Mike Ditka's Restaurant

(312) 587-8989

100 E Chestnut St (Ernst Court)
Chicago, IL 60611 41.8985 -87.6256

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Neighborhoods: Near North Side, Central

mikeditkaschicago.com

Hours:

Mon-Thu 11am-10pm

Fri 11am-11pm

Sat 10am-11pm

Sun 10am-10pm

Last updated 8.06.11

Restaurant Special Features:

Casual Date Spot, Local Favorite, Family-Friendly Dining, Late Night Dining, Romantic Dining, Special Occasion Dining, Celeb Hangout, Fine Dining, Private Rooms, Online Reservations, Date Spot, Group Dining, Smoking Permitted, Happy Hour, Dine At The Bar, Private Parties

Cuisine:

Hamburgers, Steakhouse, Chicken, Seafood

Smoking Permitted:

At the bar; In the lounge

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What People Are Saying About Mike Ditka's Restaurant

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In Short – Chicago's fondness for the coach who delivered the Bears' only Super Bowl title extends to his namesake restaurant. Rich woods, leatherette booths and reverentially displayed sports memorabilia create a manly sporting-club setting. The pigskin menu features chops, steaks, salads, seafood and oyster shots with Tabasco vinaigrette. "Da Pork Chop" is a serving of that other white meat. –

