D’Agostino’s Pizza And Pub

I have been to this restaurant before and really like majority of their salads. I was craving one of their salads yesterday so I forced the rest of my family to order from here, as well. My Greek salad was really good, however we ordered chicken tenders for my boys and they were prob some of the worst I’ve ever had. We also ordered the chicken Vesuvio, which was more like a really chewy lemon chicken. The only thing that meal had going for itself were the Vesuvio potatoes. Even the minestrone soup was sub par. I will have to find any other place who offers a variety of salads.

Walked into to this restaurant for the first time with my wife. It was fight night so I completely understand that it was going to be busy, we heard great things about the pizza and we wanted to try it out and we were willing to wait, until the hostess told us right at the booth «Not gonna happen» thats all she said right when I asked how long the wait will be. She showed us the her list and said they’re were to many people ahead of us. Number one, Who trains your employees on how to treat and greet customers, I hope they realize your greeters represent your business and they poorly did this that night. Number two, I haven’t even had the food and I am NEVER coming back here again.

Wow here we go I must say this neighborhood sports bar and grill has a very beautiful atmosphere. Upon entering we were immediately greeted and seated. Their isn’t a bad seat in the entire place, flat screen tv’s everywhere. Great service, outstanding food. I had the Philly cheese steak dinner and my wife had the mini pork slider dinner they both were delicious. I highly recommend this awesome place. Great for groups, or a hot date. Happy eating enjoy

Food was excellent, had burgers. Very good. Waitress was not. She was not very attentive, I had to flag her down and she wasn’t busy.

*specific location being reviewed: River Grove*
I’ve been to this location on numerous occasions, but each time I’ve been here, I’ve left disappointed with the service; the service is slow — even when the restaurant was half empty!
The food is good, though. Too bad, because this location is close to my house.

If you want a place where you can get a great ½ lb. burger your way, this is the place. They have a good pizza. Hickory smoked pork along with brisket. They have great slaw and on the North side of the main dining room the wall’s are blackboards, which keep the young ones busy, this is one of the few places where you can eat a casual meal with children and not disturb the other patron’s. There are two bars and plenty of T.V.‘s. Large beer selection, bottle or draft. The staff is friendly and helpful. I have been to DAG’s with a 4 yr. old and a 6 yr. Old and everyone was happy including the boys at the west bar, you wouldn’t even know it was there, if I didn’t tell you.

Meh. Overpriced for the quality of food. The food is not awful but for the prices, I expected much more. Had the pizza and sandwiches. Service was pretty slow even though it was not busy.

I wanted to check in and see if things changed here from my last visit and I can honestly say YES…
We had great customer service and the food or our pizza was exactly how I ordered it. So so Happy. I love the pizza from this restaurant, but this location on my previous visit terrible. I am happy that we chose to try again and glad to say we will be back. Please keep up the great work !

One star is because i have been through the drive through here at least ten times since its been open.
While the food is ok, the drive through is the worst ever! I thought that maybe they would figure it out eventually and get better, but i guess not. They obviously need someone in charge back there that knows what to do. It should never take this long! Im talking in drive through for at least 20 minutes every time for a slice of pizza! Absolutely ridiculous. This was the last time. No more chances. I have worked in restaurants my whole life. There is no excuse. I would hire someone who is capable of figuring it out.

I’d have to give it a 3 star rating where it originally was a 1! I sat there for 20 minutes waiting to be seated. They actually didn’t end up seating me at all, lucky a friend from high school knew the staff and got me a table. I guess you could say that’s literally «customer service» the staff seemed exhausted on what seemed like a gentle night. I changed my mind to 3 stars because the food was great! Well worth the wait actually and they have a drive through for great quality food

This place is ginormous. It’s a great sports bar with tons of tv’s and lots of seating! The look is industrial and the best part is they have slot machines in the front.
During football season they have plenty of specials Saturday /​Sunday /​Monday. Happy Hour is reserected here! Monday-​Friday 3pm — 6pm. Out door seating is pretty plenty with heaters when it gets chilly. The bar is stocked well with many craft beers.
The other side of the bar has table and booth seating.

I don’t understand all the bad reviews about this place.
We have stopped by for Blackhawks games, Sunday fundays, happy hour during the week. I cannot think of one time when something wasn’t good. The staff is always nice and they are very family friendly which is great.
The Pizza is super thin and the sauce isn’t too sweet. The wings are pretty standard but the buff sauce and blue cheese dressing are above par.
My wife loves the goat cheese and marinara dip with pita and I enjoy the rotating craft beers on draft.
Best day of the week is Wednesdays where you can get half price pizza all day and between 3p-​6pm $ 5 apps and $ 3 craft pints and $ 5 wine.
The place itself is freaking amazing, it’s clean and has a retractable roof, outdoor seating and more TV’s than Best Buy. They already have their NFL Sunday specials up and I saw $ 12 buckets and a pizza special.
Lastly they have a drive thru so you can call in a pizza and pick it up on the way home, how money is that?
We live in the neighborhood and think it’s a great place and don’t understand all the complaints.

