Bill’s Pizza & Pub

Every time I come to Bills Pub its a disappointment. The food is fine but the staff is always lacking luster. Last time I was there, I overheard them talking about how poorly the owner treats staff and no wonder the turn over rate is so high. I have often noticed that staff changes over a lot as I come here often. However, the last time was the last. While the food is fine the atmosphere is terrible. I’ll be spending my money elsewhere. It’s a shame the owner just couldn’t keep employees or treat them well enough to have them care about their jobs.

I had the misfortune of dining in at Bill’s Pub in Mundelein.
ATMOSPHERE: Visit at your own risk if you eat at this museum of death. note Im not just talking about the taxidermy on the walls. Which some of it is very disturbing when trying to eat. It looks like a horror villian had a field day. There are unnatural creations there such as a bunny with horns and feathers. Next gaze your eyes upwards to the ceiling which looks like its entirely made of egg cartons. I can not make this stuff up. Lastly I went into the bathroom, I dont think they have been cleaned properly since this place opened. There were papertowels and toiletpaper strewn about. The counter was in a state of perpetual wetness and the mirror looked like it was full of dirt. But that should come as no surprise as when walking past the bar. The bar was a complete pig sty with cups and liquids sloshed around. Any place that encourages throwing peanuts on the ground as much fun as it sounds doesnt care about hygiene.
SERVICE: The service seemed fine, I was seated right away. the servers were friendly enough but were rarely around. Had to wait forever to place drink order and get check but other then that pretty typical
Food: The peanuts were nice at the beginning till i realized that they seem to just take the baskets off the other table and refill it not new baskets each time. The health inspector should come by. The pizza was mediocre at best. Had an over priced thin crust pepperoni and sausage pizza. I would best describe it as being roughly on par with Chuck E. Cheeses Pizza, maybe a bit better. If i didnt think it rude i would have walked out.
TL;DR: Stay away from this unsanitary greasy spoon. Instead if you are looking for a pizza place/​bar in Mundelein Go to Hitz or Emils both I would recommend over this hell hole any day

I went here with my wife and son for lunch. The service was great and good was spectacular. My 15 year old son didn’t speak much throughout lunch because he was too busy enjoying the pizza. Will go back again.

This pizza’s amazing. It’s double-​decker which is awesome. I’ve never been to a pizza place that has this, and I absolutely love it. I also love the store. It’s very laid back. There are taxidermy animals everywhere and peanuts at every table (you throw the shells on the floor) — very fun!

Never a bad experience! The staff is always great. The pizzas are great. The sandwiches are great. The bacon cheddar fries are easily worth your first born. It’s also fun for kids who enjoy throwing their peanut shells on the floor.

If it wasn’t for our incredible waitress, Heather, we may have left before we even ordered. I called in advance to make sure the Blackhawks game would be on, they said yes. But when I got there, the bartender refused to change the channel, was deliberately being rude and making inappropriate eye contact with me as if to intimidate me. It’s a real shame because the pizza was great. We got the Bills Special and it did not disappoint. But the bartender made things very awkward and spoiled our experience.

Visiting from out of town & hotel front desk highly recommended this place for delivery. Disappointed in my $ 24.00 dinner. I ordered a house salad & personal Hawaiian pizza. First– wasn’t expecting to get a prefab pack of ranch– homemade is wayy better (1^st disappointment) the salad was very basic, lettuce, canned sliced black olives, unripe slices of tomato. So kinda blah– wouldn’t spend $ 5 on this next time for sure. The pizza was ok. Personally feel like Pizza Hut would have been a better choice (sorry– I love local businesses, but this wasn’t impressive.) last but not least, delivery took over an hour & pizza was cold, not even warm by this point. (I microwaved it here at the hotel.) wasn’t the worst, but definitely not one of the top 10 of great pizzas.

