This spot delivered 100% and then some! The food was delicious, well executed and presented and the service was impeccable. We loved the shrimp and lobster starter and the Gnocchi but everything else we had was really good as well. We were seated in a great spot in the upstairs dining room overlooking the ballpark - very nice. Even though we are long-time Lakeview residents we had not checked out Mordecai yet - we will be bacK!! read more

This place is awesome! What a wonderful view and such amazing cocktails. We will surely come back here to try the food. The drinks are also very creative and made well. This is my new favorite spot in Wrigley, so different from the other bars here. read more

What a great meal. We went on Wed pasta night and shared 4 meals between 4 people. The shrimp and grits dish was fantastic. The swordfish and chips was very worthy of ordering, a great play on traditional fish and chips. The two pasta dishes were also outstanding. We will be back, I love a restaurant that changes their menu with the seasons. read more

My review is of the the patio on the 2nd floor during a Cubs game. Job well done by the staff and kitchen, kudos to you for running so efficiently during game day on a Saturday. I will definitely be back, good food (had mezza platter that can be shared be 3-4 people) and a really delicious burger. Only comment is lower the amount of seasoning salt you pour on the side of fries. A big plus is not only do they have a large TV on the patio for the game, but you can also get a good view of the game from the large screen at the Gallagher way park. read more

The good: The food was solid. We had the half chicken and a burger, and would recommend either. The chicken was a bit short on side items - lots of chicken but little as far as the veggies and tubers to go with it. Service was prompt and friendly, no complaints. The no so good: the cold draft. They immediately sat us at the worst table despite 4-5 being wide open. We asked to move because it was cold. But, even in a better spot, we got a steady draft of cold air from outside the chilled us the whole time. The bad: prices. While the food wasn't too bad (although $4 per oyster is more expensive than Mastro's), the booze felt like we were being gouged. It's hard to judge wine and cocktails because factors vary, but I know what a reasonable price on a Half Acre Vallejo or Maplewood Pils is. It's the same pint of beer anywhere in the city, but costs 50% more here. Feels to me like a tourist tax. We probably won't be going back. On the plus side, we wandered upstairs to the bar and found a much more reasonable price (on similar drinks), great service, and better ambiance. We'll go back there! read more

This place reminds us a lot of The Hawthorne bar inside Hotel Commonwealth in Boston only with a bigger food menu. The drinks and the food are both incredible. We got two whiskey cocktails each, the cheese curds, the bone marrow, the strip steak, and the truffle agnolotti. The portions were pretty small which is usually par for the course and these pricier restaurants and what we expected, but the steak entree was reaalllly small especially for $40. There is no way that you could just order that as an entree and be full. It was excellent, but not sure we'd order it again based on the value. We ordered the two entrees and two appetizers and told the waiter we were going to share everything between two of us, and when we got the bill there was a split charge for $5. This was really annoying especially given we ordered 4 drinks, 2 apps, and two entrees AND ordered a bottle of wine to go bringing our tab to $200. $5 for a split charge just felt off and like bad customer service. The charge was taken off the bill, but they voided and Re-rang the transaction which means that I still have both charges pending on my account since I used a debit card not expecting this. Anyway, I didn't dock any stars for the split charge or the pricing/portions because the vibe and food were great, our waiter was excellent (and obviously just trying to do his job), and the location was so convenient for a date night dinner after the Cubs game. We'd come back- at least for drinks and probably for apps again. read more

Enjoyable dinner with friends. Comfortable atmosphere with good food and attentive service.

Not sure whether this is supposed to be a bar or a restaurant. We made reservations at Mordecai, but were given a bar table upstairs at 'Hush Money'. Both venues were identical, however, with a large bar, small cocktail tables (maybe a few regular dining tables) and loud music. Both the drink and dining menus were small. But not nearly as small as the portions. All four in our party left our meal of apps and entrees feeling hungry. Of course the prices are no bargain. I can only imagine what the owners have to pay in rent to the Rickett's family. On a happy note, the service was pretty good, and the food (what little of it there was) was quite tasty. My advice? Skip it. There's a lot better to be found in the area. read more

This review is for the bar only- although the food looked awesome! Nice artisan drink menu with great service! Perfect for a date. I can't wait to go back for a meal. read more

Praise be to Merges. Upon opening Mordecai instantly has the best cocktails, vibe and food within a mile. I finally have a go to spot that isn't full of frat boys. The drinks are top notch, but the food is at a level Wrigley hasn't seen ever. The beet tartare is a must order. Drink wise, the Old Mills is an instant classic. read more

Amazing brunch every time! The creamy scrambled melted in your mouth and the potatoes are delicious. The terra haute breakfast is so simple and executed in the best way possible! read more

