Basic looking bar but that's good enough for the people around. Horizontals is one of several…read moreplaces in Wonder Lake to get your drink on. It also is a place to get your eating on, if you like the greasy stuff. Also a place to watch games. The bathrooms are horrible but that adds charm to the old place. A ramshackle looking kind of place upon going in. It's actually better than many of the other bars in town. This is located pretty close to the lake but it's still a bit of a walk. Of course it's popular in warmer months. The locals take over at other times. It's about $7 for a basic cocktail. They have the usual types of whiskey. It's about $5 to get an appetizer. The most interesting of these is the Beer Fries. Among the entrees are burgers. There's a few other things for those brave enough. For certain it's one of the local hangouts to get booze. It's got the basic bar foods. This is open daily and even better it's also later.

As a dive bar they do a pretty good job. Pretty easy to find. Bar tender greeted us promptly as we…read morewalked in. Pool table on on side, slot machines and Darts on the other. Plenty of tv's to see the current games. The food menu is "dive bar based" and four of us ate with that expectation- all that we tried was good and we will stop back in when in the area.

This is the quintessential family owned local bar neighborhood doll comes there. Coffee in the…read moremorning. Beer in the afternoon fun lotta fun great place!

Met the woman of my dreams here. Couldn't be happier with the service and the atmosphere.read more

Awesome small neighborhood joint. Slot's available Cash only. Friendly staff. Free parking.read more

Hot bartenders,great drinks, great crowd. The bar os on a beautiful lake (Sand Lake) with stunning…read moresunsets!!!

Food great Service great…read more Ambiance and vibe are amazing on saturday night for karokee.

Got some drinks from this Crystal Lake bar. It has a name that already tells you where to go…read more Williams Street Tap is a pretty basic looking bar full of local regulars. A place mainly for drinks. They seem to prefer cash so bring some of that. Chill atmosphere. It's pretty much a basic bar. There's the long bar on the side along with a few tables. Has the typical posters on the walls of the typical beers. You can also play a few slots. It's about $7 for a basic cocktail. They have a pretty okay amount of whiskey if nothing in particular that's anything special. Has a pretty typical layout of a dive bar around here. It's located in downtown close to the Metra station. This is usually a quiet bar even on the weekends.

CL classic. Nothing fancy-pancy here, thank god! Just a…read morereal bar with real people. My go-to spot for good conversation, catch a game, and hang with good friends..

Fairly nondescript bar. It's one of the local hangouts in Crystal Lake. Matt's Tavern doesn't have…read moremuch. Among the things it does have is lots of good ass drinks. The prices are good especially on shots. Came in for a capper. It was getting late but we needed a few. There was a good special on shots. It was $3 for certain ones. We got a few of these. BSB was a whiskey I never had. Turns out it was good shit. Knocked a few back. The bar got a crowd but it wasn't too busy on a night. Good place to get some cheap booze. It's a popular place for locals to hang out. The selection is kind of limited but makes up for good prices.

A nice little dive bar out of the way from much of Chicagoland I believe this place has a rural…read morefeel and might have volleyball courts on the side during the summer. They also have a nice menu and this place overall was a pleasant experience a typical rural suburban old school bar

I LOVE Nutties! John and Anna are incredibly entertaining and excellent mixologists! NECTAR OF THE…read moreGODS!!! Nutties is my safe haven, and both John and Anna make me feel at home. This is THE BAR where everyone knows your name (Don't worry if they don't: they will soon). Pro tip: John is a wise gentleman and a great conversationalist. I ditched my therapist and tip John instead.

Love this newly renovated and well managed local bar that offers tasty food, very friendly staff…read moreand friendly neighborhood customers. Everybody is happy be there to play volleyball, pickelball, poker nights and live music from some of the best local talent!

