I have to say after reading the three reviews on the Bistro that I agree with two of them. I urge…read moreanyone reading these reviews to disregard John's comments as much as possible. I think that Jan is one hell of a business woman. She offers great drink specials and seems to be constantly striving to make her customers happy. She does not have to offer drink specials every night. She does not have to have Bingo Night every Thursday night and give out free shots to the winners. I am more of a person that sits back and watches how people behave in order to make my first impressions. As the matter of a fact I can be a shy person unless I get to know someone pretty well. I have only spoken to Jan on a few occasions, and therefore, I can provide an unbiased opinion about the Bistro. From what I have seen, Jan makes the enviornment comfortable and accepting, and she does not have a greedy bone in her body, unlike most business owners. In addition, she has made my drinks before and she puts just as much alcohol in the drinks if not more than the bartenders do. Most business owners would be stingy with the alcohol and try to get a bigger return on his or her investment. In addition, she had the ingenious idea to have karaoke on Thursday after bingo, and I swear the bar is more crowded on Thursday nights than it is on the weekend. In addition, the bartenders are very nice there, especially Tiffany and Selena (sorry if i misspelled your name). The bartenders and Jan always make you feel like you are welcome. It does not matter if you are a regular, rich, poor, middle of the road, straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transexual. They will treat you like you are the only customer in the bar irregardless of the size of your usual tip. They all practice respect for the individual, which is an important component in maintaining and securing future loyal clientele. So if you are debating on whether or not to come into the Bistro, I am telling you that if you do, you will not regret it. Please remember to tip your bartenders becuase they deserve it and it's the right thing to do. They are trying to make a living just like everyone else!!! Signed, Chuck, a happy customer

lol no. No Ma'am. This is not it. This bar is the WORST gay bar in Illinois. Not a friendly person…read morein sight. Not One. Well, the door chick was ok. Anyway, the music is terrible. It's just noise. Reminds me of a techno club circa early 2000s. Bartenders (there were two) umm yeah. You can keep them. I could only stand about an hour and a half of this place. I feel sad for the LGBT community here. Saturday night and the best you have to offer is this group of unfriendly people. From the bartenders to the "DJ" upstairs. I ll never go back. No reason to. Just stay home. Seriously. I can see why it's dead on a Saturday night.

Update: still my favorite pub in town. Best place to watch a match. They also fixed my two…read morecritiques. Food is now served AND they know how to pour a Guiness. Service is always friendly and fast. Food from next door is great, and the environment is excellent. Upgrade to 5 stars

It is a nice area. Great service. Awesome value. The only issue I had, which is 100% subjective,…read morewere the numerous business meetings all around. But that's kind of the point.

College town prices: see $1.00 tap beers everyday, reasonable shots at $3.00, bottled Miller High…read moreLife was about $2.50. Many televisions, short ceiling (7 feet high?), video gaming, guest DJs blaring 90s hits. Bartenders were fast, efficient, and fun. The patrons were the best! Crowd varied substantially, sure there were small cliques but really, this place brings the best people in!

My group and I had such a fun time at Harry's Adult Day Care. It was a night we were all back in…read moretown catching up over drinks, touch tunes, slot machines and so much laughter! Such a great "dive bar" feel too, I missed that. It's very clean, spacious and the outside aesthetic is great!! The fridge drink selections are fair! It was nice to have a Surfside and Miller High Life after being out of the country for so long. We didn't eat anything but had a great time with the drinks, sports on TV and selecting our own music on TouchTunes. I love those in bars. We came in at a decent hour, way before closing, maybe around 10 but the bar dining room was already packed up for closing -- chairs were put up. We sat at the bar, danced around and stepped outside a bit so it was alright. But I feel like with more drinks, music and the people that were on the way it would've been a great BLAST. The bartender said they were closing due to other engagements. Chevy was a pleasant bartender. I'll definitely be back to visit!

Came here on a Saturday night and there were about 6 people here when we arrived. We sat in the…read morerear couch area and were finally approached about 15 min after our arrival. We finished our drinks but one person in our group didnt receive his. We were never approached by wait staff again, and we had to go to the bar to pay our tab upon leaving. Drinks were great and the drink menu looks fantastic, but we were very disappointed with the quality of the service.

