Instructor Kevin is very knowledgeable about piano/music. He takes his time for each student so that they can have a strong foundation and go from there when performing. Would recommend.
2. B-Side Records
Address: 114 Stephen St, Lemont, IL 60439 , Lemont , Illinois , United States
I had such a wonderful experience at b side records today! First, their selection is truly top notch. Their store is clean, organized and their prices are fair! They let me know all records are inspected and cleaned! We played them all tonight and they sound perfect. Thank you so much for a great experience and see you soon!
Great selection and great staff. Nice to have a local place to shop records
I found several great albums today and the staff was very helpful. I only have one complaint. At a record shop, I expect to hear music, not a football game! LOL
friendly staff, pretty good selection of new releases.
This is a really nice record store for vintage used vinyl. They throw away stuff that isn’t playable. Almost every sleeve is at least VG quality. You’ll be underwhelmed if you’re looking for new albums, but if vintage stuff is what you’re looking for, you’ll enjoy this store. Prices are a little high – Purple Dog in Naperville has many of the same titles for less money.
Dr valve is the best trumpet repair And restoration service in the greater Chicagoland area. As a professional performer for over 25 years there is no one else I would trust with my vintage horn.
Steve did a great job, made my trumpet look and sound like new. I’ll definitely go back.
Knowledgeable staff. Excellent service. They did a great job working on my daughter’s trumpet.
5. Allegro Music and Dance Academy
Address: 315 Canal St, Lemont, IL 60439 , Lemont , Illinois , United States
This music/dance studio is staffed with some of the most friendly and knowledgeable people. Ryan reached out to me almost immediately after submitting the inquiry form online and followed up by phone with me twice. The signup for ballet classes was a very quick and easy process! Amy was fantastic, she answered all of my questions and did not rush through the conversation. I got the vibe that I usually get from family owned businesses which is EXCELLENT, not sure if they are but they definitely deserve the five stars they received. I am looking forward to making Allegro our new dance home for years to come!
I cannot say enough positive things about my six year old son’s drum teacher, Mr. Ryan! He has always believed in my son & teaches with a patient, calm, engaging, and kind, yet professional, manner. I love seeing the pride Mr. Ryan shows when James performs his learned skills for me & at recitals! I feel so very grateful to have found him! James & I give him a great big thank you 🙂
We’ve really enjoyed our experience at Allegro. Sophie is wonderful and there’s very much a family feeling there.
Mr Ryan is great! Thank you for teaching me the guitar!
Sad and upset, found a truck load of your trash on my property. How do I know it’s yours? There’s tons of paperwork with the schools name, address, phone number, PayPal info, and passwords. Pay for a dumpster not someone’s lawn. The icing on the cake placing your mannequin in the middle of the road so someone could hit it. Please clean it up ASAP.
6. Lemont Music Academy
Address: 15543 E 127th St, Lemont, IL 60439 , Lemont , Illinois , United States
Wonderful atmosphere and great teachers! My daughter loves going to her piano lessons and has so much fun. She is excited to learn other instruments too. Highly recommend Lemont Music Academy!
Great place to service your string instruments! They do music lessons too! Jan is an amazing instructor!
7. Music Solutions
Address: 490 Woodcreek Dr D, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 , Lemont , Illinois , United States
Bought a new diamond art kit. Everyone was friendly and knowledgeable about the products. It’s definitely a must visit.
Shopping at Oakridge Hobbies & Toys, 15800 New Ave, Lemont, IL 60439 will challenge you to not want to purchase all of the models, RC toys etc that you see and come across. The staff are friendly and quite knowledgeable with all and price wise the store is what you’d expect for that level of service.
Very nice selection and fair prices.
Nice people to do business with
I love the shop I’ve bought 3 model cars but it seems like they’re down sizing i really hope not i finally found the right spot
Nice little toy shop…
But, not a hobbyists dream, they have a little of a few different things. A few train kits, track, and individual cars for HO, O, and N. The RC section is all intro level; typical park flier and traxxas rtr stuff. They have an equal sized section of slot car stuff.
If you’re looking for a specialty part for something high end, I would count on it.
