My fav out of the Rosemont bars by far! Yes its crowded. Yes its kind of pricey. But what do you expect?! I LOVE the DJ on the weekends (although I know lots of people say he plays the same music.. at least its a good mix!). I love that the drinks are reasonable even though you most likely wont get drunk of them. But hell you can pregame and go. I recommend getting their around 9ish on thru-sat if you want a seat. Other wise you'll be stuck standing most the night which isn't a big deal either. Love the out door are in the nice weather. I also enjoy the staff. The management is always running around helping the girls it seems. Even though its really busy the girls are VERY fast pace and check on us often. I always end up here on the weekends and recommend it over the other locations. Also no cover charge for those of you not sure. And the garage parking is free past midnight :) And the food is pretty good as well. Nothing amazing but worth trying.
Review Source:Note this review is for the bar and entertainment... no food.
I came here after the Hofbrauhaus closed at 11pm on a Monday. I has customers with me and wanted to entertain them a little longer. 2am qualifies. : )
So, if you want to drink until late and walk safely to your hotel, you can do that here. The beer and liquor selection was quite fine. Bells Oberon wheat beer from Michigan was my choice... Bells is so damn good... what other choice did I have? LOL
The entertainment when I was there was karaoke. It was hopping. There was a good mixture of songs being sung and most folks did pretty well... no sonic bombs. I enjoy watching the average jane and john give performing a try.
The service was solid. The place had a ton of people and separate checks were common in the small groups. My beers came quick and my bill was right. That is about all I can ask for.
I would give this place 3.5 stars, but I had to take off a little for something our waitress did that bothered me. Â I came to this bar with four other friends, arriving around 11 p.m. on a Friday night. Â We had no problems getting in. Â It was pretty crowded so after we looked around a little bit, I grabbed the first table I saw, even though it was in the corner. Â After sitting for a while, we realized the "windows" unzipped and when it's warm it would be outdoor seating. Â We all agreed we should come back to experience the outdoor atmosphere.
We ordered: a pitcher of frozen strawberry margaritas, a pitcher of regular margaritas on the rocks, and a guacamole to share. Â I enjoyed the strawberry margarita and the guac was okay. Â One of the guys in our group ordered the fajitas because he was starving. Â He got a large portion that he had trouble fitting in his three tortillas. Â The service was fast and the prices were good.
The reason I knocked the rating down: Â We came here upon knowing that they were running a special, $12 for a pitcher of margaritas. Â When we sat down, our server informed us of the same deal. Â Great! Â We got our bill and it informed us the strawberry margaritas were $2 extra. Â $2 isn't a lot of money but I was mad that the waitress didn't inform us there would be an extra charge for anything besides the generic flavor. Â The menu didn't indicate this and I think our server should have mentioned it. Â It could also use more than three bathroom stalls.
Remember when this area only housed Muvico? I come back a year later and there are these crazy looking bars everywhere. Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill?! Where am I?
Anyway, I wanted to watch a movie, but we ended up having an hour to kill, so, we had to pick a place to sit outside and get a drink. The Irish pub? The German Hofbrauhaus? No, and no, and definitely not anything to do with Toby Keith. The clear winner was the place where lizards like to drink margaritas.
One of the nice things about Adobe Gilas is that their patio is on the second floor, and overlooks the big green patch that used to be an ice rink (and also the highway). Oh, Rosemont. But, it was beautiful out, and one of the few days of the year that I will actually voluntarily sit outside for a drink, so J had to take advantage.
The drinks menu isn't organized too well, and can be a bit confusing. There are drinks you can order where you get to keep the girl in a bikini glass. There are giant margaritas with 2 Coronas stuck in them. I opted for the 14oz. frozen strawberry margarita, which was perfect for the day. J's regular margarita on the rocks was no good though. Also, the chips and salsa needs to come with more chips. Always more chips.
I had an enjoyable time. Service was friendly. People were yelling at the TV (Bulls game). The sun was shining. The temperature wasn't too hot. I can only imagine what this place becomes at night - I was there on a Saturday afternoon and it was pretty quiet.
Boy did I feel my age in this joint.
My friend's 22 year old daughter recommended Adobe Gilas to us for dinner. Always up for something new (we're not quite THAT old), and fans of Mexican food, we gave it a shot. We walked in and realized that someone wished upon a star for a Mexican Hooters, and his dream came true in Adobe Gilas.
First of all, it is much more bar-like than restaurant-like. They have a billion kinds of tequila, their alcoholic drinks come with Crazy Straws, and one of them came in some sort of bikini souvenir glass. "Souvenir glass" is definitely something we left behind in the 90's. Â Sanka, anyone? Wow, maybe we are *that old*.
The waitresses wear a Hooters-like uniform of shorts and tank tops, but unlike Hooters they don't have to wear pantyhose, and I am sure they are grateful for that. My old bag self was cold and kept my jacket on. We had an absolute sweetheart of a server...and I am happy to report that she was not sporting a bumpit (unlike others). Â We were interested in their tableside guacamole and put that order in while we decided on our entrees. So the guacamole guy came over to do his thing...it is ridiculous how cute he is. I almost asked him if he is in One Direction. He made us some awesome guacamole. I think I'd like to adopt him. Pass me my reading glasses so I can fill out the forms.