Delish cocktails. I got the raftini and my fiancé got the strawberry basil margarita, both were…read moregreat We also tried the soca boba cocktail, which was yummy as well! Service was great.

Just had lunch there today ! Best burger in town - big. Meaty, cold beer and watched the cubs…read morewin. Great wait staff, and 9 TV's. My new favorite place !!

Had some personal business in Springfield, so stopped by The Office for dinner. The food was very…read moregood, but the courtesy of the bartenders was extraordinary. Very cool vibe. Low lit and lots of dark wood. Walls are filled with local sports articles. I'd managed to leave my phone in the Lyft car, and Gabby went out of her way to help me retrieve it.

Cold drinks and an amazing outdoor live music venue. Caught the legendary band, Mr. Opporknockity…read morehere on a Thursday night and had an outstanding evening. 5 stars!!! Kitchen is 100% underrated. Cheeseburgers are the best but appetizers are also fire as hell and the prices on drinks are better than a lot of local spots. RECOMMEND.

Came here on a Sunday 2pm and it was still packed. Nice large Dive bar with 3 different cozy areas…read moreto go with different levels of loudness and things to do. From concerts, pool, darts to electric entertainment gaming machines. Definitely great community supporter with the community reciprocating their love and patronage 32/2024 Food 5 Ambiance 5 Service 5 very busy main bar but watchful multi bartenders who didn't ignore. The customers. Location 5parking around the front and extra across the street. Value 5 it's one of the last places I know where everything on the menu is still under $10

This place was absolutely awesome. It's right in downtown Springfield. We meant to go for just a…read morebeer or two, and stayed for wait longer. The bartenders were fantastic and the atmosphere there is exactly what I want out of an Irish pub. I wish I'd taken pictures, but I got carried away with having such a good time that we forgot. We also ended up finishing a bottle of Jameson by paying for four shots, and got to sign it! (That's a tradition --- finish a Jameson bottle, sign it, and they put it on the wall). I'm very honored to have my name inside a Springfield institution. My wife used to live in Springfield, and this is one of her favorite spots. So we will definitely be back!

I just want to make a post about the horrible experience we just had at JP Kelly's. Our whole…read morefamily went in there to drink after the farmers market. I brought my dog, as he is well behaved. We saw the same corgis at buzz bomb-everyine was chills after a few barks He was just fine at Buzz Bomb, where we came from. There were other dogs at Buzz bomb and of course some barking took place then everyone was friends. NO PROBLEMS!! K? Keep that in your back pocket while reading this. Our family decided to go to JPs. Clyde didnt make a sounds the entire time. Multiple people came up to me saying how good of a boy he was being. He was minding his business. This couple with 2 corgis comes in, same people from buzz bomb, and obviously my dog is interested as is theirs. Their dog barked first*****, so mine barked after, duh. So a bartender came up to us (group of 10-12) and said if my dog barked again, we needed to leave. I asked another bartender why because the other couples dog barked first and his response was "well they come in weekly" ahhhh sooo it's okay since they patron there often and we don't as much. Although, their dog started it everytime?? So I was saying goodbye to my family and ANOTHER bartender came up saying we had to leave and don't come back. TRUST!!! We won't!! AFTER clyde and I left, the bartender told my brother in law that he told us to leave 3x which literally did not happen!! He told me the one time and we left. So please!! Roll the footage on that one I would love to see it. The bartender tried fighting my brother in laws dad after nasty comments were made about my niece.

We had a great experience hosting our team event at Motorheads!…read moreChristiana was wonderful to work with leading up to the event -- she helped us pull together all the details and made the planning process easy. Justin was incredibly kind and helpful the night of, ensuring everything ran smoothly.Big thanks as well to John, our bartender, and Samantha, our food runner, for taking great care of our group.The space was perfect for our event, and everything came together for a really fun night. We'd definitely host here again! Elizabeth Cook FAST Enterprises

If you come here on a Tuesday then don't bother with the prime rib special. What you receive looks…read morenothing like the menu and tastes terrible. The atmosphere is what kept this review from being a 1. You have been warned.