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House of Blues Restaurant & Bar - Chicago

4.6
4.6
2156 Reviews
$30 and under
Unspecified
House of Blues Restaurant & Bar is now open! We are ready to welcome you back for our made from scratch, southern inspired cuisine!

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2 people

10:30 PM


Booked 14 times today
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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Unspecified, American, Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service
  • Hours of operation
    Thu 5:00 pm–11:00 pm Fri, Sat 5:00 pm–12:00 am
  • Phone number
    (312) 923-2007
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Executive chef
    Mike Galen
  • Private party facilities
    The entire restaurant space can be rented for special events. The maximum capacity for the restaurant is 400 for a reception and 250 for a seated dinner. We also offer semi-private rooms. All event spaces feature state of the art A/V equipment perfect for a meeting or added entertainment.
  • Private party contact
    Megan Herlitz: (312) 923-7061
  • Neighborhood
    River North (Chicago)
  • Cross street
    Wacker
  • Parking details
    Valet
  • Entertainment
    House of Blues Restaurant & Bar features Chicago’s latest and greatest blues artists every night on the Backporch Stage. Live blues starts weekdays at 5pm and weekends at 6:30pm until close!
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Dancing, Entertainment, Full Bar, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Private Room, Wine

What 2,156 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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4.6
4.6 based on recent ratings
  • 4.3Food
  • 4.4Service
  • 4.8Ambience
  • 4.4Value

NoiseModerate

2,156 Reviews
  1. OpenTable Diner

    Chicago

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    It was a great experience, the food was great! The love music was amazing as well!!

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  2. OpenTable Diner

    Devon

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 18, 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 5
    To get us started, our appetiser came out and was cold. We sent it back and the replacement was Luke warm - disappointing. Main meal was not particularly hot either and not great quality overall. Service was ok but slow - had to wait a while to find someone and complain about food and for condiments. On arrival we were told we only had the table for 2 hours which again was disappointing as there was no mention of this at time of booking and we planned to stay for drinks and listen to the music (which was brilliant). We finished food within an hour and planned to order more cocktails but the bill was promptly brought to us without asking. Such a shame because the atmosphere was great, lovely venue and great music.

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  3. Ryguy

    Atlanta Metro

    16 reviews

    4.0

    16 reviews

    Dined on May 18, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Had a burger and was surprised! One of the best burgers ever got a great seat to watch band and service was prompt and friendly

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  4. OpenTable Diner

    Chicago

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 16, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Good experience! Great music and great food! the service takes care of you

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  5. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on May 12, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Great experience would definitely visit again when I’m in town!

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  6. OpenTable Diner

    Chicago

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 11, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5
    Awesome experience would recommend it to everybody

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  7. BGerryW

    Detroit

    7 reviews

    4.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on May 11, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5
    Good unknown blues musicians. Ambience is worth the visit. Food is good enough . Try the bread pudding.

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  8. OpenTable Diner

    Chicago

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 11, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5
    A nice place. Good beer. Very nice music. Cheers..!

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  9. ArnaudE

    Montreal

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on May 4, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Service was efficient and fast. Waiter was kind and music band was awesome! The place to discover blues and jazz when you’re new in the city

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  10. OpenTable Diner

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 4, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 5
    The food was delicious and priced great. The performance was excellent. Our only issue was with our waiter , he took our order and never checked on us again as we wanted another round of drinks to enjoy with our meal.

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  11. OpenTable Diner

    Charleston

    8 reviews

    1.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on May 2, 2024

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 5
    I do not know what’s going on with the food but they need to stop changing the menu, they gave me corn soup with salty in the middle. I was so upset and unhappy… I actually want my money back 😫😔

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  12. OpenTable Diner

    Chicago

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 29, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    The musician was great. Our server was an awesome server, very nice and friendly. Food came out and was nice and hot, everything tasted great.

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  13. OpenTable Diner

    Exclusive

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 27, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    The vibes are good, except for the ones from the hostess. She did not look at us a single time. We walked up, got no welcome, kept looking at her tablet screen and said, “did you have a reservation?”… then asked our name, “follow me,” led us to our table, then walked off. We had also put in the reservation that we were celebrating our anniversary, but no one mentioned it while we were there, so I guess they don’t look at that, even though it asked us. Our waiter was super friendly, but definitely slow on coming and checking on us and things. There is also not a lot of variety in food choices. I can’t do spicy stuff, but that was definitely a vast majority of what they had. The food ended up being really good, but my mouth was on fire. Overall, I was super excited to come here for the first time and it definitely didn’t live up to my expectations. A bit disappointed to say the least.

