The food was nasty, I got chicken strips and thought they were fish because of the taste and they smelt like fish, one of the other people at my table took a whiff of it and almost threw up on the table, the server said someone order three servings of it but I find that hard to believe. read more

Had an awesome experience with a perfect Professional waitress. Her name is Ariana. She didn't miss a beat and she was in the middle of training a new employee this is one of the best Waitresses I have ever encountered. I want to thank her for the good service and I want the owners to know what a good find they have in her. She was sweet nice courteous talk to us she was real not fake at all she was the best. I will be requesting her and only her when I go back thank you again so much and the food was awesome. The mushrooms amazing. Steaks perfect. read more

Looks small, but opens into a large indoor/outdoor area with a large bar & plenty of seating. Smoking allowed in the back. Fun crowd & a good place to drink, talk, & mingle. Waitresses are friendly and attentive. They also make some good drinks there. On the last visit we just had beers, shots of Fireball, and shots of Misdemeanor (Buttershots & Crown Royal). My group had a good time. read more

Mac's Downtown - Fireball, Baby! - American Near Me - Alton, Illinois

Pretty average bar in Alton. Nothing too special about this place, but its a decent place to hang out with friends and have a few drinks. Food is alright. my favorite is the wings. This place could definitely use a good deep clean as it can be pretty dirty. I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with their new expansion that will be opening soon. Surprisingly though they have a great weekend brunch buffet that I would recommend. read more

Build your own burger or just pick one from the menu. They offer daily specials. Will be going back to try some other delicious dish. A generous menu to pick from. read more

Mac's Downtown - The Biggest Onion Rings around! They were yummy! Great burgers too! - American Near Me - Alton, Illinois

My review is a little different because we don't go there as a bar, we go there for the restaurant! We have eaten there twice, the first time, we all ordered pizzas (one price for one topping or all toppings) and toasted ravioli for my son. The pizzas were hot and the toppings were plentiful. The toasted ravioli (cheese) was maybe the best I've ever had. Service tends to be a bit slow in terms of drink refills. Last week I was there for the quarter auction (entirely too many people packed in the big room), but didn't end up going in -- we ate dinner on the patio (fabulous chicken ceaser salad), but because we patronized the restaurant, we weren't able to get a seat for the auction. I will say that the oversized, industrial fans were nice on the patio, but there was absolutely no a/c or air circulation in the auction room. We will defintely go back! read more

Stopped by Mac's tonight for some appetizers and drinks with my family and had such an awesome waitress named Nikkie, she was worth the visit alone! Her service was top notch and her sense of humor was so refreshing! We will be back to visit her for sure!! Thanks Nikkie! read more

I came to Macs for a quick drink and bite to eat to eat tonight, I wanted the blackened shrimp appetizer and Daniel recommended the blackened shrimp dinner. I got that with asparagus and a twice baked potato and it did NOT disappoint! it was the best shrimp dinner I think I have ever had! The drinks were also amazing!!! I had a strawberry lemonade and it was delicious! 10/10 would recommend Macs especially when Daniel is working! AMAZING! read more

Mac's Downtown - American Near Me - Alton, Illinois

Nice restaurant. The looks are great and the food is decently fast for being a restaurant. Never had a wrong order and the staff and people are nice. The food is good, not the best out there but it pretty good. Pricing isn't bad either. Steaks though are amazing. The steaks are a must try at Macs. read more

This place reeks of cigarette smoke. I thought it was illegal to smoke in restaurants in Illinois . Not at this place and service was really slow but food was satisfactory. Never going back as there are much better choices in Alton like Bluff City Grill. read more

Decent place to drink if you like smoke and barely-of-age customers. The food is horrendous. Want something medium rare? Charcoal. Rare? Charcoal. Seeped in grease? You got it!! It's so bad that the wait staff apologize when you order your food. They know it's going to be wrong when it comes out of the kitchen. Place needs a good cleaning and can do with more fans. One note....the Sunday brunch is excellent. I have my doubts that the regular fry cooks are allowed to go near the brunch food. While the coffee is no better than warm water that had a brown crayon dipped in it the food is really good. Great selection. Excellent staff, especially the gentleman who does the omelettes. read more

Worst experience anywhere. Stacey the waitress cussed at us and argued with us as to the time we arrived. She literally said, "F*ck it. I don't want your tip." Terrible experience. Then she didn't go get a manager. Stay away. read more

First off the waitress clearly didn't want to be there. Ordered pizza...it was cold. Husband ordered wings...they were cold. Fries came out after we were almost finished and we didn't even eat them but we're still charged. Cigarette smoke ruined everything. Tables on both sides smoked entire time we were eating. Don't understand how it's allowed in a closed in space? Won't go back. read more

Really slow, and portions substantially smaller than normal. Publically saying how much had been donated to flood relief but costs seem to be passed directly to customers. For example patty melt had no cheese. Much smaller portion of pork steak. One wonders who is a actally paying for flood relief? read more

