Great little bar with an incredible whiskey selection. Nice craft beer selection and comfortable seating. This is that cool, relaxed, and fun bar. A must-see!
My sister hostesses a baby shower here. Great venue and wonderful service
Great selection, handsome bartender.
Really chilled place….great place if you want to relax and enjoy your conversation
The selection of wine, drinks, and whiskey was wonderful, as was the atmosphere. Will definitely come again for drinks and maybe a cheese tray. But the Chicago style pizza—sorry but it was bad. It was barely warm and I had a Digiorno pizza that had better taste. Was very disappointed as I was craving a true Chicago style pizza and this was the only venue that offered one. Needless to say, we did not take the leftovers.
Bought tickets ahead of time online for a comedy show, and was told to squeeze in some place. The whole point of buying tickets was to make sure we got seats together. Very poorly managed. Do not recommend?
2. Showplace Antiques & Treasures
Address: 307 1st Ave, Sterling, IL 61081 , Sterling , Illinois , United States
This is legit an amazing and affordable antique shop. You will find lots of knickknacks, clothes, furniture, toys and more. It has multiple floors stocked full of goods.
Like going back in time, I love it!!
4 levels of antiques and collectibles from a large variety of vendors. Prices vary from booth to booth and most are pretty reasonable with some great deals if you look carefully. A pretty eclectic assortment of old books on the 3rd floor that could take a whole day to peruse in itself. Vintage games and toys throughout the store. Helpful staff will get you into any locked case. Prepare for a few hours of looking to see the whole store.
It’s 3 floors of stuff in an old bank bldg. Individual space is rented out to multiple people who sell a wide variety of items. If you’re in the Sterling/Rock Falls area and are looking for something to do its fun to walk through here. Antiques, decorative pieces, glassware, candles, soaps, and more.
Huge! Expect to spend several hours. The only downfall for me was that it is cash and checks only, which would have been helpful to know before getting to the register.
Nice Place, but they don’t accept credit cards.
I agree with something another person posted. Not a ton of antiques… but there are a few items that are true antiques. I also agree it’s more of a flea market. The thing I’m most surprised by is that a friend and I were on the third floor and a man came around the corner, told us the place was closed and rushed us out and down the stairs as he shut all of the lights off. There was a mother and young children behind us that were very nervous. I felt like I was in trouble. Was I supposed to set the merchandise I was purchasing down? Like – I’m confused. I get that you’re closed but to shut off lights while I’m trying to find my way out while not running into anything, including a tight hall of glass, was a little disorienting and off-putting. I finally get to the checkout and after all rung up I was told they don’t take cards. In my opinion, I was very uncomfortable at the end which tainted my experience. I most likely won’t be back due to that. It was very panicked feeling.
Someone went to the make it look like antiques
3. Rock*Star Donuts
Address: 121 E 3rd St, Sterling, IL 61081 , Sterling , Illinois , United States
Very good! Loved the cherry and blueberry donuts! And the coffee was amazing! So excited to revisit again and again!
Top quality pastries. This place has great decor and obviously a real pastry chef.
Amazing service and great tasting bakery items and drinks!!
Loved the vibe and the friendliness was wonderful. I do have 2 things to think about for improvement. I ordered 6 donuts. They were placed in a box standing up which caused all the donuts to stick together. Your donuts are so beautiful I think they should be packed laying down as not to ruin the tops which stuck to each other. Secondly I ordered 1 Bismarck and 1 Angel cream and the inside cream on both was only a teaspoon worth of cream. That was very disappointing. Can this be considered?
Thanks.
Donuts were so good! Such a variety. My Chai was ok. Will for sure be going back!
4. Redbox
Address: 210 W 3rd St, Sterling, IL 61081 , Sterling , Illinois , United States
Great craft store with a little something for everyone’s taste!
Love my cup and so does my husband lol
Such a wonderful place to find UNIQUE PERSONAL gifts ..loved it ! Great place to go for gifts ! Clothes are cute variety! And customer service is so personable! Would definitely return
Lots of cute home decorations, as well as clothes. I really liked a couple dresses but they only had them in plus sizes. Friendly service, the one person helped me check sizes.
