Marketplace Café

I come here all the time for lunch or dinner. You can sit for long periods of time with your friends and no pressure to leave. Their food is superb and just as good as any downtown restaurant. It’s always clean, it’s very relaxing, and the people who work here are super nice with good customer service. For a nice sit down meal without the noise of the food court it’s best to come here.
Here is my favorite meal. The grilled shrimp and arugula salad is excellent. I have ordered shrimp at many different upscale restaurants in Chicago and none compare to the size and taste of these grilled shrimp. They taste like they just came off the grill and so fresh, flavorful, and seasoned perfectly. What I want to also stress is the size, they are not tiny or small, but large in size and the quantity they give you is great. In any case, it’s a fantastic salad, which can fill you up for as a whole meal. The tomato basil soup is always consistently good and can be ordered with the salad if you really need more.
They also have a variety of other salads made with chicken and salmon, but I have never had one, but I’m sure they look good. I’ve taken home their chocolate chip cookies (which are great). I’ve had their cranberry turkey sandwich before and they are very accomodating in changing the type of bread it is served on.
Also, you don’t need to only come here only for lunch or dinner. When I am downtown with friends we often stop here for tea and dessert. They have all varieties of tea and desserts which are not all on the sweet side. Get a booth by the window, and you’ll have a great view. Since they remodeled, they do not show the foods on display anymore. I miss that. One more thing, you don’t need a Chanel or Louis Vuiton purse to get good service here.

Love this place! However, I’m not loving the new layout. Very relaxing atmosphere. The chinese chicken salad and margherita pizza are my favorites. The red velvet cupcake is the bomb as well as their gluten free brownie and lemon cookie. Definitely a must do if you are in the area. Bypass the food court on the 3^rd floor and go straight to the back of Nordstroms. You’ll be glad you did!

Excellent place for lunch, relaxing atmosphere, great service and the food is absolutely amazing! Skirt steak and salmon were perfect. And the prices are very reasonable.

I’ve always really liked their apple & goat cheese salad. Unfortunately since they remodeled it’s not the same. The lettuce is not all spring greens, and the to-​go container was only half-​full! More like a side salad for a full salad price. Too bad.

The cilantro chicken salad was fabulous. I’d definitively go back for that, even though it is $ 15!

This is such a great place to eat. The atmosphere is relaxing and nice.
I hadn’t been here for a long time since I haven’t visited Chicago for a while. I know there are so many excellent restaurants in Chicago. I was by myself looking for a place to eat and this place is really comfortable if you’re dining alone for dinner AND you get a great meal.
I had the arugula, shrimp and corn salad. wow it was wonderful. I didn’t expect such nice large shrimps perfectly cooked and the corn looked like fresh roasted corn. It was amazing!
I also ordered the penne bolognese. It wasn’t a traditional bolognese but I loved it. The tomato sauce was a little creamy and had a little kick to it. All good things to me.
The Malbec was also good and server Jay was perfectly friendly with the right amount of attentiveness.
What a lovely meal! I will be back for that Arugula salad again!
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A hidden gem located on the top floor in Nordstroms next to the baby clothing section. You wouldn’t know it’s there unless you go searching for it, there’s hardly any advertising for this place, and since it’s on the top floor, it doesn’t get much exposure.
They just finished their remodel of this restaurant, and it’s very nice. Unfortunately they don’t have the food out on display anymore which I liked.
This place has the best food you will find in the Nordstroms building, way better than any of the food court choices.
My favorite is probably the grilled skirt steak, the sauce that comes with it is soo good! I also always get the tomato basil soup, because you have to, because it’s amazing.
Make sure you save room for the desserts! Their red velvet cupcake, lemon cookie, oatmeal cookie, are all sooo good! You have to try one!

Expensive for what it is, but low price compared to Barney’s, Saks, and Neiman’s cafes.
I love the sandwiches but I haven’t been able to bring myself to eat here for a few months. I ordered the shrimp arugula salad and discovered a coarse, black hair in my salad. A few months later, I (WHY DID I DO THIS) ordered a sandwich and discovered a second hair in my food. I don’t know if this is just a fluke, but I don’t want to find myself in another hairy situation.

