Vickie’s Place

Too much on the menu, so everything is mediocre. Service is awful. Walked out last time after not seeing a server within 15 minutes of being seated-​on a slow day

Always excellent food and service!
Very nice waitresses who know and do their job well. I am extremely critical of this aspect of dining out.
Casual, (shockingly quiet) inside dining… on the river. Their jerk chicken rub is made in house (i inquired as I make my own). Soooo good! I don’t know why another reviewer commented on spiciness… maybe she was looking for blackened? Jerk isn’t spicy. it’s flavorful.
GREAT drink offerings. I recommend the rum punch. I am pretty much stuck on ordering the jerk chicken and rum punch this past summer. They are that good!
I have been coming here for 20 years… on and off… mostly in summers. We usually dine here as a couple. I highly recommend if you are looking for casual dining… good homemade sandwiches and frozen drinks with a nice river view. Cute island décor. Don’t change a thing!

I enjoyed being able to sit out on the deck and my daughter had a ball throwing french fries to the ducks in the river. I wonder if they would have eaten my awful cod basket for me and covered the bill?
Corona battered cod and Red Hook Ale battered shrimp. Sounds good, right? Nowhere in the menu was it mentioned I’d be gnawing my way through a leathery center – indicating the cod had been microwaved – or crunching through tasteless, overcooked shrimp. For $ 12.95 you get a single, thin, frozen fish style piece of cod, five measly shrimp and fries. Super disappointing. The wife had a veggie burger, which looked fine, and the kid had a personal pizza that, once again, also appeared to be microwaved as the plate was boiling hot and the crust of the pizza steamed.
I enjoyed sitting out on the river but it’s really more of a «get crazy drunk and pick at a pizza» kind of joint. Doubtful we’ll be returning.

Always have had great food. We especially like going during summer months so we can sit outside along the river. Have a great selection of burgers and other sandwiches, have not had the pizza yet.
My favorite so far is the cheesy beef!!!

Few things I enjoy more than a hot summer day on a boat, and docking at a more than adequate waterside joint for cocktails and snacks. Such was the case I hit Vickies Place, in McHenry, IL. McHenry is perched on the Fox River, which runs into the Chain of Lakes, on up to outside of Milwaukee, and south to the Illinois River, which rolls into the Mississippi about 25 miles north of St. Louis.
I’m sure most summer days Vickies is a mad house, but in the middle of a weekday after noon when we floated up, it was relatively quiet.
The menu has something for every taste. I will caution you in advance, this is one of those places you are going to get OVERSERVED in the food realm. I opted for an order of rings as a starter, which came with three different dipping sauces, very tasty, big mistake, as all of the over-​sized sandwches are accompanied by BOTH fries and onion straws.
Could be wrong, but had the feeling the rings weren’t made in house, but the onion straws were. Both were delicious. The fries? Those extruded things, I know they are popular with a lot of people, just not my personal favorites — I like to be able to tell fries came from a potato.
I went with the Black and Blue Lagoon burger, cajun seasoned hand-​formed eight ounce patty, blue cheese crumbles, and blue cheese sauce — served on the most incredibly soft butter-​topped roll. Dressed with lettuce and tomato, with a great pickle spear on the side. Real crunch.
The patty was quality beef, and the taste came through loud and clear. Couldn’t get anywhere near finishing the plate.
They have entrees, sandwiches, baskets, house-​made pizza, and the ubiquitous Friday night fish fry.
Our server «K.C.» was affable, knowledgeable, and outgoing. Attentive without hovering. She’s wasting her talents there.
If you find yourself boating up the Fox, or driving the back roads of northern Illinois, Vickies is worth a stop.

Took us forever to even her a drink let alone order our good. When we finally got our drinks we had to wait 15 more minutes to order our food. Drinks were nothing to talk about. Nachos were some tortilla chips with ez cheese, shredded lettuce and a spoonful of meat. Carribean jerk steak sandwich wasn’t spicy and honestly had no flavor. Overall I wouldn’t come again, despite the nice view of the river.