Casey’s Restaurant & Bar

one of the best restaurants in town, very friendly staff and food quality is amazing. quick service and the prices are very reasonable. Thank you!

Food was mostly good. I ordered steamed medley of vegetables and got string beans, but my wife got steamed broccoli and carrots, so we switched. The carrots were good, but the broccoli was frozen; so we complained to the manager or owner, who was passing by our table. He said «next time tell us you want us to cook your vegetables longer and we will». He then took my frozen vegetables away, but did not offer to replace them until we were ready to leave with our friends… after I was overheard complaining about the $ 4.00 charge for the frozen vegetables ! Enough said, right? Wow!

Came back again and had completely different experience. When we asked for the bartender/​server who took care of us last time, Mellisa, we were told she wasn’t there anymore. It was too bad, she really took care of us last time. Instead, we got a different server. We asked the sever who «took care of us» what happened to her and were rudely told she was fired. the food wasn’t great and this time the service was really horrible. we were disappointed because mainly the reason we came back was. the outstanding service we got last time. it amazes me that the server we had this time was «fired» but this server who had bee. for ‘years’ was still employed. hopefully we will run into Mellisa at another restaurant that we patronize in the future. the place was empty a. d if anything the sub par food and horrible service had something to do with it. even the manager was rude as he was on the phone the whole time. and paid such little attention to us that he actually gave our party of 2 5 menus and didn’t so much as mention or acknowledge our presence for anything other than. to throw us into a table. he didn’t do as much as grumble a hello. the only other asset to the company was a thin tall blonde girl who often asked if we were ok because she didn’t seem to have much else to do while our server clearly had other things going on and was too busy to get back to us more often than not as the other servers Milled around as if they had nothing to do… Thank you to the tall blonde who helped, but I’m sure she’ll be gone soon too. we miss you, Mellisa.

Short and brief: Never again!
Waitresses that need to look elsewhere for employment or retire. Waitresses are rude, unprofessional, ill mannered, and ignorant. The food was just fair. I would have given no stars but a minimum of one is required for posting a review. The first time in my life I have ever walked out without leaving a tip.

Good food and great service. Sue was one of the best waitress I have had in a long time. This was a very nice first experience!

Eclectic old school dinner filled with old fashion booths and oak trim. Don’t serve breakfast, but serve brunch. Came in with wife and kids to enjoy a Sunday dinner. Everything was good— especially chicken rice soup. Waitress was extremely friendly and made the night enjoyable– laid back. Overall food was good — not at the level of a wild fire, but good nevertheless. Convenient, good food and casual.

I just recently had a memorial luncheon at Casey’s. One thing I have to say first that the food was great! The service was not up to par, I had many family complaints with the waitress due to poor service which included attitude. The worst and foremost situation came at the end of the luncheon. My husband and I talked to the owner on at least 7 different occasions planning this luncheon and not once did he set an expectation that only certain types of payment were accepted. Knowing it was a memorial luncheon he did not mention he would not accept an estate account check and denied payment at the end. But what was worse aside from him not setting his specific expectations of cash only or credit only, was his attitude. How the manager/​owner? John handled the situation was completely unacceptable. He was rude, making a scene of it as if it were our fault, like it was an attempt at fraud. Claiming «this is a business» last we checked checks were legal tender in the United States. Second if he knew his «business» then on at least one of the 7 phone calls setting this luncheon up (which he was told was for a funeral/​memorial luncheon) you’d think he should have mentioned payment restrictions. He exclaimed «it was this type of luncheon (memorial) that I was given an estate check and was screwed over!» How this fell on our heads I have no idea. But being a business owner he should have just known and acted more professional. As for the staff while I went to get cash to pay, it was horrible that during this whole «fiasco» they were scurrying around my husband saying «I hope she’s not mad. It’s him (the manager) not us. Service was good right??“right?» Worried about their gratuity I suppose. I give them two thumbs down. NEVER setup an event there. EVER.

