This review is based off of experiencing many Thursday nights here but this was my first Friday night. Â
Thursday nights at Dick's is by far one of the best experiences you can take part of in this area. Â If you plan on doing anything in a weekend you have to make sure you make it here on a Thursday night. Â
They charge a $5 cover from time to time but it is worth it. Â The drinks specials are actually specials and regular people come here to have a good time. Â If you were anyone at sometime you would have spent some time here at Dick's on a Thursday. Â With top 40 music, two floors, patio seating/smoking it draws everyone and anyone. Â Dick's is a place that you stay until they have to kick you out. Â
Now let me move on to my Friday review. Â Eerrrrr!!!! Stinks! Â Unless you like country night than don't come here because Friday Night Country sucks. Â No one was here and now I know why I never came here on a Friday. Â Our waitress was clueless half the time and the DJ strict to his playlist. Â Even though there were only a handful of people here he wouldn't stray away from the country. Â Even the people working here said that they try and block out the music. Â
Summary: Â Don't come here on any day but Thursday.
Am I really wasting my time reviewing Dicks?! Go here if you want wings with no meat and bread sticks with enough butter to give you a heart attack. Â I can't lie, I liked the garlic butter bite things for the first few bites and then felt my heart slowing down. Â The beer on tap tastes weird, but is on sale on Thursdays! Maybe for a reason haha. I have had wine here and it is just your run of the mill five dollar bottle in a plastic cup, but it hits the spot! Â I would not recommend this place on Thursdays for anyone over the age of twenty two and of course not if you do not like to get groped while walking around.
Review Source:My previous review mentioned my wanting to return to try a burger despite my disappointment. I'm glad I did. The burger was perfectly medium rare, as requested and ridiculously juicy. They are served on delicious not-too-dense potato rolls along with fresh veggies and choice of cheese (I got cheddar). Also essential is their Asian slaw. Check it out!
Review Source:I found the late night menu limited and unappetizing. The wings and fries my sister ordered were over cooked. Her friend said the burger she had was ok. They were out of 2 of the 3 desserts that they were offering. In their defense, one of them was a deep fried Twinkie, so I understand.
I did not find anything on the late night menu to be appetizing, but that is just me and I can be picky.
The one upside was the pricing. I thought the menu was very reasonably priced.
Nothing special.....burgers were decent.
Draft beer kind of a rip off......$3/mug or you can get a table tapper for $15 that gives you like 8 beers. Â Pretty dead on a Saturday night until the "regulars" started coming about 9PM. Â Thought it would have been much busier with $12 ribs.
There's not a lot around Dick's, but it is convenient to Glenview, Northbrook, Des Plaines.
-Food: Â fairly good and inexpensive. *Favorite appetizer - beer nuggets, cheese curds
*Favorite main course: Â any burger
*Favorite Desert: Â deep ferried Twinkie (kids love this)
-Good selection of beer and other drinks.
-The staff is friendly and attentive
-Good place to see a game
-Plenty of off street parking
Drawbacks: Â
-It is exceptionally dark inside
-Limited outdoor seating not well situated
I've tried to go here already three times and my friends are always given problems. Â This is a racist establishment, exhibited by issues with Mexican ID/Passport to bouncers allowing Caucasian patrons in with baggy pants, but as soon as a Mexican shows up with the tightest pair of pants he owns magically they're still too baggy for the dress code. Â It's like automatically assumed that Hispanics will be given a hard time here, so we go out of our way to avoid any issues and then little details are picked out in order to avoid letting us in. Â That's too bad, I really wanted to give a valid opinion on the drinks and food here but apparently I won't be getting through the door as a Hispanic-American here without some kind of run-around so I'll pass. Â Thanks for nothing, Dicks.
Review Source:Everytime I come, it's just as good as I remembered. Â Friendly service, cheap beer and big juicy burgers. Â On Monday's, the burgers are cheap too. Â And I don't feel wrong bringing the family here. Â It's more like a Wisconsin tavern than a Chicago bar. Â Bring the kids. Â It's cheap eats all around and Mommy and Daddy are sick of drive-thru.
Review Source:Not sure if this Dicks is related to Dicks Last Resort located near Navy Pier. Â But it does have a certain charm about it. Â Dicks tries to look like a Wisconsin style road house. Â Building is a large log cabinish kind of place with a huge parking lot, beer signs and clever slogans. Â Inside more of the same, clever signs and various paraphernalia. Â I loved the displays of the old beer cans, I used to collect beer cans back in my college days.