Website not clear. Customer service not good. Very disappointed. Will not order from again and we buy a lot of power wheel parts. Couldn’t even refund $7.
Terrible! A month later and I still don’t have everything I ordered! I odered a miniature kitchen set for my dollhouse through their online department. That same day, I also ordered some dollhouse flooring. The kitchen was not in stock, so they had to order it through the supplier, no big deal, I expected that. Fast forward a few days, I was expecting shipping notification any day and I wanted to see if I could add some miniature chairs to my order. When I called, the guy who answered looked up my order, and told me it was all there and ready to ship, but that they could hold it while they waited for the chairs to come in.
Fast forward 2 weeks and I still hadn’t heard anything, so I called back. The woman (I’m pretty sure she’s the manager) I talked to this time said everything was there except the kitchen…wait a minute, you mean the kitchen that I was told had already come and I had already paid for?…*that* kitchen?!
Yep, that kitchen.
Over the next 2 weeks I called a few more times. They did send the flooring and chairs, but only after I said that I would be in the area the next day (she said the kitchen should be there in the morning) and I can pick everything up. She said that she would call me back the next day (the day I was in the area) and when she did, the kitchen still hadn’t come. She simply offered to send what they did have only to change the subject.
The next time I called, she (the manager) even “tracked” my kitchen in an order from the supplier — which was a total lie.
I finally got them to admit the original kitchen had been sold out from under me. My kitchen that I had already paid for was sold to someone else. She tried claiming that the guy I had spoken to must have failed to pull it from the shelves…by now I was so fed up that I just asked for my money back, and I didn’t waste my breath telling her that I knew she was lying because that particular kitchen had been ordered specifically for me. As of this writing, I have an email stating the refund, but not enough time has passed to see if it went through to my credit card.
Don’t order from these people!!
So frustrating! I placed an order on the 16th of February which is still in process. I have reached out to customer service because I noticed a delay in shipping, and was told my order would ship the following week (which would have been >5 business days- absolutely no problem, just wanted to know when it would ship).
Well I’m sitting here well over a month later and I have not gotten an email confirming shipping, and no one will respond to my email inquiries regarding my order. Quite honestly I’m beginning to wonder if this is actually a company or a scam.
10. Mabel’s Market
Address: 307 Canal St, Lemont, IL 60439 , Lemont , Illinois , United States
The owner is such a nice person! She will go out of her way to help you and has such a creative mind. It is a cute local store and highly recommend going to the Fall market!
Very nice selection of creative, repurposed furniture, crafts and goodies.
Love this place! Awesome ladies with an amazing store!
Nice people
Make sure you call before you drive out there. This is the second time we’ve made the 45min drive and they were closed during regular business hours.
Lovely ladies running the store. Small town feeling in lemont. Love it.
Fall on Canal market was extremely disappointing. Very few vendors, ridiculously overpriced items. It’s a cute idea but definitely needs improvement if you plan to do it again.
11. Rustic Knead
Address: 1130 State St, Lemont, IL 60439 , Lemont , Illinois , United States
Lovely local cafe, serving delicious sandwiches, salads and soups. But the most amazing thing about this place is that their bakers are making fresh and divine pastries every day!
Delicious food! Darling cozy atmosphere
Super fresh and delicious!!!
Just fine. Step above Panera.
I was so excited by their menu, and winced when I pulled in and realized it was in a strip mall. Sadly, the feel of the place makes it fitting that it’s in a strip mall.
All the breakfast sammies sounded amazing, and I ended up going with the Hamlet; it was resoundingly fine. In a classic, “can’t please everyone,” I was actually disappointed by the VERY quick service – not even enough time for the cheese to melt, and everything slapped together with such speed that there was no real *love* to it. I’m sure some other folks adore how fast their breakfast comes out, but to me it all felt pretty soulless and underwhelming.
The dudes who worked there were super friendly, and my sandwich certainly wasn’t bad. Just nothing terribly inspiring or exciting.
VERY expensive. The food is fresh and the atmosphere is nice which is what earned this place three stars. But the prices are so outrageous, I cannot give more than that!
Charged me for extra bacon and didn’t put it on the sandwich.
Didn’t pick up when we called. Drove over to find out that they are not dog-friendly. Why the hell not?
