Best Open Kitchen Restaurants in Des Plaines

Excellent experience as always. We have NEVER had a bad meal at Wildfire. Will always consider Wildfire for dinner in the future. Birthday celebration for my wife was special and all staff appreciated for their part in the evening. Our waitress was outstanding!

Wanted a place to grab a decent meal before heading out for the rest of our Valentine's Day evening. They had a dinner for 2 deal that included appetizer, soup or salad, entree and dessert for 69.00. We had the shrimp app, an amazing cheese soup, both had the sirloin (cooked to perfection!!) that came with garlic potatoes and fantastic green beans almondine. Truly it was as good of a meal as we usually expect from an 'upscale' restaurant. Our server was on point as well! Dessert was an over the top bread pudding AND a type of chocolate lava cake that was filled with chocolate mousse. Everything was perfection - except to find out that the desserts are not on the regular menu haha! Would definitely be getting those next time we come back.

Excellent and PROMPT service and seating. My reservation was the exact, intimate corner table with window view as requested. Did not wait more than 3 minuets for our cocktails/company apps/bread. Food was cooked to perfection (they KNOW the difference between a medium/med-rare/rare cut), and the amount of suaces/topping available are stellar. Server was charming, not pushy, and incredibly attentive. Savory place to savor again in the near future!

My wife and I had a wonderful Valentine's Day dinner. Our server was very helpful and knowledgeable of the preparation of every item on the menu on which we had questions. Even with a packed dining room, he kept checking in with us to make sure that all was good and made sure that we had a lovely evening. The food, as usual, was excellent. I had prime rib and my wife had branzino. Both were excellent as well as the salad, bisque, mushrooms and au gratin potatoes.

Chef Mark and the whole team are incredible. The food and atmosphere are fantastic. Always a 10/10