Took my car in to get a new headunit and sub +amp. So far notice a big improvement in sound quality and the sub is just hnnng. Brad and everyone else there were really friendly and professional. Was worth every penny for the upgrade. Will go back to have new speakers installed. Very good experience. Also noticed they tucked my dash cam cord for me and didn’t even tell me about it. Soo yea definitely reccomend.
Great guys, very professional and rates that beat every other place in the 309. When, not if, you go there deal with Brad the owner. They also do great window tinting.
Being a fan of supporting local businesses is how I found Brad. Last year he did a complete speaker, amps, and subs upgrade on my 2015 f150. My main desire was that it looked completely factory when complete. I couldn’t have been happier with the project. Brad completely nailed it and it sounds amazing.
This year when deciding to upgrade the deck and add a remote start, Brad was my first and only choice. Again he hit a home run with everything. This included going above and beyond developing a a whole package that not only looked completely factory and didn’t disable my factory backup camera, but, even hand wiring a solution to incorporate my factory steering wheel controls.
This isn’t your big box store, this is a small local business owned by a man dedicated to being the best around. Any future projects will definitely be done by Brad and his crew.
People are cool but currently under construction
Would have been nice to get some ferrels on the ends of my wire to my sub. Its the little things like that that makes me want to give even Fewer stars than this. If you’re gonna charge me to do a job, try not to alf hassit!
Also, I in no intention meant to disrespect anyone at extremesound or whatever you call the place, I merely noticed a small detail, not discovered by your team, that seemed like routine work. To not put a ferrel on a 0 guage wire, seems a little unprofessional. I would also like to respond to the white tape. I took the sub out, and not knowing much, labeled the wires to know where to put back. Never said you used white tape to label your wires. You guys are very nice and seem to be overwhelmed with customers. Maybe a few more employees or a receptionist would help. That is all. Have a good day
They did a good job, and I would have given them 5-star rating but some things were not explained very well and had to make two trips cause they didn’t have the parts the day we scheduled it. Other than that they fixed all the issues and went above customer service to make it up.
Very little parking tried to get in to lot but.no spaces when I did find one when it came back out one of their employees was parking car behind mine i had to go back in to have them move it
I made an order on wish and decided to save some money by having the order sent here. This was before I knew how difficult it is to get ahold of anyone. They never answer any of their 3 phones and two have the same message saying their hours are weird and to text them for help. I did that and I also tried to email them and contact them via their site with no response. The only way I could get through to anyone was through fb messenger and even then it took them days to respond.
First the order was over two weeks late which I dont fault the store for. However, when it finally did arrive it took nearly a whole additional week to arrange to pick it up because I tried every method listed above and was ignored for several days. I also tried just going to the shop while their hours said they’d be open but no one answered. Finally when they responded they told me I could come at 5pm and that they’re always open Tues-thurs from 11 to 6, i found this untrue considering I did show up before 6 on the previous thursday and no one answered. I confirmed that it was ok for me to come at 5 and was told yes. They also seemed to suggest I had tried going to the wrong door when I definitely did not.
So I show up very shortly after 5, their parking lot is blocked off and I have to park on the side street and walk up. I then had to knock for nearly a minute before an irate man answered the door an immediately said ‘we dont do this after 430, it says so on the site’ I told him I had checked with whoever ran their fb messenger to make sure I could and he just repeated it again. I checked later and could find no such statement on their website and there were certainly no signs on the door or in the window. I was also defintely not told then when I asked if I could come at 5pm.
I’m not one of their valued customers so maybe that’s why I got this sort of treatment. I just know if I was actually trying to get work done on my car I would have given up and gone somewhere else after not being able to get in touch with them for weeks.
Theres two other drop off locations in the area that actually answer their phone and seem to have regular hours so I’ll probably try them if this experience hasn’t put me completely off doing order pickups.
Not to happy with his prices. Service is ok he will order you anything but at a cost.
3. Redbox
Address: 1008 W Garfield Ave, Bartonville, IL 61607 , Bartonville , Illinois , United States
Mirror Image has been a part of my life for 30 years. The owner Gary Manuel is a wonderful man. As kids growing up he would give us odd jobs over the summer just to be nice. We (my brothers and I) would put Cd cases together or cassette cases and just have fun over at the studio. Professionally, you couldn’t ask for a better business man. He is very fair and does a great job at what he does. The quality of his work and his product is one of the best around. I have not one single thing to say that would be negative. I would recommend this studio and his work to any single person that needed these kinds of services. Absolutely one of the best in this area without a doubt!!
