The one thing this place has going for it is that it is relatively inexpensive food.
The quality of the food is mediocre at best. I had a burger. It was cooked fine, but the quality of the ingredients was only as expected for the price of the burger. The beer was moderately priced--maybe on the steeper end than what I'd rather do.
The server that I had was incredibly annoying. I'm sure he was just trying really hard on a slow night. But he'd visit our table approximately every 2-3 minutes asking if our meal was OK or if we needed something else. My friend and I went to enjoy a game on the TVs - this really disrupted our experience.
I really regretted that our server also did not let us know about the food specials. He was quick to note the beer specials (nothing fantastic) however, I would have appreciated knowing about the cheaper food option (even though I didn't pay too much in the first place).
Overall, it was mediocre. Nothing special. If you need to watch the game and some of the other sports bars are full or you want a quieter environment, then it's not a bad place to visit.
Lastly -- important notice!!! This restaurant does not appear as a restaurant in your credit card statements (since it's part of the attached hotel). Thus, any of you expecting higher rewards for restaurants, don't expect it here because it'll show up as a hotel expense instead. Just thought you should know if you have Discover or something similar which does higher % cash back for restaurants every once in a while.
We used to live right by this place and loved it. Â The atmosphere was always fun and it wasn't as crazy packed as some of the other bars around. Â I miss when they first opened, though, because they had these ruben spring rolls and they were AMAZING and different, but good drink specials and good food. Always good wings. Â Also, always clean. Â And we went to a party in a reserved room in the back and it was a great size and pretty reasonably priced.
Review Source:Despite the poor reviews on Yelp, we decided to give this place a try because it's TGIF, and according to the reviews, this place is fairly empty, secondly, it's Fish and Chips for $6.50, who can deny such temptation? And we wanted a bar with TVs to show the grand opening ceremony of Olympics.
And to our surprise, we totally enjoyed our experience dining here tonight. A guy welcomed us when we walked in, very friendly and led us to a table with the perfect TV view and our waitress, Suzanne, is sweet and attentive, food was served promptly and the waffle fries + steak fries were piping hot and crispy. The fish and chips was pretty good and so was the big portion of pork tenderloin sandwich with fresh vegetables in it.
The price was pretty reasonable considering that we had two entrees, one drink, one dessert and it totaled up to $ 24.95+. If I were to complain one thing, I'd have to say the multilayer-ed chocolate cake was just okay, pretty rough, dry loose texture? Now, when I think of it, you could probably get those in grocery stores. So, skip the chocolate cake and enjoy the entrees!
I was really craving a cheeseburger around six thirty on a Friday night so I ended up at Coaches Bar and Grill after trying two other places that were running long wait lists. Due to the large size of Coaches dining room we were seated immediately. The waitress we had was new and it seemed like it was her first serving job. Friday nights they have a wells liquor u-call-it special and my boyfriend ordered a well whiskey on the rocks and the server came back twice to clarify his order, she didn't understand that he just wanted whiskey with ice.
Our food arrived relatively promptly, as did our check. The food was very average, nothing was wrong with it, but it wasn't spectacular or particularly memorable. The fries were lukewarm, which was disappointing because I (like most people) like my fries piping hot.
Overall it met our needs and was reasonably priced, but given the chance I'd rather go to Upland or Nick's.
Awesome food, fair service. I really don't know why the restaurant is or was so empty. We recently ate there with some friends who were in from out of town, and the food was AMAZING! I was told the spinach dip was fantastic, and then everything else we had was terrific also. I had a chicken wrap which was put together perfectly, and I got to sample the mac and cheese, chili, and another chicken dish. I got to sample them because all of our food was so good, we kept giving each other samples just so the other person could taste for themselves how good it was. It was all cooked perfectly, and it tasted delicious. I almost wish something had been wrong with it so I could make some snarky comment, but I can't . It was too good.
The downside of the empty restaurant is the fact that the guys tending bar are responsible for table service. The guy we had was very nice and very helpful, but at one point during our meal, I think he went on break, so the other bartender was supposed to take care of us. He did a fine job at first, but as the bar filled up, he wasn't able to come back out and check on us. I don't fault him, it's just what happens when you go bare bones in staffing a place. The service is what knocked this down to 4 stars. Quite honestly, I almost made it five, because another reviewer also said the food was great but the service was poor, and only gave it one star. For me, that's a bit harsh.
Overall, I would love to go back. When Coaches opened, it was supposed to be the adult alternative, where people could go without being surrounded by students. It will be a tragedy if that thinking causes this place to close. It's too good.
