Bahama Breeze

The service was awsome very nice service … the food was amazing acording to my daughter she had the shimp and lobster quesadilla my wife had the Cuban sandwich and i had the jerk chicken sandwich. It was good just didn’t remind me of island food mybe im being over critical because I was raised on an island the food still tasted great Tho!!! and I will return The deserts were amazing !!! Also a great Caribbean vibe and the music was on point with the english music we listened to on the island !!! It was a very pleasant experience i enjoyed it very much

I do love the theme and décor of this place. You’ll guaranteed feel like you’re on vacation once you enter! Live music is also a great accompaniment.
I tried the zombie drink (quite tasty) and the sesame crusted ahi for my entrée. The dish was very satisfying– I love Ahi tuna– but quite small. We also tried the chocolate island cake, which was way too rich for my taste. Their signature draft beer, the Aruba red was very refreshing after this meal.
The service was pretty bad. We had to continuously flag down our waiter in order to be served. Also, I really don’t like how the calories are displayed next to everything on the menu. Ignorance is bliss! Other than these factors, bahama breeze provides a fun dining experience!

Service only ok. Server forgot to give us utensils. Server took 15 mins to tell us that they’re out of watermelon after my friend ordered a watermelon jalapeño margarita. Fried shrimp appetizer was good. But the fish tacos are so bland tasting.

Food: ⁴⁄₅
Amazing Ribs and appetizers. The Ultimate pinacolada and another drink taken by my wife was also good.
Ambience: ⁵⁄₅. They had a singer performing songs and the ambience was festive due to Cinco De Mayo celebrations.
Service 2.5÷5 Everything came together and the table was crowded. Appetizer, main course and drinks all were served at once. Inspite of requesting to get main course later, the waiter got everything at once. Seemed they wanted us to finish and go…
Over all good place.

I went here for a team lunch on a Wednesday. It seemed to be your usual chain. Food seemed overpriced and the menu was massive (with listed calorie counts that made me stay away from almost everything). The whole place was dead — maybe 5 tables when we arrived at 12:30, but only one when we finally ordered at 1/1:15. And none when we left at 2:10. YES 2:10!
The service was slow from the start. She took a while to get our waters, then took forever to come back when we weren’t sure what to order (massive menu!). When we were ready to order, we also had one latecomer arrive. Instead of getting another chair, she had us move to another table (not a big deal, I assume fire code restrictions or something). Then, we didn’t see her for probably 20 minutes. Two of our people were without drinks. We finally ordered, and did I mention she was rude? I work in IT, with a team mostly made up of Indian people. A guy on my team was having trouble understanding the convoluted menu items and side combinations. She couldn’t understand his accent I guess, and was not shy about it. She finally just said «Yep!» and moved on to the next person, completely not caring that his idea of what sides he ordered was not what he was going to get.
It then took forever to get our food. FO-​REV-​VER! Like close to 45 mins, and she never came by once during that whole time. The food was actually not bad (it was clear my coconut shrimp plate had been under the heat lamps too long). It was fine, but I was in a rush to get through it and back to the office by our 2:00 meeting.
She was attentive and nice from the time she gave us our food and got our check. Overall really poor service, and I probably won’t chose it again (mostly because I can’t afford to spend two hours at a restaurant on a work day).

Disastrous experience on the occasion of a lunch with co-​workers (including Oscar V.). Due to «computer problems», our 14 orders were in limbo for well over an hour at a time the restaurant was mostly empty. When half the dishes came out, some were missing and some of my co-​workers had to put in all new orders (after waiting for 75 min!). Even the most basic things went awry: at one point, I had to wait 10 min for a simple beer bottle, then wait 5 more min for a glass. Running the credit cards took about 20 min. The restaurant clearly has logistical issues and the wait staff and the kitchen don’t communicate. The 14 of us had to pay the price by spending over 2 hours with the ladies who lunch and missing our afternoon team meeting.

The waitstaff ruined a relaxing meal by deciding to do housekeeping chores in the middle of our meal on a Saturday night. Moving chairs around, making noise, crawling under tables, and furiously sweeping for no apparent immediate need. When I asked her to stop, she snapped back that she wasn’t doing it near us (3 feet away), and that she wanted the place to be clean for the next person.
How about us, I thought. Ruin our meal for the benefit of the next customer. Poor judgement and selfish on her part, assuming she just wanted to get her chores done early so she could leave at the end of her shift.
Because of her behavior, the meal (which was delicious) became a negative experience. That girl should not be working with the public.
My friend’s meal was wrong, so she had to sit and wait for hers while I ate. The waitress should have at least comp’ed her drink for that error.
My shrimp linguine was perfection and my friend’s lump crab meat and shrimp dish was fresh and tasty.