Food was cold and we asked the girl at drive threw if there was sweet and sour sauce in bag she said yes. No sweet and sour sauce.
Seen the outside parking lot to park my car more.
5. Joshs Guitar Shop
Address: 1502 N 8th St, Pekin, IL 61554 , Bartonville , Illinois , United States
Josh is quite the guitar tech, when it comes to repairs of accoustic & electric guitars, bass guitars, etc. he is spot on.
His background, knowledge, and endured time with in music buisness and sound make him a definitive gold standard.
The greatest Guitar Shop in the midwest!!!
Josh and Daimien are as friendly and down to earth. Treated this hobby player with the same consideration as a gigging musician. Rewired my guitar and dropped a push/pull pot in and didn’t charge an arm and a leg. Will patronize again.
Went there to get my guitar because I got no updates on the guitar and they took the pickgaurd off of my vintage 1953 SJ200 Gibson acoustic without me knowing and broke off a piece of binding around the sound hole. Then when I was gonna restring the instrument they couldn’t find my bridge pins which are original to the guitar. Ill give them this they got rid of the main rattle of the guitar but I was expecting some extra caution and care for taking in such an instrument.
Overall: Very Disorganized, Unprofessional service…
6. Route 24 Gun & Pawn Inc
Address: 903 McKinley Ave, Bartonville, IL 61607 , Bartonville , Illinois , United States
This is a great local place to do business. The owner is friendly and down to earth. All of my transactions have been quick and easy. I will keep coming back.
Down to earth, friendly, & helpful. A definite “hidden gem” in this area.
Newly remodeled. Cool place to trade buy pawn.
High Priced and Rude. Selection is a joke.
Totally rude! Went in to get some information on an omega watch.. he was so short and seemed upset that anyone would even walk in his store. Never will go there again and wil relay the message.. Thanks Brandon!
Posted business hours are wildly inaccurate. I’ve gone out twice when they’re supposed to be open and they were not. I’m done trying.
7. Flores Music
Address: 523 Caroline St, Pekin, IL 61554 , Bartonville , Illinois , United States
Good store not staffed very well so plan on spending some time. Other than that Good inventory
Great selection cool people very knowledgeable!
Great music shop. Long experienced and knowledgeable staff!
Very rude, couldn’t have had a worst experience! And that was the owner acting in a mega unprofessional manner! Don’t waste your time, go anywhere but here.
I needed a set of strings last minute and stopped in to the closest place and they tried to charge me 21$!!!! I get these same strings for 6$ everywhere else. I told him no way and he knocked it down immediately to 16?? He said they were on sale… Which he failed to mention when he told me the price initially. Total rip off. Always rude and I hate having to go there.
I went in looking for some specifics, I had my own guitar with me, THAT I BOUGHT FROM THEIR PEORIA STORE, possibly to upgrade. Played a few guitars (with no amp, because who needs an amp when shopping guitars) to give them sometime to at least acknowledge my presence… no luck, so I stood at the counter where I could see the manager sitting and talking with sime dude about nothing… for about 5 minutes before I said screw it… never coming back to this location ever…. I’ve bought a total of 3 guitars and my father bought 4 and with guitar-mart on their assess, I’d think they’d try harder
8. Dollar General
Address: 1512 W Garfield Ave, Bartonville, IL 61607 , Bartonville , Illinois , United States
Definite one of my fav Dollar general stores! Has a large variety of items, well stocked and friendly staff. My only complaint would be that it was hard at times to get around the store due to items being stocked.
Very friendly people.
Always good
Has a lot of stuff. Including a refrigerator section!
Cheap stuff
Friendly environment
Dirty store, needs a good cleaning
No one at front register for like 5 minutes
Workers are lazy they don’t want to do their jobs always acting like their doing something but their not they didn’t want to hire me now I know why they don’t want workers they want lazy people
9. Flores Music
Address: 3831 N Sheridan Rd, Peoria, IL 61614 , Bartonville , Illinois , United States
The best music store experience i have ever had was here, the staff were very friendly, kind & actually knew about the instruments. I walked in looking for a bass & not expecting to see a big variety. Not only did they have a great variety of basses but they have a very good range of prices. I found one that i really liked, it both looked & sounded amazing. I truly can’t express how happy i was with the bass i bought & the level of help i had making my choice, i will definitely be returning for my musical need from now on!
