Pavilion Restaurant-Northbrook

5 star service. Cozy booths. Quiet. Huge portions. Reasonable lunch prices. Food was good-not amazing. But I would definitely go back. Great place to have lunch with a friend.

We were a group of eight for lunch and our service was excellent and everyone enjoyed their entrees. Prices were reasonable and would strongly recommend.

I wanted to try the restaurant tonight with my family and one other guest, total party size of 4 people. I tried booking a table through OpenTable, however NOTHING is available until 7:30p on Monday, March 28th 2022. Ok, no big deal, I'll just call the restaurant. I called the restaurant at 847-715-9440, listened to the menu and tapped on 1 for reservations. After 10-20 rings, I was promptly told by the automated phone system that I had selected an invalid mailbox. First sign that the restaurant doesn't care about its customers (or future customers). I tried a second time, and tapped on 0 (zero) for "all other" inquiries, I expected the same treatment, but amazingly someone answered. I asked about availability for an 8pm reservation, and was immediately told they were closing at 4pm. No why, wherefore, thank you for you interest, nothing pleasant about he interaction. I'm surprised they are closing so early on a FRIDAY, when lots of people go out. Makes me wonder why, .... For such an unusual closing hour, I would at a minimum have expected THE PAVILLION'S website to have indicated the early closing. Their website says they are open until 10p on Fridays and Saturdays, closed Sundays, and open until 9pm the rest of the week. The week as defined by their website does not include Monday, it's probably a safe bet they are closed on Mondays as well. (Full disclosure, Yelp shows them open 11a to 9p on Mondays.)

The experience was terrible from the moment we walked in last night. My intention was to have a great dinner to celebrate my boyfriend's birthday. Yo star with,, the waiter did not offer anything to drink and straight ahead and in a rude manner he asked if we were ready to order. The food wasn't great, the bread and butter still frozen. He ordered tortellini and it was bland, no flavor. The fish didn't taste fresh. We asked for red pepper and in a rude way he brought black pepper instead Very disappointing the water looked very unmotivated to provide service in an "upscale" restaurant. When it was time to pay, I gave my credit card and he came back to the table and dropped the bill stating I didn't give it to him, he found it at the counter after I stated I gave it to him. Very poor service. We will never go back nor recommend to anyone. Terrible experience.

Food: 3
Decor: 4
Service: 4

I came here with my gf for dinner Saturday around 7pm http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ginoUhUXb6CB8cZjdZUm9w?userid=2fN8mN7uUjOw-QqtcgYqXQ#li3DR1yyUy3Rwvfr0kFsgQ.

1. Trio double lamb chops, 26 http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ginoUhUXb6CB8cZjdZUm9w?userid=2fN8mN7uUjOw-QqtcgYqXQ#U6CmzxYNCfafd3dF6SwSkw
So-so. Lamb chops were a bit overcooked and a bit bland.

2. Chilean sea bass with lemon butter, 24
Okay. Sea bass was cooked well, but it was rather bland. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ginoUhUXb6CB8cZjdZUm9w?userid=2fN8mN7uUjOw-QqtcgYqXQ#yOS9vBkbC56nO-mRCER22Q

3. Fruit and grilled veggie sides
Pretty good. Fruit plate was decently sized, but could have been fresher.

4. Smetannik, 5 http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ginoUhUXb6CB8cZjdZUm9w?userid=2fN8mN7uUjOw-QqtcgYqXQ#cqF4jeGKw7NjMl-wUgOTww
Mediocre. Probably the most authentic dish we ordered, but it was too dense and dry. Would have been better by replacing the strawberry sauce with more fruit and something more moist (maybe ice cream).

Service was good.

The Pavilion Restaurant provides a wonderful dining experience. The ambience lends itself to a romantic meal or a professional setting for a business meeting.

The lunch specials at $9.95 were not only reasonable but generous portions. The salmon was cooked to perfection and the beef stroganoff was delicious! They also feature a special menu to try the local delicacy.

