Came here on Friday for Happy Hour for the first time. There were 2 of us, sat outside, it was 3:11pm, probably 8 people at the bar, only 2 people sitting inside. We ordered 4 items off the Happy Hour menu. Bartenders are super attentive, food is excellent, HOWEVER, food service is horrible! After we waited 35 minutes, the Hodgepodge arrived cold - so much so the cheese was no longer melted, it has solidified. This is actually the 2nd time we were here -- the last time was for Brunch on a Sunday probably 8 months ago. There were 5 of us and we were literally the ONLY ONES there and it took 45 minutes to get our Brunch food. Clearly, this is an issue in the kitchen that hasn't been resolved. So unfortunately, we won't be coming back. Food is great (minus cold fries) but there are lots of great food places that also provide great food service. read more

This place has a huge whiskey selection and options for whiskey flights . A smaller selection of cocktails and other drinks . The Brussels sprouts were the winner for me , crispy and tasty ! The atmosphere was trendy and modern ! Our waitress was very attentive and the service was fast . read more

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VERY loud inside - food is decent. Whiskey selection is pretty limited, which is surprising given their name. Enjoyed the hush puppies, tacos, and burger. Somewhat pricey but not unexpected. I'd try again but maybe togo as the noise level is tough to enjoy. read more

Terrible service outside!!! I was totally ignored by both bartenders and asked if I could get a drink and still ignored! And it's slow afternoon! Very disappointed!! read more

Nice place. Food was good and the bartender was really friendly and attentive. He recommended some things to try and why. Not just a generic service but food and friendly read more

Very interesting Food and Liquor menus. I won't waste time going into details you all can see for yourselves looking on their website. The food selection is worth a try and the Bar selection won't disappoint. Definitely a place to try. read more

Drinks and appetizers good, multiple soups brought to table cold...at different intervals. You would think they would make an effort after first cold soup, ordered smash burger with well done fry's ... burger flavor was good though cold and half way thru had a hair in my mouth... after the soup ordeal was not saying anything. Choose to eat well done fry's only to find very limp and moist... need to learn how to double fry. Somewhere 1/2 way thru asked for water, it was like a revelation, but never refilled the obvious empty glasses. Overall we were there a few years ago and came back with out of towners and none of us would go running back. Way too loud inside , not even an effort to reduce sound in the design, not well planned. If you have the choice skip and go somewhere else. read more

Food, drinks and service were awesome! We had the meatloaf, short ribs grilled cheese and steak salad.

The food is amazing! The French onion soup is to die for. All the specialties items are out of this world. Server is super attentive and would recommend this place to anyone. read more

We did a double date here for dinner and drinks on a Sunday. Great place with a cool atmosphere. Server was very knowledgeable about the whiskey offerings and made great food recommendations. Looking forward to another visit. read more

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I frequent many St Charles/Geneva bars/Restaurants the past 25 years, especially for lunch. My message to the owner is with all due respect. If you want to compete with the plethora of bars in area, you need a better bar manager. The young male bartending during day has Zero personality. Been there 3 times now, twice with friend who thought same. He barely says a word and after serving goes immediately to end of the bar by the servers. Way too many options with friendly staff in area. The drinks, food and ambience were fine. But really be a shame having people not come back because you don't feel Welcome. I wish u luck Ps. (Too many bar stools at bar and need to remove a table or two, seems tight) read more

The Whiskey Bend, I dig the name and the history. The vibe is chill, the food is good and there is a good whiskey selection. For the novice to intermediate Bourbon drinker like my self there is plenty to try. I had the steak sandwich with fries, and I wasn't disappointed. Good, hot food and good staff. read more

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Love WB. Outstanding food. Love the menu. Great service. They were SLAMMED for the weekend grand opening. Social media was on fire about this new gem in St. Charles. Looks like people were definitely waiting for this place to open Love the history on how WB came to life. Hopefully people will be patient as they work out any kinks as are expected to happen. Super cool vibe. They didn't miss any details on the rebuild from top to bottom. You can plug in your computer or charge your phone at the bar. The outside patio is absolutely beautiful. When the weather gets better, it will be shoulder to shoulder, I'm sure. We will be back for sure. read more