Went in to check out I’m new to learning guitar and have only been going to guitar center. Soon as I walked in was greeted ASAP and when asking questions it was immediately answered and the one one time of answering my questions was awesome. The staff make you feel welcomed. My experience is I will be spending my money on guitar needs from them for here on out.
I went in and bought some new strings for my guitar after one had broken, I asked for a recommendation, as I did not like the sound of the last strings I had bought. I came home, put on the new strings, tried to tune my guitar, and the same string that had broken wouldn’t tune and eventually broke again. The next day I took my guitar in and explain to them what had happened. they easily diagnosed the problem, told me what need to be fixed and even suggested that I try to fix it myself, since it was an easy fix, instead of paying for the repair and gave me a new set of strings at a discount, even though the reason for the broken string was my guitar and not their product. I bought what I needed and with a little help from Flores and youtube, I changed out my tuning key, put on my new strings (the ones Flores recommended) and now my guitar sounds better than ever.
Pros: I just moved here and was told by a guitar center employee that Flores music down the road has the best guy around to diagnose a problem I have with my very expensive guitar. Three shops had tried and failed at this point. I wish I could remember the technicians name; it started with a “j” I know, he takes one look at the guitar and checks a couple things. He then tells me that the problem is easily fixed. I tell him I’ve heard that before. But while I waited he fixed the buzzing problem and even corrected a couple other things that were bad. I’ve never had a guitar play this well ever! The con is when I was done thanking the savior of my taylor guitar a man from the store got mad at me for peeking my head in the shop to talk to the technician who I am trusting with my guitar. Sorry Flores music for bothering you with my business. Great repairs and lousy customer relations.
Nice music store.
It was awesome na Kevin Gray Is such a good drum teacher
I have bought $1,000’s worth of stuff from this place. I always have felt like I had been treated fairly and given a good deal. I have even taken some of my stuff in to have it repaired and cleaned. I bought a fantastic pair of speakers no one has heard of and that have a goofy connection on the back. I went in and spoke with them about it and decided to try banana plugs. I was under the impression that if it didn’t work I could bring it back in and return it. So my wife stops in with the original receipt and in the original packaging (unopened) and they refuse to give our money back. In store credit is all I can get. It’s terrible business practice and I should have been told up front that they would not except the return, especially since I had been talking to them about what I was doing. I will from now on do my business elsewhere.
WENT HERE WITH MY MOM AND DAUGHTER , people act like they are too busy to help paying customers that have been a customer for years . SHOP AT SWEETWATER , OR SAM ASH THEY Treat you like customers not trash !! Family is done shopping here endnof story you should too this place is NO GOOD THUMBS DOWN !!
Don’t buy anything from them, nobody there competent enough to know what they are selling
10. Redbox
Address: 1405 W Garfield Ave, Bartonville, IL 61607 , Bartonville , Illinois , United States
Friendly service. Located by Bartonville Kroger. They donated to St.Jude jeep jam and we won their great donation. Their coffee is delicious. The donuts are delectable…. up to 17 different kinds. Big drink menu. Support Local!
Excellent Donut shop! House made and perfect!
The variety of creative flavor combinations along with the standard fare makes this shop a go to place to impress your friends. Don’t forget to grab a wonderful chai tea latte to keep your hands of the donuts before reaching your destination.
8-31-22 I have been here a number of times. If you get an ice coffee/Frappuccino, MIX THE CUP B4 DRINKING. It looks so cool when they give it to you, see picture. It will taste super sugary if not straight expresso. It is a layed drink, please learn from me before making a judgment.
I am not a huge fan of cake doughnuts. I had the apple pie, don’t ask me why I got one I hate pie, but I hate myself for not getting 2 or more and they were cake. Itbwas covered in a Cinnamon sugar! I also got a pumpkin, I love pumpkin, and it was good. For getting 2 cake doughnuts, that I haven’t prefer EVER in the past, and loving one and liking the other speaks volumes.
TRY THIS PLACE OUT FOR COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS!
We’ve had a vendor bring Big Mike’s donuts into our office twice now. So I’ve tried them a few times… both in a bag and a box.
They’re donuts.
They look like donuts. They’re shaped like donuts. I guess they taste like donuts. They’re not bad donuts– but they’re also not great either. They’re just very basic bland baked goods that appear to fulfill the basic requirements of being a donut. They’re just very “okay” cake donuts.
Maybe they’re better in the shop but it’s just not something that I’d go out of my way to get again.
The donuts are good.
Coffee ☕️ Is great. Donuts not so much. Yeast donuts tasted stale & bland. I wanted them to be good but they just weren’t.
