Dendrino’s

Where to begin…
If you wake up with a Dendrino’s wrist band on in the morning, you know drunkin slob, poor decisions were made the night before. Dendrino’s is the only bar on Oak Park open until 4 am. Occasionally, if you have enough shots, this place seem like a great idea after the other bars close. You actually have to pay a cover at this place. Although if you are a female, you can usually talk talk them out of making you pay. This bar does not accept credit/​debit– cash only which usually means an ATM fee for me as I rarely carry cash. There are several pool tables in this little bar. However, i’ve never seen the cover off of any of them. I’d hate to see the dust and mold growing atop those things. And don’t lean on the pool table, or the little old man who was just sleeping in his bar stool will wake up to come yell at you. Drinks are overpriced and almost everyone in this place is whacked out on cocaine. Do yourself a favor and just go home when Holsteins closes. I promise you will thank yourself the next day.

Would have given it a 3, but removed 1 star for having to pay a cover and also not having Johnnie Walker. Also they close off the section with the pool table and other stuff. Lame.
Fireballs all night long … well from 3AM something until 4AM with the bro in law. Not sure how those kids around us drank those, but that seemed like the drink of the night. Don’t remember how much our beers were, but I guess price was fine.
Kudos for the ice in the urinals. I think it helps people to aim better and it’s quite fun to see how much ice you can melt.
Seems like the people that go here know each other which is cool, but I prefer not to be in that club…
Just a divey spot before hitting the casino that night.

If I was rich enough I would buy this bar and then immediately demolish it. Ehhhhh. This bar doesn’t deserve to be described with words. It should just be called uhhhghgghg. I could make a list of everything I didn’t like about this bar but it would be quicker just to let you think of every negative experience you could have at a bar and just apply that to dendrinos

I try to be as fair as possible when I write reviews. But this place has only one thing nice I can say about it. Its open later than any other bar around.
Other then that, there is absolutely no reason on the planet to end up here other than striking out all night long and looking for a bar room brawl.
Why this bar sucks:
1. There is a cover charge just to get in
2. The staff is horrible
3. The type of people that show up are horrible
4. The inside looks like the 1970’s threw up on a cheap Greek Wedding.
5. The only entertainment is watching drunks getting kicked out of the bar and playing «count the cop cars’.
I think the black plague would get a better review.

If you find yourself coming here regularly you might want to question the direction your life is taking.

Simply put: this is where dreams go to die.

I feel that Dendrino’s is not being fairly rated here.
Open till 4am — check
Cash only –check
Wood paneling — check
Looks like something out of the 70s — check
Pool table — check
It is definitely not an upscale establishment, nor do I feel that they put themselves out there as one. A good place to get late night drinks in the southwest suburbs.
One of the other reviews makes a reference to the bathrooms… Yeah, kinda nasty.

You are forced to hang in the burbs bordering and including Tinley Park. You close the bar you’re at and you’re not ready to go home. There’s more beers to drink! Someone mentions Dendrino’s. You slap them. You hear me? Slap them right in the mouth. «There’s nowhere else to go. Its the closest 4am bar» you say? Go home. Sober up. Shake the name Dendrino’s from your mind like an etch-​e-​sketch.
This disgusting excuse for a bar doesn’t even deserve 1 star. I’m only writing this review as a P. S.A. if you will. Warning: Dendrino’s may cause serious effects to your health and pride.
Right as you walk in you stand under a 50 000 000 watt heat lamp as the bouncer evil eyes you and checks your I.D. for 20 minutes. Accompanied by the owner/​manager staring at you like you already stole something.
The ugly lights are on and they definitely should change that. If you make it to the bar before barfing, don’t make eye contact with anyone. The regs are burning holes into you’re skull with their eyes, while probably making comments about your full set of teeth and clean clothes. The bartenders, along with everyone else who works there, are super rude. If you have to use the bathroom get out your haz-​mat suit.
Oh, there are pool tables too. No, no silly you can’t play them. Just try lifting the cover off. Before your pinkie even can make contact, there is a cranky old man yelling at you to stop. I guess they are just part of the charming décor… You will most likely get in/​witness a brawl. Seeing as everyone here was wasted enough to make the mistake of coming.
So remember kids: Friends don’t let friends go to Dendrino’s.

We used to have dinner here, when there was food. I think. I can’t even remember, because it was 1972 or ’73. Literally. Before the roads were re-​configured. It was a dark dungeon even then, now I’m wondering why we were there, except that my parents were 23, maybe it was like Panduit after-​hours or somethin’. Either way, now I gotta see it again.

like others said this place is a dive only reason people are are for others closing, its a bad bar only good thing about it i guess is 1 cute bartender which i know, which also lies to get free drinks lol so umm ya id rather go back home and drink than come here

Oh my gosh. This is quite possibly the worst bar I’ve ever been to. It reminded me of a basement you would drink at in high school that belonged to your friend-of-a-friend’s creepy uncle. You were only there because that was the only place you could drink. Think of a bathroom that is dirtier than an outhouse and you’re halfway to Dendrino’s.
It was my brother’s last night of freedom in Chicago before being ordered to serve in Guam for two years (yikes!) so he wanted to stay out as long as possible. I was the DD for the night and refused to drive him and his friends all the way from Orland Park to Groucho’s. A member of the group recommended Dendrino’s and I went without knowing what was in store.
I was warned when walking in that some of the people here were «kinda shady.» I am very happy I went there with 5 dudes, otherwise who knows what would have happened. The «locals» that were there when we first arrived gave me the mega creeps, to say the least. The bartender looked at me as if I had two heads when I wanted to order something non-​alcoholic. She then proceeded to walk away, never returning with a drink. I guess the concept of someone not drinking at this bar was so preposterous, they decided not to serve me anything. Luckily one of my brother’s friends slipped a $ 5 bill into the video poker machine so I was occupied until it was time to leave.
In summary, I know 4am bars are shady – don’t get me wrong. I just don’t understand how a place obviously violating public health codes can still be in business. And maybe next time (if there is one), I’ll pretend to be drunk when ordering a non-​alcoholic drink. Maybe that way I’ll actually get one.

A few years ago, I was guilty of being a patron of this establishment on more than one occasion. It is, after all, a 4am bar and the natural progression from either Holsteins or Teehans. However, it is a bit of a dump. Those crowd prior to the 2am rush consists of a few particularly sad characters. After 2am, the crowd turns to young 20-​somethings looking to get one last drink, and possibly a pick-​up, before they head home, drunk as a skunk.

This place is a little dive. It is a 4:00 am bar and the big crowds hit after JW Holstein’s closes and comes over here. There are some really strange characters that frequent this bar. It looks like like it has it’s original décor from the 70’s. The bartender was really friendly though and she is the only reason why this place has two stars instead of one.