Recess

Great time. First timers and food was great! Large portions were amazing and price point was awesome!

The restaurant is a fun atmosphere. The food was basic bar food. I had the sliders which were missing the cheese and the “atomic” sauce tasted like plain mayonnaise. The tots and the drinks were good.

The vibe was upbeat, the food was really tasty especially the crispy buffalo chicken rolls and our service was prompt and friendly. I would definitely recommend.

It has such great food and an awesome atmosphere! I would definitely go back.

my girlfriends were in town for the night and i reserved us a standard table settings, it was a cold october night, the heatlamp next to us wasn't properly working so we were cold the whole entire time.
Our food came out and within minutes, everything was cold because of the weather.
It was a fun atmostphere but next time i will make sure to ask if the heatlamp or the requested standard tables would be available next time

The service and drinks were excellent. Accommodated a birthday celebration with a large table.

Great place for drinks and food! My friends from out of town came to visit and they loved it!

Great ambiance but poor service. They sat us outside in 36 degree weather with no blankets or heat lamp. Other customers kept fighting over heat lamps when one became available. Was not even aware we would be seated outside or I wouldn't have made the reservation.

Waitress was nice but the hostess and managers super rude and inconsiderate. Took the heating lamp away from us

Pretty disappointed. Recess did an amazing job in the summer but going in to the Colder weather they aren’t very accommodating. No heaters outside and the inside was packed with all windows closed. I want comfortable and left early.

Great place

Didnt eat but had great service with my cocktails!
Very friendly staff.
Nice beer selection.

I come here every time with my friends and family in town. I love this place. The bottomless mimosas are amazing

Good food, shareable drinks, horrible service

Stopped by for an after dinner drink with some friends. Couldn't have asked for a better table, next to the heat lamps. Great drinks and ambiance. Didn't have food this time but it is good. Hopefully they can add some shades, awnings and heated lights on their upstairs to continue using as the temperature drops.

Wouldn’t recommend sitting in the event space

It was a really cool setting, and environment. Great big outdoor space, perfect for the current times. A little Pricy on the cocktails

Went here on a Saturday night with friends, staff were very friendly, accommodating, and great server. Met the managers and they were also very friendly and generous to our table. Food and drinks were all phenomenal! Def. recommend!

It was cold and no heaters or heat lamps and we were placed in a very awkward spot where the wind was hitting us more than normal. Food was ok but it was cold. I’m sure this place is better in the summer but it’s not meant to dine out for fall/winter. I wish we were seated inside.

Loved Recess! Great atmosphere and their appetizers were amazing.

The service was horrible. Not only were they not accommodating, they were extremely mean about it. We were kind and reasonable with our party of 12. There were two tables of 6 next to each other and they just refused to make it work. No one was sitting at the table and finally they couldn’t come up with any reason the party wasn’t sitting together, they moved up. It took over an hour and a ton of headache. I called the day before and confirmed everything and they were almost actively trying to make the situation difficult. The hostess was extremely rude to myself and my friends. Everyone normally says good things about recess and I had a good time after all was settled but the staff was awful.

Not the same post COVID. Hostess was rude off the bad, slow service and food is crappy bar food. Ask me a year ago, I’d recommend

Great dining location for COVID-era safety guidelines. Tables were extremely spaced out, and plenty of seating available outdoors. Food was great, and service staff were friendly.

Food mediocre . Not many options. Great patio.

Great open space with outside seating! I went to watch a game with friends.

Good vibe great service fun good music and drinks were made well

Would absolutely not go again during COVID restrictions. Yes, much of it is outdoors, yes they clean tables - that's where the precautions seemed to stop. I watched our waitress let a dog lick her hands all over, then she typed the table's order into a screen, brought drinks to another table, and took another table's order before leaving eyesight. Who knows what she did next... that's unacceptable in my opinion, on any day, but especially now. Wash your damn hands. Also, though tables were distanced, we were still on a very heavily trafficked corner with staff members passing by constantly, within a couple feet easily. We did not feel safe and won't be back. Oh, also - if this meal had blown our minds maybe we would have thought "at least it was worth the risk!" That was not the case - at all.

It was a fun experience

Such a great time!! I loved it :)) I would definitely go back again

they couldnt find my reservation. i then showed them the open table email and they still didnt believe me

There were several errors with our food order but all-in-all, an ideal place to hang with friends on a perfect fall day.

I’ve had good experiences other times but yesterday they kicked us out of our reservation 30 minutes early and didn’t give us any kind of heads up. When we mentioned that everyone told us 2.5 hours they lied and said no it’s 2 hours. Apparently they had a private event that we were not told about. We were doing bottomless mimosas so would have appreciated some kind of a warning we had to leave.

Great! Good atmosphere!

From the drinks to the vibe everything was amazing. We definitely enjoyed ourselves and will be back again

Warm and sunny day in October!

Great place to go. Like the atmosphere. Everyone was nice. Safe covid protocols.

Overall very good.

My wine glass was dirty and the bar tender was not happy that I said something because he was checking it as if I did something wrong but there was like crusty stuff on it... not sorry for saying something.

I called the restaurant to specifically reserve a seat in front of a tv which I was told could be accommodated with an indoor reservation. When we arrived, 15 minutes prior to our reservation, we were told that our indoor table could not be provided as they moved outside parties inside and were at capacity indoors. Recess did not call me to inform me that my indoor reservation was given up/could not be accommodated. They said we could wait 20 minutes for a table near TVs, but after waiting they sat us in the back of the restaurant outdoors while it was still rainy and overcast out. We were incredibly disappointed in the service and staff for not calling us about our reservation or the treatment we received when we showed up to no reservation. I understand that other factors were involved, rain, covid protocols, a very busy night, etc. However it is unacceptable for a restaurant to not provide a courtesy phone call that my reservation and requests would not be met. Based on conversations we overheard while waiting outside, we were not the only party who had a reservation but could not be sat. Every other restaurant in Chicago has a policy that if it rains, guests can not move inside. Again, I understand the circumstances but a lack of notice and lack of effort to accommodate us upon arrival was incredibly disappointing.

Very cool atmosphere with lots of outdoor seating and good music playing. The drink menu is huge! We went for brunch and had the hash and avocado toast, both were delicious.

Service was great, but the drinks and food didn’t live up to the price tag