Cafe Spiaggia - Chicago

My wife and I have been here for years and have always been impressed by the quality of food and reasonable prices. This time the appetizers held all up to the previously experienced excellence, but a few entrees were forgotten what was a first. The attention of the service also seems to have dropped a notch. All in all, no bad experience, but since I only come to Chicago once a year or so, I will probably look somewhere else for the next visit.

Great alternative to Spiaggia. The food was excellent and loved the chill ambience. Would go back!

Great service and food. My wife and I only had appetizers and desserts, which were delicious and too full to have a full deer. Chef Joe made us feel special by taking the time to meet us on our 43 wedding day.

The price is not worth it. There are much better options out there.

My husband and I dined at Spiaggia Cafe while visiting Chicago. We lived in Chicago for 30 years and had our wedding reception at Spiaggia. We ordered two very dry Martinis to start. They were anything but dry! We asked if perhaps they could add a little bit of vodka to take away from the overpowering vermouth taste. Not sure what they did but they still were not good. Our starters were good, a soup and a kale salad. My husband ordered the Pappardell with braised goat and I ordered the Rotolo. Both were a major disappointment. My husband found a piece of plastic in his dish and my dish was barely warm. We told our waiter who was very apologetic and took our dishes. When he returned my dish was the exact one he took away and only the very top of the dish was slightly warmer. My husband's dish thankfully was without plastic. The manager came over to apologize and took the food off our bill. It was a nice recovery but very disappointing food.