Russian Palace on Adams

Bob T. wrote:

>Does anyone have any recent experiences to share about this place.  We are
>interested in it for a pre-show dinner for 4.

Does several months ago count?

>Food variety/quality/tastiness/cost.

Mediocre food at outrageously high prices.

>Service speed/quality

Our waiter was trying to do a good job, but he was very young and clearly inexperienced. We would not have minded had the prices not been so high.

>Crowded/not crowded around 6 pm Saturdays

I have no idea. You can rest assured that I will never be there ever again, so I (and I suspect anyone else who has been unfortunate enough to eat there) will not be contributing to crowding.

However, Russian Palace was advertising very heavily on WFMT a while back in a clear effort to snare symphony-goers unfamiliar with the Loop. They may have been successful.

My advice would be to go to the far superior Russian Tea Time (also on Adams, between Michigan and Wabash) if you and your friends are in the mood for Russian food.

Other places I can recommend are Printers Row (pricy but wonderful) and Prairie (less pricy but also less wonderful), both on Dearborn, and the old standby, The Berghoff (very reasonable prices) on Adams. Italian Villiage also gets good reviews, but I haven't been there in ages.

BTW, if you decide to go to any of the above (even the Russian Palace), I would strongly suggest making a reservation in advance.

__________________________________________________________________ Scott Reynolds                                      [email removed]

   Bob T. wrote:
>Does anyone have any recent experiences to share about this place.  We are
>interested in it for a pre-show dinner for 4.
>
>Food variety/quality/tastiness/cost.
>Service speed/quality
>Crowded/not crowded around 6 pm Saturdays
>
>Anything would be of interest.  Thanks.
>
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>/bob/
>[email removed] (Bob Thompson)
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>
There are two -- one on the south side of Adams just west of Michigan and one on the north side of Adams between State and Wabash.

Make sure to go to the one on the South side of the street-- Russian Tea Time.  Busy, elegant, not inexpensive. Reservations a must. Concert nights are booked up well in advance.

The other place, whose name fortunately escapes me has an interesting decor. Stick your head in and look around... then leave.  I ahve failed to follow my own advice on that score three times. Each time was worse than the time before.

Len

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