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The food was excellent! The vegetables were fresh crisp
The food was excellent! The vegetables were fresh crisp and cooked perfectly. The spicy chicken stir fry was spicy but not overwhelming. The crispy Brussels sprouts and the garlic noodles were the highlight. I could have just gorged on them. The ambience was a little loud but the service was prompt and nothing was left wanting.
We got a recommendation from family to try this place out.
This is a French Vietnamese inspired restaurant. The place was very pretty. It was easy for us to find parking close by, maybe because it was a Saturday. We got short ribs and pho as appetizers. My boyfriend loved the short ribs because it was so tender and well marinated. I thought it was good but a bit salty. The pho Bo was good but it was Ha Noi style. Ha Noi style typically doesn't use a lot of herbs. As a southern Vietnamese, I love our pho because it used so much more herbs so our pho is always very aromatic. Le Colonial's pho was delicious but I prefer my southerner style more. The beef slices were higher quality and the noodles in the pho seemed like they were made fresh in the restaurant based on texture. For entrees, my boyfriend got spicy chicken stir-fry. According to him, it was the best chicken stir-fry he has ever had. Chicken was high quality and the ingredients were fresh. It wished there was lemongrass taste to it. I would recommend eating this dish with rice. Meanwhile, I got the roast duck. The meat was tender but we wished the skin was crispier. The dipping sauce was amazing. It was smart and traditional to eat with roast duck with sticky rice. The sticky rice was great but the fried shallots should be more crispier. We ended the evening with chocolate cake which was very rich and delicious. It was not sweet at all which I liked. I did get the iced Vietnamese coffee. It was a bit disappointing because the water and coffee ratio was off. It needed more condensed milk to have this creamy texture and richness. Vietnamese coffee needs to be both bitter and sweet and that coffee had none of those characteristics. Overall, we like the place but as a Vietnamese, I'm very critical when judging Vietnamese foods. It was a 4/5 but my non-Vietnamese boyfriend thought it was 5/5.
Beautiful and delish!
Beautiful ambiance, great service and food. Appetizers are small so keep that in mind. Entrees can be shared by 2. Duck was our least favorite. Pho was great, scallop salad was great as was the gulf shrimp entree. If you wish to sit in the open air area make sure when making a reservation you state that.
Absolutely fantastic! Whether sitting at the terrace
Absolutely fantastic! Whether sitting at the terrace section or inside. The service is superb. Professional and friendly staff. Prices are good and portions, too. Flavors are amazing. Make a reservation, this place can get busy. Good location, easy paid parking nearby. Food and drinks are phenomenal. Hostesses were extremely helpful too.
My friend and I decided to come here for a quick dinner
My friend and I decided to come here for a quick dinner bite before returning to the hotel. I had no reservation, and I came here around 8:45 pm. There were no tables available, only a lounge table. We ordered the pho, beef salad, green beans, and eggplant. Everything was good except the beef salad. It was nice that the pho was split in half in the kitchen. The vegetables were good; they were not overcooked or too oily. However, this place was overly priced. French interior design restaurant that served Vietnamese food.
The ambiance was nice.
I really enjoyed the plants and the artwork. We started with the Cha Gio (crispy shrimp and pork roll) and the Banh Uot (Sesame Beef Ravioli). Both were pretty good, but not out of this world. The roll was pretty classic and the ravioli was definitely more unique. The signature fried rice was better than I was expecting given that it had broccoli which I thought would be weird, but was actually really good. The Shaking Beef was by far the best dish and I would go back just to have more of it! Two apps and two mains was a good amount of food for two people and we went home with a little bit of leftover rice.
This place has it all! The most amazing food with
This place has it all! The most amazing food with authentic, signature dishes whose incredible flavors are matched with their presentation--paired with an extensive cocktail menu. The ambiance is perfect. It is literally one of Chicago's hidden gems overlooking Oak Street - if you don't try it you are definitely missing out on something special!
Just the best, so delicious, service was exceptional So
Just the best, so delicious, service was exceptional So nice and beautiful and relaxing restaurant. You don't wanna leave it's so comfortable.
Such a fantastic place for brunch or relaxing spot to meet
Such a fantastic place for brunch or relaxing spot to meet friends. There's a lovely list of cocktails and wines to enjoy with your meal. I appreciate that you can choose to dine on small plates as a mixture or do one larger entree as your meal. It's within walking distance of everything, but on a quieter street.
