Sluggers World Class Sports Bar

The only way this comment would be reviewed is if I put 5 stars but it does not deserve that whatsoever.
The staff at this bar is ridiculous. Rude and very slow. There was an incident just recently when I came into the bar on a Saturday night, and I ordered a drink. The bartender that ordered from Ashley was slow on giving my drink, was really rude served them to me sloppy. She handed me the check after I closed my tab after 2 drinks and did not tip her. The moment she saw that I did not tip her she called me and my fiancé out saying that she was not serving me all night and ran to go tell all her fellow bartenders not to serve me. After I ignored her she came right back after 2 minutes and told me «to get my ghetto ass home and go drink a 40». Was this because my fiancé and I were the only Hispanics there? After she said that she laughed and other customers near the bar started insulting me and saying racist things. I’ve never been so humiliated. I called the manager many times day after day and nobody cared.
I will never ever come here again.
ZERO STARS. They need to learn how to value customers that spend their hard earned money!

I’ll start this off my saying I’m not a fan of Wrigleyville, but Sluggers is terrible. It just feels like a dirty place and is outrageously expensive from top to bottom. A light beer is $ 6, need I say more? We aren’t in the stadium folks, we are in a bar with arcade games and we should probably leave.
One cool unique thing they have is batting cages. Which earns them a star over the minimum. But other than that, yikes.

One of my friends brought me here a week ago for the dueling pianos and I had a blast! We were pondering about getting food but decided not to. So our waitress brought us some popcorn as a snack. The drinks were average and the atmosphere was inviting. The dueling pianos were definitely a hit, definitely plus on a night out drinking.

I’ll start off by saying I would give this bar 0 stars if that were an option. This is a landmark bar for those visiting Wrigleyville known for the batting cages, pop a shot, dueling pianos and various other arcade games.
Personally this is my least favorite place in the city for many reasons. The clientele that comes in here truly screams «I’m from Indiana and I want to take cuts in the cages amongst other Indiana trash.» The price of alcohol is absurd, the dance floor is riddled with unattractive people and the bouncers are huge hardos.
If you’re looking for a night out in Wrigley and want to pay $ 7 for a Miller Lite along with settling to surround yourself with awful people this is the place to be. Notch this bar right up there with Beer on Clark. I’ll try my hardest to never come back.

Fantastic place… good vibes. Shouldn’t have to take 25 minutes to get a tab when the bar isn’t even that busy. Why isn’t there there at least 2 bartenders… just saying

I had a good time here, but I wasn’t blown away by the experience. The games upstairs were fun, but unfortunately, since it was a Sunday night, they shut down the upstairs at 930, and we got there around 845. So we were not able to do the batting cages. But we played a few other games … Unfortunately there were some little kids running around and climbing on all of the skee ball machines, which made the experience upstairs less desirable. We had a few drinks downstairs and it as fun. Just a standard sports bar.

Great place to have a good time. Lots of arcade games and booze. Great staff! I would definitely recommend.

This place is garbage from the interior design to the people that work there. Once of the low life door men went extra out of his way to try to tell me that MY ID was not me. Even though all the characteristics on it describe me. He then said I look more chubby in my ID picture. Yeah smart one, maybe because I’m smiling there. Good call when you can’t eve see my body and its not like it didn’t look like me.
The picture was old and I was also not dolled up as I am in a bar. His assessment was BS. But thats not the problem, I can guarantee that he knew it was me and was just trying to ruin my night. That’s what happens when you have shitty management. you get dirtbags working the door that want to piss of girls they could never be with.
Hospitality and manners are key to the class of every bar/​club/​anything. All the others were very sweet and polite at all times. Thats what grade is. This place is shit. When I asked for a manager, they pointed outside the door.
sighh. Oh well. what are ya gonna do! At least I have the world at my feet and the best jobs these scums can get is working the door at an all honestly garbage joint. Take yourself down to deuces instead!

My favorite Wrigleyville of all bars in the area!
1^st — The prices! It is a blue collared Chicago Cubs fan bar and the prices are AWESOME! 6 dollar old style tall cans? In Chicago? Unheard of!!! The food? Amazing! Wings? Amazing! Alpha male food. No sushi here. And no 10 dollar drinks here as well.
2^nd — I think the layout is very good. Unlike most of the bars in the area, the bar is a rectangle in the middle of the bar. Plus beer tubs. Can’t beat that. Easy to get alcohol. Other places in the area was impossible!!!
3^rd — Lots of TV’s. We were there for the Cubs playoff game. Also a backroom and upstairs. Batting cages upstairs.
4^th — Clients are mixed. Plumbers, electricians etc. with many post college kids as well whose parents are able to pay for their condos and apartments in the area. No issues with that. They were nice and we are all Cub fans in this bar. The fact that there are many hard working blue collared people that come to this bar is awesome. Great mix and beyond awesome. I am a college coach and I enjoy this place because of it.
This place has always been my favorite bar. You can tell the hard workers in the kitchen take pride in what they do and the bartenders were working their asses off dealing with a bunch of drunks.
5 stars! All the way! Party on party hard party forever! Go Cubs!!!
Also a note to the Sluggers employees… if you find a credit card there under my name please let me know. Lol. I cancelled it anyway.

