The Village Tavern - LONG GROVE

The Village Tavern is truly a gem! We loved our experience here. The food, service, history, atmosphere…it was all excellent. We also loved the location and walking around the village of Long Grove.

I rarely give below 5 stars, and we honestly loved everything about this place except for our service staff. The food was delicious, it was our first time and honestly the specialty chocolate bacon bbq burger for chocolate festival was awesome. I loved it. The kids ate all their kids meals and didn 't even complain once! It was truly great. The atmosphere is great and the decor is awesome. Keeping true to the original history. Really loved the history on the menus to talk to the kids about it. It was fun to talk about covered wagons! I was really disappointed in our server. After we ordered drinks my 5 yo jokingly asked our server So, when is the lemonade going to be here? Also, for reference it was 80 degrees outside and everyone was parched and hot. Even still the server rolled her eyes at him and just walked away. I thought ok Ill give it another chance and let it slide. A second time my other son (after I instructed him to do so as he 's 11) asked for more water and lemonade. And she said Oh well I 'll get to it I have another table over there I 'm taking care of (PS that table was full of adults). I get it, maybe you 've been in the business a long time and you 're busy, but she just seemed genuinely not friendly. I still tipped 20% and would have tipped more if it weren 't for this. But even my 11 year old asked if he did something wrong. I don 't recommend Jess as a server. Otherwise, cool place and good food. The overall experience seems dependent on the server.

Kid-friendliness: There’s a kids menu with the usual stuff. Wheelchair accessibility: Roll right in!

The food was great! I would recommend the pork schnitzel with side of sourkrout.

Since it was a relatively quick ride on the train north of Chicago, I had to visit the oldest restaurant in Illinois. I really enjoyed the history and ambiance. The food leans toward the area's German heritage, and is well executed.