Old Chicago

Old Chicago is kind of hit or miss with me They have an extensive pizza and brew selection. They also have some pretty good calzones. I came in today and there was a ton of signage for a Louisiana Calzone. So I tried to order that. However I was informed that they were no longer serving that dish. So I tried a Chicken sandwich with andouille sausage. It was delicious. Our service was slow today, but not terrible. Overall, a completely average experience today.

Does not deserve any stars. After being an OC regular for 6 years we are done. Worst service I’ve ever received in a bar n grill. Waitress didnt even smile and acted like we were inconveniencing her by coming in at 9 to get food n beers. Took an hour to get our dinner order. Finished an appetizer that took 45 min to come out and were out of time. Many employees were at the bar eating and drinking I guess they get top.priority. new manager walks around shy and doesn’t even ask tables looking right at them for help a word. Also. Loud annoying reggae music was blasting. Bartenders choice? Terrible! Could not hold a conversation with music that loud. Bye OC !!

I wanted to write great food. Greay atmosphere. Great service when i first drcided to vidit olf chicsgo. It did not happen.
The waiting area is borrible. People tripping over themselves. If you have a kid or two prepared to keep them from getting teampled. Get a few benches or seats… you know you get busy.
Holy coq… the $ 5 kid pizza is exactly the same pizza as the adult $ 12 pizza. RIP OFF!!! I ordered a small and GOT THE SAME SIZE AS A KID. 2.5 times the price for the 3xact same size as a kids pixza. Wow.
The first bill come with marked one pizza free… it was never adjusted to reflect. Second error that is in favor of tbem. I ask to get the bill adjusted to reflect manager writing.
Here comes desert. I order the ice cream cookie Sunday off the kid menu for my three year old and a 9 inches desert for my wife and I. The kids one comes with 1 scoop of ice cream and the adult arrives with one scoop a hot pan and no playes. We use a napkin to eat the desert.
The desert bill comes and the kid is chatted an adult price PLUS a scoop of ice cream
What was supposed to be 1.59 desert turns into almost $ 5.
Mess up after mess up after mess up.
Make an adult small bigger than the kid pizza if you are g oing to charge $ 12.
Get the waiting area fixed.
Bring playes with a hot pan… using napkin to eat was no fun.
Bring two s oops of ice cream with the large adult desert.
If you differentiate between the kids meal and adult at least make the servings a noticeable difference in size.
For those of you who do not have kids you would not see you are paying for a kids meal. For those who have kids… you will see what I am talking about
Not going back. I hope this prompts some changes. I doubt it but I can at least hope.

My friends and I were happy to find the restaurant open on the 4^th of July! We enjoyed Bloody Mary’s and pizza. Service was okay as they were busy on a Holiday weekend.

Love the tour and all the beer on tap. Also love their pizza. Great to munch on with friends. Perfect location in Southpointe.

Great Bar/​Restaurant. Old Chicago has a great location in South Pointe Mall, and has some decent food. Lots of great drink specials and happy hour options. They do appatizers very well like the trio, Sicilian Pepperoni Rolls, and Italian Nachos. The food is also decent but I have found the calzones to be a bit too greasy for my liking. The burgers are classic bar food, as are the wings. The beer selection is fantastic, tons of stuff on tap. They have a beer tour you can sign up for, and they have great happy hour specials you should try out.

I really like the game day specials they have. the 2 for $ 8 or 3 for $ 11, its every dya theres a pro football game on. the portions are very filling. i usually get teh 3 for $ 11 and im always full before i get to me 3^rd option. for a chain restaurant they offer very good in a warm atmosphere. its almost the kind of place i would come to with my FAC. The food and dirnk options are plentiful. The wings are actually very good, and i really like the buffalo chicken pizza.

Four of us stopped here for lunch on a Sunday. It wasn’t too busy so we thought we could get in and out quickly. That wasn’t the case. After being seated we waited ten minutes until the waiter took our drink order. Then another ten minutes until he took our food order. Then add another twenty five minutes before our food arrived.
With all that I had to run down the waiter to get our check. And he filled my beverage as I was paying the bill.
The only saving grace was that the food was excellent. See the photos. However, for a chain resturant they should have the service part down.
If you have plenty of time to waste then go. The food is really good. But the overall experience was not.
I will go back but not too soon.