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  14. OpenTable Diner

    Chicago

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 27, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Music and artists are great, good ambiance. Also has business traveller on your own a great place to eat and enjoy

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  15. OpenTable Diner

    Chicago

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on April 26, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5
    Good food and good music!!!!!! Fast service and kind girls

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  16. OpenTable Diner

    Toronto

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 25, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Great visit to Chicago and the dinner/entertainment at HoB on a Thursday was perfect. Manager was attentive to our seating needs, and staff always had an eye on our table. HoB smash burger and chowder was excellent, and the blackened salmon was just right. Top notch margueritas of course. Nice to have live music that was entertaining, yet didn't interfere with table conversations. Guests and staff all had smiles! Bonus: selfie with Jake and Elwood statues at the entrance

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  17. AngelV

    Chicago

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on April 21, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    The food was good but pricey. The service was excellent. Drinks were good. There were two blues acts while we were there. The first was a one man show while the second was a full band. First act probably not suitable for a Saturday night show. Not lively. Second act was good. The chairs were not comfortable. There was a good crowd.

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  18. LisaF

    Chicago

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on April 14, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Amazing food, drinks, service and entertainment. I always enjoy my experience at HOB Chicago!

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  19. SilviaP

    Chicago

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 12, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Everything was amazing the food was on the chicken tender were over cook super hard and the steak was super dry

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  20. MichaelA

    Naples

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 11, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    I've always wanted to visit. It did not disappoint! Jambalaya was great!

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  21. FrankJ

    Chicago

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on April 11, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    This was our first time there and it was absolutely a great experience! No complaints at all. Definitely recommend for date night! We can't wait to go back.

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  22. Bill

    Orlando

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 7, 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 3
    The waiter that served us was a disaster. He came twice asking us for our order when we had already given it to him, and he came a third time saying that he had lost the paper where he took our order. We had to ask him to bring us water, even though he said he was going to bring us in the beginning. When I gave him the credit card for payment he never came back, and we had to ask the manager to bring us the credit card.

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  23. Frenchvisiters

    Chicago

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 7, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Very nice evening, very good group and very good meal, highly recommend.

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  24. eluminaz

    Jacksonville

    10 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on April 6, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    The experience was great overall. Our server was fantastic and the live music was phenomenal. The food was good and they went above and beyond by helping me with my food request. The only mishap was the attitude that the hostess(curvy girl with short light hair) gave us when we came. My husband loves blues and this is why I booked the restaurant. We had a 6 pm reservation and the restaurant was half empty. She wanted to sit us on a table that where we couldn't see the performer so we politely asked her if we could move to one if the high tops in the center. The girl was very rude and gave us an attitude and told us "you can sit here but I need the table by 8 pm". I told her that we weren't going to stay long anyway. Our server Osiris on the other hand was fantastic and thanks to him we didn't leave with a bad impression of the restaurant. I recommend this place but this hostess needs some Customer Experience training urgently.

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  25. OpenTable Diner

    Milwaukee

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 6, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    The food was excellent, exceeded expectations for a chain. John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band were awesome!

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  26. OpenTable Diner

    Chicago

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 5, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Loved the atmosphere, music and the food was amazing. We will definitely be back.

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  27. DavidW

    Chicago

    6 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on March 30, 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 5
    About a year ago we had the best ribs ever at House of Blues. The meat was tender fell off the bone. We were looking forward the same experience. Unfortunately, this time the ribs were dry and tough. Disappointing.
    House of Blues Restaurant & Bar - ChicagoResponded on April 5, 2024
    Greetings David, While we are truly disappointed to here that your meal was not up to standard this most recent visit, we are very grateful for your taking the time to let us know. Please know we will be reviewing this with our Executive Chef and addressing any areas in need of retraining to take immediate action and remedy. We appreciate the constructive feedback and your patronage!

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  28. OpenTable Diner

    Chicago

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on March 30, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Friendly and attentive staff. The brisket sandwich and Mac & cheese weee really good. My hubby enjoyed the jambalaya that had a good spicy kick. The bands were lively, but you could still hold a conversation. The Windy City Rebels was a great blues band.
    House of Blues Restaurant & Bar - ChicagoResponded on April 5, 2024
    Greetings Anonymous, We wanted to thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are thrilled you enjoyed yourself and will certainly hope to host you again in the future!