I ordered a Cuban pork French dip sandwich and my friend got steak enchiladas. The food came out maybe a little too quickly (we were still working on the guacamole) but it wasn't a huge problem. My friend loved her enchiladas, and my sandwich was fabulous. Â The fries that came with it were a bit bland, but they weren't bad. I could really go for another one of those sandwiches right now. Brought over by the guacamole dude, preferably.
Still feeling like an old bitty, Adobe Gilas is loud. L-O-U-D. They have a stage so I assume they have live music later in the evenings. I can only imagine how much my ears would hurt if we stuck around for when it gets all club-like in there. Maybe  bumpits double as ear plugs?
The bachelorette party girls a few tables over were starting to spill their drinks and make high-pitched noises, and that was our cue to head out. Â We both liked our food so much that we'd definitely go back, but maybe lunch would be a better time for those of us who have hit the next plateau in life. Isn't guacamole good for crow's feet?
Well. That was 3 hours of my life that I'll never get back.
While I was on my way here for a co-worker goodbye party, I did think of Nichole K.'s review that she had posted just days before. I did not have a say as to where this little soiree would take place, so I tried to be optimistic.
First impression: the decor. I don't get it. It's like the product of Ed Debevic's one night fling with Chi Chi's. What is it? Mexican? Armericana? And nice, stupid music, by the way. A Rolling Stones song was immediately followed by something by Phillip Phillips (or whatever his name is). Um. Sure. Maybe it was just the alcohol. Wait........NO!
It COULDN'T have been the alcohol, silly! THEY DON'T PUT ANY IN THEIR DRINKS!!!!! I swear to you, my three girlfriends (who are also my co-workers) and I put away two margaritas in about 32 minutes and felt...........nothing. Another girl across the table had a gin and tonic and reported it was pretty much just tonic.
We agreed we would take advantage of their $1 taco special. Blah. I got two chicken tacos. I could have made better. And I don't really cook. The guac was pretty good.
To add insult to a no-buzz injury, I got lost in the damn, stupid parking garage. The people who constructed that; had they never heard of SIGNAGE? For F*** sake! It just compounded my disgust.
Mexican isn't my all-time favorite cuisine. I like it alot, but don't ever crave it. After this night, Taco Bell excites me more. In fact, I'd sleep in their parking lot if they started offering margaritas. No way they could be worse than the Kool-Aid slush shit they charged us for at A.G.
Stay. Away.
OK, I have not experienced the "late night havoc" that many of the Yelpers seem to have - my experience is limited to a request for some gift certificates to be included in a door prize raffle and a lunch around 2 in the afternoon.
As for the gift cert request, I approached all the businesses in the Rosemont Entertainment District for them and Adobe Gilas was among the most responsive. Totally accommodating and helpful. I was so pleased that I chose to try the place out for lunch on my next visit.
For that lunch, I ordered a frozen golden margarita and their Monday lunch special, fajitas (I went with steak). At the $9.99 lunch special price, the fajitas were a good choice. They come with three flour tortillas wrapped (almost too tightly) in aluminum foil. The flavor was pretty good and the portion adequate. At the usual price ($12.99, I believe), I wouldn't have been as enthusiastic. The margarita was OK - I've had better and worse. The plastic cup that it comes in kind of detracts a bit, but low overhead is a bit of a theme throughout the restaurant.
Kim has assisted me on both visits and has been outstanding - great personality and really pleasant. I'll be back - though likely not too late at night.
Went on a Saturday night and it was pretty packed. Very frat-boy-ish with too much hair gel in one room. That aside, the food was pretty good. Had the fish tacos which came with expertly made rice. And my friend had the shrimp po-boy which had some good flavor to it but was way too salty (and the french fries sucked).
All-in-all it was okay. Out of all the restaurant bar places to go to in that plaza this one was fun but I felt a little too old to be in there after 11 pm and I'm not even 30 yet.
I don't think anyone could really praise this restaurant/bar/club/whatever it is with a straight face.
I'll start off with a pro: The server we had was very quick and sharp. She managed to split our bills (we had a group of 10-12) with zero confusion, even though we ordered multiple drinks, apps, entrees, and kept getting up and moving around. Kudos to her. Since this place appears to be more of a bar than restaurant, I'm sure the staff has to learn quickly to deal with large groups of socializing drinkers...I was just impressed with how well she kept it together, all while being friendly.
The queso fundido was a great app for a group. You get a huge bowl of it and it is not oily whatsoever. Plus, when you polish off the queso, you can eat the bowl, since its a tortilla bowl (my favorite part). We ordered guacamole instead, but we were jealous of our friends who ordered the fundido.
Things go downhill from here. The drinks are overpriced and iced down. My husband ordered a pitcher of margarita on the rocks with the well tequila, since the special was $12. The pitcher had soooo much ice in it, we were both only able to get 1.5 small cups of margarita out of it. Fairly disappointing. But it was only $12, right? Wrong. Our server charged us for a Patron pitcher, so it was $20. Yikes. We probably could have asked her to correct this, but kinda wanted to get out of there so we just sucked it up and dealt with it.