We visited Bill’s with the kids and the grand-​kids.
Service was great– pie was as usual tasty. Peanut shells on the floor and being able to touch the stuffed animals were a big hit with the grand-​kids. The server was thoughtful enough to put the kids drinks in child proof glasses.
Worth noting is that Bill’s has things on the kids menu other than pizza/​pasta. Also it appears that they have added some upscale brews to the beer menu since the last time we were here.
Our server was very helpful and patient when the youngest got a bit cranky (tired I think?).
Overall we had a great experience and will certainly come back again.

Um… this place is so good! A great pizza menu and getting a pizza half and half can be done. Nice beer menu and friendly staff. Very country feel and you better like peanuts! Highly recommended!

First, I Ordered Caesar Salad and got black lettuce. Like old bad lettuce. I couldnt believe it when I opened it. Not only that but I understand it’s a Caesar salad but make it look descent. There was a pinch of the cheese not appetizing at all.
Second, ordered pepperoni pizza and the pizza tasted weird even my son who loves pizza didn’t finish one piece.
What’s disturbing is if these employees aren’t paying attention to the food then what else aren’t they paying attention to.
Customer for over 10 years.

My husband picked up a specialty pizza… I wished he hadn’t… The thin crust was OK but the sauce was terrible and there was nothing special about it… and for a large pizza that looked more like a medium 23.00 bucks. Never again.

Pizza is good just expensive! Two pizzas at 37 $ a piece (sausage and green pepper) is pretty pricey! Great drink specials! Sooo close to my house so probably will eat there again but really think its over priced

Great pizza, they need more variety of micro brews but any place that gives you peanuts and you can throw the shells on the floor is good in my book!

This is THE BEST thin crust I’ve had anywhere. Ever. Grew up in Chicago burbs so I have some expertise in this area. If you find yourself near Bill’s, stop the damn car and eat this. No letdown here. And there are bronzed topless mermaid figures on the bar rail which are just fun. Unless your not in to topless mermaids on bars I guess. Good pizza, good drinks, cozy restaurant, mermaids.

Very friendly staff on a Monday evening. Went with a pretty simple selection of chili and a northsider pizza (after all it is a pizza place!!)
The chili was very meaty with a heavy tomato flavor. Very little beans (seems odd doesn’t it?) came out fast and was warm not super hot. 2.5 stars
Holy crap! The northsider is hawttttttt! Mouth buring… maybe a bit too much burn really. Meat was also a bit scarier than I expected. but for a individual sized pie I think it was a pretty good choice…4 stars
Beer and whiskey selection pretty lean…2 starts
But the friendly crew (slightly salty group) and awesome atmosphere 3.5 stars gets to my final overall rating. Not a bad spot for you and the family provides you don’t mind peanut shells in the floor (really.that is happening)

The guys in my family walked over to Bill’s for pizza and beer to escape the baby shower underway at my brother’s home in Mundelein.
The setting is all dark wood with a serious log cabin motif. Peanut shells are strewn all over the floor as free baskets of peanuts are at ever booth.
We had a few pitchers of the local Mundelein brew: «Tighthead Comfortably Blonde» ale. We also had a large Margherita pizza and a large, «Northsider» pie. The Northsider had pepperoni, sausage, giardiniera (for the record, in Chicago we call it «giard-​in-​aire», the same way you say, «legionnaire»). Both pies were thin crust.
Bottom line: The Margherita wasn’t the correct style. The Northsider was pretty tasty though. And kudos to Bill’s for having a beer style from the local microbrew (otherwise it was all Macro-​Lagers).
This place is unpretentious, simple, and hits the spot on the right day. For me, that day was last Sunday.

