South Water Kitchen
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 236-9300
Fax: (312) 236-3230
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Wacker Drive
- Directions:
- El: Brown Line to State, Red Line to Lake
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 7am-3pm, Fri 7am-10:30am-3pm, Sat-Sun 7am-2pm, 5pm-10pm
Message from South Water Kitchen
A hot spot on the south bank of the Chicago River
- Private Dining
- Tavern Specials
- Just for Kids
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Editorial Review for South Water Kitchen – by J.P. Anderson
The Scene
This bi-level restaurant boasts a classy, comfortable bistro feel, with roomy booths, rich wood accents and a buzzing open kitchen. Corporate types power-lunch alongside a pre-theater and post-shopping crowd on two levels. Considering the hip location, the menu is surprisingly budget-friendly. The upper-level bar attracts a relaxed after-work crowd, enjoying daily drink specials and light bar menu.
The Food
The smart, sophisticated comfort-food menu offers starters like mussels steamed in chowder-style broth with bacon, leeks, potatoes and celery, and seafood scampi redolent of garlic butter, parsley and lemon. Popular entrees include braised lamb shank with creamy goat cheese grits and sauteed spinach, and tilapia served with mashed potatoes and caper butter sauce. Budget diners will appreciate the daily blue-plate specials, which feature tempting plates like sauteed sweet shrimp with spicy sausage and grits on Tuesdays, and a fish fry on Fridays.
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Insider Tips
Save MoneyEvery night features a different drink special. Mondays offer $5 martinis, Tuesdays are $2.50 Sam Adams drafts, and Fridays boast half-price bottled beers.
The ExtrasKids get a chef's hats, paper and crayons, and a menu that features pepperoni or cheese pizza, crispy chicken and mac and cheese. Priced at less than $10, the meal also includes a drink and ice cream.
Know Before You GoA seasonal prix-fixe menu offers three courses for $29.
User Reviews for South Water Kitchen
08/19/2007 Posted by topchef_aj
We sat in a great table outside on a Saturday night, however, overall, our party of three was disappointed with the quality of the food, as well as the service. The filet was overcooked and had to be sent back, and upon return, it was overcooked yet again and the quality of the filet was far less than you would receive at a wedding reception ("bad"). The pork chop was oversalted, but mac and cheese side was pretty tasty. Our waitress was disinterested and unfriendly, even though we were one of her only tables that evening. The after dinner coffee was cold. The dessert was probably the best part of the evening. We would not return, as there are definitely many higher quality restaurants in the area for similar prices.
Pros: Location
Cons: Food, service
03/24/2007 Posted by joankiser
disappointing...food is fair, at best; service slow; not crowded on a saturday evening and we know why! spinach artichoke dip was bland, dinner salad soaked in dressing-unedible, potato leek soup, again, bland ....even the iced tea and coffee were weak. the only saving grace was the dessert. avoid it, too many other great places to eat in the same vacinity!
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