SO SO SO SO GOOOOOOD!!! I had the chicken club sandwich with applewood bacon and avacado– I almost died. I do recommend getting extra sauce to put on it, because it was a liiiiiiittle bit dry, but the bacon more than made up for that.

Very good customer service very good food very good selection reasonably priced I would recommend anyone

After two years and 3 salads with hair in them later, I’m not as impressed Sure, they were very nice and comped my food, but harnessing your locks shouldn’t be this hard.

Great service– always.
Great food– cooked perfectly. I always get the Salmon Nicoise Salad. The salmon is always crispy on the outside and perfectly tender on the inside on top of green beans and summer salad; comes with hard boiled eggs and some seasoned potatoes on the side.

DELICIOUS… I had the skirt steak meal, with roasted vegetables. There was a cilantro lime dipping sauce with it, I think it was.
It was wonderful. A nice, quiet out of the way place, to sit down, and/​or put down your shopping bags. Even if you’re not shopping and are staying nearby, it’s a nice place to come and have a meal.

Restaurant review
This is really a gem in streeterville hidden away on the top floor. I read the reviews and was surprised at the top ratings for a «food court» but I was not let down by my experience. The menu on the café nordstrom website is not complete and there are hot entrees that are not listed as well. You go in and a server takes your order from behind the display glass of all the wonderful items you can chose from. I ended up with a shrimp and asparagus risotto and my wife had grilled salmon with mixed vegetables. After you pay, you get your number and a server will seat you and provide some dinner rolls. The servers are top notch! Very attentive and they provided A+ service. The food itself was off the chart. I did not expect much from a 13 dollar risotto, but it rivaled a full sit down restaurant. My wife’s grilled salmon was very much like a entrée you would expect at a sit down restaurant as well. Once you are done with your meal, the server will clear away your table and provide you with some chocolate mints. Remember to tip them for their good service! All and all this exceeded my expectations.
Pro: Fine dining quality food for average price, great servers
Cons: Is not open for dinner
Hidden gem: Amazing food, great servers

I have to say, I was very pleasantly surprised by Nordstrom Café. I’d heard good things, but still rather doubted that Nordstrom of all places would produce a good lunch. But I absolutely loved everything I ate there.
Every sandwich comes with chips as a default, but ask for something different. I got a side salad instead of chips and the side salad was superb. Fresh, healthy, and delicious vinagrette dressing. Probably could’ve eaten a full salad for lunch instead and been very happy.
Had the spicy chicken torta sandwhich and it was superb. Not overly spicy but a good kick to it and phenomenal flavor. That flavor that makes you want to just keep eating more and more. And it was a good sized sandwich too, plenty of chicken and I felt full by the end.
Also had a lemon dessert — I forget exactly what it was called — but it was superb and not overly heavy, nor would it leave one feeling guilty for grabbing dessert on top of a good, full meal.
Overall, I have to highly recommend Nordstrom Café. It’s a bit on the pricier side (it is Nordstrom after all), but for the infrequent lunch or a special occasion, it’s wonderful.

You would not think that at the entrance to the Nordstroms would be a café where they have good coffee and snacks. Don’t Blink !! You will miss it.
if you are spending $ 600 on leather boots, what’s another $ 2.25 for some needed caffeine libations ?
See my point ?
This seems like a good place to hang out, drink coffee or tea and eat quasi expensinve cookies and stuff like that during daylight hours and till they close at night and on some weekends.
This is a good date place or just a place to escape the days complicated issues.
They brough in some artwork that looks like it is a copy of ancient babylonian art. I dont know if it is or not but i took a pic here and added it. It would be more appropriate for
the metropolitan museum of art in on 8^th and park in Manhattan but here it is.
It adds to the relaxing factor of the place.
Coffee seems reasonably priced and the employees are nice too. You can drink you coffee in the cadillac lounge that is on the other side which is the lounge to the left with a
cadillac inside.
On the right hand side one can see outdoors out the window what the intersection of Grand and Rush look like. Yes that is Joe’s. They have good steak and seafood.
I feel like a tour guide right now :)

