Durbin’s

In an effort to try out places in our area, we decided to try out this restaurant.
BAD decision! He ordered a BBQ sampler and I ordered the chicken and ribs. To change it up, got the chicken fried. UNDERWHELMING is not even an accurate word.
The ribs were so overcooked and tasteless that the only thing that helped was the BBQ sauce (we did not finish them). The pulled pork was mediocre and the fried chicken (how do you F that up) was a crime. Prepackaged twice baked potato and canned baked beans topped off what will most assuredly be an evening worshipping the porcelain God.
TJ’s sports bar is better by far.

I gotta give up this book club. Went there again after book club (think 11:00 Saturday morning) and the smells are just revolting. Sort of like a combination of old vomit and eucalyptis. Yikes. I will say, I ordered a cheeseburger medium rare with cheddar cheese and it was darned tasty, which I would not have expected. But the cleanliness has to improve.

Since posting my review about the waitress writing about spitting in people’s food, I’ve had people write to me telling me that I don’t know what I’m talking about, and then writing reviews discrediting my original review. They’ve also posted several 5 star reviews on 1÷31÷16 in a transparent attempt to boost their ratings.
Don’t trust this place.

Love love love the food here. On top of that, add in that they’re a Blackhawks bar, makes this place totally solid for me. Half price pizzas on Mon and Fri, and drink specials that kick ass all week? I’m in. This is my new resident bar to watch the games. Hockey here comes first, but all games will be shown if you just ask. In addition, they have bar bingo on Tuesday if you want some low key fun during the week. Also check out their themed paint parties. And they’re on GrubHub, so mobile ordering is not a problem…

As a new comer in Illinois I’ve tried a few places searching for a great Slice of pizza. When I came upon durbins, I was in love. The pizza, the ribs, man. I ordered once on Dec 5^th and then again on Dec 30^th. When I went to order today, I received a call back thirty minutes later telling my husband that they don’t deliver to my neighborhood. Confused, I called back explaining to the lady that I had ordered before. She told me she was sure there had been some mistakes and that they wouldn’t be delivering my food. I said well can I come get it if it’s done and she said, I threw it away already. When I asked for a manager, she put me on hold and then hung up. Guess I’ll be looking for a new pizza place smh

What can I say about this place that so many others haven’t said already in their reviews. My mistake for not doing my research prior to entering this place. This was my 1^st and last visit. I knew it was a sports bar but didn’t expect loud head banging music at 1:30pm on a Wed afternoon. The service was extremely slow and I would have left but I was with my elderly father who was willing to continue waiting. We entered Durbins at 1:35pm, order was taken (aside from drinks) at about 2:15pm and we got our food about 45 minutes later. Our server gave considerable attention to the regulars as she neglected us. When she did arrive she was polite but definitely wanted to leave right away. The only reason I gave 2 stars is because the food was good and at a reasonable price. We will never walk into this place again.

Horrible!!! When I say horrible I mean on the scale from 1– 10, it would be a 2. I’ve seen this place at its glory and to be honest, Their not like they use to be. Today on October 18^th @ 11 pm me and a friend showed up and sat at the bar. Note: the first bar you see! This place has two bars, one for the people walking in expecting a normal experience and the second one for the smokers which is located in the rear of the building. I give it to them, having two separate bars is a genius idea but the fact of the matter is: me and my friend literally sat there for 30 mins at the first bar. Not even being acknowledged! At one point the bar tender spoke to a couple rite behind us and ask if they were ok or wanted anymore drinks!!! Then she looked at us and walked away never asking if we were served or what we wanted or anything! So stay away from this place! Follow my list of do nots: do not go here, it smells and it’s on it’s last leg, if ur looking for women don’t even go bro! They ladies are else where. I loved this place until I came back from school and things changed drastically.

WARNING! Dine with caution. There was an issue with the total bill on ½ price pizza night. The waitress, Jackie, had a major attitude problem with a few examples of eye rolling, arguing, no respect and rudeness. She even had the audacity to put gratuity on our bill at 25%. Mind you that our party was of four, two of them being toddlers. She states that «the computer added the gratuity and she can do nothing about that», that’s why it was written in her handwriting. No where on the menu does it speak of gratuity. Management wasn’t cooperative either with dealing with this issue and was just as argumentative as Jackie. And to top it all off … The beer was warm and the pizza was soggy. Hopefully some of you will put this into consideration.

Waited awhile for service. Didn’t get any. Left.
I might try again sometime later.

The service is terrible! I’ve been here at least 5 times and every time it’s the same. I give up. Today we waited 15 minutes before anyone even came to our table. Empty glasses for half our meal. I felt like I was inconveniencing them by even being here.
Watch your bill. They add extras on there hoping you don’t notice too. That’s happened 3 times to me personally.

Came into this bar around 11:30pm there was barely anybody in there me and my friends sat down and noticed that we didn’t get a hi, hello or anything but when other customers came in the bartender pretending to be the manager as well would cheerfully greet them! Slow sucky service horrible rude staff and racist she «claims» that they are understaffed and that she didn’t see us but there was barely people in there! I will not be returning to the place and I recommend nobody do business with this place and I’m not stopping until this place is under new management or some of the staff is fired because it makes no sense there is NOTHING good about this place

Ok so I’m Writing this as I sit at the bar. The bartender, who never told us her name, acts like she barely wants to serve us. Maybe it’s because he previous groups of young people have stiffed her but she shouldn’t take that out on us. She didn’t check on us, also she had an attitude because my drink was not quite right. She stated well I had told you it was going to be weird like I just asked a question. Overall though the food was good and fresh and that’s the only reason it gets 3 stars. Won’t be bad and if I do will hope it’s a different bartender.