Editor's Tips

Call Ahead:
Due to its popularity, reservations at Ditka's are recommended.
What to Drink:
Choose from four themed wine flights, including meaty "Steak Reds," full-bodied "Big Boys" and more, each featuring four 2.5-ounce glasses ($12-$29).
The Extras:
Wednesday-Saturday evenings, enjoy live Sinatra-style entertainment in the lounge upstairs.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. “The ambiance was real nice.”
  2. “Mouthwatering taste I love the service and atmosphere, lots of fun.”
  3. “The staff found us a place where we could be comfortable.”
  4. “Great steaks and atmosphere”
dessert
0.0% positive
  1. “Awful food, I cheeseburger appetizers taste like old hamburger meat, potroast nachos where greasy and hard, the banana pie taste like it was made with a box of banana pudding and nutri-grain crust, caesar salad was oily.”
drinks
83.33000183105469% positive
  1. “have been here for dinner often and enjoy the bar upstairs.”
  2. “The downstairs is mainly a restaurant and a big bar.”
  3. “Order a Bloody Mary, and you'll get complimentary beer sidecar and a fresh shrimp skewer.”
  4. “This place has all the ingredients of an upscale sports bar including a great burger.”
  5. “felt like she wrote us off when she saw we were a young couple that didn't order expensive drinks.”
  6. “Nice entertainment in the cigar bar, and the non-smoking section is nicely non-smoky!”
food quality
92.8600025177002% positive
  1. “This place has all the ingredients of an upscale sports bar including a great burger.”
  2. “We enjoyed prime rib and steak.”
  3. “My husband surprise me for my birthday (the day after Thanksgiving) and we ate at Ditka's for the first time and the food was very good.”
  4. “Great smoked flavor, lively sauce.”
  5. “My wife's club sandwich was huge.”
  6. “The food is fantastic and the customer service even better!”
  7. “great Bone-In chop in "Ditka's prok chop sauce" which, I was pleased to find in my local Lund's when I got back home.”
  8. “The food looked real good, it was too bad I was only there for lunch.”
  9. “The food itself is fantastic- but a word of warning.”
  10. “Great steaks and atmosphere”
  11. “The restaurant is nice and the prices are reasonable for the amount of food you get.”
  12. “The service was top notch, the sides are excellent (great fries), and the bread basket was a surprising highlight as well.”
  13. “My entree was "Da Pork Chop" Hands down the best pork chop i've ever had!”
  14. “It's a shame that a waiter can be so inattentive to completely ruin a what would otherwise had been a good, but not great, meal.”
  15. “My wife and I have eaten here consistently and have never had a bad meal.”
  16. “You'll have a great steak and it is made to your specification.”
  17. “We both found the food to be of top quality and our waiter Juan was great!”
  18. “Awful food, I cheeseburger appetizers taste like old hamburger meat, potroast nachos where greasy and hard, the banana pie taste like it was made with a box of banana pudding and nutri-grain crust, caesar salad was oily.”
  19. “The bread was very tasty.”
  20. “am not a big meat eater and found this restaurant to offer very few vegetarian options.”
  21. “Order a Bloody Mary, and you'll get complimentary beer sidecar and a fresh shrimp skewer.”
  22. “We ate here for lunch and were pleasantly suprised at how friendly the staff was and at the quality of the food.”
  23. “Great food, Great service!”
  24. “Great food!”
  25. “I've had the pleasure of dining at Ditka's several times - excellent food all the way around.”
  26. “have also tasted the roasted chicken, which is delicious as well.”
  27. “Food is good, if you like steak.”
  28. “Yes the food is good in the resturant.”
  29. “The food was delicious and plenty of it.”
  30. “really enjoyed the crab bisque, but would have liked some actual chunks on meat in there.”
  31. “Plus, the food was delicious as well.”
  32. “No Mike but great food!”
  33. “Three times we had to find our waiter to get steak knives (the steak was good, but not good enough for butter knives alone!)”
  34. “Excellent food.”
  35. “Good food - Terrible, terrible service”
menu variety
50.0% positive
  1. “Wonderful menu w/great Bears memorabilia throughout the restaurant.”
  2. “am not a big meat eater and found this restaurant to offer very few vegetarian options.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “This is just an all-around great place to eat!”
  2. “This is a nice restaurant and is very tastefully decorated.”
  3. “Wonderful menu w/great Bears memorabilia throughout the restaurant.”
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. “We decided to go back on Thursday to see John again - the waitresses in the lounge were so attentive and when we left on Wednesday they told us to come back on Thursday and they would remember us and they did!”
service
90.0% positive
  1. “Mouthwatering taste I love the service and atmosphere, lots of fun.”
  2. “We both found the food to be of top quality and our waiter Juan was great!”
  3. “had my sons wedding rehersal dinner UPSTAIRS and to say the service was EXCELLENT woud be putting it mildly.”
  4. “Our waitress was super friendly and very nice.”
  5. “Our service wasn't the best from our waitress.”
  6. “Everything was prepared just right, and the service was outstanding.”
  7. “We decided to go back on Thursday to see John again - the waitresses in the lounge were so attentive and when we left on Wednesday they told us to come back on Thursday and they would remember us and they did!”
  8. “It's a shame that a waiter can be so inattentive to completely ruin a what would otherwise had been a good, but not great, meal.”
  9. “What turned what otherwise would have been a good dining experience into a below average one was the absolutely terrible service we received.”
  10. “We ate here for lunch and were pleasantly suprised at how friendly the staff was and at the quality of the food.”
  11. “The wait staff is professional and knows what they are talking about!”
  12. “Even the waiters were shocked.”
  13. “Three times we had to find our waiter to get steak knives (the steak was good, but not good enough for butter knives alone!)”
  14. “Great food, Great service!”
  15. “The staff found us a place where we could be comfortable.”
  16. “Our server was nice and very apologetic but it was not her fought.”
  17. “Good food - Terrible, terrible service”
  18. “The service was top notch, the sides are excellent (great fries), and the bread basket was a surprising highlight as well.”
  19. “The food is fantastic and the customer service even better!”
  20. “Anne was nothing short of awesome in helping me, and a year later THAT evening is still Big Talk for the people that attended, both Chicagoans and out of towners.”
value
81.25% positive
  1. “Great lunch with dinner sized portions.”
  2. “Mike Ditka's Restaurant is good, but overpriced”
  3. “My wife's club sandwich was huge.”
  4. “the portions are HUGE!”
  5. “felt like she wrote us off when she saw we were a young couple that didn't order expensive drinks.”
  6. “Prices were reasonable, and actually a great value considering the quality.”
  7. “The restaurant is nice and the prices are reasonable for the amount of food you get.”
  8. “Expect to pay the bucks, but it is a very nice treat.”
1 Star Rating: Poor

