Went here around 5PM-6PM last night (Saturday). My group of friends and I had been day drinking all day, so I'm sure we were super obnoxious but it probably didn't matter since there was NO ONE else in the whole entire place except for us and the staff. We all thought it was super bizarre, because the place is huge and you would think there would be some peeps in there on a Saturday night.
Anyway, we just grabbed some drinks there. Margaritas were decent as was the chicken quesadilla my friend got. Certainly nothing to write home about. BUT - the sangria was disgusting. I'm not even sure what they use to make it, but I told my friends that mine tasted like nail polish remover. They all thought I was exaggerating until they each took a sip of it and agreed - it seriously tasted like acetone. That is how each of them described it. I had to send it back and ask for another drink because that's how yucky it was.
Oh well. I'm not the biggest fan of Moe's in River North, so it's not a surprise that I don't love this location either.
I rarely write reviews, but sometimes I have to speak my mind. Â This bar deserves every bad review it's gotten. Â All the reviews say they've got the worst food, drinks, and staff. Â I, however, had a huge problem with their bouncer, some skinny d-bag with hipster glasses. Â
We went there for my cousin's birthday party. Â Upon arriving, the bouncer asked my boyfriend to remove his hat. Â He did so and assumed it was now ok to walk in. Â The bouncer took this as some kind of affront to his authority and ordered us to leave without explanation. Â Obviously, we were pissed, and after calling my family inside, they talked to him. Â Despite letting in drunken slobs and half-passed out girls, he refuses to change his mind and lies to them by saying we tried to push our way in. Â (Seriously? Â There was no line into this loser dump of a place, and we were in no hurry to get inside since we had already heard about it's bad rep.) Â My family thought he was being homophobic, although I would hope that in a city like Chicago (and at a bar that's right next to Boystown) that wouldn't be the case. After that kind of rude behavior, my cousin decided to take her party of over a dozen people to Barleycorn next door, and Moe's lost out on the profit they could have made from the shots and beer we ordered. Â
Stay clear of this place. Â There's a reason why the majority of its reviews are 1-star.
I think it goes without saying that Wrigleyville is one of the least liked places in the city... and Moe's Cantina is an example of why Wrigleyville is far from respectable to anyone across age, gender, sexuality, etc. I went last night with my boyfriend to celebrate his cousin's birthday at Moe's. Upon arrival, we get to the door and the bouncer checks our IDs. He told me to remove my beanie (it IS Chicago after all and it's cold 365 days a year!), and I did without hesitation. While checking my ID, I started to proceed to the door assuming all is fine. The bouncer (Trying to be all "hard" Anglo dude with glasses who thinks he's all kinds of hot ish!) says "I didn't say you can move." Then he grabs me and tells me to leave because he thought I was super eager to enter this dump! Barely walking one step toward the door is apparently bad form in this ultra dive bar. (I get much, much better treatment at a 5-star restaurant!)
I was only going to support a friend's birthday. Luckily, our whole party was so turned off by such bad service and jerk-ish treatment that we abandoned ship and went to another bar instead. No wonder this place gets NO love! Wrigleyville is an incubator of disrespectful people, messy intoxicated souls, and rude misogynists. Moe's (and that punk of a "bouncer" with glasses) just breeds and encourages further bad treatment of women, minorities, and LGBQTs. Don't patronize this disgusting place. Go spend your money and enjoy your Saturday night ELSEWHERE, Chicago!
I came here on a Saturday night for a birthday gathering. Â They had a wristband special - $30 for regular drinks and $40 for top shelf from 9:00-Midnight. Â Being a light weight, I did neither and went the ala cart route. Â I'm not sure if this made it harder or equally as tough to get the bartender's attention to order drinks. Â There were so many people crowded around the bar.
This place was packed full of drunk people and there were lots of dancing going on. Â The music blaring was top 40 and some of the TV's had the music video playing on them. Â For the few hours I was there, I heard that Gangnam song...TWICE. Â Boy, you can never get sick of hearing that, can you? Â Lol, still, it was fun to watch drunk people danced to it. Â Heck, I may have even participated. Â Hey sexy ladees...
The staff did a good job (maybe too good of a job) of keeping the floors clean and removing empty (and even just half empty) drinks from the tables. Â All in all, I wouldn't go out of my way to come here.
