Rose Angelis

Awesome
This is such a cute restaurant in what seems to be an old house. It's secluded, hard to find, and the parking is a disaster.

Service was excellent. Our glasses were never empty and our plates were always cleared in a timely manner. The servers were very knowledgable and were great at informing us since it was our first time.

We got a bottle of wine for the table which was decently priced around $40. We ordered the special flatbread as an appetizer. It was crispy and full of fresh vegetables. For our main courses we ordered the seafood soup, lasagna, and some white wine pasta. The portions are huge! After the appetizer and complimentary bread, we each had about 2 portions for leftovers. We ordered the bread pudding afterwards to add to the growing waistline and this chocolate bread pudding is the best thing I have put in my mouth in a long time. The slice was as big as two fists, first of all. It was drizzled in some caramel sauce.... Yummmmm...

Amazing food, huge portions, decent prices, great service... But it's busy and parking sucks.

This review is long overdue but the food was so bad that I am making a point to write a review.  As a caveat, in general, I think that a lot of Chicago restaurants are over-hyped and most people think they're good b/c they haven't lived in SF or NYC before where food is REALLY good, 99% of the time.  Most food in Chicago is good b/c it's carb-heaven and fatty.  

Having said that, it's *really* hard to get Italian wrong.  I've made homemade pasta, homemade sauces, etc, that taste 100x better than what I had at Rose Angelis.  Considering all of the positive reviews, I was a bit shocked.  My caesar salad was something out a bag - not fresh croutons, stale romaine lettuce, and a generic, clearly not homemade dressing.  Then the pasta!!  I ordered what was advertised as pesto pasta.  What came out was pasta with basil leaves.  It had absolutely no flavor (at least add some garlic and salt!).  I usually devour Italian food and I had three bites and couldn't finish it, it was that bad.  I rarely ever send food back but had to send this back.  Overall, very disappointing experience.  My boyfriend ordered a seafood dish and that was also subpar but not as bad as my salad + pasta experience.  Will not be going back.

Our favorite Italian restaurant in Chicago! One of the best in the world!