My softball team was sponsored by them so we always went in here after the game. Â If you look up dive in the dictionary, this place shows up. Â This place is not a looker by any means, but I don't care about that. Â This place has really friendly servers and staff. Â I always get a smile from the staff and they are good people. Â Good brews, good people, and even better food.
Review Source:Oh DA Hood!!! Â
Great dive bar... I love coming here on a laid back Saturday afternoon and getting a GREAT burger, or on a lively Friday/Saturday night for some drinks and karaoke. Â
Prices are insanely low for the Schaumburg area and I am sure everybody appreciates that!
Never had a bad experience here.
hands down one of my favorite bars ever.
why? you ask?
1. drink specials like... $3 you-call-its every WED and THURS and free darts and juke box!!!
2. the bartenders are pretty much the best you can ever ask for. they are seriously the nicest, coolest people ever! (if you want names: julie, brian, and paul!)
3. i almost feel bad for how low the prices are for the food that is beyond amazing. starting from the buffalo wings to their burgers. you seriously get more than what you see from outside of the parking lot.
this place looks a bit run down from the outside... but yea, im gonna say it! you cant judge a book by its cover!
ive never had a bad time at neighborhood inn and i doubt anyone else i know will either! (and they havent!)
Another great neighborhood dive. It's dark, it's loud, there's all sorts of trashy behavior (and characters), and horrible bar food. Stick with the specials or your bill could get out of hand as I've made the mistake of doing many a time.
I used to live in the apartments next door and it was great having a place I could walk to and get trashed at and not have to worry about who's going to drive us home. I still come here from time to time for the memories and because it's close. Service is friendly for the most part as long as you're not acting like a drunk jerk.
They have karaoke but I can never remember which nights. This dive bar, like many townie dive bars, has it's collection of regular drunks that sit at the bar but it also has a decent variety of a younger crowd so the girls in your party won't feel creeped out by the wino with the 1000 mile stare undressing them.
I think this is one of the better dives in the area and it's always a good time watching people who just don't give a f!@$ having a good time.
I used to live next to the Neighborhood Inn and would frequent this fantastic dive bar.
Pros:
Bartenders. They're super nice and really attentive.
Daily drink specials. Need I say more?
Wings. Try the Garlic Parmasan. They deserve to be award winning.
Cons:
I don't know if there have issues with ComEd but I have gone there on more than one occassion when their power has been out so we couldn't order food.
The karaoke on the weekends is entertaining. The DJ has an incredible list of songs to choose from.
After my visit this past Friday, this is my new place to watch Blackhawks games. Â A buddy & I stopped in since they have a special menu during Hawks games. Â Everything on this special menu is under $1.99, including burgers, hot dogs, grilled cheese, mini tacos, you'd be a fool to miss it. Â If you like dive bars, bargain menus & Blackhawks games, Neighborhood Inn is calling you
Review Source:My favorite hole in the wall that everyone seems to know about. The Hood is a great place to go when you want to escape the bars during MMA fights as they don't show them there. Their menu for food and drink are extensive (and their burgers are pretty good too.) between 10p-11p is when the crowds arrive. Karaoke is available on the weekends and darts in the corner. Not to mention, if you went to high school in the area, chances are you'll run into someone there that you'll know. Check them out and maybe pick up one of their drinking team t-shirts too!
Review Source:It is definitely your hole in the wall Hoffman/Schaumburg townie bar, but good drinks reasonably priced, good staff who know your drink and always a page of specials. Â Not pretentious at all, but then again if you want this is the wrong place. Â Food is fairly good, reasonably priced. Â Fun karaoke on weekends.
Review Source:Karaoke Anyone? It is admittedly a little hazy but I am pretty sure I was on stage at one point with others belting out Friends in Low Places....as tacky as this is I have to admit, I had a blast. The staff at the Neighborhood Inn is laid back and friendly, the drinks are cheap and heavy handed, and the crowd is a seemingly regular combination of all of those things. I am still new to the whole suburban scene but I do have to say that I can dig the Neighborhood Inn and if I were in the area I would not hesitate to pop in for a drink and perhaps to embarrass myself with another tired and over-sung karaoke standard.
Review Source:If you like karaoke and hole in the wall bars...then this is your bar!!! Â The staff and the crowd is very laid back and midwestern friendly! Â This is rare to find such a relaxed bar in the suburbs.
Stick with the large drink special and you'll have a cheap night. Â Shots are their money makers...but a good night always has a couple shots involved.
The bartenders and cocktail servers have been the same staff for over a year now. Â All are super friendly and know how to make almost any drink.
I love the crowd here. Â If you come with a couple of friends...no one is going to bother you or annoy you. Â It's a great place to make new friends. Â Age range of 22-32. Â Some older folks come in...but they are looking to have a great time as well. Â Again...very laid back bar and worth the trip.
As far as seedy neighborhood bars go this place is run-of-the-mill. I am pretty sure the bartender is methed out of his mind and will dance like a circus monkey to any song played.
The big drawback is the hipster-esque crowd that shows up here late after coming from "clubs" and "hip hotspots" and act like they are their ironically. I hate hipsters as they can ruin anything.
Enjoy the karaoke though.
After Easy Street we went to neighborhood inn since it was still open (4am). Drinks were expensive, place was packed around the bar and they had a DJ. The best part of the whole experience was that they give you a number and you pick out songs to karaoke and sing up with the DJ. They have a big songbook to choose from and a TV set up with mics and a baby stage. It was a weeknight so my assumption is that it's obnoxious come Friday-Saturday. I might go back but only if I'm tagging along with a crew whose gung ho about it..