I went to this bar because it was a Michigan bar, and figured it would be a great place to watch the baseball game. Â Bad Idea, the were rude to me right when I approached the door. Â They asked to check my bag, which was a back pack, and there is no one in the whole place really. Â This was the first time ALL DAY anyone asked. Â Why? because we check em. Â Whatever. Â
I went next door to John Barleycorn, (an Iowa bar) and had no problem. Â Not only did they give me a great seat, said I can turn any T.V. on to watch the game, and changed the sound so I could hear it! Â Awesome. Â They will get 4-5 stars from me at John Barleycorn. Â
I will not go back to this place. I would rather go to an OHIO STATE bar, wearing Ohio State gear (i know, horrible) to watch Michigan play than go here again. Â I will make sure that everyone I know knows this too. Â Thanks for taking care of your customers as you surely don't know how. Â How could you even say Go Blue.
Great service and good drinks. we just had appetizers which were ok. My gringo counterparts loved the nachos. I have Avion tequila for the first time, good smooth easy drink.
Our waitress was really nice and was very attentive.
The vibe was young and vibrant, we are all in our late 30's so it was cool to see the young peeps out having fun. Great looking girls!
I really liked Moe's for the dancing, the space to dance in, and the fact that it's a really nice done up barn style place. The decorations are great, and the fact that it's fairly spacious to dance around in, it makes it fun. All different kinds of people here, and plenty of places to sit and chill too.
Review Source:i remember coming here more often when i was a little spring chicken. Â and i've probably been WAY too many more times than i'm willing to admit.
music: top 40s, dance, 80s white-people rock
people: your average mid 20s crowd, young kids, college folk, young yuppies, wrigley crowd dressed as best as they could
drinks: the expensive kind
my girlfriend and i came here (i was definitely drunk), thinking it'd be okay. Â we sat there. Â and stared. Â at each other. Â and weirdos. Â we couldn't talk. Â at all. Â i no hear, lost my voice. Â it was bad. Â we chugged our drinks and left.
Typical Wrigley bar when all things are considered. The place itself isn't terrible, and the past two times I've stopped by it's been an alright experience. How good can a bar really get?
One thing I will note, though, is the price. I recently swung by for a birthday, and although I was on a wrist band deal, giving me no room to complain about price, the bombs were ridiculous. When a friend asked for 3 bombs, the bartender came back and asked for $37. It was the first time I had ever looked at a bartender and said, "I'm sorry?"
I don't frequent the club scene, so I'm not sure where prices would be similar, but I haven't encountered a $12 bomb anywhere before. Call me cheap.
Nothing good starts from a story that goes "Oh, you've never been to Moe's? Â The last time I was there I was so drunk that I put my head on the toilet seat." (Not me, I promise!)
We went for a birthday wristband deal on Saturday night, and I wasn't feeling so great, so I skipped the wristband and stuck with sprite. Â I understand this is a typical Wrigley spot, but there were not enough bar tables. Â As others have said, the space is HUGE, they can put a few more high tops in and still have plenty of space for frat guys to mack on their latest one night meaningful relationship.
I probably won't be back... I feel like I'm getting too old for those kind of shenanigans!
Gigantic place. Â Like, overly huge for only one floor. Â The decor was nice inside and I like how it opens up to the outside.
I agree with Adam R., no real point in reviewing, because people will continue to pack this place to the brim simply because it's a Wrigleyville bar. Â
Don't get me wrong, I didn't expect to come out of a college town after four years and still pay 2 dollars for a shot. Â But I certainly didn't expect to pay 7 dollars a shot for well liquor. Â My bartender brought a new definition to "bitch" as she scoffed at me when I asked her if there were drink specials, glared at me when she attempted to charge me for an extra drink I didn't order but she gave to me, and then proceeded to dump the extra shot in the sink in front of my face when she found out that I didn't actually order it. Â It's fine though, she can act that way all she wants, I left her a very shiny quarter as her tip on a 20+ dollar order (I usually tip 20-30% because these are college kids a couple years younger than me trying to make a living). Â She should have felt privileged to receive that much. Â
Hint: Avoid hot blonde bartender working the bar near the entrance about 5'5", missing a soul and sporting fangs and an attitude.
Bottom Line Up Front: This is probably where Bristol Pailin got knocked up.
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-"The dudes in the Chicago Sport and Social Club take softball WAY too seriously."
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-"A girl who mentions her cat on a date is probably as crazy as Glenn Close in 'Fatal Attraction.'"
I think it should go without saying that Moe's Cantina is not a great bar. If you want bottles of Macro-brews (no taps), "Bottle Service" (WHAT?), and clientele that thinks "classy" is having a zebra print duvet in your dorm room that matches your 6 in stripper heels. (see what i did there ladies? i'm housebroken.) Notwithstanding the many scathing reviews on the place, and the common knowledge that this place really really sucks, there always seems to be a line outside of "Hoe's Cantina" from Thursday through Saturday.