We just ordered our food. Went to sit down and were told we had to leave because they were closing in 3 minutes. $35 in food and forced to eat in our car. Unbelievably rude!!!
12. Allen Organs
Address: 181 W Crossroads Pkwy D, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 , Lemont , Illinois , United States
Not surprised that when I made a call today I would be cut off each time I tried to explain a small segment of what my call was about. I experience this everytime I call this company!! Horrible professionalism and tone of voice is questionable! I was asking why would a guy in sales be sent to complete an installation of a part and diagnose a problem with my Leslie. Neither here nor there at this point, but why own a business if you refuse to listen to the customer and not interrupt as things are being explained. I guess I should not have thought I was still under warranty, just to be told the last service call wasn’t under labor either, and that the labor charges were paid by the him. That was a good point, but I had no problem mentioning the self-labor I processed after the service tech departed. Having (myself) a degree in Electrical and Mechanical Technology, I felt I could handle taking the organ back apart to reattach the ground loop that the service tech left unattached, that was visible between the left upper cheek block of the organ. I felt Mr. Lee doubted my mention of the loose ground wire because he responded saying: “I’ve never got a call from you about that!” I nicely informed him that I called the technician who had already jumped on the highway to return to the company and opted to just disassemble things and reattach the ground loop as well as inspect for other discrepancies.
I ended this call by asking for his name (Lee), and I assume he felt I asked so that I could report my experience to a higher-up. Well, he didnt hesitate to mention he was the owner of the company and all complaints are handle by him. However, from past experiences, I’ve found there’s always an alterate route to take whenever there is a temporary roadblock in the direction of rightful travel.
13. Goodwill Store & Donation Center
Address: 1146 State St, Lemont, IL 60439 , Lemont , Illinois , United States
It is what it is. The drive up donation is normally very efficient.
esta bien pero puede aserse mejor.
Not well organized. Went late so that may be it
One of my favorite retail therapy stores, I can always find something that I like. Who wants to pay full price for a pair of jeans when you can get a perfectly good pair for $5?? Always clean and organized and the staff is just great.
They have got to where they think there good enough to sell used at retail price. I’m done with them.
They are to over priced on there stuff
HORRIBLE SERVICE. To the person working at Lemont Goodwil at 5:40 on dec 12, 2020.
No one came out to help us out at first then a guy comes out and yells at us to stay in our car, then proceeds to start yanking everything out of our car and scratches the inside. There isn’t even a place I could file a complaint at on the goodwill website either.
Very rude. VERY rude.
14. Redbox
Address: 15575 E 127th St, Lemont, IL 60439 , Lemont , Illinois , United States
Very clean and for the most part I usually find what I need
It’s not a very big Target, but the staff are really friendly and helpful. If you’re looking to grocery shop here, know that there’s not as much fresh selection as there would be at a Super Target.
Unorganized, can never find items in the store. Rude employees, act like they do not even want to be there. Save your time and go to a different location.
Absolutely terrible customer experience.
Their glasses and vision store next the pharmacy said they could take the lenses out of my old broke frames and put them into the same new pair of frames.. fell out of the glasses while slowly running in the snow a week later.. good luck finding a lens buried in snow, thanks target.
16. YSM Ent
Address: 454 Mallview Lane, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 , Lemont , Illinois , United States
Had dinner there last week. Food was good my server Rachel was great.
The managers casey was very helpful qnd very nice inside is actually pretty impressive highly recommended!
Main bar service is pathetic. Slow does not pay attention to customer sitting at bar. Drinks were made at a side station for what IDK. Seen High Infidelity last week they are Awesome as usual love them. Place was empty and oh, $12 freaking cover? Seriously? Food subpar at Best. When it was the Quarry way better. Drinks watered down. The 3 stars I gave went to the stage for the Band.
So used to the other place on Houboldt &80 that it was depressing to walk in. Very little on menu.. being blamed on staffing. You need to anticipate before you open..get it right and get the business.wouldnt go back without a good review.
It was decent. Nice clean place to watch a band.
