The Ivy Lounge

Absolutely NOT for this place! We came here specifically for their ½ priced tapas on Friday night and the special doesn’t even exist. The following is posted on their website and Unilocal page:
Rooftop Specials:
Tuesday-​Sunday:
*$ 20 Corona Buckets
*$ 5 Daily Vine Summer Cocktail
*$ 10 Absolute Lemonades (20 oz)
*$ 10 Bacardi Mojitos (20 oz)
½ price tapas until 8pm
When we go here, we asked our server about it and she had NO clue what we were talking about and had to «go ask the kitchen.» Then we were advised they were not doing the half off tapas anymore so we just ordered whatever we wanted with the understanding it would be full price. Then she comes back and advises that the kitchen is not even making tapas anymore as they are trying to «take it off the menu.» Ummmmm, why is it on the menu in the first place if it doesn’t exist???
To top off the experience, their drinks are rather weak, so our $ 60 tab was SO NOT worth it.

I guess if you’re going here the day of a Cubs game you need to take it for what its worth.
Upside: Location. Great and the rooftop was fabulous. Nice and open. Really pretty.
Downside: Service was awful. The female bartender sat there the whole time complaining and swearing that some other bartender left and she had to work on her birthday. There was another cocktail waitress there who kept coming to the bar to get drinks who just seemed miserable.
It was pretty windy that day and (if you were) sitting at the bar you were getting pelted with flying plastic shot glasses etc. There was a large fan blowing next to a huge plant and the wind kept knocking over this huge industrial fan into the plants and branches. The only people that went to catch the fan were customers that were getting hit with it .
The music was only playing on one side of the rooftop so if you were on the side by the street you weren’t really hearing anything.
This place has potential. but a LOT to work out before it gets more stars.

Ambiance: Outstanding. With the weather turning, there are few rooftops that seem to capture a better sense of lighting that lets you enjoy the skyline and summer air.
Service: 1 bartender on a Saturday night at 10 pm. Started out with maybe only 15 people on the rooftop, but predictably towards midnight that crowd grew to around 35 – 40. The bartender was doing her best, but unfortunately all of the other servers/​bartenders punched out and then sat down at the bar (a group of 3 of them or so).
For a place trying to be a little more upscale then your traditional Wrigleyville bar, how is that acceptable?
Music: We were there for about 2 hours. We heard a loop of 5 songs, which each played 3 times while we were there. That may be a first for me.
It was frustrating because this place lacks the attention to detail that could make it a destination. I get that the workers can be frustrated from dealing with Wrigleyville drunks, but there’s no reason to half ass your job on a Saturday night at primetime.

Wow… Words cannot explain how bad the service is in this establishment… I love Casey Morans but the ivy is way different. We came in on a Sunday and had a good crowd but it was anything crazy. Servers were non existent. Server was frazzled all night and it was difficult to order drinks let alone get the correct beer. It took more then an hour to close out our tabs!
The ambiance is really nice but the service was awful and I probably won’t go back to this rooftop.

LOVE the décor. It’s soooo nice and posh. However, still attracts the same crowds as other Wrigleyville bars. Once the Cubs game lets out, it’s full of drunk fans. Horrible service too. Very slow!!! Took an hour for food and it was same ol blah bar food. Bartenders had no personality. EXPENSIVE!!! $ 37 for two Bud Light bottles and 3 lame shots.

Very chic for Wrigley. It is about time, there is something age appropriate to sip a cocktail and grab some brunch. Will definitely be back at my new fave.