The Front Room Chicago

Loved it here, went with my girlfriend for happy hour, we had the vino verde on the patio. Love the New Orleans music and feel. We also had oysters and cheese plate both were very good. The service was prompt and courteous. Didn't stay for live business but will return.

Front Room was a very cute and cozy restaurant in the heart of West Loop. It had a strong New Orleans influence that really made it a unique spot. The food was all quite tasty, again it was their take on New Orleans cuisine I did wish there was a little bit more of a Cajun oomf to it, but it was all quite delightful. Their cocktails were well balanced and strong, but I did feel they were overpriced for the neighborhood while the food was very fairly priced for the amount of food you received. Finally, there was live music which is both a delight and a drawback. The group we saw while there was great, but the space was small so when they really kicked it up it got extremely loud and you couldn't hear the person you were dining with at all. Would I go back? Yes absolutely, but I think I'd do things a bit different next time I do just learning from the first visit.

Great place with live music and nice atmosphere. Old style interior makes this place very cozy. Author’s cocktails were very delicious. Service is perfect. Thanks to hard-working waitresses and administration.

Love the food and drinks here. Plus, the live music is always great. The vibe is so cute and really feels very New Orleans.

Really good food and a solid drink menu! The upstairs bar (The Backdoor Saloon) is great!

Came for Mardi Gras celebration and was not disappointed with the options of southern bites and cocktails. Great drinks, great food, and exceptional service. Definitely a welcome addition to the Randolph/West Loop corridor, especially if you're looking for a change of pace.

The highlight of The Front Room is definitely the live music, which I was really impressed with, and the ambiance. Stopped in late on a Sat night. Cocktails- were good, but for $12 were pretty tiny and nothing special Food- The crab cake was awesome and would highly recommend. A really flavorful dish with big chunks of crab. The charred octopus was really well cooked, but the rest of the dish didn’t have a ton of flavor. The Jambalaya was awful. I think the dish has a ton of potential, but it was VERY over-seasoned and salty which was had to get past and it was $20 which I thought was really expensive for basically soup and rice. Service- okay, not awful but not stellar I would recommend visiting mainly to enjoy the music. I hope a few tweaks are made to the dishes and the cocktails either get a bit larger or price is knocked down a bit.

UPDATE: we haven’t been back yet but they did reach out to us and made an effort to make it better. For me that means good business and I’m looking forward to going back. Checking out the Front Room's description my wife and I were looking forward to this visit. We try to make the best out of date night as we have young children and don't get to go out too often. The staff is awesome and the cocktails were delicious and that's what really saved them from getting a one star. First, what's with the music? Didn't you say you were a jazzy lounge? The music felt like the latest from Kiss FM, like what I can find anywhere else and it definitely didn't fit the vibe of the room or the food. But the biggest flop of the evening were the oysters. My wife was looking forward to them so much and ended up pulling shell pieces out of her mouth- from several oysters!!! They totally ruined it for her. They ended up comping us for the oysters, but you know what? that's not enough. Our experience was not great and unfortunately, we will not be coming back.