Alfred L.
Yelp
I'm not a fan of authoring negative reviews, but in this case, I need to warn as many people as possible.
I never have understood the allure of the Sugar Factory, and even more puzzled after my recent visit.
I vsited their Chicago location and waited 20 minutes for a reservation that was scheduled and still had to sit in uncomfortable high tables by the bar.
The level of service was pretty good, with the young man who waited on us being very attentive and management staff coming by a couple of times to check to see how things were going.
Unfortunately, the quality of food that comes frozen, out of a bag, from Costco, would've been better.
The onion wings were greasy and mushy. The chicken and waffles looked beautiful. The chicken was a perfect golden brown and the first set of waffles looked really nice. The positive aspect of it ended there. The waffles were room temperature and the chicken made me think of The Sugarhill Gang. Though it was hot and fresh out of the fryer, it was unseasoned and tasted like wood. I kept the chicken and tried to suffer through it while they remade my waffles and they came back even worse. Soggy throughout.
Tahirah, my colleague, shared that her fajitas were so bad that no amount of added salt or pepper could rescue them.
The dry ice bubbling Peña Colada tasted like base syrup, to be mixed with a gallon of water, to make pineapple coconut koolaide.
The coupes de gras, was the ice cream sundae, that tasted like artificially flavored mushy icemilk.
This place is only about the visual aspect of a gimmick laden dining experience, and fails as it pertains to food texture, flavor and quality.
If you want a neat video and photos for your IG, go here. If you want food that you can eat and enjoy when you are in Chicago, you would do better going to Harold's for some fried chicken and French fries.