10/10 experience. Very helpful staff, funny too! If you’re in need of music supplies, this is the place to go. Shop local before you look to Amazon or Ebay.
Awesome products, great personal service, highly recommend!
Vary helpful
Very friendly and helpful staff, limited stock but very good regardless
Very friendly folks, they’re doing something right .
Service was great and advice on products was, as always, really good. Love these guys, and love this store.
We hired a vocal coach She would call and change our times because she would have a student cancel Or we would make an appointment And she would call and say they signed up a new student in that time slot sorry we couldn’t have that 1 now which I know she is the one who has to assign time slots not the counter and then I messaged her as a courtesy to let her know my daughter would be a few minutes late she wanted to change her time I told her no we would be fine with her being just a few minutes late she showed up after the class time was over and said she was sorry for the misunderstanding which I have the text messages she had told me it was no problem there was no misunderstanding now she says she’ll give me a refund for half of the class she missed
Trash
Start answering your phones!!!
4. Music Gifts Plus
Address: 111 S Poplar St, Loda, IL 60948 , Iroquois County , Illinois , United States
This company is so thoughtful! husband ordered string lube and they sent candy
Great company with excellent service!!
I placed an order and received email confirmation for a clarinet advertised on the store’s website for $419.99. Four days later I get an email saying that the order was canceled and my $ was refunded. Seller went on to relist the same clarinet for $599.99. I place numerous calls to seller, left messages and never got a reply back.
5. Veronda’s Music & Promotional Printing
Address: 1030 Kennedy Dr, Kankakee, IL 60901 , Iroquois County , Illinois , United States
Great place to pick up DJ gear when I am in the area.
Love a good music store. Veronda’s is one great music store.
Very nice an easy to work with, very helpful.
Cluttered, no big name guitars, small selection of amps.
I walked in there was a gentleman sitting at a desk who looked up and went be to his work. Another gentleman who was talking to two other guys looked at me and never said a word. I stood there for 5-8 mins and no one offered to help me. It’s a shame because I walked in there with a pretty sizable budget but they obviously did’nt want my business.
They aren’t interested in answering the phone
Walked in to building and a loud bell went off notify staff of a customer entering . I stood there for a few minutes and could hear the worker having a conversation. Noone acknowledged me even after making eye contact. I immediately left and took by business to King Music in Bradley. This was my first and last experience at Verondas
6. Walmart Supercenter
Address: 1790 E Walnut St, Watseka, IL 60970 , Iroquois County , Illinois , United States
Very fast pickup of online purchase. No more than 2 minutes. PLEASE, PLEASE get a grocery pick up at the Watseka Illinois store. I don’t understand why there is none. Especially during a pandemic.
That’s the reason for the 3 star review.
UPDATE: Changed to 5 stars. Watseka now has grocery pickup. FANTASTIC!!
Un supermercado con muchos productos a muy buenos precios
It’s Walmart.. everything you would typically expect, Plus your normal people watching entertainment
Not as large as most of their super centers. It is clean and well stocked.
I used to go to Walmart all the time used to love it. Now I mostly go to pay my credit card bill. I dread it if I have to purchase anything as self checkout is a pain in the a$$. Especially when the reader fails and staff just stands there BSing know it’s been messed up all day.
Drive up very slow for meds plus people ahead in line do not call and ask status of their medication s
Cashiers are not polite
7. Dollar General
Address: 400 W Walnut St, Watseka, IL 60970 , Iroquois County , Illinois , United States
I love going to this store, I
always find the things I need
I did not hate it I loved shopping there
Good
Very organized
Like gong there
Gilman store is always dirty. Stuff laying on floor.
Lazy employees, the store looks like this every time I go there. It’s an extreme fire hazard I can never get to to the things I need without moving a cart out of the way. Almost everything is priced wrong. So much stuff needs to be put away yet every time I go there the employees are just sitting behind the register chit chatting and not doing their jobs!
Dirty cluttered and the cashier was rude.
Um…… Why why why …. Are you guys OK….!!!
I hope a BABY OR KIDS don’t get sick.
Dates were still good for a week…. On both o.j. and milk……… I went back for the next two day and the milk and o.j. and more are still sitting there…. WOW …..soooo sick….!!!
8. mcbj records
Address: 378 S Alma Ave, Kankakee, IL 60901 , Iroquois County , Illinois , United States
I won’t say what they have I’m going to just say go and visit. They have all the things you would or wouldn’t think of. Everything from fashion on up.
My favorite store!!
Normally its 5 stars but no one helped or came back
There is so much to look at. It was very nostalgic for me to see the clothes and bags. I loved it. The staff is very helpful without even having to ask. So glad we stopped in today!
Good slectuon of used and new vinal
overpriced, the employees (if you can find one) tend to talk to people like theyre stupid. they have alot of stuff, but it all can be had elsewhere much cheaper, and without the attitude.
I’ve had to change my star rating for this place. Kankakee is exploding with Covid cases and their response to not wearing a mask is “we don’t get many customers”. Since this pandemic has started not one worker has worn a mask while I’m in the store. I was looking to spend over $100 on my last visit too. Don’t want to listen to and follow the science you don’t get my money. I will follow up in a week to see if changes have been made.
The best. Whatever you need, just go talk to them…
Great service. And an awesome selection. They didn’t have what I was looking for yet they still called around to try and find it. Awesome place. Definitely will be going back.
Pretty legit place. I like it.
17. Guitar By Devin
Address: 846 Coyote Trail, Manteno, IL 60950 , Iroquois County , Illinois , United States
Beautiful store with amazing instruments. Steve and Molly are great, and have a really interesting philosophy about trying to connect the person to the perfect guitar, and they understand what that journey looks like. Highly recommended for passionate musicians.
Needed some work done on my banjo and was looking to get connected with some teachers and other musicians in the area, and I got all of that at Down Home Guitars. Friendly and helpful staff as well.
Never write reviews but I had to give these guys props. Fantastic instruments and top notch customer service. Don’t bother going anywhere else, this place had it all. I drive for over an hour and a half every time to get there and it’s always worth it.
The store carries beautiful high-end acoustic instruments. They also hold some impressive seminars and concerts. If you want the very best and can spend 6K on a guitar then this store may be for you. With a larger wallet, perhaps you will receive better treatment than I did. The red-haired owner of this store is probably the rudest retail store owner I have ever experienced. Of course, I wasn’t there to spend thousands of dollars. I simply went there to buy picks, strings, tab books, and to explore and discuss instruments with other music lovers. My initial visits were often greeted by cold, stiff, and awkward personalities. After multiple visits, I expected things would warm up, and while some staff were friendly, it was never a comfortable experience. This was especially true whenever the owner was present. Pompous and arrogant seem apt descriptions, and small talk and small wallets are beneath him.
19. Boxcar Books and Vinyl
Address: 201 E Main St, Hoopeston, IL 60942 , Iroquois County , Illinois , United States
Emily has a wonderful little shop here. Tons of books to choose from, bookmarks, comics, and even a few nostalgic knickknacks.
Cute bookstore located in Downtown Hoopeston. Boxcar offers books of any genre, and always has the newest releases. For vinyl, the selection is small, but enough to be satisfied with. Also, they have bargain deal records, which were preowned, but still in good shape and quality. Please support this local business!