The next time one of your friends mentions going to this crap-a-palooza, don't. You've obviously seriously misjudged this person's character. They are a dickhead and you should cut off all contact with that person if you don't want to turn into one of the many Wrigley-douche-zombies.
Ha ha ha ha ha!! I crack myself up trying to write a review that has been written dozens of times here...
First of all, I'm NOT a Wrigleyville person.. I love the Sox, but I do have great friends that happen to be Cubs fans and I forgive them for that.. LOL, JK... only friendly banters between me and my Cubs friends.
So when one of their birthdays rolls around like last night, and they are there, of course I show up to have a few drinks...
Scratch that, try half of a drink.
Everyone else is right.. The place is pretentious, the staff SUCK, and the bartender with the floatation devices on her chest can't tell the difference between a Coke and a Sprite.. I ordered a Bud Light for my hubby and a 7-7 for me.. maybe it was my fault that I should have been watching her, but 6'5" guys kept getting in my way of standing in place.. Â I got a Bud light and some drink that tasted like Diet Coke and Jack.. WTF?? Â I haven't drank Jack since I was 21.. Â My friend ordered (5 minutes before I showed up) a Long Island from another bartender and got what seemed like lemonaide and perhaps a rum of some sort.
10 obnoxious guys for every 1 drunken girl, and the music so loud it was actually unbearable...
Must I be showing my age?? No, I'm still a pretty lively 31-yr old who LOVES to have a great time, but this place is so gosh-awful, you don't have to tell me twice not to return.
This is one of the worst bars on Clark street and Chicago. Here are my reason for why I despise this establishment.
1. The staff is terrible. They are over pretentious. Only nice person that they have there is the bathroom attendant.
2. The drinks are expensive and taste terrible.
3. The music is even worse than the drinks. They play the cheesy top 40 with mix of bad techno, rap, and hip hop.
4. The place is filled with creepy guys who are looking for drunk girls so that they can get laid.
Everything about this place sucks. There are so many better bars in the city for me  to spend my money on.
Enough is enough!
I vow to never come in here again!
If you ever catch me in here (look up to see what I look like; I may or may not be wearing the same clothes), then I will give you $20!
That doesn't mean go here and wait for me, because you probably won't see me passed the popped collars, or you won't hear me past the loud music, or you'll owe them half of your house after trying to pay for a couple domestic light beers.
Moe's is on a short list of establishments which I've personally blacklisted at some point in the past. Â This is an elite list, mind you. Â I hang out with preps, yups, hipsters, bikers, haters, and everyone in between. Â I don't ask much out of a place if I've got good company in tow. Â
But I'll be damned if anyone with a pulse and of legal drinking age can enjoy this place. Â I broke my personal promise by dropping in here recently. Â If there's any excuse for this behavior, I was nearing the tail end of a day-long pub crawl. Â Even in that state of mind, the shittiness of Moe's was nearly palpable. Â Their cheap suit security detail, their ear-splitting house music. their machine bartenders, their bathroom attendants, their six-dollar light beers, their establishment's complete lack of anything resembling fun. Â
On my way out, the bouncer asked if I'd like my hand stamped for re-entry. Â I promptly told him to fuck off. Â I hate what this place does to me, and I hate the fact that it's in my city.
I could go into great detail about why I hate this despicable hellhole, but I don't feel like giving it the time of day. Â OK, maybe I have to... so readers like you won't make the same mistake I did.
As soon as I heard the techno music, I knew that I was making a big mistake. Â But I thought to myself, "you can't judge this place based on one song. Â Wait a while." Â Huge mistake.
I'm pretty sure that 90% of Ed Hardy's annual revenue comes from the tanned, unemployed, Jersey Shore wannabees that make the drive in from their parents' house in Naperville to drink at Moe's Latrine-a. Â As a matter of fact, you'll be happy to know that the men's bathroom attendant offers a wide selection of hair gels.
The music is awful, the drinks are expensive and there were a lot of people with suspicious cold sores there.
Craptastic
This place may be fun after pounding a few beverages of choice while watching some Jersey Shore. Â But on top of a night to sit back and watch d-bags in their natural habitat (sort of like going to Brookfield Zoo) I would avoid this place like the plague.
I don't hate all Wrigleyville bars, but this one seems to be the bottom of the barrel.