Review Source:FINALLY! I got to try this place out this past weekend. My co-workers have been talking about this bar for months & we finally made it out on Friday night. Yes it's a hole in the wall but that's my kind of bar! The bar itself was pretty big with descent seating. The rest of the room is filled with tables & chairs, good thing we got there early cause it filled up fast! They had Karaoke which was fun but the KJ was a little annoying, he played a song inbetween people singing so it took forever for us to get to our songs! The crowd was fun, a wide range of people who were more than happy to sing along. We ordered some appetizers, the potato skins hit the spot! Drinks were reasonably priced, my only beef was the list of what they had on tap wasn't updated so I had to change my order. Even though there is only a single bathroom it was a good time to be had.
Review Source:I love the Hood!!! Its a good after-work-on-a-friday hole in the wall and now that there is no smoking it's perfect. It gets really packed in this little place after 10 PM so if you are planning to arrive after that be prepared to be standing around. They have Karaoke which is fun and they have a good selection of current hits and karaoke classics (Baby Got Back anyone?). I've done Karaoke there several times and the crowd is always attentive and supportive! Bar food is okay...they have a sampler with mini tacos, chicken tenders, etc. and their drinks are reasonable.
Overall, nice afterwork dive with no expectations where you can go for good drinks, karaoke, digijuke, and interesting locals...
Oh and if you need someone to watch your kiddies while you get your liquid courage on...theres a daycare RIGHT NEXT DOOR...the tots come knocking on Halloween too!
The place itself is pretty cool, medium-sized, but the problem is, it gets really packed after 10pm. Â I've been there on the weekends for karaoke, and you probably won't find a seat showing up after 10/10:30pm as I've experienced everytime I showed up at that time. Â It's funny b/c the Inn is right next to a daycare center---I don't know why that's funny to me, but it is..........LOL
I haven't tried their food, but it didn't look like anything all that special and I didn't see many people eating it everytime I went there. Â Drink prices are just Ok in my opinion. Â Service is pretty good. Â Normally there is only one waitress walking around, even when it's packed. Â The waitress does sing karaoke on Sat nights once or twice, but I didn't notice if that ruined anyone's service or not........
It's mainly a young crowd in my opinion, as normally I see a mix of ages at places I go to.  I noticed there  tends to be an extra "fiesty" bunch each time I'm there----it's cool to see everyone have a great time, but sometimes fights did break out, and once I got hit in the face with small pieces of glass and some beer.  The bouncers were very good, however, and we went pretty much right back to having fun!  Â
As far as the KJ (man running the karaoke), I'll be honest and say I don't care for him very much. Â His sound system isn't the greatest, but it's decent as well as his song selection. Â He was alright the first few times, but as we frequented the bar more, I believe I'd see him drink too much, then mess up the rotation. Â Once my boyfriend and I were there for 3 hours, an hour after karaoke started, and he only called us each up once while other people were called up 3 times while we were there, not including the hour some were there before us. Â After we mentioned it to him, he tried to put both of us up for the first songs on our slips we already sang. Â He had never done that before, so I don't know what was up, but that pretty much pushed us away. Â In general, he doesn't have a great "entertainment personality" as most of the KJ's I've encountered, and I noticed he makes everyone clap each time he calls up a singer---normally where I go, we only clap after they sing, but whatever. Â I guess that's just his way of enthusiasm. Â Now at this bar, there are always a lot of singers from my experiences, but I also notice he plays music in between, which he probably shouldn't do when the place is packed like it usually is.
I'd like to come here again, but I'm not quite sure about their KJ's service........
Evertime I go here I always have a good time. They have karaoke every night (i think) which is really fun. I never sing, but I enjoy the laid back feeling karaoke creats in a bar. The service was very good.
The food here is crap though. We had appetizers and they were terrible. I mean, we don't ask for much. It was like they threw some mush in a frier and a microwave, peed on it, and sent it out. But really, do you go to a Hoffman Estates townie bar to eat? Our bad I guess.
4 stars for "bar experience"
1 star for "food experience"
Stopped in for a pint with a friend. Â He got a Miller Lite for $2 and I got a Franziskaner Weissbier for $5. Â They also have Fat Tire and a few others on tap. Â Bartender was quick and friendly, locals at the bar were quiet. Â There were actually about ten people at the bar, which seemed to be a lot for 4:00pm on a Thursday. Â A few televisions, looked like they'd have karaoke based on the stage setup. Â Nothing bad about this place, but nothing special. Â I'd like to check it out again, because they serve some food here but the cook hadn't arrived yet.
Review Source:It's a great neighborhood bar with karaoke on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and all kinds of crazy/interesting characters.  I've been their patron for over two years now and have met loads of people here.  They throw some creative and unique themed parties too (666 party, half way to St. Patty's Day party, etc) so check out their myspace for more details: <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myspace.com%2Fneighborhoodinn&s=7167f9e8fb21b531782ca54f52997c9dfe11e999bcdc968aa8d52390306301a2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.myspace.com/n…</a> or their website at <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fneighborhoodinn.com%2F&s=a43a4ff1ff36ebe9310e6574084a715f0bbee8efa66fe637017649593ac2ebb7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://neighborhoodinn.c…</a>  where you can see some less than sober locals.... They have a friendly bar staff and the locals always provide interesting conversation topics,  and they have several TV's with sports on, digital juke box, and games (darts and bar video game), plus they have great food too! ...from burgers, to mini tacos to sandwiches and wraps - and some super hot, hot wings for which I believe they won some awards! Who would have thought this whole-in-the-wall type bar could have so much!?!  If it wasn't for this local hang out I think I'd be looking for another place to live, closer to Chicago with plethora of bar/restaurant/karaoke joint options!
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