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Oriole Chicago Reviews from The Last Year
I thought Oriole was a complete masterpiece of culinary on
I thought Oriole was a complete masterpiece of culinary on display. From the second I walked in, I already had the feeling that this was going to be one to write home about. While not my first tasting menu experience, I'm not going to these meals every other week, so this was definitely my splurge meal of the year. Every bite is curated with thought, every ingredient in every dish is sourced from a specific location in the world and everything chosen to be part of the dish is designed to stand out to your taste buds to get you thinking. I thought every dish had a connection to something familiar in taste that I grew up with but with an elevated twist. For me the standouts were the foie gras, sea urchin, and squab. As Asian inspired flavors are actually my favorite, the menu spoke to me that much more. As long as you go into the meal with the expectations to not be stuffed like you would going to an all you can eat buffet, I'd find it hard to find someone not be impressed with the taste and flavors they present you with here. Interior decor, lighting is on point if that matters to you. The service is magnificent from the get go as well. Thoroughly impressive establishment. Oriole knows exactly what they are doing!
This place was soooo good! I love the modern vibe.
We ate in the kitchen, it was so cool! Watching the chefs do their thing. We had a 13 course meal with 9 different wines where the waiter explained each course and everything about each kind of wine and where it came from. The service was great! The food was beautiful. Def would come back.
One of the most incredible dining experiences I've had.
When it comes to Michelin restaurants some have better service, food, creativity but Oriole was well balanced and is now one of my favorite restaurants. Done places put creativity and adventure, before taste. Oriole has plenty of creativity but the taste and flavors soared above everything else. Great service, beautiful space. Cannot wait to go back. This place should be 3 stars!
Very deserving of 2 Michelin stars! Highly recommended.
A fine dining destination restaurant with emphasis on flavor and refinement, not technical wizardry.
This is not a review of their regular tasting menu but for
This is not a review of their regular tasting menu but for a private event with a limited menu. I was very fortunate to have got invited to a very rare whisky tasting by Diageo and along with the whisky we were treated to 5 courses of some amazing food that is certainly worthy of the 2 (Michelin) stars Oriole has. The entrance to the restaurant is mystical and you don't know what to expect based on the exterior. Once inside, you are welcomed to a large space with high ceilings and an open visible kitchen where the magic happens. We were seated at their private room and served some amazing cocktails before our tasting began. Service throughout the night was on point without being over bearing allowing us to enjoy the food and the whisky. Based on this experience, I would certainly be making a reservation in the future to experience their full tasting menu.
The best meal of my life.
I don't want to draw comparisons, but this is better than any other Michelin starred experience that I've had. The service was attentive, but not suffocating. Friendly, not informal but not overly formal. The pacing of the courses was absolutely perfect. Each course was described very well, and everyone knew every detail of each dish. The multiple stations, starting with the bar, then the kitchen and ultimately your table was well-paced, fun and engaging. The food was perfect. What you see on the plate was beautifully presented, but still surprised you with flavor. The pasta course in particular was surprising. It was one of the absolute best things I've ever eaten. I can't say enough about this place. It's a true gem, a magnum opus for any restaurant anywhere.
Loved it! The service was impeccable! Can't say enough
Loved it! The service was impeccable! Can't say enough good things about the service. We received a tour of different stations, including the bar and the kitchen. The food was presented beautifully and was absolutely delicious! Some of the guests in our party didn't enjoy the dessert courses (possible room for improvement there), but I loved every dish.
Loved! Can't believe it took so long to visit.
Great atmosphere and energy. The staff was so enjoyable to interact with, the attentiveness that you expect but just genuinely friendly. Enjoyed the different stations, seeing the kitchen. Though it was neat, I don't know that I'd start off at the bar with 3 tiny one bite "courses", especially since this was 2 of the 3 seafood offerings of the night --it was a little too light. But all 3 bites were delicious. My husband didn't love his uni, but he just doesn't like uni. Everything was beautifully presented and tasty. I had the best squab I ever had, but alas I am still not a fan of squab. A+ for effort. The dill sauce on the trout, I did my best trying to scrape every bit off the plate. And the dessert courses were a big welcome and ever so satisfying. It has been my experience that this is where fine dining can really drop the ball. Not here! Favorite by far were the cannelles with the most pungent and delicious cheese. That dish really needs to be a whole cannelle (split - 2 halves per person) if anyone from Oriole ever reads this. Still hasn't knocked off Ever in my mind but much better than Next or Smyth. I think I've had more fine dining experiences this year than...let's say 2019. Maybe it was pent up pandemΓ―c energy that had me out wanting to satisfy my epicurean wilds. Very pleased, will return.
I had very high hopes and expectations for this visit.
The initial drink and bite at the bar reels you in with a feeling of excitement but there were few highlights after that. The food was very middle of the pack relative to other Michelin restaurants. Nothing was exciting or stood out. More disappointing than that, however, was sitting at the kitchen table and watching Chef drink Miller Lites and text on his phone all night while not touching a single dish. I thought it was pretty disrespectful to everyone who took the time and paid the money the did to dine there that night.