Ahh first review of the year. Where do I start? So my wife and I live in Lombard and have passed this place a hundred times always thinking «what a nice place, let’s try it one day.» Well, on NYE 2014 we did, and what a mistake. I call for 6pm reservations and the owner asks if we can do 6:30, I say sure. We arrive at 6:30 and the place is busy, obviously, it’s NYE, it better be. He places us in a corner table in the bar area. College football is on 4 televisions and New Years Rockin’ eve is on another. Over the ceiling speakers is top 40 dance music. Where am I? The waitress comes and greets us, we order drinks. 10 minutes later she comes back and asks for our order. What? No appetizers? She’s like oh yeah you want apps? Duh! So we order apps then order the entrée. The bread on the table is horrible. It’s not warm and its horrible. The calamari is good, first good sign the food may be good. Wife orders the prime rib and tempura shrimp, I have the double cut pork chops. The meal arrives…
Let me just say I am not a food snob, I just demand great food if I am dropping over $ 100. The prime rib looked like an over cooked honey baked ham, they forgot to give her the horseradish sauce and the shrimp was so-​so. My chops looked good but were way over cooked. Shoe leather. The mashed potatoes were boxed and the gravy was ehh. I had to track the waitress down for a refill of water and club soda, twice.
Now, I should have asked upfront but still do not accept their policy. As we received our check we stated that we had a 15% off coupon from their website. She informed us that its not accepted on holidays. I responded today is not a holiday, I spoke to a lady who may have been the owners wife. I asked her what holiday it was and she looked at me like a confused puppy and said «I don’t know but its a holiday». I then informed her that a holiday constitutes a federal holiday and that they are misleading their patrons. She walked away.
In closing. This place has been in Lombard for 40 years. The average age of the patrons are 60 – 70 years old. When these people die the place will close. They do not cater to the 30 – 40 year old crowd. It looks like a nursing home dining hall that is trying too hard to be modern. The food is not worth the prices, inattentive staff and horrible service. I am 5 minutes from this place and would have made it a regular stop, not now I won’t.
Most owners reply to Unilocal comments, not these guys. They are old world Greeks that have made their money and feel that they do not have to keep trying to entertain new guests. This place will close in 5 years. Mark my words.

i hate this place. have been coming here for years, with friends of my parents, who are in their late eighties. they like me to come along, so I bite the bullet and go. I don’t find the service to be terrible, as do some of the other reviewers, it’s the lousy food that I can’t stand. bland, mushy, and tasteless. the side salads are awful. finally, at this easter’s dinner, my 80 year old fellow dinners had enough, as well. their fried shrimp was hard, tough, and way over breaded. my chicken dish was just blah. now that they don’t like it anymore, i’ll never have to come here again!!! hooray.

I have been going to Casey’s for many years. The service is always wonderful and the food is always consistent.

Fabulous! Been there twice with my family. Food is delicious — and lots of it. Prices are great, especially with Groupon coupons. Highly recommended!

Best Prime Rib and and Baked French Onion Soup around! Both are great! The Staff is always friendly along with their bartenders! Have yet to have a bad meal here and the prices are not bad at all :)

I live in walking distance to Casey’s but have never actually been there because I am not big on American fare — including meat based meals. But yesterday, I decided to go alone. Lunch entrees on the menu are generally under $ 13 and the meal comes with a cup of soup or a salad. The wait staff was attentive and I felt very welcomed. A bread basket with real butter, water refills, and three people asking me if all was good. They seemed to care. It was lunch time, and there were at least 12 people in the dining area and a couple eating at the bar in the lounge. The place is clean and although perhaps the décor is a bit out of date it seems just fine. The food — I had a chicken marsala with rice for $ 11.99. It came with a minestrone soup that was quite good with hand cut veggies — homemade for sure. I wanted tea and the waitress brought me 2 different bags — no big selection, and an individual pot of water. After I ate I said I was going to sit and read for a bit on my computer tablet. The waitress said that was fine and while I paid the bill, I was still offere refills of both cold and hot water for my tea. At one point the waitress asked what I was reading and we ended up having a conversation about books and I found out she lives right down the street from me. I liked the whole experience, and I am going back soon for lunch with my sisters. I love supporting local and independent businesses.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that this is the absolute worst service I have ever received, and that includes the little Cuban place I used to frequent in Florida that was a mob front, meaning the waitresses didn’t care at all. My husband and I met for dinner, with our small children. We had two hours before he had to be at a meeting. Two hours really should have been plenty of time to grab dinner, at a place that only had a half a dozen other customers, and get going on time. Somehow, it wasn’t.
THREE parties that were seated, and ordered, after us got their food first. When we asked why it was taking so long, the waiter responded that he was waiting for us to finish our appetizer before he put in our order. Since it was a two year old that was eating the appetizer, we would have been waiting even longer had we not asked what the hold up was. I’ve never been anywhere that did something like this. While I do appreciate the appetizer arriving first, I shouldn’t have to wait for it to be gone before they begin preparing our entrée.
Needless to say, along with his order, my husband got a box, because he had to put his food immediately into it and go to his meeting. The two year old ate a bit of his before I asked for boxes for everyone. It’s just too hard to take care of two babies, in a restaurant, by yourself, and that was never the plan. Also, he was supposed to get a scoop of ice cream with his children’s meal, but no one said a thing, and at that point I was too stressed out to bring it up. All I wanted to do was get the heck out. I suppose this would be a good time to bring up the fact that I was also super thirsty, because despite the fact that I asked for a refill FOUR TIMES, I never got one.
I suppose the upside would be that my gnocchi in vodka sauce was really pretty good, despite the fact that I had it warmed over the next day instead of that night for dinner. However, I’m the only one who had a good meal. My husband fed about ¾ of his burger to the dog, and our toddler declared the noodles (he had fettuccine) to be «mooooosshhy eewwww.»

