Dicks Last Resort

The service was friendly but slow I had to get up and ask for sauce and when it came time to collect the check I waited for a bit then got up to ask for the check. The drink menu is trickery and EXPENSIVE!!! 30 $ for an average tasting drink is ridiculous! The manager laughed when I complained. I would not recommend this place to anyone! I wish I had never stepped foot in this place. As I left I noticed a rat scurry by the front door EEEEEK! GROSS!!! DO NOT EAT HERE!!!

There were four of us at my table, and it was our our first time here.
Pros– There were the infamous funny hats which meant good laughs.
Big drink cups, so you don’t really need a refill.
Our waitress was funny, and did not cross any lines.
Cons– Food is expensive, which you can expect in the city, but not extraordinary. It is your average chain restaurant quality.
Also it was Very loud, and I could not hear others at my table.
Menus are on the walls and very hard to read. The appetizer menu was worn out and sticky.
Overall, very grimy and dirty. Paper all over the floor but I wonder if it was meant to be that way?
I probably won’t be back but it made for some good memories.

Had a great time and food was great. Awesome service from Vince aka Scarlet. We will be back.

This was my second visit to this DLR. On my first visit, it was during the summer of 2013. We sat outside and view of the marina was exquisite. Right after we sat down, an order of fried pickles arrived. We didn’t order them, and figured it was some sort of complimentary thing. No, we were charged for them. The waiter, in true dickhead fashion said «why did you eat them if you didn’t order them». Oh well, it’s a good thing that I liked them. It was actually the first time that I’d ever had fried pickles and I’ve tried them several times since then, and I must say that DLR had the best fried pickles. My main course was a grilled chicken salad and it was on the small side. So if you don’t order the salad and not a appetizer too, you might walk away hungry.
They start by giving us drink and appetizer menus but then we sort of waited on the entrée menu, then learned that the main menu is on the wall, or if your table is away from it, they’ll bring a standup menu, just look around. The waitress explained the menu and she was snide, without being too rude. I decided in king crab legs and then later learned that they were out… grrrr. I wanted seafood. I started over in my decision process and decided on the appetizer platta, actually I split it with my daughter. She was going to order chicken wings anyways. The platter came with wings, which she swore were the best she’s ever had, I had one and thought it was good, just not the best I’ve had. It also came with fried pickles, and we know what I think about those, chicken bites, celery, and mozzarella sticks. The mozzarella sticks weren’t very warm, but there was no way in Hades that I’d send them back at this place.
I had the specialty margarita and it was very weak, especially for the $ 30 price. The prices of the drinks aren’t on the listed on the menu, which I absolutely hate. The waitress said that I could keep the souvenir plastic cup that it came in, but I left it because of the walk back to the hotel. The last time that we were there the glass was an actual glass and the waiter offered to wrap them and put them in bags for us… maybe the actual glass was extra, but I don’t remember that they were.

Family went here expecting funny hats and a good time. Waiter was seriously rude without being even a little funny. Mostly gross or truly mean, especially to the teenage members of the group. If you like to feel bad this may be the right choice for you, otherwise stay far away. (No one should be wearing a hat with the word «pube» on it while you are eating — other choice insults included: man-​hands, touching yourself to Disney movies, making fun of one girl’s braces and another girl’s breast size) Food was expensive and bad. Place seems dirty. Worst experience in Chicago that I can remember. Don’t bother, not even as a last resort.

This place is pricey and not good at all. I mean if this is your last resort then I rather go to McDonalds. I’m allergic to sea food & this place deep frys everything in the same oil (WTF?) if I didn’t ask about this I would of been in the ER. How does a restaurant deep frys Shrimp & French fries with the same oil? So after the waiter narrowed my option to just one… I had chicken breast with rice & corn. My chicken tasted like dirty burnt grill. We all left unsatisfied. The cross contamination with food is super dangerous. If you have allergies like me… Don’t even order French fries because they are deep fried with shrimps in the same oil. Unbelievable

Redheck version of Ed Debvedics. Rude wait staff that will have You laughing your butt off. Food is good But nothing special, a must visit for fun.

Dick’s is a fun place with a fun menu and fun staff. The food is typical sports bar, with perhaps a slight Cajun slant. Menu prices a fairly high, especially for dinner.
I had the catfish bucket for lunch, and it was tasty, if a bit pricey for what it was.
Dick’s works hard to create a divey environment inside, and it’s made easier by the fact that the Marina Towers are getting a bit divey themselves. However there is a great view of the river from both inside and the extensive outside riverfront patio.
My server was friendly and helpful, and the kitchen was quick. It’s worth a visit if you’re looking for a place to get a drink and sit by the river.

What a big waste of time and money. The place is filthy and very expensive. The food is sub par at best. With so many choices in the area you should go elsewhere.

