The Anchor

What a great place! You won’t find better chicken strips anywhere!!! The rest of the food is great too! The owner John is a great supporter of the community as well. The new version of the bar has lots of additional space, fun atmoshere, pleasant wait staff, great food, on the beautiful Rock River, Best bar in the Rock County area!!!

Stopped in on our way back to Rockford from the Dells. Had a GREAT time! Beers were cold, food was delicious, and Nikki, Michelle, and Beth were awesome! They had a great selection of draft beers for a reasonable price. Would have stayed longer if we didn’t have such a long drive home. And, the remodeling looks fantastic! Just beautiful!

This place is a gem! Excellent food, super friendly staff, and the owners are incredibly nice! My family eats there often and we’ve never left dissatisfied!

Finally decided to try out the new Anchor Inn. The building was nice but it was very loud in there. They had a pretty good selection of tap beers but they were pricey. When we finally sat down, I was greeted at the table by a bar to my shin. On two sides of each table, there is a bar that prevents you from being able to actually scoot you chair in and have your legs under the table-​terrible design! The menu was very limited compared to the old menu and everything was build your own and á la carte. So you paid for any extras like cheese, bacon, fries, ranch on top of the already expensive burger. To get the old smokin’ bessy burger it would now cost at least $ 12 compared to $ 8.95 before. I was very disappointed that they took the reuben wrap off the menu. We got frickles to start and they were soggy and very salty. My husband ordered the 3 piece cod fish fry and it was alright but the filets were very small. I ordered the bbq chicken wrap and it was OK but I prefer grilled tortilla wraps. Overall, the service was good but for the cost we were not impressed with the product.

The wife and I had dinner here this past Thursday night… Sat at the bar and the bar tender to be prompt and friendly… We ordered fried pickles for an app along with burgers… While fries are an add on, that really didn’t strike us as odd as that has become somewhat standard at bars, the pricing was that out of line — think like 6 – 8 bucks for the burger plus 1 – 2 bucks for fries so still right around 9 – 11 for a meal… The pickles came out fresh and hot and there was boat load of em… We were pleasantly surprised by the size and quality of our burgers when they arrived and the fries were crisp and salty… Would recommend to others looking for a good burger… great place to watch the game as well.

We have been waiting and waiting for Anchor to re-​open. Finally! Slooooooooow service. Ok food. Way over priced… and you pay extra for fries, etc. very disappointed.
Last weekend my husband ordered chicken nachos. It eventually came out… without cheese???
I asked the waitress about it… and she said she would go ask the kitchen. She came back with a little bit of shredded cheese. This place has been busy. I’m not sure why. As we have had ok good and slow service.

Greatest music venue ever! Wanna feel like your at an awesome resort? Go to anchor and enjoy their great food, wonderful staff and the best bloody Mary’s in the land. Cheers John and Dawn! Love your place!