Helpfull staff. Had order ready on time
6. Only the Best
Address: 705 W 3rd St, Sterling, IL 61081 , Sterling , Illinois , United States
Awesome prices, friendly staff, stylish clothes! What more could you ask for. I shop here often and recommend it to everyone I know. I have also received many compliments on items purchased from Only the Best and always mention where I got the item. Will return again and again, and again!
They don’t require masks
A very cool location with some very nice items, staff is very friendly and cordial. I would give 5 stars, but I’m concerned about the leopard gecko they have out for customers to see.
The enclosure and lighting is extremely inadequate for a leopard gecko and I’m worried it may be at risk of metabolic bone disease if that is it’s permanent habitat.
Love shopping there! But I have a few aannoynces shopping there.. the ladies seem rude almost 70% of the time I go, mostly the elder ones. Second, they out take items that I know would be sold there, like baby clothes. No stains or anything, in perfect condition and in style! I just had a baby 4mo go and they havent been taking ANY of the clothes my babe has outgrown . No stains, noting. Most of the ones I brought in haven’t even been worn, if so, only once! And they don’t give you a reason for not taking items either, which is annoying because you do see similar items out and you wonder why yours wasn’t taken.
BUT my biggest issue is I have been buying baby books from there and I noticed a teacher sticker on one the other day, I chose not to believe it was by them but HD to look at the others because a different day after buying some I saw another one. So I checked and there were more on some others, but how I know it’s them is because they put them on the back of their price stickers as well and there was one on a different baby item I purchased!! GET RID OF THE TRACKER STICKER!!
Very clean and proper store
I took in 50 NICE, washed, unstained, not ripped pairs of jeans. Including Levi’s, Arizona, and name brand jeans and was told they didn’t put them out for sale because they were all outdated or stained which is a complete lie because I made sure they were in good shape. I feel they just ripped me off. Needless to say I wouldn’t recommend anyone having business with them.
I have been here twice in the the past few months. I find the staff very rude. In fact each time I have gone in, the same flustered clerk is there, and she is always complaining. They rarely look up from whatever it is they are doing. They are more concerned about each other’s conversations than their customer. I want to shop local and support our community, however I won’t be going back. The lack of concern (for the customer) and professionalism is a huge turn off.
Too expensive
7. Redbox
Address: 2506 E Lincolnway, Sterling, IL 61081 , Sterling , Illinois , United States
By far the most polite,efficient and professional amd product knowledge phone call I have ever gotten answered anywhere at 12:02 A.M. at any type of store!!!I didn’t get his name…but he is a hero of retail…you good sir are appreciated!!!
Nice people, clean, helpful staff
They got all your needs! Gas snacks drinks personal needs and beer.
It’s my stop after work before I go home, Four Loko ftw I’m a regular so they usualy know what smokes I buy and my drink of choice
I go to this place like almost every single day. I’d give this place a 5 star review but I’d have to give it 4 because there are workers here that are very unpolite, very rude and do not want to check my stuff out.
The staff here is a mixed bag. Some are very sweet and some can be very rude. Sometimes they blast music here.
This store is absolute garbage. The management does not know how to run the store. They do not properly clean the place. The management treat employees like slaves if they dont like them and dont pay them for the overtime they put in. 10 out of 10 do not recommend going here.
I go into the store frequently to get fountain sodas. More than half the time the ice machine is not working or they are routinely out of some of the sodas. The never have cheese for the nachos it’s always frustrating and disappointing. I went today and no ice and no hot dogs etc. I will joy be going to this store anymore
This store has rude employees and plays very loud and vulgar music for normal people coming in.
They also have that awful automated computer checkout. These automated cashiers suck!!! They can’t read donuts and cookies. I was there and that machine was the only thing open…there was no cashier lane open but 2 employees available. The machine had a sign that it could not take debit cards ,but that’s all I had. The employee said that was the only avaliable thing to checkout with. So I just put my cookies back and left.
Circle K is going to lose customers with these automated cashiers!!!!
I will never buy anything from this store (4701436) with the loud music and rude employees!!!!
9. Sophie’s Cafe
Address: 4311 E Lincolnway Suite E, Sterling, IL 61081 , Sterling , Illinois , United States
Great customer service. Would definitely recommend trying, you will be hooked on the great coffee.
Best vanilla latte I’ve had. Super cool aesthetic and friendly service!
