Bob & Ringo's Grill & Smokehouse

223 W Madison St, Pontiac
(815) 844-6565

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Gary Nolan

Excellent small menu. Great service. Great value. Always a stop when we get back to town.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

chris colman

I went into the bar because the bar looks more like a restaurant than the restaurant does. It is actually attached to the bar. Has its own door but its one of them old bar/private club entrances. You know the ones our parents would go in for several hours and come out different. The atmosphere was chaotic because you could hear the bar and there was a lot of people in the bar and it's also very claustrophobic , because it is in a small side portion of the bar. And it also resembles the bar as they have 6 TV screens playing sports, and of course, like all bars, they've got them on mute without the subtitles on. So you just gotta learn to lip , read , I guess. I don't know.I honestly couldn't call it high class in any way.Shape or form.I couldn't even call it middle or low class.I would call it trash class

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 2

Matthew Anderson

Best var in town with a pool table!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tommy Hughey

This is a bizarre place with an identity crisis. Grill and Smokehouse is in the name, but half the place is dedicated to gambling machines and bar games. The “smokehouse” options are fairly limited, and don’t offer up some of the typically expected dinner plates you expect of a smokehouse. I got burnt ends (which comes with JUST the burnt ends), and most of the pieces didn’t seem to be true burnt ends. Instead just slabs of smoked brisket that might’ve been seared. Overall, very greasy. The plate was swimming in grease. Sweet potato fries tasted frozen. Smoked beans were okay.

They have nothing on draft. 1.5 hours from one of the biggest brewery cities in the US and they have nothing on draft. I wasn’t even given a drink menu. But they have a giant bar on one side of the place. Very bizarre. Is this a quick eats place where you go to drink? Or is this a smoker restaurant with a bar? Who knows.

Despite 4-5 servers standing around near the kitchen and few people in the building, we had multiple different servers attend to us. 25 minutes into dinner we had the check given to us. But even though tons of servers were standing around, we were expected to pay on the Toast POS site (which didn’t work), and when we mentioned it didn’t work, they said “Oh yeah it’s been acting up.”

The owner needs to figure out what kind of place he’s running.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Mama Bear

So much fun!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

BJR Pictures

This place has one of the best briskets at a restaurant I've had. The pulled pork was good as well and the garlic parmesan fries and mac and cheese were really good! Great place to eat and they also have outdoor seating but you have to ask for it. Not the best view but its covered and if you want outdoor weather than you have it to enjoy your meal.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pulled Pork, Pulled Pork Sandwich

Liz Fitzgerald

I had the smoked turkey sandwich with mac and cheese. Very tastey!! Restrooms were clean.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Eric Winter

Pass on the ribs!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 4

Teresa Russelburg

Excellent service, delicious food and reasonable prices. We had the best brisket we have ever eaten. Our son had the steak horseshoe and said it was amazing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sweet Potato Fries, Brisket Sandwich, Sweet Potato Fries Basket

Justin Lind

The whole experience from the staff to the food is top notch highly recommend this place to anyone and everyone! Especially the fried pickles and the blackened chicken sand which!

Food: 5

Karisa Flenz

Nice quiet music. The AC was working amazingly for it being 87° outside! Very friendly with our 21 month old and our 3 month old.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Wyatt Miller

I love the horseshoe's and fast service. Will for sure continue to come here.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Big Smith

Good food, fast service, and fair prices

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mac N' Cheese with Pulled Pork, Hand Cut Fries, Bacon Double Cheeseburger

John Weiss

We stopped in for some really great BBQ. The food was delicious and the staff was very friendly and attentive.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mac N' Cheese with Pulled Pork, Blackened Cod Tacos, Blackened Grilled Chicken Sandwhich

Scott Seppers

Had a very delicious mushroom and Swiss burger here, highly recommend!👏👏👏

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

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Bob & Ringo's Grill & Smokehouse

223 W Madison St, Pontiac, IL 61764
(815) 844-6565