Woven + Bound Restaurant — Restaurant in Chicago

We were staying at the Marriott Marquis in Chicago for the SHRM 2018 conference. We arrived late Friday and wanted an easy meal, so we went for the on-location restaurant.

I normally don't have high expectations for hotel restaurants, and for the most part, these expectations were accurate. We ate here for both dinner and breakfast, and I'd definitely recommend dinner between those two experiences. You can find great breakfasts for cheaper, elsewhere.

It started off with drinks and appetizers. The waitress proudly stated that this was a full bar and that "whatever [we'd] want, [they'd] have it" for us. I asked for a white Russian and my husband asked for tequila, straight up. They didn't have cream, or any of the brands he requested for tequila, lol. Not a big deal to us, but we just found it funny. I ended up getting their Copacobana cocktail and my husband some other tequila. The cocktail was pretty, but I just wasn't a fan. It was strangely bitter.

For our appetizer, we chose the Artisan Rolls with bacon butter & honey butter (not pictured). These were underwhelming and not worth the price. The butter was pretty much frozen solid and hard to spread. The bread was twisted in an artistic fashion, but that was about it.

The meals were actually pleasantly surprising.

My husband ordered the Braised Pork Shank (pancetta, stewed white beans, grilled chicory, pepita gremolata). He found it to be pretty good, and a good serving size. He was pretty full by the end of it.

However, we both really enjoyed my dish - Braised Rabbit Pappardelle Pasta (koval bourbon cream, mushrooms, parmigiano reggianno). This was just wonderful! It is a heavy dish with the cream sauce, but the rabbit was lovely, soft, and succulent, and it really hit the spot. I definitely recommend ordering this dish if you're okay with the idea of eating rabbit.

Breakfast. We later returned to try their breakfast. Their costs were ridiculously high. They had a buffet option, but we took a peek in the room and unless you really went to town, you were not going to eat your money's worth.

We ended up going with the actual menu items, as they were cheaper than the buffet.

I ordered classic pancakes. My husband ordered the Wisconsin Cheddar Broken Yolk Sandwich (noble star ranch bacon, avocado, tomato, aioli, sourdough, side of fruit). Both were good, but these two dishes + 2 regular coffees costs us $47.95. That much for breakfast is just absurd.

In all honesty, I'd say this is an okay experience (3 stars), with an exception of the rabbit parpadelle (a solid 4 by itself).

It's not memorable, and you're in Chicago! Be adventurous and take an uber/lyft to downtown - there are so many other amazing restaurants. It's a shame we wasted two meals here for...

I went here out of desperation with a group during a convention. Most disappointing, diabolical prices I have ever seen. $14 for a small cup of fries (though they were good) is ridiculous, truffles or not.

The charcuterie board was by far the most insane combination of foods that should really never be served together. I understand the fruits, honey, cheese, and various meats, however, for a $20 appetizer I expect there to be more substance, instead of a random assortment of nothing. 3 raspberries. 3 blackberries. One pearl onion. Some mystery red meat. What the hell?

Not to mention the 18% fee for daring to have a party of 6 or more, of which it is NEVER mentioned anywhere until you sit down and get the menu (after which you are generally pressured to stay).

The waitress showed up less than my father (he's dead) and was often on her phone whenever we looked. We had to practically pry the ticket from her hands, and at that point I'd rather dine and dash.

I went in hungry and hopeful, and I left desolate, hungry, and $150 poorer. Ordered only 4 appetizers. One of our members was getting violent urges as we left.

Do yourself a favor and just go get...

Eaters beware of how they do their billing of eating here. We just ate here and the lunch menu is limited. Firat issue is they don't advise you that all your meals will be on one check. The waitress then stated they couldn't separate the checks despite our party needing separate checks. Waitress advised it could only be separated in to 2 bills and that it would take 40 minutes to separate the bills. We asked for the manager who then said they could only separate the bill into 3 separate bills. They were just going to put whatever together on the bills. We explained we knew who was going on each of the 3 bills then they said they can't itemized the bills. There is a lack of understanding with the staff. We won't eat here again during our stay. Burger was good and don't do the wings they were not seasoned. The soup and grill cheese was good the others stated. Beware of this joint but you are kind of stuck when staying here at the hotel with...