Although the night began on a bad note because of a mix up with the reservation, the manager took control of the situation & was able to accommodate us after I explained I was celebrating a birthday party. From there everything was wonderful, service and food. Our waitress, Nikki, went out of her way to make sure it was a very enjoyable celebration.

Definitely worth trying this place! I have been to the one in Florida, which is a bit more appealing. But this one is good too. Fantastic, tasty drinks. Can’t go wrong there!
The food was pretty good as well. The spinach artichoke dip was great! Served with chips and dried bananas (which were surprised delicious). I had the tilipia fish tacos… not my favorite but the first time I’ve tried fish tacos. I would go back and just order something else. My friend ordered some type of seafood pasta. Very large portion.
It was overall a good restaurant! Very cool atmosphere!

Ok WOW we sat down at the bar and were pretty much Ignored for 5 mins. No one greeted us no hello welcome to bahama, whatever. I wasn’t upset about that. What really upset me was my bartender Victoria. I only know her name because it was on the bill at the end. She didn’t smile once. She pretty much did the bare minimum without being rude. I felt like a burden rather than a paying customer. We previously had Christian and he was a delight. I expected the same experience and that did not happen this visit. I’m super not happy because the place has great specials great food and a visually nice atmosphere. Really want to come back, really don’t want to come back. :/​shouldn’t have to ask for silverware and menus. Do better Victoria.

We were there on Monday 4.11.16 to celebrate my daughter turning 21. She enjoyed herself and the frozen Margherita ! The food was great the staff pleasant and service minded. Although they don’t do the whole birthday sing and dance the night was good. We will return soon. Ordered the lobster mac and cheese, jeri chicken, shrimp and grits, burgers and a few appetizers food come out hot and without much delay. TASTY.

After a chick flick at AMC, we went out for a drink… and they were some festive ones! Our server was Dylan. He was very helpful and funny! It was a good time, like always!

We came in last night and I have to say I was so very disappointed. My boyfriend and I have been here once before and we had a great experience, but it seems like expecting it to happen again was unrealistic.
As soon as we walked in we saw 3 hosts standing there talking, not a single one looked up or greeted us. They just stood there talking; and me being someone that works in a restaurant I found that VERY unprofessional, we did not feel welcome. We stood in front of them for a bit until one finally looked up and just stared. We asked for a table on the patio and she said she didn’t have one even though it was practically empty, like she just didn’t want to walk over there.
My next put off was when I went to the ladies room. Two young servers were standing there talking loudly and complaining about how they didn’t want to be there and just wanted to go home and even some in restaurant drama. IN FRONT OF MANY CUSTOMERS! Swearing and all of that. How unprofessional and rude?!
Next came our server. We saw him maybe 3 times the whole night. He kept walking around and talking to other servers in front of customers. I wish we remembered his name, he said he’d been there for 10 years but it sure felt like only 10 days. I felt like we weren’t welcomed or wanted.
On our way out after being very disappointed with our food, (we would’ve sent it back if our server actually came to check on us other than to bring us our bill) we walked past an entire row of servers leaning back and talking and standing in the small walkway by the porch bar. We had to say «excuse me» for them to even realize we were there trying to leave because they were too busy socializing! Out of the 6 or 7 servers standing there that we walked through, including our own, not a single one said goodbye or thank you for coming in or anything! I couldn’t imagine not greeting a customer on their way in or out at my restaurant! It’s so unprofessional and very off putting.
Bahama breeze please make some changes because after this experience I will never be returning ever again.

Went here in the early evening on a Monday to grab a small bite and a quick drink. We sat at the bar, and ordered some delicious mixed drinks, along with the Lobster/​shrimp quesadillas and an order of nachos.
The food was great, and pretty filling as far as appetizers go. The drinks were both very good, and extremely tasty, both ordered off the happy hour menu. The only downside was that they were relatively light on the alcohol. This was okay however, since we weren’t exactly trying to get drunk. All and all, I’d say we were pretty satisfied, and the price wasn’t bad either. 2 large mixed drinks and 2 large appetizers for $ 22.

I had a great time here. I REALLY REALLY loved the atmosphere of this place! It is definitely unique. They have a dining area where a person is singing to you live. They have another fancier dining area that has a fire pit in the middle (awesome!). Then they have three other dining areas, each secluded from the other. They have a bar area in the dead center of the restaurant that has three TVs, my friends and I enjoyed catching the ending of the Bulls game. They also have a bar area in the huge dining hall with the singer. I asked one of the waiters if it’s possible to reserve this room and she told me yes (but it wasn’t a confident yes, so maybe she wasn’t sure). Overall, I was very impressed with the ambiance of this restaurant.
We had a table reserved for 25 but only about 18 showed up. They had two separate long tables saved for us, but the 18 of us just managed to squish into one because we didn’t really want to separate. No problems there.
Now the service. Our server’s name was «Steven G». He was the best! We were all over the place with our orders and we kept shuffling seats, yet he still managed to bill us all correctly. He was very polite to us and showed no signs of annoyance even though we had many requests. He also made sure to check up on us frequently. Thank you Steven for taking great care of us.
As for the food, expect to pay $ 10+ for a meal without any drinks or appetizers. I got the Black bean burger which was pretty descent. I asked to make mine spicy but I didn’t taste a hint of spiciness. My friend requested Jalapenos on his, maybe I should have done that instead of asking for it to be spicy.
I will be returning