We've been driving back-and-forth and we saw the building being beautifully rehabbed a year ago and…read morefinally it opened and we always wanted to give it a shot "sometime". We have heard mixed reviews, but not in the positive sense but we still wanted to give it a try because we like to keep the money local if possible. We always attempt to support our local restaurants and businesses nearby first beforehand. That "sometime" became today, and it was full of regret. The first thing we noticed is that the outside lamps were really dirty. Full of cobwebs... I mean Really dirty- and for a building in that new of a condition? That should have been a clue, but we decided to still give the courthouse a try. We had the margarita flatbread, which was OK and two Arnold Palmer's. After that, it all went downhill from there. We were given dirty napkins to eat with: yes it had food chunks & stains caked on it from the previous user we'd assume: Disgusting... But we didn't complain. Why? Because we thought it was a fluke... (dismiss- for now) The place was not busy at all. There was only one table other than us occupied, and three people sitting together at the bar and Abigail served us, but after the flatbread was served by the runner, she never checked on anything else (only asked if we were ready to order- okay -another pass) We noticed in between times) She was more interested being on her phone than the patrons who "could pay her way", and we waited for 40 minutes after our order had been placed to have something else to eat. Yes. It took that long: I ordered the steak burger (medium)and my wife ordered the 5 hot wings and we waited. And waited. No "pulse check"... we sat there waiting. On a Sunday.... We finally noticed that Abigail finally went back.... and then brought out our food, which was by that time: cold. We believe she knew it was out there, and yet she still served us. (Huge problem) My steak burger I asked for was overcooked and grey looking. It was under the light warmer- drying out while we waited I'd assume. She never told us why or suggested a refire...The cheese had dried under the heat lamp, so it is of our opinion the staff & Abigail forgot our order and let it sit out for at least 10 to 15 minutes under the heat lamp in the back. When it came out, the fries were overcooked and shriveled and again... they must have been sitting there for over 10 min or so, and it could've been longer for all we know...it was such a cold mess for burger, fries and wings.... heck, Culver's on RT 120 serves a quicker, tastier and way better deluxe burger than this place... And yet: After seeing this mistake, she still served us thinking we'd still eat it? We stated we didn't want the order anymore, (pointed out the issues) and instead of asking to maybe comp the flatbread (refire our meals again)or something like that (she could see we were not happy)or apologize for the mistake, she just told us that she just took off the burger and the hot wings and rang us up as if nothing happened and it was our fault we noticed this issue. It is our opinion that She did NOT care at all about the situation. As if we were bothering her to do her job that we came to visit to help inject money into the local business. She was totally disconnected, and in fact, she had taken a check from the table near us, and she had forgot to ring his check up. So he too, was waiting around for about 10 to 15 minutes with his son at the table, before she finally realized that she still had his credit card and hadn't ran it to be processed or debited.... We really wanted to give this place a nice try, but after this, we won't be back. Such a bad experience for a local business near us. What an utter disappointment.

Service was great. Sat at the bar outside, and the bartender/server was fine. Attentive, no waiting…read morefor anything. Early evening on a Sunday. Almost no one there, presumably because of the early hour. Have walked by at night and usually pretty busy on weekends at least. That said it was Sunday at 4:30. Ambiance was nice. We sat outside on their patio by the fans and temps were a relief after the dire temps in previous days. Food: wish I'd taken a picture before we ate some. It was presented nicely. We had the Asian chicken wraps. It came with four almost, kinda sorta, wilted romaine leaves that were hard to wrap around anything, so that was interesting. I woulda preferred a larger colder iceberg lettuce. Room temperature white rice in the middle of small cube chicken, also room temp? with a teriyaki like sauce on it. On the side and in small containers, it had pickled onions and cucumbers, which were wonderful. Some sort of sweet /hot sauce I'm guessing and radishes with crispy wonton strips. I liked it all ok taste wise, but thought the rice and chicken could have been warm to hot. We also had each a flavored lime mule which was very good for $10 each. Not a lot of alcohol but tasty. Had cold things been cold and hot things been at least warm, it would have been much better. My friend wasn't too hungry or impressed so I took most of it home and warned it up and that is what you see in the picture. It was way more appealing and I just ditched the sorta wilty romaine. The menu doesn't know what it wants to be. It's mostly bar food, some Asian influences and some Greek, thrown in with 3-4salads. I almost like it better when they first opened with a very limited and kinda pricy small bites menu, but I suppose in McHenry you gotta have basic bar food, so I get it. I just wish there were an upscale pub type menu for something different. But that's just me.