I got a chicken bacon ranch sandwich which was very good. The atmosphere is cozy, and everything was very clean.
Food and smoothies have a good “healthy and fresh” feel and tast. Coffee is alright for what you pay for. Dining in doesn’t have the calmest atmosphere, pop music is played at a relatively high volume. But, the service is good and everyone is polite.
This is a cozy atmosphere. I did try a few of their items. The banana Nutella Sammy was my favorite. The grown up grilled cheese would definitely have been better if it was toasted/grilled and used sourdough instead of white toast. And the homemade blueberry scone was great to taste but if it was warmed up when served would have better. I had the iced caramel macchiato and my niece had the strawberry açaí refresher ( we just had to wait a while for the drinks) but they were tasty; after all they are new so hopefully my next visit won’t take as long as my first 🙂
We went on a Saturday morning and waited 25 minutes after we ordered for two coffee drinks. Not one smiling face from any of the workers. The drink was good but I’ll stick to Coffee Crush in Dixon. Always friendly faces and plenty of staff to keep the orders moving along.
My husband and I thought we would try a new place. We waited an hour for our food. When asked what happened to our food they said it must have went out with someone else order. We will never go there again
Oatmeal made Incorrectly- all watery and inedible. No prices posted on menu board. No decaf coffee.
For a place concentrating on breakfast, the offerings are limited.
it took 4 trys and 40 minutes to get 1 latte, the service was not good. everyone was waiting 30+ minutes for their drinks, disappointed
10. Walmart Supercenter
Address: 4115 E Lincolnway, Sterling, IL 61081 , Sterling , Illinois , United States
I love wandering around Walmart at Christmas time and seeing all the Christmas decorations for sale.
Drive up grocers, who of thought. But YES
Very good store with great prices and very nice employees!
Its Walmart
Supercenter has a lot to offer
To expensive. Please support your local stores.
Get there no registers open only self checkouts on market side had 2 carts full of grocery and had to do Wal-Mart employees job. Was there at 7am was very mad. The employee standing there never offered help. Or called anyone to open at least 1 register. Small counter space at check out had to get another cart thimg wouldn’t stay packed on counter. NOT HAPPY.
Entire freezer section completely empty. One aisle closed. Deli and bakery, luncheon meat- completely empty. No signs explaining or notifying customers.
The employees avoid you when you have a question. They never know where anything is and controductory to their policy when items are in the wrong place they dont give you the price that is stated in front of that product. I have had to contact the manager to get the right price.
11. Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois
Address: 2216 E 4th St, Sterling, IL 61081 , Sterling , Illinois , United States
To whom ever donated this item. You are the bomb.com!!!
My neice got this same blanket when she was under a year old and it became her blankey. Well 9 years later her blanket had been through it! But we can not find this blanket anywhere to replace it Stopped in this store last week and bam there it was in all its glory! Almost brand new compared to hers! I told her I was deep cleaning her blanket ( we do this once in a while) and made the switch in the drier and sent her down to grab it !! It worked!!! Now she can have many more years with it. ❤️❤️
Love the low prices and people are friendly.
Our family loves shopping here! Great prices and unique finds that you only CAN find here!❤❤
I find all my work dress shirts here. They are from JCPenney but a lot cheaper to get them here.
Just went looking around and spent afew dollars! All is good!
They are always helpful
BUYER BEWARE: I had recently purchased a PC Video Game from this location. The box was taped closed. My assumption was that the store had done this. I got back home over an hour away, only to find no disc inside. Only instruction booklets. Apparently they don’t thoroughly check the products they put on sale. Either that, or the community service workers in the back are serving themselves.
I will not ever donate or enter this store location again. I am not sure who is doing the training in this store any more but they need to be retrained so the can train the employees properly. I understand the issues with covid 19 but to close off both bathrooms in a store that has a lot of elderly people frequent it and then the employees are telling the customers it is for the safety of the employees. The employee told the elderly women the bathrooms were only for the employees use. There are 2 bathrooms in this store that 1 could be used by the customers and 1 designated for employees. The week before when the bathrooms were still able to be used by customers but had to be unlocked a women asked the employee at front counter to use bathroom the young girl told her she was to busy to open the door. The young girl snd and another employee were just standing behind the counter talking. The older woman told them if one of them did mot open the door her husband was going to have a accident. By the time the staff opened the door the gentleman had a accident and it was also on the floor. When the staff saw the floor she asked the elderly woman couldn’t her husband hold it. The elderly woman explained no he couldn’t due to he had s stroke . I hope this staff is proud of themselves. I am sure this poor lady and her husband where embarrassed enough with out this person making it worse.