Dicks has a bar area, dining area downstairs and upstairs. Â Bad part about Dicks is that they tend to be crowded. Â The service is competent and they do a great job keeping up but sometimes there's just flat out no place to sit.
Menu is basic bar food but they do a good job of that, my two friends had burgers and they pronounced it excellent. Â I went with the fish fries, with tater tots and it was pretty good. Â Cole slaw was kind of weird, looked more like some kind of kimchee rather than cole slaw. Â And how many fries offer tater tots, what a great change of pace. Â "Gimme some of your tots man!" Â We also had the fried Cheese Curds which were the real deal, not that crummy cubed stuff you see in some places but real squeaky Wisconsin type breaded cheese curds served up with a ranch sauce. Â It was so good we ordered another.
Last but not least, the wait staff was quick, attentive and had lots of personality. Â This was one Friday night that was well spent.
Haven't been here in a few months but they still have the best Angus burgers ESPECIALLY for $3.50. The calamari had light breading and cooked tender and perfectly. I have no idea why this place has been rated poorly lately. Our waitress was VERY attentive. Almost too much. don't forget the cheese and Tater tots for only $1 and the $2 miller drafts.
Review Source:Live right by the place ... Bummer that the bartender's and waitstaff , and the Mgmt sux! My husband and I used to go in for a few after work , after leaving we felt more stressed out then when we first got there!The bartenders are nasty and un friendly they really don't want to be there you can totally tell  ,the waitstaff sit at the table and shove there faces with food and ignore everyone around them.You ask if they can change one channel of 20 TVs. NO. Can you change the music from oldies on a Friday to some good ol rock in Roll NO ..I thought the answer was always Yes
Thank god Bar Louie and Players have opened up because they are taking all of DICKS regs away hahaha Haven't been in Dicks in a year and never plan on going back!
STAY AWAY FROM DICK'S RIVER RIPOFF!
Dick's had a special the other night- $3.50 "Top Shelf" Drinks. My buddy ordered several Crown Royal with Diet Cokes. We were in for a surprise when the bill came. They charged us $6.00/drink.
I went to the waitress to ask and she explained there were 4 levels of pricing- Well, Top Shelf, Premium, and Super-Premium. She said that Crown Royal was consider Premium.
I asked, "What is this, a GAS STATION?" She replied, "Sorry, this is how we charge for drinks here."
Since nothing was done to fix the problem, we left a $1 tip for a $65 bill.
P.S -We got the wrong flavored wings from what we ordered. On top of that, there was barely any sauce.
Been here a few times over the last several years. Â Just don't really like it that much.
Always feel the service should be better. Â Waitstaff is slow to initially acknowledge tables, and the food is typical bar food, but nothing superb.
The decor is played out...aren't we done with the dad's garage atmosphere by now, it's 2011?!?!?!?!?!?!
I don't know...okay place just for drinks, but forget about eating here.
This place is the anus of the NW suburbs. Good burgers? No. Beer served in plastic cups? Check. Small menu? Check. Food in plastic baskets on par with what you would get at a gyro joint? Check. Snobby female bartenders? Check. Â People you went to high school with and haven't seen in 5 yrs? Check.
All it's missing is Matthew McConaughey outside remarking on the girls ages.
Happy Hour specials every day from 3-6. They also have all-day specials if you miss happy hour.
I typically stick to turkey burgers, but I can't resist the burgers at this place. Jack Daniels, bacon and cheese or if it's happy hour, the bacon bbq sliders. Flatbread pizza is pretty good too.
Their "beer nuggets" are just breadsticks, don't waste your calories on them. Instead order several varieties of wings. BBQ and teriyaki are my favorites, but they have tons of other varieties to tantalize your tastebuds. Free wing fridays from 3-6!
And there's more...Dick's breakfast is the perfect cure for a hangover! If you want greasy eggs and hash browns, give this place a try. Ham off the bone and omelets large enough for two. Perfect way to start your Sunday or cure a case of the Mondays:)
I came here a couple of years ago and was really disappointed.
Last Sat night I thought I would give it a second try. Â (in otherwords at a loss of restaurant ideas)
Wow! I was suprised. Â decent portions, decent food. Â I had the fried shrimp. Â I was really suprised at how good it was. Â
And of course most importantly, the beer wasn't watered down. Â
The really only beef I have, is that the wait staff was really slow.
If you like police officers harassing you then you'll love this place!