While up to watch the Cubs clinch, I happened to hear of the Colts room. Being from Indiana, we decided to watch the colts game here before heading in to wrigley.
Service was amazing, friendly, pleasant, and on point. I don’t believe my beer ever became empty, and the snacks (hello pretzel) were sound.
Nice projector, and the games audio was on, not some loud obnoxious music. I like a myriad of music but definitely prefer the announcers voices during a game.
Didn’t play too many games, but will definitely hit the back room if I’m up here again on an upcoming Sunday of the best 17+ weeks of the year!

Ok, so this place is packed like 24 – 7, and it’s not the cleanest in the world, butttt…, the bartenders are lovely and they have batting cages upstairs! Can you beat balls flying at your face after having drank? Go, drink, and slam home runs.

Typical Wrigleville bar. Met up a group of people here after the Billy Joel concert. The downstairs was packed and it doesn’t help that there’s a huge bar in the middle of the room. When it gets this packed, they should consider getting rid of some of the stool and tables as they were a hazard to everyone trying to squeeze by. I ventured into the back looking for the girl’s restroom, which for a bar this large, was SUPER tiny and not clearly marked. The bar extends into another room in the back and they also supposedly have an awesome upstairs but everyone crams right where you come in.

Batting cages. Arcade basketball. Skeeball. Alcohol. What can possibly go wrong? I can tell you this, it was a blast.
My friend took here continuing our bar hopping, just because of the reason of the batting cages. I’m not a big baseball player, so where did we go? To the slowest cage. Yes. That’s what I’m talkin’ about. This was where I batted (only once). However, with the numerous amount of arcade games I definitely hopped on that basketball and killed it.
This place was definitely packed! With drinks everywhere, I got a drink upstairs next to the batting cages. Let’s just say it wasn’t that cheap ($ 20 for a long island) but let’s say they definitely double on all the liquor. So, super strong for maybe a little more. I guess the only down thing about this place is that it’s prices with drinking. But regardless, if you’re near here and you’ve never been to this type of bar, definitely come check it out because I had a blast.
Overall, I thought it was great. I think I would come back more often if I played baseball or if I was in town. I’m glad I got to experience this place and had tons of fun.

I’m not a huge bar patron, but I ended up at Sluggers with some friends on a recent Friday night.
Sluggers would seem to be your typical sports bar upon entry, but when you enter up the stairwell, you are greeted by batting cages, ski ball, and several arcade games. You can even earn tickets and redeem them for prizes such as kazoos and candy (I believe this is to cater to the drunks and the younger crowd during normal banker hours).
Anyways, there’s a bar upstairs and downstairs. The downstairs bar has a dance floor, which I did not partake in. Be advised that the upstairs portion gets really hot with all the batting cages and people milling around. It also appeared that they featured dueling pianos in one portion of the upstairs bar as well.
This place is in the shadow of Wrigley Field. It definitely caters to the younger drinking crowd. This was my second visit here; I went a long time ago as a youngin, and I enjoyed it a bit more then.
My friends went into the cages, but I did not (Mr. No Fun). I didn’t feel like getting hurt because with my luck, I would have. I’m currently without health insurance due to a life changing event, but I don’t think I wouldn’t have gone in the cages either way (I like being comfortable, and working up a sweat in a short sleeve henley and khaki shorts isn’t my thing).
If you are looking for something a little different in the bar scene, head here.

My friends and I had a very unfortunate experience here: Right around closing time, I asked my boyfriend to take a photo of my friends and me. A bouncer told us to leave and my boyfriend said we would after the photo. Next thing I know, the bouncer is shoving him to the ground and out the door in a blind rage. He put his hands on one of my friends– she was not involved in the situation at all. When I tried to describe the incident to a bouncer at the door, he shrugged it off and closed the door.
The amount of force used was completely disproportionate to the cause. We were not being rowdy or reckless. If we were the last ones refusing to leave, I could rationalize it– however, people were still exiting at their own pace. I have visited Sluggers before and have never seen (let alone experienced) an incident like this. We left in shock. Consider hiring bouncers that have better decision-​making skills and can control their anger.

