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- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Music:
- DJ, Live, Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Fri, Thu
- Happy Hour:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
12 reviews for Trio
12 reviews in English
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Review from David O.
Chicago, IL
11/15/2008
WTF! Why do we have to pay a cover charge to listen to excessively loud Karaoke performed by sloppy college amateurs. I'm still hearing "Uh Well-a well-a well-a huh" from Grease in my head the next morning.
We went there on Friday night and paid a $10.00 cover... I have heard about this place because of a friend who saw a dueling piano show. Didn't expect to see pianos, but wanted to hang for a drink.
Drinks on the other hand were reasonably priced and it seemed like it would be a good place to watch a game. -
Review from Mike G.
Chicago, IL
3/5/2011
Dear Dad,
Thank you for turning my young ears onto music such as Zeppelin, AC/DC and Van Halen (the Roth years). Thank you for tuning the radio to WLUP when you and I would run errands in the car on Saturday morning when I was a young boy. Thank you for turning up the volume on the radio when I would yell up to you from the back seat.
Went to this place called Trio on Saturday night to meet cousin Adam celebrate his b-day. It was cool to tip a few back with Adam but all this damn place was playing was awful dance music. The service sucked...It literally took the bar girl 10 minutes to bring me a bucket of beers. I don't know Dad with service that was nonexistent plus factor in the god awful dance music I think I will stick with the dive bars!
Love,
Mike -
Review from Matt B.
Oak Park, IL
3/6/2011
Congratulations Trio for finally motivating me to write my first Yelp review! Long time listener, first time caller.
Trio has many things worth writing home about... the fact that it takes well in excess of 15 minutes for a simple drink order to come out provides you with plenty of time to peruse the menu. Then, once drinks come, they do their part for the environment by ensuring that little to no booze actually makes it into their drinks. I for one, enjoy this, since actually having vodka in a vodka-lemonade is just too complex for my tiny brain to handle.
Once you (finally) order your food, you're now over 45 minutes into the super excellent fun-time adventure that is Trio. Menu options include options like "sort of tastes like chicken" to "sort of tastes like turkey", and my personal favorite "Slop sandwich" (their attempt at Italian beef) However, by the time the food comes out, you'll probably have forgotten what you ordered in the first place, so you'll be pleasantly surprised whenever it comes!
Finally, to cap off the fantastic evening of alcohol-free alcoholic drinks and top of the line Aldi-quality meats, their obnoxious DJs scream random sounds into their mikes and play horrible music so loud that your braincells will commit hari-kari - saving you the trouble of trying to figure out why in the hell you went to Trio to begin with.
So - if you like going to places that attempt to be both a nightclub and a restaurant - and hilariously fail at both - Trio is the place for you! However, if you are not afflicted with the stupid and like to go to places that don't suck massive sweaty ass, perhaps consider a different option.
Trio!
Shitty times, shittier food, and I'm too lazy to think of a third thing (just like Trio!) -
Review from Valerie B.
Homer Glen, IL
6/30/2008
Looks to me like this place has gotten it together since Michelle H. visited last year. Went last Saturday for dinner and a couple drinks. We tried to go to Granite City Brewery first, but there was a 45 minute wait, so we decided to head down SW Hwy and check out Trio.
The service was great. Drinks came quickly, and despite my BF & my arguing before ordering - and this taking about a 1/2 hour to work through - she came back intermittenly to see if we were ready to order. Having gotten past the bumps we decided to split the beef medallions which came with a side of veggies and garlic mashed. There were 3 good sized chunks, with one of each topped with blue cheese, a horseradish sauce and sort of southwest tequila sauce. The steak was cooked perfectly and the horseradish topper was great.
A band was setting up as we were leaving and it looked like plenty of people were pouring through. All in all a very good experience. -
Review from Michelle H.
Tinley Park, IL
11/4/2007
Friends called to make last minute plans with us last night (sat), so we decided to try Trio. We were looking for a light meal and some drinks, and thought the dueling piano show would be entertaining.
We arrived at a little before 7pm, and the place was packed. There were a few private parties going on, and several "reserved" tables. We put our name on the list, and waited about 20 minutes to be seated. As we were waiting, we noticed staff bringing in chairs and tables from outside. Sure enough, our table was one of those that were just set up.
When we arrived at our table, I noticed dust on my chair. I ran my hand over it, and confirmed it. When I asked the hostess for a napkin to wipe it off (I had black pants on, and I did ask very nicely) she ran her hand over it two or three times and said, nothing is coming off on my hand. Now, I was annoyed. The waitress just approached, saw what was going on, and wiped my chair down.
We ordered a round of drinks first, while we reviewed the menu choices. My husband and I decided to split the surf and turf slider combo. It was a mini steak sandwich and a mini crab cake sandwich. The other couple ordered a panini and the hamburger sliders.
The service was very slow. We had 2 beers and 2 martinis in each round, nothing crazy. The waitress seemed very harried and stressed out. The food was just average. The martinis were good. We ended up asking for our check as the food was served, since we knew we would not see her again for awhile. We paid by credit card, and she lost the slip for us to sign. It was just a bad experience all around. We never even stayed for the piano bar show.
