The food is fine, but I don't think that the price is very fitting for the quality of food. Â I've been here a few times and each time I am disappointed by the food and, more often than not, by the service. Â This restaurant has good hours as well as some pretty good choices of alcohol, but overall not worth the time or money.
Review Source:Our family likes Willie's. Â First, it's a good addition to the Atchison downtown core. Â It's nice to have some life downtown after 5:00 p.m. Willie's has good hours for diners like us who prefer (or need) to eat a little later in the evening.
The menu has enough variety to please most tastes in our family, from grandchildren to this ol' grandpa. Â There's a full offering of appetizers, salads, burgers, sandwiches and sides, along with a few good entrees.
The beer selection is ample but not extensive. However, Atchison is a Bud Light kind of town, so you stock what folks order most. Â There's usually a wheat or pale ale on tap that I enjoy.
The prices are very reasonable. Â The service is always prompt and friendly.
My only two knocks are minor, and would never keep me away, but I'll offer them anyway. Â Sports bars have never made sense to me - visual overload with no sound. Â I like to watch sports, but I like to hear the commentary, too. Â In a sports bar, I can watch a dozen sporting events simultaneously, but I can't listen to a single one. Â Where bars and TV sports are concerned, I prefer the old style neighborhood bar format where they've got the game on that most people came in to watch. Â Then, I wish they'd replace the stools at the high tables with stools with backs. Â My six decades-old back just needs a little support during dinner. Â We've actually had to leave when the wait for a booth was going to be too long. Â Oh, one other thing . . . that K-State fetish.
Other than a couple of personal kicks, we like Willie's and hope it stays in Atchison a long time. Â Rock Chalk!