Chicago Prime Italian Restaurant

"I only came here once but the appetizer and the entree were pretty decent in food quality. The menu has a large selection including some of the Italian classics. Service was on point. Waiter made sure we were well taken care of. The restaurant itself gives of a high class appearance with white cloth tables. They do have some options for vegetarian and vegan. Prices are standard for this type of cuisine."

"Was at an event hosted by 2000 percent raise. The food here and service was amazing. I went after work, so convenient, down the street from my spa."

"The best way to describe Chicago Prime Italian is that the concept, cuisine, and overall spirit of this establishment is that it was. . . unfortunately “off.” The decor is slight upscale and the dim ambiance is definitely on the right path, but the non-romantic electro dance track playing didn’t match the ambiance that could be …and subsequently, the music detracted and subtracted from the what-could-be old school high class ambiance. Growing up first generation Italian and being exposed to some of the most amazing Italian and Southern Italian cuisine in the world from the hands of my parents’ and family’s cooking, you would think when my father took our family out to an Italian restaurant, that he would tell us to look first and foremost for “A, B, then C” to qualify it as an exceptional establishment. No. He would always tell me to go first check out the bathroom! Lol! He said you could often tell a lot about a restaurant about the design and maintenance of the bathroom! Funny, at Chicago Prime, the men’s bathroom was slightly above average but had a chandelier that had approximately 3 out of about 6 bulbs out. Also, the divider of the two men”s urinals must have been bumped and loosened up in the past, and someone repaired the area on the wall with Elmer’s white glue-looking caulk without painting the repair area. Thus, the management had not afforded the time to keep even the bathroom up to first class status. For the inception of the dining experience, the BEST part began and ended with the service via the two friendly, engaging, respectful, and professional servers. From there, a basket of bread and what we figured out to be focaccia were served. Both seemed day old “stale” and hard, non-moist, cold, and in the case of the focaccia—VERY dry and crumbly. Fresh baked warm bread should have been served along with fresh and moist focaccia with the right chew. The best part of the meal was the pasta fagiioli soup. It was delicious with smoky overtones. The baked clams we ordered as a precursor to our meal were probably the least enjoyable we have ever tasted. They were soupy, uncharacteristically fishy, and were apparently made with tomato sauce mixed in the bread crumbs—-a characteristic not normative from all the baked clams I grew up with. I cannot prove that there was tomato sauce in there, but believe me it was red and tasted like tomatoes and maybe the chef decided to try something different that night. Well, tomatoes and the presence of them adds “soupiness” to whatever you add if it’s not cooked down enough first. Finally, we ordered the Land and Sea, asking for the filets to be medium rare. One of the filets came out medium with an end of the piece almost medium well. The other filet came out near medium rare. The filets had decent flavor, but they were not consistently cooked. We each got one tiger prawn which were just about overcooked. The garlic mashed potatoes were dry. It’s as if the food was made and left in a warmer where it overcooked until it was served to us. Overall we cannot recommend this restaurant. We do recommend that the good servers should get jobs at the Capital Grill where the highest standards are kept. 2.7 of 5 stars This is a want to be upscale restaurant with the overtones of a chain feel. We so wanted this to be an enjoyable experience."

"LOVE LOVE LOVE amazing service! (We LOVED our server and food was amazing) We live in downtown Chicago but we are willing to drive to the burbs again to get food here. Vibe was good and if you are going there please order seafood carbonara! Italian bread pudding was amazing as well"