Bird’s Nest

Best wings in Chicago. Tenders are delish as well since their sauces are bomb. Great drink specials and uh, guess what… the fries are effing awesome too.

Great wings and the atmosphere is perfect. Just a bar w beer and good wings. Super service and fair prices. Good place!

This is a great place if you are looking for some awesome wings ! They have more on the menu but the wings are great. What’s even better is that the bar is nice and casual and has a great atmosphere, especially on game nights. If you are looking to indulge in your wings in a more peaceful setting they have an outdoors dining area too. The best thing about the place is the great wings can also come at a great price, mid week specials of only 55cents per wing. Try it out as the selection of wing options will ensure your appetite and taste buds are both satisfied

The best wing I have never had. NO DOUBT! The wing is so right at Bird’s Nest. Their sauce was so delicious, all their wings were big, perfectly cooked and very juicy. I loved the skin part, they were crisp and amazing.
Blue cheese is always a must in my basket. I love to dip my wings in it and go uuuummmm. I’ve been running around for good wing, found a few places that were good but nothing can compare to my #1wing pace, Bird’s Nest.
Two separate bars in this place with a lot of seating, bistro tables and a few booths for groups. Loud and funky music made this place more fun. Good size patio for more people who love out door seating. Free street parking as well.
I love going for their special. Last night we ordered 4 big baskets and couldn’t be happier. We tried almost all the flavors they have, honey BBQ, hot Teriyaki, buffalo and a couple more, I forgot. Garlic fries were excellent!
If you are looking for the best wings, this is it!

Best wings in the city. Hands down my favorite wings in Chicago and possibly the best wings I have ever had. The crunch to sauce ratio is perfect and never disappoints. The buffalo and BBQ sauces are the best. Hit this awesome place up on Thursdays and Sunday’s for half piece wings and cheep beer!

I always go on Thursdays for wing night. They have the best wings in the city! Hot and extra crispy are my favorite. Very friendly staff and welcoming atmosphere! Highly recommend anyone and everyone to try the wings!

Best spot for cheap beer and great wings in the city. Perfect order for two, 10 hot bbq and 10 birds nest hot. Can’t go wrong here.

This place is an honest to god must if you are a wing fan. There are honestly few other places I would opt to spend a Sunday night at, you cant beat 50 cent wings and $ 9 domestic pitchers! Personal fan of the dive-​bar vibe as well!

First night in Chicago and our friend brought us here to get the best chicken wings in the city… she was right, they were amazing! A basket of mixed hot and honey bbq for $ 18 fries and a pitcher of bud light $ 8.really good value. Super friendly service too, I can see why this place is so popular. Definitely go here if you’re a wings fan!

Wings are pretty good and the bar has a great atmosphere. For many ages this was our go to place on Thursdays after work. 50 cent wings and decent beer prices. Definitely recommend to anyone looking for wings and a cold beer. They have pool available during non-​busy times as well.

Great wings and beer. Can’t tell you much else. That’s all I have had and continue to have when I come here.

They put real garlic on the garlic fries, not just garlic salt, and it’s delicious. They have great daily specials. The wings are good — crispy in the outside, saucy and good flavor. I love their ballpark nachos too — simply made with tortilla chips with cheese and jalapenos. Yum!

Our waitress was very nice & prompt.
$ 3 for a Blue Line pint– which is disgusting, but (if you’re anything like me) impossible to pass on at such a low price, in Chicago, on a Friday night…
The wings are the only negative thing I have to say… $ 10 for a basket of 10 bone-​in wings, and I ate 4 before giving up. (I rarely stop eating wings. Like, ever.) And I’m really not that picky– they were just tough, dry, and not what I expected based on other people’s reviews.
All that being said, the wings did come out quickly enough, and the Fried Mushrooms were actually delicious… things could’ve been worse.

Great wings and service. No wonder it is such a popular place.
Not to crowded but a pleasent crowd.