I really like the place despite the food I had today. I tried the peppercorn kabob and it was slathered in a butter product similar to Whirl if it wasn't Whirl. My meat came out medium well instead of medium rare like I'd asked, but I was impressed with the service and how fast our food arrived. The cheese garlic bread was good but also drowning in butter product, but some people I was with really enjoyed their food. They have a great selection of booze and the staff is friendly, however the whole place needs to be aired out or updated or both. It smells funky, and the ladies room was so stagnant and rancid that we all had to hold our breath. read more

Don't waste your time at this place. Stopped in for lunch and the cheeseburger was COLD on the inside. My wife's salad wasn't much better, lettuce wilted chicken not done. We just asked for the check and left rather than wait for another try from the kitchen. Unbelievable a place could stay in business with this kind of service. read more

This place is really good for the area. Open late, and still has good food. Most places are terrible late at night because thats when things get lazy for the workers. But, thankfully, this place was really good at night, and nobody was lazy, everyone was at the top of their game. read more

This was my second time here. The first time went home and raced about how wonderful the food was but the second time I HAD to leave a review. Mac's is exceptional bar food. If your into chicken sliders and mozzarella sticks kind of food this is the place to get them. Everything seems handmade right down to the buffalo sauce with swirls of butter and hot sauce and French onion dip on their fresh chips. The chicken strips and chicken sliders are big juicy chicken pieces with perfectly spiced and crunchy breading, the kind that cannot be frozen. We have had nothing but exceptional food both times we have been. I highly recommend! read more

I always like to come here when I'm in Alton but the lack of covid precautions they have taken is not ok. I ordered food to go because I was visiting my grandparents so I didn't feel like it was a good idea to go indoor dining during that. I walk in to see not one employees wearing a mask. None of the cooks, none of the bartenders, none of the servers, no one. You would've thought there was no pandemic at all if you didn't know any better. It actually made me really nervous because I saw the cook packing my food with no mask on which means that he could've easily just been breathing covid all over my food. I honestly almost just said nevermind before I paid and walked out the restaurant. I understand that this is a bar and that some of the covid precautions such as plexiglass can be really expensive, but masks are simply a must have and they barely cost anything. I just don't understand why they can't just do that and give everyone a little more peace of mind. Some of the servers actually did have masks, they just weren't wearing them. I remember seeing one server with it around her neck like you know you have to put it over your mouth and nose for it to work right? I have been to other bars and restaurants in Alton and this is the only one that doesn't have employees wearing masks. I think that mac's is a nice bar, but I definitely will not be visiting here again until the pandemic is over. read more

I love betting the ponies and drinking ice cold beer! Mac's is my favorite bar/restaurant in Alton!

The food is OK... The service is just awful. Waitress took my husbands glass to refill it and never came back ! Husband went to the bar himself and got a soda. Waitress never came back and I had to beg someone at the bar to get my check read more

Went to Time out last night and it sucked! Took an hour to get our food, it was cold and everybody woke up vomiting this morning. NEVER AGAIN!!!!! Don't know if it's being managed by a different person or what, but it was a terrible experience. I'll spend my $60 some place else!!! And this used to be my favorite place to eat..... read more

We ate Sunday brunch at Mac's and it was good....until I got my bill. We used our debit card and I knew that they charged for that but I was very surprised to learn that we were charged 22% of our bill in fees. Our bill was $30.10 and we were charged $6.75!! What a ripoff! The service was pretty bad as well. Even though I could have paid cash, the fact is they are stealing from their customers with that kind of charge. I will not be back and, furthermore, I will tell everyone I know that they are thieves. There is too much competition in Alton now that they need to rethink what they are doing to their customers. There are many other restaurants who aren't charging that but rather considering it to be the cost of doing business. Mac's Timeout, you suck! read more

Service was okay. Was a Monday night before six thirty. No rush. Food was sub par. Burgers were dry. Porksteak was over done. Place is hit and miss from what I understand. My first visit and prob won't go back. read more

Amazing food, great staff and the owner is always around happy to see you. Fun atmosphere but most definitely not for a quiet evening. This is a sports bar to be sure so expect the music or the game to be on loud enough to be heard over conversations. read more

Wife took me here for a birthday dinner. Wonderful setting and nice dinning area. Staff was pretty friendly. Fried ravioli app was great! However... I ordered the Jack Daniels Steak Medallions and they came pretty over cooked with a severely under baked potato and it was a good 30min between placing the order and receiving the food. Changed my order to the Chicken Speidini and it took another 35 minutes. Needless to say, I was decently upset at having been at the restaurant for over an hour and hadn't eaten after the app. Manager came out and told us not to worry about our ticket and apologize for everything that went poorly. I understand, everyone has bad days. On our way out the manager gave us a gift card towards our next visit. That is some great personal service. We will be coming back hoping it was a fluke. Will update next time we are in Alton. read more