Honestly,
I think this place gets a worse rep than it should...
are there a fair amount of dbags present? absolutely...but, what we all need to realize is this:
there are dbags all over this city!
in wicker park, there are hipster Dbags. in lincoln park, yuppy dbags. in river north, we get the rich bottle service dbags.....so i'm not going to hate on this place for having the 'wrigleyville' dbags.
i think the shrimp skewers are pretty damn good, the drinks are pretty decent, and the DJ was pretty good.
would i ever come out to this place just to come here? no way. if i'm in wrigleyville for other reasons ( and there are no good ones, really..) will i stop in? sure.
not a bad venue , definitely better than a lot of the other bars on this street.
There were two of us dining before a Tuesday night Cubs game. We noticed this empty tapas spot and decided to check it out. Our original order to share was a chicken skewer, a veggie skewer, shrimp skewer and an order of the mini tacos.
The miniature pony that waited on us fancily dressed in one piece romper made of denim, accented with a lacy little bustier and cowboy boots notified us ... in her words, "That's A LOT of food? Are you sure you want that much? Normally one chicken skewer fills me up." Listen, little pony, I appreciate your concern, but aren't you working on tips which are typically based on the amount of ones total check. You bring us the food we ordered and we will tip you based on that and if we waste OR add to our waistlines it's no ones concern but ours. Deal? No, not a deal. We decreased our order down to one shrimp skewer (5 normal size shrimp), one chicken skewer and an order of guacamole. The funniest part of the entire meal - every time our little pony came to check on us she was chewing food. I guess she just grazes the entire night on her ONE chicken skewer.
I will admit the small amount of food we sampled was well prepared. However, the place was empty and the service was slow and dreadful. It's a shame, because it really could have been a nice meal!
Ha. Ha. I'm LOL-ing up a storm here. This place is lame...lame!!!! What were we even thinking? It's not 2002. Places like this aren't cool anymore.
The bartender was the rudest dude I have ever met. He had a blast laughing at us and making fun of my name. Â The crowd here is even better, d-bag headquarters. What a joke of a place. Except that it's not very funny.
Step 1: Bartender rudely tells my group to come in faster so he can shut the door
Step 2: Without greeting us server shouts at us do we want a table or not
Step 3: No, you can't have a booth for your party of five. Every single booth is "reserved"...nobody shows up for those reserved booths for the entire length of our stay
Step 4: Wait for food
Step 5: Eurotrash music gets turned up louder and loouder
Step 6: Nearest exit located
As I sit here eating brie and salmon on a fresh baguette, contemplating what obscure music to put on, I was struck by the urge to write a review for "Moe's," the establishment I visited for about 10 minutes yesterday solely to meet a friend.
I have never, ever set foot in a place like Moe's before, and of course given the time (12:30 on Sat Night), the neighborhood (duh) and...well, the looks of the people getting in, my expectations were about as low as you can get. Â The bouncer asked me to remove my hat when I got in, which was fine with me but a strange request. Â When my eyes adjusted to the dimly lit room I saw a gigantic room whose size would rival that of an indoor football arena.
There were literally thousands of people there, dancing to horribly loud music. Â I finally found my friend who was drinking a $6 bud light from one of those awful aluminum bottles. $6! Â It was a great social experiment, however, to observe the dancing, random making out, and general douche-baggery that was happening around me. Â It's a good thing we left because I probably would have gotten beat up for saying something snide to any number of the people there (I already mentioned at that point that I had "forgot to spike my hair that night" and tried to "pop" my collar, to the dismay of my friend).
One joy I have in life is knowing that I am not the type who is impressed, entertained or enjoys frequenting places like Moe's. Â I don't enjoy being such a pretentious jerk but at least I know I won't ever put up with crap like Moe's ever.
I'm not thrilled. Â Not thrilled at all. Â
Read the following review by Tony A and you will understand why I can't stand Moe's Cantina.
"This place is pretty cool.....Real big inside with 3 full bars....huge dance floor.... tables all  over the place....and of course my personal favorite booths for bottle service.....
My friends and I went here last night and we had a blast! Music was actually real good as was the service....We saw 2 different sets of friends of ours and oddly enough my friend Ninort ran into his ex-girl Sabrina and i ran into my ex-girl Stephanie.....Those girls aren't friends it just happened they were both there.....Crazy...
Oh how could i forget there was a line no lie about a block and a half long and my buddy Ash works the door so he let us rite in no wait....Now thats Big Time!"
So my girlfriend and I went here the other day for dinner. I know now, but at the time I wasn't sure why we were the only people in the restaurant on a Thursday night at 7.