Your typical neighborhood locals bar. Good wing special on Thursday and Sunday, but the advertisement on their website for the burger special is not real. Their wings are great and the sauces aren’t too bad, I have had a sandwich once but they let it sit out too long and the bread was soaked in pickle juice making the whole thing taste awful.
Do not come in here expecting good service on wing special nights or during football season. This place loses a ton of revenue by not waiting on customers well enough. The bartenders also aren’t the best at doing anything besides serving beer and shots, don’t expect much from them. They are generally nice, and I would recommend this place if you are going to watch the game, drink a few beers, and stay a while, but do not expect much from this place on big nights. I have been here and had good bar meals, but I have also been here when they really do not seem to want my money period.

Birds nest is one of the best places in the city to grab some beers and wings. Highly recommended for people in the hunt trying to find the best wings in Chicago! You won’t be disappointed. Birds nest house sauce, Hot teriyaki, and honey bbq are my favorite flavors.

Affectionately known to me and my cohort as «The Nest», Bird’s Nest is easily the top wing joint I’ve been to in Chicago. Get ‘em any way you like ‘em (Hot, Hot BBQ, Nest sauce, Buffalo, Naked, etc.), dip ‘em, and crush ‘em. The award-​winning wings are cheap, and even cheaper ($.45!) on Thursdays. Wash it all down with an ice cold beverage of your choice, though I am partial to the PBR’s here — seriously, they must keep them at a top-​secret extra-​special temperature, because a PBR at the Nest is unlike a PBR you can find anywhere else.
Don’t sleep on the other menu options either. Buffalo chicken is here and there throughout the menu and they do it in a number of different ways like salads, pizzas, wraps, and sandwiches. If you’re extra hungry, go for the Drunken Buffalo Chicken Sandwich — it’s a beast.
This little slice of heaven of a bar also comes with a pool table, darts, Golden Tee, 20 TV’s, occasional live music and a street-​side patio.
The chica’s on the staff are friendly and fun too!
FInally, they run legit specials everyday, so it’s NEVER a bad day to drop by The Nest.

Finally hit this place up after over a year of hearing about and since I am now in the process of becoming a Certified Wings Master (CWM) I needed to be here. As i walk in the front door, my first thought was «This is where my grandfather must be hanging out drinking his Old Style and Milwaukee’s Best before I see him stumbling home and crashing in his chair at 2am». But I told myself im here for the wings. As I wait to my surprise 30 somethings kept rolling in. So I can accurately describe this place as an old man’ s bar for 30 somethings. Now lets get to those wings!
Massive sized wings with some of the tastiest sauce I have ever had. They were crisp on the outside and juicy on the inside then then tossed in their house made sauce. Folks that is a special sauce. A complex sauce with subtle notes of sweet, spicy and tangy. Buffalo wings are very common in Chicago so its hard for establishments to differentiate themselves from each other often replicating the same taste profile. For example many places just toss their wings in Franks Hot Sauce and out they go, which is not a bad thing. However since I am always looking for something different and unique these wings transported my taste buds into a happy world of deliciousness not experienced eating wings before. I must now proclaim Bird’ Nest as having the best wings in Chicago. Yes I said it. Quite Incredible!
The service was very good as I did not experience any of the service snaffus that are mentioned in the reviews. Our server, a short but cute girl was on top of our order the whole time and we really put her to work. Filling our drinks and waters, napkins, extra sauce… She earned her big ass tip!
Overall an awesome experience. The sauce and service stood out and I am now fan of the best wings in Chicago.

Love this place. Chill local bar for average drinks but their wings are on point! Usually get then dry and all the sauces on the side. They’re all great! Yum.

Superlative wings. They’re hot, crispy, cooked just right, have great sauces. All in a low key sports bar setting with a pool table, TVs, a few cute bartemptresses. The Lincoln Park youngins who frequent the spot are innocuous enough, dare I say even friendly at times.
Nest got written up in the Trib years ago as the best wings in Chi-​town. I just had Melnick’s last night and those were tastier sauce-​wise but BN still has the perfect total wing package. Melnick’s are more like grilled and have soft skin. BN has the crisp, deep-​fried goodness that a wingficianado like me demands.
Fries are aweso too! Steamy and soft inside, crisp outside. Well seasoned. They’re almost like slightly smaller really good steak fries.
Good beer program. About 12 drafts and some good bottles.