The House Pub

Can’t beat the beer selection. Staff is helpful and not uptight/​beer snobs. Trust and let them guide you through the immense menu of beers. Only wish they had some form of grub, if only bar munchables like pickled eggs, sausage, etc. that wouldn’t require work in the kitchen. This is THE place in town to take a world tour of beers and enjoy the ride.

Extremely friendly service it was a very welcoming inviornment and TONS of beers! I can’t wait to try the Pineapple Sculpin. Prices are exactly what you want from a neighborhood bar. I just moved to St. Charles and I’m pretty sure that I just found my Cheers.

S.L.O.W. This is only a bar, and you’re lucky to get the bartender’s attention! The seats are old, uncomfortable, and in a drafty building.
Bonus: it’s full of hipsters and the bathroom is a HOT mess. Restaurant rule of thumb: you can expect the same level of attention & cleanliness in the food/​drink area as you see in the restroom. Places that appeal to clusters of unhygienic bearded dudes in plaid (that have exceeded their critical mass) tend not to last, especially with a disproportionate balance of attractive women.
If you like staring at a guy trying to catch his attention for seriously 7 – 8 minutes before getting a watered down drink, this is the place!

This is my go to bar in DT STC! They always have great live music, a fun atmosphere, and quite an extensive selection of BEER (and cinders)! Do not come here asking for mixed drinks… while they might make it I doubt they enjoy serving them. This is pretty much just a beer bar.
They offer great recommendations for when you might be puzzled in your selection and a very large on tap selection.
Love House Pub!

I stopped in before a concert at the Arcada theatre next door, wow, huge selection of beer, huge chalk board with beer divided into different categories to help you make a decision, great place to stop and have a cold one…

Great place for beer lovers. I’ve been coming here for years and really have a lot of love for the place. It’s not a place I would go to party or play music, it’s a place to have great, unique beers and relax. Don’t go here and order a Bud or Coors, go here when you want some great craft beer. Love this place.

Outstanding tap list that has beers that other places just don’t get. The bartenders are friendly and knowledgeable and add to a great craft beer experience. This is a destination place for serious craft brew fans

This is the place to go if you’re looking for quality and variety. As indicated by the huge chalkboard beer list, you won’t have a shortage of drinks to choose from. I personally like the atmosphere of this bar a lot. It reminds me of bars I’ve been to out west.

Slowest service I have ever seen.
They could multiply there revenues by 12 if they had more servers and access to buying drinks!
Great place otherwise

Wow… what a beer list! If you like options, this is the place to go. Very relaxed atmosphere with a foosball table! Take some time to read the writing on the wall (in the bathroom). It’s very entertaining!

Would love to give this place a good review because they have some great live music and good selection of beer but…
The bartender/​owner is rude and the service is bad. I have now been here a few times and each time the service has been slow, I’ve been WAY OVERCHARGED on my card with other people’s drinks because the bar is clearly disorganized and it has been hard to get resolved to be reimbursed. The bartender/​owner was so rude it was incredibly upsetting I can’t even go into it here. I would not recommend this bar. There are many other great bars in the tri-​city area that could offer the same things which make this bar good. Do not support this business.

This place has a very fun vibe. Tons of beer options, a stage for live music, and popcorn always does it for me. Was a great stop in between a wedding and reception for my friends and I.

Good live music. Good vibes. Good service. Great beer options. Pretty alive on a Sunday night!

If you like bartenders who feel superior and hate a friendly place; for sure drink here. If you want a place where you can select a beer with no judgement; look elsewhere.

So I should currently be fussed w/​M. I gave strict instructions that if I was to schlep out to St. Charles, aka as close to the rural Midwest as I care to be when home visiting my parents up North, I wanted to go hard. And by that I mean that I assumed that it would be tacky as eff and would need to be directed to a place that embraced the spirit of how ridiculous it is to meet for drinks in a town w more car dealerships than ppl who ever need F450s and a plethora of some of ‘Merica’s finest «fast casual» dining establishments. A bar w/​a mechanical bull was mentioned, but someeeeeone didn’t deliver.
However, where we did end up was shockingly lovely… and dare I say… hip??? Like not just hip in that way where fedoras are now just finding their way to the town 5 years after everywhere else in the States was like «get that thing off your head stat» — but, like, pleasantly bumping by any standard other than the absurd scale I whip out when reviewing places in Brooklyn where there is a strict number of unironic overalls, facial hair, and questionable tats that must be met prior to receiving this fine designation from this reviewer.
I digress — rolled in on a random Wednesday shortly after the weather had turned warm– crowd was a mix of mid-​20s to 40s, men in jorts were present but not oppressive, ladies went casual in jeans and tanks — overall, a terribly friendly group that skewed slightly small-​town bro in that way where everyone is super polite and you can trust your neighbors to watch your drinks while you duck away for a sec.
They have live music nightly — Wednesday is open mic night, which, in personal experience, is usually a recipe for an ear splitting headache and a mountain of regretting abt leaving my house — but at The House, the performers are by and large totally legit with vocal stylings ranging from a surprisingly soulful rendition of MJ’s Billy Jean to someone wailing on a keyboard/​harmonica combo in a way that made me primarily envious of his coordination, but also, of his straight up BAMF nature.
They have a chalkboard with approximately 1 039 484 beer options, generally divided by type (wheat, ales, stouts, etc) — didn’t hit the cocktails, though they’re also in the mix — and w most of the beer options ranging from $ 5 – 7, it’s a steal — and the cocktails not much more, literally anyone can find something to get happily tips on here.
Sure, it’s loud — we were shouting at each other abt the struggles of planning trips to Southeast Asia and/​or Africa b/​c life is HARD — and it was initially a challenge for me to get the attn of the bartender — but overall, if this place was close to home, I’d never be disappointed to end up here.
If, for some g-​d forsaken reason you’re in St. C (which, FYI, pretty cute downtown, very civilized) — aka, you work for E&Y or Accenture and are being put up at their conference center down the street — The House was great enough that I didn’t even miss the LOLZ that would have been obtained by going somewhere actually tragic. M, you get a pass. For now.

