07/25/07

Sooooo Awsome!!!!!!!!

by mybffisstacey

i dont know what you guys are complaning about iv been here a million times and each time i hade great food and a lt of fun!!!the waiters and waitreses are so funny i went for a birthday party and they sang a song for her when they were dancing on the window sills. it was so cool. I go at least twice a year and every time iv been satesfied so to all those people who wrote bad and mean reviews you have no sence of humor, noone or nothing can make you happy and your just wierd for not liking it!!!!!!!!!! ( sticking tongue out)

• Pros: Every Thing!!!
• Cons: none

05/19/09

Brilliant!

by CSMobileUser

My class and I are visiting chicago on a school trip, and we liked the experience of eating here very much. The waitor named "Swan", a.k.a Tractor, is the coolest. We all miss you already!!! And next time I visit I will definately come here again. Great food, service, and humor!!

06/23/08

Fun for a group

by xopineapple71890xo

I went with a group of friends here and we had a blast! Be prepared because the music is loud and the decor is ultra-retro. The waiters are hilarious and purposely rude, so don't be afraid to have fun with them! Breaking out in song and dance is common here for all workers! The whimsical atmosphere didn't affect the food, which was very good. I recommend the burgers and malts. A great place for parties or kids

• Pros: fun atmosphere, good food

05/20/08

where is your sence of humor?

by missmaggie54

ok in order to go to a place like this you must have a sence of humor and be happy, cuz if not then you will hate it. lame ppl should not go here cuz this is a place to have fun and laugh. its obnoxious and fun to yell at your waiter cuz he is yellin at you. thats the main point. the food is pretty good....the dessert is very very good. i got a salad cuz i wasnt too hungry and it was good, it was funny to hear my waiter complain about everyone and then he turned to me and was all like thanks for being all easy with ur order and i was just like UMMM can i have more ranch? and he rolled his eyes and he was like NVM i take that back lol.....our waiter made us laugh the whole time....and that random dancing is SOOOOO funny...wow this place is cool its entertaining and the food isnt bad, and its not expensive at all....at least i dont think so, if ur paying about 10-15 dollars for one person at a sit down reasturant with entertainment i think its a steal. and its in downtown... come on now and have some fun with your life and enjoy this place....it is a must....especially for kids, teens, young adults....older ppl just dont get it i guess.........

05/03/08

Worst restaurant I have ever been to

by Rincewind

I had the misfortune of going to this dump back in 1993. I was part of a high school art class (who didn't care about the Art Institute at all) on a field trip.

"Gotta go to Ed's! Gotta go to Ed's!" they kept screaming.

My only choice was to stick with the group, so we walked umpteen blocks in the cold to "Ed Debevic's". Apparently, they all knew about its "shtick" but I didn't. It was a long day and I just wasn't even hungry.

So we went in there and good grief. I thought I had walked into a diner that "Sesame Street's" Oscar the Grouch would go to. Loud, screaming music blared from the speakers, competing with the loud, screaming insults the waiters and waitresses yelled at the customers.

The student group I was in lit up like a Christmas tree when a bellowing waiter (a failed actor from some community college) led us to a bunch of dirty, grimy booths near a window.

Everyone yapped how "good" the fries were, I looked at the terrible prices. My appetite was shot by this point, so I ordered a can of creme soda. (It was ten times the price than for a can of soda from a vending machine).

So as I looked at the menu, someone in our group said they needed styrofoam cups to the waiter. A moment later someone said "Look out!" and I looked up from my menu just in time to see a package of syrofoam cups smacked me in the face. The entire class roared with laughter at me as the waiter sneered "Yer s'posed ta CATCH EM!"

The fries came, and thankfully I didn't eat any. They were your basic fries you'd get at a real restaurant like Bennigan's, TGIFriday's, etc. only these limp things looked like they had been stepped on and were literally floating in a grayish-brown lumpy substance. The menu called it "gravy". It looked and smelled like something my cat hacked up on the rug.

Remember that one South Park episode: "Hey Kenny! I'll give you 5 bucks to eat that spleen!"

Given the choice, I'd rather do that any day than eat at Ed Debevic's.

• Pros: Nothing!
• Cons: Everything!!!

03/23/08

Great experience all around!!

by ehenricks01

We had sassy service, which is even better when you are quick witted enough to comment back to the waitstaff. Anyone who doesn't appreciate the idea behind this resaurant is probably old enough to be put in a nursing home, because it is for the hip, young and energetic. I recently turned 22, and went with my 45 year old mother and we had a blast!! On top of the fun experience with the service, the food was great, and we were nothing short of entertained. I definitely recommend going whlie in Chicago!

02/09/08

Worn out schtick and cruddy food.

by jkdee

What was once clever and well-produced diner-sass is now lame, forced, unfunny attitude. If you like moronic screaming and dismissive wait staff, then this is your place. There really is no reason to waste money on below average food served by Columbia College rejects.

Avoid the "Pulled Pork Sandwich" like your life depends on it......because it just might!

• Pros: Parking in front, but it's $8+tip to watch a guy drive your car 10 ft.
• Cons: loud wait staff, bad food.

10/23/07

You have to be kidding :-(

by longdropper

The loud verbal assault by the barman at least got the hostess to get us a table, however being purposely ignored by every waitresses was too much to bare, definitely not the place for kids (unless they enjoy watching a barman getting knocked out). Avoid like the plague.

06/08/07

Can I give this place less than 1 star? Anyone giving it more than a zero, they work there and are saving their jobs.

by jamestames

The place is the worst. The people working there are total tampons. The people that eat there only go once for the nostalgia... what a shame to burn your hard earned money eating cardboard.

• Pros: nothing
• Cons: all

04/26/07

Not my cup of tea......

by tb5150

I have been there a few times and I honestly have not enjoyed one thing I ever ordered on the menu. The kids like it, they get a kick out of the wait staff and costumes. But I even felt that they were a little too rude, they got my order wrong one time and they were so nasty about fixing it! I understand that they put on a show for everyone but come on it is still a restaurant and I still expected much, much better service and food for the cost.

• Pros: None
• Cons: Too many to mention