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“Spectacular seafood towers”

McCormick & Schmick's Seafood & Steaks
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Tue, 19/03
20:00
Ranked #293 of 10,308 Restaurants in Chicago
Price range: RM 24 - RM 330
Cuisines: Seafood
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Restaurant details
Dining options: Dinner, After-hours, Reservations
Dining style: Casual Elegant
Neighbourhood: Theater District
Cross street: State and Wacker
Transit: CTA Lake St Station.
Description: "In every way you can imagine, this place deals a hand of 'fresh catch' choices that's hard to match."---- Chicago Sun Times Fresh Seafood--We offer guests dozens of seafood varieties at the peak of their seasons. The "Fresh Sheet"-- Menus are printed twice daily featuring a fresh list of more than 30 seafood species. Handcrafted Cocktails-- McCormick & Schmick's practices traditional mixology, hand-crafting cocktails using only fresh squeezed juices. Tradition & Value-- Providing guests with liberal portions at a reasonable price and serving it in a traditional manner, respecting the "old fashioned " way of doing things. Service--The McCormick and Schmick's service commitment fosters a "customer is always right" attitude.
Reviewed 12 April 2018

Private dinner meeting with superior service. The seafood tower is a meal in itself. Fine wines, excellent cocktails, wide variety of food on the menu. The seared scallops we first class and the crab cake definitely worthwhile. This a pricey but legendary eating spot and worth the investment. Really attentive staff.

Date of visit: April 2018
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Thank Tim J
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Reviewed 9 April 2018

Went for dinner before a play at the Oriental Theater. We really enjoyed the shrimp kisses appetizer, Shrimp wrapped in bacon on a corn relish, and the crab cake was very good, although I prefer a mustard sauce. The New England clam chowder was very tasty as well and big chunks of clam. The sesame crusted ahi tuna dinner was so good my wife finished before offering a taste. The sea bass was excellently prepared with a ginger miso glaze. The crab legs were already split and easy to pull out of the shell. The waitress did not provide small forks, nor did she bring a bowl for the crab leg shells. Lemons after playing with crab would have been nice and was expected at such a restaurant. The other major negative was our waitress described a discount program for regular diners that was supposed to have been "free", only to find a $25 charge on the bill. Might go unnoticed as we told her we were going to a play and might not have checked the bill due to timing. Don't get duped. Enjoy the food and would definitely come back. They supposedly have a good happy hour special that varies by day of the week.

Date of visit: April 2018
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Thank hockeyguy25
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Reviewed 23 March 2018

Quick catch up with a friend so we sat at the bar- it had been occupied so they cleared the plates and glasses and didn't even wipe the bar top before putting napkins down and producing the napkin/silverware-

Uh- but we were at the hotel next door and famished so figured it is M&S... good food is coming... like NYC, DC, Cinci etc.

We perused the wine list and some of the Coravin/Argon tech glasses caught our eye but we didn't know them and at $30+/glass we figured a taste was in order- the bartender informed us "we don't do tastings for these premium wines"- really- we are about to drop $200 plus for dinner and drinks and that is your attitude? We should have walked- Mastros, Prime, RPM and many other places provide a taste of their premium list.

So we persevere and order soup, salad, octopus and steaks.

Octopus comes first (v salad) and it is tough. Soup is cold so we ask for a redo- comes back luke warm. Salad arrives and it is wilted. Steaks come around and not cooked to order... send back and still wrong- really- the whole time the bar service team is gone so order wrong and we wait- no one asks how anything is and are we happy?

3rd try isn't right but we are done so we eat around the parts acceptable... shared it wasn't so good with the staff and got the shoulder shrug- no compensation- so we pay and leave and they thank us for coming in- yes we shorted the tip but wow this was a terrible experience. Checking with other people our experience isn't unique. Customer service is so poor it is hard to imagine what was going on this evening... never saw a manager or someone to share our concerns with that evening.

Date of visit: March 2018
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Thank Jim O
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Reviewed 13 March 2018

Business dinner. Everyone enjoyed their fish selections. Bread is delicious. Salads are ample and tasty and well presented. portions are generous. Service was on point. Great location and always meets expectations.

Date of visit: March 2018
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Thank CharmingACM
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Reviewed 2 March 2018

We came here for a business meeting and the food did not disappoint. We were a large group and the waiter took good care of us. Only suggestion I have is the speed it took for the service as there seemed to be a slight lag at times. Besides that the food and drinks were good and the place provided a nice calming ambiance to talk and conduct your business while enjoying the food.

Date of visit: November 2017
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Thank Pooya K
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