Been there twice and not impressed! Won't be going back. First time I wanted to try what said homemade onion rings but they were over $10.00. I asked for a sample before I ordered and a very rude and only waitress very rudely informed me they don't do samples so I didn't order them! The second time I went back, no servers. You order your food and get to walk up to the counter and get it yourself! If I go out to eat at the prices they were charging, I expect my food to be delivered to the table. I still didn't get onion rings because they were the same price. Hello, you're in Bartonville for goodness sake, not in Chicago or New York! The sandwich was cold and the fries were greasy. I'll pass and will never go back! They need to get a realty check!!! Yikes! We laughed as we left! read more

Servers are great and the cleanliness is great too, the food is also good. We have been here a few times now for the tenderloin, the potions are huge but the breading keeps falling off, I have 2 friend that use to frequent the place and have stated the same thing. Kind of a deal breaker for use since we only get the tenderloins. Start using egg instead of water before breading them and we might start coming back. Test run will be next week and if it's the same way we won't go back. read more

The first time here 10 months ago I gave 5 stars. So I was excited to go back for wings. The server was great but the food is no way was the same. The cheese curds were cold in the middle but we kept them. The wings served to us were totally black and hard. I questioned them when they were served and was told they were "charred ". No they were totally burnt. We refused them and they were taken away. I reached out privately the next day cause I wanted this business to be successful. Whoever responded was not accepting my feedback and then posted on Facebook how sick of people complaining and told me to go back to McDonald's. Maybe address the issues of all those complaints to get back to 5 stars. read more

The Billboard Bistro - American Near Me - Bartonville, Illinois

Horrible..Horrible food..the head chef Gabe is disrespectful and has no empathy for people...he is to busy doing other things than what he should be doing read more

Never again. I have ordered for pick up several times and have dined in several times. Today I phoned in an order and arrived to pick it up and was informed there was a miscommunication as they didn't take out any chicken earlier in the day, therefore one of the sandwiches I ordered would not be available. I ordered a different sandwich and went to my car to wait for my entire order. I waited for ten minutes and went back in. I was then told it would be 5 more minutes. I waited another 10 minutes. I finally got tired of waiting. I asked for my ticket back, tore it up and left. The only good thing about that trip was the fact that they weren't going to charge me for the replacement. I drove from Peoria. Wasted trip. As I said before, never again. read more

Food was good. Our group ate tenderloins and catfish. Breading is light and crispy. Cole Slaw good and French fries fresh cut and fried just right. Staff was busily working to assure customers were attended to. Manager on site on Saturday night interacting with clients. Atmosphere encouraged conversation and a good time was had by all. Thanks. We'll be back. read more

The Billboard Bistro - American Near Me - Bartonville, Illinois

there's always a reason I'm unable to eat there. I've never heard of a restaurant closed on new years eve. the next time the owners of the bistro complain about lack of business (& they do), they might want to consider being open! read more

Food had a boat load of salt from the first bite, I could not finish eating, my wife is of the same opinion..

Went for lunch and wife and I had the tenderloin. We split it into 4ths and each of us had two meals. It was huge, lots of meat not just breading. Tender and flavorful. French fries were good as well. Good service Will be back read more

I heard about the BB on a facebook page which dedicates itself to finding breaded tenderloins in the Midwest. I saw BB listed several times, so I decided to ask my Thursday night dinner group if they would like to go. We arrived around 6:00 and were seated quickly. They were doing a brisk business. There was a full bar in the front area with tables, and a booths. There was also another room in the back. We all ordered the tenderloin which was HUGE and in my estimation, meaty, juicy, and very tasty. It came with fries, but I subbed them for a salad (fancy lettuce). Someone forgot so there was also a pile of fries under the tenderloin. I was good and did not try them, as that would have been too much fried food for my stomach. I was able to eat 1/2 of the tenderloin and purchased an extra bun at a nominal price to have with my other half at home. I tried to order the strawberry bites, but they were out for the day, as I will be back, I will try then. My dinner companions split the tenderloin it for an extra charge around $4.00. They also had plenty to take home and my one friend gave me her leftovers to take home as she was going out of town the next day. Both of my friends enjoyed the tenderloin and said they would order it again. The staff was very nice and friendly although I still think I wasn't charged enough. My bill was just under 20.00 for a tenderloin, salad and extra bun. My friends bill was approximately 21.00. I only had one other concern about the tenderloins as they seemed to easily separate from the breading. It could have been an anomaly for that evening, but even if that is normal, it is worth it as the meal was delicious. read more