When I was originally planning my trip to Chicago, I had
When I was originally planning my trip to Chicago, I had been looking into the local food scene there for a while to see how I could make the most of my time there. While I wanted to experience the strengths that this city had to offer in terms of their established cuisines, I was also curious to see the pinnacle of what it could showcase within the fine dining space. Enter Oriole, a restaurant that I have to say is probably the best--and priciest--dining establishment that I have been to so far in terms of ambience, service, and food. From the moment you step into the restaurant you are treated like a VIP guest, with an abundance of personal attention and top-notch service. Upon entering, you are guided to the bar where you get the choice of a drink along with three small dishes to start off with. These plates included the sea urchin with koshihikari and shiso, Carabineros shrimp from Spain with green almond and saffron, as well as a parsnip sorbet with nutmeg and hazelnut. While all these were bite-sized, there was still a lot of care to the plating and the ingredients were all very fresh. Afterwards, we walked to a table at the kitchen where you can witness the chefs preparing food in front of you and see the massive mural on the ceiling of the restaurant. This is where one of the most eye-catching dishes of the meal was served, a delicious slab of foie gras on shortbread topped with gold flakes. The taste of it was pure decadence, as the savory fattiness of the fois gras complemented the sweet flavor and texture of the shortbread extremely well. This was a dish I will not forget. From there they took me to a table in the dining area, which is where I spent the remainder of the meal. The next course on the menu was cruditΓ©, a french appetizer consisting of raw seasonal vegetables accompanied by golden kaluga caviar and creme fraiche. Although this was a seemingly-simple vegetable dish, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this course; the chilled veggies were some of the freshest I've had and had a very satisfying crunch and flavor to them--especially when paired with the accompaniments. This was also a memorable course. Next up was a bowl of Japanese Matsutake mushrooms with tarragon that the waiters activated with some broth, a delicious contrast to the iced cruditΓ© that was served beforehand. The succeeding course was sablefish served in a foamy broth, paired with a side of bread and butter. Here the sablefish flavor was tasty and delicate, while the bread was warm with a nice consistency. This was followed by Cappelletti pasta with artichoke and truffle, a more classic dish that emphasized the natural flavors of the truffle within it. Afterwards another one of the highlights of the meal came out: the A5 Miyazaki Wagyu beef. This is probably the best cut of steak that I've had so far with gorgeous marbling, very rich flavor, and an almost butter-like consistency when you cut through it. The meat practically melts in your mouth while the green peppercorn sauce it comes with only enhances the experience. The kohlrabi it's served with also helps to cut through the richness with its fresh taste. Finally we came to the dessert section of the meal, which consisted of multiple courses: a lemon and olive oil sorbet, a plum canalΓ©, a chocolate ganache with goat milk ice cream, and a mini pumpkin mochi ice-cream sandwich paired with a starfruit patΓ© de fruit. The olive oil sorbet and goat milk ice cream were especially unique, with a sharp presentation that makes them stand out. While the canalΓ© and ice-cream sandwich were more conventional, they were still very delicious and had great flavors. These desserts were a great way to end an amazing meal. Coming in, I knew that many online considered Oriole to be the top restaurant in Chicago and wasn't sure if it was hyperbole. However, after experiencing this meal in its entirety I am definitely inclined to agree with them. All the dishes were executed very well and at a high level, with layered flavors that made each course memorable. The service was also some of the finest I've encountered among restaurants I've been to; during one of the courses I told them I liked the design of their utensils and at the end of the meal they gave me a complimentary pair just because I had mentioned it! I highly recommend visiting this place if you are able to, since even though the price is high I feel that it was worth the overall culinary experience.
This Is A Top-Notch Restaurant.
The Oriole is a fine dining restaurant in Chicago's West Loop. It is home to a number of constantly evolving testing menu's as well as a string of Michelin awards. As a quirky arrival, I was husked up a freight elevator to the dining room given a glass in hand (not so quirky). The design of the Oriole is impressive, with imposing high ceilings and an elegant bar. The food items here reflect the passion of the culinary chieftain and crew as illustrated with a food catalog that ranges from hiramasa in apple broth to Sablefish bedded in rice. The wine program is very strong with 3 pairing options for meal accompaniment. My tasting menu skewed toward seafood ..oh..la..la the likes of Sablefish Belly, Raw Oysters smothered in pork broth and other creations from the sea. The presentation was so pretty I didn't know whether to stare at it or eat it.............I ate it. This is a top-notch restaurant.
Fighting for a spot at the top of our "Best Restaurant Ever" list
The freight elevator opens and you are transported into another world! The detail that went into transforming this industrial space into a fine dining restaurant is incredible. I love the progression with small bites at the bar, an amazing dish in the kitchen and then on to the table! Forget about "supplements" The foie gras, caviar and wagyu beef are all included. Standing in the kitchen, an oasis of calm and concentration, we had a bite of foie gras on brioche that was simply amazing. It just got more creative from there. The "crudites" with brandade and caviar was perfectly balanced, each of the vegetables perfectly cooked. The matsutake mushroom dish was simply an umami bomb, set off by a perfectly chosen sake. Sablefish was up there with one of the best fish dishes I have ever had but the brioche that accompanie it? It's what dreams are made of. The capellini with truffles, a signature disk, was so delicious. The A5 wagyu with kohlrabi was a fantastic bite. I actually thought it might have been better without the peppercorns, I felt they distracted more than enhanced. The deserts were great, certainly technically well done and delicious. After the creative and surprising savory courses they did feel rather... well... like really good deserts. As an ending to an incredibly creative and surprising meal I felt they could have been a bit more original. Set the pastry chef free! The staff was amazing, well trained, incredibly knowledgeable and clearly enjoying what they do. The sommelier is nothing short of genius the wine pairings were perfect. The wines are actually very accessible, there were several that I wanted to try more of and I found them easily on line. Oriole may not have the most Michelin stars in Chicago but I know where I would go for my next special occasion. Highly recommended.
Superlative Chicago Dining
I have been to at least a half a dozen super-high end tasting menu restaurants in Chicago and Oriole is simple superb and superlative. The food is divine in addition to its presentation rather than the other way around. They get the number of courses just right as opposed to too many. The ambiance and dining experience is special and just the best. This is now my go-to restaurant for those special guests who want an ultimate dining experience.
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