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Hofbräuhaus Chicago
5500 Park Pl
Rosemont, Illinois, 60018-3730
United States
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Closed February of 2021
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Ratings by bcm75:
Rated by bcm75 from Illinois
3.94/5 rDev -1.5%
vibe: 3.75 | quality: 3.75 | service: 4.25 | selection: 4 | food: 3.75
Mar 19, 2016
3.94/5 rDev -1.5%
vibe: 3.75 | quality: 3.75 | service: 4.25 | selection: 4 | food: 3.75
Mar 19, 2016
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Reviewed by GoBearsWalter34 from Illinois
4.3/5 rDev +7.5%
vibe: 4.75 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4 | selection: 4 | food: 4.75
4.3/5 rDev +7.5%
vibe: 4.75 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4 | selection: 4 | food: 4.75
This place is a blast! Awesome real German food in a huge bierhall that plays live German Music. I also love the German beer. Super friendly people in which the Beir wenches will paddle your ass, and it does hurt! A must!
Jan 04, 2020Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
3.66/5 rDev -8.5%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3.75 | service: 3.75 | selection: 3.5 | food: 3.75
3.66/5 rDev -8.5%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3.75 | service: 3.75 | selection: 3.5 | food: 3.75
One of the anchors of the manufactured tourist destination of Park Place in Rosemont. They brew on site, and the brew deck is right behind the bar, in all of it's chromed glory. This place is huge, with an outdoor patio for 100, and seating for several hundred indoors. It's an isolated place and not really a destination, oddly enough no one I know locally has been here. Inside it's dark wood clad with a few deer heads, and HB decor sparsely around the place. At the bar, no staff was there for 10 minutes, but eventually there was decent service. A perpetual oompah band playing the hits, even with alpenhorns that were played on the bar eventually.
Food was pretty basic, not the best. Pretzel seemed frozen, the obatzda was mostly cheddary cheese dip which was weird, not the traditional camembert and onion. Glad to see schweinbauch on the menu but it was just pork belly with kraut.
Can't say I really enjoyed it here, but i'm not the target audience I suppose. You could do a lot worse in Rosemont. It was St. Pattys and there were a bunch of douchey middle aged tourists hollering at the bar to no one in particular. Seemed like the place to be for large tourist groups.
For authentic German food, check out Resi's Bierstube, Laschet's Inn, or even Das Radler. For a local brewery, Short Fuse is half a mile down the road. For the burbs, the Biergarten in Hoffman Estates does a lot more with much less.
Mar 18, 2018Food was pretty basic, not the best. Pretzel seemed frozen, the obatzda was mostly cheddary cheese dip which was weird, not the traditional camembert and onion. Glad to see schweinbauch on the menu but it was just pork belly with kraut.
Can't say I really enjoyed it here, but i'm not the target audience I suppose. You could do a lot worse in Rosemont. It was St. Pattys and there were a bunch of douchey middle aged tourists hollering at the bar to no one in particular. Seemed like the place to be for large tourist groups.
For authentic German food, check out Resi's Bierstube, Laschet's Inn, or even Das Radler. For a local brewery, Short Fuse is half a mile down the road. For the burbs, the Biergarten in Hoffman Estates does a lot more with much less.
Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
3.94/5 rDev -1.5%
vibe: 3.75 | quality: 3.75 | service: 4.5 | selection: 3.75 | food: 3.75
3.94/5 rDev -1.5%
vibe: 3.75 | quality: 3.75 | service: 4.5 | selection: 3.75 | food: 3.75
Traditional German style beer hall with capacity for 500 guests. There is also an outdoor beer garden and an event room. The quality of the beer was good but not great. Our server was very friendly and helpful. The selection of beers is limited 3 classic Bavarian beers and 3 seasonal beers. The food is prepared quickly, tasted good and the portions were generous.
Aug 25, 2017Reviewed by AmericanPaleMale666 from Illinois
4.28/5 rDev +7%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4.5 | selection: 4
4.28/5 rDev +7%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4.5 | selection: 4
Just what you would hope for from an authentic German brew house. You walk in to a small gift shop in the front. Prices are not outrageous. I picked up a Hofbräus mug that was expansive but I also got two of their 6 packs for 20 bucks so not to bad there although the bottles are 11.5 oz.. The dining area is a large open room with traditional pew style booths and tables and the bar over looks the room from the front. All of the servers are dressed in German attire and the whole atmosphere makes you think you've stepped out of Midwestern Illinois, over the pond and into Germany. Didn't try the food but I definitely want to go back to do so. Service at the bar was quick and all their brews on tap were delicious. Wide variety and selection.
