RL Restaurant

What a great way to start a week. Walking into RL and receiving warm welcomes from the hostesses and then having Joseph as your server! His hospitality and professionalism make each visit a
Happy and pleasurable dining experience.

From start to finish it is always a memorable time. Flavia comes each time to greet us and welcome us. She adds such a positive and glamorous aspect to being at RL.

RL with Joseph, Benny and Flavia is akin to visiting with family and friends and having great times with them.

The staff is amazing, always making my family feel special. No one does it like RL!

Excellent service and food

Always a very positive experience! Noted:prices increase and smaller portions but service makes up for it ...

Excellent meal. Great service.

Blonde curly haired girl who was the hostess seemed a bit on edge for some reason. Service industry people should not be like that and smile sometimes.

RL reserves us a great corner booth table. Service by Joseph and the food was excellent. Great atmosphere.

RL - like other establishments and food companies - are maintaining prices and reducing portions. Less lamb, less liver, less scallops. Gibsons should know that frequent patrons notice.

That said, you cannot beat the ambiance of the restaurant or the staff, both of which is superb. The bartenders also make fabulous drinks!

Amazing food. Great experience. Love the ambiance.

This was our second visit. We came back because at our first visit we had a great dining experience.
Beef carpaccio was very good as well as the Stilton cauliflower soup. We split those items as well as the special of the day-lobster sandwich with arugula and truffle aioli. I would not order the lobster sandwich again due to the lobster being overcooked and served on multigrain bread, which had burnt edges. It also lacked flavor, so we asked for more aioli sauce as well as Dijon mustard. The waiter looked puzzled at me when I asked for both....he didn’t ask why, which is unfortunate, because I would have let him known that the lobster was overcooked.
The decor is beautiful and opulent; seating is tight.

Very Clubby. Great food and service. Old school but modern, too. Well done. pricey.

Our Captain David was wonderful, he made us feel very special. Food quality was well below expectation. We had the seafood tower for 2, veal chop, side brusssels sprouts, and coffee ice cream.

Seafood tower- product quality was very low, watery crab, low quality shrimp, very small portion relative to other options in the city

VEal chop - quality and cook was good, seasoning was poor, dish lacked acid

Brussels sprouts - over cooked, very small amount of bacon, overly sweetened

Coffee Ice cream - Low on coffee flavor, cookies lacked texture

Consistently excellent

Birthday dinner

We were celebrating a birthday and a day off of school. Lunch at RL was simply delicious. Our server was attentive, food was tasty and the atmosphere is always appealing.

First time the food was so good, will definitely be back!

Always a classic, perfect experience. From beginning to end. Great service. Great food. Great ambience. RL never gets old.. if you haven't tried it yet, you are missing out.

Love RL, an all time favorite for years.

Flavia ensured we had excellent service with Jose. Joseph was on vacation. Jose did a good job and so did the others. Of course there is NO substitute for Joseph but Jose held the fort admirably.

The hostess wasn’t the most friendly person. She had an attitude and wasn’t welcoming. Once we sat down the experience was terrific. Our waiter was attentive and the food was excellent. I highly recommend the crab cakes.

Not much flavor in the turkey burger and it was very dry.

Great service!

Great service and great food. We sat near the back and really got the whole view of the place. Great customer service, food was fresh and beautifully prepared.

Great meal. Service was excellent. Seating is tight.

We always enjoy this very intimate place. Friendly bar with well made cocktails, a super bartender who knows his stuff Danny Danny is a very nice musical. The food and service is excellent. We booked our next event here for March and can’t wait

Food was outstanding! A little noisy.

Wonderful service, very attentive and the food was delicious.

It was a great corner table. Service was prompt and the food was delicious and hot. Noise level was perfect to converse in a normal voice level Cozy and good people watching. I’ll be back

Treated my son Maxwell to lunch and he loved it. He's at school in Champaign Urbana and just getting to know Chicago. Thanks for taking care of him. VW

Fantastic place! Service is incredible, unobtrusive. Noise level is low even when restaurant is full. Atmosphere is like clubby English library & food is great.

Always my favorite in all of Chicago! Best food, ambiance, and service!

RL delivers on old school level of service that is rare to find! Loved our waiter Aracely and the front desk staff! Always a treat!