The parking lot is constantly swimming with cops. You're not drinking? Doesn't matter! They will find a reason to ticket you! Rest assured you will have some trouble with the law at Dick's :)
When you walk in you will be bombarded by your high school graduating class. I have noticed that dudes who made fun of me in high school really enjoy trying to bang me now. Thanks for confirming my thought that you always wanted me, douchebags! It is a true pleasure rejecting you now :)
There are a lot of trashy, overweight girls grinding on eachother... You know, being "sexy". You'll either love watching it or hate watching it... Either way, you'll be disgusted by it. Yet you will see desperate, drunk dudes trying to get with these sub-par chicks. The way standards seem to go out the window when copious amounts of alcohol are involved really never ceases to amaze me.
Ugly dudes, ugly chicks, lots of visible dirty underwear...
Shameless.
NYE at this place is a lot of fun, each year they come up with new rules regarding which bar you can get your "wrist band" drinks from and where you can sit and it gets irritating but over all its a fun place to get hammered at. The food is above average for bar food and their NYE buffet is plentiful. They play "up to date" dance music & alternative and the DJ takes requests. Their huge drawback is the dance floor which you HAVE TO walk through in order to get to the bar.  Overall I think most people go there because of the cheap price on the wrist bands. Nevertheless,  they have always been  able to accommodate our (12+ people) groups and each year I've had a fricken blast at this place.
I've been there during the week and its a pretty dead place with a few locals & middle age men. Probably wouldn't go back there on a week night.
Oh come on! People complaining because of a laid back atmosphere and the fact that there's actually room to walk aroud in the place? Give me a break. The food here is tasty and cheap, try the tomato bread. The burgers have a bit of char. $1.50 domestic drafts certain days of the week. Plain old decent bar food. Not hip, not trendy. Just comfy. A swell value.
Review Source:Dick's River Roadhouse is exactly what is sounds like Yee Haw yelpers buckle me in were going country, suburban style.
I'm over exaggerating well not really Jessica Simpson would have a ball here along with all the cowboys. Â This jazzy joint has a couple of levels and seems to go on forever easy to get lost here. Â I don't remember much about the scenery it was quite disorienting.
Once the ladies have a couple coors and $1 burger specials they thresh out on the dance floor. Â Music is loud and the place is kicking. Â People are piling into this place and bringing all their cousins.
This bar is a blast, not the best food or drinks but who cares you will have a good time here. Â Good for large groups and line dancing competition every night.
I had a birthday party here this weekend with my other friend Sara. It was the Sara(h) squared birthday bash. I didn't pick this place so I had no idea what I was walking into. Angie pretty much sums it up in her review so I won't make any repeats. There was a wristband special but I was told it would cost $20. Well... I was somewhat disappointed it was $31 to get the special. The only thing that made up for it was our attentive cocktail waitresses. My drink was never empty and my buzz was never lost.
The DJ was insanely awesome. We were dancing up a storm for an hour straight! We had the back area of the restaurant. It was a bit cramped and stuffy. When most of the tables cleared out, we took over more space. My husband told me some drunk guy vomited all over the sink in the men's room. So glad I didn't see that happen.
Dick's is a great time if you are meeting friends in the suburbs. The food looked really good too. They even have denim covered bar stools, yes!!
This place was not nearly as tragic as I thought it would be, which is a good thing! A-OK with me, yesiree!
I hit Dick's for a friend's birthday party over the weekend. Honestly, I wasn't sure what to expect. When I finally found the place (it's on a giant strip of NOTHING in Mt. Prospect), I pulled into a huge, gravely parking lot that was shockingly similar to my old college bar hang out. The bar is just a big brown building that's pretty decent sized. Yep. Typical suburban bar.
Inside is, for lack of a better word, nice. It's reminiscent of those bars on the Chain of Lakes. You know: Lots of wood paneling, lots of high top tables, big haired waitresses and a little dance floor. Okay, I can chill here. The bar gave us a wristband special ($31 all you can drink, top shelf included, for 3 hours) but since I wasn't in the mood for a DUI, I forewent the bracelet and stuck to a few cocktails. Normally I'm a total booze hound that scoffs when people don't buy a wristband. Seriously, how do you pass up all you can drink offers??? However, this time I appreciated that the bar didn't make party goers buy the wristband. Good stuff.
Okay, enough about wristbands.
The DJ spins typical dancey stuff like Fergie, Lady Gaga, Pussycat Dolls and whoever sings the Apple Bottom Jeans and the Boots with the Fur song, but he was also cool enough to take my request for some MGMT. Our party obnoxiously took over the dance floor, complete with spotlight dances in the middle of the circle, bumpin' and grindin' and singing and clapping. No shame in our game. Sometimes you just gotta shake it like a Polaroid picture on the dance floor, dig?
I can't really see myself hanging out at Dick's unless there was a good reason, but it's not so bad.