I have witness the mistreatment and humiliation of enough people in this particular store to know I do not want to spend or donate anything to them again.
Very Unpleasant Experience! Don’t Waste Your Time Donating To This Corportation As The Only Ones That Profit Are The Big Guys- Donate To Your Locally Run Thrift/Donation Center!
After Many Years Of Donationg At This Facility, I Will Never Return Or Donate To This Corporation Any Longer!!
12. Redbox
Address: 2301 Locust St ste k, Sterling, IL 61081 , Sterling , Illinois , United States
Gustavo was such a great DJ at our wedding! We could not have asked for anything better. From being at the rehearsal to run through the ceremony to asking if we need anything during dinner service, he made sure our entire day went smoothly.
DJ Big Boi did an absolutely AMAZING job narrating and DJing our wedding ceremony and reception. Our guests genuinely enjoyed his energy and presentation of music the entire afternoon/evening. He kept everyone engaged and on their feet. I can express how much we recommend him!! Thank you so much for your service!!
Gus did an absolute amazing job for our wedding and reception!!! I would highly recommend him for any event you need!!!!
14. 7 Brew Coffee
Address: 4104 E Lincolnway, Sterling, IL 61081 , Sterling , Illinois , United States
Absolutely delicious. I had a sugar free mocha and I couldn’t even tell it was sugar free, it was so good. Quick service, they were super friendly and helpful, the menu can be downloaded on your phone or they have a little handout. I found a couple on the “secret menu” I want to try out! Overall, super happy for this addition to our town. Much better than the big name competitors we have around, as these were super affordable and lasted me most of the morning.
Dietary restrictions: They offer sugar free coffees, decaf teas and can customize pretty much everything in the drink!
Love this place! Went for the free days and everyone working was super kind and the drinks were great. Highly recommend!
Great experience! I will go there many times a week!!!!!!
Parking: It was their first day open! Everyone was friendly and quick service! Parking was great!! I will be visiting here very often!
Nice location and they are always super busy. I had the Cinnamon roll frappe which was absolutely delicious and tasted just like a liquid cinnamon roll lol. My boyfriend got his usual which is a iced Caramel Macchiato he was not impressed the coffee used to make was delicious but it lacked the caramel flavor I can agree to this because I tried it myself an did not care for it. I would suggest maybe adding some more caramel syrup or using caramel sauce to line the inside of the cups. The sizes though omg their large is huge, I wasn’t even able to finish mine, worth the money for the sizes just need to work on the flavor for their macchiatos
Damn close to Starbucks flavor for 1.50$ cheaper! Their medium cup is a large at Starbucks.
Double lanes are pretty busy so lines can be long, try to go at an off time. Morning at 9 and evening at 5 were kinda crazy. I feel bad for the workers who don’t stand under the overhang in the sun all day!
I’ve been here twice. The first time I went everything was great people were friendly and it didn’t take too long despite a long line. The 2nd time it was great except for the fact the music was so obnoxiously loud I could barely hear the women who was standing at my window. Other than that it’s been a great experience!
15. Tims Professional Tattooing
Address: 609 W 3rd St Suite 201, Sterling, IL 61081 , Sterling , Illinois , United States
Reasonably priced decorations, crafts, gift ideas and more. I love the selection of holiday decorations.
Loved it! Everyone was so nice and of course I spent way too much. But my house is now fancier and ready for fall
Love how respectfully people are and decor is amazing
Hobby lobby is a great concept sure to inspire due hard customers. I could not think of a better location in this town. The placement is helping to revitalize the mall that has been reduced almost to an empty building. I am glad to see it making a comeback with several stores popping up to claim a place within it’s walls.