Positives: Mixed crowd. We are mid to late 30's, and there were all types of age groups last night. TV: Looks like a great place to watch any sporting event.
Maybe they are trying to do too much, but it seemed like the food/restaurant part is an after thought. I felt bad for the wait staff, as they were trying to get through the thick crowds with trays of food. The private parties were spilling over into the rest of the groups, and there did not seem to be enough staff to cover both the events and the general customers.
We left and went to another bar. -
Review from Karen Anne B.
Riverside, IL
5/6/2010
Wow. Worst. Service. Ever.
I got to Trio at 6 on a Thursday. The place was dead at the time. but the Hawks game was coming on later and it was also "vendor night" where they had a bunch of vendors selling items geared towards women.
As we were being seated the hostess informed us of their buy one get one free entrees and said that they were making fresh meatballs and any entree with meatballs would be 45 minutes.
We had a drink and munched on some chips and about 6.45 we placed our entree orders. My friend ordered a meatball sandwich and we were again informed that it'd be 45 minutes because they were making them. It takes an hour and a half to make meatballs? Whatever, we said that was find and went about or business. We checked out the vendors and headed back to the table thinking our food would be there soon. By now the place was quite busy but around 8.00 the server said our food should be up soon and vanished. Well, she didn't really vanish, she just ignored us as she served the tables around us. At 8.20 we asked to see the manager. He alleged that there was a computer problem in the kitchen and he'd check on our food. If there was some problem in the kitchen it should have been communicated to us before almost 2 hours had passed. He offered us a free drink (basically we got $2 worth of free beer - total, not even each). Our food finally came about 8.35. The pasta I ordered was mediocre and lukewarm. One hour and forty-five minutes for this?
By the time we finished eating we were pretty tired of this place and wanted to leave. Our server rushed by several times, completely ignoring us. I hate to say it, but we actually thought about just leaving without paying. My friend finally had to go physically chase the server down to ask for the check. When I looked at the check it had both entrees on it (one was supposed to be free from the BOGO menu), I pointed this out and she ran off to correct it, though when she came back I also noticed that it had our beers on it that were supposed to be free. It was 10:00 by the time we paid & left.
I realize that they were busy because of the vendor night and the hockey playoffs, but they knew both of these events were this night and should have planned for it. They also had some jerk selling shots who wouldn't leave us alone and seemed to think it was funny that we were annoyed about the wait.
Four hours + Two wrong checks + One bad server = No more trips to Trio for me. -
Review from Judith M.
Chicago, IL
4/6/2009
I went to Trio's last night and really enjoyed the food. I don't know what people expect from a neighborhood restaurant but this place is clearly a step up from the usual gyro/super taco/chicken joint. You should be glad you can leave out for a quick bite and a drink to break the monotony of your boring work week just moments from home. Be thankful for neighborhood restaurants or just drive all the way to Michigan Ave if you're that stuck up.
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Review from Kevin C.
Palos Hills, IL
3/29/2011
Worst service ever. Overcharged me on the receipt. Management really didn't care for my comments about how bad my experience was. Took 20 min to get a beer and 30 minutes for my bill which was messed up. I would advise to calculate ur bill by yourself to verify.
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Review from Herb Z.
Chicago, IL
8/6/2009
I have read several really bad reviews on Trio and decided to try it anyway, having a coupon from http://restaurant.com made the decision easier.
The food and service was excellent. I asked the waitress if they had changed chefs and and was told that a few months ago they did get a new chef. Clearly Trio is taking the food more seriously. I'm not a big fan of sports bars and seldom find food served at one anything more than defrosted frozen crap but this was really good.
Go on a Wednesday because it is buy one entree get one free, 2 people can easily eat for under $30. -
Review from Domingo K.
Joliet, IL
1/20/2010
I've been here before for drinks and lunch - they used to have a buffalo shrimp wrap that was pretty good
Today the boss sprung for their Buffet for everyone - Was very un impressed -
lack of variety lack of flavor - the only good thing was it was cheap and someone else was buying...
only doing drinks here from now on. -
Review from Steve S.
Oak Lawn, IL
9/2/2008
The food is mediocre at best. The kitchen can't get an order right. I don't know how the overworked wait staff can give their speech about the "Chef's suggestions" with a straight face. This place needs to learn how to cook bar food and get it right instead of overpriced gourmet food.
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Review from tom k.
Chicago, IL
5/11/2010
first and last time i will ever visit this place. went to watch the hawks game here at the suggestion of a friend. the beer specials were pretty good, but both the food and service were terrible. ordered a regular cheeseburger with fries. it took almost an hour for it to come out, and they put the wrong cheese on it. i decided to keep it rather than wait another hour. i probably only had two beers the entire night because the waitress kept passing us over. granted it was busy, but they should have had more waitresses working in anticipation. the experience left me with a sour taste in my mouth, i probably wont be coming back...
