The Blackstone Bar and Grill

406 Cherry Ave, Rochelle
(815) 561-6617

Recent Reviews

Brittany Drake

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.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mahi Mahi Cheddar Burrito

Sheila McNally

Cowboy steak bites were delicious! Everything was good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Greg Putz

Stopped for lunch and had the Ribeye Steak Sandwich w/ Grilled Onions n Fries. It was Absolutely Divine! Service was Top Notch, Ashley was my server and very pleasant. Excellent atmosphere. I’ll Definitely Be Back to Check Out The Rest Of The Menu Soon!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

sherri stiles

Great place to eat. Food was amazing with good choices.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Renee Allen

Great food and staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Krystle Gray

The house barbecue sauce is amazing!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Blackstone Elote Dip

Heather Tubbs

Just found this place traveling home from a trip. WOW! Amazing food, fantastic prices and wonderful service! I wish we didn't live 3 hours away. I would come here all time!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Smoked Gouda Patty Melt, Blackstone Smash Box, Hand Battered Onion Rings

Sandra Wimmer

Menu much improved since new owners originally came in. At first, it seemed as though they were only interested in serving bar food. Menu selection much better. Food was very good. We will go back soon.

Marie E

I recommend the Chorizo flatbread and the elote dip ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Andy Simo

Great food!!! Ashley was our server, best service in town. Coming back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Surf N Turf Lobster and Steak, Italian Beef Flatbread, Hand-Battered Chicken Tenders

Ryan G

Stopped in with my family passing through town. The food was delicious. Our server, Ashley, was friendly and polite. She made sure we had everything we needed. I had the ribeye steak and it was tender and delicious. The prices were pretty standard. Hope to stop in again next time we’re around.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Strips and Fries, Ribeye Dinner, Italian Beef Flatbread

Aubrey Coats

We decided to try Blackstone even after reading all of the comments and posts on Google. We came for Valentine's Day weekend and went all out, getting appetizers, drinks, ribeye steak meals for both my girlfriend and I, etc. The pictures look good, but the actual food was sad and amazing-ly overpriced. The atmosphere is great, they really up did it since the rack. But that's where my compliments end. The waitress was dull and acted annoyed about everything. She knew someone there, possibly family. And she used every other minute to talk to them. There were only 3 tables in use there and small groups, mostly 2-3 people per. And yet I had to ask for everything we needed; refills, napkins, a clean cup, etc. Apart from when she first sat us down. I hadn't even sat down yet and she quickly was asking us what we wanted to drink without even giving us the options or letting us look. After bringing out drinks, I noticed my cup was covered in old dried pop, when I had water. Side note: I had asked for rootbeer but they don't carry it. Who doesn't have rootbeer? Anyway I asked for a replacement cup since my cup was dirty, she didn't even say anything, just took my cup and walked away. The only thing that tasted good that we ordered was the elote dip. Beyond that the steaks were so thin. As I mentioned before, we both ordered the ribeye -the most expensive item on the menu. I want to say that each meal came to almost $30 a piece. I've had better steak from golden corral. My steak was half fat. Like an entire half was fat. I also got green beans and mashed potatoes. The green beans were also sad and thin. The potatoes tasted like they came from a box. And nothing was seasoned! I added salt and pepper but there was noooooo flavor to speak of. Everything was plain, not even just plain but everything literally tasted like nothing, apart from burnt taste and grease. My son was with us too. He had ordered the buffalo flatbread. He ate 2 pieces and didn't want it anymore. I tried it. The chicken was plain other than the weirdly drizzled sauce. The chicken was also just small pieces and no flavor; just greasy. Who is doing the cooking here? Sad. I can't remember exactly but I believed they charged us each $3.99 for like 3 mushroom slices on top of the steaks and then another $3.99 for a couple of slices of plain onion on each. That was so crazy to me. Texas Roadhouse has steaks 3x the thickness and bigger in general for cheaper and then you also get 2 delicious sides to go with it. Apart from all of that when the waitress told us "thank you, have a good day", it was the weirdest, most disingenuine, thank you, I think I've ever gotten. For 3 meals, an app and 1 drink it was over $100 before tip. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone if they paid me to do it.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 1

Jeremiah Johnson (2J Bucking Bulls)

Good food. Friendly staff. We would definitely go back if we lived by there.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jillian Luker

Delicious ribeye dinner! Cooked perfectly. Baked potato and green beans were very good as well. Our waitress, Lexi, was great!

Food: 5

Service: 5

Laurie Rhodes

We had the pulled pork nachos and wings . The food was awesome!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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The Blackstone Bar and Grill

406 Cherry Ave, Rochelle, IL 61068
(815) 561-6617