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Whiskey Bend sounds amazing right? I have only come once so far and it was a bit crowded. The atmosphere is good, a bit loud for some. It also has a good selection of whiskeys. I would likely give this 3.5 based on the one experience but will be back to try again. The food was a bit mixed bag. The poutine was amazing almost like a nacho cheese sauce vs. gravy but tasted awesome. The burger I had for dinner was just an average overprice burger I could get at 10 places in the tri-cities area and nothing at all unique. Go for the poutine and try something besides the burger. read more

Update: they added a grilled veggie wrap and it is tasty AF. Great happy hour specials, our service was wonderful. Thank you for adding it WB! read more

They have a nice happy hour (3-6pm) that serves a great old fashion and tasty flat bread. Staff was friendly and facilities were clean.

The food was phenomenal! Service was great and the ambiance was great, love how clean the facility was! Usually every restaurant you go to the floors are disgusting but theirs were really clean, bathroom was clean everything read more

Ate dinner on November 30. Food was delicious - we each had the WB burger! We also had bread pudding and strawberry cheesecake for dessert - yummy! Our server Bre was exceptional! read more

Food was good, really good. They were out of a few dishes on the menu at 8pm on a Saturday which is a bit surprising. Service was not so good. Ordered an appetizer which came out as the same time as our food which is completely unacceptable. They are called appetizers for a reason. Server was too busy chatting with coworkers at the bar to even bring us the waters we requested. Not sure if it's worth a future visit if we're in the area. read more

Great service, great food, great ice tea really nice atmosphere. It's a great place to hang out and watch the game with game specials and great happy hour prices, or nice place for a casual date night. Try the zucchini strings so good. I had short rib tacos and they are no joke. I will be going back. read more

Service was amazing everyone cared about your meal- where you sat (husband and I got a quiet table) all whiskey choices you can imagine- latest food choices I had the Short Rib tacos and my husband Short Rib grilled cheese the sides were just as amazing- I had Brussels Sprouts they were amazing - they had a perfect kick and my husband the fries - we loved everything about the experience ! read more

*********Loved the fall sangria, old fashioned and roasted pork Flatbread ************* read more

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Haven't been there since it was the old Pub 222. It was a crisp night so we dined inside, but the back patio is very nice with flamed tabletops. The crowd was all mixed ages, some folks there prior to the Arcada show across the street. The waiter was great...friendly and on it. My wife had a tap beer and I had some wine. We ordered some sandwiches....mine seemed really interesting...a braised short rib grilled cheese sandwich. I thought it would be a lot of cheese with some beef in it but it was a lot of beef (no complaint here). The potato salad was very good, having some bacon on top to make it unique. It's loud but you can have a conversation. They have multiple TVs so you can watch games. I liked it here because it isn't just your burger and fries bar. The food is diverse and has something for everyone. read more

Was here last week on a Monday evening. The food was awesome. The bartender was super attentive and was very helpful when it came to ordering food and drinks. Loved the outdoor patio area. When in the area I will have to stop in again read more

Came here twice twice to try and get a good feel for the place, first time sat at a table. Our waitress was brie and she was great, food we ordered was mostly good. But one dish was so salty it wad almost not edible. We had old fashioned cocktails that tasted well made. Biggest issue for us was the sound level, restaurant was maybe half full but the noise of people talking was so loud we had to yell at each other to try and make conversation, and ears rang after we left, another note is how uncomfortably hot it was, I understand its winter but seemed excessive. Refunded again and sat at the bar, had Britney and Josh serving us, they were really fun and knowledgeable. Had a burger that was really good, tried a few cocktails, also noticed the whiskey selection grew since the last time. Sadly same issue with sound and and temperature. Walked in to a roar of people talking overpowering the music and making it hard to hear the bartenders or each other. Seems they may need to invest in some mind of sound conditioning as we went to place twice as busy after that wasn't nearly that abrasive. read more

Whiskey drinking friends - Simply put, the selection here is weak AND they charge 3$ (per glass) for a neat pour of whiskey OR they charge 3$ for a rocks pour (per serving ). This is a per glass charge in addition to the cost of the pour. Either way, you pay 3$ more for a pour of bourbon / whiskey. I'll be supporting other local whiskey / bourbon focused bars in the fox valley. I don't mind paying for things but an establishment should be up front and honest and should refrain from sandbagging people for "ICE or NO ICE". This is bad form when you're trying to build a clientele in the local fox valley whiskey community. read more

