Very young crowd. There is food avaliable but this is a bar.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Shannon Hayes
Great food with great family.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Deep Fried Mushrooms, Grilled Chicken Sandwich, Onion Rings, Pookie Burger, Club Sandwich
Taylor Stewart
Went to Pookies for the first time last night to try the food and atmosphere. It was great until we were buttered up for a hustle by a bar regular. This man tried to hustle my husband and his friend, argued, accused and even grabbed one of them to prevent them from leaving. He’s lucky it ended the way it did, who knows how many intoxicated people have been juked out of their money. Due to him being a “regular”, we won’t be back sadly. But the food and drinks were excellent!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
Lori Denny
We absolutely love Pookies! Best burgers in Southern Illinois!
Great find! We were looking for a local place for lunch & boy did we find it!The greatest surprise is their bourbon selection. If your are looking to try some high quality bourbon, you should definitely come here!The beer on tap is cold and the lines are very clean!Oh & the food…The burger was very good. The fries we also quite good (they’re crinkle cut fries lightly salted for my French fry aficionados). The Italian beef was of decent quality beef, but the au jus was not great. Doesn’t matter though, come for the bourbon and the beer!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Josh Moyer
food was great low staff when crowded they get to you as fast as they can but still waited for refills overall will definitely be
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Brandon A.
Love Pookies! Worked here for 3 years and to say if somebody has a bad time please try us again! I eat here very often and love everything we have If you can't find something on the menu M-F we have daily specials you can find on our facebook. I know I'm an employee and you may find me biased but truly if I don't like something I will let you the customer know we appreciate everyone who supports, drinks, and eats at Pookies! Thank you for taking the time to read.
Paula K.
Not bad. The smoked then fried wings were amazing. Burgers were OK. Not great, not terrible. The wings made up for it
Joseph Davis
Pookie's bartenders are fine as hell. Service was great.
I received cold fried mushrooms!! Greasy cheese hamburger.Service was so slow, forgot about me being out on the benign!! Had to go find service for myself!?Good place to go have a drink, not to eat!!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
D.J. Stewart
Good food, good service, great time. My "go to" when I need a quick and tasty bite or if I want to sit with friends and enjoy some beverages.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wendi W.
Stopped in while driving through on Memorial Day. It was fairly slow with most folks choosing to sit inside the bar. Our group of 6 choose to sit in the "game area" and enjoy these options. We enjoyed our food but our server didn't pay attention to our table. We were the only ones- but still paying our bill. If I had to guess, she enjoyed spending time at the bar with friends or regulars. We loved the layout of the place and it had a fun vibe: jenga, corn hole, darts, pool, and bocce were options. Loved the variety and most options were free!!
R Pergande
Stopped in here for a lil bite. Came looking for craft beer but couldn't drink that day. So not sure if they have any or not. First time coming in here. Was not disappointed. Food was great. Try the coffee burger. Service by the cute tattooed waitress was great. Seemed like they had a lot of regulars. Bc they was a lot of chatter between staff & customers. So the atmosphere was friendly. Our waitress stayed and talked with us. Nothing stood out or made it different. But it was a good spot to stop in at.
Local pubGood
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Very young crowd. There is food avaliable but this is a bar.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Great food with great family.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Deep Fried Mushrooms, Grilled Chicken Sandwich, Onion Rings, Pookie Burger, Club Sandwich
Went to Pookies for the first time last night to try the food and atmosphere. It was great until we were buttered up for a hustle by a bar regular. This man tried to hustle my husband and his friend, argued, accused and even grabbed one of them to prevent them from leaving. He’s lucky it ended the way it did, who knows how many intoxicated people have been juked out of their money. Due to him being a “regular”, we won’t be back sadly. But the food and drinks were excellent!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
We absolutely love Pookies! Best burgers in Southern Illinois!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Mushrooms, Hamburger, Coffee Burger, Pookie Burger
Great find! We were looking for a local place for lunch & boy did we find it!The greatest surprise is their bourbon selection. If your are looking to try some high quality bourbon, you should definitely come here!The beer on tap is cold and the lines are very clean!Oh & the food…The burger was very good. The fries we also quite good (they’re crinkle cut fries lightly salted for my French fry aficionados). The Italian beef was of decent quality beef, but the au jus was not great. Doesn’t matter though, come for the bourbon and the beer!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
food was great low staff when crowded they get to you as fast as they can but still waited for refills overall will definitely be
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Love Pookies! Worked here for 3 years and to say if somebody has a bad time please try us again! I eat here very often and love everything we have If you can't find something on the menu M-F we have daily specials you can find on our facebook. I know I'm an employee and you may find me biased but truly if I don't like something I will let you the customer know we appreciate everyone who supports, drinks, and eats at Pookies! Thank you for taking the time to read.
Not bad. The smoked then fried wings were amazing. Burgers were OK. Not great, not terrible. The wings made up for it
Pookie's bartenders are fine as hell. Service was great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Great place, great staff, yummy daily specials (most of the time, anyways ?)...and they have Sambucca!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jambalaya, Fried Mushrooms, Coffee Burger, Pookie Burger
I received cold fried mushrooms!! Greasy cheese hamburger.Service was so slow, forgot about me being out on the benign!! Had to go find service for myself!?Good place to go have a drink, not to eat!!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Good food, good service, great time. My "go to" when I need a quick and tasty bite or if I want to sit with friends and enjoy some beverages.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stopped in while driving through on Memorial Day. It was fairly slow with most folks choosing to sit inside the bar. Our group of 6 choose to sit in the "game area" and enjoy these options. We enjoyed our food but our server didn't pay attention to our table. We were the only ones- but still paying our bill. If I had to guess, she enjoyed spending time at the bar with friends or regulars. We loved the layout of the place and it had a fun vibe: jenga, corn hole, darts, pool, and bocce were options. Loved the variety and most options were free!!
Stopped in here for a lil bite. Came looking for craft beer but couldn't drink that day. So not sure if they have any or not. First time coming in here. Was not disappointed. Food was great. Try the coffee burger. Service by the cute tattooed waitress was great. Seemed like they had a lot of regulars. Bc they was a lot of chatter between staff & customers. So the atmosphere was friendly. Our waitress stayed and talked with us. Nothing stood out or made it different. But it was a good spot to stop in at.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Coffee Burger