Quinn L.
Yelp
I should have known that Harry Caray's 7th Inning Stretch was nothing but another tourist trap. I had high hopes for the 7th Inning Stretch, because I have heard nothing but good things about Harry Caray restaurants, so I don't really know why I had such a bad experience at the Water Tower location.
We made reservations for a party of 35 (an outing for my sister's team) weeks ago, and our main reason for booking this restaurant was because it came with free admission to the Chicago Sports Museum. Unfortunately, the host we talked to when we made the reservation neglected to mention that the Sports Museum was closed for a private event at the same time of our reservation. Honestly, if we had known the museum wasn't going to be open, we probably wouldn't have gone here at all.
As soon as I arrived, I realized the restaurant was not prepared for the 35 people we planned for. We had to move 12 people into one of the booths, and had to add an extra 4-top to accommodate everyone. It was already off to a bad start.
We waited upwards of 20 minutes to even ORDER our drinks, and another 20 before they were actually served to us. Even though we were the only people in the restaurant, the service was still so slow and our waiter never checked in on our table group during our meal.
For such an acclaimed restaurant, the food tasted like something out of a school cafeteria. I had the rigatoni alla vodka, and I was not expecting to be served overcooked noodles with flavorless sauce. Also, everyone's dishes were cold, and many were served with the wrong side orders. The only good food I had all night was a Holy Cow potato chip.
After seeing videos on Instagram, I really wanted to try the baseball dessert, but after being at the restaurant for over 2 hours for a less-than-satisfactory meal, I didn't want to stay any longer.