Valley Lodge Restaurant
| Address: | 2132 Waukegan Rd, Glenview, IL 60025, USA |
| Phone: | +1 847-724-7440 |
| Site: | valleylodgetavern.com |
| Rating: | 4.3 |
| Working: | 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 4–10PM |
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A Private User
Just returned from another great lunch at this restaurant. Its something of a drive for us, but worth it. Others in my party had basic, but very fresh, flavorful salads, turkey panini sandwiches, and spanikopita. They were all delighted with their food. I had a perfect cheeseburger - something thats become sadly unusual - juicy, fresh tasting, and cooked as I ordered. You dont often get tender enough beef with the correct fat content cooked just right - when it happens, like the ones served here, it makes for a really fine lunch. The Valley Lodge is a chalet style dining room, and apparently pretty much unchanged from the way it looked when it was built in 1969. It seems like so many restaurants open up, serve great food for a couple of months, then slack off and disappoint returning diners for too many more months before they close. The Valley Lodge has been reliably excellent for decades. Their specialty is supposed to be their fish, (goes with the lodge decor) but neither my wife nor myself are much for fish and havent had it there, and we cant say. If its as good (or better) than the other dishes, it must be great.
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Grace Ha
Went there for lunch with an old college friend this past week. There arent too many non-fast food places around Willow/Waukegan and we were glad we found this place. My rueben was a standard rueben but the dressing came on the side instead of slathered inside like I prefer. The sweet potato fries were clutch. My friend had a classic burger on their gluten-free bread, so her burger fell apart fast. She said her steamed broccoli (just a moderate sized head of broccoli, not trimmed down or broken apart) was very bland. It looked like it was literally just steamed, no seasoning to be seen. Overall a decent experience, the food was standard American fare with some Greek influences (saganaki was on the menu), the booths comfortable and just private enough. Service was great and the table bread & whipped butter was delicious.
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A Private User
This is a neighborhood, tavern-style, family restaurant with a bar area and a dining room. The "lower" section is more discretely separated from the bar and features a fireplace in the winter. The atmosphere is great: it has the feel of a small supper club in Northern Wisconsin. The food is not "fine dining", but the staples (white fish, burgers, chicken, etc.) are good and some of the greek dishes shine. Service is consistently friendly and good - many of the staff have been there for years. We are regulars.
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bill kolada
admittedly we were in a rush but with no one there, it took twenty minutes to get a salad. when we got home to eat, realized one salad was missing blue cheese. also the house vinaigrette had no vinegar in it. nice people tho, just unfortunate that we had to wait so long for salad.
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Raymond Prusak
Friendly atmosphere. Neighborhood like feel, "where everyone knows your name and their always glad you came..." Great salads, burgers and daily specials. Solid food, never a complaint. Best pour on the north shore for drinks.
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Joe Neuhaus
I call in the evening on a Tuesday to speak with a manager and the guy on the phone replies to mean in a rude manner saying, "You realize you called the busiest day?! What!" The guy sounded very unprofessional.
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Keith Aberdeen
It is a pleasure to have a old style pin wood supper club in the northshore I love all the posh places but its nice to enjoy normal people in a normal setting too
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michael davidsone
Great prices and wonderful experience every time, you feel like you have gone up north to a supper club when you eat here. The food is also amazing!!
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A Private User
Very good food and reasonably priced. Seems to cater more to an older crowd but nothing wrong with that. Never had a bad experience here.
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Craig Weil
Favorite go to place on Friday nights. Menu is diverse and food is always fresh and good. Waitstaff is great and friendly. Love it there!
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Bob Dupre
There is a reason why the Valley Lodge is busy and noisey...all 50k people in Glenview love to go there, for good reasons.
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Teresa Page
This is my favorite local eatery spot.Great atmosphere with friendly people.I will come again and again.
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vicki bednar
Valley Lodge is a friendly, lively neighborhood restaurant with great food and decent prices!!
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Christopher Zalinski
Very little bacon and avocado in my BTLA sandwich this afternoon. Mostly a lettuce sandwich.
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Marc Morales
Wonderful people and great services. The food was excellent and at a very affordable price.
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John Nicolau
Our favorite local eatery. Not a bad item on the menu, great service, and ambiance.
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A Private User
Tenderloin sliders will knock you away! Friendly but kind of full of older people.
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Sean Hogan
One of my wife and Is favorite restaurants in Glenview! Great food, great service!
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Carole Howe
Food was excellent as well as staff Will be going back many times in future!
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Scott Nelson
Glenviews hometown tavern, very nice bar, great food, super service.
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Leslie J Dummitt
I use to go their in the 80s. Loyola Ramblers football.
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Robert Bloom
Good food, fair price, good service, too darn noisy
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Julie Berg
Great drinks and well prepared... But very noisy.
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A Private User
Great food, decent prices, fast friendly service
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granger kenly
great food, staff and always a nice night at VL
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Dorothy Santucci
Very delicious dinner. Enjoyed our date night.
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Kurt Stricker
Great food done well. A north shore classic
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Lou Haboush
Excellent soups, burgers, shrimp and Gyros.
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Vip Sandhir
Great dinner ..Greek owned...killer ribeye
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Kellen Russell
Ask for the Homerun Buffalo Chicken wrap!
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William Schatz
Good food. Ribs, chicken,steak.
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Francisca Martinez
I love the BABY BACK RIBS❤
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Randy Calanca
Good food. Great ribs
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Hasan Isham
Very average food
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Joe Keefe
Great food.
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Dawn Polewaczyk
Good taste
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Francesca Hebert
The BEST.
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Dan M
Classic