My 3 year old with a microwave could have done better.
Seriously I think this was the worst «food» we have ever had the displeasure of putting into our bodies… and we used to eat fast food, that ish isn’t food either…
The ample star rating here was definitely not heavily weighted on the inedible crapfest being served on plates, it makes me literally physically nauseous to think about as I write this.
My husband and I have driven past this place many times on long road trips out of the Chicagoland ‘burbs and way up North in WI… always pointing it out, so we decided to look it up on trusty ol’ Unilocal,and were surprised to see high star rating on so many reviews, usually a good sign.
We were exhausted, starving, and parched from our long road trip, and decided to give them a try, then hop back on the road for home.
The interior is festively cabiny, up in the woods, which we thought was quaint and interesting. We were seated after crunching our way through the peanut shells to our table. We were hella hungry, so we decided to get an appetizer first, and we tried some mini taco things… not really expecting much, just some food asap while our pizza cooked.
Yeah… these things make Applebees Freezer-​to-​Microwave-​to-​Plate technique look fancy… they were horrible! Freezer burned at one point, and processed to all hell, they were just an explosion of heartburn, and vomit in your mouth disgustingfest.
So we went back to shelling peanuts, a safer alternative for fueling our hungry bodies.
**PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO NUTS AT ALL DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ENTER THIS ESTABLISHMENT!!! NUTS, SHELLS, A WHOLE MESS EVERYWHERE! STAY AWAY**
We saw their double decker pizza creation was greatly popular, and being starvin’ marvin’ we picked the Hawaiian pizza version of that. But it takes extra. because it’s huge… and a huge waste of money… seriously I would not wish this cat-​food resembling, ketchup stained glob on my worst enemy… undercooked and a watery ketchupy «sauce» ooze that is the most disgusting excuse for a «pizza» that I have ever seen… and the tragedy is, they have claimed to have outstanding pizza for decades… So. GROSS.
You could not pay me enough money to ever eat from here again. EVER!
This should be able to have a rating of NEGATIVE stars, for wasting my time and hard earned money!!!
Definitely one for the books… the books of horribly disgusting non-​edible places to never ever visit EVER.
The silver lining to this experience was the only reason this should have even one star, and that was our server… I don’t remember his name, perhaps it was Michael? He was stellar, very personable, kind, funny… He really should take his talents else where, he would thrive at any OTHER customer service establishment than this ish hole.
I wish I could have my time and money back after this wretched experience… I feel traumatized…
Please do NOT waste your precious time OR money here… just KEEP ON DRIVING!
This ISH is NOT food!

I enjoyed this place! It doesn’t look like your typical mom-​pap pizza place. You walk in and it looks like a hunting lounge. I was expecting to have some wild game food, maybe a squirrel pizza perhaps.
Once you get past that. The pizza is really good. I love the atmosphere the peanuts are awesome. Love the crust. I just had the basic thin crust pizza. It looks like they are known for a double crust version that I will certainly try next time.

This is definitely not reflective of our waiter, who rocked it.
I was pretty excited to try this as I’ve driven by it many times. It had a solid 4 stars, so I also figured what could go wrong and felt like this was a safe choice.
The mini tacos looked like they were pulled out of the freezer and warmed up. I understand this a bar, but I guess I was expecting something resembling homemade food.
The Hawaiian pizza was a disaster. We got the double decker version being that it seemed to be their claim to fame. The sauce was horrendous. It tasted like ketchup on a pizza. That was the overwhelming taste that I couldn’t get over. Being a pizza place that has been around for a while I couldn’t imagine how this was on the menu.
I feel cheated out of my money for paying for this trash, and that is exactly where the leftovers went, basically a whole pizza with a couple of bites taken out of it, bites that I wish I could take back and use on real food.

Sooooo, I’m split on this place.
First of all, the pizza was really great. Juicy cheese, nice crust, the sauce had a great flavor. We got sausage pizza, and it wasn’t greasy, it was just really good. Easily stacks up against most any city pizza joint.
However. .. now, I am neither vegetarian nor vegan, I straight up eat animals. With that said, I found the interior quite unsettling. Taxidermy animals are usually sorta weird, and this was no exception. Maybe it’s me, but I just prefer not to look at a dead squirrel while I’m eating. The place also looked really dusty. This place is FULL of the stuff. It’s everywhere.
Taxidermied black bear?! Come on, that just made me sad.
That said, I know this place is pretty famous in these parts for this very interior, but it’s just not for me. If I do go back for the pizza — which was great — I’d go the take out route.
Vegans or vegetarians, do not even think of going to this place, you’ll be horrified.