Elia Chicago

1938 W Division St, Chicago
(773) 770-3658

Recent Reviews

Alexander Sloane

Great service, great food. Hidayet the general manager was absolutely amazing! What a great experience. Definitely great hospitality and ability to handle larger parties. Thanks for a wonderful dinner! Definitely recommend this place for any occasion.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Baklava, Rack of Lamb, Hummus, Celery Root, Zucchini Fritters

İsmet Çevik

First time here, took a long drive to try it. Absolutely worth it.The pumpkin desert was also delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

murat serbest

This is a really really so nice restaurant. Great service, great food. I really enjoyed the my dinner. It's ws scrumptious. The bread was so good and fresh! And I loved the wines too. Must go back to explore more menu options.

giovani hernandez

I want to start off by saying it is a beautiful restaurant, but the service and food lack so much. As I was dining I was the only customer in the restaurant and the entire staff was literally staring at me eat at the bar ? I am quite handsome but it was a bit annoying. As for the food, ive never had beef tenderloin so terrible. The meat tasted as if it was drenched in lighter fluid and the veggies werent even cooked. Would love to recommend, but it is a big no from me.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 3

Shaolin McVey

Always come for the Baklava if you tryna treat yourself good ?

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Baklava

yunus kuloğlu

Food is delicious. Atmosphere is awesome. Staff is great and hospitality is more than great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Complimentary Bread and Oil, Hummus

John Cody Vinci

Only suggestion is to bring our appetizers first, wait 10 min, then bring entree. Great experience, cocktails and food, thank you!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Michael Damato

This place always seems to draw much less of a crowd than neighboring businesses, including another Mediterranean place steps away and I think now I understand why.The atmosphere and ambiance are good, food is fairly priced and they have pretty good drink specials that go well into the night. But I think this place tries to sell itself fancy to its detriment.To build on that, the food, while not bad, was underspiced. The lentil soup really could have used some basic spices, but with the way this place is set up I'd feel awkward asking. Not a single table had salt & pepper as if it was super fine dining where you'd be committing a faux pas to question how the kitchen spiced something.The cocktail I got was great and the dipping bread was good as well though again I felt like the oil could have used some spices and the top of the bread could have used something extra.This place is by no means bad, and hopefully they'll be able to turn things around as the summer rolls in. Additionally if you want something that is lighter this may be the place for you.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Complimentary Bread and Oil

Susan Reilly

Went to Elia for the first time last night. Not sure why we missed this spot as we have been dining on Division for a long time. Loved the atmosphere. The ambience and bar are really lovely. Roomy yet still a cozy feel with beautiful light fixtures. The food was delicious. We had small plates, great salads and an entree along with a very value priced Malbec. The waiter was extremely attentive. Not sure of these other odd reviews but we will return to Elia as our night was really enjoyable and the food and ambiece were equally enjoyable. Post-pandemic was hard on restaurants and finding the right service staff but Elia seems to have its game down to us.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Trisha Koors

Absolutely love this place. The entire staff makes you feel like family. Their menu has so many options, i've been able to try something different every time. You could make a meal out of the appetizers as they have generous portions for being considered tapas-style.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Handmade Tagliatelle, Crispy Dumpling, Handmade Lobster Ravioli, Fried Calimari

Samantha Sangerman

We had a wonderful dining experience here. Staff was very attentive and our server, Denise, was very welcoming. All the food was delicious especially the saganaki and the chicken kebab. The tzatziki and short rib flatbread was also very good. Highly recommend this place, it is also stunning inside.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Brittney Edel

First and last time going to this restaurant. My girlfriend and I were the only ones in the restaurant. Ordered the falafel salad without dressing. My salad came out with dressing on it so I quickly said something and had them remake it. The salad itself had one cup of raisins and one cup of corn. Barely any actual salad. With some weird store-bought in a bag version of guacamole. The avocado guacamole mess they put on. It was definitely not fresh nor made in house. The falafel was also store-bought. There's no way that was made in house. They're very small pieces and are not crispy. No I know why this restaurant was so empty compared to everything else around it on a Saturday at 3:30.Do not recommend. If you want true Mediterranean, go across town to Andersonville and try Andies!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Paul Halliday

Really not worth it. Wanted to like this place but the service was rough. Only 8 tables were seated but that seemed overwhelming for the staff. They didn’t have a good grasp of the menu. The drinks were very medicinal tasting, notably the passion fruit drink which tasted like a Hall’s cough drop. The zucchini fritters were actually our favorite thing. The braised short rib was lackluster and the wheat berries tasted off. Pappardelle was tasty but nothing special. They charged us for a drink we didn’t have as well and had trouble fixing it. Overall would not recommend for the price.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

LaBelleMonet

We were the only ones dining here @ our 4:30PM reservation. It was peaceful. I was very saddened that the vegan risotto was discontinued leaving no vegan entrees. There was a second one as well I don't recall when I last dined here. They now only have vegan starters, so I had the lentil soup with bread that was delicious, however, it was not filling unfortunately.

Delicious Brunch - great cocktails, great coffee, highly recommend the pastrami omelette and the Nutella pancakes! The team there were delightful and it's a beautiful space. Also very children friendly.

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