This location for some reason is not up to the standards you get from any other Portillos. Not the first time I have had a problem here. the other day I got a root beer with my hot dog and it was almost all soda and no flavored syrup. I reported it to the manager and he just says sorry. I had to ask him for my money back. They really don’t seem to care. I will not be back
Recommended dishes: Chicago Dog
Dave Del Boccio
Unfortunately, this location has consistently slow service. Not bad service, SLOW service. For such a large fast food place, they really do not have the workflow down to process customer orders efficiently.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Alyssa S.
Check your order before leaving the drive thru. This location messes up so much.
New review: Every time I’m in this drive thru, several people behind me get their food before I do and the employees don’t even acknowledge me while I’m just sitting there waiting for so long. And it’s not large orders.
Food: 4
Service: 1
Mike Castrogiovanni
Completely satisfied with my beef sandwich purchase. Added sweet peppers, mozzarella and dipped in gravy.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Famous Meal 1 Italian Beef Sandwich
Susy F
Great food great service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicago Dog
Leanne Logisz
Two times now I have goine to this new Portillo’s for desert, one Chocolate Cake and one Strawberry Shortcake. The chocolate cake was either old of burnt because the cake was stuck to the sides of container and dry, didn’t even finish it. Today I had the Strawberry Shortcake. There was hardly any strawberries and the cake couldn’t even be cut with a spoon. Again, couldn’t finish because it was gross. This is the worse Portillo’s I have ever been to. I’ve also eaten there thee times since they opened for food. The wait for food is rediculous and food does not match up quality to other Portillo’s! And I’ve been to many for many years. Disappointing, will not order from there again.
Food: 1
Service: 1
Slickk
Food came out prefect, and fast.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicago Dog
John Loete
Same great food. Nice new building. Very slow service and order people you can not here. Use the kiosks if you can.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Kristen Grant
Super disappointing. Long time customer Portillos. This location, however, is terrible. I was so excited to have one closer to home and work. I will have to continue going to Crystal Lake. Everytime I have come to this location I have been met with terribly slow service, mistakes on the orders, overflowing trash cans, dirty tables and floors. The staff appears to always be teens that have no interest in serving well. There's no haste. There's no apology for mistakes on orders and no urgency to correct mistakes. They are also often sold out on their desserts. Are there any adults managing appropriate expectations here? Crystal Lake runs like a well oiled machine, always fast, correct, friendly and clean. Step up Algonquin.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Erin Baxter
Even when the drive thru line is long on a Friday night, everyone is super happy and friendly!
Honestly the worst Portillo in the area. So much dysfunction.. there were more employees than customers, and not a single person cared at all.
Employees running through the parking lot with Stanley mugs in between cars to go talk to friends.
Drive thru attendant chatting with his buddy held the entire line for 5 minutes alone, then took another 20 after that to get the food. Portillos is never fast but this was rediculous.
Then they gave us the wrong order. When they gave us the right order they forgot straws, went in to see the whole staff minus your custodian (the only one working) all chatting it up.
Get your employees on track like every other Portillos.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Noel Krneta
Ordered onion rings and they tasted STRONGLY like bacon or some other type of meat. Seems like they’re using the fryer for things they shouldn’t, the fryer oil is old or there’s some food cross contamination that should t be happening. Looks like other people have had similar experiences according to reviews. I’m vegetarian so this was disgusting. I go to the Crystal Lake Portillo’s and the onion rings are great so I guess I’ll stick with Crystal Lake and not be visiting here.
Food: 2
Service: 4
Alex Kulesza
Food was delicious as always
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Bacon Cheeseburger, Famous Meal 1 Italian Beef Sandwich
Alex Cazares
Many famous people have eaten at a portillos in the Chicago area, the best Italian beef, and everything else
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicago Dog, Famous Meal 1 Italian Beef Sandwich, Italian Beef Sandwich
Julie Jacques
Last two times have been horrible drive thru experiences. Long wait time. Car ahead of me beeping for service today. Not sure what going on at this location but I won’t be back.
