Reviews for The Hope and Anchor English Pub in Loves Park, IL
Good queen fish an chips, along with the bangers an mash.
I would give zero stars if I could. This is our usual place to go to if we want to dine out. Tonight was out of control! I... understand there is staffing issues. We got there around 5:45- 6 ish. We waited a long time which is to be expected. As peoplewere piling in we noticed that other tables that were seated long after us started getting there food. There were three tablesafter us that got their food. I asked the waiter why. He stated that he didn't know. I said well could you find out? Waitedanother 15 minutes and then asked to speak to the mgr. At that point three tables got their food. I said please explain to mewhy everyone seated after us is getting their food. Her statement was they were short staffed. and our food was in thewindow. I really hope they get trained on organizing skills. Read more
Well established British Pub in the former Mayflower Restaurant fine dining spot of yesteryear. Lots of built-in nostalgia with... friendly service and really good fish and chips. Oh, and they host a regular comedy night that features comedians from allover. Read more
Delicious food and amazing service and we got seated right away on a Friday at 5:30pm! We got the Traditional English Fish &... Chips. The price was about $18 per plate but you get a lot of food! The plate comes with a cup of creamy cole slaw, tartar, pubfries (they were wide-cut fries, lightly coated with a batter) and a huge piece of deish fish (not sure but I think it washaddock). We also had yummy deep fried Calamari and Artichoke n Spinach dip appetizers that were amazing ( Served with deepfried pita bread wedges, carrot & celery sticks, broccoli and cucumber) - very hearty and yummy appetizer. It was very good allaround! I will go back for sure, Read more
Beautiful bar with a nice dining room. Friendly staff too. Food was good and reasonably priced. Different beer on tap, but I... like to try things I haven't tried before. I got the pulled pork with slaw. No sauce, but I wasn't disappointed. It had goodflavor. House made chips are excellent. Friend had the pork loin. Said it was kind of dry. Stick with the basics like the fish &chips or the pulled pork. Pretty quiet for a Saturday night. Read more
Tried to dine here. Once seated we were so hot reading the menu, no A/C no air flow whatsoever. It was 90 out so we opted for... indoor seating. Looking around it was very unappealing, old banquet chairs and lack of character or English charm. We just leftand decided to eat at Olympic Tavern on Main St. Instead. Atmosphere was huge improvement and fish & chips there were good! Theysell beer too! Appears Hope & Anchor bar area is the only section with a/c noticed as we left. We were there in the evening andonly a few tables had customers. Read more
A local English pub with a nice patio. Good atmosphere. The crispy fried ribs keep me coming back and many other food items were... excellent. Be warned the wings are big but tough and grissly. I would point out that one night I placed an order for 30 minutes,then bicycled 25 minutes from Rockford only to be told ?oops sorry we never saw the order and we are closing early? whichsucked. Otherwise many positive experiences. Read more
Good service and fish was good. The only thing I didn't like was that the fish was put on top of the fries. Made it hard to eat... the fish and made the fries soggy. Read more