Suburbs accomplished.
I frequented this place in the summers of 07 and 08 for their various happy hour specials during the week. The best was $2 burgers (these are huge hand made guys too YUM) with tater tots on mondays. Fridays they had free wings (few different flavors, nothing fancy) with the purchase of a drink ($4 for a personal pitcher).
It can get pretty crowded during happy hour times, so you may have to wait a little for seating. Service was average/good
The place was a ghost town. Â Hardly anyone was there. Â I'm not really sure how they stay in business.
My friend wanted to get really cheap food and this is where we ended up.
We weren't even hungry but we indulged in their cheap late night menu. Â We split a $3 Cheeseburger and tater tot special. Â Tator tots. Â LOL. Â I haven't had tater tots since I was in elementary school.
The burger was pretty good and big. Â The tater tots were crispy and not greasy.
This is a pitiful excuse for a restaurant/bar. When it first opened, it was lonely and deserted on a stretch of road frequented by jr. college rejects. The area is spacious, the parking is easy, the upstairs is a semi-lounge area so on the surface, it's approachable.
Enter the bar area. Bartender is relatively friendly so that's a plus and there's always drink specials and $2 burger specials. That place needs the specials to bring in people unfortunately. I had a burger that ended up burned (I asked for med rare) and they charged us for refills on sodas. Â Who charges for refills on soda?
Luckily, I don't live near there so no one has to endure this nightmare with me ever again.
I've lived nearby this place for years and have been here a few times with my parents for breakfast (weird, I know). Wasn't too fond of breakfast there -- just not my scene.
Have only been to Dick's twice for the bar scene. My first time was on a Thursday night -- the place was PACKED. Â I really enjoyed myself, though. Everyone was really friendly and the drinks were decently priced (dollar drafts that night). Â The upstairs bar allows more room for patrons to socialize. I didn't witness any crazy dancing or strange people, so that's also a plus.
The next time I went was on a Friday night with a friend. I was pretty embarrassed to have brought him that night. The young people in their 20s were replaced with people in their 40's. Really bad, old music was playing via the DJ, and three extremely drunk people were dancing below the crystal ball. Not the same bar I remembered from my evening the prior week.
Haven't been there since this past summer and not sure if I will go back again. If I do, it will definitely be on a Thursday night.
Poor Dick. Â You should have had me review you earlier, when I liked you - but then you became a thing of the past, a memory of a good time that was once had.
Now, you are sad, and lonely on your long stretch of River Road, nestled away in the darkness. Â Your empty tables show signs of wear from the bodies that occupied them what seems so long ago. Â The aroma of stale beer and body odor permiates through you like something that of a college dorm - and I weep for what once was..
Back in the day, when I used to visit you, you were always full of life, and had people from all over having a great time! Â Your drinks were great, and your food was even good too! Â It was always a good time - beautiful woman flowed through you to make spending an evening with you even more pleasant!
But all seems lost now.. your attempts to lure me back with your emails of Tailgating parties and Kegs N Eggs do nothing for me anymore.. Â I'll keep the good memories with me...
Dick's is one of the few close-by bars I've found to my Des Plaines apartment that doesn't suck. I mostly go there for the awesome food and drink specials and the fact that they serve tater tots with their burgers. I consider myself a connoisseur of pub burgers and theirs aren't too shabby. Especially on Mondays when (last I checked) they are $3 for a half pound cheeseburger and fries. I think they have $1 domestic pints that day as well. Dick's is staffed with lots of cute, friendly waitresses and bartenders as well. They have a ton of TVs as well as Buzztime trivia and poker.
Business seems to have died down since the no smoking law took effect. When I first started going there it was usually bumpin', but recently it's usually dead when I go there. At least I can come home not smelling like an ashtray now. I haven't really been there late when the DJ gets going - apparently there is dancing on the weekends. I mainly go for the cheap burgers and beer and cute waitresses.
I've been to Dick's over a dozen times, but never past nine, so I have no idea what the "night life" is like. Â I go to Dick's for after-work happy hours and the occasional early evening sporting event. Â Budget-wise, Dick's is one of the best deals around (check out their specials online). Â Besides the advertised specials they also have happy hour deals on appetizers that are quite reasonable. Â Food is pretty good, service can be slow but I'm usually in a big group and that makes it tough. Â I was thinking about 4 stars based on the specials, but with the change to $1.50 beers on monday/thursdays (was $1 until about a month ago) there's no question. Â $1.50 is still a deal (for a pint) but it's no 4-star deal.
ps. the wings advertised as "the absolute largest and finest grade in the USA" are neither the largest nor the finest in Chicagoland.
pps. Â live a little and order the deep fried twinkie. Â i don't like normal twinkies, but when Dick's coats it in some kind of sugary breading, deep fries it, covers it in whip cream and rasberry sauce...well that's pretty good. Â at $1.50 it won't cost you much to give it a try.
