Bar La Rue — Restaurant in West Chicago Township

Beyond disappointed. One of the worst restaurants in the city at its price point.

I've been dying to try Bar La Rue since it opened, especially seeing their fun offerings like the caviar & creme fraiche chicken nuggets, and finally went there last night on a date. From the start, we had an 8:45 reservation, yet weren't seated until past 9pm. They didn't offer us a drink while we were waiting or anything, literally just watched other people go in. When we finally were let in, we were placed at the table directly next to both the loudspeaker and the kitchen. So not only was the music blasting in our ears, but literally every two seconds staff was moving about two feet from us. We were frustrated but figured whatever because at least the food would be good, right? Nope. I'm not gonna sit here and say it was gross, because it was totally fine, but it was absolutely NOTHING to write home about. The caviar was low quality and fishy, the nugget not even fried well enough to have a decent crunch. The lobster roll was cold and uninspired, lacking not only butter, but anything to make it stand out at all. Now for the worst part: we got 2 chicken nuggets, ONE plate off the "snack" menu, 2 entrees, and 4 drinks, and it was $272 with a 20% tip. $272!!! Let's put that into perspective: you could go to a top 5 restaurant in the city, get their finest steak, a massive side, and 2-3 glasses of wine and it would be LESS expensive than this.

I am not someone who tends to write reviews in general unless a place REALLY pushes me one way or another, and I have to say, this is one of those times.

The only positives were that the restaurant itself was cute, and the waiter was very nice and helpful. Otherwise - it's a miracle I'm not calling my card company to get a chargeback because this meal, even with 4 drinks, was worth MAYBE $150 and that's still pushing it.

Worst restaurant experience at this price point I've ever had. Will not be back ever, and after that disgusting bill, will forever be holding a grudge against this restaurant. And to think I almost took a...

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Bar La Rue opened earlier this year, and right off the bat this place is stunning and celebrates the fusion between French and American cuisine. We started with the chicken nugget caviar bites, and I personally think it was fun to try but I won’t get it again because I think caviar would be better on the blini with traditonal accroutrements, less salt overall so the flavor of caviar can be more noticeable. The Little Gem Caesar was fantastic, great ratio of everything and outstanding crunch. The tuna tartare was also really yummy, and refreshing. If you’re an escargot person, try these because these were so garlicky and I could’ve easily ate another round of them. For the mains, we had the steak frites with au poivre, the cut choice was the 7oz filet cooked perfectly to medium rare. The Royale burger with cheese was upgraded to provence style meaning it’s served over grueyre cheese fondue, this is a decent burger but I would go with the steak frites here for sure. I ordered the secret menu item “The Frenchy” which is basically steak frites as a sandwich and this was my favorite thing I tried out of the mains. It was fun and still had all the goodies from a traditional steak frites dish. Their crispy tater tots were delicious, and I think they’re better without the smoked ketchup. I could see the tots working well with a garlic aioli or spicy ketchup instead. For dessert, we got the Chocolate Hazelnut Mille-Feuille, I liked the creamy layers and crunch, it was basically a large format ferrero roche and the brown butter gelato had a grainey texture but tasted on point to...