This place looks exactly the same as it did when I first visited 20 years ago. I’ve been back a few times here and there, mostly for the Friday Fish Fry or Sunday Brunch. It’s been a few years since I’ve visited and let’s just say I left disappointed.
I love mom and pop diners, greek diners, townie restaurants… whatever you want to call them. There are a lot of regulars that dine here, as evidenced by how the waitstaff and manager seemed to know some as they walked in. Very family friendly. This place serves some OK food, but the service was really the pits this last time.
I don’t care how much you are stressed, you do NOT let the patrons hear you complain about other patrons. You also apologize when you rush past by the table and run into a patrons chair, causing her to spill her water because of the jostling. You also wait to hear what your patrons want to drink after you ask to take their drink orders. You don’t say «What would you like to drink» pause when I say «um» and then say «Ok, I’ll come back later» and never return or ask again. You don’t have to be Miss Mary Sunshine during the whole service, but we can totally see through your fake smile and sweetness at the end when you finally deliver the check.
Oh the AYCE Fried Fish? Just OK. The sweet potato was old, the tartar sauce seemed old too. The salad, over-​dressed and greens watery. Cheap prices. There’s a «People Love us on Unilocal» sticker on the window. It made me laugh.

Haven’t been here in awhile but remembered how great I thought the baked french onion soup was before. I just had it and it is still very good, especially the mixture of cheeses melted on top, but my daughter wasn’t as impressed and thought it was salty.
The place is pretty busy and I can tell by the way the owner was greeting many tables there are a lot of regulars here.
Mainly at least 40+ age group.
Sheila the waitress was rude until she put the check down– and then had a sing song voice– like that will help her tip–
Nope, just the regular 15% tonite cuz I know what it’s like to be waitress (but I was a personable one)

Another in my «Great places to eat™»
There’s a crillion «Greeks» in Chicago and environs, and most put out a decent feed, especially if you know how to order.
Now when I say «Greek» I don’t mean a Gyros palace a la Halsted Street. I’m talking about those neighborhood joints one step up from an Applebees and one step below a Chicago Magazine review. Not stereotyping here, but most of these are owned by Greeks, and as far as I’m concerned, we’re better off for it. The Greeks know how to eat.
Casey’s is a bit more upscale, and not open for breakfast, which might be the key here.
The menu is familiar, there’s nothing here you haven’t seen before. Culinary envelopes are not being pushed. But what IS here is executed with extreme care, and the provisions are fresh, fresh, fresh,
I used to have a pal whose family owned a Chicago Chicken joint in Cicero. (Valley Farms on 35^th street-​and it was DIVINE). He lived on the stuff that the restaurant cooked, and we’d often go to «Greeks» so he could have something different. I would order burgers, and he would always order something like «Turkey with dressing». Invariably he would be disappointed, because, well, the Turkey was wooden and the dressing was a mess. I would say (every time) «what did you expect?» You go to a «Greek» to get Burgers, Club sandwiches, Salads, Omelettes, and stuff like that. Plate dinners are usually a gamble.
My friend has shuffled off to the great kitchen in the sky, but if he went to Casey’s he could order off the menu with abandon, ‘cos everything on it works and is good. The stuff that is usually easy, like the French Onion soup, is REALLY good here, and not the brine-​y brew bereft of true flavor that you find at so many joints. The ROLLS that they put on the table are good, for chrissakes. Attention to detail counts for a lot.
The Boilerplate stuff is very good, Burgers, etc. The Steaks and seafood are safe choices. It ain’t the Chicago Chop House, but it ain’t Ponderosa either. It’s GOOD. Not Haute. Understand that? It’s not an insult.
This is a place I have total confidence in. I can order what looks good on the menu and know that when it comes out, I’m going to have a good meal. If I take a guest or Client there, I know that they will not think I’ve taken them to a sh! thole, in fact they will look around at the décor, (which frankly is the Achilles heel of the place-​if you like mauve, you’ll like Caseys.) and think «Wow this was better than I thought it was going to be.».
In other words, the folks who own this place CARE and so does the kitchen staff. The Waitresses can be a bit gruff, but ruthlessly efficient. And they WILL remember you if you become a regular.
Four stars for being a solid contender. I’ve never had a duff meal here EVER, and I’ve been here a bunch.