04/18/10

Good Food, Over Priced

by rateitmeal at Citysearch

Very disappointed with Ditka's, which came recommended. Food is good, if you like steak. Little else on the menu. Waiter brought me wrong dinner (steaks all look the same) His mistake cost me an extra $30. No offer made to fix waiter's error. Make sure you check your order if you dare dine here. Lobby gift store is a tacky addition to the faux elegance. Recommend you avoid. Food not worth the cost.

  • Pros: Great food--if you like steak
  • Cons: Poor service, over priced, lame atmosphere
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

10/11/09

WONDERFUL DINING EXPERIENCE

by morning glory at Citysearch

We were in Chicago for a week in August. We went to Ditka's on a Wednesday night and it was amazing. We prime rib, chicken and I had the homemade chicken noodle soup (so much chicken) and a tomatoe and fresh mozzarella salad for entree'. After dinner we went up to the lounge and saw John Vincent - he was terrific. We decided to go back on Thursday to see John again - the waitresses in the lounge were so attentive and when we left on Wednesday they told us to come back on Thursday and they would remember us and they did!!! Just a a note BE SURE TO TRY THE HOMEMADE MAC AND CHEESE IT WAS A HUGE SIDE DISH AND 3 OF US SHARED IT. WE DECIDED WE COULD EAT THAT ALONE. We are going back to Chicago in October 2010 and will definitely go to Ditka's - in fact we liked it so much we have decided to stay right there at the Tremane Hotel..

  • Pros: Great Food, Great Service, Wonderful Atmosphere
  • Cons: None
1 Star Rating: Poor

07/27/09

Overrated and Overpriced

by betamale at Citysearch

Stay away from this place. I made the simple request of a separate check for just myself (in a group of maybe seven), which our server acknowledged. When the bill came... Sure enough. No separate check. You brush off a Customer's simple request, you're gonna get a bad review. Additionally, I could have made my dinner at home for like $5, and it would have tasted better. The atmosphere is overdone, and the prices are way out of line with the quality of the experience. Mike Ditka, his servers and his barstaff have an exaggerated sense of self-importance.

  • Pros: Nice woodwork
  • Cons: Bad service, mediocre food, tense atmosphere
4 Star Rating: Recommended

03/16/09

Bloody Marys and Beer Chasers

by bethylou at Citysearch

Order a Bloody Mary, and you'll get complimentary beer sidecar and a fresh shrimp skewer. Bonus on a Sunday morning!

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

02/01/09

John Vincent makes all the difference!

by funfood007 at Citysearch

I really like this place. The steaks are d' bomb! but what I really have come to enjoy is the music by John Vincent. He really transforms the space. His Sinatra songs are the best. He always has a smile on his face! I always make a reservation and am seated quickly. The wait staff is professional and knows what they are talking about!....Oh I have seen da' coach there last christmas time. He was mobbed with crazy fans!

You got to hear this man sing! Great!

The Details on Mike Ditka's Restaurant

Place Categories:

  • great food
  • outstanding service
  • nice restaurant
  • comfortable place
  • great steak
  • very nice waitress
  • fantastic dining experience
  • not great creamed spinach
  • never bad meal
  • like prime rib
  • expensive drinks
  • professional wait staff
  • great atmosphere
  • nice server
  • great fridge burger
  • great lively sauce
  • best sinatra songs
  • huge club sandwich
  • great suprise
  • great fries
  • enjoyed beer
  • best pork
  • shocked waiters
  • reasonable prices
  • not big meat eater

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