Grant Park Bistro

We loved this restaurant! First, we went for happy hour. They had some really great deals on drinks and food. We got the happy hour macaroni and cheese and were surprised at the size and quality of the dish. Big enough for a smaller meal. The next morning we returned for breakfast. Although the wait was a bit long because of how busy it was, we were once again impressed with the quality of the food. While this isn’t the largest restaurant, and there can be a little wait, it’s clean and serves some fantastic dishes. I’d stop here again!

Breakfast here was a pleasant surprise. We ate at the counter which really is better than a two top and was greeted quickly by the bar tender. My partner had the granola which she really enjoyed. It came with a nice selection of fresh fruit and yogurt. I had the veggie egg scramble. That turned out to be a good choice. It was a giant serving of eggs covered in a delicious tomato based vegetable ragu. What really hit the spot were the roasted potatoes. They were bite sized cubes perfectly seasoned with a slight crunch to the outside and fluffy on the inside. The coffee was piping hot and complemented the whole meal. As tourist we appreciated the super fast service but after we were done, no one rushed us out. I came back the next day and had the pesto scramble which came with pesto and mushrooms mixed in the same giant serving. I didn’t care for it as much as the day before. It was not as visually appealing and the pesto was a little too muted. In either case you’re getting enough protein to carry you through lunch all the way to dinner

Heard very good things about place so decided to try but thats actually not the case. Got the tabke outside fairly quick which was good. Ordered fried chicken sandwich, pesto fettuccine both were decent, but steak frites and pork chops were equally bad and had to send back twice to get it cooked correctly plus it took then forever to cook. They gave us a discount, but still. May be there was a lot of distraction going on aroujd that day, i dont know. May be will visit again but not sure. Drinks were good.

Service was very slow, no refills, didn’t even catch the persons name. Server also did not communicate that during happy hour you do not get fries with your meal so when the “food runner” (who was extremely rude) brought out our food, we asked where our fries were, he stated “It’s happy hour” nothing else and basically walked off. Finished our meal and the server comes to to apologize and offer us fries however we were finished with our meal. The so called “food runner” comes by again and goes “oh he didn’t bring you fries?”, we respond no and he just walks away again. Management decided to blame the new server however it falls on all the staff for not trying to fix problem and instead walking away. Save your money and go elsewhere.