Horrible food and service. Nachos were supposed to come with nacho and shredded cheese. Zero shredded cheese and the smallest drizzle of nacho cheese. The salad tasted like it came from a container at a gas station and it was advertised as mixed greens but was actually a bunch of iceberg and romaine. The pizza tasted like a frozen pizza. They advertise fresh cut fries on their menu and they were obviously battered frozen ones with no skin. My son wouldn’t even eat his frozen corn dogs. Waitress didn’t bring silverware or plates. She argued with me about the fries. They charged me more than the listed menu prices and then argued with me about it until I made her go get a menu and prove her wrong. There were literally zero tables in the dining room, so no excuse for poor service. Waitress was also making out with a guy in the dining room. Then my cc bill was over charged. All around horrible meal and experience that was a giant waste of money. I will never eat here again!
They don’t pay their workers a living wage.
your employees had to get government handouts because you were too cheap to pay them. sip on that tea.
19. Quinlan & Fabish Music Company
Address: 6827 High Grove Blvd, Burr Ridge, IL 60527 , Lemont , Illinois , United States
Leased a clarinet for daughter. Every time we needed help the staff was very friendly and very knowledgeable.
Quinlan and Fabish offers outstanding products, great customer service, and a positive experience to everyone. They are awesome.
Very friendly and helpful
Staff are knowledgeable and very helpful, the place is clean.
They have everything the kids need for band.
Good food
Beautiful Music store with quite the selection of instruments, music, and manuals.
Personnel inside the store were friendly and helpful.
However i can only give Q&F 1 star due to their business practices.
We received a Q&F rental instrument through our child’s school as part of their orchestra program.
We were told that all monies paid into the rental would be contributed towards a purchase.
After 3 years of renting we wished to purchase our child’s instrument or the next size up. Q&F gave us the run around on a purchase price, wouldn’t return calls regarding the purchase and seemed quite content to have us continue to pay rental fees.
After paying over $1000 into rentals over the years we finally had enough and returned the instrument. We then went to another area store and purchased a BRAND NEW full sized instrument suitable for a student musician for $330 complete with case and accessories.
We have learned our lesson and will be purchasing instruments for our other children in the future.
It’s a shame that the corporate policies of Quinlan & Fabish do not match the service you receive in store
The instrument replacement is horrible, think twice before renting from them.
I hated the experience, they had horrible staff and none of them wanted to help us and gave us nasty looks. Never going back, just looking for a trumpet or sousaphone and they made it all about not wanting the instrument we wanted and even said that no one owns sousaphones and we weren’t rich enough for either instruments. The employee that greater us said some very rude comments and just horrible service overall, not worth anything to go there.
20. Tobias Music
Address: 5013 Fairview Ave, Downers Grove, IL 60515 , Lemont , Illinois , United States
My mandolin is beautiful, it arrived quickly and was well packaged to prevent damage.
If you haven’t been there, go there. End of story
Great local store with friendly, knowledgeable staff. A nice alternative to the cold shoulder, wish you weren’t here feel I always get at the national guitar chain.
***EDIT***
So, I am knocking down my review from five stars to three; due to my most recent experience a couple months after the first one. So I reached backout to buy another guitar (place order) as I really wanted an AD22e or another model I can’t remember, but after confirming they could place the order I let them know that I wanted the AD22e and to provide me the full price so we could close the deal and they went silent, mind you I didn’t even get a copy of the receipt from my AD27e that never came which I had also requested from the last conversation.
I did finally get my guitar ordered but I had a national retailer place the order. I was disappointed I didn’t hear back from Tobias Music about completing the purchase and obtaining a copy of the receipt for my AD27e that never came.
** original **
Just bought an AD27e (Taylor) from them after finding it for sale online. it was a great buying experience. I’m a lefty, buying guitars online is the norm, and most of the time guitars I buy take a day or two to pack and ship. we had a few emails back and forth and they were quick to respond and very professional. These guys had it packed and shipped the same day, and I didn’t place my order until after lunch; that’s service.
They also took the time to dial the guitar in; it came with the action set and was tuned ready to play out of the box. Paul did a great job and really made this buying experience easy, and hassle free. I’ll have to check back often to see what other lefty guitar they get in. If I have the chance, I will buy from them again.
They are more of a acoustic guitar place not really a place for bass players .
