Guys when it comes to us. Unfortunately, their food quality on entries varies depending on the dish ordered.
Tonight was a bad experience, especially for me. Â After 25 minutes, they finally brought out my salad. Â Two minutes later, some guy with a very thick accent shouts into my ear AEK! Â My steak and shrimp were served. The waitress offered to place my steak under a heating lamp. Â Ah, no thanks, we are not at Denny's.
The steak was the worst I have ever tasted in my 44 years of existence. Â It was so dry that beef jerky seemed moist in comparison. Â The cook obviously kept pressing on the steak until the last drop of moisture evaporated. Â Also, it was extremely chewy and of very low quality. Â So much for a $23 entry. Â It ruined by dining experience.
This is ironic, because two days prior I had the same cut of steak at Texas Roadhouse for $8 (their before 6 PM menu) and it was absolutely wonderful. Each flavorful bite would literally melt in your mouth.
All said, Champp's charges a little extra than the rest of the competition. Unfortunately, they don't quite deliver on the food quality-to-pricing ratio as do Friday's, Chili's or Buffalo Wild Wings. Â We are talking about small appetizers costing as much as an entry, some above the $10 mark, or an extra $2 for shredded cheese and bacon bits on a $3.99 side salad. Â A lot of nickel and diming is evident on the menu.
The wife's rack of ribs were quite good, again, it is a toss up in terms of quality. Â All burgers, ribs and salad entries tend to be good. Â Pasta, steak and anything else that is atypical for a sports bar should be avoided. Â You got to know what to order at Champps, or you will eventully get burned.
These are the primary problems with this particular establishment:
(1) reduced overall value compared to the competition;
(2) inconsistent food quality across their menu.
We just took the family here for Friday Family Fun Night.  The kids pizza was better than the grilled chicken artichoke pasta thing I had.  My daughters seafood pasta tasted  nasty.  The shrimp tasted like it was out of a can.  The pasta on both dishes tasted like it had been sitting in water too long.  They hammer you on the drinks in this place.  2 large beers 17.50.  We probably wont be going back soon.
Review Source:I have to say I liked this place more than I expected to. A friend selected it  and we had lunch there. I had the bacon chicken breast sandwich-it was delicious--not like okay but DE-Lish. My only complaint, when I got home, I saw that it is 1,370 calories! AAAACK! That's my daily alottment. (I didn't have the bacon on it so I'm thinking that should reduce it by at least 1000. ; )
Review Source:I'm not sure where some of these bad reviews come from ... this place is exactly what it claims to be - a family-friendly sports bar. Â It's fantastic for families, the food is quite good and the staff is always very nice. Â Also they have lots of tv's and they are incredibly nice about changing channels if you have a particular game you want to watch.
Review Source:Went out for a Sat. night dinner with my wife, mother-in-law, and 2-year-old twins. Had to wait a bit for a table to accommodate us, but not too bad, especially for a Saturday night. Our waiter was friendly and helpful. I ordered the kobe burger, it was ample and outstanding. Everyone else's food was tasty, the kids even ate their mac and cheese, which is saying something because they hardly ever eat their food when we go out.
Will definitely come back again.
I am not quite sure why they have 2 p's nor why I like this chain. Â I know, it's a chain.
But we've come here quite a bit to be able to have lunch and watch a game and it's fun. Â Maybe it's all the watching that makes me like the food here but it's a decent place for a burger or a salad.
Monday night my daughter and I came here for their burger special, it was huge and good. Â I sent half home to my son in law and tried their new mini desserts. Â I LOVE MINI DESSERTS! Â Personally I would recommend the cookie/ice cream bit of deliciousness. Â (Do not judge me, my daughter and I split the trio sampler.)
If you are not interested in the games and the weather is nice, check out their patio. Â It is one of my faves!
A burger you can't even finish and a bit of naughty pleasure at the end. Â LIfe is good.
Had a wonderful dinner last Sunday with my family. HUGE portions and decent prices, along with very attentive service. If you save room, they have the BIGGEST piece of ice cream cake for 8.99. Trust me, ordering it for someone and watching their eyes light up is worth twice that much! and the best part is, it's delicious. will definiteluy return! Oh, and great drinks too!