Wow. As my wife said, these are times I wish I had an extra stomach. The food was great, generous portions, and excellent wait staff. I had the tenderloin special which was bigger than anything you find in the area, thick and juicy, plenty of flavor. My wife has the chef steak, which was like a cheesesteak but made with tender chunks of steak. The cheeseballs are awesome as well, if you want an appetizer. You can't go wrong. It's my first time here, but I plan on coming back more often! read more

The Billboard Bistro - Tenderloin - American Near Me - Bartonville, Illinois

Atmosphere was nice, small family diner feel. Service was good. Food was a bit below average. Chicken horseshoe was very salty and lacked flavor. Bread pudding was warm on the outside but cold and raw inside. I will not be back, read more

I think it's important to say first that this is a fairly new place that is not some franchise were there is already a formula for success. Food is unique and not bad, but there are some issues. 1st and most importantly more staff needs to be hired for Saturday's, and menu needs to be reformatted to give more details about what your actually ordering. Pros: newly remodeled, millennial looking clean restaurant, food portion to cost ok, food portions big(almost too big), hard working waitress. Cons: menu very vague, tenderloin had fishy after taste, ice tea was very old, wait to be seated took over 10 minutes, wait for waitress after order was decided 5-10mins, food took almost 30minutes to come out of kitchen (understaffed), ran out of A1 sauce and they did not have anymore on hand, no tables around me where being busted because of the staff shortage, small round table size compared to food portion size was annoying, small round tables were too close together, french fries came out from kitchen cold. read more

The Billboard Bistro - Not a "(no explanation needed)" tenderloin - American Near Me - Bartonville, Illinois

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This place is great. Best fried mushrooms anywhere around Peoria. This is a nice spot in a super depressing Peoria area. You need to go support this restaurant. read more

Heard that there was a new restaurant where the old 801 club used to be. Having ate at the 801 club for years, we had to try it out. The place looks completely different. Very well remodeled. Waitress greeted us as we walked in and seated us. She got our drinks quickly, then took our order. The food came in a timely order, and was very delicious. My mom's tenderloin was meaty and big. Enough meat there for a family of four. Her Mac and cheese was best I ever tasted. A very classy take on Mac and cheese. My Philly cheese steak was excellent as well. Lots of big chunks of steak. My fries were fresh cut and yummy. Iced tea was very good also. My only complaint was the price. Tonight's dinner set me back about $28. A tad spendy for my lifestyle, but maybe not for you. Give this place a try and form your own opinion. read more

The Billboard Bistro - Tenderloin with Mac and cheese. Philly cheese steak with fresh cut fries. - American Near Me - Bartonville, Illinois

Another amazing tenderloin! Unique breading! So delicious! And the homemade French fries are the best! Service great and atmosphere comfortable. read more

The food is wonderful, the service less so. We understood that they don't have the staffing. The waitress could have acknowledged that we came in. read more

It was the first time my wife and I had eaten here for dinner and it was amazing! They have daily and monthly specials and the staff was very nice. The chef personally came out and explained how they prepare the steaks to my wife and brought her a sample of the glaze to try. We ordered the fried macaroni and the white gold cheese is delicious. The steak was prepared perfect my wife said and my tenderloin was hand made and delicious and as big as Texas. When we were finished the chef came out again and asked how we liked everything then brought us dessert on the house: fried strawberries which were awesome. We will most definitely be back to try lunch! Great staff, great food and a great, CLEAN environment. Thank you. read more

The Billboard Bistro - Homemade Texas size tenderloin and awesome fries - American Near Me - Bartonville, Illinois