1 star! the only reason it got a star at all is because the food was terrific, i had the fish and chips and i was pleasantly surprised. That was the only high note, every time i have ever been to coaches the service has ALWAYS been terrible. it took 20 minutes to get a server to wait on our 4top, in a restaurant that only had 20 guest and at least 3 front of the house employees, and a manager. Service is BAD BAD BAD! Â Coaches, I will not be back, and if you want a tip...here's one read these reviews and address the service issue, if you weren't affiliated with the Hilton, you would have gone out of business 4 years ago, FACT!
Review Source:If you are looking for a menu with a large selection of bar and grill type food at reasonable prices then Coaches meets that criteria. We went two nights in a row because we were staying in the hotel and didn't have a ton of time to go elsewhere. While the food wasn't anything to write home about, it was good. The buffalo wings were very good. Nice and hot. Onion rings were crisp. Steak fries tasted only slightly better than the kind I can buy in the store. The grilled cheese I had tasted good, but there was too much cheese so the cheese that oozed out from the bread congealed rather quickly. I got over that though and would order it again if I was in the mood for it. Overall the food was worth the inexpensive price.
Both times we had groups of 5+ people. Each time the bar/restaurant was not busy at all. Service was always correct, polite and courteous. They had no problem splitting the bill for us and the fact that you can charge it to your room was nice. They also had a good beer selection.
located in a hotel, coaches is a definitely bar/restaurant rather than your typical hotel bar. Â later hours on the weekend and full service bar/restaurant. Â large bar with high tables on the east side and restaurant style eating on the west with a bar in between. Â darker lighting, but the food is above average.
Review Source:Stay away from this place. The service was the worst I've had in Bloomington. I was with a party of 8 and we were the only people in the entire place. We were very courteous to our waiter yet he didn't seem to care about anything we said. He got a number of orders wrong and then insisted that HE was right! I've never seen anything like that before.
The food was also pretty gross. We got nachos, which had no salsa, no sour cream. It was just dry and kind of gross. The fish and chips were probably the least tasty I've ever eaten.
This is supposed to be a sports bar, yet the TVs were obstructed by the walls and/or ceiling. Very bad planning. Not only that, but most of the pictures on the TVs were so fuzzy, that we couldn't even make out what was happening on them.
I'm not going back here. Go to Scotty's Brewhouse which is not far from here instead.
Most of the time I would rate Coach's a 3-star for food but I feel the potential to upgrade to a 4-star with a little effort. Â Some items, such as fish and chips and burgers are great....kids menu good, and the atmosphere is pretty nice for a hotel bar. Â
Problem is that service is hit-or-miss, some items are bland (chicken fingers, etc) and the dining room is often EMPTY....which leads to less fun, but also no waiting!!
Generally speaking, if you're looking for a quick bite to eat, you won't be dazzled, but it's convenient. Â It's a bit overpriced, BTW.
Coaches was attached to the hotel I was staying at in Bloomington, so I came here for a drink a couple times after I'd come back to the hotel for the night. From what I could tell, it was pretty much a standard sports bar, with the typical array of bar drinks. The drinks were fine (and cheap), and servers were friendly, but the bar was pretty plain and generic without anything in the bar or atmosphere to get excited about. I wish they'd closed a little later (a late night nightcap is always nice after a stressful weekend with family, right?), and I liked the high tables for two with scattered throughout the bar area. Â Other than that I don't really have anything to either rave or hate about Coaches.
Review Source:Blah....That pretty much sums it up. Â I went here with a group of friends to watch an IU basketball game. Â The place wasn't crowd, which was a plus because our group was rather hungry and didn't want to wait too long. Â After being seated we ordered the fried cheese curds and fried mac and cheese. Â These two items are pretty much the same thing. Â The only real difference we could tell, as a group, was that the mac and cheese ones had more texture to it. Â After we had finished these off, we ordered our main course. Â I had their cheeseburger and fries. Â How hard is it to make a burger? Â Well, i guess the guys in the back had not figured this out yet. Â My burger was nearly burnt and tasted like something you could get out of a vending machine. Â The fries...well nothing special. Â I will likely not be back, unless someone else is buying.
Review Source:I was very disappointed with my experiences at Coaches Bar and Grill. My first visit was with a large group on a night with hardly any other customers. The service was terrible, we had to remind the waitress that we had ordered another beer several times. In addition, once our food finally came, she brought half the table, failing to bring the other half for another 10 minutes. The food was very generic tasting and not at all satisfying.
Thinking perhaps that the first instance was a new waitress or a bad night because of the large group, I gave the restaurant another shot with a friend. The experience however, was very similar. Bad service. Bad food. Ridiculous excuses for drink specials.
Both times I ate at Coaches I was one of the few tables there, so perhaps people are catching on to the lack luster service.
-Paige
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