Nellcote

Nellcote reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

1. JE

   JacobE

   Chicago3 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on March 16, 2019

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   I would have said this to a manager, but good luck getting a hold of one with the terrible service. Made a reservation for 4, only to originally be seated at a table for 3. We eventually got ourselves moved. During our first round of drinks, two of us ordered draft beers, which came out warm. They said the round was on them...like we’d like our warm beers...Server came to check in on our table twice and she could have cared less we were there. Food was ok. Ordered the NY Strip personally, and it was pre-cut for me and not on the bone as advertised. When in the area, I would recommend another restaurant.
   

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2. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   Chicago1 review

   4.0

   Dined on March 10, 2019

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   The food was excellent as always.
   

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3. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   Chicago3 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on February 17, 2019

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   The atmosphere in the building was great. Very beautiful. It was not busy and they had staff on but they never came around to check on us or see if we needed anything. We had to find them and ask them when we needed more water, drinks.
   

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   Kevin

   Chicago6 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on February 15, 2019

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Food was not great, drinks were good, service was good, setting and ambience was interesante and not in the beat way
   

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   ScottH

   Chicago6 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 15, 2019

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We celebrate valentines dinner at Nellcote, the ambiance was fantastic. We could have a private conversation, didn't feel the need to shout over the background music, which was also a pretty great playlist. The food was reasonably portioned and tasted great, it's a fun spot to share plates. Our server was a character, which added to a great dinning experience
   

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6. CT

   ChloeT

   San Francisco2 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on February 3, 2019

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   My waitress was extremely pushy that we order more expensive things on the menu. We ordered a desert and the waitress ended up bringing us a more expensive desert. She seemed to want to make our bill higher then what we expected it to be. As our meal finished we left our tip and she came up to the table while we were still putting our coats on and grabbed the tip. They seemed like they just wanted our money and for us to leave as quick as possible. Many waitress and waiters were on their phones which was understandable because it was not busy. But again our waitress was extremely unprofessional.
   

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7. q

   qreviews VIP

   Chicago7 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on January 26, 2019

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   Bad Bad Bad
   

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   David VIP

   Chicago28 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on January 25, 2019

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Very quiet on a Thursday after work at 6, only 4 people at the bar. Extremely limited liquor selection, 2 scotch options, really! And one was Glenlivet 12 year??? At 6:30 we sat at table for dinner and waitress Kate was the saving grace of Nellcote. Menu was limited, the salmon was quite good though. Will not be back. Way too many great options in this neighborhood.
   

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9. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   Chicago2 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on January 13, 2019

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 2

   I went for the pizza on a recommendation and agree that the crust is terrific. Good and chewy with quality toppings. The pasta is also pretty good (caccio e pepe, simple, not quite peppery enough). The space is too big and the bathroom felt half-finished. Most perplexing? The soundtrack. Jack Johnson from Curious George soundtrack? Smashmouth? It was such a 00s hodgepodge that I wouldn’t even call it ironic. It felt like someone left their iPod nano on shuffle. Not what I wanted for Saturday night.
   

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10. EL

    ElizabethL VIP

    Chicago3 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on January 12, 2019

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1

    Worst experience from a restaurant with really high ratings. Went here for a birthday dinner - it honestly had the ambience of a late-night bar. Songs ranged from Country Road to Spice Girls If You Wanna Be My Lover. I love these songs at a late night bar after a few cocktails - not at 8pm with a nice dinner in West Loop. It was also SO LOUD and they barely turned it down when we asked. We also had a broken table that the waiter could care less about helping us fix. It was honestly ridiculous. They also were out of EVERYTHING. We asked for the calamari and a popular cocktail - completely out of them. I asked for an extra olive in my martini (I only got one which isn't a big deal I just wanted another one) and he told me that they had a policy to only give out one olive but he would "make an exception". So if you want to eat a plate of pasta while listening to Third Eye Blind blaring in your ears, not get any of the normal items on the menu, and have an olive policy enforced, Nellcote is the place for you! The food was good - only upside to an otherwise terrible dinner with the worst ambience and service.
    

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