Illusion Bar Grill Cafe - Des Plaines,IL. — Restaurant in Maine Township

Chris and Nikki, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐+🌟 What an interesting backstory for this wonderful hidden gem of an establishment. Chris really started this business when he was around 19 years old, and, they are working the entire restaurant themselves, Chris and Nikki both with the help of one of their friends as a chef. No one wants to work for whatever reason. You can see support for the Ukraine🇺🇦 everywhere, they are very compassionate here, very empathetic folks.🇵🇱🇮🇹

Anyway, we dropped our daughter off at the airport, and shot over to Illusion, and it was one of my best choices in a good while. The inside was well maintained, bathrooms are extremely clean and laid out well. And like I always say, "clean bathrooms, clean kitchen!"

My wife loved the pierogies, the Greek salad which was large enough to feed three people, Lol. Her Lemon Martini, 🥹👍 boom shakalaka! The Tiramisu was really really good. I've had Tiramisu at some of the best Italian restaurants, Chris and Nikki's Tiramisu is better! I just had a couple of Miller high Life 🍻 and the 1 lb double 🍔 cheeseburger! That, almost filled me up, lol! Also a Coke, 🥤and a couple of forks full of my wife's Tiramisu. 🍰

This is an awesome venue to watch a game. Big projection screens and smaller flat screens around the seating area and bar. Chris knew how to do it right! He's got an awesome helper in his wife Nikki. I can't tell you how wonderful this establishment is. You need to go and check it out! You can see I've done a lot of reviews, this is one of the top 1% easily 😁.

And as for the Google guide and you know who you are, extorting a fee and product from this establishment? This is a hobby dude! You do this out of the kindness of your heart, not for financial gain. I'm checking it out! You're going to have some explaining to do. YOU OWE an Apology, a Public One! Do it soon. You are the reason for lack...

As soon as we walked in Nikki the server was not welcoming and it seemed like she didn’t want to serve us. She had some sort of attitude towards us for some reason from the start and didn’t come by our table at all. Her husband, the owner came to take our drink order and the way she dropped off our drinks with an attitude and snappy remarks made it seemed like we were begging for her service instead of feeling welcoming for bringing business to her restaurant. Nikki approached us differently than the other customers. Maybe it’s because the others were mostly Europeean and me and my friend are Mexican and Asian and she didn’t care to serve us with same manner as she was short and snappy towards us. We would never come back here and receive this service again, it was really disappointing since we were excited to try this new place. Nikki, if you are reading this learn to give better hospitality, its really embarrassing the way you acted towards us we hope you realize that. You want customers to feel welcomed in...

I would leave 0 stars if I could, we came with a group of 6 people, we walked inside and the lady at the bar said the air isn’t on because it’s hot outside. We said okay and went to sit outside (where it’s hot and sunny) there are giant umbrellas on the patio that were closed. We opened an umbrella to help take the sun off, and still have not been helped at this point. A few minutes later, the bartender comes storming out asking why the umbrella is opened, saying it needs to be closed, we could’ve broken something, we could’ve poked someone’s eye out, etc. This is embarrassing and could’ve been an easy fix by just saying hey we keep this umbrella closed, instead she made a huge scene and honestly acted like we just lit off fireworks inside a building. As we were leaving, she was finally returning with menus and yells out “why are they leaving?” to the other people. This was embarrassing and a shame. Won’t be back. Don’t recommend...