O'Brien's Riverwalk Cafe - Review - Loop - Chicago - The Infatuation

"Apart from its Riverwalk location and weekday Happy Hour, O’Brien’s Riverwalk Cafe doesn’t have many attractive qualities. A visit here means fighting off hordes of tourists for the chance to sit at a table and drink bad cocktails, eat oily fish with mealy chips, and wonder whether your $23 steak sandwich is secretly a leather wallet between two pieces of mushy bread. Most places along the Riverwalk operate in limited kitchens, but for a spot that bills itself as a full-service, sit-down restaurant, O’Brien’s does little to hide the fact that a meal here is basically stuff from the grocery store frozen aisle and a toaster oven. It’s a fine choice for a can of beer, glass of wine, or a $3 bottle of water (there’s no tap option available), but only when you can’t get a table at Chicago Brewhouse or Tiny Tapp." - Veda Kilaru