Best Restaurants with a Tasting Menu in Wilmette

Lovely lunch at Eden. The Mediterranean Chicken sandwich was a mouthful of wonderful flavor combinations. Unique and tasty. The vinaigrette on the eden salad was too vinegary for me but my dining partner likes acid salad dressings so she loves it. She had the butternut squash soup which looked devine. She said there were sautéed mushrooms, pepitas and some other hearty garnishes on it. Comes with focaccia bread that isn't mentioned on the menu but should be, unless I missed it. They were able to make my sandwich GF as they do carry GF bread, even if they don't mention that on the menu. They may have a GF menu but I neglected to ask for one and when I inquired about making the sandwich GF the waiter did not offer a GF menu.

Food was great. It was a little cool on the enclosed patio but it didn’t affect the food temperature. It was very noisy out there though, difficult to have a conversation without speaking very loud.

Food and service great. 9.5/10 overall. If I was to just critique, they could use more sweet red wine on the menu.

The chicken with truffle sauce was delicious. I’ve been fantasizing about it! Didn’t love the cold marble tables and so many hard surfaces.

Having dined at the previous Renga-Tei a handful of times over the past 15 years, we were curious to try Tenjin, after the new owners took over and made it their own. We are so glad we did, as the dining experience exceeded our expectations. The staff is friendly and welcoming, made recommendations when we had questions, and every item we ate was fresh, delicious, and nicely presented (sashimi, nigiri, chicken karaage, curry udon, to name a few). Enjoyed trying some new sakes via a flight. We will for sure be back, as they have earned a spot in our regular rotation of favorite Japanese restaurants in Chicagoland.