Carmichaels Chicago Steakhouse

Went to Carmichaels with my sister before the blackhawks game. First impression was amazement at the number of blackhawks fans eating here. One nice service offered here is a shuttle to the game so you can park here for free have dinner and take there bus to the game. At $20+ for parking by the UC this is a nice added value. For dinner I had the blue cheese crusted Filet and we shared a order of fires. I also had a ice tea to drink. Normally I wouldn't make a big deal out of my drink but the ice team here is great. Probably the best glass of ice tea I have had. They also give you great bread to start off with a nice cheddar spread. The cheddar spread was a perfect match to the bread. My steak was perfectly cooked and had a generous amount of Blue Cheese topping. The blue cheese was also nice and creamy and not dry. My steak was so tender I could have cut it with a butter knife. Over all a very good meal. Only drawback was everything is sold ala carte. Would easly get 5 stars if the steak came with a side. Over all a great meal.

My wife and I went here for restaurant week.  Weather was crappy out so the crowd was pretty light on a Thursday night.  

Drinks: wife and a cabernet recommended by the waiter (who was fantastic by the way)... very very good cab.  I had a cocktail called The Ginger.  Awesome.  Mostly Maker's Mark and ginger pieces and ginger ale and orange.  Very very good.

Prix fixe menu: salad: wife had the wedge which she really liked.  I had the house chopped salad.  Kinda meh.  Didn't care that much for the raspberry vinagrette.  

Steaks: we both got the steak, medium rare.  Not the best steak I've had, but definitely a high quality piece of meat, perfectly cooked with great sides: asparagus done just right, potatoes, etc.  delicious.

Dessert: wife had the chocolate cake, I had the creme brulee cheesecake.  I thought my dessert was absolutely amazing.  My wife's cake was great too.

Overall, great ambiance, very very very good service (our waiter was definitely on it, very professional, great recommendations, really appreciated the service).  

I'm hesitant to give out 5 stars.... this wasn't a perfect place, but I think it's a great example of a quality Chicago steakhouse.  Worth checking out.

I had not been here in a couple years and always loved it. Went about a month ago and it was horrible, just horrible.  

The 8:30 reservation got us finally seated around 9:00, huge pet peeve of mine.  Once we were seated nobody came to the table.  It was about 20 minutes before someone took our order.

At some point there was a commotion at the table behind us, turns out a waitress dumped soup all over someone.  That helped pass the 45+ minutes it took us to get our meal!!

Our steaks were not even close to being cooked properly.  The cake for desert was frozen and tasted like it was straight out of a box.

I was hoping they were just having a bad night but based on some reviews here, looks like that is not the case.