Disgusting!! Well I'm an idiot and was hungry during a delay so I'm thinking "Oh, I've had Goose Island (the restaurant in Lincoln Parkish area).. This will be good". Wrong!!
The service sucked. The siracha wings with wasabi aioli sucked. Everything was wack. Go to McDonalds and call it a day.
Decent, but obviously not as good as the original on Clybourn. The menu is different and catered more towards an airport rather than a brew pub. The draft selections are just the usual suspects, nothing special compared to the Clybourn or even Wrigleyville locations. I just stuck with the Green Line as that was the only "unique" draft they had. The turkey sandwich on ciabatta was pretty good though and the service was friendly and attentive. Prices are obviously inflated though due to the location...
Review Source:We were sitting at the airport ready to start our vacation and needed a few beers. This is the only place to go in the terminal so you really have no choice but to stop here if your looking for beer and food. It is very expensive. I got 2 beers(one 22 oz and one 12 oz) and my bill was 15 bucks....yikes. but the price you pay for going on vacation!
Review Source:Meh.
Overpriced airport food. Â I was hoping for good pub fare but this was not it. I ended up having a beer, which was nothing out of this world.
Considering it's Chicago, this terminal needs better options. I have absolutely no problem paying good money, for equally good food. But this, like most airports, is your run of the mill highway robbery. You're better off buying two bags of trail mix and downing a few martini's before take-off.
Stopped here to grab a bite that didn't involve stepping up to a counter. This is the only place in this terminal to get a non-fast-food meal so we had no choice. So, we walked in to grab a bite. We had plenty of time to sit and eat. We grabbed a table and were please to see that there was a breakfast section on the side flap. When Angelica came over to take our order, we asked for a couple of breakfast items. She bruskly told us, "lunch". Huh? So we pointed to the menu with the breakfast options and again said we'd like breakfast. "lunch only" she replied. We suggested that the breakfast times should printed in the menu to which she replied "it's on the sign outside." Seriously, who would see a sign in a busy O'hare terminal  teeming with travelers? Wow, that should be on the menu, y'know when you are deciding what to order. Or hey, have a separate menu that only includes what you can order at different times. We understand that available foods will differ at times, but make it clear and if it's not clear (as in the case as this place), deliver the message nicely...maybe with a little humour and less attitude!! Never coming here again!
Review Source:Decent service, ok food. The drinks were very expensive, and the seating was even more limited. Most people are here by themselves, so most likely people won't opt to share a table with a complete stranger, so having tables with 4 chairs isn't exactly a smart idea, and a table with 6 chairs even worse. The TVs were only showing two of the same stations. I was hungry and too lazy to walk to the Chilis, so this had to do. I wouldn't recommend unless you are desperate.
Review Source:Ok, I get it. Â You're located in an airport, catering to people who have no choice but to pay your prices. Â Fine, charge me the price of a six-pack for your bottled beer, I'm used to this game. Â But wait - yes, I said it: BOTTLED BEER. Â Are you not Goose Island, from Chicago, in a Chicago airport? Â Why do you have Bud Light on tap instead of your standard and seasonal brews?!
The insanity of bottled local beer and draft crappy beer aside, this place loses mega-points (they exist, trust me) for shotty service. Â The hostess was entirely MIA, there were no waiters to assist you so all orders had to be placed at the bar, and the bartenders were downright rude. Â Throw in a small space with a large crowd vying to experience the local goods and it gets ugly, quick.
From the looks of the other reviews, this is the norm . I'm thinking next time I'm going to go somewhere else - ironically, every other place I've gotten a drink in this airport has had Goose Island on tap. Â Head there instead.
I really like Goose Island beer, but they over price the hell out of them here. Also the menu is a little thin and it's such a small space, good luck finding a seat. Still, I had a great chicken panini with chipotle sauce and nice cheese. The beers were good as always and the bartenders attentive, I just can't stand how much they jack the prices up. There were some interesting people to chat with too, as always seems the case in an airport bar.
Review Source:I didn't get a chance to eat here (it was almost midnight) and the kitchen was closed, but I was able to sit at the bar and grab a drink (which I greatly appreciated because it was Monday night and all the other bars in the terminal were already closed).
The bar and seating area are very homey and there are plenty of TVs to watch if you've got time to spare before your flight.
