Chick-Cago Grille

There was no wait and my food was ready almost immediately! Off to a great start.
I ordered the chipotle chicken sandwich for $ 8 and some change and it was good – a bit bland, but good. They use shredded lettuce, which I am not a fan of. The chicken itself was pretty good, as was the sauce. The portion was a bit small for $ 8, but not ridiculous.
If you’re looking for something quick & satisfying, this is a good choice. You won’t be disappointed (or overjoyed) and it won’t break the bank either.

We visited Chick-​cage grill over the weekend. There were no customers so we ordered and received our food very quickly.
My husband and I loved this place! First off, it was halal! We order the Cajun chicken and chipotle chicken sandwiches with a side of coleslaw. Both sandwiches were flavorful and most of all, grilled fresh. The bread was so soft and perfectly portioned. The chipotle sauce is amazinggggg! Order extra! It made up for some lack of flavor in the chicken. However, the Cajun chicken sandwich was incredible! It is spicy and extremely flavorful, my husband didn’t want to share. Coleslaw was light and tasty as well.
The service was great too. The price is reasonable given the location, $ 7.50 for a sandwich and side.

The chicken/​rice soup is utterly hideous! The rice had exploded into mush and the sodium level was toxic. The first spoonful was so salty it merely tasted metallic. I tried to pick bits of carrot or other (still recognizable) pieces of food to eat but it was like eating brine. I threw it away. This stuff could be used to de-​ice roadways or aircraft! Ugh!

I was drawn in by the claims of antibiotic– and hormone-​free chicken but underwhelmed at the execution — I can only speak of the salad I ordered — mixed wild greens with roast chicken. Plenty of mixed greens which is a plus, but the overall combination of flavors didn’t go together well (sounded better on the blackboard) — sun-​dried tomatoes, pecans, gorgonzola (?) cheese — and the worst part… the chicken was most definitely not roasted, very small portion, dry, with a weird soy flavor (supposed to be a balsamic dressing). I think they just threw some ingredients together and called it a day… I may chance this place again as others seems to have had better experiences with sandwiches and other items.

In searching Unilocal for a sandwich place near my hotel in Chicago, this place sounded better than most other options. I ordered the Thai salad and have 3 positives about that choice — huge portion, fair price and lots of pieces of chicken. The latter is nice because so often a salad comes with a few pieces of chicken on the top and almost none elsewhere in the salad. The negative — the salad was essentially tasteless.

The best fast-​food in the area ! It’s fast food but it’s 100 times better than any other place in the area. Food is fresh, and yummy. I have tried so many things never tasted something average. All the menu is amazing!
I love this place.

Excellent flavorful food, fast service, great location and light on the wallet. I had their Adobo chicken which was the most flavorful chicken dish I have had in the last year. Highly recommended. This is going to be a regular stop from now on on my Chicago visits.
Another added bonus, all meat is HALAL!

All I need to say is that anything with lemon chicken is fantabulous! I always get the lemon-​chicken with chipotle sandwich. It hits the spot every time and always cooked juicy and right. I order this same dish every time I go. Once I tried venturing away and trying something new… It just wasn’t the same. Anyways check it out, you will not be disappointed. Located in the food court in nordstrom mall and yes, it’s Halal !!

First time here! Great place to grab a bite to eat. I had the Lakeview Spinach salad which was really tasty without the bleu cheese of course. Nice place to eat at after a day of shopping at Nordstrom!

I love this place and go pretty much every time I buy lunch out. They have great variety and it’s all quality food: yogurt chicken with basmati rice. .. spicy frontera chicken pasta. .. lots of different sandwiches. .. and my favorite: an awesome spinach salad that’s fresh and delicious and probably the best and most healthful salad I’ve been able to find in the area. I get it almost every day. Everybody’s friendly and helpful, each dish is made fresh right there in front of you, it takes only a 3 – 4 minutes at most, and it’s super affordable. Thank you, Chick-​Cago Grille!

Love their food. From the salads to the sandwiches and entrees this place is great. If you look at the name of the place you may wonder what kind of place this is, but the owner is an Afghani guy who used to own the best Afghani restaurant on Devon Ave (it’s been like 10 years and there still isn’t a place as good). Anyway he uses his recipe on several items including Lemon Chicken, Devon Yogurt Chicken and more.
My go to item is the Southwest Chicken Salad with Lemon Chicken. You cannot go wrong with anything that has Lemon Chicken in it. He does charge $ 1 more for it but it is definitely worth it.

HALAL!
Ideal location! Right on the magnificent mile in the Nordstrom mall. How could you go wrong with all of those pros? We have visited this place a couple times now and they have changed their hours. We used to always go and see that it was closed. I would always end up angry and promise never to return. But thanks to my wife’s persistence, we walk in one fine summer day, she grabs their chicken chipotle sandwich and we were both shocked and happy at the same time. Good food, good service, and a lot of Halal variety. We have had the chicken chipotle as well as the chicken penne. Let me tell you, they do not hold back on the meat. The portions are great and the food is tasty!
If you’re ever shopping and need good food… this is a great place downtown in the heart of the shopping mile. Will definitely be going back!