I read other reviews prior to my visit, and decided to arrive at an off-​peak time to avoid having to compete for my server’s attention. I lucked into happy hour with $ 2 domestic drafts. Bonus! There are quite a few beers on tap, with a variety of bottled beers as well. The server was pretty knowledgeable about the bar menu and that helped me out a lot.
The chicken parm was calling my name and I decided on the meal rather than the sandwich because it came with soup and bread and I was hungry. Prices were reasonable for the portion sizes.
I started with the house minestrone and it was pretty good, full of chunky vegetables and a rich tomato-​y broth. Perfectly seasoned. The only drawback was the awkwardly shaped bowl. It was a squat cylinder and the shape made it increasingly difficult to use the spoon as the bowl emptied. The wide lip on the edge also meant that I couldn’t enjoy drinking the last of the broth from the bottom of the bowl. Perhaps I’m a neanderthal, but that’s the best part of soup and I missed out.
Unfortunately, my chicken Parmesan meal was disappointing. The spaghetti was a tad overcooked, as was the chicken. It was also smothered in mozzarella, when a sprinkling of shredded fresh parm would have been so much better. I did like that I was given a choice between breaded or grilled chicken and the red sauce was hearty and thick if bland. I had to add red pepper flakes just for a little flavor.
I asked my server for recommendations on dessert and the dessert trio was big winner. I chose the mini cannoli, carrot cake and the brownie. The brownie was the highlight of my evening. The carrot cake looked and tasted factory made. The cannoli filling was superb but it was tipped with peanuts, not pistachios. The brownie was Mmmmm. Heaven on a fork. It was fudgy and warm and served with extra chocolate sauce. Still, this trio could have been improved with smaller portions. The mini cannoli was the perfect size but the cake and brownie sizes were not ideal for sampling.
I will likely return, perhaps to watch a sports game and/​or to sample their pizza. I can’t give five stars because my meal wasn’t great, but it was edible and the service was decent.

I so, so wanted to like this new location of D’Agostino’s! After 4 tries I think I’m done. Raw calamari, inconsistent wings, average burgers and weird nachos. I ordered them today, they had been pretty good the first couple of time. But this time and the last it was like they poured a watery cheese soup over the chips. Like tortilla soup. The waitress took them back and brought out a new batch. All they did was put a ton of Parmesan cheese into the weird cheese soup. Kind of like an Alfredo sauce. Yuck.
The décor is confusing. One part sports bar, one part nautical theme, one part Vegas. Just a mishmash of decorating ideas.
The staff was so nice and apologetic.
Overall, I’ll go to the one on Higgins or the one on Addison, they do a much better job.

We were excited to try this place since

Place needs an attitude adjustment. First few times it was OK because of the fact that you can watch big UFC fights with no cover charge.
Food and service at best were average but this last experience has made me knock it down to one star.
We sat at the bar and ordered a pizza. We watch it come out and the bus boy gives it to the wrong people and they begin to pick up slices with their bare hands and throw it on their plates. Before they could start eating, the bus boy noticed it’s not their pizza and rushes over to stop them. Again with their bare hands they throw the slices back on the pizza tray and the bus boy tells the bartender to give it to us and takes off behind the kitchen. We let the bartender know what just happened, expecting him to give us a new pizza and chuck this one away. But he leaves it in front of us and tells us he will see what he can do.
After 20 min with an attitude he tells us that he can give us 50% off. Would have been quicker just to get another pizza ordered. Like I said if it wasn’t for occasional UFC fight, this place would have gotten zero stars from me.

I’m honestly shocked by the negative reviews. Our group of friends has made this our new go-​to for casual meals. As for some details:
–They are very generous with coupons.
–The décor and atmosphere is pretty cool.
–The drive-​through is convenient
–2 full bars with a «party» and patio area in the back
–Plenty of TVs with various sports
–Most importantly, the food:
I’ve tried most of their appetizers. They were all very good, especially the fried mushrooms. They also used to have soft pretzel bites which were amazing.
They have plenty of options for pizzas and have never been disappointed. But, while the pizza is supposed to be their flagship, I happen to like their other food more. The gyros and corned beef were awesome and my friends seem to vouch for the burgers.
The only negative is that sometimes the young staff is slow and/​or forgetful… but it has yet to be a deal-​breaker. This isn’t supposed to be a fancy place. Family-​friendly, sports-​focused, good prices… I hope this one survives because this location has been through a TON of restaurants.

I used to frequent the Wheeling location, but having moved it is not as convenient anymore. The River Grove restaurant is now the nearest location, so I ventured over to check it out and have a beer, maybe dessert or appetizer
Monday nights they have beer specials — mine was two bucks off a glass of the Revolution Brewery beer that they had on tap. Good deal. As I’m enjoying the first beer, I realize that a piece of their delicious cheesecake (as I know it from Wheeling) would wash down great with the brew, so I ask the bartender if the menu in River Grove is the same as the other stores. He says «yes» so I order a piece of cheesecake to which he responded, «except for the dessert menu.» Nuts!
So I peruse the menu for alternatives and decide to get an order of onion rings. They come out with a chipotle ranch sauce and the honey mustard I asked for as well. The chipotle sauce was pretty good, but the honey mustard, eh, not so much. The rings were poofy with batter — sort of a refreshing difference, but with the poofiness came a little extra grease.
I plan to return and see if their pizza is the same as Wheeling’s. I like the sweet sauce and crust — it’s all a matter of preference as that goes. My bartender was fine — service was good. I’ll be sure to update my review after visit number two.

Well. I wish I can give this place a higher rating but it doesn’t deserve it. The food is just blah. Absolutely nothing special. I could make exactly what they made in my own kitchen.
As for service. Not the greatest either.
From the outside this place looks like it would be a cool place to come to but it’s not.
Lastly. A recommendation would be to have maybe some good deals for happy hour or drink deals. $ 6 dollar wine isn’t that great of a deal considering it’s River Grove not downtown Chicago.

Wow this is a beautiful set up! They just opened on Friday. We went in for lunch today and are impressed by the décor and the menu! The staff was great too. We sat on the bar side /​near the open retractable roof (just beautiful) and watched some of the World Cup. Will be a great place to watch sports! We split a chopped salad and a meatball sandwich — both very good. We most definitely will be back soon to try out more things on the menu.
They have GLUTEN FREE options.