One thing I really appreciate about O'Hare is that you are allowed to get takeout beer. Â The bartender will just give you a clear plastic cup to fill and then you can carry it around the terminal with you (or even on the plane).
After visiting Goose Island Pub, I fully appreciate and understand why the government has antitrust laws and breaks up monopolies. Â If you are flying on Jet Blue or Virgin America, this is the nearest place that you can catch a couple of drinks before your flight. Food is bad and service is even worse. Â They just are not staffed to handle the capacity. Â You could see the anxiety on people's faces because the waitresses constantly forget things - the food, the bill, the change etc. Â We would have probably missed our flight or skipped out on the bill if we hadn't asked for the check and given a 20 min buffer. Count the 20 min it took for the waitress to get our drink order, then another 20 min for the drink to arrive - 1 hour total. Â The table next to us was furious b/c they had to ask the waitress 3 times for a carryout box. Â
Save yourself a headache and make the effort to go down to Chili's which is situated in the middle concourse.
Look, I don't usually bother to beat up on airport food. Any pleasure delivered along your calories is clearly incidental to the mission, so why should you blame them if it's absent?
Still, as a public service, I feel I should share the note I'm sending to Goose Island after eating here. I'll update my review if I get a response.
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To whom it may concern,
I really like your beer - in fact, your Red Ale was the first beer I ever drank that made me understand the concept of liking beer. I also have fond memories of some delicious brunches at your Brew Pub on Clyburn back when I lived in Chicago (though that's now been over eight years).
Unfortunately, I was misled by those associations to order a tuna and artichoke panini at the Goose Island Pub in Terminal C of O'Hare airport last Monday, August 22nd.
While memory is a spotty and subjective thing, and recent horrors tend to linger more vividly than those in the distant past, I do still believe that this was the single worst sandwich I have ever eaten in my entire life. The artichokes in my sandwich were recognizable by shape; the tuna so cooked to stringy oblivion it could as easily have been chicken or pork or sauteed twine. Red peppers and basil were similar miracles of flavorlessness, while the olives were every childhood scarring, soapy encounter brought back to life to haunt me.
It's hard to pick the worst offender from this list of horribles, but I think the bread takes the prize. The exterior of the sandwich was so hard and desiccated it was difficult to chew, while the interior had moved beyond soggy into slimy...a one-two punch of textural awfulness that seems like it should be scientifically impossible.
I suspect that you, in fact, have nothing to do with the "cooking" on offer at this outlet, and have merely licensed your name to some independent operator. Nevertheless, may I suggest, based on my 7+ years of experience in brand management, that whatever revenue you may be deriving from this deal cannot possibly outweigh the damage being done to your brand image as thousands of travelers every month encounter a product that is substandard in every possible way, even by the diminished benchmark of airport food?
I, for one, will be reluctant to consume a Goose Island product at any point in the future, despite my many years of positive associations with your brand. I hope that you can reassure me that this O'Hare outlet is a temporary aberration that will be rectified shortly, and not a sign that edibility is no longer considered an integral part of the Goose Island experience.
Best Regards,
Amy L.
Worst service. The bar tender made eye confact with me twice (I was waiting for a good 5 minutes) and yet proceeded to do more trivial things like replenish pennies in the register. As if that's not enough, when two girls came up to the bar, the bartender immediately took their order.
Seriously?!?
The beer gets 5 stars. Â The service gets -2 stars, and the actual food gets 2 stars.
Our gate was literally right outside Goose Island Pub, and we had some time to kill, so our group of five figured, why not?
Well, I will tell you "why not". Â It was awful beginning to end. Â The waitress sucked when she bothered to show up, it took 40 minutes to get our drinks (and three of us only had water) Another 20 minutes on top of that to get 2 out of the 3 dishes ordered, and 20 minutes for our friend to get his food (poor guy!) So we had been there for an hour and twenty minutes at that point where he actually got to be fed REALLY mediorce bar food.
The omelet I ordered wasn't so much an "omelet" as it was flat greasy eggs encompassing even greasier vegetables in a taco-like form. Â It was the grossest thing EVER.
Just go to McDonald's. Â Your wallet and your stomach will thank you for it!!
Airports are great for people-watching, and at the Goose Island Pub at O'Hare, combining this with beer means simple entertainment. Â From the French Canadian dude who was sloshed and talking to himself to the couple of ladies from Mississippi aghast that they couldn't get sweet tea, I have to say this was more fun than I had anticipated.