We were out celebrating my bosses birthday. We sat in the covered patio area, this place was very nice, TV's at every table and 4 above the bar. The down side in the outside area one can smoke. They do have some smoke eaters. The servers were very friendly and the drinks were tasty. read more

This bar is quite large! It has an outside, dance floor, pool tables, and lots more. Its normally busy, so if you looking to meet some people and have a good time, and not want to bar hop. This is your bar. I personally don't like it because of its size and the amount of people that can be there. But I hear it can get crazy fun. read more

Cousin likes this place because she smokes. Food was average to say the least. Had a chicken breast with under cooked green peppers and onions. This was supposed to be topped with melted cheese. Was Cold. Asparagus was ok, Cole Slaw fresh. Waiter was excellent. Would not be a favorite eatery of mine. read more

By happenstance I ended up at Mac's after leaving Raging Rivers Waterpark and starving from hopping through waves and running up giant hills to continue my water-slide extravaganza. Lets just say the Patio is AWEtastic. It's the perfect outdoor sports bar atmosphere. Now I didn't come for that i was just hungry.... The outdoor patio is covered and air conditioned, we sat near a vent and because I was still wet from swimming I was cold. I ordered the Chicken Tortilla soup and UMMM YESS it was tasty. I am not a huge lover of corn and i appreciate that corn did not overtake this dish. King Doc (the hub) ordered fried mushrooms which he loved the size but the breading was Meh. I'd had fried food the night before so I took it easy and had the Chicken Skewer and Asparagus which was fare. King Doc ordered the Greek burger which is a hamburger topped with gyro meat, feta cheese, fried cucumbers and tzatziki sauce....Drum Roll This burger looked as good as it tasted. Enough for King Doc to eat the whole thing. If you DO NOT drink, smoke, enjoy lewd behavior, have sensitive ears make sure you do not go in here to eat after 5 especially with children. I did not know the name was Mac's Time Out LOUNGE I just thought it was MAC's. All in all i would definitely go here again if I was in the Riverbend area again. read more

Mac's is a awesome restaurant. The food is great and the prices even better. The outdoor area is one of a kind. You must visit if you are ever in Alton ! read more

Went here on a sunday with my family and for Alton, this was a very nice experience, although it isnt my cup of tea to eat out in a bar. The food time was long but I spent most of it talking to my family so I didn't mind. I ordered the shrimp and they tasted great I just wish I had more. I ordered their classic american burger, the only complaint I have is getting it medium rare but over all it tasted delicious. I would definitely come back with my family again read more

Haven't ate there in a long time thought I would try it again I looked online at the specials the cowboy pork chop dinner look pretty good so I ordered it online it look like a thick pork chop but when I got the order it was a regular sized pork chop hit my twice baked potato was cold so I ordered another one and that came back even colder I won't be back again read more

Have had good here before .....not so much anymore. Worst service I have ever had in my life. Will not be returning. Food used to be good......not so much anymore....meh. microwave dinners would have been better. read more

90% of the waitresses were rude and only wanted to stand around and talk instead of doing any work.

This place needs to clean their nasty ass kitchen. My food was tasteless and I haven't felt good since I ate there. The fries were either refried or the oil was very old. My hamburger tasted rancid. Every place you looked it was dirty. The waitress was awesome and that's the only reason they are getting a one star. I'm calling the health department Monday morning! read more

They need to stick to what they do best, whatever that is. It definitely isn't the steak oscar. Ordered it medium rare, came out medium well, covered in "hollandaise" sauce. I would describe it as mustard gas yellow with a slight green tint. The crab might have been straight out of a can of Fancy Feast. We ordered the buffalo shrimp for an appetizer, breaded in something similar to crushed up shrimp shells and fried to the point of no return. The high point was the salads and bloody Mary's, but let's face it, that's hard to mess up. I hear the pizza is good. I'll never return to find out. Probably should have started the there. read more

The food and atmosphere was great but my server stayed away for a very long time. I tried to pay and the money and check say there for 10 minutes. Another server had to grab it and help me out. Other than the service problem it was a great restaurant to eat at!!! read more

This is a huge bar downtown. Lots of space to hang out with friends. If you're into OT horse racing they have that too. They also have really good food and awesome bartenders! read more

We don't traditionally go to Mac's because there are so many more places better to go with a better craft beer line up, but being home brewer's & active in the StL beer scene decided to try because of Templer brewing being produced there and is only one of a few places on tap....... Beer was ok, but the food......HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!! Most likely the WORST BLT sandwich ever made!! After using 3 Napkins to try and soak the oil of the lukewarm 5 strips of bacon I gave up!!! Bread was so oily and tomato was sliced with the core and green. When I showed it to the server, all I got was her saying eewww, no offer to replace or refund. Take my advise, if you want a local dive with great food beer and service, try Johnson's or sport's Tap. read more