Chicago Restaurant Guide
Chicago Restaurant Reviews
Welcome to our Chicago restaurant reviews guide where you'll find top restaurants off the beaten path, both locally owned and chain. In fact, some of the best restaurants in the Chicago just might be the little mom and pop operations flying under the radar. For some of the best picks in Chicago, you've come to the right place.
Our Chicago restaurant reviews guide can help you make sense of the thousands of options out there. Happy eating!
Also check out our Best Restaurants in Chicago 2025 Guide
We don't visit Chicago without an evening in Gibson's. Have waited an hour for a table with a reservation and still no complaints! Outstanding lobster and steak combo.
Whenever we come to Chicago we would not have a complete vacation without eating at Bertucci's, we love it!!!!! We are returning in Feb. and will be eating there then.
Great Italian Restaurant right in the Hear of
Italy, which the block the restaurant is on is newly renovated to give it a real Italian ethnic appeal. Good portions of food. The veal is excellent. If you like you pasta a little spicey, try the Penne Arrabiata.
My co-worker and I were in Chicago on business and went to eat on a friends suggestion. Was so pleasantly surprised. Everything was fun, good, and service was great! Cheesecake was amazing and delicious! Would go back on any business trip!
Soul Kitchen was a lively location with a very active and crowded bar area. Lots of young, upscale trendy singles and couples that try very hard to make this eatery as cool and understated as any you'd find in Manhattan or LA. The operative word is "try".
Service was inattentive at best. And a...
Great old fashioned restaurant - if you want something out of an old Chicago setting movie, this is it. Usually a wait, but sidle up to the bar and people watch and the wait is worth it. The servings are plentiful, with great steaks. I haven't tried the pastas, but they also seem to be huge portio...
I really like their crispy chicken sandwich with lettuce and tomato only. I hate their hamburgers, and their fries are soggy. I like the curly fries.
The food is always good, I love the fresh roasted garlic served with butter served to go with the bread. The place is always packed- the crowds are great for families who worry that their kids will be too loud. The Cosmopolitan martini's are among the best I've had.
Good prices with huge portions. Very young and beautiful crowd. Excellent weekend all-u-can-eat brunch.
Ed's offers a truly unique dining experiece for any age group. the sassy 50's enviorment paired with the outrageously wierd servers equals a good location for almost any occasion. Crowded as expected and the food can be a bit messy. Prices okay for a chicago resturaunt
Great seafood place. Friendly staff and very lite surroundings.
I have eaten here on many an occasion and have always had a great experience. Shine Garden is unique in that it combines Chinese and Japanese cuisine. This pleases both my boyfriend and myself since he is a sushi enthusiast and I am not. However, Shine Garden makes an incredible tempura. I have n...
great great restaurant, a must visit everytime I go to chicago
excellent for lunch, social atmosphere
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