Hink's Bar & Grill

123 S California St, Sycamore
(815) 899-9990

Recent Reviews

Tamela Trotter

For a small town they have amazing food their burgers are by far the best!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ted Brock

This is a review of the chicken wings. They are, without a doubt the largest and most normal looking full sized and fully whole chicken wing that I have tried in the area. I haven't tried the wings at Dirty Bird so I'll get back to you. I got six whole wings at just under $17 bucks. They are very lightly breaded and naked with sauce on the side, just like I love 'em. My only issue is that the breading was way, way WAY TOO SALTY !! I could only eat two of them. If the kitchen could tweak that salt level in the breading, you'd have one of the best wings in the area.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Shelly H.

Great food, great drinks and wonderful service! It's a great little place to hang out in the evening.

Debra Debruyne

Went for a drink and appetizers and order was put in right away. After 45 minutes we never received our food. Others that ordered after us received theirs. We asked what was going on and was told they were training a new cook. We ended up leaving as we had a commitment elsewhere and canceled our food order. They do give free popcorn and we weren't even offered that but others were. Disappointed in the service and this wasn't the first time. We won't be back.

Atmosphere: 3

Service: 1

Hunter F.

Sat at the bar for food and drinks. Service was a little slow and they weren't super friendly or social. Messed up our order but they did fix it without hesitation. Would definitely go back for the food but service needs some work.

Steve King

I've been going to Hink's for many years....15 seems about the right guess. I've seen it transform from an outstanding place to go.....to a place where service was sub-standard (and unfriendly) during the last couple of years. I understand the issues the past couple of years have brought to the restaurant/bar industry. However, my wife and I visited again on Friday evening and received AWESOME service! Olivia was friendly, conversant and outgoing. Really made our experience enjoyable. Thank you Olivia! Hink's always has a good selection of beers and the food has remained consistently good....not great....but really good.

Food: 4

Service: 5

Steve D.

I went to Hinks Saturday afternoon during the cruise night. They had 3 bartenders and I still waited more than 10 minutes at a table for service. The one bartender finally came to clear a table and noticed me sitting there. She asked if I have been helped and I told her no and I was looking on my phone for another place to get food. I decided to order a beef and fries. The other waitress finally came by and asked in a baby like gibberish voice if I needed anything. Really? The beef was dry and didn't have much flavor. It was better when Mike ran the place. They really weren't that busy at the time either.

Jerrol Hinson

Good fun, friendly place food good and cocktails.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Lisa Kapity

Fun place to go. Not sure if they still do ? karaoke ir nit but back in the day they did. They have a wall mounted juke box and in back some video games.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Samm Cottone

What a downfall of previously great service. Hink's used to be my favorite bar to go, for the very rare occasion I do go out. Recently I was there and was treated with the utmost disrespect by both "servers", we sat down, put in order for our beer and other beverages, so far so good... until, we've been waiting for over 15 minutes to put in a complaint about our flat, dishwater tasting beers. I couldn't even drink beyond a sip of it with fear of getting sick. I asked try to get the servers attention politely by saying, "excuse me" but had to resort to do this multiple times. The one lady finally responded and said giver her a second, which I did, she was clearly busy with typical duties. However, this second spanned to about another 3 mins of waiting and the two of them gossiping behind the bar while my party is waiting for service. She finally gets to the table and asks, what do we want? Who responds that way to paying customer??? I said i don't want to pay for a disgusting flat beer nor do I want to pay for faulty service. She was so extremely rude, my party and I decide to leave the business. Never giving us our check on top of it! We leave and they follow us out screaming at us to pay the vodka tab. We of course oblige with the request because the mixed drink was fine, despite being only juice..., we still pay. The sheer lack of proper customer service was astonishing, especially on a "slower night". I'm so disappointed in the service I was given last night and don't believe I'll be visiting this establishment again. I rally hope they reconsider who they have working on it and not have people who will just immediately lash out a patrons. I can't express enough how polite my party was during this interaction either, we only used "thank you[s], excuse me[s], please[s]" I always try to be as polite as I can to service workers because I know it's not an easy to job to deal with people, let alone deal with intoxicated people. But we weren't drunk, Hink's was the first stop of our journey's for the night.

elizabeth pertle

Just recently found this place and they must have an amazing cook cuz the food is great! Prices are typical and even a little under for portion size! Highly recommend the country chiçken wrap and the Swiss mushroom burger, and don't forget the waffle fries! Will be back and ready to try more!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Tenders, Reuben, Onion Rings

Ray Lynch

Awesome staff and Amazing Rubens! Please understand I'm Irish and Very Picky about my IRISH palat! I HIGHLY recommend this place! JUST REMEMBER ONE THING! YOU KNOW HOW TO GET THE IRISH MAN UP ON THE ROOF ? Tell him the Drinks are on the House! Happy Saint PATRICKS Day! Everyone!

Jennifer M.

we love Hink's. All servers & owner very friendly. Food is great & always a fun place. Great neighborhood bar with friendly clientele.

RG 2.0

Favorite bar on New Year's Eve this year! Cozy, comfortable, no band so you could hear the conversations of the people you were with.Great service!Friendly and warm atmosphere.ThanksGreat address too... 123

Jeff Butz

Cute little bar and grill with nice ambiance. The food was moderately priced and very good, just don't get the chicken tenders. Cole slaw was excellent as well as my turkey and swiss club.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Cole Slaw

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