Address: | 2387 E Joliet Hwy, New Lenox, IL 60451, USA |
Phone: | +1 815-463-1333 |
Site: | bulldogalehouse.com |
Rating: | 4.2 |
Working: | 11AM–1AM 11AM–1AM 11AM–1AM 11AM–1AM 11AM–1AM 11AM–1AM 11AM–1AM |
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Jeni Healy
Saturday Night at 6:30 pm-This placed is PACKED and a line out the door. We walked in to beer flight samples! Ok, Bulldog Alehouse- you got my attention. Although the wait was about 20 min, we found a seat immediately at the bar. We ordered 2 Breckenridge oatmeal stouts and the boneless wings in hot sauce. My husband thought the wings were good but a little over done. I wasnt a fan. Is it me, or are wings getting more and more civilized? I want a messy drumstick covered in ooey gooey delicious sauce. These tasted like breaded cardboard. No flavor to the chicken what-so-ever. The sauce was average. THE SAVING GRACE: Saturday is Build Your Own Burger...Its like the heavens opened up over New Lenox. The bartender gave us each this sheet with all the burger/Chicken options. Little background...I hold 3 burgers at the top of my list: the Cajun Sunrise at MeatHeads, the Blue Cheese burger at FireHouse in Manhattan and the Blue Cheese Bison at Tribes-Mokena (not Tinley). Ive tried burgers from all over. These 3 are worth their weight in gold. I ordered 1/2 lb patty (medium) with mayo, grilled onion, jalapeno, bacon, egg (over medium), and blue cheese crumbles not the blue cheese sauce on a pretzel bun with waffle fries. This burger arrived like a golden chariot being pulled by unicorns. I could hardly wait to mash that bun down and try to sink my teeth in-it looked amazing! 10/10 stars for appearance. It was on a plate of its own-nothing but a beautiful culinary masterpiece on this canvas. I love that the side (waffle fries) was just enough to enjoy-not the 10# of salt you get at other burger places. Reluctant to destroy this gorgeous burger, but anxious to taste it-I mashed it down, bit in and savored every second of that first bite. It was everything I ever dreamed about. It was Juicey, ooey, gooey and delicious! The egg was cooked perfectly, the bacon was crispy, the jalapeno was fresh and hot! Bulldog-you have officially made my list and my Saturday nightI I will be back!
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Mary Jane
I have been a resident of new Lenox for over 20 years now and Im highly satisfied with how incredible the food is here. Absolutely wonderful. Reasonably priced, and great drink specials. However, the service.. TERRIBLE! I was dinning here the other day, and my servers name was Jordan. Not only was she extremely rude, I waited nearly 10 minutes to receive my drink. I had to interrupt her gossiping with other coworkers to remind her I was still waiting. After doing so, she rolled her eyes, and stormed away. When she finally dropped my drink off, I was in the middle of saying thank you, but before I could even finish she had sped off. In my opinion, she should have asked if we were doing ok. Because in fact, we were not. We wanted to order appetizers, but after waiting another 15 minutes with no sign of our server, we said forget it. Did we even dare order our meal? Well yes, yes we did. When I asked how something was prepared, she snapped back flustered, saying "I dont know, but if you really want, Ill go check." (NO! Please dont leave! I wont see you for another half hour then, and Ill die from starvation!) Anyway, we did get our food, and it was delicious. After we finished eating, she didnt bother to ask if we wanted desert, coffee, more drinks, nothing. She just quickly put the check on the table and walked away. At this point, feeling uncomfortable, rushed out the door, and treated so poorly, I didnt even want to stay for more. We took our money else where to have drinks. Im not sure if all the servers are this rude and unprofessional... But she definitely needs some serious help on her manors and work ethic. You have a great restaurant! Get it together with your staff!
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Kendall J
I dont think I have ever experienced worse service before in my life. I watched our waitress as she continued to stand around and text/talk to her co-workers instead of getting us our drinks, which were sitting out on the bar for twenty-five minutes waiting to be brought to us. We decided to get up and get them ourselves, okay cool, thats fine I guess. We wanted to order food, but the waitress didnt come back to our table for another forty-five minutes. All the while we were trying to flag her down and get her attention. We finally decided to give up and get our check, so I went over to her and asked for it. She FINALLY gives it to us twenty-five minutes later. Super frustrating, total mood killer. My friends and I just wanted to have a good night out and it was ruined. Avoid going here at all costs.
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Jeffery Good
We tried Bulldog for the first time on Saturday night and everything from food to service was excellent. We went back again on Sunday with the whole family because of how good it was just the day before and it was a miserable experience. Server was terrible, food tasted like it was microwaved, and we had to find a Manager just to pay and leave. It felt like two different restaurants from one day to the next. Manager Tim was very sorry for the bad experience and did what he could, but I hope Saturdays Bulldog is the norm.
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Nicholas Gayoso
This place has LOADS of different beers on tap, and really great food from chicken pot pie, to burgers, or pizza. Good for a drink or for dinner and they have great specials for each day of the week. They tend to get crowded during sports games, on which days, they may not accept reservations but the website does not say this. The good news is that they have a good system for sending you text messages when your table is ready after checking in. Overall this is one of my favorite restaurants to visit.
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Beth McMahan
I just had lunch at Bulldogs and it was great. I was thrilled to find that your restaurant has gluten free buns. This was offered at no extra cost which is almost unheard of. I wish more restaurants would offer gluten free products. As more people find out that for medical reasons a gluten free diet is beneficial , I think you will see more of a need. May I suggest gluten free pizza? My husband and I enjoy your restaurant. The service was great and food delicious! Thank you, Beth McMahan
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Kevin Mc Cabe
Very good. Turkey panini was really good. They had bulldog wheat 32 oz on special for $4 today and 3 different sizes available so I asked the waitress was the smaller size more expensive, she said no. Got the bill and the smaller size was $6, so that was a oops on their part. Food was great, wheat ale was good and the place is nicely decorated, Will definitely be back
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BIG Z
I cant wait to go back, Like to watch sports here, best place in town to watch sports, great food(the chicken strips with garlic parmesan are the best) low prices, friendly staff, free beer samples when you walk in, FYI if you want to go here on later in day( EX- Friday, Saturday) call ahead! If you dont its 1/2 hour wait.
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Brian Arndt
Beers were served warm. Brought burgers wrong three times. The one person that did actually get the right food said it was just ok, nothing special. They did take one burger off the bill but that wont change the fact that this was our first and last visit here.