Besides the Wait Staff... Soup of the day - creamy broccoli cauliflower was very pedestrian. Â Amish chicken had no taste. Â Israeli Cous Cous had an "interesting" brown sauce. Â Spaghetti squash was very fair. Â Can't believe there could be a worse place in town for the money! Â Better off with a Big Mac at McDonald's!
Review Source:Delicious Food, Fine Wines, Full Bar, Gracious Hoosier Hospitality, Talenting Chefs, (only closed on Mondays, Sunday nights, no early breakfast service any day of the week, and no Lunches Monday through Saturday), Great Location!!
But imagine, after paying for a Sunday Brunch... being intimidated by not one but two City of Bloomington police officers !!!
Is this the local custom for going out to eat?
It only takes "one bad apple (employee)" to "spoil a bushel of apples."
So sad,
... Max's Scout Services & Communications, LLC
dba D.A.D. Publishing & Associates in Indiana
July 14 and 15, 2012 A.D.
We made online reservations for December 23 asking for a specific table. Â Reservation was confirmed but not the table. Â I called to inquire and make certain our request could be honored, and I was assured by Josh that it would be so. Â However, when we arrived, we were basically told that someone more important than we had asked for the same table and we would be sitting elsewhere. Â Of course we left, never to return again and had a much better meal elsewhere.
Review Source:Chapman's used to be our favorite restaurant. Quiet, refined and comfortable with good service and food, albeit on the expensive side. The last two times we were there the food had really gone bad and the reaction of management to complaints was poor. So we haven't dined there for a couple of months now and may or may not go back.
Review Source:Holy cow! Do not judge this place by the few bad reviews on here. Chapman's has been around for a long time and it has a reputation for being good. I somehow think that no one bothers to go online and say so because they don't think it needs to be reviewed.
In my opinion, I had a great, upscale meal at Chapman's. I still cannot get over the fact that I lived in Bloomington for three years, drove by this place a million times, and never took the time to try it out until about a week before I moved. I am sad it took me so long to try it but I am happy for the delicious meal I had. I think we even went during all the graduation madness, and they still were willing to fit us in and provided excellent customer service and food. My boyfriend and I both had the filet mignon, and it was mouth-wateringly good. They also had an excellent selection of beers and wines to choose from. Do not be fooled by its rather bland exterior. This place is great.
In a town where most restaurants have 20 to 30 reviews, having only one review is telling you something. I just wished I would have listened. We went with a friend who claimed to have a good experience, he must have gone on an off night. The evening started with a new bartender serving gimlets ordered up, on the rocks; to compound her error when the drinks were returned she simply pour them into a new glasses leaving the party with warm, watery gimlets. The blue cheesecake appetizer served with spinach would have been better served warm and with more blue cheese. Most of the meals were satisfactory, but not outstanding. When our party of eight went to order a second bottle of wine we were twice told that the bottle we selected was out of stock, disappointing for a small wine list. Of course when the bill came the gimlets which we returned were still on the bill. Maybe it was the summer crew that was on in a college town devoid of students and thus their regular staff, but what a disappointment.
Review Source:We dined here for a group graduation ceremony and the experience was awful. The entire meal was cold, it took far too long to receive service, and little acknowledgement was made for the poor experience. I recommend you spend your money elsewhere and I'm very upset with our time. It tool over 20 minutes to receive water, then to ask the server for more water? Come on. We had good expectations but I am sad to report the 2+ hours we spent there was awful.
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