I ordered pork tacos, while my hubby ordered enchiladas. We both agreed, the food was tasty...but wow was it overpriced for what you get. I received three small tacos with some beans/rice, and I wasn't really full. He had two enchiladas, same story. Why were both of our entrees $12? They certainly were not worth it.
Five beers later (4 Coronas, 1 Dos Equis), our bill was close to $85. Ouch. It's not like we were ordering premium beer, and we barely had a buzz. AND, we weren't full. It just seemed like a lot, considering what we ordered and how we felt.
Our friends ordered a fish bowl...I'd steer clear of that. Just order drinks. The fish bowl had SO much ice in it, if it were mine, I would've complained. It was laughable how much ice they put in there, how was there even room for 3 drinks? I think you'd probably get more booze/beverage from a pitcher, and that's not saying a lot.
In general, I think this place caters to birthday parties, bachelorette parties, cougars, and the sort. There were a bunch of loud groups there doing shots and pounding fish bowls...is this place trying to be a bar or a restaurant? I know what it is: a tourist trap! It's alongside other places like Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill, Hofbrau House, and Lucky Strike...all totally overpriced hellholes for out-of-towners to spend money at and buy a t-shirt from. The complex looks like it could be fun, but have fun navigating the parking desk and trying to figure out where to go (not the restaurant's fault, but the complex's fault). The servers will comp your parking pass, be sure to remember and ask for it.
I would never choose to go back here. It's loud, out of the way, and full of obnoxious people who think they are the best thing to ever happen to this planet. But hey, you can get a souvenir glass that is shaped like a buxom woman in a bikini.
BAD!!! The only reason I went there cuz my horned dog brother in law wanted to see the skanks that work there. The specialty drinks in the novelty glass barely had any alcohol... I though she gave me a virgin. The wings were  over-fried and brittle that I couldn't  tell if i was chewing the meat or the bone. The carnitas were the same...looked like saw dust. I love how the waitress told us that it was going on that past Saturday nite that a fight broke out. Really?! I'll pass on the bad service, horrendous food, and bar fights.
Review Source:No. Â Just...no. Â My husband and I came to grab some dinner (and margaritas?) after a Wolves game and got DENIED entry because of what we were wearing (he was in sweatpants, we had on t-shirts and hoodies, hats, etc.). Â Apparently, after 9 pm Adobe Gilas turns into a club. Â Who knew? Â I mean, I understand having a dress code at a certain point, I GUESS, but when I walk into a restaurant for dinner at 9:02, and I look into the bar area and see nothing but people dressed down (and eating the guacamole that should be in MY MOUTH), yet still get denied? Â No. Â This place officially has the infamous Nichole shun. Â
It's not like Rosemont Park is that great to begin with, but with bourgeois places like this (who don't have the right to even PRETEND to be fancy)? Â I may never come back at all.
Came here a couple of months ago. The food is okay kinda expected better for its price. The environment is different kinda fun like a nicer chilis. At this place turns into a pseudo club filled with all sorts of people. It gets packed, although it gives off college campus bar but not in a good way especialy since it is in Rosemont. Compared to its other Rosemont bars this isnt as classy, nice but can more fun with bigger groups! Deff gotta go back in the summer!
Review Source:Adobe Gila's, a white man's vision of a Mexican cantina. Good luck even finding the place or trying to maneuver the maze that is the garage parking. The layout of the parking garage is indescribably frustrating, you have to experience it to believe someone actually put time into designing it as something other than a terrible joke.
The bar's decor is laughable, the music is terrible, the drinks are gimmicks that are more sugary sweet than alcoholic, and while I didn't try the food, the guys next to me said it wasn't anything special to be paying as much as they did.
-1 STAR = Decor
I walked in and was met by a strange vision of a Mexican cantina. The single bar area was some sort of tin shack theme. I mean stereotypes were abound, including a lowrider bicycle hanging above a set of stairs. The walls were filled with Dos Equis man cut outs, corona advertisements, I mean everything that screams Mexican with none of the authencity.
-1 STAR = Music
I believe music should be the draw of any good bar. If you go into a certain place you define yourself by the type of music you play, sure you can switch the style from night to night; but the vast differences in styles of music left me confused. One second I'm dancing to Kanye West, next comes on latin music, next is the Cha-Cha.... Where am I?
-1 STAR = Drinks
I paid $18 for a Chumbucket Fishbowl. It was a concoction that was spit out of what looked like a horchata dispenser you'd see at a Mexican place. 84oz to myself in about 20 mins left me more with a stomach ache than a buzz. The sugar was overwhelming. After tasting the frozen magarita in a pitcher for $12, I had enough. The secret of a great drink is a good mix between acidity, sugar, and alcohol. Light on the alcohol and heavy on the other two makes for a bad combo.
Bottom Line: Adobe Gilas tries to be everything to everybody, and maybe it's working for them because the place was PACKED. But it wasn't for me. A lack of class or distinction puts you in a group I'd rather not go to.
I hoped this place would be better than it was... Fill one hand with hope and the other with sh... well you know how that story ends!