Jun 16, 2014Reviewed by cnbrown313 from Illinois
3.8/5 rDev -5%
vibe: 4 | quality: 3.75 | service: 3.75 | selection: 3.75 | food: 4
3.8/5 rDev -5%
vibe: 4 | quality: 3.75 | service: 3.75 | selection: 3.75 | food: 4
The atmosphere is typical of an authentic German beer hall, complete with huge wooden tables and live music. The food was pretty tasty as well, I had an enormous soft pretzel and a sausage sampler (what else would you order in a German beer hall?) We had my dad's birthday party here once and it worked out great, due to the huge open
They only sell Hofbrauhaus beer (no guest drafts) and there are usually about 4-5 choices. The Original, Dunkel, Hefeweizen, and a seasonal of some kind are usually available. You can order either .5 liter or 1 liter drafts. I believe 1 liter was around $12, so it's not all that cheap, but there is just something fun about holding a giant liter of beer once in a while and the beer is all good.
Nov 14, 2013They only sell Hofbrauhaus beer (no guest drafts) and there are usually about 4-5 choices. The Original, Dunkel, Hefeweizen, and a seasonal of some kind are usually available. You can order either .5 liter or 1 liter drafts. I believe 1 liter was around $12, so it's not all that cheap, but there is just something fun about holding a giant liter of beer once in a while and the beer is all good.
Reviewed by Florida9 from Illinois
3.28/5 rDev -18%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3.5 | service: 3.5 | selection: 2.5 | food: 3.75
3.28/5 rDev -18%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3.5 | service: 3.5 | selection: 2.5 | food: 3.75
Hofbrauhaus Chicago is an official offshoot of the original in Munich. That said and having been to the original, this place is far more modern and far, far larger.
There are only four beers (maybe five, depending on the season) on tap. Not much of a selection considering the beers are all fairly close together in style.
Food is good. Not great. And a bit hit and miss. The Bavarian pretzel and the apfelstrufdel were both lackluster, but the roast pork, sausages, and kraut were all pretty good.
To cut to the chase, HB Chicago is an urban beer-hall for tourists. How much you enjoy the place is much less about how much you enjoy beer than it is about how much beer you're willing to drink. If you're willing to put down a few, listen to the live music and give up a little dignity, you'll enjoy it far better than if you go with a critical eye.
Prices are high. You've been warned.
Jul 28, 2013There are only four beers (maybe five, depending on the season) on tap. Not much of a selection considering the beers are all fairly close together in style.
Food is good. Not great. And a bit hit and miss. The Bavarian pretzel and the apfelstrufdel were both lackluster, but the roast pork, sausages, and kraut were all pretty good.
To cut to the chase, HB Chicago is an urban beer-hall for tourists. How much you enjoy the place is much less about how much you enjoy beer than it is about how much beer you're willing to drink. If you're willing to put down a few, listen to the live music and give up a little dignity, you'll enjoy it far better than if you go with a critical eye.
Prices are high. You've been warned.
Reviewed by TMoney2591 from Illinois
4.08/5 rDev +2%
vibe: 4.25 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4 | selection: 4 | food: 3.75
4.08/5 rDev +2%
vibe: 4.25 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4 | selection: 4 | food: 3.75
An old buddy and former college roommate was back in town and wanted to try this place out, so our local contingent was happy to oblige. It's a large goddamn German beer hall in the middle of the Rosemont entertainment district (took way too long to figure out how to traverse the massive parking garage to find the place), complete with live oompah music, long benches, and even a gift shop. This is one of the official HB locations, one where they brew the beer on-site. The selection is entirely HB standards, along with a seasonal or two. We visited just before the Maibock was tapped, so the Winter Weizen was the seasonal du jour, a tasty dunkelweizen. The beers are available in a few sizes, from a pint or so to a liter masskrug (AKA the only option, if you ask me). The food is solid German fare, with a pretty tasty take on sauerbraten (my go-to and barometer for German restaurants having had plenty of the good stuff in ze Fazerland). The waitstaff is genial, and seemed to know a bit about the beers (there aren't too many of them, so I assume it's easier than elsewhere), though the orders were occasionally mixed up, like when they gave me a Hefeweizen when I ordered a Winter Weizen, but I chalked that up to the noise from the crowd and the band. The prices are good for the beer and a touch pricey for the food, par for the course here in this part of Rosemont. Overall, if you wanna experience a slice of German beer hall goodness, head here and not regret your decision.
May 21, 2013
Hofbräuhaus Chicago in Rosemont, IL
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