Ballast Point Chicago

Best experience ever!!! Super clean, the digital ordering from your table is so cool and keeps you and their awesome staff safe. Justin the Assistant Manager is Class A dude who knows how to handle a mishap in my order. Definitely coming back over and over again. Keep it up and give that man a raise!

Great beer selection and great atmosphere. As a California native, this place had me missing California. The BP lager is crisp, light, and flavorful. The food here is good, but doesn’t compare to the Mexican food from California - if you’re looking for a San Diego style California-burrito, you may be disappointed.

My husband and I are visiting Chicago from Florida and just happened to stumble upon ballast point. My husband loves their beer so imagine his excitement when we found out they had 44 beers on tap! He got a flight of beer and absolutely loved every drop! This spot is beautiful and the staff is excellent! Our bartender for the night was Tak. He was so well informed and once we mentioned that we were not from Chicago he wrote down a bunch of recommendations for things to do, eat and drink. He was amazing and made our night. When we come back to Chicago, this will be our first stop! 😊

Yes it is a LARGE "craft" ..but guy can find people on staff that still geek on craft beer The classic beers are great, typical BALLAST Point tastes... That you can drink everyday HAPPILY The R&D beer are not way outta left field crazy... Everything is smooth, good, palatable, mildly adventurous... EVEN thought I am might be unselling it...it is a MUST VISIT place for #BeerGeeks ! 👍🏻😁!

The beer list is better then I expected, there's so much to choose from! Huge fan of the Sour Wench beers, especially the Red Wine or the Guava/Mango, but also enjoyed the Brandy barrel-aged Quad. I enjoyed the burger I ordered. Overall, the food was ok. I personally like salty foods, but it could use a little less salt according to my friends. Really happy with my first visit here and can't wait to come back!

Love their beer! Their sample flights are really good deal! They have their own Chicago-only brews that rotate almost every week. You can't go their frequent enough to try everything. I wish you can buy them in growlers, but they only sell that for the regular beer. They also have really good truffle fries. Good fries and beer, what more can you ask for? They have a pretty nice roof top with a decent view. It will be much better once all the crazy constructs are over too.

Got the fried chicken Monte Christo. It was quite delicious! I wish I had tried they're truffle fries though. The regular ones weren't much to speak about. The fried pickles were something else though. They were just lightly fried and very fresh. Very well done. And if course you're coming here for the beer. Quality all around, but there are some that are certainly better than others. Some are just strange too. It's good to see them not afraid to experiment and find the next big thing.

I came with the girlfriend for a after dinner drink, we just walked from Bar Siena. I'm hoping they get some outside patio once the construction next door is complete, kind of kills the vibe since the businesses across the street all have outdoor seating. But, anyways, we got a nice bar seat, the staff gave us a menu and I love the options they had. We did a flight with the Orange cream, the Brut, the Belmont stout and Pineapple Sculpin. All of them were good but my favorite was the Belmont Stout made with oyster shells from Fisk&Co which adds calcium carbonate which made it very light to my surprise, I loved it. They also have a food menu, definitely want to go back for dinner, would be great to meet friends after work or on a lazy Sunday. Great for groups, I definitely want to hit the beer tour soon!