The drinks are completely watered down and over priced. If a human can drink an entire pitcher of margaritas pass a breathalyzer test with ease you are not putting enough Tequila in your pitchers of margaritas. At twenty dollars for a pitcher I expect a decent amount of Tequila.
The clientele was all over the board from your wannabe cougars to wannabe thug nastys. The music was as all over as the patrons. There would be three country songs followed by rap. It was just weird.
We were seated in was what the corner of the outside patio. This would have been prime on a June night but in mid March it kind sucks because they have plastic walls that move with the wind! It is generally cold outside so they had the heat blasting and depending on which seat at our table you were at you had a coat on or were sweating. The seat/stools they have absolutely suck.
Our waitress was great; very attentive and chesty.
The food was what I would consider below average for the price. Not bad but not worth the money.
The parking lot is a pain but at least they validated my parking.
All in all, I have no intention of going back unless there is an insane special or they actually put liquor in there drinks...
Unfortunately, there just aren't too many good things I can say about Adobe Gilas... well, maybe one thing. Â The location is good. Â Its centered at the new Park at Rosemont, overlooking the ice skating rink (which I think they turn into a soccer field in the summer?) and the new Hofbrauhaus. Â It is located on the second floor, above Toby Keith's.
The restaurant consists of a bar area and all high-top tables (from what I could see.) Â Some of the chairs had very small "backs" while others were just stools. Â Not very comfortable to sit in.
The menu seems... confused. Â Yes, they have "Mexican" fare, but they also have burgers, chicken sandwiches, and buffalo wings. Â I wasn't really sure what to make of it.
We ordered the table-side guacamole, which was actually pretty tasty. Â It was not served with enough chips though. Â (Also, what type of Mexican restaurant doesn't have complimentary chips and salsa on the table?)
I ordered the steak tacos, which on the menu boasted either corn or flour tortillas, avocado cream, cheese, and cabbage slaw, and pico. Â A few items of note: Â 1. The server did not ask if I (or anyone else) wanted corn or flour tortillas. Â She asked one of the four of us if we'd like a side of guacamole with our tacos, but not the other three.
I was pretty much stunned when the entrees arrived. Â Three very flat, barely full, flour tortillas, lifelessly thrown into a basked with a scoop of rice and beans (mixed together, not separate.) Â Like I said, the tacos were pretty slim. Â Maybe a 1/2 ounce of meat? Â No avocado cream. Â Lettuce, not slaw, and I couldn't tell if there was cheese, or if the tortilla was just gummy. Â Basically no taste whatsoever. Â
In a nutshell, Adobe Gilas is sub-par institutional food. Â It wouldn't even be blasphemous to say you can get better tacos at Taco Bell.
I like coming to Adobe Gilas. The drinks are OK, they are definitely watered down, and the food is alright, nothing to rave about. The place does get really busy on the weekends, which is expected of any place out here in the MB entertainment district. It is, however a fun, chill place to hang out with a group of friends to catch up and have a few fun drinks. So, don't be expecting world class Mexican food and top shelf drinks, but this place is definitely fun and I would recommend it to others.
Review Source:So this is my first time here and I went with some friends for an Adult Night At Last, no kiddies outing! Â It was the only place around the Rosemont area that can accommodate 20 of us for dinner. Â If it's the first time coming here, you'll get lost cause you have to park in a parking lot. Â But when you eat in the area they'll comp our parking stub. Â
The place itself is in front of the ice skating rink which is pretty kewl. Â You have to climb about two flights of stairs to the restaurant. Â We sat against the wall in a long booth chair with high tables and separate chairs on the other side of the table. Â It was a perfect location, close to the stage where a DJ was setting up.
I have to give our blonde waitress Amanda 4.5 stars on her service on a Saturday night! She was very attentive of our party food, drinks, cleaning up our table and she was also so nice to break out our bills per couple even though we were a bigger party. Â Really she didn't make a pissy face about it! Â
We ordered the following:
-Spicy Guacamole appetizers creamy with a kick and the serving bowl was also edible. Â They just needed to add more chips, if you ask for more it's $1.00 more for another batch of chips.
-Lizard Legs but really they're chicken wings. Â We had the Traditional Buffalo Style. Â Nothing special, it was kind of dry actually (over cooked).
-I got the 3 soft shell tacos with Mojo Pork. Â I asked for Corn but ended up with Flour soft shells. Â I complained, Amanda was apologetic and got me a new plate of food with corn soft shells. Â The shells were single shells not double that you would get in a Mexican restaurant. Â She also allowed us to keep my flour tacos so of course my friends devoured them:)
-The rice mixed with black beans that came with my meal was flavorful. Â The 2nd batch with the corn soft shells tacos was way better than the floured one. Â They gave me more meat and juicier. Â I think they knew they messed up so they made it up to me, good job guys!
-Hubby got the Blackend Mahi soft shell tacos, he liked it but the mango salsa was a bit too sweet for him but the fish was nice and flaky not overly cooked.
-My friends next to me ordered the Sizzling Fajitas with Char Grilled Steak and Shrimp. Â The portion was really for 1 person not 2, sad face of her hubby.