One and done. Tip for management: we didn't come for the loud music or to listen to (many) people at surrounding tables screaming at each other. Stopped in tonight to check out the spot based on positive buzz. Agree with other reviewers who mention noise level. Asked waitress if others provided feedback on noise level. Said she would work on music level in an effort to stop the escalating madness. She didn't. We had one drink each and an appetizer and moved along. My Rye Manhattan was good. Goat cheese and grape flatbread was enjoyed by both of us. Hopefully management/ownership pays attention to early reviews and open is open to feedback even while the staff is not. Tonight's example was probably $100 additional not in the till for this visit, and countless $ for future visits not made by this customer. read more

I have been waiting for this to open for a long time and finally on Saturday I was able to go for lunch with my husband. Well I see why it took so long wow what a difference. We had the Risotto cakes and zucchini fries for some apps and my husband also had the WB Burger for an entree. All of the food was presented well and delicious. They also have this really neat deal where you take a shot of their special Whiskey, and are able to sign your name on a real hardwood plaque that hangs by the bar. My husband took the shot and now our name is there forever. read more

Went on a family lunch date. The wait time for around 2pm on a Friday was fast. We were sat down quickly. The burger was good, a little on the dry end but still good. The blacken grouper fish sandwich was very good. Fish was juicy and tasteful. The drinks were great as well. Old fashion was decent. Drinks were priced accordingly. Food prices are on the the higher end. Only down side was the waitress we had. It was pretty much empty when we went but she was too busy talking to coworkers and not attentive enough for us. 6/10 for me, I would go again but only for drinks. read more

Four of us dined at WB for lunch and had many great things to eat including an interesting (spicy) soup, incredible watermelon salad and first class burger. Potato salad was delicious and we were split on the (gigantic) zucchini/ Parmesan fries. Beautiful recent college grad was our server. read more

Drinks are good but burgers are almost inedible. Point it out to staff and they look at you like an unworthy peasant.

Stopped in for Restaurant week and was not disappointed! The service was exceptional! Got the short rib sandwich and it was delicious! Will absolutely be back! read more

I love this bar...if you don't see a drink you want on the cocktail list just ask the bartender & they'll be able to make you something you love! My hubs gets the old fashion's and they are really good...but me not being much of a bourbon fan I was happy to get to try some different drinks. read more

Been here twice now. Once on a Fri night and the other on a Sat night. Drinks are really good! Haven't had the food yet. My only complaint is, it's really loud! You almost have to yell to hear the person sitting next to you. I talked to our waitress about it and she said the owner is working on a solution for it. Hope they fix it soon! I also find it odd that the hostess podium is by the bathrooms, on the back end of the business, nowhere near the front entrance! read more

So some people I know said the food sucks but the drinks are good. My buddy and I thought that both the drinks and the food were excellent. Brie was our waitress and I have to say, it is such a pleasure to have good service especially nowadays. She is amazing. The elote was excellent. I got the Mac n Cheese with onions, sausage, and shrimp and it was awesome. Come check this place out! My old fashioned was awesome. read more

Great selection of whiskey, good gastropub fare, and excellent service. Will definitely be back again.

Really love this place. Been twice good and good delish! Very good quality. And friendly service too! Pleasantly surprised. read more

Had the rib eye with a Mushroom risotto, and it was incredible. The special whiskey Manhattan was really good. Also in my friend had a burger that was Huge. She said it was very very good and her drink was also great. I will definitely visit again read more

First time going to Whiskey Bend and the service was great. Our server, Bre, was very kind and answered our many questions on the menu and drinks. The Whiskey Bend Burger was tasty and the fries were good. They hand-cut the fries and you can definitely tell. The interior of the restaurant was very clean and comfortable. The outside seating area looks very nice and we will for sure come back in the summer to seat there. Overall, the experience was great and we had zero complaints. If you are looking for a place to eat or grab a drink in downtown St.Charles, I would highly recommend giving this place a try! read more

The place was an old dive bar and news owners rehabilitated the place. The atmosphere is very nice. New everything. Guess what! You will over pay to pay off the rehabilitation. You can get same everything down the street. You might save some dough going somewhere else. read more