Abbey Chicago — Restaurant in Jefferson Township

Haven’t been in years, but glad to see The Abbey is back! It was always one of my favorite venues back in the day. So much nostalgia for this place. Saw lots of great local bands in both the live room and the pub. There is a good-sized stage in the live room with standing room on the floor and a balcony with seating, plus a bar at the back of the room. The separate restaurant/pub section is a nice cozy setting for acoustic shows. Good food from what I recall and strong drinks, friendly staff. Can be tough to find parking, but that’s Chicago for ya. Get there early and plan for...

The place needs to have BAR RESCUE TV program, come back and redo it. Waitress could not make a signature drink due to lack of bar supplies. The beer was flat/stale, had to recorder. Old beer in lines. Soda mixe tasted bad too !! Watres did not know the menus, only worked there 3 weeks. Annoying phone, right on the bar, kept ringing. Torn bar stoool cover. Dirty?grubby bathrooms. Food was good and the people were friendly. The place was crampy with poor atomosphere. Did not go into the music venue. Sorry, big disappointment. ...

The abs worst experience I have ever had. We waited 13 minutes after we were seated and no one had even taken a drink order. I had to get up and go up to our waitress to get her to even act like we were there. Then 33 minutes after we were seated she stopped by and said "you guys doing ok?". Why yes we came in for a glass of water and a Coke. I had to actual tell her we would like to order. Then my sandwich was burned and my fries ice cold. Never ever had poorer service or food in my life. Don't bother and find...