Unfortunately, the food here tastes like they've been
Unfortunately, the food here tastes like they've been sitting out for hours or made in a rush. Not sure why some reviews mention this place as a Thai restaurant. This is supposed to be an upscale French-Vietnamese restaurant, but there's nothing special on the menu that you can't get at any restaurant in argyle. - the shrimp rolls' wrapper and rice noodles in it were dry - the scallops in the scallop salad were way under cooked. We are not at a sushi restaurant - the shaking beef came out cold and also not cooked to what I asked. why bother asking how I like it cooked if you're just going to give me rare anyways? - the sticky mushroom rice needs to be renamed as mushy mushroom rice I was looking forward to eating good food here but was left sorely disappointed. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone.
Lovely ambience, excellent service, delightful food.
Best Vietnamese/French inspired restaurant you will ever find.
Like Stepping Back into An Earlier Time
The decor is impressive and reflect images of a time when Vietnam was a French colony. The restaurant always is packed and because it is in high demand they inform you at check-in that you have the table for 2-hours which is plenty of time for drinks and a leisurely meal. The service is outstanding, but I felt the food while good didn't reflect the price. The shrimp on sugar cane (Chao Tom) was a major disappointment with little or no taste. The rice noodle (Banh Cuon), chrispy shrimp and pork rolls (Cha Gio) and Hanoi beef noodle soup (Pho Bo) were much better - the soup was our favorite. We will give it another chance and try other dishes to see why its so many people's favorite.
Top Notch Dining in Chicago
Last night was our fourth visit to Le Colonial for dinner, and we were as pleased as the previous three times! The food, service, and decor are all top notch. It has quickly become our favorite restaurant not only in Chicago but in the entire Midwest. The food is always outstanding in taste and presentation; the service is friendly but professional without being stuffy; and the decor is memorable. We highly recommend Le Colonial, especially for couples celebrating one another!
Beautiful and enticing
Beautiful atmosphere, professional and welcoming staff, perfect service and elegant beverages for before our meal. We were a table of four and ordered quite a lot to sample. Not a weak dish in the almost embarrassing parade of plates. From welcome to departure our entire dining experience was positive.
Comme ci comme ça.
Great swanky dinner date spot. Americanized Vietnamese food that did not necessarily match the ambiance. Decor is superbe but I wasn’t sure how I felt about it considering it is emulating the time in which the French colonized Vietnam ? Cocktails were phenomenal. Service was lacking. Prices were fair/inexpensive for its location being on oak street. Would have expected more from this restaurant at first sight. Overall nice but wouldn’t make the detour again.
Rudely asked to leave as soon as we paid our check!
My out of town coworkers live this restaurant so we eat at Le Colonial every time they're in town. Everything went according to our usual experience. No more than 5 minutes after I paid the bill, while I was ordering an Uber, the manager approached our table and asked us to please leave because other people are waiting. I found this very abrupt and rude, and was embarrassed in front of my out of town colleagues. There has to be a better way to approach customers and say hey get up and leave! This was a huge turn off for me and very disappointing to see this behavior from the manager. We were not hanging out after we paid the bill. Extremely embarrassing!
Amazing food and Excellent Service ❤️
We absolutely love this restaurant The location The decor The top notch service by Dina The excellent food so fresh and tasty The wine list is superb Do not hesitate to book in advance! A GEM ❤️❤️❤️
Highly recommend
We were pleasantly surprised by how much we loved this restaurant. The atmosphere and food were both excellent. We don’t eat at the same restaurants often in Chicago because there are so many to try - but this is one we would go back
I would give seven stars if I could.
I would give seven stars if I could. The service, food and atmosphere is superb. I have worked, stayed and dined in some of the best hotels, private clubs, venues and restaurants in the world. Le Colonial Chicago is amazing. I do not drink alcohol and so my waiter described and served me a fantastic mocktail. The food was excellent, with flavours pouring out, beautifully presented. Some of the best I have had in any restaurant. The star of the show was the glazed red snapper which my waiter filleted for me at the table. When I asked if I could have the cheeks, he knew exactly what I wanted and served me beautifully. A true professional. Throughout the evening, the waiting staff serving me built a comfortable rapport and set the tone for what was to be an incredible dining experience. I was made to feel very, very special and this is what hospitality is all about. Thank you to the team at Le Colonial Chicago.
The food does not match the decor
The restaurant is really very beautiful, green plants, black/white photos of Vietnam, ceiling fans, beautiful tiling, perfect lighting. On the other hand it is rather noisy, especially avoid the tables facing the bar in a rather dark alcove or loses the magic of the place, (we refused the table and 7 minutes later we were in the veranda, great) The food is ok but nothing dazzling, very limited choice for vegetarians, 1 starter of very good rolls and a mixed salad with tofu that's it! The roast duck tasted good but without the crispiness we expected. The bill commensurate with the neighborhood (Hermès, Prada Louboutin etc…) I would conclude by saying that it is the perfect restaurant for lovers of beautiful decor (very) less concerned with the originality of the dishes and with a well-stocked wallet.
