Best Open Kitchen Restaurants in Long Grove

Our server Catherine was excellent! The food arrived in a timely manner, was hot, and absolutely delicious all while the restaurant was full to capacity on Thanksgiving evening. Such a pleasant experience!

We had a reservation at 4;45 and someone took us right to our table. Many people waiting. There was 6 in our party. The waiters were right there taking out drink orders and bread and appetizers came soon after. Orders were taken promptly, and we didn't have to wait long. Dinner was delicious, and we had a lot of leftovers, and the staff brought boxes to take home. The deserts were also boxed. All in all, a great Thanksgiving experience.

We Do not go out for Thanksgiving, we cook and stay home. But as the sole remaining cook in my immediate family, it has become "too much" with recent knee problems. Not knowing where to go for best experience as well as a Turkey meal, I did online research and Granite city came up. The variety of your buffet + the decent price made you my 2nd choice. My 1st choice was close to home and I've heard great reviews by friends about their food and especially Thanksgiving buffet. But my brother and Fiance were not sure of time the could arrive, so last minute reservations were too late. Granite city had various times open, so I took a chance. Turned out great! It wasn't too busy.(we hate crowds) the food was excellent, fresh and refilled often...and the price was well worth it! My favorite foods were 1. The stuffing 2. The salmon and 3. Sweet potatoes. My brother and Fiance loved everything especially Turkey, mashed potatoes, pot roast and stuffing. Thank you for a wonderful Thanksgiving meal and experience!

This year our little family opted to forego the usual Thanksgiving traditions and decided to go out for a nice dinner. Wildfire was open and had reasonable accommodations and the prefixe menu looked great. We arrived early and were notified we’d be sat at our reservation time, which wasn’t too long after. Though the restaurant was filled, it wasn’t too loud and overall, it seemed everyone was happy. After being seated, we were treated to some breads and appetizers. Gabriel was our server and was fantastic. He was patient, friendly, receptive to needs, and timely. Give that young man a raise! Our meal was quite tasty! Reasonable accommodations were made. My only critique, do a separate pricing for kids under 5. We have a one year old, and they don’t eat that much on a good day, usually just sharing off our plates, but others than that, they ate pretty much everything put in front of them. We ended up taking our dessert home (equally as tasty. That Maple Pecan Pie was the bomb!). A great experience all around with none of the usual Thanksgiving hassle.

We had the combination dumplings for appetizer and the Kung pow chicken. It was delicious.