When I say I have found a hidden gem I have found the hidden gem!!!…read more Great place that has reinvested into its business and has paid off tremendously! They out state of the art tracking simulators that can easily collect data into your app and know the distance of your each club. They even added a section we're you can actually practice on GRASS! They even are selling a range of affordable beer as well. They have two different types of mini golf courses, one 18 and one kiddie 9 golf. Also, you can't forget their investment in great golf pros coaching the game to people who need those extra lessons. However, the greatest part that brings it all together is their employees making sure all the range machines are running smoothly and effectively. Everyone is nice and making sure you have a great time!

We enjoyed mini golfing here with our 3 year old. The course had some fun holes with just the right…read moreamount of challenge.

Great place for lunch and all that things golf!!! Great food and great putting courses.read more

Great staff. Great food if a bit pricey. Course is getting in better shape every year.read more

I first knew The Glen Club as an employee and later came back as a patron. In high school, after…read morecaddying at a country club in Northfield, I moved here because the money and culture were better. I worked the bag drop and cart barn while also caddying, which meant long days moving between clubs, carts, and loops around the course. The experience was awesome, and I genuinely liked the people I worked with. Years later, I still think The Glen Club offers one of the best return-on-effort golf experiences in the Chicago suburbs, although I am now a bit removed from the local golf scene. The Tom Fazio course is beautiful, well-maintained, and challenging enough to stay interesting while remaining playable for an ordinary golfer. You can walk with a caddie or take a cart, and both experiences are great. It feels removed from the city even though it is easy to reach from Chicago and close to the major highways. Beyond the course, the entire property works unusually well and is great for events too. Since I left the area, family members have stayed in the guest rooms, and we also held a baby shower here. The driving range is spacious, the food is good, and the staff is friendly and helpful without making the place feel stiff. The terrace overlooking the 18th green is an excellent spot for food and drinks, while the surrounding Glen has plenty of restaurants and bars for before or after a round. Today, the clubhouse still feels sophisticated and has aged remarkably well since I watched the property take shape while living nearby. I have also attended professional tournaments here, and it is a great place to watch golf because the course, terrace, and clubhouse connect so naturally. The Glen Club has the quality of a private country club, the accessibility of a resort course, and more polish than a typical public facility. I play whenever I am home and can make it work, and I highly recommend this place.

The course was nice and well-kept but the service was horrendous. We walked in the afternoon as a…read morefoursome and ON THE FIRST hole told to "speed up play." At that point we decided to play best-ball scramble style. And realized that there were solo players behind us in carts. We let them play through and didn't see a single person until the final hole. During the time when there was nobody in front of us or behind us we were approached 3 more times by the marshal telling us that "people were calling the clubhouse and we needed to speed up." We then couldn't even tee off of another hole because one of the residents decided to have a prom party on the tee box and had hundreds of high schoolers take pictures on the tee box. Until the service gets better I cannot recommend this course. You would be better off playing at just about any other north side course or even a true muni. At greens prices over $200, it just doesn't make sense to have service like this.

We provided services for this company in good faith and submitted invoices for payment. Despite…read morerepeated requests and ample time to resolve the matter, the invoices remain unpaid. My experience has been extremely frustrating due to the lack of follow-through and professionalism regarding payment obligations. I always prefer to handle business matters privately and professionally, but after exhausting those efforts, I felt it was important to share my experience so others can make informed decisions when considering doing business with this company.