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Stopped at the Billboard Bistro on Friday and it was by far one of the best comfort meals I've had in years. Our waitress, Joy, was very friendly and informative about the menu and was very prompt. She suggested that we try the cheese sticks and we ordered them. The cheese sticks appetizer was a 3 piece that was gigantic and tasted like fresh mozzarella and fried on site, not the frozen taste like everywhere else. I ordered the Bourbon Bacon Burger and it tastes very good, but was very sweet. The spouse ordered the pulled pork horseshoe and it was by far the best horseshoe we had outside Darcy's in Springfield. The cheese sauce was homemade and melted in your mouth and the fries were home sliced and fries to perfection. We live 30 minutes away and have already determined that we will come back for another horseshoe and a different burger next time. This place is epic and priced great for what you get. read more

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Just tried this place. It was very clean with nice decor. The food was good! The Billboard Bombs were so good. Basically cheese and bacon stuffed homemade tater tots. Everyone in our group was happy with their food and loved their fries. I had a BLT which was good and it had heirloom tomatoes on it (yum). They even had vegan options which I find awesome. read more

Wonderful meal and amazing staff last night. Tenderloin was crunchy and meaty. OMG, the Mac and cheese was so good. We will be back again.

Five Stars for the food. Walls do need a bit of color but I'm paying for the food. My husband & I are food snobs and we both ordered the filet special. $16 for a filet and 2 sides. Honestly, the best filet we've had in years!!!! We shared the potato bombs for an appetizer, great flavor. The cheese sauce is nice and rich. My husband upgraded to the mac n' cheese and he said it's by far his favorite. We will definitely return and spread the word. Keep up the good work! read more

A friend and I ate here on 2-29-20 at around 4:30. We were promptly seated and our drink orders were taken. We looked over the menu and I decided on the pork tenderloin and I had a side of smashed sweet potatoes. My dining companion opted for the rueben with fries. We also ordered fried green beans as an appetizer. When the fried green beans arrived, you could tell these are not your garden variety frozen. They were obviously hand battered and not greasy at all. They were served with a Cajun dipping sauce and we also requested ranch. The fried green beans were wonderful. When our meals arrived, we were still munching on the appetizer. The tenderloin was lightly battered in a panko breading which was delicious. The smashed sweet potatoes had a hint of cinnamon and quite good. My dining partner said his rueben and fries were also very good and he was happy that the meat was very tender. We wanted to try the deep fried strawberries for dessert, but were both too stuffed to consider it. We'll be back and try those next time. Overall, an excellent experience! read more

The Billboard Bistro - Fried green bean appetizer - American Near Me - Bartonville, Illinois

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You must try the cheese sticks and the fried strawberries. The food here is delicious. I try something new every time I go and I'm never disappointed. The food is delicious read more

First off the food is very good but their waitress (sorry waitress for calling her that) needs to move faster, turn your order in so everyone who comes after you isn't getting their food first, stop telling lies, and have a personality. When it's brought to the attention of the owners they should not lie to the public and hide in the kitchen. It's sad when you have to wait 45 minutes to find out your order isn't even in the kitchen. Not to mention being told they don;t have something to see it come out of the cooler for another customer that came after you. The attitude that they apparently have is "We want your money" without the respect of being a paying customer. read more

Had the bourbon burger. Wow that thing was delicious! I like what you've done with the place. Turned it from rundown dive bar to upbeat nice place to go out to eat. It's nice to have somewhere nice in town to take a woman on a date to. read more

