Salerno's Pizzeria & Sports Bar - Hodgkins

booking a pedophile and racist is a bad business move

Gross, they booked a pedophile apologist band.

Hosting Trapt, which is a well known white supremacist group. Don't waste your money at this garbage waste of space.

-0 (Negative) Stars 12/07/24: Drove 40 minutes from the NW suburban area to be there for bands in back room -- Our table actually didn't get to order because of these issues caused by Salerno's
1) the table that my friend reserved was given away, and Salerno's knows to who, but would not accept the fault and retake the table and seat the party I was with (Salerno's gave it to a party that was with the opening band. Salerno's put out a table for us)
2) UNORGANIZED & UNSOPHISTICATED - Saturday night & during Christmas season & in proximity to a movie theater & other large retailers, but Salerno's was unprepared. 1 hostess, 1 backroom bartender, maybe 2 floor servers, 2 front bar bartenders (* will get back), and seemingly 2 or more servers & bartenders for what they consider a private party room (* will get back)
3) Greed & 1 focus - $; the service was focused on the dining room floor & the party in the party room adjacent to the music room
Salerno's divider of a private party room & the music room is what they believe are magic or soundproof curtains. The party was for someone turning 70. They might enjoy the music of Creed & Motley Crüe, but they did not get a separate room because the curtains are merely dividers.
3.a) The manager placed menus on our table but sent nobody over to serve us--entire time

We never ordered and we had to go to the front bar for cocktails (* get back)
4) Front bar/Bartenders -- I AM A FORMER BARTENDER of the days when it was upstanding, had class, and the person knew how to mix cocktails, plus had a pleasant demeanor, AND had the training AND the WILLINGNESS, and knew laws about PROPER SERVICES TO EVERYONE (* get back)
White Make, 50s, grey hair, short cut, 5'9 or 5'10 ignored me and went to EVERYONE else around me, and NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED ME NOR TOOK MY ORDER. THERE IS SOMETHING BIAS, PREJUDICIAL, OR DEFINITELY FISHY IN THAT
Female bartender, short, dark with dark features like Italian or Latina, 20s/30s, EVENTUALLY, stopped at me & took my order, PARTIALLY. I told her Miller Lite & a Coke. She heard the beer just fine, but I had to repeat COKE! 3 times to a near SHOUT! She became offended, but failed to accept that she is offensive & offended the customer, me, by having me shout. Her attempted "Prissy" arrogant rudeness PAID OFF FOR ME. She NEVER came back with the pop, BUT she NEVER charged me for the beer, either - SCORE 3 for ME, the customer. I waited & I have a witness who that "bar-person" also NEVER SERVED THE POP. I walked away
5) Back bar room: AWFUL! IT'S A PIT! mainly for service & customer-base. I do not mind a dive bar, when it suits it purpose & when I have made the choice to go. That Salerno's dresses it's façade as a middle scale restaurant, but it's a dump in a nice-looking building, from the outside. Eating at a dump is different than seeing a band and having a drink at a dive bar. I am pickier about food, but sometimes the best food comes from a seeming dump. I wouldn't know about Salerno's. We weren't served. Changed my mind about eating there anyway
6) Back Bar Bartender, "Not!" No "Proper" bartender nor restaurant training or service training. They just put a male behind the bar
7) back bartender is worse than... ALL of them are equally bad, unskilled, untrained & bias, etc.
He works one end of the bar. He can't know what the other end of the bar would order because he doesn't get to that end, AND HE DOESN'T CARE. HE IGNORES FEMALES, & MAYBE THOSE NOT HIS TYPE.
-- SALERNO'S STEALS $ - I WATCH & SEE. KEPT EYE ON REGISTER FOR BARS STEALING BY NOT HAVING SET DRINK PRICES & KEEPING CUSTOMER CHANGE COIN & BILL. BARTENDER NEVER RETURN COIN IN THE CHANGE of CASH
- Near Closing: After allowing a separate drunk female &

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Food was not made according to what menu said. Steak sandwich was supposed to have mushrooms and onion straws. They put lettuce, tomato, and pickle on it.
Specialty beef had barely any beef but had a pound of cheese and 4 pepper slices.
Garlic bread was bread with melted cheese.
Service was not great either. When you finish a drink, you would think they would ask if you want another, not just take the empty and walk away for over 10 minutes while you sit there.
Sad part, it was not even busy.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Just has gone down hill lately, waiting to be served sucks. No toilet seat in woman’s bathroom or paper dispenser to dry hands has been broke and missing for a lonnggg time . A lot of employees and nobody cares to take care of the guests. I’ve never seen it this bad because I grew up celebrating with family at Salernos ! This has changed in the past few months, not the way I wanna spend my time or money

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Sausage

I really didn't enjoy the pizza.....I felt the crust tasted more like cardboard. The pizza sauce tasted bland with a after taste. This is a sport bar environment.....

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

Why do I keep going there? Food... but service is terrible....

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

Came in tonight to try them again after some bad service I experienced about 4 years ago. There were 4 other tables seated and about 4 or 5 young women workers. Clearly not busy. Nobody acknowledged us and after about 15 minutes of waiting and looking around, decided to leave. Amazing this place still remains in business.

Service: 1

Nice little Italian, place,got fried calamari ,very good,also,spin,artichoke dip liked both, also pizza 🍕 not bad.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

I really like this place. I really wish that every time that I come here I don't get sick because of the sausage pizza 😔. Otherwise, it's a nice place to hangout! 4 stars.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

They are not organized for a big party not worth it. They suck

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

My server was excellent. Even though they were short-staffed she did not miss a beat.
Ladies bathroom has plumbing issues. It smells like sewage. The toilet seat was completely broken off and set up against the wall. Paper towels throne everywhere.

Vegetarian options: I have the eggplant parmesan excellent choice

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Terrible. Terrible service!!! Angela, our server knew nothing. Not only was she inattentive and rude after she had to correct HER mistakes on our bill, but she couldn't tell us the cost of anything we asked or the even provide the specials for the day.... seriously?! We had to ask another server basic information because our server was such joke. Management wasn't much better. Food is just ok, so crappy service makes never going back a no-brainer!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 1

Nice atmosphere very good food and service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5