Dex Eats It : Bases Loaded Sports Bar & Grill

Joliet Town & Country lanes was built in 1958 and now is the largest family owned center in Will County. Bases Loaded Sports Bar & Grill is located inside of the bowling ally. Family owned and run since 1958 its the perfect place to take your entire family out for a fun night. This bowling ally really separates itself from all others with unexpected amazing quality all around.

The Food :

Before I even ordered my food, I was looking at their menu. It was very nice and laminated, not like any old paper just thrown in front of me. They also had a pretty wide variety for being a restaurant, inside a bowling alley. Which isn't what I expected. Plus they ad really good specials, like $2.00 off the special meal of the day.

The food overall was delectable. I ordered the chicken strips, onion rings, mozzarella sticks, one of there delicious handmade pizzas and a grilled cheese. The food came out relatively fast along with the drinks. I ordered a Pepsi, even though I'm a Coke fan, they only have Pepsi products. Plus they didn't put too much ice in it. Everything was warm and came out correctly as ordered. Not to mention it all filled me up, no small portions served here. I even had some food to bring home, which my family loved as well. The pizza was very inviting, smelled great and tasted even better. I got a simple cheese pizza and it was proportioned really well, not too much sauce or cheese. Ya know when you get pizza with too much sauce and it drops on your white t-shirt. The chickens strips were heavenly, along with the honey mustard that topped it off. When I order chicken strips I always have to have honey mustard and when a place has gross honey mustard it ruins my entire experience, lucky for me the honey mustard here was delightful. I also tried there BBQ sauce and the southwest sauce that they make themselves, all were very good. I wish I could buy some stuff like that from the store! My biggest complaint with the food although it was very good, it was over priced. I couldn't imagine coming here with a family of five how much it would cost to feed everyone, with drinks. For such a family orientated place they should have more family friendly prices. Thank god I only came with one other person!

The Service:

When we walked into the restuarant, I figured I would have someone seat us, but we had to seat ourselves. Which put me off right away, but after waiting only a few minutes our waiter came to the table, which I thought was fast. Our waiters name was Mark. He was very friendly, attentive, and speedy. Mark got our drinks as soon as they were empty and I never had to ask for anything. Our order came out correctly and warm. When we were finished Mark cleared our table. He brought out our check with a very nice "Have a great day!" text message on it. Overall everything with the service was amazing. When you walk into a bowling ally you do not expect to be greeted with great food and good service.

The Building :

Before I even walked in, it was hard for me to find a parking spot, but I can't blame them because it was a Saturday night. But once inside the bar/ restaurant, it was very chill. There are 6 LCD TVs, they had sports on the TV, which gave it a good environment and good entertainment! The place had dim lighting but was very clean overall. It had a nice feeling very relaxing and was very enjoyable. Somewhere you could bring a date, or just a couple friends. The bowling lanes looked very busy like a lot of people were there. I was here on a Saturday night and they started open bowl at abut 9:00, but they had a lot of leagues bowling. There was a need for background music to cover the crashing of the pins. I don't have much to complain about but the bathrooms, they looked cleaned but had a strange smell. As if they needed a air freshener. With eating, bowling, a game room, and three bars it would be very hard to get bored here. They have something for everyone. The game room is good for the kids if their parents wnt to get a couple drinks in them and bowl a few games.