Shelby Campbell’s Almost Famous

we order from them always and 9 out of 10 times our order is wrong even tho the person who takes order confirmed the order before paying but when we check the food its always something missing or done wrong. its ridiculous how they cant go by the order instead they just cook whatever they seem easier.

This place definitely has high points and low points. I have been in town for a week and I will have a few beers here depending on the bartender. If it’s the male bartender, I turn around and walk away. He has never said hello and depends on the customer to initiate any conversation (be it to order or grab a check). He just walks up to you and stares. The two female bartenders that I have seen have been nice and the servers for the tables to the side are good.
Breakfast is amazing. Decently priced (if you order off the menu; steer clear from the $ 2.75 Otis Spunkmeyer muffin) and the eggs taste like real fresh eggs (not bagged or boxed).
Dinner food is okay. The spinach and goat cheese salad was really good but their fried seafood is awful.
The glasses are almost always dirty with smudges that I doubt they ever actually went through a dishwasher.
If you are staying at the hotel or nearby, definitely give it a shot. Their drink specials are actually good deals (from Texas standards, anyway).

Server could have cared less if I was there or not. The food took forever and they weren’t even busy. The beer tasted like it came from dirty lines. The overall smell was of an unclean restaurant. I will most likely not be returning even though it’s connected to my hotel.

Me and 2 girlfriends attended a paint night here & decided to eat afterwards. It was pretty busy but I think it was because of a convention attached to the hotel. I got a soup and salad was great. Friend got fish tacos– wasn’t a fan … Other friend got pulled pork– loved it.
Staff was nice got food fast && was fairly inexpensive. I will be coming back to try more of the menu.

Totally agree with Paul M. Weird, aloof staff. I’d say the bar service could best be described as ‘unfriendly’. Breakfast service was indifferent. So much potential — there is a great beer selection and the brick interior gives it a great atmosphere. But the confounding service combined with the fruit fly infestation got the message across… They don’t want you here.

Service is pretty good and so is the food. The turkey burger is tasty served with your traditional frieds, not the skinny ones which I hate.
Another good dish to try is the Cobb salad, the wings (huge and crispy) as well as the French onion soup. They also serve breakfast for the hotel guests and priced right for visitors.
I also had the ribs and Bavarian pretzels which I wasn’t as crazy about but filled my belly for the night. When I return and stay at the hotel I will visit this restaurant again. Well worth the visit for the price and location.

I was told that the management and food menu changed a few months ago. Ever since then, the food is truly outstanding! Much better food then you would assume would be there. The prices are decent and they offer many food options. Lots of TV’s, always plays the Hawks and Bulls games, Gaming Area off to the side, large place, outdoor patio. Why the missing star? Service can be very slow at times. Sometimes when it’s not even busy. I have been there about 8 – 10 times and I’d say service was slow about 6 of those times. They could improve on that, but the food is great!

Saturday early evening… killing time before picking up my brother from O’Hare. Can’t say much about the drinks, but I ordered the Chicken Caesar salad, and was not disappointed. Good size, just the right amount dressing. The service was a bit spotty, which ruined the «first time» experience. Overall, I would give it another shot. Just a few kinks to work out, but it shows promise.

Ugh… terrible service at this place! A large group of us went here for a Paint Nite event. The event started at 5 p.m. on a Saturday night and the place was nearly empty except for the Paint Nite group that was off in a separate room. We stood at the bar for a good 5 – 10 minutes without so much as an acknowledgement from the bartender. We gave up and took our seats, promised that the group would have its own server. We did… eventually. One lady was assigned to our entire room (maybe 30 painters?) The food we ordered was actually pretty good but the service truly sucked. This place is NOT recommended.

Food was great I give it an A. Service I give a D+ the 2 bartenders and manager were to busy talking about their personal lives to see that we sat down at the bar, and after seeing us they needed to finish there conversation. Sanitation was an F– I had a couple of drinks and then saw the bartender take a customers glass half full of ice and dip the cup into the ice bin to top it off. I couldn’t believe my eyes I watched and she did it again. I was done drinking after that. Then they took the metal beer buckets that customers touch and are never washed and dipped that in the ice bin too. If that is how disgusting they are in front of the customers I hate to see it behind closed doors. Take your money else where.

Stayed at the Holiday Inn attached to this restaurant. It was underwhelming for breakfast. Definitely room for improvement.