I spent a good 3 hours killing time at Goose Island. Â I also killed 4 Matildas. Â The bartenders were extremely quick to take care of my empty pint glasses, too. Â Simply lovely service.
Unfortunately, as others have mentioned, the food is... well, not quite foul, but definitely nowhere on the "good" list. Â I had a portabella mushroom wrap that supposedly had hummus on it, although where they hid it, I can't quite be sure. Â It was mostly still cold and didn't have much for filling. Â The salt and pepper chips were utterly gleaming with grease. Â Ummm, no.
I'd go back for entertainment value and some good beer, but I think I'd be happier hitting the Mickey D's once I started getting hungry -- this coming from someone who hasn't eaten McDonald's food in about 8 years.
The next time I'm in Terminal C at O'Hare Airport and crave a $9 turkey club panini composed of
stale toasted bread,
acceptable turkey,
barely cooked bacon,
melted-solidified greasy cheese, and
brownish guacamole
served with a side of a child's handful of wretched-looking potato chips and a pathetically limp pickle spear I'll head straight to Goose Island.
I generally expect most airport food to be in the 3-star realm, so my expectations ain't high. Â Goose Island, you're terrible.
God, Â I'm an idiot. Â Why the hell didn't I stay in any of the other terminals on my lunch layover. Â No....stupid me treks over to Term C, scopes out food options and decided that Goose Island Tavern will be an acceptable wine and salad stop. Â I am eating the worst fucking salad in the world. Â The chicken is that prefab, plumped with saltwater solution meat product that I can barely choke down, but I need some effing protein! Fuck! Fuck me! Â Only have 260 calorie ranch dressing packets. Â The mixed greesn and wierd and soggy.
Bartender, get me another drink before I start a riot!
Temporarily stranded in Chicago for the holidays, I needed a quick fix for the munchies. Â I wandered from one terminal to another with slim pickins' left and right.
I'm not a McDonalds person... and I can't afford Wolfgang Pucks either. Â Oh wait... what's this? Â A place that serves paninis? Â I might possibly be saved!
I ordered the portabello mushroom panini which came with chips for about $10. Â The bread tasted more stale than crispy to me. Â The veggie middle was lukewarm at best, but at least had some salt to it. Â The chips were no better than your 5 day old Ruffles. Â I could tell that this was one of those quickly-reheated meals rather than one made from scratch with a dash of love.
I noticed they were selling Stella by the bottle. Â Maybe that's where I went wrong. Â That would have surely enhanced the complex flavors of a heat-lamp sammich. Â
3 stars when eating in mid-starvation. Â
2.5 stars upon post-consumption reflection.
First of all, terminal C really has terrible food choices. Â Thought I made the better decision of grabbing a panini from here instead of McDonald's. Â I was wrong.
Ham, egg and cheese panini and bottle of water $9-$10. Â My flight was bout to take off so I ordered to go. Â NO chips or pickles offered. Â Panini was overly greasy with really hard crust which hurt my jaw from chewing. Â Seems like they used butter or something. Â Made my stomach uneasy throughout my plane ride. Â I'll try terminal B next time. Â Thanks.
Terminal C is pretty dismal for food choices, with a food court and a McDonalds, I was hoping for a place I could sit for an hour when I spotted Goose Island Pub from a distance. Sadly, I was mistaken.
There is a bar with a dozen stools and a long tabletop along two walls with another dozen stools. There's no room to spread out and if you're not at the bar, you're facing straight into a wall (with a foot of eating space). Not much room for suitcases and forget opening a laptop - no space and no power. There are two TV's over the bar, but there's so much noise you can't hear a thing. No table service - you have to go up to the bar and bring your own drinks back to the stools.
The draft beers were insanely expensive - $9 for a 22 ounce Goose Island. They brew it here in Chicago, why charge so much?
The sandwiches are similarly overpriced. Â My ham and cheese panini was $10 for a couple slices of salty ham with some pepperjack cheese on two pieces of marble rye bread. It must have been on the grill all day because the crusts were simply inedible. At least it was served with chips - probably poured out of a big bag of Ruffles.
Would I come here again? No! I'd make the hike over to the B terminal and try something else. I suggest you do the same.
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