This place was packed and so busy that night that they ran out of actual margarita glasses, really you ran out?  So we ended up with margarita in a plastic cup...boo lost one star there!  Their cups were flimsy too that we spilled 1/2 of it on the table...oh Amanda what's with the cups?  She again apologized and got us a new cup of margarita but in another plastic cup, but hey we got to  keep the 1/2 that was still left in our 1st cup!
The place was loud, reminds me of Hugo Frogs or Margarita-ville. Â Semi dark and they played pop music and then clubbing type music once the DJ starting spinning.
The crowd for dinner seemed a bit older but when the DJ started spinning, the crowd looked like in their twenties, ah to be that young again! Â The stage/dance floor was a bit small but great way to squeeze in and dance with someone you likely but not look like you like them ya know. Â They had flat screen TVs around the room showing mostly sports. Â There was a huge bar in the back and another set of tables in a semi open area that looked brighter than where we sat.
The drinks were pretty good, some of us ordered frozen drinks in a Souvenir bikini glass and yes guys you can keep the glass:)
Overall, not a bad experience. Â It's really a place to be "seen" there was even a long line outside the door for people to get in and it was 11pm and COLD outside burrr! Â
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The food and drinks are just OK. Â Nothing that I would go out of my way to come back here. Â
I wouldn't really bring a 1st date here, again it gets really loud. Â It is a good place to hang out with the guys or the gals and go wild and crazy loud, isg, isg isg...wanna drink and dance the night away!?!
I came to Adobe briefly for one Friday night.
The Rosemont area is accessible by train from the Blue Line. Â We usually get off at Rosemont and walk to the local bars. Â
While at Adobe we had a fish bowl that is deceptively intoxicating. Â Be careful and don't drink to fast as you can't taste a drop of alcohol in it. Â But I can tell you there is and it will hit you without warning.
Gilas has a small area
This is a 2.5 for me.
Pros
-a variety of alcohol such as frozen drinks, margaritas, fish owls, beers in pitchers, etc
-lots of other places around in regards to night life
-free parking after 12
Cons
-so cramped! Hardly any place to stand or dance
-music selection varies
-small bathroom with only 3 stalls
-what are the wristbands for? Creates unnecessary wait in line
-uninspired decoration. Such bland wall ornaments along the wall by the women's bathroom.
When we arrived, unbelievably cramped. The dance floor had to be cleared periodically. The bar is so huge that it takes up a large part of the place. The tables could be arranged so that they take up less space and so that people could actually walk through.
I've never been to the rosemont area for drinks before. There's plenty of other places available. I'd hit the other places first.
I had already read the reviews and I wasn't too excited about this place besides the fact that we were going for my cousin's birthday
Our server, I thought, was great. She had a super unique name that I forgot, doh!
I ordered a pitcher of something that is like a Coronrita(?). The drink was watered downed and half way through tasted like Corona on the rocks. I don't know, I didn't really enjoy it. Then someone came to clear off our table and took my drink. Luckily our server brought me a whole new pitcher, which I was hoping would be better...not the case. Other people we were with ordered the Fish Bowl drinks and drinks that came with souvenirs and they all said the same thing...that their drinks tasted watered down.
I liked the music they played while were there for dinner. Â We've come on another night for their night life and I'm not a fan of it. Â Again, I like the music and there's no cover to get in but it's super hot and gets very, very crowded in there. Â I mean shoulder to shoulder crowded. Â I don't like places like that. Â I'm not freshly 21 or a sardine. Â I believe everyone needs a little bit of personal space and Adobe is lacking that.
I'm waffling between 2 and 3 stars...
I was staying at the Aloft hotel very nearby on Super Bowl Sunday, so a coworker and I walked over to get some dinner and expected the place to be hopping. Not the case at all. We were there for two hours and there were never more than 4 tables occupied in the whole place. Kind of telling...
So apparently this place is known for their tequila and not so much their food. They like to serve alcohol and almost added the food to the menu as an afterthought, thinking the drinkers may want a little snack.
Because of a clear lack of vegetarian options, I ordered a quesadilla, which actually was supposed to include chicken, but I requested it without. It was served with pico and sour cream, and I paid $1 more to add guacamole, which the server said was housemade and very good. The quesadilla arrived and I wish I had thought to take a picture. It was ridiculously tiny and looked like something a child could make in the microwave. The guac was good, though and worth the extra cost. I also saw some reviewers complaining about their pico de gallo, but I liked it. It was fresh and I ate it with a fork when I was all done with my quesadilla.
My coworker ordered 10 boneless wings that were on special that night. She said they were extremely dry and tasted like they had been frozen. She ate only 4 of them and did not want to take the rest back to the hotel. She also ordered a house salad, which looked great. It was iceberg lettuce dripping in cheese and their pico. After I finished my small quesadilla, I ordered a house salad too. Yum yum!
After finishing our less-than-satisfying dinners, we decided we wanted dessert. There are four options here and we went with the chocolate nachos, which are tortillas cut into triangles, deep fried, covered in cinnamon sugar, drizzled in chocolate sauce and served with vanilla ice cream. The tortillas weren't as hard/crispy as I'd expected, which is good! The chocolate sauce tasted extremely chemically, if you know what I mean. Overall, meh.