Popped in to The House Pub with my hubby for a couple quick drinks before meeting our photographer for a fun date night photo shoot.
It was a rainy day in suburbia, so we honestly chose this bar because it was the closest to where we parked! I’m glad we did though. It’s a smaller place than I thought, but they have plenty of small tables and seats up at the bar. There’s a foosball table and a stage too. They apparently have live music every night of the week which is pretty cool. We were there at like 6 p.m. on a Sunday though, so the festivities weren’t starting until about 9 p.m.
We grabbed a seat up at the bar and were overwhelmed by the amount of beers they have to offer! Craft beer central here folks. Oddly enough, I wasn’t in a beer mood (which doesn’t happen often), so I went with a Tito’s vodka and tonic. Pretty standard. After that I asked if they had wine (because I didn’t see any behind the bar), and they do! Of course it was Barefoot wine, so not the greatest but it’s not like I’m not used to drinking that! They had a few different kinds to choose from, so I went with a Pinot Nior. My husband ordered a couple vanilla porters.
Our bartender was really friendly and funny. To be honest, it wasn’t the worst experience or the best. I think this was mostly due to the fact that I just wasn’t in the mood for this scene. I was hoping to order an appetizer to tide us over until dinner, but they don’t offer food. Instead of having music playing in the background they had the sound on the TVs, so it was a sports bar kind of vibe instead of a cool craft beer-​esque café I had hoped for.
If I’m in the area for some late night fun I’ll for sure stop in again — hopefully to see some live music!

Atmosphere and beer selection were fantastic. Unfortunately, the bartender and service were terrible. It was a very slow night, and there were three people behind the bar. None paid any attention to me as I stood there waiting to order. In fact, they were texting. After they decide to start doing their job again, they helped a person who got there after me first. Left after we were finally served after 10 minutes of waiting.

This place is legit. They practically always have bands playing. If they don’t, it’s most likely because it’s an Open Mic Night, which is always a fun change every now and then. The selection of alcohol is definitely wide. I didn’t really know what I wanted, and the bouncer (?) helped me out since the bartender was preoccupied at the time. I told him a vague idea of what I wanted, and he pointed me toward a specific drink on the board (can’t remember the exact name). Told him I’d rather get something on the cheaper end, and I ended up paying $ 4 for one of the daily specials. It wasn’t the best drink I’ve ever had (though, I haven’t had many), but it was definitely good for the price I had gotten it for. The people there all seemed really friendly. In addition to the band playing on the main floor, there was also a solo musician playing in the upstairs lounge. There were couches. And a fireplace. And another bar. It was really nice!

Don’t even bother with this place if you aren’t what the staff deem as «cool». Having worked over 10 years in the industry, I know that nothing warrants the shitty service that I had at this establishment. I happened to be on a family bar crawl and I was ignored at the bar simply because I was wearing a bar crawl tshirt. The bartender made eye contact with me several times, and even went so far as to mock me when I tried to call him over. I never said anything rude, never made a face, just patiently waited my turn. He waited on everyone else around me. I had to ask someone standing next to me to order for me because I was being ignored. This went on for 15 minutes. And the bar was not busy.
There’s no reason to ignore a customer simply because you don’t like the way they look. If I went by that rule, I never would have paid my way through college. Asshole.

I am such a nerd for chalkboard menus. Nothing beats the selection or the prices, but the latter may be due to my recent obsession with craft cocktails in Chicago.
Initially, I was sad to learn that the House Pub does not have a kitchen, but they let you bring in whatever food and had take-​out menus for us to look at. We got a few pizzas delivered and my gluttonous self was very pleased. Even if you don’t go that route, they have free popcorn for you to munch on.
I was also sad because the band scheduled for the night I went was a total no show. And that you had to drag your tipsy butt up two flights of stairs to access the bathrooms.