It was such a horrible check in experience.
My friend and I had a 1:45PM reservation for 2 people. As I was waiting, multiple people without a reservation for 2 went in. Four people with 2 reservation for 2 people at 2PM went in before us. As I mentioned this to the host and the guy seems to be the manager, not only he didn't apologize, he straight up lied to my face that all parties have to be here in order to be seated. I literally saw and told him there were 2 people went in and sat by the door, another guys came in later and joined them. Then it was just dead silenceI know this is unrelated and I just wanna mentioned it here: while I was waiting, a lady came out and told the host that she already ate, no one came to her when she was at the bar. I turned to the host, she said "oh sorry" while she was on an iPad (without looking at the lady).There are way better options in this area than coming to this restaurant where people just don't care about their customers
People don't understand this restaurant.
You're not paying for the overpriced, average food. You're paying to LARP as an early 1900s European nobleman/noblewoman or missionary or whatever traveling to the Far Eastern oriental land to act out your noblesse oblige. French decorated restaurant with yellow Vietnamese faces hung up for the extra "orientalness." Go back in time to experience the colonial days, before French and US got their behinds kicked out. If you want wonderful, better Vietnamese food at a reasonable price, head up to Arglye.
Really tasty Vietnamese food and fun cocktails.
The service was really nice. We went as a large group and they were very accommodating.
Taken to another place
This restaurant is pricey. Now with that said the rest is great. The place is an experience. From your trip up the elevator to the aroma of incense and the Vietnamese decor at the hostess station. The hostess greets you in traditional Vietnamese clothing and escorts you to a table. It’s like waking into a tropical Asian oasis. The food is so good and fun to share. Atmosphere top notch as is wait staff. We really enjoyed this restaurant.
Trendy Vietnamese restaurant with a very cute interior.
The location itself is beautiful inside and out. The staff were all very attentive and welcoming. Our waitress was kind enough to give us a suggestion on how to order. They prefer that all of the food is ordered at once so they can plan out how the food is brought to the table.Being Vietnamese, the food is not like my moms cooking but is decent Vietnamese food. It is a bit more pricey than your average Vietnamese restaurant but you are paying for the experience.Lychee Martini - very good and crafty cocktail. There was a good lunch from the vodka but sweetness from the lycheeGoi Ga - I love goi ga but I am more inclined to usually get the ones seasoned with a vinegar and lemon dressing. This one is a sweet fish sauce based chicken salad which is not bad. I would have liked it with more chilis.Bo bia - nothing too special about the veggie rolls. My boyfriend did love the peanut sauceBanh cuon - this one was a bit odd looking compared to what I am used to. This was actually my boyfriends favorite since he said it resembled pierogis to him. The rice flour crepe could have been a bit more thin. This needed some more sauce to accompany it.Bo Luc Lac- this is a Vietnamese staple. It is hard to mess up shaking beef. The beef was very tender and flavorful.Sticky rice with mushroom - this was a little too over cooked and mushyOver a nice experience but would I come back again? I don't know.
First of all, I LOVE this place.
I'm so sad to give it 3 stars. I've been a few times with friends and finally took my husband. We ordered the chicken dumplings to start. They were so good. My husband ordered shaking beef and I ordered the salmon. Weirdly came within minutes of ordering. Our bottle of wine had just arrived. Fast food when you want an experience, not food that was prepared before you ordered. His was great! Mine was totally raw. Like sushi raw. I was fine bc we had a side of fried rice (that was also delicious). Sadly we didn't get checked on l, so it died in front of us. No reheating old, raw salmon. They were nice. Comped the raw salmon. We ordered dessert and a Togo appetizer. They comped the appetizer as well. But sadly just wasn't a great dinner experience. Food came way way way too fast (faster than fast food), we weren't checked on once the food came, and raw food. I'll give it another try, but it just seems to be similar to a tired co-worker. Just barely doing the bare minimum, but badly needs to be fired.
Whether you like this restaurant or not will largely depend
Whether you like this restaurant or not will largely depend on context. I took my team here as a thank you dinner. We shared appetizers, larger dishes and desert. Let's start with apps. We got shrimp with pork roll, beef roll and chicken dumplings. Each dish is about 15 dollars and while nothing special, my team enjoyed them. For large dishes we got duck, snapper, fried rice and a side of pickled veggies. The rice and fish were yummy but the duck had no flavor and was under-seasoned. In addition, all these dishes were pretty cold by the time everything arrived. Considering that the duck dish was over $50 dollars and snapper close to $100 dollars, they were disappointing. I fond myself wishing that I was eating a duck soup and fried fish from the tiny neighborhood Vietnamese takeout restaurant by my house. To finish off the meal, we got ice cream and warm chocolate cake for desert and both were lovely. However coffee and tea were cold as well. If you are looking for a fancy night out but food is not the focus, this restaurant could work as an option. For me, the ambiance alone is not worth an almost $400 dollar bill with so many choices around.