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  29. ANGELICAM

    San Diego

    4 reviews

    2.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on March 28, 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 5
    La mesa que nos dieron estaba muy lejos del escenario, pedimos uno más cerca y nos dieron una mesa detrás de un pilar donde apenas y se veía el escenario. Pedimos nos cambiaran de mesa y no quisieron cuando había mesas disponibles. Tuvimos que cambiarnos a la barra y comer y beber ahí, pues tenia mejor vista que una mesa que apartamos semanas antes. Lo host de cabello rosa no tiene buena actitud…
    House of Blues Restaurant & Bar - ChicagoResponded on April 5, 2024
    Saludos, Gracias por tomarse el tiempo para dejarnos una reseña. Lamentamos mucho que las mesas que pudimos ofrecerle no estuvieran a su altura. Nos alegra que haya podido disfrutar de nuestras ofertas de menú en un asiento que le gustó más y queremos que sepa que hemos escuchado su opinión y que abordaremos cualquier área que necesite reentrenamiento con nuestro personal. ¡Sin duda esperamos recibirlo nuevamente en el futuro y tal vez brindarle una mejor experiencia!

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  30. OpenTable Diner

    South Dakota

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 28, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    Great food; great service; good entertainment but was expecting more than just one guy
    House of Blues Restaurant & Bar - ChicagoResponded on April 5, 2024
    Greetings Anonymous, We are so glad you enjoyed your time with us. We feature solo/duo musicians during the dinner hours (6-10 on weekdays, and 5-8:30 on Fridays/Saturdays) to allow for conversation, and we feature full bands on Friday and Saturday nights starting at 9PM!

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  31. OpenTable Diner

    Grand Rapids

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on March 24, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Loved it! Server was excellent, drinks were excellent, food also excellent! Had a really great time in the restaurant, then went upstairs for an hour to see their edm… really liked it! Honestly, my daughter and I really had a better time here than at our other concert (which was also amazing). Great job! Now I see why my brother worked here twenty years ago. 🤣

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  32. OpenTable Diner

    Chicago

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 24, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Muy buena Súper bello lugar Muy buen servicio excelente

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  33. MikeH

    Des Moines

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 24, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    We had a great time.. the staff was amazing the food was so good and you get alot for the money. I highly recommend going there if your in Chicago. We can't wait to go again.

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  34. OpenTable Diner

    Louisville

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 23, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Fabulous loved everything about it! First time and won’t be the last time!

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  35. VanesaM

    Alabama

    14 reviews

    5.0

    14 reviews

    Dined on March 22, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    What a nice place! And the food is great! Live the live music!

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  36. PatrickM

    Chicago

    9 reviews

    5.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on March 15, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Food is solid. 3 of us had burgers, pasta and a sandwich. All happy. Waitress hustled and made sure our VIP access was arranged.

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  37. magjamjad

    Birmingham

    4 reviews

    1.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on March 15, 2024

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1
    The venue was tired. The food was appalling. We sent the Cajun chicken back and it was removed from the bill which appeared to be normal practice. The jambalaya was greasy with processed chicken meat. We ordered a bottle of wine which arrived with a glass already used from the bottle! The staff seemed to be just waiting for complaints to happen. Overall sadly a very poor experience.

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  38. RockerMom

    Chicago

    8 reviews

    5.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on March 9, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Live music, great food and service and excellent cocktails. Great place for dinner - even if not attending a show at HOBs.

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  39. JenniferD

    Indiana

    2 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on March 3, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Great ambiance and amazing service!!! Best margarita I've had in awhile....everything was delicious!!

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  40. Tiffany

    Detroit

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on March 3, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Their brisket sandwich and strawberry fields drink were very delicious! Great ambience and friendly atmosphere.

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FAQs

House of Blues Restaurant & Bar - Chicago is rated 4.6 stars by 2156 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

2 people

10:30 PM


Booked 14 times today
Google Map for House of Blues Restaurant & Bar - Chicago

329 N Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60654

Additional information

  • Cross street
    Wacker
  • Neighborhood
    River North (Chicago)
  • Hours of operation
    Thu 5:00 pm–11:00 pm Fri, Sat 5:00 pm–12:00 am
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Unspecified, American, Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    Valet
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive chef
    Mike Galen
  • Entertainment
    House of Blues Restaurant & Bar features Chicago’s latest and greatest blues artists every night on the Backporch Stage. Live blues starts weekdays at 5pm and weekends at 6:30pm until close!
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Dancing, Entertainment, Full Bar, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Private Room, Wine
  • Phone number
    (312) 923-2007
  • Private party facilities
    The entire restaurant space can be rented for special events. The maximum capacity for the restaurant is 400 for a reception and 250 for a seated dinner. We also offer semi-private rooms. All event spaces feature state of the art A/V equipment perfect for a meeting or added entertainment.
  • Private party contact
    Megan Herlitz: (312) 923-7061
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