All out of filled donuts at 8:30am. They said they always run out very early so come in at 7am. …So why not make more filled for your customers??
Been there 5 times. Cinnamon rolls can be stale. The donut cases are not full. My friend and I go in, she has a service dog she keeps in a stroller, fasten in with a mech cover over it. He is a emotional support dog to keep her calm. Also he alerts her when her blood sugar goes low. We were told that he is NOT a service dog and cannot bring him in. He had his tags and she had the paperwork with her. Won’t be goung back.
13. Sin in Skin Ink
Address: 5906 S Adams St, Bartonville, IL 61607 , Bartonville , Illinois , United States
Maggi at Sin in Skin gave me this beautiful witch tattoo that I’m obsessed with!! Maggi is so talented, professional, and caring. I have multiple tattoos by her and love every one of them so much. She’s the best!!
First tat ever and glad I chose this shop to do it plan on more in the future
My Wife suggested I go back to have Ary do a tattoo to honor our late Furbaby after Ary did such an awesome job on hers yesterday. Once again Ary did an awesome job on mine. I would highly recommend her (Ary) or anyone at this shop. They are great people. Thanks again Ary.
I stopped in with a friend of mine and we were thinking about getting tatoos. But after talking to the staff I personally did not feel comfortable with them putting anything permanent on me. The staff did not explain the process well. After having that short stop in, I discuss my experience at Sin in Skin Ink. Many of the patons I interacted with and had the same consecious. The shop clearly lacked professionalism. I’m very glad I walked out with out a tatoo from Sin in Skin Ink.
Inappropriate conduct.
Unprofessional
14. Don’s Music Land
Address: 7717 N University St STE A, Peoria, IL 61614 , Bartonville , Illinois , United States
Everyone employee at this restaurant is very polite. This is one of the better McDonald’s around.
I’m lovin’ it!! Love their large Coca-Cola for $1.00!! Chocolate shake and large fries !!
The fries are always hot here. That’s the most important thing!
My server was excellent very polite very knowledgeable great young lady the food was mediocre at best ask for no onions. Onions anyway my milkshake was very runny and not very cold either kind of strange for a milkshake out of all the McDonald’s in the area this particular site in my opinion is one of the worst
Didn’t get what we wanted
This place is not always the fastest. I have seen drive thru whip out 8 to 10 cars. All this while I continued to wait for my order. If you done in be prepared to wait.
Poor service,
Service sucks food was lousy won’t be going back to this restaurant
Finally found WoW Christmas CCM. AND on sale! Yay!!
Plenty to choose from. Helpful staff.
Friendly staff and had just what I was looking for
The store is pretty good. The staff is very knowledgeable and helpful. They take the time to help you find what you are looking for, whether it’s sheet music, instruments, or accessories. They also offer lessons with some great teachers.
Friendly and helpful staff!
Have issues taking money off cards don’t say why just say sorry we can’t help
19. Ribbon Records
Address: 641 W Main St, Peoria, IL 61606 , Bartonville , Illinois , United States
Fun looking through all the records and cool clothes
Best record store in the area. Fair prices, nice selection, knowledgeable owner. 10/10
Nice place with decent prices but records have no grading labels.
This record selection is a serious diamond in the rough. I have visited sooooo many stores with such watered down, combed over selections and it’s so nice to see Red Ribbon taking such care to carry truly rare and excellent albums on vinyl alongside the undeniable staples. The cd stock was pretty much like that of a Goodwill though.
Stopped here when I was in town for a concert. The store did not have the largest inventory but I did find several vintage LP’s I was looking for and they were fairly priced. It was a good overall experience and I would definitely go back.
20. Younger Than Yesterday
Address: 2615 N University St, Peoria, IL 61604 , Bartonville , Illinois , United States
Eclectic shop has been there forever, love visiting and can always find some record I cannot live without. Put this as a must visit on your list!
Tons of vinyl going all the way back!
My only complaint is that their new vinyl is very overpriced. Great selection of used stuff though.
Great selection at a fair price!
Great selection of used music. Way WAY overpriced. Purchase cheaper off the net.
Lots of oldies rock if that is your thing. Prices way too high.
Good selection of records. Giving two stars because was on the gander for a nice Outkast record & the owner says he doesn’t carry hip hop records to “keep those type of people out”. Very gross & tasteless comment.
. Totally made us feel unwelcome. He has TONS of stuff. We made a purchase but will never go back to the overpriced elitist
