Manhattan’s American Bar and Grill

Well, it’s been awhile, but I did go back with my husband recently to catch his friends’ band. Our waitress, Danielle, could have been better, though. I told her twice I just wanted water to drink and when she brought out our food I still didn’t have my water even though my husband had already been brought his beer. It didn’t even dawn on her I was sitting there without anything to drink until my husband brought it to her attention!
Every time she stopped by she was in a huge hurry to leave even though we saw her chatting it up with at least one other table. We still tipped her 15% because we aren’t monsters, but we usually tip 20%. If I didn’t know better, I’d say she didn’t like us (or at least me since she seemed quick to bring whatever my husband wanted). I just got this hostile vibe from her.
In any case, the food was ok (I had the Door County Melt and my husband had a burger) so we’d probably come back, but I really hope we don’t get Danielle!

Always a great meal at Manhattans

Still love this restaurant. Service fast, food plentiful at reasonable prices and fun times on weeknights. We enjoy Thursday’s trivia, though we don’t get here too often in Thursday’s. Still our usual stop off on the way home from O’Hare. They are building a patio in the back. Since Bob and I love eating outside, that’s gonna be great in the summer! Ahhhh — wedge salad is here. Their’s is better than anyone’s!

Cindy, Cindy, Cindy, What have you done? – new cook? It’s been while since my last visit but this used to be my weekly go-​to place for delicious fried chicken — the only place I actually ate the skin because the batter was so tasty .What a disappointment last night! —overlooked, basically flavorless batter with a rancid oil undercurrent & dry tasteless coleslaw (again a big change from prior meals). The whole meal went in the garbage — too far to drive back to return. JoAnna G

A family favorite. Love their fried chicken!

Good food at a good price. I would HIGHLY recommend the spinach and Parmesan dip! They also have 3 slot machines for those who are feeling lucky.

Mmmanhattan’s is just the place to go for a tasty, moderately priced meal (the dinner specials really are!) and then enjoy some (classic oldies covers on our 2 visits) live music. The full service bar and nostalgic favorites kept everyone in the mood to dance, the only problem was finding enough room on the smallish dance floor. But, all in all a very enjoyable evening — we’ll return soon.

Went on a Friday to have the fish fry. While we were waiting for a table we had a drink at the bar. I noted a few things here: both bartenders took dirty plates from customers and never washed there hands after doing so, both scooped ice using a glass!, both consistently grabbed clean classes from the inside before making someones drinks, one was eating behind the bar while making drinks!, and they both, after touching their hair and faces grabbed straws and fruit barehanded and put them into drinks! In the time we sat there, about 30 minutes, neither one washed their hands even once! Anyone with a basic knowledge on how viruses and bacteria get transferred to customers would know this is a huge no no! This is a good illness outbreak waiting to happen! The fish fry was ok but nothing to right home about. Service was good. Overall, this place caters to the over 50 grows. To top it off, I found a fly in my water after drinking half of it! Gross! We will not be coming back here!

My friend and I took a quick lunch break at Manhattan on a random Wednesday. We came in around noon and it was not that packed. We got seated right away and was told about the lunch specials. There are two menus for the lunch specials: one that changes and is around $ 8 – 10 and the other one is in the back of the main menu and it was $ 6.99.
I got the pulled pork sandwich with fries while my friend got the veggie quesdilla. While waiting for food, the waitress brought out two rolls for us to munch on. I enjoyed my pulled pork sandwich and was really stuffed and couldn’t finish my food. My friend enjoyed her quesadilla, too.
Overall, great service, and decent pricing. Nice little restaurant in Wheaton for you locals to check out.

Extremely limited vegetarian menu — you can get the nachos, spinach artichoke dip, or the vegetable pasta (with oil or with marinara). The egg/​pepper sandwich on their on-​line menu doesn’t appear on the actual menu.
That said, they were extremely accommodating, and there are items you can modify (chicken/​portabella panini, hold the chicken, etc.) to easily come up with a couple of other vegetarian options. I ordered the nachos over a baked potato instead of over corn chips and the waitress didn’t even blink. We had a group of 12 – 14 people with separate checks, and she was willing to combine some of them so I could use a coupon (which I hadn’t mentioned when ordering), in addition to dealing with my custom nachos and wanting a larger glass for my drink (IBC and Jagermeister — what a good idea!). She kept everyone’s water glasses filled too.
The bread/​butter (real butter) brought out while you wait is tasty if bland (it’s white bread, nice crust); they’ll bring more if you ask.
I can’t give them more than 3 stars because there’s so little I can eat here, but they have many redeeming features, and if you like steak or pot roast, it’s probably a great place.