This location for some reason is not up to the standards you get from any other Portillos. Not the first time I have had a problem here. the other day I got a root beer with my hot dog and it was almost all soda and no flavored syrup. I reported it to the manager and he just says sorry. I had to ask him for my money back. They really don’t seem to care. I will not be back
Recommended dishes: Chicago Dog
Unfortunately, this location has consistently slow service. Not bad service, SLOW service. For such a large fast food place, they really do not have the workflow down to process customer orders efficiently.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Check your order before leaving the drive thru. This location messes up so much.
New review: Every time I’m in this drive thru, several people behind me get their food before I do and the employees don’t even acknowledge me while I’m just sitting there waiting for so long. And it’s not large orders.
Food: 4
Service: 1
Completely satisfied with my beef sandwich purchase. Added sweet peppers, mozzarella and dipped in gravy.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Famous Meal 1 Italian Beef Sandwich
Great food great service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicago Dog
Two times now I have goine to this new Portillo’s for desert, one Chocolate Cake and one Strawberry Shortcake. The chocolate cake was either old of burnt because the cake was stuck to the sides of container and dry, didn’t even finish it.
Today I had the Strawberry Shortcake. There was hardly any strawberries and the cake couldn’t even be cut with a spoon. Again, couldn’t finish because it was gross. This is the worse Portillo’s I have ever been to. I’ve also eaten there thee times since they opened for food. The wait for food is rediculous and food does not match up quality to other Portillo’s! And I’ve been to many for many years. Disappointing, will not order from there again.
Food: 1
Service: 1
Food came out prefect, and fast.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicago Dog
Same great food. Nice new building. Very slow service and order people you can not here. Use the kiosks if you can.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Super disappointing.
Long time customer Portillos. This location, however, is terrible. I was so excited to have one closer to home and work. I will have to continue going to Crystal Lake.
Everytime I have come to this location I have been met with terribly slow service, mistakes on the orders, overflowing trash cans, dirty tables and floors. The staff appears to always be teens that have no interest in serving well. There's no haste. There's no apology for mistakes on orders and no urgency to correct mistakes.
They are also often sold out on their desserts.
Are there any adults managing appropriate expectations here?
Crystal Lake runs like a well oiled machine, always fast, correct, friendly and clean.
Step up Algonquin.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Even when the drive thru line is long on a Friday night, everyone is super happy and friendly!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Italian Beef Sandwich
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Honestly the worst Portillo in the area. So much dysfunction.. there were more employees than customers, and not a single person cared at all.
Employees running through the parking lot with Stanley mugs in between cars to go talk to friends.
Drive thru attendant chatting with his buddy held the entire line for 5 minutes alone, then took another 20 after that to get the food. Portillos is never fast but this was rediculous.
Then they gave us the wrong order. When they gave us the right order they forgot straws, went in to see the whole staff minus your custodian (the only one working) all chatting it up.
Get your employees on track like every other Portillos.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Ordered onion rings and they tasted STRONGLY like bacon or some other type of meat. Seems like they’re using the fryer for things they shouldn’t, the fryer oil is old or there’s some food cross contamination that should t be happening. Looks like other people have had similar experiences according to reviews. I’m vegetarian so this was disgusting. I go to the Crystal Lake Portillo’s and the onion rings are great so I guess I’ll stick with Crystal Lake and not be visiting here.
Food: 2
Service: 4
Food was delicious as always
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Bacon Cheeseburger, Famous Meal 1 Italian Beef Sandwich
Many famous people have eaten at a portillos in the Chicago area, the best Italian beef, and everything else
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicago Dog, Famous Meal 1 Italian Beef Sandwich, Italian Beef Sandwich
Last two times have been horrible drive thru experiences. Long wait time. Car ahead of me beeping for service today. Not sure what going on at this location but I won’t be back.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Chicago Dog
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