Lovely! Especially before heading to the Symphony Orchestra.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
danielle
Beautiful space for a date night. Especially before a show at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
The food and drinks were amazing, and the portions were great. The pork chop was one of the best we’ve had, and the apple cheese cake was 🤌🏻
Only downside was that the person who served us took our table from the server who greeted us when we first sat down. Unfortunately, after taking our first drink order/apps she took a long time to check on us to keep the flow of our dinner going. I had to wave her down to get our check so we could leave to get to our show on time, despite letting her know at the start of our meal that we would be going to the symphony. We wish we would’ve had our initial server the entire time as he seemed to be more on top of things.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Brussels Sprouts
Sabah Kettab
This place is just exceptional, with some friend we just stoped by, and we are positively surprised. The barman Rasi is an extraordinary person, he clearly love his job, he helped us having best drink even for me a non alcoholic whiskey. He showed such a professionalism and patience. The food was as well extraordinary, while my friend and I where a bit special with our allergies and so, the staff where really open mind going further and asking for details if they don’t have the answer. The atmosphere is great as well, looking on street while it’s windy and been inside enjoying great food and drink with high quality music. I highly recommend
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bridget Mary Weddings & Events
As a wedding planner, I can't recommend having your wedding at The Exchange enough. Not only is it a beautiful space, but the team is so easy to work with. Alyssa was professional, kind, and so organized. You are in excellent hands if you are having your wedding at The Exchange!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Meagan Radloff
Okay Brides, Grooms, & anyone else planning an event, look no further… THIS IS IT!
Venue - iconic and historic just like your event will be.
Venue staff, specifically the event director, Alyssa - the best! We sent her approximately a million questions over the last year and she answered every one of them in a timely manner and in great detail. Even when she was in the depths of an event heavy weekend or going out of town, she at least let us know she received our email and would get back to us ASAP. The communication was unmatched, especially after our experience reaching out to other venues and never hearing back!
On the day of our wedding, we also had the pleasure of meeting Christian, who was SO helpful with a lot of our last minute questions and requests!
The food - great! We had multiple of our pickiest/most particular friends and family call us to rave about the food after. We did the filet, chicken, & salmon for reference.
Experience - 10/10! All around, we felt so comfortable to reach out when we had a question which sounds so small but was actually huge. We visited the venue multiple times to help us envision the layout and show people the space without feeling like we were a nuisance - another win. Also, the way the staff matched and exceeded our expectations was so refreshing after all the work we put into planning. We requested a layout they hadn’t done before and they made it happen no problem.
In summary, the aesthetics, communication, flexibility, and overall professionalism made wedding planning seem easy and we had the best day. We can't recommend The Exchange enough!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Erwan Roux
Amazing place !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Paulina Niebrugge
We had our wedding at the Exchange this past July 2024, and could not have more wonderful things to say about the venue, the staff, the food and most importantly the events manager, Alyssa Abudayyeh. Alyssa helped us with so many small details leading up to the wedding and gave us her opinions on set up. She has amazing taste which made it easy to put our vision in her hands on the big day and days leading up to the wedding. The Exchange seamlessly put together and worked with our vendors to create our picture perfect day. Not only does this venue have a complete wow factor when walking into the atrium, but the food and drinks, especially the bread, were things that our guests still rave about. We asked the bartenders to do specialty cocktails with our signature logo and each one was executed perfectly. If you're debating to celebrate your big day here, we would 10/10 recommend. Thank you to Alyssa and the rest of the Exchange team for a perfect wedding reception and easy communication leading up to the big day.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ceebo
What a gem! Excellent excellent excellent. We went for lunch 2 days in a row. Healthy options. Lovely space with multiple rooms to choose from. Just beautiful! *the hostess could be friendlier and smile, but I can ignore that. It would help the atmosphere and set the entry tone better! Personality matters in service. But still… come here folks! Reasonable prices and you won’t be disappointed. The servers are great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: White Bean Hummus
Joe bisinger
Attended a wedding and reception. Main course was served an hour after the salad and was cold. The speaker system is very poor. We couldn't understand anything said during the ceremony or reception. We were not the only ones as everyone was asking what was said. Mumbled garble. You spend that kind of money and have to deal with that. Gorgeous building and the staff worked hard. That's the only positive thing.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Blair Huffman
Jake served us some fabulous bloody Mary’s! Cool dude! Will stop by again when in town
Delicious food. We had a great time dining in the atrium and the people were nice and friendly. The Vegan yellow curry bowl could've had more yellow curry in our opinion. We didn't have the appetite to try desserts after a heavy meal but definitely going back to dine-in again.
