The Blackstone Bar and Grill - Rochelle, Illinois

Danica L.

Stopped here for lunch on our way through Rochelle and we will definitely come back! The bartender and server, Missy, was delightful. Her service was terrific and the food did not disappoint. I had the hand breaded chicken sandwich with bang bang sauce on Texas toast and it was amazing. My husband had the cheesey smash burger and said the same. The seasoned fries and sweet potato fries were really good and the beer was cold and prices were fair.

Sparticusboy

Saturday late lunch.
Ordered BBQ Nachos, a Steak Salad, and Sweet Potato Fries.
The fries were fabulous and perfectly cooked and still hot.
The Nachos had good flavor but were cold. Some of the dish felt refrigerated still.
Too many fatty pieces of pork for the amount of meat on the nachos.
The steak in the SALAD was worse.
You order a salad to "try" to eat healthier, but a third of the meat was fat and gristle pieces.
You just can't have that on a SALAD!
The cooks need to have better timing and definitely need to prep their meat better!!
Server was FABULOUS !!!!

Brittany D.

The atmosphere was clean and updated. Had bar top high chairs which was great! The service was welcoming and very attentive! The food was pretty good! Had cowboy steak bites- they were okay wish they had a dip on the side for an appetizer, mahi-mahi was very good but messy/greasy, the smash burger lacked some flavor and Texas toast bread was crunchy but decent, chicken/bacon/ranch sandwich was cooked well but not a lot of flavor in the chicken and kids grilled cheese the Texas toast was alot of bread for one piece of cheese. The fries were perfect amount of crunchy and soft but thought the grease they were cooked in tasted kinda fishy. Over all the food was decent enough would eat again! But the overall environment is where it was at!

Gets 4/5 based on wait time which was 50 minutes on a Sunday at 11:30am and only table to be served. And overall food flavor.

Don D.

Yelp listed this as a steak house, that's the only reason we went here on a date night. Definitely more of a bar than a grill, and when my wife and I don't drink (usually) it was very disappointing. We each had a Ribeye sandwich. The bread was blah, so we just took it off and ate it as a steak. The meat did not taste seasoned at all. The server was polite, looked like she was also the bartender at the time, so she was busy, but did not complain about it at all. As a bar this is probably a nice place to go, as a date night spot, don't waste your time. Maybe after a few drinks it would have tasted better.

Jenny Z.

Very delicious food & drinks!!. The bartender who was also our waitress was great!! We will be back. I loved that they offer a good variety of options on the menu. My overall favorite was the BBQ nachos & jumbo wings. My fiancé bragged about their smashed burger being amazing!!

Pat S.

THE BEST SMASH BURGERS AROUND. First time in Rochelle and stopped at this restaurant. The second you walk in, you are greeted by an upbeat and friendly waitress/bartender (Dawn). The food was delicious and the atmosphere of the restaurant is a great place for food, drinks and live events/sports.

Rich M.

1-30-24 update: Never eating here again. Never. Waited an hour for a sandwich when there were only three other tables. Drinks were empty twice before we hailed a server. Tried to get another server to find our server and we were told “You have to find her yourself.” Previous review: Truly inconsistent. Sometimes the service is okay, sometimes it stinks. Sometimes the food is good, sometimes it isn’t. It is a roll of the dice. After last night, I am taking this place off my recommendation list. Everything was on the “not” side.

DC

The bartender looks like Kat Timpf. She was very nice and provided excellent service. The chef Oliver made a burger than was very, very good. Was downright delicious. Kitchen was closing in 5 minutes. I didn't want to order cause so close to closing but Oliver insisted. Glad he did. I will definitely order it again. Thanks again