I went here because they were having a trivia night (I got my ass kicked) so the missus and I decided to eat there too. It’s another place I really wanted to like but just couldn’t. I like the decide and atmosphere, but the food is really lacking. It’s not horrible, but it’s so bland.
I never, ever put salt on anything. This was the first place ever I had to salt my food. We had the following:
Saganaki– it was the appetizer they touted as a customer favorite. I’ve had better, I’ve had worse.
Mushroom soup– this came with my meal. It was ok. You could almost taste the thickener in it though and really bland.
Chicken Marsala-​my dinner. All in all ok, but the chicken was a little tough, and again… bland. It came with frozen green beans that were fine.
The missus had a pot roast sandwich. It was the smallest thing I ever saw, like kids menu small. It was dry and you guessed it, full of flavor… no I’m kidding it was bland too.
All in all the bill was something like 66 bucks for 2 meals and 4 drinks (one was pop). Definitely not worth the price.
I’m sure we’ll be back for trivia and drinks since we enjoy the place, but we’ll stop and eat somewhere else first.

My wife and I went here on a Saturday night for drinks and appetizers. Being close to our apartment in Carol Stream, we figured we give it a shot. The food and drinks were good, but we found the bar band to be mediocre at best. Even being across the restaurant, it was still difficult to hear my wife over the band.
Also, having made the mistake of living in Carol Stream in my 20’s, we continually got stares from other wait staff/​restaurant goers questioning that we were actually supposed to be in the bar at our age.
IMHO, $ 45 for 3 drinks and a plate of nachos is too expensive. We may or may not be back here. If we are it’s purely because of location and convenience.
Oh, and we’re definitely moving back downtown soon — we don’t belong here.

These folks know how to make a burger. The food is priced correctly and you can eat out here without blowing the budget. Quality of the entrés varies a bit, but I have not had any bad food here. The service is good on the front end but could be tuned up a bit as the meal progresses. For example, a promise of bread that never materialized. Pretty mature crowd, so I fit right in!

Absolutely divine Apricot Chicken! The pumpkin soup was absolutely perfect, I wish I had the recipe. Husband had French onion soup and steak sandwich. He devoured every bit, so I think he liked it! Friendly service, inviting atmosphere, comfortable surroundings, overall a great place! Saw many people dining alone at the bar, so you know the place had got to be comfortable and inviting! Haven’t been here in many years, I don’t even recognize the place. Love the updated layout and décor. Food is definitely much better than I remember. The portions are huge, I had to take half of it home, including dessert. Terrific wine list, something for every budget. I’m so glad I came back! Will definitely return many more times and tell friends about it.

Certainly acceptable food for reasonable coin.
We had Shrimp de Jonghe and Chopped Steak. The portions were moderate, side of veggies and clam chowder all went together to stuff our guys, nicely.
We will repeat this offense.

Always excellent good food good service good prices bring the family for breakfast on a weekend you won’t be disappointed

If you want homemade everything you need to go here. The salad dressing is homemade. Delicious. Mashed potatoes homemade.delicious. Steak is way better than I expected. They have jack daniels sauce similar to TGIF and its delicious. The owner is amazing. She let my coworker and myself in the resturaunt an hour before thwy opened simply because we walked in from the cold and we were hungry. Great service. Great atmosphere. They even carry one of my favprite beer bramds LAGUNITAS. I watched the Bulls game in the dining area. Its kinda casual kinda classy. I truly loved this place and I cant wait to try more items.

So I only write a review when I am extremely satisfied, or extremely dissatisfied. On this instance my visit wasn’t the best. Every time I have eaten here I have ordered some type of pasta, and every time i didn’t end up liking the sauce. I tried the sante fe pasta on special the other night and it was too spicy for my taste.
Our waitress was BEYOND SLOW. I waited a good 10 minutes before I received a to go box that I asked for. Then she proceeded to wait another 15 minutes to give us our check. She forgot my friends drink, but didn’t end up charging for it since it took her so long to bring it, which was nice of her.
I enjoy the atmosphere of the place and i’m sure I’ll be back eventually to give it another try

This was probably my husband and my third visit to Manhattan’s. We had such a great experience, I wanted to make sure that I reviewed it. The hostess asked if we wanted to be seated near the TVs because a football game was on. We said no, so we were seated in a booth up in a quieter area. Service was excellent. She was obviously an experienced server. Our soft drinks were delivered quickly. I liked the extra large size glasses. Even with that, our server offered to refill our drinks when our glasses were about half empty.
My husband had the pot roast dinner and I had the pot roast sandwich. Both meals were delicious. I especially loved the warm bread with butter that came out with our soup and salad. We both left stuffed and satisfied.
We don’t live nearby so it will be a special trip out here but we’ll come back soon.

I don’t live very far, but somehow I’ve only been here once. And I’m not quite sure why that hasn’t changed cuz the one meal I had here was pretty amazing.
Swordfish is my absolute favorite, so when I saw it on the specials I obviously had to try it. They also had paired it with a strawberry salsa-​ish deal. Amazing. Plus, I still got a baked potato and some kinda rice deal. It was a lot of food!
I will probably try to make a point to get out there again, and secretly hope they will have the same special even though that would mean I wouldn’t try something else on their menu…