Château Carbide — Restaurant in Chicago

Booked the Chateau Carbide experience on OpenTable to celebrate my husband’s birthday and our anniversary. The whole setup is super cute and something different to do but would say poorly executed. They really need to insulate them better. It was about 35 degrees on Saturday night while we were out there and trust me, we felt every bit of it despite having blankets, coats on, and the fire. It was still something fun and different to do but would have been much better if it was 15 degrees warmer. They also said that they couldn't turn the string lights in the garland on so that was disappointing for the ambiance and also confusing because they were on in some of the other chateaus. I would still say 4 out of 5 for experience alone though.

So in order to book a chateau, you agree to a $300 food and beverage minimum. The issue here is that the menu is pretty limited. We really struggled to find enough things to order for just the 2 of us to get close to that amount. Unfortunately the drinks were not good. We tried multiple cocktails including the Apres Ski Party and the Star Crossed and glasses of the Cabernet. All were unpleasant to drink. We also got multiple rounds of glasses of Cab (again to get to the minimum) and each time they came in totally different wine glasses and tasted completely different from each other. Mind you that there was only one Cabernet option on the menu.

The food was very mediocre. We got the lobster roll, the sliders, and the short rib. They were all fine but nothing special.

We also ordered the s'mores platter which was probably the best thing we ordered and I would recommend for cute marshmallow roasting with the fire.

Finally noting that we had a 7pm reservation but we were not seated in our chateau until 7:30 because they were running behind with the reservations and they were all full. It is supposed to be a 90-minute time limit so they were likely behind schedule. But just something to note, we were flexible on time so it was fine but you may not want to book before anything that you have to be at by a...

Overall good drinks, albeit a bit expensive most likely due to the fact that it is in a very popular area with a very nice view of the city on the 24th floor of the Pendry building. Drinks are made exactly the way they are written, so there are no negative surprises or positive pleasant surprise highlights. My friends and I ordered the Bonjour (belvedere vodka, blueberry, vanilla, absinthe, and fever-tree club soda), the Frappe Carbide (absinthe, raspberry, lychee, fever-tree sparkling lime & yuzu, and eggwhite), and the two spirit free drinks: Evening in the Garden (lapsang souchang, lemon, fever-tree sparkling sicilian lemonade) and Lime Basil Spritz (lime basil syrup, soda, and olive oil). I will speak to the Bonjour that I ordered: It has a lot of red licorice at the bottom, so if you are a fan of licorice, you will love it for sure when you mix the drink up. Otherwise, drinking it as is will be just fine.

The bar has a good amount of cozy couches on the rooftop that turn out very nice in the summer in the evening. If you have a large party of people, it will be completely fine as each area with couches...

Absolutely loved this place!! As a sushi lover, I have been to many sushi places in the city but it was my fav of all time. High quality sushi. Was really fresh like wow. Oyster was way fresher than those I’ve had in Boston. And most of the dish was tuna which I do not like tbh. Boy I was wrong for 27 years. I actually love tuna. It’s September so I had enough dish but I dare to say it was and will be my fav dish of 2021! My mother loved it as much as I did!! This place is perfect for your special one~ (Preferably gf or wife) Pretty much everything had truffle oil so if you don’t like truffle scent, I have no words man. Just ask them to take it out but truffle goes very well with everything on the menu. At lease just try it please you will love the smell of truffle. I did not like tuna but I just tried it and found out I actually liked it so….. anyways, I give this place 10/5 😍👍 p.s. the food was really kind and the chefs...