Charcoal Oven Restaurant
| Address: | 4400 Golf Rd, Skokie, IL 60076, USA |
| Phone: | +1 847-675-8062 |
| Site: | charcoaloven.net |
| Rating: | 3.9 |
| Working: | 5–9PM 5–9PM 5–9PM 5–9PM 5–10PM 5–10PM Closed |
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Jeffrey Butzow
Menu with no details of what to expect or what youre going to get. Noodle and cheese block was tasteless and weird. Cheese tasted like bad oil. Salad had way too much dressing and lettuce with 2 tomato chunks? Lettuce was rusty as well. Steak finally came after 30 min lag after salad. Zucchini in a tray and Butt steak sitting by itself on plate. Steak was cooked to perfect rare but supposed to be bourbon" but absolutely tasteless. I get to eat a tasteless steak with zucchini? Had 2 bites of steak left and waitress comes out with small dish of potato chips? Would be nice if they came WITH the steak! On top of bad food is a nasty, dated decor. Only 2 other groups in the whole place. Wonder why? Oh and it was $38 for a steak? Wouldnt mind the price if it was even Outback quality? Should have gone to Gibsons. Awful.
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Samantha Foreman
What did I like about this place? Absolutely nothing! The sign says fine dining but is was unfine dining. The lights kept flickering during our meal, i thought the power was going to go out. I think that this place is overpriced for the mediocre food that they serve and the sides that they give you werent cooked evenly. I wouldnt recommend this place to anyone unless they are looking for overpiced crappy food. All the reviews that gave it 5 stars in sure were employees in training because there is no way this place is even one star let alone 5 stars.
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Rick Schneider
How is this place in business with such great options in the area? The service was really really slow but thats because they are staffed on a Friday night with 1 server who is overworked not bad. One hour in we got our salads which we felt was a major accomplishment! Dinner has come and gone and while the lamb chops my wife had were good the Greek chicken was marginal at best. Im left with a bill from a good restaurant with a Burger King taste in my mouth. And how hilarious the owner copies and pastes offensive replies to these review. So sad.
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Joseph Bejm
Bad customer service plus long wait for food I ordered a lamb chops medium rare and got well medium more on well side. My wife ordered a chicken liver. Most of the liver was burn. They were black. When we where ask how was a dinner I told them and show them what it was. I did not get sorry from the manager or owner or anything else. Prices are high for what you getting. Like we got potato chips and few vegetables for sharing. I dont know how any one can go back. I would be stupid to do so.
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Kevin Owings
I like to try new places. I took my family here this place has a friendly family Owens restaurant in Rome Italy nice they took good care of us they give us food was on the menu for our son they didnt have a childrens menu but they made it happen. And the owner came over me today us at our table and greet at all the other tables talk everybody super Family Place I will definitely be back
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RC Lopez
Not impressed. The interior is old and musty. The dust in the fixtures is so thick, you could chisel it off. Food was okay. Nothing spectacular. At the end of the evening we were given a tomato on the pretense that it came from somebodys garden . . . although it looked, and tasted like it came from the Jewel up the street.
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Robert Pick
Wow! This place was fantastic! We took a chance and made a last minute reservation. The food was fantastic and the service outstanding. They are right it is what a restaurant used to be and should be! We will 110 per cent be back. We found a new favorite place. We were very surprised in a good way.
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David Polk
A vintage dining room combined with tasty BBQ and Greek comfort food should make for a cozy experience. Certainly some diners looked like they were regulars, but the amateurish, if nice, wait staff caused the experience to be just uncomfortable enough that we wont be among them.
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James Sebastian
I had the brook trout which was nicely breaded and very tasty. The service was prompt without being overly clingy and the food came out in a reasonable amount of time. The price was a bit high for what you get which is why Im rating it 4 instead of 5 stars.
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Richard Stilwell
My family has been enjoying this family owned jewel for over 50 years, during which time consistently excellent food and service have been the norm. Highest recommendation possible.
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Frederick Kardatzke
Delicious food paired with a friendlier time. Slow food. Great people interested in food pairings. Wish their website had an email address to send food ideas in need of pairs...
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Jerry Larson
Limited menu. But everything is fresh and of the highest quality. Reasonably Priced and a real family atmosphere. You gotta try this place
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Marius Eugen
Very good food but so so expensive. Ugly inside but the same time nice. Something combined old and new. More old. Inside small old to
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Paul Pabst
Awesome food, everything from the bread to the chips to the rack of lamb, am definitely going back. Great ambiance too
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Kt D
You wouldnt think it from the outside but the food was incredible! A little pricey but definitely worth it.
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A Private User
Its hard not to get a kick out of this place, the owner gave us a bag of garden vegetables when we left
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Skokie Slim
Excellent steaks and atmosphere. Owners are friendly and make you feel like coming back.
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A Private User
excellent steaks & fish. owners are very friendly. well worth the trip over.
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M Frankel
Old school! Great food, 67 years in business? There is a reason!! Do it!
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Ryan Snedigar
Just dont do it. We wanted to see what is was all about. Gross.
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Michael Topel
Delicious, classy, cool, kitschy, love it. A gem.
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Gabriel Kim
Its soooo good
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Nereida Romero
Awesome! !!!!
