Petey's II Restaurant — Restaurant in Orland Township

Lovely old school restaurant. Cloth napkins, basket of crusty bread put on table right away, drink orders taken quickly, full bar. Pleasant distance between tables. So many north side Chicago restaurants have you sitting on the lap of someone at the next table. And at these north side overpriced wonders, you must scream your conversations because of bad sound systems. Petey's is all about comfort. The menu has an abundance of meat, salads with meat, sandwiches with meat. This is good because the meat is of really good quality. Good quality steaks, grilled chicken options and fish. I wish they'd soak their salmon in a salt brine before cooking to prevent the white albumin from surfacing. This does take away from the enjoyment of the otherwise nicely grilled piece of fish. I love the choices. Whatever you have a taste for, they have it or they will make it for you. Long list of fabulous appetizers from saganaki to oysters Rockefeller. My only complaint, the last time I went there, I ordered the salmon from the lunch menu which came with greens and tomato wedges and a whole avocado and wonderful dressing. It was also supposed to come with a cup of soup. My waiter never brought my soup. At some point after I ordered, he said my soup was coming. He never brought it. He brought my entree and my friends entree - A scrumptious and tender corned beef sandwich with virtually no fat on it at all. I thought he would bring it soon. He never did. When he brought the check I asked if my meal was supposed to come with soup. He said, oops! He asked if I still wanted it, but by then I was having a coffee. He asked if I wanted it to go. I did not because I wasn't going straight home and didn't want food sitting in my car for hours. My friend said, "why don't you give her a dessert instead?" What a good idea, I thought. Even a little scoop of ice cream would have been nice. The waiter ignored the question and said, "next time you come in you can have a free soup". Hmmm...I wonder - will there be there next time? Will I have to be put in the awkward position of having to ask for free soup? I don't actually know when I will be dining there again. He didn't even bother to take a bit of money off the check. I certainly didn't feel valued as a customer. Soup next time? I don't know if there will be a next time. Service didn't measure up to the good...

Father's day is tomorrow and this has reminded my experience at petey's. It was on Mother's day and I just wanted to be alone to remember my grandma and celebrate her life. I walked in alone and waited to be seated, four people were ahead of me and were seated after 4mins. The two guys at reception did not bother about me (probably because I was alone). They just went about their business passing me left, right and center until their manager came to ask if I had been helped and told him no. It was a good day for me so I did not give this treatment a chance to spoil it. When the guy was asked to seat me, he hesitated for a minute because he didn't want to seat me near other customers (I am African). He finally chose a table for me across the room next to a fireplace and the seat was very uncomfortable because there was a part of wood underneath it. Most of the tables were empty yet he chose to put me into a corner away from the rest of the people. This taught me a lesson because it was the first time I was made to feel I am different from other people who are not of the same color with me. Growing up in Africa we did not know if people are different and were never taught that so this doesn't bother us. It doesn't mean it is good to treat others this way. A woman came after me and was alone like me and she was seated in a very comfortable table to the right so we were facing each other and cross the empty restaurant and we were the last people. The service was good and the waiter was welcoming. The food was okay for the day and the drinks were good too. The first time I came to this restaurant I wasn't alone, I was with my boyfriend. We were welcomed at the door and had a long hearty chat with manager. Since that day we would stop by for a drink and or dinner. On Mother's day I was alone: I am not sure if the ill treatment I received was as a result or because it was different people at the door who were sitting customer on the specific. It was not pleasant at all! However, I did not allow I spoil my day. I plan to bring a father for dinner tomorrow at the same place because he likes it. This will be my last time here if we will receive the same treatment. The management should ensure all people are treated the same way. Otherwise put a note on the door to let those who are not welcome to tour business to know. We will gladly go to many other great places out...

It was a very disappointing experience. My husband & I were celebrating our 54th anniversary and we went to dinner at Petey's II. We ordered the pepper steak (which we both love) when it came it had big chucks (ends) of steak which should have been thin and tender, but we could not even chew it...It had so much grizzle. When the waitress took it back, the man who is managing ( I think his name is Gus) said that is the way it is and he would not take it back and that we would have to order something else if we did not take what we had. I was not going to order anything else but my husband was upset if I did not eat. I have been ordering this dish since they put it on the special menu. My husband and I were waiting for this all day and it spoiled our 54th anniversary dinner. If Mike (the manager that use to be there) would have been there he would have changed it for us and not because we know him because we don't but we knew his name. The steak, if it was filet like this manager kept saying it was, is the type of steak they give to people, they would never come back, as we are no longer going back. He treated us like he didn't care if we were pleased or not. I have been telling everyone how good the pepper steak is and to try it but I am making sure I let them know not to go there. I guess we will just have to go back to Al's Steak House. At least the owner there would have done something about it. Mike use to go around and ask how everything was and was so friendly. This manager now is not management material!!!!! He never asked anyone how things were. He stayed up front or in the back of the room. I am also sending this to The Bungalow Petey's I to show how their manager is and does not care about the customer. By the way our bill ended up being $86.89 with tip and no alcoholic drinks and with 1 sprite. It would have been around $50.00 if we could have had the pepper steak for 2 people. After we left my husband and I looked at each other and said we should have just left without ordering anything else but we did not want to because of the waitress (Nancy). She was excellent and tried everything to get it taken care of, but I suppose the Manager did not care!!!! He is going to ruin the business with this kind...