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    Cafe Zoot

    2.3 (124 reviews)
    Open 5:00 am - 8:30 pm

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    Casual
    Quiet
    Good for kids

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    Turkey
    John H.

    Grabbed a couple of turkey sandwiches to pack off for the flight to Florida. Great turkey and bread, better than typical tomatoes, and the sandwiches were fresh and tasty for our trip. Our seat neighbor even commented that they looked great for airport fare. Employee who took the order was great. Guy who 'dressed' the sandwich may not have been having his best day, and cashier was very friendly. A solid stop to get something to go.

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    Hen A.

    chicago o'hare international airport...one of the united hubs for connecting flights...quality food options are quite slim at o'hare and daughter was hungry...she selected manchu for food and cafe zoot for dessert...after consuming some soggy orange chicken, went over to cafe zoot which had a short line...got to the registered and asked for a ice cream cone...told to walk over to the ice cream counter...1 scoop cone $5.46...selected cookies and cream...cafe zoot offers some simple sandwiches, pastries, coffee drinks and ice cream, but at airport prices...sandwiches looked pretty simple, but piled high with lettuce to appear fat...

    Italian
    Taylor B.

    Pretty bad Italian sandwich. Barely any meat (maybe 5 pieces total? And THIN ones at that) and the hot peppers were pickled jalapeños you might get from a can. The servers were dismissive and unfriendly. The prices are high. There are not any redeeming qualities of this place- only stop if you are out of all other options.

    Beef sandwich
    Smeeth W.

    The place is overpriced and it tastes so bad! It tastes disgusting and they should be ashamed to run a business like this. The price isn't good. I would rather eat at McDonald's which is only five min walk from this food court

    Roast Beef with everything except black olives
    Dave O.

    Woot Woot for Cafe Zoot - Hey ya'll I was impressed, not overly impressed but still impressed. Anyone wondering the aisles at O' Hara knows the food choices are limited and there are a lot of joints playing on the Chicago food theme with the Pizza Pie and the Italian Beef or the hotdogs and even a Nuts on Clarke none misleading but nothing I'd hang my hat on and call a must have while passing through this terminal. I stopped by Zoot in search of something freshly prepared under a hundred dollars for a quick lunch before catching my next flight, certainly you must know if Chicago was my final destination I'd be saving my appetite for something downtown no matter how hungry I was after deplaning. After watching the sandwich making process for a few minutes and the employees efficiently and continuously serve customer after customer I decided on a roast beef on a toasted roll loaded up with everything but black olives, in my opinion all olives should be green and served on a thin crust pizza or in a chilled martini glass period end of story. I got in line behind a pilot who was loading up the feed bag before boarding his flight and it seems he had experienced Zoot before because he was really peeling off the napkins in preparation for his mile high feast. My sandwich came off the oven conveyor and the girl dressed it and wrapped it in less than a NY minute I grabbed as bag of bbq chips, cashed out and was one my way to find a suitable sit that may or may not have been wiped down this week at the handy dining area behind this food court. I liked the product it was pretty good quality, the veggies were fresh and the bread wasn't stale and although the meat portion was rather slim it was good so I'd say it's okay by me...

    Toasted sandwich on multigrain bread with turkey, mustard, lettuce, tomato, and black olives.  With a red delicious apple.
    I-Lin L.

    Good place to get a quick, healthy lunch to go at the airport. I got a toasted sandwich on multigrain bread with turkey, mustard, lettuce, tomato, and black olives. With a red delicious apple, it was a complete and tasty meal. The line was long but it moved fast. There is a separate line for made-to-order sandwiches and another line for drinks and other stuff. Definitely recommend this place if you are on the run and want something fresh that's fast to grab and go to your gate.

    The goods.
    Brian F.

    I'm not sure how this place has reviews with 5 stars. I can certainly be generous, but for an airport establishment, with poor service, reheated croissant sandwiches, mediocre coffee, and moderately high prices, I couldn't go more than 3. Prior to trying the breakfast croissant with sausage and egg, I would have given this place a 3, because it lost points for the rude and inattentive person behind the counter. Prior to eating the breakfast croissant, I examined it to find out that it's not a sandwich... they instead inserted the sausage and egg into the croissant before baking. Since the sausage is a small patty, it covers less than half the surface area of the croissant. It wasn't the worst thing ever, but I felt misled into thinking I was going to have a mouthful of sausage in every bite. The coffee wasn't bad, but I didn't finish it... a sign that I wasn't really feeling the flavors. While there may be something to be said about your health and going here instead of McDonald's, one thing I can say is that the value of the dollar at McD's goes a long way versus the dollar here. I'm not sure what the airport prices are, but with the $1/2/3 menu at McD, you're liable to get more bang for your buck.

    A ham sandwich with 1 peice of ham.
    S S.

    I ordered a ham sandwich. The cost is $8.00, fine I'm at the airport. But what was not fine is to open it and only have 1 slice of meat on my sandwich. So I paid $8 for lettuce, tomato, and a piece of ham! 1st time shame on me. 2nd time shame on you...THEY WILL NOT get a second chance

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    Food quality is horrendous. Horrible sandwiches. Way overpriced. Stay away you'll thank me later.

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    Service was friendly enough and food tasted good, but I got food poisoning from this place on 10/21/24. Won't be recommending or going back.

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    Needed a sandwich and wow was it good! The bread was great, ordered the Italian Club, 10/10 for a $10 sandwich.

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    Gabriela was wonderful, very pleasant. Unfortunately, my cafe mocha, tasted like diluted hot chocolate. Date of visit: 2/29/24

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