My wife and I stopped at Mordecai for dinner while the Cubs were out of town. I saw the previous review by Michelangelo V and that did influence our dinner choices. We split a bottle of wine, which was very affordable. Then had the gin-marinated olives as an appetizer. Olives were very good. For entrees I got the Moroccan spiced Romanesco and my wife got the Porchetta, although we did share. The Romanesco was amazing. The curry and vegetables blended for a very flavorful dish. The Porchetta was one of the best pork roast dinners either of us have had. Perfectly cooked and moist. And overall the prices were reasonable. We will be back! read more

I came here the other night for a solo cocktail while my husband was out. I really enjoy sitting at the bar alone sometimes as I'm always able to entertain myself or have nice conversations with the folks behind the bar. This 5 star review is not only for the amazing craft cocktails I had but the conversation with Rodrigo and Tom behind the bar. They were busy, but not overly busy which allowed Rodrigo to give me a crash course in Mezcal while still attending to everyone else at the bar. Rodrigo is an absolute gem and I hope he's working next time I go in for drinks. I started with the Warm in the Sun Cool in the Shade (mezcal drink) which prompted our conversation on Mezcal. After chatting more with both Tom & Rodrigo, Rodrigo stirred up a drink off the menu- his personal take on the Oaxaca Old-Fashioned. I really hope they put this drink on the menu as it's the perfect drink if you like smokey and not too sweet. Highly recommended if you're staying at the hotel or just a local like me looking for a classy place to grab a cocktail in Wrigley. read more

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Great bar in Wrigleyville! The Cubby Bear is not for everyone, and now there is a great whiskey and craft beer place right across the street from Wrigley. Located on the first floor of the same building as the Hotel Zachary, the Ricketts put together an excellent place for good food and drink!!!! A great bourbon list is on hand amidst pleasant modern decor, with an excellent, haute cuisine pub fare menu. The cheese curds are nothing like I had ever had before. And the CrackerJack-flavored donut was fantastic! The craft beer selection is excellent too. Everything on tap are local Chicago breweries, like Maplewood, Hopewell and Half Acre. I saw a review claiming it was too hipster for Wrigleyville and that no one going to the Cubs game would ever want such snooty food and booze. But with the price of tickets going well over $100 a seat and lousy AB cans costing $10 in the stands, I think a decent number of people will want to try good beer at a lower price than that!!!! And the lines were a lot shorter than at Murphy's! We will definitely go back. read more

Mordecai - Menu at Mordecai, late night... - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Fantastic drinks they're cropped it is my favorite didn't really care for anything else on the menu what my friends ordered looked atObut

So happy a friend highly recommended Mordecai - it's the perfect upscale spot just outside Wrigley. Mordecai fit exactly what we were looking for before heading into the friendly confines for a concert. We dined on the Grilled Octopus (husband loved it), Seasonal Crudites, and Cheese Curds (mmm!). Each dish was delicious, fresh and creatively spiced. Very attentive service, from our waitress to the busboy (best water service ever!) to the GM, thanks for making our experience here fantastic - we'll be back next time we're at Wrigley. read more

I have mixed feelings on this place. On one side I enjoyed my drink, and on the other side I was very annoyed by the atmosphere. The bar is decorated nicely but it feels like the bar is meant for the suburbs and not for a neighborhood in the middle of Chicago. I do understand that it's in Wrigley and that they are playing to a specific audience, but it probably means that I won't be back. With a million great cocktail bars in the city you have to really provide a great atmosphere if you want more then hotel guests or Wrigley bros to venture into your establishment. read more

Wow, just wow. Service was beyond exception here. Torrey took amazing care of us and steered in in the right directions over what to choice. The food was delicious. I'm used to wonderful meals and high end chefs living in the downtown Miami area and wish this restaurant was located there. Restaurant is beautiful and love the open wall concept during the beautiful weather. Alex was the manager and we liked our time with him as well. Tory just made the night special and took the time to write up and list of great restaurants to go to while visiting. Looking forward to out return visit in August. read more

Brunch here today... Nice atmosphere but Eggs Benedict were average! Egg sandwich looked better & wish I had orders it! Mimosa was best part of the meal. Kinda pricey for what we received... lacked meal appeal as well. Wasn't very busy... know why! Should have gone down the street .... read more

Great up scale restaurant in Wrigleyville, but disappointed they are asking for $25 reservation deposit. It's hard to pin point a time in Wrigleyville. They need to remove this deposit. read more

Loved this place. I hadn't been in Wrigleyville in a few years and I love the changes they've made. Having a place like Mordecai next to the stadium is a huge upgrade for the area. We got crudités and cocktails and everything was really good! read more

Way overrated and overpriced. Went after a Cubs game and immediately felt out of place. Went next door to Big Star and had better drinks.