Long time member of this "hidden gem" (one of its marketing taglines) tucked away in Glenview…read more Think of Valley Lo as a low/no-pretense country club that is SUPER family friendly and even family ORIENTED. Wonderful dining -- casual attire but a nice menu; phenomenal service, and plenty of TVs and an activity room available to keep kids occupied. Tennis. Paddle tennis (one of the biggest programs in the US apparently, with a relatively recently rebuilt paddle hut that is spacious, well appointed, and has a regular bartender). A well appointed and maintained fitness center with personal training, classes, massage, and all of what you'd expect at a fitness club. A four lane 25-yard swimming pool that is surprisingly underutilized much of the time...and also features a kids' swim team that has become competitive among the North Shore programs. 18 holes of par 3 golf -- fun, family friendly, and again, without the pretense or expense of a "big time" golf club...and still with leagues, lessons, and events. The real showpieces of the Club, though, are the beach and lake open from Memorial Day through Labor Day (sometimes a little earlier and a little later depending upon weather). Sailing. Kayaks. Pedal boats. Paddle boarding. Swimming (some triathletes train by swimming around the lake -- it's about a mile around). Catch and release fishing (mostly for the kids). An adults-only area. A super casual beach cafe. Unsurprisingly, servers who'll deliver soft and adult beverages to your chair. A recently launched outdoor bar that complements the outdoor dining, weather permitting, in the warm weather, with lovely views of the lake and surrounding areas. Along with that, there are myriad family oriented and adults-only events, from bingo nights (really -- and they're a riot) to a "turn back the clock" New Year's Eve party where "midnight" is nine pm to the expected holiday events (gingerbread houses, caroling dinners, St. Pat's, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, etc.). Breathtakingly good and popular 4th of July fireworks (usually on the 3rd) on the back nine of the golf course -- this typically draws over 1000 people and, along with many of the other events, features kids' activities like games, small rides, face paining, etc. Among the biggest draws is the youth sports camp which is as brilliant as it is well executed. Drop the kids in the morning; pick up in the afternoon. They get exposure to a variety of activities and sports and get fed. Counselors tend to be teenagers who are well trained and lead the events; the camp is run by a seasoned professional whose approach is to sneak in ideas of character and sportsmanship along the way. The clubhouse and grounds (golf course, beachfront) are great spots for a wide variety of events including corporate outings, family parties, prom dinners/photos, and weddings. Through the years, Valley Lo has maintained itself well and made significant investments to keep up and improve its clubhouse, athletic center, paddle and pickleball facilities, and now golf course. It's welcoming and inclusive -- while it is a private club that requires sponsors, it's not a draconian and super selective process like some country clubs, and tends to welcome all comers. Economics are considerably more attractive than big time golf clubs as well. We've been members for more than 15 years, raised our kids here, and have come to know and love the team ("staff" always seems demeaning to this reviewer) and the membership. If you're not a swanky golf club person but prefer something less stuffy and more fun and family oriented, Valley Lo should seriously be on your list to check out.

Originally, we stopped here just to wait for an uber, but we were really happy we decided to stay!…read moreIt was such a fun decorated place and the employees were incredibly friendly. We got the Winter Green (w/o marshmallow) and Gin The Rough. We preferred the gin drink as it was as tasty as it was pretty to look at. Winter green was a delicious boozy hot chocolate drink, but it is very filling. We had fun playing and appreciated the fact there were multiple holes to play despite it being a smaller space. It didn't feel crowded and we didn't feel rushed. 5/5 would recommend for a fun date night or time with friends/family.

An awesome place to go with friends or coworkers! We went on a Saturday night and had a great…read moreexperience. They don't serve food, but there are plenty of restaurants nearby. The drinks were well priced and strong. All the mini golf holes were really fun to play, and the course had a unique and creative spin on the traditional mini golf concept. We will definitely be going back great service as well.

The puttery was such a great experience! The food here is actually good, or at least better than…read moretypical bar food. The two courses are really fun and the rooms are very themed. One is a library kinda like Harry Potter. The other is snow/ski lodge themed. The reservation option for unlimited play and food tickets was a pretty good deal at around $40. With a group of 3 people each course ended up taking about 30 minutes. Some of the courses were kinda hard and we ended up just skipping after 6 tries since that's the max score. There were times when the screen glitched out or when the previous people at the course left their scorecard and it needed to be cleared. It wasn't that big of deal but one of us did have to get an employee from the dining area when this happened (at the ski lodge course). The software is pretty cool, you use the tablet at each station and once you finish inputting your score, your group's scorecard will automatically pop up at the next location. Perfect fun especially when you go at a time that's not too busy. We went on Mother's Day evening so maybe that's not a popular activity for mother's. Overall I'd recommend puttery to anybody that enjoys mini golf or wants a fun date idea.