I’m pretty sure our red-​haired waitress working the bar tables with a face piercing is either high or drinking on the job. She started serving our table fine but has since been missing. When we do see her, her eye makeup appears more smeared and we asked for a box for leftovers about 40 minutes ago…

Went here on the night before Thanksgiving and we were expecting a crowd The place was rather busy and since we left early I am sure the crowd grew exponentially after we left.
The pizza is always really good at any Durbin’s. The service was really not up to par at all. Maybe my expectations have been raised too high for bar service levels? It was very difficult to get anyone’s attention for more than a few seconds let alone get someone to come over to our table and actually see if we needed anything. I understand it is a busy night and servers will be stretched thin. To me in a bar after the initial contact and serving of food and drinks, I have no expectations even though I should have. I am perfectly capable of walking up to the bar and buying a round. But to be sitting there being ignored for 30 – 45 minutes until we finally flagged someone down to order our pizza is unacceptable
However I was able to see some friends that i have not seen in years so the trip was very worth it

First the good news. I was pleased to find a Groupon for a southside restaurant; they’re so rare. Additionally, Durbin’s serves Branding Iron ribs, and I remember the original Branding Iron on 95^th street. The ribs were very good.
The bad news: We got there at about 2:30 the Friday after Thanksgiving on the way to the movies. The temp outside was about 30; inside was about 45. There was a speaker overhead playing music with the volume set at 11. We sat for perhaps 15 minutes with no server in sight. I went up to the bartender and asked for some service. She said the waitress didn’t come in for another 15 minutes. They serve lunch so I guess the bartender does double duty, and poorly at that. We moved further back into the room where the temp was about 55 (we ate our lunch with our coats on). When the bartender came with our coffee 15 minutes later, we asked for the music to be turned down. My friend and I were literally yelling as loud as we could to talk, so we gave up on that. Apparently, there are speakers all over the room so there is nowhere to escape. The waitress came in and I had to wave by arms to get her attention. Finally, she took our order and we asked again for the music to be turned down to a reasonable level. The bartender came back and told us that a customer who was feeding the jukebox didn’t want the sound turned lower even though another table of diners also complained. When we moved, we were sitting against the wall right next to a TV. A customer (the same guy?) came over and turned the sound up as loud as he could because the hockey game was starting. He then vanished. By that time, we decided to eat and get out.
Were I 25 again and it was 2 in the morning and I had been drinking for 3 hours, I probably would have liked the loud music. Trying to have lunch at 3 in afternoon and carry on a conversation, it was impossible. Had I not had the Groupon, we would have walked out at the beginning.
We did see a appetizing-​looking pizza get brought to another table, so there’s that.
Although the guy who wanted the loud music was a customer, so were we… although we will certainly not be customers again. My friend has eaten at another Durbin’s and said the pizza was very good. I don’t care if the pizza is served with diamonds on it, I’ll never go to a Durbin’s again. What a crappy way to run a business.

Went there tonight to watch Notre Dame/​Florida St… Every worker there except the lovely main bartender was so rude about putting it on a TV and God forbid getting volume! I know the Hawks are on but it’s the fifth game of the season, not playoffs. Also my pop was flat. I’m sure I’ll go there again but not happy with them tonight and we actually left.

I’ve been here a few different times, both for dinner and for drinks. The food is average bar food, but the portions are pretty generous! Plus, there are always different food and drink specials. And the drink specials are for mixed drinks, not just beer! The service is fine, I’ve never had anyone be unfriendly and the bartenders were always nice. The parking lot is pretty tiny and hard to maneuver around in, but I like that they have an indoor area as well as a porch.
Overall, the place is pretty average but has great specials that make it worth checking out!

On Sundays five dollar buy in then one dollar beers or mixed drinks… can’t beat that. TV selection is pretty good, food is excellent. A couple of scumbags are always in here that’s why it only gets three stars. Wait staff is pretty friendly.

Here for a work holiday party. Mind you it was for a company that I don’t actually work for, so that was kind of cool. The pizza was good. If you haven’t had Durbin’s pizza then you really need to try, it is a solid pizza that I would order even if I wasn’t half in the bag at the bar.
Nice big area with a bunch of tables, and an adorable front patio. There is a back patio too, but it was night and too cold so I couldn’t really see it. There is also a «back» bar that is closed off for smokers. I was just hanging out back there and almost lost my voice from the poor ventilation. On the plus side, they have industrial overhead heaters that are about a foot above you that let you know what the pizza goes through before they bring it out to you.
The also have a dart board, which is important to me as my friends are intolerably boring and we need something to distract us from each other. And until the beer kicks in darts do the trick quite nicely.
We were here on a slow night and that is probably the difference between the service we received and what all the other reviews say. We were pretty much the only ones in the bar, but there were a dozen of us. The first waitress’ shift ended half way through our evening and they transitioned seamlessly. Then as the night went on the new waitress kept our orders straight and as far as I know only forgot one beer.

Went on Tuesday for $ 1 Tacos and $ 2 Margaritas — with a group of 9. Wasn’t that busy, but service was horrible. The waitress was MIA for most of the night and then would rush over and see what we needed — then would never bring it.
Food and drink were average bar food — you can’t be the price. However, with bad service, I’ll go to one of the other locations.