Dick's isn't that impressive. The only reason I am giving 3 stars is because my food was delicious and the waitress was very pleasant and attentive.
When I walked into the place the ID checker took my out-of-state license and demanded a second form of ID. Now, I happened to also have my passport, but he asked for a credit card. What if I hadn't had my passport? What if I had only brought cash? Two forms of ID is a bit much. Anyone with a fake could easily have a credit card in their name if they use their real name on the ID. Excessive and annoying.
The service was quick. I got my drinks and my food right away. The steak was fresh and tender. The drinks were watered down. After 5 vodka cranberries I didn't feel a thing.
It took 5 vodka cranberries and 4 shots before I even felt tipsy. The drinks were all watered down. I don't even drink that much, but prices were cheap (because they use hardly any alcohol, I'm sure.). I ordered a shot of Rumplemints and they gave me Raspberry Stoli. Yea, I've had 7 drinks by then BUT THEY WEREN'T STRONG. I wasn't drunk enough to be fooled. Don't pull that on me. Anyone should know the difference between a mint and a berry.
The waitress was very understanding about the mix-up. She offered to get me what I ordered and not charge me for it; however, they were out of Rumplemints. I wonder if this is why I got the dud shot. Couldn't they just tell their customers they don't have it instead of just giving you something you didn't order and might hate? She offered me  the choice of Goldslager. It was a sufficient substitute. At least she tried to get me something in the spice realm... not a fruit.
Like I said, the only reason this place gets 3 stars instead of 1 is because of the lovely waitress and the steak. She was fast, sweet, funny and just fun to be around.
When I could be bothered to drive out to Mt. Prospect, Dick's was my go-to place.
Thursday nights featured dollars drafts and a packed house. Honest to god, this place reminded me of an awesome college bar in the burbs - due the the cheapness and general attractiveness of its clientele.
There were some salty older types, and some larger types in spandex, and some girls who danced on the bar, and some weird weird regulars - but overall, a kick ass place to drink in the suburbs.
As bars go, it's pretty much a hit and super-packed on Thursday nights. Â Seriously, don't expect to find parking if you show up past 10:30. Â It definitely has a lower-to-upper 20's crowd on Thursday, but I can't say much for the other nights. Â During the school year, it can get dead, so that speaks a bit to the type of crowd.
They have awesome food as far as bar-food goes. Â Great onion rings and a table-topper. Â I'm in.
I met my husband here for lunch...hated the smoke but I guess that won't be a problem much longer, will it? Â The onion rings were just to die for sliding off my stool orgasmic-big thick greasy rings of heaven. Chili was yummy too. Salad was...eh, pulled out of a bag. Â But this isn't the place to go for salad. I have absolutely no recollection of what my hubby ate. Â Something greasy and bad for him.
I'm not really a bar person, we have better things to do than go to bars and drink so I won't comment. Â
I'm only giving 4 stars because the nasty cigs gave me a headache and my nose closed up but the food was still good.
**UPDATE** Â WAHOOOOOOOOOOOO! My husband just informed me that Dick's is now smoke-free. Â I'm so happy.
There are times when its really fun and then there are its lazy times. Â Its like a saloon, many tables, a second floor with another bar which can be seen from below. Â Getting around the bars to the restrooms can be very cramped usually, most people are gathered around the bar.
A small dance/grind area. Â Cute waitresses are plenty. Â There are flat screens everywhere, usually playing music videos on weekends. Â Sports, etc any other time. Â Music goes from Eddie Murphy's "Party all the Time" to Def Leppard "Pour some sugar on me" to 50Cent. Â Beer taps, that is a tap with approximately six-ten beers in it, domestic $15, Import $20.
Food is dirt cheap.
All kinds of people are here, any age. Cool vibe. Parking is limited, since its surrounded by forest, good luck finding additional parking.
Fun place! Â The crowd is surprisingly diverse! Â It's a club atmosphere, with decent bar food. Â The music is great! Â There's a decent size dance floor on the first floor and a great area to sit, watch a game and grab some food upstairs. Â Haven't tried the burgers there, but they had a tent at the taste of Des Plaines last summer and they weren't bad... there we've had nachos and wings which were both pretty good.
Prices are moderate and the location is great if your in the near northwestern burbs, on River Road between Central and Kingsbury.
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