Never ate at an Old Chicago before so was meeting a date here just to see. Was disappointed with our waitress as she brought me a refill on my water without being asked but then ignored my date needing a refill (had to get the hostess to get it). Had cheddar burger and it really didn’t have much of a taste to it. Waitress then didn’t bring $ 0.21 of change back, so she didn’t get a tip. Maybe I should have ordered pizza.

Good food and lots of beer on tap. We had the trio appetizer and it was great, though a lot of food for an appetizer. Also the 8″ meats pizza. There are many other menu options. Overall the service was good and the prices fair.

We were there for lunch. Many empty tables, but they tried to seat us a a table between two families with small children and there were strollers and diaper bags everywhere. I ordered the spinach chicken avocado salad and after digging through the salad I discovered there was no chicken in it. After waiting they finally brought me a small dish of cold chicken. Not our best experience there.

The food and beverages are always good. They often run out of the seasonal beers and had done that tonight as well. It tool over 15 minutes after being seated to get a drink, and it was after 9 pm and the place was less than half full. Again, the food is always good and the prices are more than reasonable. I recommend sitting in the bar area for better service.

Sit at the bar, ask for Sybil– best service and she is full of menu & beverage knowledge!

First time going to this place. My wife said he had been here before with her family. Great beer selection. Food came out in good time. I’d give it a 4 star because our calzones did taste good, but, they just were not hot inside. They were warm as if they cooked it just enough to be finished, but not long enough to cook everything inside and get it nice and hot. I will give the place another shot if I’m ever in that area. Maybe it was just the wrong day?

It’s not often I give such a poor rating for a bar that offers such great beers, but after last night I feel as if I must.
I was on a freelance job all day and went to Old Chicago Saturday night at around 5:15 to satisfy my craving for a pint. Side note: I just moved to Lincoln from the east coast and heard good things from my landlord…
1. I walked in and awkwardly stood in the waiting area as the hostess frantically made notes on her notepad. A male worker then came over and grabbed the family waiting next to me to show them their seats… um…still no one said anything to me after they left and I was the only one there. So feeling a bit out of place I slid over to the bar and bypassed the hostess.
2. The bartenders were frantically running around and never said anything for about 5 minutes when the female bartender asked for my order. I ordered an Ayinger Oktoberfest bc it looked just kingly sitting there on its throne amongst all his other glorious companions. Note: she didn’t ask what size I wanted & if I had ever been there before (I hadn’t)
3. The beer looked handsome, tasted succulent, and satiated my aching soul… but when the bill came it was 7.99! 9 bucks for a freaking tiny glass (I only tipped a dollar and trust me, I’m usually a generous tipper so that was rare). I’m not sure how difficult it is to import Ayinger, but on the east coast, I could get the same size for $ 5 easy.
4. The only interactions were asking if I wanted another
Overpriced beers and the service was nothing to write home about. The only reason I give it two stars is due to their decent selection. Ugh… that was disappointing.

I used to live in Lincoln and now miss Old Chicago. Whenever I visit, I make sure to go back and get my craving out the way. My favorite pizza is the Double Deckeronni. They have a great selection of beers and I try to get different ones each time. Italian Nachos are always delicious as well.

my wife and I love this place. we often visit for good food and drinks. the staff is always friend, but can be slow at times when they get really busy. the beer mini-​tours are always a lot of fun. this place is great for sports games and happy hour.
happy hour includes half-​price appetizers and cheaper drinks. you cant beat their full size apps for the price. the italian nachos and pepperoni rolls are both absolutely delicious and amazing and I am eat them weekly.
the pizza is average, but they have the best meatball pizza in town. the strombolis and calzones are actually better than the pizza and completely filled with toppings of your choice. the chicago beef and classic italian sandwiches are out of this world.
overall, a great environment for sports games, happy hour and a place to hang out with friends and famiy.

You know when there are at least 10 places in town to get better pizza it might be time to hang your hat on your calzones instead. The food is below average, it’s on par with Applebee’s. The only appeal is the bar and the broad selection of beer available. The appeal to this location is if you are waiting for others shopping or for a movie to start next door. This is part of a mall for those from out of town, and parking is in a huge lot facing the front of the restaurant. There is a beer garden/​patio area available for outdoor seating.

Much noisier than the downtown location. The building itself isn’t as cool to me as downtown either. However, my service on this particular day was pretty good & the Chicago seven calzone was good.

I have to say I prefer the downtown location, but this one is just as nice. A huge selection of beer, tvs, pool tables. Good service and outdoor dining during the right season. The food is basic and what you come to expect from a chain.
Great for large groups.