This restaurant has quite literally the worst service I think I have ever witnessed. My girlfriends and I did a ‘paint night’ in a separate room off to the side. We got there early and went to the bar to get some drinks. The place was pretty much empty with only 2 guys eating down the bar and 1 table in the restaurant.
There were 5 people in my group standing up by the bar waiting for the bartender and he was a mess. He took drink orders one by one… Taking the order, going to get the drink, taking a moment to wash a dish, coming back with the drink, taking the money, going to the register, bringing back change, etc. We all ordered the exact same glass of wine and he continued to go one at a time — I guess I can look past that, maybe hes new but he literally kept stopping and washing dishes in between orders too, as if he needed a break. It was rude and we were all annoyed.
Once we all got our drinks we settled in the side room. We were delighted to see there was a server designated for the room — maybe now we would get service! She seemed attentive for like a minute. My table ordered a glass of Merlot, a beer, a water, and an appetizer (chips and dip). She brought back the water and beer but not the wine, when asked she said it would be on its way. 25 minutes later she hadn’t come back — my friend saw her busing a table so she went to ask her if she could get her glass of wine. The server said they were out of Merlot and then asked if she wanted something else — this to me is absurd. If you’re out of something you should have told us when you brought the order not made her wait and hunt you down. So she said any red you have will work and the server said she would bring it over. About 20 more minutes go by, our painting session is nearly over and she still doesn’t have her wine and we never got our chips and dip. I find another server and ask her about it, the appetizer was never put in and my friends red wine was sitting at the bar waiting to be picked up this whole time. Bless that servers heart she gave me the wine and said she’d take care of the appetizer for us.
It was great they covered the our chips and dip because I surely would never order it again nor want to pay for it. One of the three dips was literally just a bowl of melted butter… it was disgusting. The pita was good (but how can you mess up pita) with a bland hummus, and also a weird dip that I wouldn’t even know how to describe.
We had planned on all grabbing dinner once our painting session ended, but it was clear we were not eating here due to the appetizer and terrible service. And it is safe to say I will never be back to this establishment.

Legit Babybacks… Fall off the bone. Just a tip, add a little more seasoning to the dry rub.

Spent two evenings here during a conference and had a great time both nights. I only ate once — the turkey burger was absolutely delicious. Guy the bartender is professional but super friendly, as is the rest of the staff. I give it 4 stars instead of 5 only because, well, it’s bar food. But the atmosphere was great and the staff was fun even when we loaded them up with a bunch of conference attendees.

Real bad. I don’t mind waiting for lunch but if you sit for forty minutes in an empty place and literally no food is coming out of the kitchen it’s basically a waste of time. Plus staff is kind of aloof, weird vibe
A round on the house would’ve brought it to 1.5 stars. This place sucks stay away. you will regret being here

Great place to drink, especially if you’re from out of town and staying at connected Holiday Inn.
Food is average bar food at best-​taste so so, but large quantities.
Servcie is usually pretty good especially from bar maids.
Close early, like 11PM.
Your taste buds won’t be impressed, but you won’t go hungry.

Nice sports bar themed place on route 83 in Elk Grove Village. I used to like to come here for lunch every now and then when I was working on a consulting assignment in nearby Arlington Heights.
Food, service, and beer were always good… plus I could always pick up a free USA Today in the lobby of the adjoining hotel
They remodeled a few years ago and added a few nice local touches.
Good place… I’ll return if I’m ever in the area.

The convenient thing about this restaurant is that it’s attached to Holiday Inn Hotel Chicago-​Elk Grove. The restaurant is pretty big. I ended eating my meal in the bar area where everyone was watching Sunday’s night football game. The place does have a lot of TV’s to watch the game.
The food was OK and the menu has plenty of options to choose from (burgers, sandwiches, wraps, pizza, soup, and salads).
While the place wasn’t busy, the food did take a while to arrived to the table (15 – 20 mins). The restaurant staff can improve on their service to make their customers experience more pleasurable.
I could of read the receipt wrong, but it mention about leaving 18% gratuity. I was surprise that the gratuity was that high. I’m use of gratuity around 10% — 12% range. I don’t have an issue of leaving a tip, but 18% for mediocre food is high.

My hubby and I ate here for lunch (grudgingly, we were at a workshop in the hotel with no time to go elsewhere). But my grilled tilapia and my husbands fish tacos were actually quite good. So after a long day we decided to eat here for dinner and I ordered the fish tacos, which were great again. But my husbands pork chops were down right terrible, he couldn’t even eat it. I advise you stick with fish at this place.

This restaurant has changed names many times over the years, and I’ve been here many times in its different iterations, but my review of each place would be the same: ok food (standard American bar food here), friendly but sloooooooooooow service. If you’re on the clock at work, think twice before you come here, it might take a few hours.