This is a really fun spot to come to for a date night or with friends! This could also be a really…read morefun birthday party or private event. It's set up perfectly for that. Their food was really good and the bar service was fast. The course itself is set up like a library and it was really neat because you couldn't see everything all at once you had to do lots of twists and turns. It was challenging, but not overly difficult. Definitely set up more for adults than kids, but still counts as play. I'm excited to see what their other courses are like on other floors.

Great spot to do a quick 9 my sons school uses it as his schools practice course and then we golf…read moreafter . I had knee surgery so while he golfs I enjoy the restaurant

A local gem. Great place, balls automatically pop up, no bending down and even heated stalls for…read morecold weather. You should check out the price increases at Harry Semrow. Some have increased 20% or more. You should promote that on many days, Monday and Thursday for sure your prices are the same or less than Harry Semrow. You should post a sign near there and would pick up a lot of their business.

Friends and I came here on a weekend to try out their duckpin bowling lanes! (As someone with joint…read moreproblems, I can't lift a regular bowling ball anymore, but I miss bowling, so we came up with this solution!) We were there early in the day so it wasn't very busy, but there's virtual golf, a shuffleboard table, a bar and probably more stuff that we didn't see. In one hour we fit in two games with four people pretty much perfectly (we picked up the pace in round 2). The digital scorekeeping is very helpful! Watch out for the ball return: it spat out the ball onto the floor about half the time, so mind your feet! It was very hot in the place despite it not being terribly warm outside; we were all sweating! Overall though, I was thrilled to have an opportunity to go bowling again since I haven't been able to in quite a while.

I was visiting Chicago for the weekend. While walking around downtown, we saw this spot and so…read moredecided to go check it out. We happened to be there on a Sunday at 9pm, where there was a discount for $25/hour. We stayed until closing at 11pm and it was fun. The system allows you to explore different courses, practice on the driving range, record yourself to watch your form, and good and drinks. The staff were friendly, considering it's Chicago. It also want busy. I believe there were 11 bays, each with their own club set. The downside was probably the tech didn't always capture angles and whatnot correctly so there were a few glitches on occasion. We also didn't have every club in the golf bag they provided so it would be nice to have that organized. It's also on the pricey end. Overall, it was our first time doing the experience and we enjoyed it. There seems to be other locations with a different atmosphere perhaps we can check out on another visit. Happy exploring! IG/Tik Tok: @thefoodhigh

My round at Winnetka Golf Club felt genuinely memorable, the course was in great shape, the pace…read morewas relaxed, and the staff brought an easy warmth that made the whole visit feel personal rather than routine. I realized afterward that I'd left an item behind, and the way the team handled it really stood out: quick follow‑up, clear communication, and a level of care that made the whole process smooth. Their professionalism matched the quality of the course itself, and it left me with the kind of impression that makes you want to come back.

We've enjoyed both courses, but there are drawbacks. The main course is in beautiful condition, but…read morethe par 3 is scruffy, perhaps because kids use it a lot. The layout is interesting but old and tight. They need more directional signage on the winding cart paths. The staff is generally friendly and helpful, but yesterday a ranger harassed us three times even though we were 5-12 minutes ahead of pace according their GPS! Geez. We'll play somewhere else next week.

Another great dinner with the Boys Night Out crew! All 9 of us had great meals. Service was very…read moregood and we had our own private room!

Caddie master is an absolute slimeball who take bribes from members during tournaments to give them…read morethe "best caddies." Will do anything for a nickel and overall a phony person. Course is in nice condition but super overrated and very boring. The only thing that makes it hard is the surplus of trees and they roll the green enough to make 9 hole shotguns last 3.5 hours. Do not caddy here unless you are willing to make a dweeb feel like a king.