We ordered two skewers of pork and chicken, flautas, and some guacamole. The guacamole arrived first and was straight avocado. No lime, no salt, no tomato, no cilantro, nothing. Just avocado. We had them replace the first one, and the second arrived with what I can only describe as twenty jalapenos squeezed over it. It was friggin' hot, inedibly so.
We then received the skewers which were incredibly dry and under-seasoned. And to top it off, we received the flautas, which honestly looked like something out of the freezer section of the grocery store.
Our waitress was very pleasant and actually made a comment of "the food here is actually pretty bad" when we pointed out the guacamole issue.
If you are thinking of eating here, don't. Go to Chen's down the street. They have great Chinese food and really good drinks, or try Twist. They also have pretty good food.
Don't go here.
It's been said a gazillion times but I'm venturing there once again: if you're not in the mood for a drunken fraternity crowd, you don't have any business heading to Moe's.
That being said, it's not completely fair to judge an establishment on their inebriated patrons. Â The space itself is huge and somewhat upscale compared to other Wrigleyville joints. Â They even offer, *gasp*-- bottle service! Â All was good until the friend of a friend of a friend dropped said bottle onto the floor and it broke into tiny smithereens where they met the soft spots in between my toes. Â Oooooouch.
I left soon therafter, taking my sour mood with me. Â I did enjoy one Corona before exiting to drown out my pain. No beer on tap, though. Â Safe to say I probably won't be back.
I wasn't very impressed with Moe's, which surprised me considering how many people I know who love going there. It has a cool decor and the high ceilings give it a nice feel. The attractive people also give it, and me, a nice feel. But no drink specials on a weeknight? No beer on tap? I wouldn't complain except their mixed drinks were about 90% mixed and 10% drinks. This wouldn't be a bad stop towards the end of a weekend night, when a strong drink and attempted conversation are the last thing I need.
I want to give it 2.5, but I'll round up due to its popularity. Succumbing to peer pressure is the right thing to do.
This place is all show no go, but, then again, what do you expect of a place in the heart of Wrigleyville?! Moe's Cantina breaks many cardinal rules that a good Mexican restaurant follows, and all it has to show for itself is a fancy setting (which really did not impress me much).
First of all, they have NOTHING on tap. Everything comes in bottles. This is broken cardinal rule #1: A good Mexican restuarant should always have import favorites on tap (Corona, Negro Modelo, Dos Equis, etc). Moe's Cantina completely disregards this rule, and goes one step further to taint itself by serving Bud and Old Style.
Broken cardinal rule #2: The guacamole needs to be stellar. Moe's comes up short here in a big way, by serving a $5 bowl of guacamole, which I could have made better (and cheaper) at home. I wouldn't be surprised if they bought this stuff wholesale, and bulk.
This place is simply not worth your time. If it's Mexican cuisine you want, you may find El Jardin down the street near Clark and Belmont to be a better suit for your appetite and your budget.
I should of read the yelp reviews before coming here last minute.
This place is fake to the bone.. yuck! I wanted guacamole to satisfy a salty craving, just to find that it was probably taken right from a container from Costco. The guacamole was too smooth, and no chunkiness of tomatoes and onions. From reading the reviews, I'm glad I didn't get to the food.
The facts:
Hostess on her ipod. Â Other two host/ess staring out the windows.
Server never greeted our table. Â Had to ask after 10 mins. Â Said she "didn't see us". Â (They were half empty) Â Zero personality and she seemed pissed that we asked for a server to take our order.
Found a hair in our veggie skewer appetizer. Â Not comped, nor did a manager stop by our table.
Sangrias were charging a $1.00 more than the menu price. Â Shady.
Never saw a manager on the floor for the entire three and a half hours we watched the Cubs game.
You decide...
This place is ok.
The area inside is pretty large and spacious so that you're not on top of people all the time. The music is decent, and the drinks are that as well. Somewhat pricey, though. I can imagine paying a lot for straight Grey Goose on the rocks, but not when it's a single shot mixed with 3/4's cranberry juice.
I'd probably go back with a large group of friends (as always has been the case so far) and I'd probably end up having a good time. It's not my first choice, but I'm not opposed to it. And hey...it's free. Can't argue with that!
This is a poor excuse for a tapas restaurant. Â Some of the food is "mexican" only because they add chili powder or jalapenos to it. Â Music is WAY too loud, and the clientele is that of a just turned 21 frat house. Â Wait staff is highly inattentive. Â I will NEVER be back here. Â
Bottom line: Â Don't waste your time!
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