Wow. just wow. We go out of our way to support locally owned businesses so when our friends recommended this place we enthusiastically agreed. We were met with a rude unwelcoming hostess who also appeared to be the manager. We arrived at 7:30, posted hours say they close at 9 pm. She promptly told us the kitchen closed at 8 pm, we said ok so we are here can we be served or are you saying we would have to leave at 8? She said yes then stretched it to 8:15. Said we had to be out by 8:15. We decided to stay. It took 10 minutes for our order to be taken then we were served our food at 8 pm. The vacuum cleaner was being run, chairs turned up. Wow. The fries were cold, we informed the waitress she apologized and said to place the fries on a plate and she would have the cook refry them. Hmmm ok. We placed them on the plate. We began eating. Next greeting from the waitress, asked us if we were ready for the check. No fries. We explained we were waiting for the fries she promised. She said ya well the cook wouldn't refry them because the fryer was off. What?!!! She brought the check, we placed our card in the holder and continued to wait as the staff continued to clean. We then took the check to the waitress and said we were ready to check out. Wow, have never felt so unwelcome in a locally owned business. Apparently our business isn't needed. If your intention is to close at 8, update your posted hours please. If your intention is to treat paying customers rudely when they arrive at 7:30 simply say you are closed rather than treat them like their business doesn't matter. And the rude hostess/manager didn't even acknowledge us when we left. We had to say goodnight. The door was locked behind us. Wow just wow. We will never be back and we will let others know not to go. read more

Diner food with Bistro prices. The food was acceptable but $12 for a tenderloin with a view of Keystone? I can think of 10 places with a better tenderloin for half the price. read more

We were so excited to see this restaurant open back up. They did an awesome job renovating, but they took away all what made the place so cool. We felt like we were eating in a fishbowl for one, a really lit up one. We went to the Local at least once a week a lot for the bacon blue fries which you can't get anymore. Then all the awesome staff left which is a lot of the other reason we went there so much. What's left? We love to support local establishments, but they at least need good food. The fillets we got when we went were hotel steaks I think and with some odd teriyaki type seasoning that wasn't even on the menu. They were horrible, and I don't appreciate being misled. I hope they change some things. Unfortunately, it may already be too late. I upped to four stars now because they brought back the blue cheese & bacon fries and also put in window blinds. Going in the right direction! read more

Have to give this another try, went on a Saturday afternoon right after there review on "You Gotta Eat" so would not be fair for a good judgement. They had been slammed and only on waitress but sh was polite and friendly. All the patrons were friendly trying to see what everyone else ordered. My husband had the rueben with onion rings and I had rueben potato skins, the beef was pretty dry but flavor was still okay. Onion rings were pricey for amount given, but good and liked the sauce with them. Place was clean except for the tables which there wasn't a bus person for the waitress. The tenderloin looks huge and meaty so I will be in to split one of these! This is a sandwich place and sides can be ordered separately. If the sandwich's weren't so large they wouldn't need to be priced so high. Women do not normally eat such large sandwiches and I don't like to take leftovers. read more

I'm not sure if it was a bad night, but my first experience was not good. The waitress messed up my order to start with. I tried a couple of the appetizers ordered by others in our group and was not impressed. The fried mushrooms were still doughy inside. The fried potato & cheese nuggets were flavorless and the description of the Philidelphia "chef steak" said grilled peppers & onions covered in "white gold liquid cheese"... definitely not what I got. The beef was chunky, not sliced, 2 slivers of sweet peppers, no onions (the waitress thought I said to hold them) and the sauce that it was smothered in was some sort of stroganoff type gravy. NO CHEESE IN SIGHT OR FLAVOR. It was truly awful. Most of the members in our party ordered the tenderloin and seemed happy with it. As far as prices, my husband and I both ordered the Philidelphia steak sandwich. I had a side salad and we had water to drink. $27.00 We will not be going back. read more

Trying to be an upscale restaurant with tavern food. I love the way they remodeled but food not so hot. Even have to ask for salt and pepper. Who does that? Have terrible bar selection, what bar doesn't have any scotch. None, never! Been there 3 times never the same waitress twice. Don't think they will make it. Got to get on the ball. read more

We read the reviews about the awesome tenderloins - not even remotely close to top 10 - odd breading that was dry. I had the fish & chips & those were fantastic! Wait staff was dismal. Had to wait 15 minutes just to get our bill. Now on the plus side - the new interior is fantastic! We might try again in a few months. There was a guy running around like crazy trying to make up for the waitresses in the front end. Kudos to him! read more