The Berghoff Restaurant

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Top 1% of restaurants in Chicago
7 / 10

6 expert reviews

“Fabulous 1870s building, home to a pale remnant of Chicago's oldest restaurant. Go look before they demolish it for condos.”

– Not For Tourists

Frommer's Frommer's
"A Chicago landmark, the Berghoff is housed in one of the first buildings constructed in the Loop after the Great Chicago Fire." Full review
Zagat Zagat
3.7
"A "sentimental favorite" where "honest, generous" eats and drinks take you "back in time"." Full review
Gayot Gayot
12.0
"The menu has been updated (actually quite Americanized) with mushroom panini and the like, but for the safest meal, stick with German favorites, such as sausages, sauerbraten or schnitzel." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"The bar still pours Berghoff beer and root beer, the kitchen still slings Wiener schnitzel, sauerbraten and the like, and the crowds still pack ’em in." Full review
Where Where
"One of Chicago’s oldest restaurants, this classic 1898 bar and downstairs café is a popular spot for lunch, dinner and after-work drinks. L, D (M-Sa)." Full review