We came here at the request of my husband. He swore that it was going to be like Ed Debevics, but I swore it wasn’t going to be like it. I was right.
It’s a pretty crappy place. Service is crappy and they intend it to be. But you can have «crappy service» and still have service. They literally did nothing for us. The waiter sat us at a table on the inside. It was sticky and not clean. He didn’t seem terribly interested in cleaning it either, and just slapped napkins down on the table for us to clean it ourselves. It’s pretty touristy, but I think Ed Debevics is a better place. At least there is decent food and they do their job as waiters/​waitresses.
Nothing is vegetarian on the menu, except for the drinks, so that left one of my friends with nothing to eat. Everything is overpriced and everything is typical bar food. There’s nothing on the menu that you couldn’t find at the average chain restaurant. The view is great, if you can get out there on the patio.
He came by for drink orders and I asked if they made mojitos. He said no and left. My friend asked for a vodka tonic and he just laughed at her and walked away. Fifteen minutes went by, and they didn’t bring anything out. Someone else came to our table and told us he was our server. We were like wft? Who was the first guy? So… we left and took our business somewhere else.

I went here Saturday and I was very disappointed. The waiter took the being rude act and run with it, meaning at one point he wasn’t even funny I felt embarrassed. I felt he was being very racist especially when it came to making our hats and the things he wrote on them. For my hat he wrote «I have human hair on layaway «and for my boyfriend’s hat he wrote «I hope this place accepts link». I felt as if that’s not even funny and he was stereotyping us because we were African American.

Even though the view gets 5 stars the restaurant doesn’t. We are from out of state visiting Chicago and wanted a drink close to the water. We were completely taken aback by the way the servers acted, the terrible food and how we were treated. As were the people next to us. The servers had gross sexual remarks towards everything. Yeah maybe we didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into but after the way we were treated I understood why the place was empty.
The view is amazing! Chicago is amazing! This restaurant was a bust!
Ps. Even our hats weren’t funny

This place is ridiculous but I don’t mean that in a bad way. I honestly can’t even remember what I ate, but I remember it being pretty typical bar food — not bad though. The waterfront location and lively ambience make it a fun outing, especially for a special occasion like the bachelorette party I was part of! As you probably know by now, the kicker is that the staff is «rude» and you get paper hats with offensive/​embarrassing writing on them. It’s definitely a unique experience and a place to visit at least once.

This is a great place to take your low expectations. It’s touristy. The food isn’t great… The live music is nice. The view is great. I’ll keep going back. As I do every year. A tourist in my own city.

This place was great. The atmosphere was fun, crazy and great change from the «normal restaurant» experience. The drinks were great, I had the mango drink which was strong and good. The front bartender (with the ponytail) was too funny. He was not holding back lol Great view of the Chicago river. Wonderful house band too. My hat was funny and true lol The only reason I didn’t give 5 stars was because the food wasn’t that good, dirty floor and dirty bathroom

FUN! Drinks were reasonably priced. I got a big big beer for $ 7 which isn’t bad at all. And order chicken tenders which were pretty solid.
Its just an entertaining place to me and perhaps on a super sunny day, may even be one of the more affordable places right along the river!

Extremely disappointed. We went here expecting to have a good time with the well-​known rude service that comes with the experience, however, our server seemed quite unorganized and failed to even place the correct order for many members of our group. In addition to leaving out several food orders, the servers gave people the wrong food.
When we consulted the manager, he was very rude and unaccommodating and even insulted several members of our group. Regardless of their reputation for «rude service», such comments were unnecessary in a serious situation.
There is a fine line between «rude service» and poor service. Will not go back here ever again.

Most of the appeal comes from the rude service with the vulgar paper hats they give to you. I enjoyed it but i can see how it might not be for everyone. The food itself was all right, not a whole lot of options and there’s no paper menus, only a chalk board which everyone has to crowd around to see, i got the crab cakes which were pretty good. For apps we got the sampler platter, all the things on that were good, and then the gator bites, which were ok but were mainly crumbs and not as much actual bites as i would have liked. They do have a very good beer selection though. and the deal with getting the specialty glass is cool, which I did. Also has a great view of the Chicago river. Overall the experience is fun and beers, might be better to just go to drink

Dicks is a difficult place to review, because so much of your experience will depend on your server. Our was GREAT! It is a fine line they have to walk, being rude, fun, and still accommodating.
The food is pretty basic at high prices, some with the drinks. You pay for the experience.

If you want to be treated like the black sheep of the family you have to try this place out. I will have to say staff is witty when it comes to joking around. Have thick skin here.
Drinks are okay, nothing special, prices are high but they serve a lot.
Tried the chicken fried chicken and it was decent, fried breast of chicken on top of jalapeño gravy and mashed potatoes.
Sat in the patio area and it was okay. Can get extremely loud. Place needed a sweep but I guess that is how they are suppose to be.
I have seen one in Las Vegas and I don’t think I would like to experience it again, hey it’s fun if you do it once they said…