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“High class atmosphere with good pricing.”
“They have a great choice of wines and the desserts that come in small clear glasses are a perfect finish.”
“can't speak to the Canoe Club's Tiki Drinks, because I don't drink, but the free Hor d'ourves at the bar are tasty and creative and the Thursday night show is terrific.”
“The calamari was undercooked, the salad was dry and tasteless, the tilapia was soggy, and the flat bread was too saturated with cheese.”
“the menu has so many different entrees, everyone will find a great entree they will love!”
“think it's a great place for a date too.”
“Overall, we had a great dining experience and can't wait to go back and try some other dishes there!”
“Fun, fantastic food, great service”
“love the breathtaking Hawaiian atmosphere, including a waterfall and a huge shark tank.”
“We were seated not long after that in a spectacular dining room with huge palm trees and a towering waterfall.”View Less
What to do with gift certificates from the Canoe?. I have a gift certificate for the closed Canoe Restaurant in Orland Park Ill....is there any way to get it redeemed?
No wonder it closed. Management and owners were way over their heads with this place from the get go. They were a million over budget. Original investors bailed. Management and primary owner couldn't pay the vendors their bills (when you can't pay for food, architects, supplies, you got a problem). They didn't care or listen to anyone and they started to get sued--big time. The place is in default and a company owns the land and that's it. The place has so many liens on it that no one wants it.…
abandoned fish in giant tanks. This place closed and walked away from the obligation of feeding and caring for the live sharks and reef fish that inhabited the large tanks in the restaurant. They were dead and some were suffering as of last week. Some one should help!!!…
THE CANOE CLUB. This restaurant abrubtly closed its doors recently, giving no notice to customers. It is obvious that they knew they would be closing. Having visited the Canoe Club previously, we purchased gift cards to present to our father for his 81st birthday on October 8, 2007. The employee who sold us the cards on October 6, 2007, said nothing about going out of business. The local Chamber of Commerce has no further information. The sign on the door says they are closed "temporarily", but, provides no further information. Even if they reopen, I would not patronize a restaurant that would deceive its customers. Nor do I believe that they will reopen and/jor accept previously purchased cards. Now we may very well be stuck with recently purchased, unused gift cards. For a restaurant that began with a decent reputation, they turned out to be deceptive and disappointing!…
What happened to this wonderful place!. Did the original owners bail out on this Southside gem? We went to dinner on Sat. 9/29/07. We were seated promptly, which is really unusual as this place used to be packed all the time. We should have taken that as a prelude to what was to come. No sharks in the "shark tank." We were told they outgrew the tank, no mention if they had purchased new sharks. Large tropical fish in their place. The waitstaff used to be very knowledgeable about wine, we had a high school aged girl as our server who didn't know much about wine of course. All the bar staff's wine recommendations were the most expensively priced wines, and as everyone knows, it doesn't have to be expensive to be good. Our bread came and it was stale and overtoasted. Their pinapple bread used to be fresh and very moist. This was as dry as biscotti. When it came time to order, they were out of everything, filets, lobster, tilapia. How could a restaurant be out of everything at 8:00 at night. It was homecoming that evening, and that could have explained all the mishaps, but we could still tell that things were different. Anyway, our dinner arrived cold and undercooked. How can you undercook fish? We asked to speak to a manager, and it took about 15 minutes for the manager to come over, 15 minutes for a manager to come talk to complaining customers in an empty restaurant is unheard of. She took one entree off our bill. We then retreated into the bar, which used to have live entertainment, but did not. The manager was there and told the bartender to give us anything we wanted. Her martini came with no olives in it, and when she asked for some, the bartender said he forgot. How can you forget olives in a martini? My Bailey's and coffee was ice cold and the coffee tasted like it sat there all day. Plus the "chefs" were in the bar drinking beer, very unprofessional. This used to be our favorite spot, don't know what happened to this place, but will not be returning.…