Service was great! I wish I could remember our server's name, but she was wonderful. She was new, but wasn't afraid to go ask her manager if she didn't know something. She was chatty, but didn't linger. She kept our water glasses full all night. I did think the restaurant was pretty chilly, but that might have been helped had it just been a little fuller.
We did not order any alcohol, but the best part of our dinner was the $2 house salad? That is pretty silly!!
I wish no stars were possible.
My boyfriend and I came here for a quick bite before our movie. We were cutting it short on time, so we were ready to deal with those consequences. Thankfully the 1 star is all on them!
We came and got seated in that heated patio area. It took our server a minute (too long) to get there to ask us what we would like to drink. The signs said they have 30 beers on tap, I believe, and when asked what they carry she sighed a sign of annoyance and grabbed a drink menu. (Not even close to 30 beers)- which isn't an issue, but it added to the over all annoyance of the whole experience by the end. We asked her to put in our food order first in that case while we deliberated our beverage.
Chicken and pepper-jack quesedilla with a side of pic-de-gallo, lettuce and sour cream for me, and a chicken sandwich for him. She went to put in the order and just didn't come back. I guess the friends she invited that were there for their discount were more important. She didn't even bring any water.
Fiiiinally, she remembered she had a table and came back to see if we needed anything. We ordered a beer each that was new. I ordered some IPA, and he took a Belgian. The beer and food came pretty much at the same time. She handed us the beer, the runner handed us the food and she was gone, not to be seen until we had our bill to pay. Also, not a fork to be found.
The "meal" was heartbreaking. Last time I checked, pico-de-gallo is more than chopped tomatoes!!! Also a quesedilla should probably not only be filled in the very little tip. It's ridiculous.
The chicken sandwich apparently wasn't too great either, because the sauce wasn't Mexican style but curry based....... hm???
And finally, if you are going to try and be a pretentious bar/restaurant and compete with downtown, clean your taps. I guarantee they have not been cleaned since opening!
Also, the band does not need to be screaming into the microphone- or at least put down the volume in the location. They are supposed to set a mood and keep up the ambiance, not make me choke on my food.
Not going back.
I really like this place. The only thing I have a slight issue with is how difficult it is to move around in there when it's super busy. Any fun place is gonna be crowded like that, and the good things about the bar make me wanna keep coming back. First of all, the people watching is fantastic. The drinks aren't too ridiculously priced. The music is decent. There's an elevator to get you to the bar, and it isn't for handicapped people only! If you're too drunk, or a lazy fatass like me, (or both) you can take the elevator back up to the bar after you've smoked your outside. This bar is definitely one of the more fun ones to drink at in the entertainment district. You should check it out.
Review Source:I stopped in with a colleague for a quick bite to eat on my way to O'Hare for a late night flight home. This is more a bar than a restaurant, offering several varieties of jumbo-sized drinks to bring a buzz served in a souvenir glass to take home. I was tempted to try something out of the souvenir bikini glass, but followed my better judgment on that.
The food was OK at best. My colleague and I shared an order of buffalo wings that were way overcooked and relatively small. I ordered the mojo pork quesadilla - it came accompanied with pico de gallo (well, I use the term lightly. It was really diced tomatoes with bits of onion. Nothing like the pico de gallo we get at home). The pork was tender, tasted OK, but rather under-seasoned for what I was expecting.
The fact that they offered $2 domestic drafts and they are within an easy walk of several area hotels for us business travelers bumped them from two to 2.5 stars. Since I can't award half a star, I rounded up because they had some good live music tonight. That's my prerogative as a reviewer, right?
Do NOT go here for dinner! So terrible. Me and my boyfriend came here for dinner before watching a movie at Muvico. I had already been to Toby Keiths and I was curious about the food here. The place itself is cool enough (especially in the summer) to go for drinks (although I had a fruity margarita and I felt like I was drinking sugar), but do not have dinner here! Please!
Also, like every bar in this Rosemont square, the music needs to be turned down about 5 notches. When it's 7pm on a Wednesday night, I want to be able to have a conversation. Thanks.
I'm glad I actually ended up finding my way to this restaurant because let me tell you, going through the parking lot which leads to this restaurant  is a bitch and half. I don't want to sound overly *damsel in distress* but I straight up felt like a lab rat. So if you find yourself lost on the way here consider that to be a positive note because eventually you'll fumble into the right place.
Overall, I loved it here. It reminded me of Uncle Fatty's in Lakeview because they too provide humongo fish aquariums full of booze-except it's a bit bigger. The stellar margarita pitcher specials drove my friends and I in-$10 for a large pitcher of speciality ritas plus a $1.50 extra shot? Hell yes. I'm really not a fan of margaritas 95% of the time, but I slurped these down like like there was no tomorrow-they tasted like candy. We ended up getting the blue rita and our extra shot came in a plastic shark figurine -it was so freaking cute.
Our waitress was super attentive but hey- we were great customers. I ordered an upside down pineapple cake shot and an oatmeal cookie shot- they were amazing. One thing that kind of cracked me up that I'm just putting out there, not deducting points, but the soundtrack was hysterical. It went from N'SYNC to Celine Dion's christmas, to Christina Aguilera, super nostalgic 90's jams, very fun to belt out when that big ol' rita's kicking in. The crowd was fairly young for the most part-mid twenties early thirties-ish?