Review Source:Failing like a Champpion
I've eaten at a lot of restaurants in a lot of different settings, but this is the first time ever I felt compelled to join Yelp just to talk about this horrible place. Â I dined there this evening with my mother during my visit to the area to attend to my hospitalized father. Â
They had previously dined there and had positive experiences, but this time was different. Â We were seated in a smaller dining room off to the side, the type of room probably used for private parties. Â The NBA pregame was on the televisions when we arrived, but they were muted which was perfectly acceptable if not preferred. Â We ordered our food, mom had a large salad and I ordered the Parmesan-crusted chicken on pasta. Â A larger party than ours arrived in the small room and requested the televisions be turned up.
The manager obliged, turned up the sound and stopped by our table as an afterthought. Â The larger group wasn't satisfied by the volume, apparently listening to NBA pregame is absolutely essential, so the manager turned up the volume even more, just in time for our food to be enjoyed while listening to commercials blaring overhead. Â I asked the manager if the television could be turned down at least during the pregame, and she shrugged her shoulders and told me there was nothing she could do. Â In reality there wasn't anything she WOULD do to remedy the situation. Â I didn't realize the $15 entree and $5 beer came with commercials as well- but at Champps it certainly does. Â At this point I had only communicated my frustration with the manager who showed little interest in fixing this beyond "sorry there's nothing I can do."
Apparently she could do something about it, which was to tell our server about my reasonable request because the server also felt the need to feed my the same line even when I didn't ask about it. Â The server, apparently trying to make light of the situation, compared me to an overweight flamboyantly gay television personality- of which I am neither overweight, nor flamboyantly gay, nor on television- which only added a bit of insult to injury. Â Perhaps I could have shot back by telling her she reminded me of Mama Cass- but I figured this place was classier than that. Â Certainly their prices seem to reflect that, but the behavior of both the manager and the server tell a different story. Â
Oh and the food wasn't very good either, at least not for the price. Â I practically never use salt on anything, but the chicken was so bland that it demanded it just to be palatable, and served over a bed of properly-cooked pasta (at least they got that right) practically no red sauce. Â Their beer selection is something straight out of any other chain restaurant- and if you want to drink a beer without supporting one of two beer conglomerates, then I hope you like Fat Tire because that's all there is. Â But plenty of Bud and Miller and other swill to go around. Â With Houlihan's and Rock Bottom only a stone's throw from this place, it's any wonder they are still in business. Â Save your money and your dignity and please go somewhere else.
10 minutes for the waitress to come by is not the way to start off dinner.
Buffalo chicken was dry and bland with a delicious side of waffle fries served luke warm with nasty ass ranch dressing.
This place is just bland. Not even the hot waitresses can liven this place up. But an extra star to the latino bus boy. that lady is working her ass off
I had been there on a Saturday afternoon last summer with my parents, sister and nephews ... it was nice and the food was good. That experience brought me back when I was in the area again this past Friday night ... which turned out to be a BAD idea.
The Blackhawks were playing so every screen in the place had the game on and it was inhumanely loud. I don't like having to repeat myself (to a server or someone I'm sharing dinner with) or to have to ask people to repeat themselves either, so this was probably the worst possible night I could've been in this location. Â
I was also somewhat appalled at the couples that had their very young children (even a newborn) in a place like this after 10pm. Maybe I'm in the minority that think it's seriously trashy to take kids out that late to what is basically a noisy sports bar. Â I won't blame that on the restaurant, they can't choose their patrons ... I just don't want to be around those kinds of people if I have the choice to eat elsewhere.
On the food side, it was very tasty. Â We got the chips and queso appetizer and were surprised by how good the fresh salsa and freshly made chips were. Â My girlfriend had a salad with curried cashews that she said was worth going back for. Â I had the mushroom burger and onion rings which were both cooked to perfection and had lots of flavor without being greasy. Â The lady enjoyed a wine on special while I tempered my temper with a long island iced tea ;-) Â
It was a good culinary visit, but I definitely won't ever go there on a game night again after this. Â Probably best for daytime lunches and only dinners on a bye week for the home teams I suppose.
