We had a great time! Good drinks, good service and had fun dancing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jenn
Great happy hour specials Thurs, Fri n
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Kate Richerson
Sophia, the events/marketing director for Mother's and their sister bars, has always been lovely to work with for finding a venue/planning an event for large groups (200+) at the last minute (like, the day before the events are supposed to occur). Our group has always been very satisfied with the venue, the service, and their flexibility. Thank you!!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Kate R.
Sophia, the events/marketing director for Mother's and their sister bars, has been lovely to work with for finding a venue/planning an event for large groups (200+) at the last minute (like, the day before the events are supposed to occur). Our group has always been very satisfied with the venue, the service, and their flexibility. Thank you!!
Sarah Machmouchi
I thought the place would have improved as the last time I visited was 25yrs ago. Well it was quite dirty. Service was bad and the drinks were not good as the bar tender did not know how to make a few drinks.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Kasaundra Shackelford
Went here for the night before NYE and it was absolutely dead. There was maybe a total of 10 people. The performers were super talented and very entertaining. They interacted as they could with such a small crowd. The drinks weren't anything great, but priced pretty well.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 3
Alexandra Y.
I love this place! It's underground and really big. Each little area is different and cute and there are multiple hats. I love the dueling pianos and makes it such a good vibe
j z
the general manager kicked my friends and i out when we were standing at a table just for being noticeably queer. when i asked why he had such a problem, he said "you know why". he got security to come over and blame it on the fact that i was wearing a tank top. the guy walked away and SECURITY apologized for him being a jerk. i then asked a bartender if there was any dress code since ive been there in literal sweatpants before and he laughed and said no and that the GM is known to not be a nice guy.it really is sad, i would go here frequently and after this i wont return.however, the bartenders are always very nice and the bartender offered me a round of drinks because of the situation. we left, but at least the bartenders were nice about it and offered to fix a situation they didnt even cause.its 2023 and you're kicking people out of a bar in a very liberal city for being queer...
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Freddie Doub
We had a very terrible time here. If you’re looking for a good time this place is NOT IT. Bartenders are slow and the drinks are so weak. Seriously do yourself a favor and skip this place.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
nick evans
Laura is the best bartender in the Chicagoland area. The bar has a great vibe and is very clean.
I celebrated my 30th birthday here and it was an amazing time. Sophia was so incredibly helpful setting everything up and was great at figuring out what package would work best for me. The dueling pianos were a great hit. Everyone got drunk and danced the night away!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Antonio Ney Filho
Nice bar with 2 pianos. The sound system is good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mimi
this bar is kind of split into two sections: the first section is playing hip hop and has its own bar, and then if you walk to the back there is a piano bar with its own bar. the sound of these conflicting styles of music, shockingly, don’t compete with each other. i was surprised it wasn’t absolutely packed on a friday night, but honestly it’s nicer to be in a mid-size crowd. there is no cover charge, they search your bag before you come in. the bar mainly has sling drinks, which i think is fine. (i saw another review who rated them down because the bar staff couldn’t make certain cocktails — a “sling drink”, if you don’t know, is just a basic drink like gin+tonic, rum+coke, whiskey+7up. lots of bars only do sling drinks and that’s fine — just don’t come in expecting a full cocktail program and then rate them down for not having one). anyways, would come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 4
Jerry Luciano
Best Bar in the Rush & Division area.A Chicago classic.If you have time to go out, Mother’s should be in your list.I do t know how long it’s been around, but it’s been a while- at least 3 generations of our family have been there.
Joe Priestley
Not very impressed. Ordered a few drinks they couldn't make and finally settled on a vodka cranberry. I'm not sure what they used for the cranberry juice substitute but it was a sickening syrup. We paid $30 for two awful drinks and walked out after 2 sips.
We had a great time! Good drinks, good service and had fun dancing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great happy hour specials Thurs, Fri n
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Sophia, the events/marketing director for Mother's and their sister bars, has always been lovely to work with for finding a venue/planning an event for large groups (200+) at the last minute (like, the day before the events are supposed to occur). Our group has always been very satisfied with the venue, the service, and their flexibility. Thank you!!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Sophia, the events/marketing director for Mother's and their sister bars, has been lovely to work with for finding a venue/planning an event for large groups (200+) at the last minute (like, the day before the events are supposed to occur). Our group has always been very satisfied with the venue, the service, and their flexibility. Thank you!!
I thought the place would have improved as the last time I visited was 25yrs ago. Well it was quite dirty. Service was bad and the drinks were not good as the bar tender did not know how to make a few drinks.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Went here for the night before NYE and it was absolutely dead. There was maybe a total of 10 people. The performers were super talented and very entertaining. They interacted as they could with such a small crowd. The drinks weren't anything great, but priced pretty well.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 3
I love this place! It's underground and really big. Each little area is different and cute and there are multiple hats. I love the dueling pianos and makes it such a good vibe
the general manager kicked my friends and i out when we were standing at a table just for being noticeably queer. when i asked why he had such a problem, he said "you know why". he got security to come over and blame it on the fact that i was wearing a tank top. the guy walked away and SECURITY apologized for him being a jerk. i then asked a bartender if there was any dress code since ive been there in literal sweatpants before and he laughed and said no and that the GM is known to not be a nice guy.it really is sad, i would go here frequently and after this i wont return.however, the bartenders are always very nice and the bartender offered me a round of drinks because of the situation. we left, but at least the bartenders were nice about it and offered to fix a situation they didnt even cause.its 2023 and you're kicking people out of a bar in a very liberal city for being queer...
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
We had a very terrible time here. If you’re looking for a good time this place is NOT IT. Bartenders are slow and the drinks are so weak. Seriously do yourself a favor and skip this place.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Laura is the best bartender in the Chicagoland area. The bar has a great vibe and is very clean.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
I celebrated my 30th birthday here and it was an amazing time. Sophia was so incredibly helpful setting everything up and was great at figuring out what package would work best for me. The dueling pianos were a great hit. Everyone got drunk and danced the night away!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Nice bar with 2 pianos. The sound system is good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
this bar is kind of split into two sections: the first section is playing hip hop and has its own bar, and then if you walk to the back there is a piano bar with its own bar. the sound of these conflicting styles of music, shockingly, don’t compete with each other. i was surprised it wasn’t absolutely packed on a friday night, but honestly it’s nicer to be in a mid-size crowd. there is no cover charge, they search your bag before you come in. the bar mainly has sling drinks, which i think is fine. (i saw another review who rated them down because the bar staff couldn’t make certain cocktails — a “sling drink”, if you don’t know, is just a basic drink like gin+tonic, rum+coke, whiskey+7up. lots of bars only do sling drinks and that’s fine — just don’t come in expecting a full cocktail program and then rate them down for not having one). anyways, would come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 4
Best Bar in the Rush & Division area.A Chicago classic.If you have time to go out, Mother’s should be in your list.I do t know how long it’s been around, but it’s been a while- at least 3 generations of our family have been there.
Not very impressed. Ordered a few drinks they couldn't make and finally settled on a vodka cranberry. I'm not sure what they used for the cranberry juice substitute but it was a sickening syrup. We paid $30 for two awful drinks and walked out after 2 sips.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 2