Went in on a Friday about 3ish everything was ok their drinks were ok the appetizers were good i had a shrimp bowl which was good until I got home and
Had food poisoning never again am I going back

Came for a nice evening but had a fantastic meal in a great setting! The fire pit provided a perfect atmosphere and staff were on their A game; friendly and attentive.
The food was 5 star, well beyond my expectations for the price. My shrimp came with 18 medium shrimp in a perfectly seasoned sauce with creamy polenta. Just look at the photos!

Although I do not live in the Chicago area anymore, anytime I am back visiting my family I enjoy going to Bahama Breeze with them. My parents also go very frequently on their own. The atmosphere is awesome! It really makes you feel like you are on vacation. The food is also normally very good! However, this place has unfortunately gone down hill.
Tonight I visited with my parents. My dad and I both ordered mojitos. Mine (coconut) was very good, but my dad’s (regular mojito) was odd tasting. It seemed like there wasn’t sugar added, and almost tasted like Sprite or something very citrusy/​acidic was added instead. My dad dealt with it and said it was fine, but it wasn’t very pleasant tasting.
We started with the firecracker shrimp. Tasty. Decent size.
I was disappointed to see the menu had changed and that the salmon pasta was no longer on the menu. I ordered the jerk chicken pasta instead, as I had had it a couple of times before and loved it. When I got the pasta it had plentiful chicken, but the taste of everything in the dish was just bland and not very good. The pasta was a bit dry and the sauce was more watery than usual.
However, my biggest gripe was that the dish was supposed to have mushroom and asparagus in it and it literally had like 6 chunks of each. By chunks I mean tiny bits less than an inch big! That’s absolutely ridiculous! When I first started eating it I hadn’t realized there wasn’t really anything in it until I came across a piece of tiny asparagus and I thought it was maybe a mistake. Then I realized it was *supposed* to have both mushrooms and asparagus. What a rip off! Not to mention the taste overall was not up to their normal standards. I mentioned this to our server who was very apologetic and said she would tell the manager.
It took forever for the manager to come over, and when she did she didn’t even seem very concerned or apologetic. I feel like she tried to place the blame on me, like I had faked it or something, because she said, «If you had told us sooner we would have fixed it for you.» How about you tell your chefs to make the meals correctly instead? I was offered another meal or a dessert, but I declined and just had it compted. Based on the fact it looked like the pasta had been slapped together and the chef probably doesn’t care, I felt like it’d be the type of place where your food would get spat into if you got replacement food.
Our server was so sympathetic and apologetic, but the service was so slow! The place wasn’t even crowded. My parents also said their food was disappointing compared to usual (and like I said, my family frequents this place!). It was just a bad experience overall. I’m really sad, because this place was always a great dinner choice. I’m so upset that the new management apparently doesn’t care about good service or food. Giving no reason to customers for an obvious mistake in meal prep and having a lackadaisical attitude is a sure way to lose customers.

I came here for dinner on a Saturday night with my son and sister. I wanted a place to feel like we were on vacation. I got the Frozen Bahamarita to drink. It was really good. The service was also really good. There are a ton of people working here!
Other than that, I left sort of… Meh. Just ok. The food was good but not amazing. There was live music which was nice. All that was missing was sand and waves :)

We took a detour on the way to Wildfire and ended up at Bahama Breeze. Sooooo, maybe my experience was somewhat effected by that initial expectation… I don’t know.
However, I was less that blown away by Bahama Breeze. The service was very choppy. Staff seemed confused and kind of all over the place. We had a relatively large group of 8 and the place was only about half full.
The ambiance is nice, it really has been well put together and feels like you should walk out the door into a 80 degree night. The restaurant is large and spaced out which I like. I ordered a Mango Jalapeño Mohito and it was the highlight of my experience. A+ i would definitely return for another one (5) of those!!!
We ordered edemame (I know, Japanese food at Caribbean restaurant… kinda weird). They were fine, but we had to ask three different people for soy sauce and the first two adamantly denied that they even carried it…
I ordered the Mahi with Shimp in Lemongrass sauce (D). It sounded frigging amaze-​balls and I was pumped to try it… Then I did. It was bland and tasted primarily of vegetable. The fish was cooked fine, but the entrée just didn’t jive well.
Overall it was just kind of a «Meh» experience. And it didn’t help that two smoke birds were puffing away immediately outside the front door and the smoke was permeating the front of the restaurant. Puke.