Food: 3 stars
Ambiance: 1 star
Final score: 2 stars
This was totally my fault. I will never be swayed by a coupon again. Yes, it was that same $10 bucks for your birthday. We started with a caesar salad. The croutons tasted stale. And there was way to much bottled dressing on it. The shroom burger was horrible. The bun tasted like wet bread with a strong dough smell to it. And the onion rings were battered in the same stale bread crumbs, and they also found a way to get rid of that onion taste. (Isn't that why you get rings?) Â I am always nice to the servers, because the bad food is not their fault. But my first Pepsi tasted soapy. My second tasted like soapy Mr. Pibb? Well, I will chalk this up to my stupidity!
Review Source:Well so much for hoping that my last experience was just a bad day. Well they are continuing to have them. Service people, if you have decent food and service then people come. With all the competition in the area it is better to go elsewhere. The food I had was ok and service was just not good. Pass on this.
Review Source:I have eaten at a Champps in downtown Indianapolis a few times and was always very happy with it. Before going to this one, I chalked up the bad reviews to people just being burnt out on the cookie cutter "bar & grill" type restaurants that are in every shopping center in every suburb across America. That's not it. This place is just a suckfest. I had a "firehouse burger" when I was there. I'm not sure how you make a burger with 3 kinds of peppers, hot sauce, and cheese have absolutely no flavor at all, but they pulled it off.
Review Source:Champps.... I will have to give this place 2 stars. I have been here about 3 times, and im disappointed every time. Â To begin, the location is good and the restaurant is very modern, spacious, and clean with a lot of television monitors playing sports games, etc. Â So the restaurant looks nice. Â Unfortunately, the food is terrible!!!! I've had their burgers, nachos, chicken...it's all bland and it all tastes like plastic......even the fries tasted like plastic. Â I don't get it! How can you go wrong with fries ????? I'm done with this place.
Review Source:Still no complaints -- we ended up back here the day before Mother's Day, because they had a free-entree-for-mom promo going on. (And, bonus, I was mistaken for a mom and given a card worth six months' of free entrees!)
I know that there are a million great burger places in and around Chicago. I know. I have vague intentions of visiting some of them. (Like Hackney's, which is in Orland Hills or whatever, after all.)
But Saturday, I had a "border burger" at Champp's and it was huge and delicious. Piled high with cheese, black bean-corn salsa, avocado, lettuce tomato pickle, I could hardly wrap my mouth around it. It was cooked to a nice juicy medium. And I just wanted to report its tastiness.
I'll have to visit here like I visit White Castles, and that's once every six months or so. My experience wasn't great but it was so terrible either. The food was so-so and the waiter experience was fair too. The time I visited was a Sunday evening, it wasn't crowded at all. I had the sea-food pasta and it was good to the taste, needed a little help with some seasoning but I survived the ordeal.
Review Source:Champps shows UFC fights, so I automatically am a fan.
The wait time at this location on the Friday of a UFC fight is about 90 minutes, but I had no trouble getting a stool at the bar, where you can order food and drinks.
I soon made a friend at the bar who was waiting on a table, and I sat with him and his wife in their booth a few minutes later.
The beer specials aren't bad. I had 23-ounce glasses of Bud Light for $3 each. Honey Weiss was the same price. The beers from the bar were ice cold, with bits of frost floating in the mug. I almost cried with joy.
We only ate appetizers and dessert. I had the Mile-High Nachos, which cost $9 and could feed three people. They were loaded with chicken, jalepenos and two cheeses and came with sides of guacamole, sour cream and salsa. Perfect.
My new friends had a sampler platter, which cost $15 and was decidedly smaller than my nachos. We finished with Cookie Express, which basically is pizzookie (a 3/4 baked giant chocoloate chip cookie with loads of ice cream dropped on top).
For as crowded as the restaurant was, our server really took care of us and didn't pressure us to leave so others could sit. That ended up backfiring, as I was supposed to pick up a friend in Joliet and wound up being late.
Anyway, Champps was a great place to watch the fights, as most of the people were true UFC fans and very invested in the action. When Silva won his bout, people literally leapt from their seats and screamed.
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