Our server was very attentive, helped suggest dishes to try! I would highly recommend coming here to enjoy the experience yourself!

Impressive dinner at Pavilion!

Honestly I didn't expect so much for this restaurant before I go, it's new in Northbrook area. Last Saturday I went there with my boyfriend, it's not a big restaurant but atmosphere is classy, small lounge looks nice too and serve variety of alcohol, they also have live music on specific days, its very nice to have dinner with live music, when we got there it was empty but right after one hour later, the whole restaurant was packed! It's a good place for late dinner during weekend too, since they open till 3am.

Service was outstanding, our waitress is knowledgeable of the food and she was very nice! We ordered Lobster bisque for soup, it's a little too salty and didn't have too much lobster meat, but it's only 5 dollars, not bad to try. For main course I ordered sea bass and my boyfriend had salmon, didn't overcook my sea bass and it was a big portion. Dinner better than what I expected, we also order chocolate martini too, so overall I like this restaurant. Menu price is fair, not too expensive, food was standard, European style. There is another restaurant called Petergolf right next to Pavilion, it's a banquet hall and I think they do serve dinner too.

Worth for 4 stars!

Amazing! I was intrigued by the yelp pics that I had to see and taste it for myself. And wow I was blown away. I'm a foodie and I hunt places in the US for great food and this is a hidden Gem (bcuz you'd never expect this in the hidden plaza it's in). We went during Lunch and the Taste, Food portion, presentation, atmosphere and manager was on Point! I ordered Beef Stroganoff (best I ever had) and my husband ordered the Turkey Sandwich (Amazing turkey) and portions were awesome. I'm also rate restaurant bread (I see it as, if they pay attention to their bread what more their entree) and wow we had a variety of them (all perfect and warm) with lil butter balls.... ! If you're reading this, you really have to go and try this place! This is definitely worth the trip.

Lunch pricing - Amazing deal definitely worth every penny.
Dinner pricing - If this was in the City you would be paying double.

Note: Door entry to restaurant might be confusing because Pavillion is also Petergof. We went thru the banquet door vs the restaurant door. Make sure you go to the door further right. Might look plain on the outside but you will be impressed inside.

Thank you Pavilion - Northbrook for a wonderful experience - Your Executive Chef who created the dishes is a keeper!! Looking forward to dining again!

It's nice to be surprised and the Pavillion was a very pleasant and unexpected pleasure.

The restaurant's roots seem to be Russian judging from the some of the help and other diners but the copious menu leans more to western Europe and the U.S. than to the east.

Still, there are some eastern European dishes such a Rasputin Caviar Blini and Ukrainian Borscht but much of the menu is given to favorites such as Chilean Sea Bass, New York Strip Steak or Shrimp Tortellini Alfredo.

The greater part of the menu is taken up by a marvelous assortment of hot and cold appetizers. Besides the caviar and borscht, one could choose Beef Carpaccio, Tuna Tartar, Crab Cake, Foie Gras or Artichoke Fritters, just to name a few. Indeed a good and interesting meal could be assembled from just the starters on this menu.

We found the chef paid attention to the presentation as well as the flavor and service was attentive without being overbearing.

Pavillion is certainly a good value and they currently have an $18, 3 course prix fixe dinner which is a steal.

Great place to celebrate parties: birthdays, graduations, Bar Mitzvahs, any big celebration. Tanya, the manager, is a really good organizer, she will help you with the decorations, menus, seating organization, music ( also they can contact you with very professional DJ's).
We celebrated my husband's 45 th birthday and all guests had a blast; food was surprisingly good and abundant, Russian style with lots of different appetizers, smoked fish ( salmon, trout), caviar with all kind of blinis and sauces, good meat, salads, excellent.
Music was a success, we hired a ALEX, a DJ, for the night for a very reasonable price, all guests danced and he was open to the guests requests.
I really recommend this place for parties !