Bartender with orange hair is not friendly at all. She was very short with us, answered in one word…read moresentences. Felt very unwanted in the environment.

Great small town bar worth stopping by to check out!…read more FOOD: A step up from normal deep-fried-everything and hockey-puck- hamburgers bar food but doesn't try to get too crazy. They stick to the basics and do them well. The burgers alone make a visit worthwhile. DRINKS: Limited draft beer selection but they have had one or two unique brews on tap (Moose Drool on tap last time I visited-haven't seen that on tap anywhere in a long time!). Anything in a bottle or can will be domestic and in the Bud/Miller families. Full service bar and they poor em stiff! AMBIENCE: Cool feel to the place with lots of exposed brick and the bar itself being a very cool antique looking motif. They have an internet juke box that the patrons keep playing all night long. KID FRIENDLY: Yes. Seen lots and lots of kids eating here with their families but this becomes more of a bar as the night goes on, so beware. OVERALL: Great bar with above average food.

It's been awhile since I've been out to anywhere new or worth reviewing…read more Service bar staff and cooks are way above average 5 stars Now got 1/3 pound cheese burger and fries portion was ok on fries burger was fresh and good. Later I had chili cheese fries and it was above average solid 41/2stars

Stopped in for a beer. It's a smoking establishment and it was pretty nasty in there. I'm just…read morenot used to it anymore. If they ever go smoke free, I would try it again.

Perfect place to meet good friends, and have a great menu to choose from! We will definitely be…read moreback!

What a find! You would never know this place exists unless you're a local. It's hard to put into…read morewords how cool this place is! The deck is massive, tons of tables, and the view is top 10! Service was excellent and super friendly! Got the lobster salad BLT with the pub chips. The bacon- thick, crispy and amazing. Texas toast was perfect. The lobster salad was spot on. Definitely want to go back on a weekend and enjoy the deck!!

Best spot to hang with friends and have a few cocktails. Highly recommend a stop in to experience…read morethe great service and cold beers.

Cool little bar inside. Quiet place to grab a drink. The…read moreburgers aren't bad at all either $4.50 with a bag of chips and all the fixings. If by chance I came on through I'd stop in for grub and beer.

Amazing food and here is their current menu 7/14/26 I got…read morethe german eggrolls and mac daddy burger with fried brussel sprouts

Great food and laid back feel. Lunch stop complete! Traveling... stop here! Really give it a tryread more

A must try effingham staple…read more Eat on the salad bar or diner side and enjoy a hometown style meal or the spring rolls! Every time we visit this town we try to get in a meal or at least take home one of their handmade pies or cookies. They rotate staff a lot but the food is always the same so it's a good bet you will have a good meal. Don't forget they do a great job catering!

Passed through Effingham IL again and decided to commence my 30 minutes + off duty break here…read more Low-Key truck stop next door to Niemerg's Steakhouse is the Speedway; the startegy is park your rig there and walk over to this landmark. Haven't not been inside this restaurant ever, i kept an open mind I didn't know what to expect. Theres apparently three dine in area options. You have a whiskey, bar lounge that probably the likes of General MacArthur would patronize for food and cigars like at the Historical Manila Hotel in Manila Philippines. Then you have the open dining room where you seat yourself and it was reminiscent to an Army Chow Hall...sort of with retro 80s decor. And lastly, I chose the Salad Bar room with a booth seating. Server Jessica was fantastic! Went through the standard protocols with me; I was really enjoying the vibes at this place. It's very Mahogany, 1960s - 1980s feeling, almost like that steakhouse Warren Buffet likes to go to in Omaha Nebraska. Very community family oriented, quiet, really quite different than any restaurant or diner you patronize in a city like Los Angeles. A lot of retired folk here and truly, you feel like you been thrown back in time to the 80s and early 90s in some sense. So anyways on to the food. I'm going to state my opinion straight up, the salad bar hot food bar is the star of the show. In fact everything from the soup to the oven potatoes to the COLESLAW (Best Coleslaw Ever), reminded me of that once upon a time Soup Plantation that died during Covid....and the best part is the Cold and hot bar is all-inclusive with your main entree order. Yes you heard that right, you buy the resort tickets, and you enjoy your stay with unlimited cocktails at Cancun...I mean Neimergs... Now to the Iowa Premium Rib Eye Steak. To the kitchen staff: 2 minutes on the top side, 2 minutes on the bottom side. Bake in oven 1 minute on both sides. Done. Medium Rare. A perfectly good steak was destroyed because it came out well done. To future passerbys, skip the baked potato loaded if you decide to dine in at the hot and cold bar room. Last thoughts. I want to give the steak a 3 stars but the overall ambiance, the grandpappy grandma vibes and that overall feel like your dining at someone's home in farm country really elevated the entire experience. Plus the servers are all working their tails off. So I've rated this place a 4 stars. Think anyone on a road trip, or just driving their rig through town should give this historical site a visit. 1978 right? Or something like that. This place also has some of the freshest greens.

It's a nice friendly place to go. You can play pool, listen to jukebox, play machines, but most of…read moreall have a cold beer, shot or even just a soda.

This is a jewel. Cold beer very nice inside. Six of us come to visit this area every year in the…read morefall and this place is now on our list to visit in the coming years.

1st review!! Pings is awesome. Shuffle board, bags, the washer game... pings literally has more…read morestuff to do than the Mexican resort I went to last year. And if your a bloody Mary fan..this is your bar. They put put beef jerky in them!