Overall, this place served some damn good drink and the atmosphere is fun. I will definitely come here again for the great prices and quality of beverages.
These guys are terrible with their DJ's
They made me "tryout" for from 11pm-3:30am on a sunday night. I didn't get paid, the manager Matt didn't even say thank you and on top of that I has to pay for the 2 beers that I drank! WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!
Other than that this place is always packed on weekends, city prices on drinks, filled with beautiful women.
Very very meh and ok. The guac was overly limey which isn't a problem for me but it was for my friend and I recognize  its not for everyone.
The servers were overly attentive like to the point of being obnoxiously attentive with someone stopping by every 5 mins. I like a mix of attentiveness and "leave me the eff alone" so I can have a conversation without being interrupted every other sentence.
I left here thinking that I don't need to do that again and the bar atmosphere isn't really my thing, kind of like Spring Break except without the beach, bikini's and its in ya know  Rosemont instead of some place actually fun and exotic.
I wish I would've read the reviews about the directions- it took my bf and I 45 minutes to find the place (coming the NW 'burbs) and literally ended up in a trailer park before giving up and calling Adobe for directions.
Other than that, I love this place! It's a hidden gem! I loved the drinks, atmosphere, service, and especially the outdoor seating. It's a mini-downtown without the parking hassle.
My favorite part: live music and the humongous drinks- the fishbowl and the beer margaritas ( You can keep the glass!)
Downside: Chips and salsa were not as delicious as I would've hoped and it's hard to have a conversation, but once we were able to get a table outside, it was 10x better.
Bottom line: if you want to avoid downtown but still want to have fun, Adobe is totally worth visiting and it's great for a girls' night (open until 4 am)! There are also other bars in the ET district and there's even a Zanies- most have outdoor seating.
I can't wait to come back and I would def. recommend checking it out!
SPRING BREAK!!! WOOOOOOO!!!
Okay, nobody was actually yelling that - but you could have filmed a Friday-night scene from this place and slipped it in with the MTV Spring Break footage and you'd barely know the difference. From the drinks served in plastic cups and the denim cutoffs-clad staff to the oh-so-dirty dancing that was taking place seemingly anywhere - this place screamed barely legal co-ed party.
This was the kind of place my early-2000's self would have gone crazy for - loud music, strong drinks, and a party-all-night kind of energy. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy myself - the pretension-free vibe made me want to check my inhibitions at the door and just let loose, which was actually really refreshing! I just wasn't sure how well I...fit in. First off, I'd be willing to bet that the average Adobe patron has just recently gotten the 'Under 21' flag removed from their ID. Secondly -- I felt over-dressed in, well, jeans. Misfit-feelings aside, Adobe did provide the perfect (albeit not conducive to conversation) soundtrack for dancing the night away.
Oh, and if you're looking for the cool kids - they're skin-to-skin on the tiny dance stage, maximizing their dirty-dancing potential.
Bottom Line: As one of the establishments in Rosemont's came-out-of-nowhere 'Entertainment District' that doesn't charge cover - it's worth a gander if you're looking to drink and dance (and your fancy party dress is at the cleaners). Â Avoid ending up in a trailer park (literally) and pop the Muvico address into your GPS instead.
Went here for a friend's birthday on a very busy Friday night. Had a little trouble finding the entrance to it -- turns out there was a waiting line a half mile long just to get in the joint! We blew right past it thinking the line was for another bar/restaurant next door. Luckily we stumbled upon an unassuming entrance around the corner that apparently no one else seemed to know about. Walked right in. Score!
Adobe Gilas is essentially as advertised. A loud, cantina themed establishment with blaring music and people who have no problem stepping over (or on) you to squeeze in to get a place at the bar. Not exactly a place conducive for intimate conversation, like on a first date or catching up with an old friend. It is LOUD and CROWDED. Period.
We managed to get a table after waiting around for quite a while. We weren't seated, we just grabbed the next available table that the busboy had barely started cleaning. Our server was fantastic; she was highly attentive and informative of the menu/specials. She also happened to be an old customer of mine at MY work, so that made things fun right off the bat! She took great care of us. The food and drinks were enjoyable, but nothing so out of the ordinary as to make me want to return again and again.
I give the Village of Rosemont major props for investing a lot of time and money into really refurbishing their nightlife scene. The Muvico next door is a huge draw, as is the new Rivers Casino that opened up within the past year. I would like to return, but primarily to check out the other surrounding venues. Unless I'm in the mood for an 84 oz. fish bowl of alcohol, well then that's an entirely different story altogether...
I love this place!
I feel the ambience is great for a girls night out. They have outdoor seating, live music, and specials everyday. I've been here about 3 times, and all times we received excellent service - especially from Leah who is this friendly girl from Ireland. She got our chips and salsa for us even though it was self serve! Of course, it tends to be busier on Fridays and Saturdays so get there early.
My faves so far on food are the coconut shrimp and the steak fajitas. They have $1.50 tacos and self-serve chips and salsa every day from 3-8pm Mon-Fri. The tacos are not the greatest in my book because the chicken is dry and I personally don't like beef tacos. My favorite salsa out of the habanero, mild, and corn salsa is the habanero salsa - it has a bit of a kick to it but the flavor is pretty good!
