Donkey Inn

Great burgers and watering hole. Big menu and I do like lots of other items on the menu. This is a great place for comfort food and a drink.
Staff is great and attentive. Great prices and good food. I go often.

The food is always great here, love the cozy atmosphere and staff is very friendly. Check, check and check! The only thing is, with a young child who has a hard time waiting, it’s hard to get in on a busy weekend!

Good food at a reasonable price. Been to the donkey many a time. Today was $ 5 burger day MMmmmm good! Love the waffle fries (why can’t all fries be waffled)?

Understaffed for a bears game was there for an hour and unable to place an order for food. Only had one drink left at halftime to find a better place with better service.

I can only talk about the nachos. I ordered them to go on a friend’s recommendation. What a mistake. Canned jalapenos and salsa came on the side of what I can only describe as a taco salad on top of tortilla chips. The cheese was even cold. NEVER AGAIN. Maybe they’re made differently for dining in, but I’ll never know.

This is an interesting place. They have good cheeseburgers and salads. The staff and bartenders are all young girls. No guys bar tending or waiting tables at all that I have seen. I think they are considered a family place but then why all young girls working there? For this reason it is not entirely comfortable for me. Seems chauvinistic. But maybe they are targeting men. Oh well. This is my opinion.

It’s been a few years since I’ve been here and it was not what I remembered. We went there on a Friday for fish fry. I ordered a glass of wine that was never delivered. My boyfriend ordered the all you can eat fish fry. It was over breaded and served with Mac and cheese clearly out of a bag. The fish looked like it was prepackaged frozen, but the waitress said they battered it there. Frozen fish would’ve probably tasted better. He ended up peeling all the breading off to eat it. The service was very slow and we were one of two tables seated. Overall not anything like I remembered. probably won’t be back anytime soon.

Very strange place… White trash workers and customers. Total dive and wouldn’t go back.

The staff and service was great! The inside is much cleaner than I expected. I’m new to the area so I’m not sure what I expected. They had so much variety on the menu — I was curious how everything could be good — but it was! Loved the fried onion appetizer

We enjoy this place very much but today we sat for twenty minutes after ordering our drinks and watched our waitress tend to other tables and neglect to bring our libations. We were severely disappointed in our service because was basically empty. If I could give less than one star for today, I would.

Great burgers, cold beers, great service– what more can you ask for? Atmosphere was nice. Clean too! Only tried the burgers, so can’t speak for other menu items which is why it’s 4 stars. Will have to come back to check out more!

Awesome place quick service great wraps and burgers, definitely would eat here again

Great food, very affordable prices ($ 5 cheeseburgers on Wednesdays-can’t beat that), pleasant waitresses who remember your face (we haven’t been there for over a year and the waitress recognized us), friendly crowd. Felt great to go back and decided to visit more often from now on. Stop by and check out this place, not many like left out there.

In an overall restaurant ranking there is
1. Good food
2. Sucky food
3. Crap
4. Donkey inn (yes, it’s that bad)

Great neighborhood atmosphere with a very surprising menu. The bar is well run, the owners, while personable understand they are running a business and expect the most from their staff. As mentioned the food choices are pretty extensive for a place of this size and they do not disappoint.
My personal favorite is the crispy fried chicken where you have the choice of two large breasts and a leg or a ½ a chicken. I like the breasts and leg combination. Absolutely outstanding but it take a good bit of time to prepare this bad boy so order it right away if you know that is the route you are going.

Nice atmosphere, great outdoor patio, good food and friendly service. Best Bloody Mary’s in the suburbs.

I just discovered this place a few weeks ago and never knew it was there. It has been around for several decades apparently. You can’t miss it’s tang-​orange sign. I have never drank here, but it seems like a good tavern type place… the sort of place my family would go back in the 1980’s…it oozes casual comfort and Midwest bar/​restaurant. A lot of nice wood on the inside. I have only been here for breakfast and lunch, but there are always regulars in there eating (or third shifters drinking)…the menu is pretty big — breakfast skillets, breakfast sandwiches, burgers… TATER TOTS!!! Bar food, but a fairly extensive menu… prices are pretty reasonable…
To me, this is the sort of place that never really pops to mind but the kind of place that when someone says «Well, do you just want to go to the Donkey?» you wonder why you didn’t think of it… it is a-​ok in my book!

I’ve been here twice, ate at the bar both times and the food is pretty decent.
Unfortunately the AM bartender Sunday mornings is absolutely horrible; short girl, brown hair, no smile and poor pesonality. She offers little effort, and gives no apologies for her complete lack of presence.
Good luck getting a menu, ordering a drink, placing your order, getting silverware, getting change, or getting any type of service if she’s working. It’s been this way both times.
Do yourself a favor should you not heed my advice and dine here. Take notice of any other person working other than this bartender, you’ll need to get their attention often, and they’re usually pretty good with helping her do her job right.

Two of us went by for dinner and it’s a homely place. Nice service and good food.
I had the skillet with sausage onion mushrooms, cheese. It was done very well, the potatoes threw me at first because of the texture, kinda fluffy, but it was excellent.
My friend had the beef tender tips and enjoyed it as well.
There was enough food for me to bring home half of my meal for lunch tomorrow. I’ll be back!

Great selection of food at good prices and good portion sizes. Not amazing but less seasoned/​salty and more «home-​style» food than many other local bars.
Matzah ball soup: A little more «hearty» in flavor than the usual chicken broth you’ll find in most other restaurants. Good for a cold winter day.
Cream of potato soup: Nice and thick texture although a little underwhelming in flavor. Still enjoyable if you like extremely smooth consistency.
Skillet #4: Light and fluffy, not too heavy of a flavor but also not very oily either.
Hamburger: Cooked well and a great deal for ½ pound at $ 7 with a side. Lacks a char type flavor but does have a good level of fat in the patty.
Chips: Homemade, thin and crispy — light and enjoyable.
Chicken pot pie: Kind of like a nice cream of chicken soup underneath a large piece of puff pastry. One of the more interesting interpretations of the dish and not overly salty.
Orange roughy: The fish was alright, expectedly not amazing given the price but also not bad. The mashed potatoes and grilled vegetables were prepared well and gave it the feeling of the same dish at a classier Italian restaurant (at 6 – 8 dollars cheaper).
Given the very reasonable prices and variety of items on their menu, I’ll definitely be back.