Vegetarian options: Tomato soup, Parker House Rolls, Yellow Curry and Exchange Orecchiette.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Allison Leopold Halliday
My husband and I had our wedding reception at The Exchange and we could not recommend it enough! We received so many great compliments from our guests, and they even said the food was the best meal they ever had at a wedding. The atrium is breathtaking to begin with so we did not have to do much decorating.
Alyssa and staff were so great to work with and helped to make the wedding process smooth. We could not recommend The Exchange enough!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amy Pfendler
My husband and I had our 175 person wedding at the Exchange and we absolutely loved it!! The Exchange is such a beautiful, historic building in the heart of downtown. This venue allowed us to host both ceremony and reception on site which was ideal for our out of town guests. Last, it was so convenient to have the venue provide all food, beverage, tables, chairs, and linens reducing our vendor count significantly. It was a true pleasure working with Alyssa and I could not recommend this venue more!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Randie Speir
We had our wedding at The Exchange and I cannot speak highly enough of this restaurant and its staff. We could not have been happier with how everything turned out, and Alyssa and team made everything so easy. We heard so much feedback about how the food was the best many of our guests had ever had at a wedding. Everything was incredibly fresh, flavorful and unique and you can tell that the quality of what the chefs and restaurant serve is so important to them. We also loved how unique the venue was and how cool each bar area is - a lot of our guests commented on that as well and said it was the coolest and most unique wedding venue they've been to in Chicago!
Of all the vendors I worked with throughout the wedding planning process, Alyssa was the most organized. She was quick to respond to everything, very accommodating and took care to make sure that everything about our day was exactly how we envisioned it. She is incredibly kind and I felt she was genuinely just as invested in our wedding day as we were as a couple, and she made everything so, so easy. Being my own wedding planner, I felt super confident in how things would turn out knowing that she was the person I'd be working with. They even made us a custom "Just Married" pizza!
The staff was great the night of the wedding as well - the drinks were amazing and the service was top notch.
If I could get married again, I'd do it all over at The Exchange.
And even if you aren't looking to plan an event and are just looking for a great place to eat, definitely go here! We've eaten here a bunch leading up to the wedding and we've had great service and excellent food every time we've been. We will definitely be back. :)
Lovely! Especially before heading to the Symphony Orchestra.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Beautiful space for a date night. Especially before a show at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
The food and drinks were amazing, and the portions were great. The pork chop was one of the best we’ve had, and the apple cheese cake was 🤌🏻
Only downside was that the person who served us took our table from the server who greeted us when we first sat down. Unfortunately, after taking our first drink order/apps she took a long time to check on us to keep the flow of our dinner going. I had to wave her down to get our check so we could leave to get to our show on time, despite letting her know at the start of our meal that we would be going to the symphony. We wish we would’ve had our initial server the entire time as he seemed to be more on top of things.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Brussels Sprouts
This place is just exceptional, with some friend we just stoped by, and we are positively surprised.
The barman Rasi is an extraordinary person, he clearly love his job, he helped us having best drink even for me a non alcoholic whiskey.
He showed such a professionalism and patience.
The food was as well extraordinary, while my friend and I where a bit special with our allergies and so, the staff where really open mind going further and asking for details if they don’t have the answer.
The atmosphere is great as well, looking on street while it’s windy and been inside enjoying great food and drink with high quality music.
I highly recommend
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
As a wedding planner, I can't recommend having your wedding at The Exchange enough. Not only is it a beautiful space, but the team is so easy to work with. Alyssa was professional, kind, and so organized. You are in excellent hands if you are having your wedding at The Exchange!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Okay Brides, Grooms, & anyone else planning an event, look no further… THIS IS IT!
Venue - iconic and historic just like your event will be.
Venue staff, specifically the event director, Alyssa - the best! We sent her approximately a million questions over the last year and she answered every one of them in a timely manner and in great detail. Even when she was in the depths of an event heavy weekend or going out of town, she at least let us know she received our email and would get back to us ASAP. The communication was unmatched, especially after our experience reaching out to other venues and never hearing back!
On the day of our wedding, we also had the pleasure of meeting Christian, who was SO helpful with a lot of our last minute questions and requests!
The food - great! We had multiple of our pickiest/most particular friends and family call us to rave about the food after. We did the filet, chicken, & salmon for reference.