Parking is a bit confusing if you are not a regular at Muvico, but once you figure it out it'll be easy. And adobe gila's validates tickets! woohoo!
To make things easier I guess I will walk you through the easy way of getting to adobe gilas when parking at the garage.
1) Enter the parking structure by going up the ramp - enter the side that says "general parking"
2) Try to stick to parking on the southern side of the garage (hope you're good with your "never eat sour wheat" directions.
3) Take the stairs or elevator on the south part of the garage to the first floor so you're facing ALOFT- (not the northside which is going toward muvico)
4) Walk through the bottom part of the garge toward muvico (walk north)
5) About halfway you will see an entrance to Rosemont's park - walk up the little ramp
6) Once you enter the park through those doors adobe gilas is to your right and up the stairs!!!!
Oh and their alcohol is super strong!!!!!
It felt like we were drinking jungle juice in a fish bowl with super long straws.
Overall 5 stars in my book because we had excellent service, good food, and a crazy time.
FYI - if you're giving the address for someone to get to adobe gila's - don't bother!
Just give them the address to Muvico - or else they'll end up in a trailer park.
This could be a great place for some summer day drinking with friends!
They have happy hour $1.50 tacos and a salsa bar + a 2nd floor patio seating. Sounds like a good day drinking place to me. They also have fishbowls! My favorite! I was just at lunch so I decided to be good and opted for a Tijuana Tourbus which has 3 of their frozen drinks combined! Sidenote: if you don't want the souvenir bikini glass you can get it in a regular cup and save a whopping 75 cents.
To eat, I went with my typical "mexican" plate. Enchiladas! They had char-grilled chicken, which seemed like the safe choice. However, I also saw mahi as an option....I really didn't know how that would be. I always get chicken. I asked my waitress about it and she said if I wanted I could do one of each. Perfect! Also, glad I did. I actually really liked the mahi, if I were to go again I would just order the mahi. My dish also came with a little side of rice with some beans and tomato mixed in. It was nice.
Overall, it was pretty decent. I don't know if I would be craving this place or running back but for wandering in - it was good!
It's nice to finally see some bars in the Rosemont area but they can do better than this place. When I first saw this place from the outside I was impressed. I thought it was a mid twenties to thirties, dress nice type of bar. Instead it is infested with 21 year olds and I'm sure plenty of people with fake ID's. It's the style of a bar that you would find out in the really far suburbs. All glitz with little to offer. The prices are mid to high end city of Chicago prices. The food is generic not authentic or original. The vide is scattered as if they don't know what type of bar they want to be. The service hasn't been good when I've been there. In fact, me and a friend walked out after ordering a bucket of beers and we waited 15 minutes and the waitress ignored us.
That brings me to the point that the staff seems inexperienced and the layout is crowded. Late at night lines form and even though I'm not a smoker they wouldn't let people outside to smoke unless they wanted to wait in a line to get back in.
This bar should be replaced.
This place is not worth your time. I like the atmosphere of the place, especially the outdoor seating. However, that's were the list of likes ends. While the service wasn't terrible, they did get my order wrong and then when they brought out the right item, it had everything on it that I had wanted excluded.
The food was just terrible. I can't believe they actually charge people for that crap.
I started off with the chips and salsa. The chips they gave us were small broken pieces, barely enough for dipping. Â The salsa was definitely from a jar. It was just awful, tasted like Pace salsa. It's not that hard to make home made salsa, so I knew from that moment that the food wasn't going to be much better.
The $9 quesadillas came with nothing. That were as bland as can be and you had to pay extra for guacamole and salsa. My wife paid the dollar extra for the guacamole and it was just as bad as the salsa.
Thankfully, we had a buy one get one free coupon or else I would have been pissed. Even with the free entree we overpaid. Definitely never going back there. I really want to see this area of Rosemont succeed but not if they are bringing in restaurants like Adobe. Save your money and go to Maria's down the street for some real Mexican food.
From the moment I walked in, I started to second guess my decision to eat at Adobe Gila's. Yep. I should have trusted the reviews that were already on Yelp. When it comes to food, drinks (other than bottled beer), and even the waitress' uniforms (???) - This place could not have it more wrong.
I came during "Happy Hour" which runs 4-8 M-F, and offers $1.50 tacos and a self - serve chips/salsa stand. Cute idea, but the chips were stale, and the stand itself was a mess.
Unfortunately we had to sit inside due to the 95 degree weather, though it might be a much better experience on the patio.
We also ordered guacamole, which our waitress said was "Freshly made" - More like out of a jar, one of the worst I've had at a restaurant.  We both had the  $1.50 tacos, which was a huge mistake, although I shouldn't have expected much. My friend also had a margarita, which she said was watered down and tasted cheap.
The only redeeming quality of this place is the service, our waitress regularly came  back to ask if we needed anything, and was very apologetic when i sent back my beef tacos and ordered a burger (which was decent, and on the house as well)
All in all, I wouldn't give this place my business again. If you're looking to grab a drink after a movie across the street- there are several other choices that are a whole lot better.
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