Punch Bowl Social Schaumburg

It was difficult to tell from the website what we should expect in terms of family friendly atmosphere. We were looking for a place that offered table games and other activities for a family of four with younger teenagers (ages 15 and 12 . Punch Bowl Social turned out to be a very nice option. We had a spacious booth, a pleasant server, played Jenga while we waited for our food, and enjoyed each other 's company. The food was good not great and the prices were slightly higher than what would be expected of a similar venue. The only real criticism would be the menu, which was fairly limited and lacked some go to options for those with slightly less adventurous palettes. (For instance, the only burger on the menu was a two patty monstrosity. Overall, we were happy with the experience, and will consider going back in the future.

For our first time today it was good. I love the breakfast burrito and shrimp burger. The barbacoa was a bit greasy others it would’ve been good. The coffee drink was not hot and didn’t taste well. The waitress was good. Will have to try again at night.

Menu is quite limited. Check before you go. I was looking for more dinner type plates, but generally the menu is geared towards bar food. My mistake for not checking ahead of time. It was just okay for me.

The Punch Bowl Social in Fulton Market is a little nicer, but the Schaumburg location was all-in-all a bad experience. Drinks are very expensive, food was OK (I actually really liked mine, but my three companions said their meals weren 't that good), the service was slow. None of this was a big deal, considering we went to play games. Unfortunately, there were several private parties we were unaware of which drastically limited what games we could play. We decided upon ping pong. The ping pong table is in a hallway with utility/electrical closets. The table is severely broken, the paddles are falling apart, and the lighting is something out of a horror movie. It was $13/hr to play in that room. Worst of all, the walkway to the (very) small karaoke closet goes directly around the ping pong table, which is hugely interruptive. We decided to play darts and grabbed a table in front of the darts upstairs. After being there for at least 15 min, an employee of Punch Bowl Social approached us, asked us if we were with the private party, we, of course, said no, to which she responded you can 't be here! After that, we left. We spent over $300 for 4 people to be shuffled around a poorly maintained venue with rude employees.

Service was good and food came out fast, we were there right at open.