I will have to update this post in the future as I am being generous with the 3 stars mainly because I can see its potential. They couldn’t have picked a better staff. Everyone is extremely helpful and friendly with top tier customer service. It is apparent they rush the opening 1/4 the store is Christmas decoration which is still quite a ways away. There is Thanksgiving decor as well so I will assume that a portion of the store is seasonal. I was upset to see no Halloween in the mix, I’m sure they would have and sell absolute must haves and a couple things I’ve never seen so fingers crossed Halloween items appear.
I witnessed a handful of repeat set ups, where the sane items were displayed differently or the same spread out in the seasonal section. As if they are trying to fill space. In this section there are still some barely filled shelves some bare. Hopefully where the Halloween displays will be eventually the rest of the store does not reflect this section and is put together extremely well, with diligence and structure so hopefully the staff is just waiting on back orders orders or a similar challenge because it is taking away from the entirety of the store creating a eye sore of lasting impression. I understand time restraints and profits. A simple fix would be to communicate with customers with a manager’s note with what is coming and when. So just like there is a great deal of potential in this store there is that same potential in my rating to go up. I want to see them flourish. I am a big fan of hobby lobby and I hope everything falls into place neatly and in a timely manner for everyone inho by lobby and customer alike, and hopefully they are around for years to come. I will update when they appear finished filling the store or I acquire more information, thank you.
Co-Manager and Assistant Manager talking down to employees even though it was their first day open. Can’t have good employees when you make a toxic work environment that even costumers can see.
Needs to be MUCH better organized! Didn’t even have everything put on shelves for the opening! Looks really unprofessional having empty pegs. Working there July 20th to August 5th had people from different stores to help us. (They were great to work with!) then we had 5-7 different managers all telling us what to do. You can’t be having that many people in charge!! I was told on the second soft opening day I wasn’t able to work anymore but given no reason at all. You have to tell someone why you let them go! Then asking if they’re okay? that’s pretty dumb!
Went into the store with a group of friends and we were followed the entire time by a white bald man with a beard who worked there couldn’t catch the name of the worker sadly. And it was very NOTICEABLE. Fake sweeping and circling around us and then proceeded to follow us to the register until we paid and then followed us outside of the store as well. It made us feel VERY uncomfortable.
17. McDonald’s
Address: 2415 E Lincolnway, Sterling, IL 61081 , Sterling , Illinois , United States
Jamison was the man to help me out here he’s definitely a great salesman and a great guy! Brandon was also a great help definitely explained all paper work great. Love the new car.
Found Carson & Josh to be professional, friendly, easy to work with, making the buying experience tolerable.
Jameson was very respectful. Great to work with and made the deal very easy. Recommend this dealership to everyone looking for a vehicle.
Oil change and recall was supposed to be done in 90 minutes but took 3 hours.
Very accommodating and courteous staff. Pricilla was friendly and helped me take home the car I wanted.
We special ordered a cargo van and it took almost two months longer than we were first told. Our salesman was nice and professional but was not an expert on the product. This resulted in the final van having a bed length that was 2 ft shorter than van we replaced. Not sure if I will buy again.
Jhad to go back 4 times to get new fobs for my SUV. Didn’t get any discounts or a free car wash etc. Alot of gas for something they should of gotten right the first time!
Don’t do anything for you make you wait days to find out!
Got my car alignment done but didn’t clean under the car when they said they would an now has me wondering if I even got a alignment check.
19. Kohl’s
Address: 3220 E Lynn Blvd, Sterling, IL 61081 , Sterling , Illinois , United States
Very helpful and caring staff. Great discounts and sales.
Always good deals
I keep getting 40% off coupons and then Kohls cash to spend. Kohls deals really help me share with my family for Christmas and for no reason at all!
I like the clothes for both me and my girls,,, just a bit expensive but like going there from time to time.
They seem to be short of help and in a mess. Watched a person in a wheelchair struggle with the the inability to navigate the isles. They’re narrow enough with out the product protruding out from the shelves.
Wish there was a dress shoppe, not many dresses for women in petite size. Otherwise love the shopping.
Disorganized, couldn’t get help finding what I was looking for and what I did find was a poor selection
Area manager said she would give an extra 20 percent off and only gave it on 2 of the 3 items. Of course it was on the cheaper items, not the expensive item.
Couldn’t help me with an Amazon return.
20. Redbox
Address: 4115 E Lincolnway, Sterling, IL 61081 , Sterling , Illinois , United States
