The presentation, taste, flavor profile of the arctic char and brown butter roasted Hokkaido scallops were all off the charts. The food at Boka are scrumptious!
Bruce
Another evening dining at Boka that was delightful as the others! We just love going back to Boka when visiting Chicago. The food Quality and preparations are always impressive and delicious! Fernando our waiter was an excellent professional and extremely knowledgeable. Everyone enjoyed their course selection but I must say, my Black Truffle Chicken was outstanding! Love Boka and highly recommend it to anyone who loves an evening out dining! 💐🥂🥂🍾
John
An amazing dining experience as always. The duck was beyond magnificent, and Augustus as always is a rock star!
Joel
Surprised my partner for his birthday. We both had a great time. We got to our seat and the first thing our server gave us was the menu with happy birthday in front. From that moment i knew we are going to enjoy the night. The food was amazing i love the spare ribs. Overall it was a wonderful experience! Thank you.
ELLEN
Benny, our waiter was amazing. Loved the heirloom carrots & artic char. The atmosphere was cozy yet hip. We will be back again.
Frank
We have been here before. Every dish, every time has been memorable. Quality alone would be worth returning, but it is also a well-priced for the quality.
Charles Cantin
Great experience. Not only the food was amazing, full of surprising flavours and perfectly prepared but service with Fernando was simply perfect. Such a nice person with perfect advices on food selection and wine pairing. The music would be a bit more jazzy and subtle and the ambiance would be perfect too. My only comment would be that the truffle were too subtle in the roasted chicken, the meat portion was almost too generous, I would have preferred a bit more vegetables. My expectations were a bit too high maybe, in any case it was still a marvellous experience.
It was overall a great experience, but disappointed for the Michelin star. The servers were very friendly, but he only explained the wine and the food was explained by the people who brought out the food who mumbled a 5 second brief description of the food. It was not the best tasting menu experience. The food was delicious and balanced flavors but I’ve had much better experiences. The music was too loud so conversation was hard. I enjoyed the dinner, but I would not go back for the price. Much better tasting menus in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
J Lite
We started off disappointed that there wasn’t a sommelier on staff and decided not to do wine pairing. Diego does it all. We should have trusted him when he said he would take care of us. He suggested wines by the glass that were excellent. Was well informed and Described them well. The food was given by other staff but Diego was always in the vicinity and his descriptions when we asked questions about the food ingredients were just a little more informative. To say that he made the night more fun would be an understatement. The food is excellent and the restaurant is really nice but this kind of restaurant is also about the service and it was Diego who bumped that up. If I have one suggestion it would be that the other staff needs to give more personality when serving. It’s not only about the descriptions and some could not answer our questions. I know this has been very flattering to Diego but a big reason why we would return to Boka is him. There are many restaurants to get good food. So Boka I think Diego is a keeper!
Always heard of boka but never was interested to try another seemingly generic American fine dining restaurant. Tried it last night and honestly was blown away with the flavors of the dishes and the service was excellent. Will 100 be back! Hats off to the team.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Anna Jimenez
Came out for our 16th wedding anniversary and the Boka team made it extra special. We sat down to a menu with a “Happy Anniversary” header. We shared a beautiful bourbon drink that I could not put down. Delish. A flute of champagne. They are making magic in that little kitchen (impeccably clean and organized). The team was polished but down to earth and kind. My husband mentioned they had a cookbook and chef signed one for us. I can go on and on. The food was fresh and light. Textures and flavors of lemon and fall. Lovely. Thank you so much for the amazing meal and overall memorable evening. We will be back soon. Cheers!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
G
It's rare that I write a review, but I feel compelled. Dined here last Saturday night on a trip to Chicago. It was the best experience (food/service) I have had in years.
Diego provided amazing service which made it much more than a meal...it was an experience. He provided what service is supposed to feel like and provided recommendations of things I would have never tried.
The food...the food was incredible. The sort of dishes where each thing on the plate was intentional and delicious by themselves but when you combined...wow! There was one bite in particular where I closed my eyes and I literally teared up it was so delicious...that has never happened to me.
At the end of the meal I felt like getting up and clapping, but that seemed a little weird so I got ahold of myself. I am so disappointed I don't live in Chicago. I would come back again and again and again. Well done Boka!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atıl İşçen
One of the best dining experiences I had. Food was tasting amazing and had slight twists on flavors that added some more depth. The dishes were all well bold but without going crazy on extreme flavors. Fish and meat was cooked so good that it was melting in mouth. The service was also extremely attentive and very careful with celiac. They alter the dishes to avoid gluten while still tasting amazing. They even split the dishes to accommodate with and without gluten. Amazing experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Maxime Soulier
We went to eat at Boka for our 13th wedding anniversary and we were not disappointed! The 8-course tasting menu with the standard food and wine pairing was really good. We felt an increase in quality as the dishes progressed. The wine pairings were really good. We were even able to chat with the (French) sommelier. And the service was as friendly as it was efficient! A very good experience!!