Lakeview is really classing up by leaps and bounds. Absolutely stunning cocktails, and very nice food as well. Honestly, it was unthinkable 5 years ago when I moved into the neighborhood that a place like this would ever be seen in the vicinity of Wrigley Field. There are cheaper places for a drink, but there are no places within a half a mile that will pour you a better drink. read more

It's ok if you want to have lunch or dinner across the street from Wrigley but there are much better places not far away. Had the burger for lunch and it was nothing special. Not bad but not nothing to rave about. Staff was ok... read more

Tonight I had a wonderful dining experience. Our waitress, Daisy, was very knowledgeable and went above and beyond to please us. The food was exquisite--we got the fish & chips, and the 1/2 chicken! The atmosphere was pleasing as well, very sleek. Our bus boy Nick always made sure our waters were full and that we had everything we needed. The staff is very friendly and extremely accommodating, plus the food is great! We will definitely be back again! read more

The food was good, well executed. The atmosphere was pleasant as well as the service. The reason for only 2 stars is for value for price. I ordered the New York strip, a 38 dollar steak. The plate that came out was beautiful, it had a red wine sauce, truffle butter and exotic looking decorative embellishments. The steak however was thin and cut into two long strips the length of a New York strip. Not an entire steak, just two long strips of a sub par piece of meat. Each strip was probably 2 or 3 ounces. The steak was tasty however nothing special. It was under seasoned and slightly tough. It reminded me of something you would get at aldis. Tasted good but nothing spectacular. My wife's meal was better, I can't recall exactly what it was but she enjoyed it and the bite I had was very tasty but it also looked very sparse and she said she didnt believe the meal was worth the price. Overall I would not return to this place. read more

This was the most disappointing experience of our anniversary stay this past Friday. The front of the house gentleman was magnificent, as was the female bartender. I loved the drink she made and very much enjoyed watching her create the cocktails at the bar. These are the reasons for the two stars. However, the gentleman bartending was incredibly off-putting. My husband was SO excited to try the octopus after smelling the seafood (even though we'd just come from dinner). Unfortunately, not only did the bartender talk him out of what he'd originally asked him to make to drink, but when my husband asked for a few of the garnishes to be left off the plate for the octopus because of his taste preferences, the bartender told him that if he was feeling less adventurous he should stick to the cheese curds. At that point, we had no desire to spend any more money there and it was a sore spot in our anniversary evening. We definitely won't be back again. read more

Overall it was a really underwhelming experience. Two friends and I went to Mordecai yesterday to have dinner, and try a new place. The drinks were fine, tasty but nothing spectacular and a tad overpriced for what they were. For food, we had a couple oysters, the burger, the fish and chips, and the muscles. First the good, The muscles were delicious, very fresh, and the broth was very flavorful. The fries that came with the fish and burger were also very good. Unfortunately that's where the good ended. The burger which was ordered medium was well done. It also lacked anything to really differentiate itself in a city where amazing burgers are everywhere. The fish had no flavor, even with the supposed "malt vinegar powder" on it. I really enjoy simple battered fried fish, and while it was cooked well, the complete lack of flavor made it one of the worst ones I've ever had. As for the oysters, they simply never arrived. The service was okay, but seemed to be somewhat inattentive on a night where the restaurant was otherwise half full. The atmosphere was pleasant, clean and modern, but also felt like it was lacking some sort of identity. I think this restaurant has the potential to be much better than it is right now. However as of right now, its seems like many overpriced, underdeveloped, psuedo-generic hotel restaurants. I gave it two stars because the muscles were very good, and the decor if a bit generic was nice. However the area is teeming with excellent restaurants, and this isn't one of them. We should have went to Tango Sur like our original plan, which has never let me down. read more

Fantastic! I cannot say enough about the food, and service. Our server, and wish that I recalled her name, was stellar-- terrific knowledge about food, and wines! When I complimented her to the manager, he mentioned that she came from a Fine Dining restaurant, in New Orleans. Can't say enough, so please try Mordecai! read more