Experience - 10/10! All around, we felt so comfortable to reach out when we had a question which sounds so small but was actually huge. We visited the venue multiple times to help us envision the layout and show people the space without feeling like we were a nuisance - another win. Also, the way the staff matched and exceeded our expectations was so refreshing after all the work we put into planning. We requested a layout they hadn’t done before and they made it happen no problem.
In summary, the aesthetics, communication, flexibility, and overall professionalism made wedding planning seem easy and we had the best day. We can't recommend The Exchange enough!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing place !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had our wedding at the Exchange this past July 2024, and could not have more wonderful things to say about the venue, the staff, the food and most importantly the events manager, Alyssa Abudayyeh. Alyssa helped us with so many small details leading up to the wedding and gave us her opinions on set up. She has amazing taste which made it easy to put our vision in her hands on the big day and days leading up to the wedding. The Exchange seamlessly put together and worked with our vendors to create our picture perfect day. Not only does this venue have a complete wow factor when walking into the atrium, but the food and drinks, especially the bread, were things that our guests still rave about. We asked the bartenders to do specialty cocktails with our signature logo and each one was executed perfectly. If you're debating to celebrate your big day here, we would 10/10 recommend. Thank you to Alyssa and the rest of the Exchange team for a perfect wedding reception and easy communication leading up to the big day.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
What a gem! Excellent excellent excellent. We went for lunch 2 days in a row. Healthy options. Lovely space with multiple rooms to choose from. Just beautiful! *the hostess could be friendlier and smile, but I can ignore that. It would help the atmosphere and set the entry tone better! Personality matters in service. But still… come here folks! Reasonable prices and you won’t be disappointed. The servers are great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: White Bean Hummus
Attended a wedding and reception.
Main course was served an hour after the salad and was cold. The speaker system is very poor. We couldn't understand anything said during the ceremony or reception. We were not the only ones as everyone was asking what was said. Mumbled garble.
You spend that kind of money and have to deal with that. Gorgeous building and the staff worked hard. That's the only positive thing.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Jake served us some fabulous bloody Mary’s! Cool dude! Will stop by again when in town
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Delicious food. We had a great time dining in the atrium and the people were nice and friendly. The Vegan yellow curry bowl could've had more yellow curry in our opinion. We didn't have the appetite to try desserts after a heavy meal but definitely going back to dine-in again.
Vegetarian options: Tomato soup, Parker House Rolls, Yellow Curry and Exchange Orecchiette.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My husband and I had our wedding reception at The Exchange and we could not recommend it enough! We received so many great compliments from our guests, and they even said the food was the best meal they ever had at a wedding. The atrium is breathtaking to begin with so we did not have to do much decorating.
Alyssa and staff were so great to work with and helped to make the wedding process smooth. We could not recommend The Exchange enough!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My husband and I had our 175 person wedding at the Exchange and we absolutely loved it!! The Exchange is such a beautiful, historic building in the heart of downtown. This venue allowed us to host both ceremony and reception on site which was ideal for our out of town guests. Last, it was so convenient to have the venue provide all food, beverage, tables, chairs, and linens reducing our vendor count significantly. It was a true pleasure working with Alyssa and I could not recommend this venue more!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had our wedding at The Exchange and I cannot speak highly enough of this restaurant and its staff. We could not have been happier with how everything turned out, and Alyssa and team made everything so easy. We heard so much feedback about how the food was the best many of our guests had ever had at a wedding. Everything was incredibly fresh, flavorful and unique and you can tell that the quality of what the chefs and restaurant serve is so important to them. We also loved how unique the venue was and how cool each bar area is - a lot of our guests commented on that as well and said it was the coolest and most unique wedding venue they've been to in Chicago!
Of all the vendors I worked with throughout the wedding planning process, Alyssa was the most organized. She was quick to respond to everything, very accommodating and took care to make sure that everything about our day was exactly how we envisioned it. She is incredibly kind and I felt she was genuinely just as invested in our wedding day as we were as a couple, and she made everything so, so easy. Being my own wedding planner, I felt super confident in how things would turn out knowing that she was the person I'd be working with. They even made us a custom "Just Married" pizza!
The staff was great the night of the wedding as well - the drinks were amazing and the service was top notch.
If I could get married again, I'd do it all over at The Exchange.
And even if you aren't looking to plan an event and are just looking for a great place to eat, definitely go here! We've eaten here a bunch leading up to the wedding and we've had great service and excellent food every time we've been. We will definitely be back. :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jake was awesome! Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
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