The interior and ambiance makes me want to go back! It
The interior and ambiance makes me want to go back! It captures the beauty of Vietnam, and I think is the main reason that makes this place worth the price. The reason for my four star is because the pho was good, but not great. I wish they provided an herb garnish plate like most Vietnamese restaurants do. The pho experience is not the same without all the greens! And besides that, the broth was... okay. Nothing I'll rave about to friends to try, but it also wasn't terrible. The Vit Quay (duck) on the other hand was nomz! The dipping sauce was chef's kisses and really reminded me of home. Could the skin be a little more on the crispy side? Yes, but the meat was tender and every bite made me smile. The iced coffee was good, however, when served the ice seemed to have melted and the coffee was still warm on the bottom. I still finished it though! So, overall, I think you're paying more for the ambience, which is definitely worth it! Don't get me wrong though, the food was still good, I just expected a little more with the pricing! Oh, and I wish they had actual chopsticks, and not the disposable ones. I'll be back again to try the other dishes!
This was one of the best dining experiences that I have had
This was one of the best dining experiences that I have had in a long time. The cusine and service was excellent!
Colonial Tastes in a City losing its Taste
This is a pleasant restaurant to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine with a French twist. Service is pretty good, and vibe is from by-gone era. In a city where history is thrown in the history bin, this is a place where you can enjoy some good food and classic vibe. I believe it is a bit too hyped and overrated. However, it is offering a good experience for a steep tab.
Splendid
Had a 3 hour relaxed lunch with a party of 6. Everything was great. Wonderful dishes with unique ingredients and flavors. Atmosphere is top notch as was the service and food. So relaxing and enjoyable on a lazy winter Saturday in Chicago. The establishment takes some heat for its prices which is peculiar to me. If your not looking at menus and prices before you chose a restaurant then shame on you. To me the money spent was well worth it. Been here a few times before this trip and will continue to be a customer. Splendid.
Very delicious food and they were knowledgeable on celiac/
Very delicious food and they were knowledgeable on celiac/ gluten free (I have celiac disease). The red snapper was amazing and we would 100% go back again. In fact I can't wait!
Definitely need to make reservations in advance for this
Definitely need to make reservations in advance for this place but it is worth it. The food is delicious (all of the dishes have a ton of flavor) and there's something for everyone on the menu. The appetizers were the best part. It is a little bit more upscale / fancy.
The ambiance was so cute.
The decor was minimalistic and the open windows made the space feel large.The most flavorful dishes I have ever eaten. The fish looks scary but they filleted it and the sauce was amazing. The garlic noodles and green beans were the perfect compliment to the fish flavor. They were flavorful on their own but not so overpowering that they couldn't be eaten together. The dessert was also amazing!
Lunch on Oak street
Nice place for lunch in the heart of downtown Chicago. The service is nice and servers are courteous. Food is ok. I guess it is oriental. Not too filling but it's ok. You still feel light after a meal. Somewhat expensive.
Good food but we won’t be returning here
The food was quite good and the presentation attractive. The service was prompt and efficient and the atmosphere was evocative of the theme. The problem was the many hard surfaces coupled with a filled dining room made it almost too difficult to talk and be heard at our table for two. Also this was a major wedding anniversary and I guess I have been spoiled over the years by receiving some sort of recognition from the restaurant-alas not here. Why ask us if it doesn’t matter? In any case let me say that Dina our server did a nice job. Our Martinis were great and we chose to share 4 small plates which were beautifully presented and tasted great. We had Cha Gio (Crispy Shrimp & Pork Rolls), Goi Cuon ( Chilled Shrimp Rolls), Ca Song (Spicy Yellow Fin Tuna Tartare) and Ca Bam (Hanoi Style Monkfish). So the food & service moved it from a 3 to a 4 Star review. The noise and the lack of recognition (we have had everything from a gracious congratulation to free food from other establishments) conspired to lower the rating and means we won’t be going back there. I doubt they will mind.
Excellent
We stopped by here for lunch while shopping. The food and ambiance is just perfect. I had a salad. It was absolutely delicious and I loved how light it was, but still so full of flavor and fresh. My only complaint is that I wish it had more chicken on it. I also had the ceviche and I think it was some of the best I’ve ever tried. If you haven’t tried this restaurant, it’s a must in Chicago. Would love to return for dinner next time we’re in town.
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