The perfect place to enjoy lunch while shopping. This ain’t no Sbarro’s. The food, service, and surroundings befit an upscale establishment like Nordstrom.
The prices are a bit higher than a food court, but this is Nordstrom, after all. Expect to pay around $ 10-​$ 12 for lunch. And you’re paying for quality and service; things usually lacking in a mall restaurant.
Their offerings are all worth trying. Panini, pastas, soups, pizza – it’s all good. I’m a big fan of their Chinese chicken salad, nicoise salad, and the balsamic roasted vegetable panini, but you can’t go wrong with anything here. They have many GF options, and they’re more than willing to omit anything if it’s not to your liking. The ingredients are always fresh and everything is well-​prepared. The salads are served in a chilled bowl. They have real plates and silverware on the tables (I hate eating with a plastic fork on a paper plate). They definitely pay attention to little details.
Servers are quick to get drink refills, offer freshly cracked pepper, and clear plates. I always leave a few bucks tip because they really do accommodate customers even though it’s not waiter service in the truest sense.
Desserts always look decadent and splurge-​worthy. They have a nice kids’ menu as well.
I love Café Nordstrom. It sure beats the other subpar food options in this mall, but sometimes I feel out of place since I don’t have a Tory Burch purse or shoes. Seriously, is that a prerequisite to dining here?

I love Café Nordstrom. Café Nordstrom offers affordable and nutritional lunch/​brunch options. It’s a hidden gem on the 4^th floor. I wish I had tried it earlier.
I am a fan of most of their salads from their grilled chicken, strawberry, and goat cheese salad to their cliantro lime chicken salad. I am always craving their grilled vegetable panini (sans cheese). Their pizzas look delicious but I have not tried them.
Café Nordstrom is definitely worth a stop during a busy day shopping at Nordstrom or southern part of North Michigan Avenue.

I just love it when someone shows me something I haven’t seen nor heard of before. Such was the case when I had lunch here with a Nordstrom Café regular. And it was all just a nice surprise. I didn’t even mind the standing in line to order thing, because you get to walk by all the plated samples. That’s just my favorite way to choose a meal. And unlike, for example, Subway, where the end product looks nothing likes the ad pics, what you see is definitely what you get here.
I had a bit of a hard time choosing. I was hungry and the sandwiches looked inviting. But when I saw those salads: Man, they were beautiful. And I love a good salad out. So I chose the Salmon Salad Nicoise ($ 12.25,) and my friend got the pear/​blue cheese with greens. ($ 9.50) The salad was fresh and filling, and the salmon done perfectly and coated with fresh herbs. If you’re a salmon fan, you can also get a Roasted Salmon plate with Yukon gold potatoes and rustic roasted vegetables. A very generous serving also for $ 12.25. Not bad at all for a fresh salmon dinner.
Other items which jumped out at me or were recommended:
— Tomato Basil Soup
— Grilled Shrimp and Arugula Salad with Sweet corn
— Chicken and Brie Sandwich with Cherry Marmalade
— Turkey Club Panini
— Spicy Chicken Torta
— Chicken and Artichoke Pasta
— Grilled Skirt Steak Chimichurri
The pizzas did not look too interesting, but there’s lots of other goodies to choose from: and all a good value. The room and space is classy and comfortable. And the staff who brings your food out are nothing short of delightful. Such a great little find here hidden away on the 4^th floor of Nordstrom’s. Great Boul Mich lunch spot.

Why didn’t I give 5-​stars back in the day? I have no idea. I mean, yeah, it’s a little pricier than my normal lunch-​fare, but oh man. It is SO GOOD. I’m currently on a Chinese Chicken Salad kick, and today I ponied up & got the Roma Tomato & Basil soup… YUM!
Go early to avoid the lines, and you’ll be set.