Lush Food & Drink - West Town

Lucas is the best! Makes a mean drink.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Basically fraudulent service.

My friend and I showed up after dinner looking for a bottle to purchase & take home. We walk in & were greeted by the bartender Lucas. He was kind & explained that we could purchase a bottle to take home. He also explained that if we wanted to open the bottle in the establishment, it would be an additional $15. No worries on our end, as we just wanted to snag a bottle & head home.

So we peruse for a while & head back to the bar to ask him for a recommendation. He chooses a bottle for us & we decide it’ll work. My friend says something along the lines of “but how do we know if we’ll like it?” Before I can even respond, he slides us two glasses, cracks it open, and pours us both a glass. I said “well, we wanted to take it with us & now you’ve opened it….how is that going to work?” He shrugs it off. Fine.

After he walks away to tend to other customers, he comes back with our bill & what do I find? The extra $15 for opening a bottle in the establishment. AFTER we had reiterated serval times that we intended to take the bottle with us. When I brought it to his attention, he insisted that he’d told us about it. Yes, he had. Which is WHY we’d agreed to choose a bottle & go home with it.

It was HIM that decided to open the bottle against our wishes to “try” and give himself that additional $15, on top of the tip my friend had given.

Not a good look. We felt taken advantage of. Would pass on this place.

Nice selection and their hours will be changing to be open later!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Loved their alley/patio that's tucked away. Very chill, laid-back, and fantastic oysters, charcuterie, and sangria.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Good place to have tasty appetizers and good wine 🍷! Or any adult beverage your into! Enjoy!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Great selection of wines great atmosphere. Highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great place to work and have some happy hour drinks and apps. Loved the wines!

Service: 5

We did the Sunday 10 dollar tasting. The wines were fantastic and Nabeel was extremely friendly and knowledgeable. Lovely, low key atmosphere

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

We had a great experience at Lush! We did their wine tasting with Nabeel who was clearly so passionate about the unique wines that we tried. We will definitely be back!

Love the place but horrible service. Great wine selections but again horrible service

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 1

Good wine and friendly service. Had a great Friday afternoon here today.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We absolutely love Lush!
Friendly, knowledgeable staff
Great wines and even better food
All coming together in an atmosphere that takes you away from the hustle and bustle of downtown Chicago
We especially enjoy coming to Lush after a long week, to relax and unwind on their lovely patio. It's a great place to unplug and enjoy a nice bottle of wine paired with literally anything on their menu
A small, elevated menu that does everything right
If you're in a rush, look elsewhere. Lush gives European vibes where things move a little slower and meals are savored and enjoyed

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Everything they do, they do well. Great recommendations. Lovely patio, lovely indoor atmosphere, and never interacted with a staff member that wasn’t super knowledgeable and friendly. Love living across the block from this cute little dive!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very nice local bar with huge wine selection and amazing charcuterie pairings. They also have happy hour and you can get a flight of wine for $15, the bartender was really helpful in picking wines to try and buy some for the house. Service is a bit slow as they only had one person, but wine comes quite quickly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Michael made our night so much fun! Can’t recommend enough!