The Palm Chicago

Amazing Birthday dinner with good friends made even better by quality food and lovely, professional service at the Palm. Thank you Darlene for making our evening and to the chef for the yummy steaks, bass and scallops. One of our best Palm visits in years!! Thank you!!

I have eaten at The Palm many times in the past, when I used to live in Chicago. The food and service were always excellent. Sadly, when I went back recently, this was not the case. We had a long wait for drinks and even longer for our food (about an hour). The server and a manager did a great job of helping me select a wine, but everything took too long to come out. The most disappointing part were the steaks. While they came out properly cooked, all you could taste was the salt. This was particularly frustrating because I had spoken with the server at length about ensuring that only a very little bit of salt was used. Over-salting was never a problem in the past (although it's been years since I've eaten there). They re-made the steak with no salt at all, leaving me to add a little at the table. The bacon appetizer was good, although I thought that the 1927 sauce didn't pair well. I had the creamed spinach side, which was ok but not really good. It used to be better. We were celebrating my birthday, which we let them know ahead of time, but they didn't do anything at all to acknowledge it. Overall, my favorite steak house in Chicago has become just another steak place, with average food, too much salt and prices that are too high. It's a shame that they had to change.

We are trying to find good quality, conversation-friendly restaurants in the Lakeshore East neighborhood. The Palm has decent food, great service and good ambiance, but prices are just extraordinary unless “someone else” is paying. On this visit, I had a cocktail, appetizer, 9oz glass of La Crema Chardonnay, sea bass main course and asparagus. With tip, it was $170 for one. On a previous visit, I asked for the Cathy steak to be medium rare and it came out just under well done. Not good for a steak house. The service on both occasions was attentive, caring and genuine.

Filet all day and don’t forget to add dessert. Great staff.

I live right next door to The Palm in Chicago I dine or go to the bar fairly frequently, and was there for a business lunch this week before my date night on Saturday. I reserved at The Palm to take advantage of the lobster special that I got notified about via email and to dine outside on a lovely night. Upon arrival was told no outdoor seating as they don’t have enough traffic…upon ordering was told no lobsters. Date night was quite disappointing, though the bar delivered on a great lemon Martini for my fiancé.