This is a world class dueling Piano bar. In my opinion skip the rest of the bar– downstairs is a dance club, sharing the 2^nd floor are batting cages and skee-​ball– go to sing the best classic rock and some new music too.
Be prepared however– nothing is free. There is a cover every night but Tuesdays, and they do charge $ 8 for a bud-​light tallboy. Additionally if you want your song to be played in the night– make sure you are willing to put some cash in the piano players’ jar. That being said they have a huge and varied repertoire.
My biggest complaint here is the waitstaff. They tend to be rude, and you to tip big. The jello shot girl’s attitude always annoys me… you are handing out pre-​made weak jello shots, for $ 2 each– you didnt make me a drink and your entire job is to wander around to each table and do this. I am not sure that deserves a tip. (I am open to opinions on this) Additionally the bar tenders seem to get in a huff when you dont give them more than $ 1 for opening your beer. (once again not mixing a drink, just handing you a can). Someone let me know if the standard $ 1/​drink rule has changed and I will change my behavior accordingly.
This is a fun place, I go back over and over again. I do wish the staff was nicer and the prices were more reasonable.

I had actually heard about Sluggers before I came to visit Chicago for the first time. My wife and I were planning to go to a Cubs game at Wrigley so I figured it would be the perfect time to check this bar out.
When we first walked in I wasn’t surprised to see the bar packed since it was a couple hours before a Cubs-​Dodgers game. However, I was surprised to see how few employees they had working at that time for the amount of people in the bar. After reading other reviews about how bad the service is I can definitely believe it. We decided to try the upstairs area to see if there was more space up there. I am pretty sure with every step we took up the stairs the air temperature got hotter a degree or two.
It was extremely hot, humid, and unclean upstairs. The batting cages/​arcade games are a really cool addition to the bar but I don’t know how people stayed up there for more than a few minutes. We decided to leave Sluggers (slightly disappointed) to go find another bar to pregame at.

This place is a shit hole! I would never eat here & only drank once. They only carry the usual corporate crap beer (Miller, Coors, Bud) & the place looks filthy! Only reason I come, batting cages! Located on the second floor, don’t worry, u don’t have to eat or drink here to take advantage of the cages but u do have to buy tokens (which are pricey). Luckily there’s a Groupon for that!

I don’t write many 1-​star reviews, but my experiences at Slugger’s have been so horrible that I just had to warn people.
Worst bar in Wrigley and it’s not even close. If you’re reading this and standing on Clark street debating which bar you should go to, DO NOT go to Slugger’s.
Their food is absolutely disgusting and their service is probably the worst I’ve ever experienced. I completely understand that Sluggers is a dive bar and I shouldn’t expect world class service by any means, but their service is a legit joke. Their bartenders have serious attitude issues and couldn’t care less if you’re happy or not. They’re just not friendly people and that’s unfortunate because I really wanted to like them, but their attitude and inability to be even remotely friendly was incredible. In their defense, it can get extremely busy in there and it has to be stressful for them, but that’s not an excuse to be rude to your customers.
The food, ugh, their food is absolutely awful. We’ve tried a number of things over a couple of visits from their burgers to pizza to calamari to wings, and it’s all horrible. I’m not sure if it’s the quality of food they bring in or the people who cook it, but I have a feeling it’s a combination of both.
When we tried their burgers, we just ordered them medium and really aren’t picky when it comes to the way they’re cooked, but this was an impressive joke. One was completely burned, it was like they forgot it was on the grill. The second one was BARELY cooked, I wish I would have taken a picture. We were actually impressed, how could we order two burgers medium at the exact same time and one comes out rare and one comes out charred? It was really impressive actually.
The pizza? Nope. Don’t even think about it. That’s all I’m going to say. There are far better places in the area to get pizza if you’re drunk (Bacci’s), so don’t waste your time here.
The calamari? As expected (and what we hoped for) it was fried, but they were absolutely disgusting. Again, we were in a bar and didn’t expect anything extravagant at all, but we did expect something that at least tasted OK and didn’t make us spit it out. This stuff must have been from the local retention pond or something because it was absolutely horrible. We ate about 3 pieces and left the rest on the table.
The wings? Take my advice and go across the street to Mullens. Mullens has the best wings in Wrigley and I think some of the best in all of Chicago.
Overall, this is a bar you need to skip. The service is pathetic and the bartenders are some of the most unfriendly people I’ve ever interacted with. I completely understand that it gets busy and stressful, but it wouldn’t hurt to smile or act pleasant. The food is horrible and there are far better options on the same block.

Sluggers never ceases to amaze me. The things one sees here are crazy. The bar itself is dirty. Really drunk people are the normal crowd. Sometimes they can get a good dj in but mostly its radio top 40 type music that you would get at most of the bars in the area.
Upstairs is the redeeming grace of Sluggers — the batting cages and games. I always love having something to do in a bar rather than just drinking. It gets really hot upstairs as there is no AC — and on Sundays it is full of kids because of the cheap batting cage prices. It could be better but its the only place around that has ski ball, pop shot, and the batting cages.