This is a solid 3.5 stars for me. I wasn’t expecting very much when I walked in, but I ordered the lemon chicken for lunch to go. First of all, they give GIANT portion sizes. The $ 8 lemon chicken is basically enough food for 3 lunches. I got about half a dozen pieces of chicken, very moist and really flavorful. They add some cilantro and bruschetta on top, along with an awesome sauce. I actually got extra sauce on the side cuz I like my food to be flavor-​overloaded.
I’m definitely coming back here and trying some of the other entrees-​probably not the hot dogs or italian beef since I can just go to portillo’s, but the entrees seem solid.

Their hot dog is quite bad. The bun is stale. The hot dog is way shorter than the bun. They give you no fries. instead they give you nacho chips with no sauce. Once I ordered the wait was about 8 minutes for them to give you a wrinkled dog.
The $ 5 price sounds decent for a lunch, because this is downtown Chicago. But for a poor hot dog, without a drink, it’s overpriced.

This place destroyed and insulted the Italian Beef sandwich. I thought I would give it a try in maybe giving the Italian Beef sandwich a little bit of a twist but it tasted more like a revved up version of an Arby’s roast beef sandwich with some cucumber style sauce and the green sauce in the cup? Cmon what’s with that? And no this isn’t Jerry Seinfeld reviewing this lol. I should of stuck with my Coast Burger which is still my favorite place to go at this food court.

I’ll start with my biggest problem with this place: When you walk in the door, you are immediately attacked by 2, 3, or even 4 different servers. «CAN I HELP YOU MISS?» «CAN I TAKE YOUR ORDER?» «WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?» While some people may think that seems like good, prompt business, it’s nothing but annoying and rude when you literally JUST stepped into the place and haven’t even had the chance to look at the menu (or are OBVIOUSLY still reading it, like come on, give me 60 seconds to LOOK!). I’ve had to tell them «I’m still looking» so many times before that I’ve gotten too annoyed and just left without buying anything. It’s also the reason I avoid stepping into the place whenever possible, because I DREAD the in-​your-​face, pushy service.
On to the times when I DID grin and bear their annoying behavior:
Bruschetta salad: decent, but kind of wet tasting. I think the chicken was wet or something. But it was good.
3 cheese pasta without chicken: Good. That’s it. Watching them pull the wet noodles out of a big container sitting on the COUNTER and throwing some sauce and cheese into it is NOT appetizing, but it was a decent amount and okay taste-​wise. Though the container they put it in spilled all over the bag I carried it in.
Pizza: DO NOT ORDER THIS TO-​GO. It was literally a PILE OF MUSHY CHEESE by the time I walked the 2 buildings down back to my office. Gross. The crust was stuck to whatever plate they put it on and it wasn’t even cooked all the way! Yuck.
All in all, MEH. You can find much better food for the same prices elsewhere, including the other places in this food court :)

The three-​cheese chicken penne sounded awesome and I ordered up. I should’ve stopped the train when I saw the cook dip her tongs into a vat of hot water to pluck out chunks of chicken for my meal.
Alas, I did not.
Because the chicken had been soaking in water, it took on the texture (and taste, oddly) of canned tuna. The entrée tasted exactly like tuna casserole. Hey, I love tuna casserole. But not like this.

I’m very pleased with this place. Where else can you find a good bowl of homestyle soup for $ 3.50 in Streeterville?!
I discovered this cafeteria-​style eatery one day when I took a trip into the Nordstrom building. I’ve only had their soup and sandwich items, but all were very good. I especially liked the Lemon Chicken Basil soup! Service is fast and food is always served hot. And the menu items and specials can conveniently be found on a dry erase board outside the establishment.

I just went there for lunch. I don’t know what the last reviewer was talking about, it was no good. My salad was far from huge, it was in a big-​ass container with very little lettuce and veg on it. I got the bruschetta chicken one. There was lots of chicken, but it was tiny otherwise. The soup I got on the side was thing and watered down, really icky. I am eating my lunch right now at my desk wishing I hadn’t given this place a try.
Also, the check-​out person rang me up, had me sign, and I was like, where are the bags? «They are right there,» she said, pointing next to her, «and silverware is right there.» Really, you don’t have time in your empty place to throw my stuff in a bag for me?
If they want to last they need to kick it up a notch.

I’ve had a sandwich from here 3 times now, and I’ve finally made up my mind on how I feel about it. Nothing at this food court excites me very much, so when Chick-​cago Grille opened I was happy to have a new option.
First, let’s be honest… the name is dumb.
Second, the layout of the joint is so weird to me. When you walk in, you just kind of wander around until someone asks if they can help you. I’m weird about space-​planning and this annoys me.
Third, the sandwich I get is actually pretty good… turkey on focaccia. Yes, the chips are weird store-​brand tortilla chips, but over-​all, I like it. On Tuesdays, you get a sandwich, chips, pickle & drink for $ 7.50… not too shabby.
My only complaint is that sometimes I’m not so thrilled about the dude making my sandwich… like, get that hair up in a net already. But, I haven’t found any stray hairs yet, so here’s hoping.