Tommy O.
Yelp
Catching up on Yelp reviews for 2024. I visited Puttery back in January as I always wanted to try it since I saw it on Barstool. This is a two part review as I played both courses and I ate some food. I made a reservation for me and my friend on a Saturday afternoon. Since it was the weekend, there were definitely a lot of people there. Let's start with the golf! Extremely cool vibe and concept. The Library was soo freakin cool and the Lodge was a good course as well. The Lodge was definitely the tougher course. Both courses are easier than Big Mini Putt Club - Wicker Park. Your putter is essentially a real golf putter, unlike the old school mini golf colored putters, which I kind of miss for nostalgia. Cost was about $25 for unlimited golf, which is a pretty good price. Each round took about 30-45 minutes as there were a lot of people. It was a big place and they have multiple bars and it looked like they have an outdoor patio for summer, upstairs near the Lodge course. Puttery opened about a year or two ago so it's relatively new and super nice. Mini golf and the vibe is definitely a 5/5.
After golfing both courses, we had some food. Old Fashioned was pretty solid and cocktails were about $15. Beer and food is overpriced, but it's the West Loop. I ordered the Double Smashburger with fries. Food took absolutely forever, like 30+ minutes, so someone definitely forgot about it. Presentation looked fine, but it was cool/cold. I was pretty hungry so I was going to eat it anyways; however, I should have sent it back as my stomach was a little queasy afterwards. I was fine, but since the food took forever as it was forgotten, the burger patty was definitely not at the right temperature. Bun was extremely dry due to my issue. Patty was actually juicy, but again not the right temperature. Toppings were the best part. LTO was super fresh, pickle was good, and the cheese was melted to perfection and had good flavor. This was a terrible burger because it was forgotten, but if it was served to me on time, it had potential to be in the high 6's/low 7's. Fries were not crispy, but they had good seasoning.
Bun: 4
Patty: 0
Toppings: 7
Overall: 3.67
Overall, come for the mini golf and the food/service could be much better. Food has potential to be good. I thought service was poor/bad. The employees for the mini golf were not hospitable and seemed like they hated their jobs. The guy at the front door was the friendliest and gave us information on how Puttery worked. Food came out extremely slow and pretty much got me sick. Bartenders barely did their job, I didn't think they were friendly and they never checked in. Another Yelper said that they were socializing with each other the entire time instead of doing their jobs and I would agree (reminds me of the staff at King's Bowl). Also, there were no TVs on the third floor bar. This was definitely an issue for me as it would have been great to watch some sports while we ate. Mini golf price was good, but the price of food/drinks is expensive due to the location in the West Loop. I really enjoyed the mini golf and will be back to play (and would recommend), but I will have to try some other food and maybe even skip the food. I will be attending Puttery again this week for a work event so we shall see if it has improved. Allie helped me out and was great to work with!