We were a party of 6. Our friends who were with us had been there and enjoyed it before, but our experience that evening in mid-January was disappointing. The good: The atmosphere is casual, but the decor is nicely appointed. The food was VERY good and the cocktails were creative and good. The not so good: The service was terrible. The place was about a quarter full when we showed up, but filled up through the course of the night. It is a small place, but they did not appear to be understaffed so I'm not sure what the issue was with our waiter. He was extremely slow to take our orders for everything...and NEVER checked in on us. We had to flag the hostess down multiple times for the second round of drinks, the wine list, dessert menu and to replace the lukewarm coffee that came with dessert. He wasn't necessarily rude, just impossibly indifferent. We might give it another try, but we'll ask for another waiter if we see this guy coming. One other minor annoyance, we had expected a nice dinner out at a nice restaurant, after all it is connected to the Zachary. I didn't expect it to feel like a sports bar with large screen TVs playing MMA in the background. The blood and sweat spraying was a little distracting, but I will acknowledge that we just tried to ignore it instead of asking to have the channel changed. Our bad. read more

Wow. They say the hostess is a very important position. Front of the house, first person you deal with and sets the expectations of the evening. Well, thank god that that wasn't the case for this newer neighborhood spot. The hostess was a long dark haired gal with a European name. She was unbelievably rude, condescending & a quiet talker to boot. Austin our waiter made up for the awful that greets you at the front door. He was friendly, knowledgeable & apologetic for the hostess. Our party was six, but then down to two because they went to see my old brother in laws band across the street at the ball park. She told us that the three empty tables were reserved for the next 15minutes & one table was broken ... so no we could not sit at a smaller table outside. If there's a broken table, move it so people don't keep requesting to sit there. Her verbiage was snotty and she said the short answer is NO, you can't have any tables outside. The nicest way of saying this would have been. I apologize we do have reservations however, if they are not here in 15 minutes I'd be more than happy to seat you. We closed our tab at this place of promise solely on the awful experience & attitude of the hostess. It's a shame because the Rickets have been saying that it's fantastic & we thought we'd give it a try. Nope. Walk across the hall and drink and eat at the hotel Zachary bar If the quiet talking rude hostess with long brown hair is lurking at the entrance. Not even worth the time or effort. RUDE. read more

Just had drinks. Bartender who's name I don't know (blonde hair super personable) was fantastic. She recommended a great bourbon to my husband on our price range, made me a very tasty drink and had a wonderful demeanor. Would for sure go back. Not just for her but for the ambiance too :) read more

I truly wanted to love this place considering I live in walking distance, however not sure if I would go back. Cocktail list was varied and interesting. Whiskey-Bourbon list rare and expensive. The Salmon Crudo and Grilled Octopus appetizers were delicious. Unfortunately the oysters were HORRIBLE! For a Friday night did not expect to be served garbage scented, foul tasting oysters. The NY strip special, ordered rare, came out well done. Black truffle croquettes served with the strip were outstanding. Wish I could order them as an appetizer. Service from the host and wait staff was very attentive. read more

Might I just say wow ! The 60 day dry aged special was the best steak I've had at this price point. This place is expensive, but reasonable. The staff are friendly and the food is some of the better food I have had. I would come here any time of the day. read more

I came to Mordecai as I was meeting up with a friend who is a big cocktail aficionado. I tend to be more of a beer drinker myself, not because I don't like cocktails, but really because I don't understand cocktails. I don't think Mordecai helped clear up that confusion but it did deliver some really great cocktails. I had the duped by three fingers that didn't hide the bourbon and the improved shandy which did. The biggest surprise to me here was the food. I had the fish and chips, and wasn't expected much but the fish is battered more lightly and served aside some great pickled vegetables. The chips were great too, cut with a good amount of potato filling but balanced by the fried exterior and salt. I came the evening of an afternoon game and Wrigley was pretty quiet by the time I showed up so this was a great spot to settle in for a drink, some food, and a good conversation. Loved the vibe at Hotel Zachary. read more

If your temporary state of mind is boredom Mordecai's is definitely to your liking. The atmosphere is nonexistent, menu is over worked to the point the chefs trying to figure out who he is, mix all that in a glass and you get a tiny overpriced cocktail. It's no wonder there reinventing there brand after one year. read more

Amazing service! Fantastic craft cocktails! The manager Alex stopped by to check on us, he was so friendly. Kayla took great care of us at the bar! Will be back :) read more

My husband and I went to Mordecai last night for an after-dinner drink. It was an instant favorite. We will be back soon! Shout out to Tom the bartender who chatted with us all night and taught us so much about Whiskey. read more

The first thing that stood out to me at Mordecai were the excellent cocktails. Try the Bills in Foil- it's my new favorite drink! We came back another time for food and it was delicious. Everything was so fresh and flavorful. It's a great spot on a sunny warm day when they open up all the windows facing Wrigley. read more

A wonderful spot in the new hotel near Wrigley. A quiet bright cocktail bar that feels almost too nice for Wrigleyville. Amazing whiskey selection. read more