The presentation, taste, flavor profile of the arctic char and brown butter roasted Hokkaido scallops were all off the charts. The food at Boka are scrumptious!
Another evening dining at Boka that was delightful as the others! We just love going back to Boka when visiting Chicago. The food Quality and preparations are always impressive and delicious! Fernando our waiter was an excellent professional and extremely knowledgeable. Everyone enjoyed their course selection but I must say, my Black Truffle Chicken was outstanding! Love Boka and highly recommend it to anyone who loves an evening out dining! 💐🥂🥂🍾
An amazing dining experience as always. The duck was beyond magnificent, and Augustus as always is a rock star!
Surprised my partner for his birthday. We both had a great time. We got to our seat and the first thing our server gave us was the menu with happy birthday in front. From that moment i knew we are going to enjoy the night. The food was amazing i love the spare ribs. Overall it was a wonderful experience! Thank you.
Benny, our waiter was amazing. Loved the heirloom carrots & artic char. The atmosphere was cozy yet hip. We will be back again.
We have been here before. Every dish, every time has been memorable. Quality alone would be worth returning, but it is also a well-priced for the quality.
Great experience. Not only the food was amazing, full of surprising flavours and perfectly prepared but service with Fernando was simply perfect. Such a nice person with perfect advices on food selection and wine pairing. The music would be a bit more jazzy and subtle and the ambiance would be perfect too.
My only comment would be that the truffle were too subtle in the roasted chicken, the meat portion was almost too generous, I would have preferred a bit more vegetables. My expectations were a bit too high maybe, in any case it was still a marvellous experience.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Liver Mousse, Lightly Cured Kampachi, Ricotta Dumplings, Wine Pairing, Black Truffle Roasted Chicken
It was overall a great experience, but disappointed for the Michelin star. The servers were very friendly, but he only explained the wine and the food was explained by the people who brought out the food who mumbled a 5 second brief description of the food. It was not the best tasting menu experience. The food was delicious and balanced flavors but I’ve had much better experiences. The music was too loud so conversation was hard. I enjoyed the dinner, but I would not go back for the price. Much better tasting menus in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
We started off disappointed that there wasn’t a sommelier on staff and decided not to do wine pairing.
Diego does it all. We should have trusted him when he said he would take care of us.
He suggested wines by the glass that were excellent. Was well informed and Described them well.
The food was given by other staff but Diego was always in the vicinity and his descriptions when we asked questions about the food ingredients were just a little more informative.
To say that he made the night more fun would be an understatement.
The food is excellent and the restaurant is really nice but this kind of restaurant is also about the service and it was Diego who bumped that up.
If I have one suggestion it would be that the other staff needs to give more personality when serving. It’s not only about the descriptions and some could not answer our questions.
I know this has been very flattering to Diego but a big reason why we would return to Boka is him.
There are many restaurants to get good food.
So Boka I think Diego is a keeper!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Not good food
Restaurantji Recommends
Always heard of boka but never was interested to try another seemingly generic American fine dining restaurant. Tried it last night and honestly was blown away with the flavors of the dishes and the service was excellent. Will 100 be back! Hats off to the team.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Came out for our 16th wedding anniversary and the Boka team made it extra special. We sat down to a menu with a “Happy Anniversary” header. We shared a beautiful bourbon drink that I could not put down. Delish. A flute of champagne. They are making magic in that little kitchen (impeccably clean and organized). The team was polished but down to earth and kind. My husband mentioned they had a cookbook and chef signed one for us. I can go on and on. The food was fresh and light. Textures and flavors of lemon and fall. Lovely. Thank you so much for the amazing meal and overall memorable evening. We will be back soon. Cheers!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It's rare that I write a review, but I feel compelled. Dined here last Saturday night on a trip to Chicago. It was the best experience (food/service) I have had in years.
Diego provided amazing service which made it much more than a meal...it was an experience. He provided what service is supposed to feel like and provided recommendations of things I would have never tried.
The food...the food was incredible. The sort of dishes where each thing on the plate was intentional and delicious by themselves but when you combined...wow! There was one bite in particular where I closed my eyes and I literally teared up it was so delicious...that has never happened to me.
At the end of the meal I felt like getting up and clapping, but that seemed a little weird so I got ahold of myself. I am so disappointed I don't live in Chicago. I would come back again and again and again. Well done Boka!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of the best dining experiences I had. Food was tasting amazing and had slight twists on flavors that added some more depth. The dishes were all well bold but without going crazy on extreme flavors. Fish and meat was cooked so good that it was melting in mouth. The service was also extremely attentive and very careful with celiac. They alter the dishes to avoid gluten while still tasting amazing. They even split the dishes to accommodate with and without gluten. Amazing experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We went to eat at Boka for our 13th wedding anniversary and we were not disappointed!
The 8-course tasting menu with the standard food and wine pairing was really good.
We felt an increase in quality as the dishes progressed. The wine pairings were really good.
We were even able to chat with the (French) sommelier.
And the service was as friendly as it was efficient!
A very good experience!!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
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