Harrys' of Arlington

We stopped in here to grab a bite to eat before catching a concert at the Metropolis.

It's a cute little corner establishment located in the quaint downtown Arlington Heights area, but in all honesty ... it could use a facelift to keep up with the rest of the area.

That aside, I ordered chicken tenders, which for a bar, I expected to still be halfway decent. I mean, how can you screw up chicken tenders, right?

Wrong. They were mostly breading, and a little too cooked for my liking. And you don't get many tenders (I think I had 3, which were short, stumpy pieces). That may have been fine, if it had been mostly chicken, but as I was dining on mostly breading, that was disappointing.

And the ladies restroom was just in a bizarre spot. There's a table right outside the door. I almost felt like the party seated there would hear everything going on inside.

I understand that this building itself is probably old, but it may just be time to gut it and refresh the layout, and upgrade a few things. The entrance is very bizarre as well, and seems like wasted space.

Just kind of disappointing all around.

Ugh! came here over the weekend because I received a coupon in the mail.  I should've suspected something was amiss when I found out the coupon for dinner did not include the booze tab.

First, the plus's Wait staff was very attentive and the beer was cold.

I ordered the chilli mac and cheese came out so cold the cheese was coagulated.  So I asked the staff to heat it up.  They must have put it in the micro for 30 seconds, for it was not that much warmer.  But it was edible.  At this point I just wanted to eat and leave.

I did not know but the party I went with ordered their signature hamburger.  The bun was STALE.

Really? Arlington Heights?

Harrys' is probably my least favorite place to go in this section of Arlington Heights. I've been here a few times, and I've never been wowed. They have your normal selection at the bar, nothing fancy or special. The food is your normal pub food, which I was not really impressed with either. The service is the part that bothers me the most. They are not friendly or attentive (whether they are busy or not). The last time we came in the place was packed. It took a while for someone to notice that we were even standing there. When they greeted us, they pretty much let us fend for ourselves in order to find a table. We decided to go somewhere else. It's a decent place to come if you're looking to get a drink and everywhere else is packed, but I wouldn't say it's the best place in the area.