I can only write this review in regards to prime rib and french onion soup. Because I’ve only eaten that when I go there, and trust me I’ve been there more than a handful of times.
They have a daily special for prime rib and it is to. die. for. Seriously. Get it medium rare and you will love your life. It’s a good cut of meat, and so juicy. Served up with some au jus and horseradish sauce. You also get choice of potato and soup. Now, baked french onion is my favorite soup. I’ve had to change that statement to baked french onion soup from Casey’s is my favorite. They use two types of cheese. TWO! And it is LOADED on there! The soup is actually really good too. Not too salty like a lot can be.
Me and my boyfriend go here and will sit in the bar area in a booth. Sometimes they have someone playing music which is kind of entertaining. Especially since the bar seems to be a meeting place for cougars in the area, and gym teachers from my high school… I won’t mention names.
Service is good and I can’t complain about the food. It’s quiet, laid back, and expect to find your grandparents there dancing to the smooth voice of someone playing keyboards.

So my parents love this place and frequent it, and now that I’m a grown up I thought it’d be nice to bring my hubby here for a Friday night dinner. It was not very busy and yet service was slow as hell. Our waitress, Shiela, appeared to have a stick up her ass after taking our order, and having worked in the service industry I defended her attitude to my noticeably peeved date and said she must have had a rough night. I was thinking of leaving her a substantial tip to make her night better as a matter of fact.
I ordered a NY strip steak, which was on special, medium rare. Hubby ordered shrimp fettucine alfredo. I had baked french onion and he had a salad, his was obviously wilted underneath the 30 cups of ranch dressing they globbed on, and my soup was noticeably under-​broiled, the cheese was hardly even melted. My steak arrived over cooked, his alfredo sauce was watery at best.
All of this was not yet a dealbreaker to us, seriously, we each had a bad day and just wanted to eat, we were grateful to be out of the house and didn’t even care.
But what plunged this review from a 3 star to 1 star was something Shiela said to a customer. «It’s just like people who order MEAT on a Friday! I hope GOD strikes them down!!»
I was literally one of maybe four people within earshot and I made eye contact with a puzzled expression on my face that turned to incredulity when she rolled her eyes and walked away.
I’m agnostic after a rough patch that made me question my faith, and then a «good Christian woman» like this comes along and makes all Christians look like a bunch of stone throwing imbeciles. What in the actual fuck was that all about Shiela???
I tipped her, yes I did, 15% when I felt like leaving zero, because I’m pretty sure she needed a lesson on how to be a decent human being. We were nothing but polite to her. I am seriously considering talking to a manager tomorrow about this incident because people in the service industry have NO business judging their customers loudly within earshot concerning religion. You’re in the wrong field, Shiela.
I never want to go here again. I told my parents who are practicing Catholics who don’t eat meat on Friday (just for the record), and their response was the same, if Shiela’s representative of this business they are not getting another penny of ours. Heaven forbid I was of another religion… I wonder how I might have been treated with a headscarf on?

Casey’s needs a current review and I was recently there, so I elect myself as the next Unilocal reviewer up for the task!
I met a childhood friend for dinner this week at Casey’s. It was my first visit as I am not often in this neck of the woods. My friend, Brooke, goes here pretty regularly. When I found the restaurant, I was concerned about making my way in and out of the parking lot and heading home westbound on North Avenue. No worries. It’s so much easier than you would expect. Just follow the «lagoon» around to the right and it will take you to a stop sign where you can make a right and then make a left (westbound) onto North Avenue. Super simple!
We were lucky enough to have Sue as our server. We told her right away that we were catching up after years of not seeing each other and she was great! She didn’t interrupt, she waited patiently while we forgot about even looking at the menu, she made fantastic suggestions and she was right there when we needed her. (I probably shouldn’t tell you this, but Sue is normally there on Tuesday and Thursday… you can guess when I’m going back!)
Anyhow, I ordered the French Dip with French fries and French Onion Soup. Oui oui! The sandwich was on a toasted bun that was very fresh. The fries were your average Greek restaurant fries, but served hot, so I was pleased. The soup. Oh boy! The soup was absolutely delicious. I ordered a bowl and when Brooke ordered a cup of the cream of something soup, I changed my bowl to a cup. I was a little unhappy with myself when I finished my cup of soup and easily could have finished a bowl of that yummy goodness. Brooke also ordered Chicken Marsala with rice. She enjoyed her meal as well. We completed our adventure with a slice of chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream and a hunk of tiramisu. Both of us had to bring some home. We tasted each other’s and I don’t think that either of us went wrong. They make their desserts on the premises (except for the pumpkin pie) and you can tell by the freshness.
It’s a quiet, low-​key family restaurant with a broad menu and price points. Stop in for dinner. Maybe I’ll see you there!