Lockwood Restaurant & Bar
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Lockwood Restaurant & Bar — an american spot in Loop. Old-school in the best sense, with zero pretense. Solid drinks, with the bar pulling its weight. Brice Leroi: "The menu is as impressive as the ambiance, offering an array of savory dishes crafted with care and creativity"
Experience Breakdown
LeWayne Ballard
1,072 reviews
“I was staying at the Palmer House, so ordered a few drinks and small bites to eat in the lobby”
Highlights
What Diners Are Saying
Diners loved
This is my second time being there everything on the menu is awesome.
Great restaurant in an excellent and storied hotel.
Superb, fresh, hot sandwiches and fresh salads under the wonderful overhead mosaic of the restaurant and bar.
Stayed at this The Palmer, so I ate here for several different meals.
Some noted
Location
17 E Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60603
What 581+ diners say about Lockwood Restaurant & Bar
“This is my second time being there everything on the menu is awesome.”
manny soriano
Feb 2026
“Superb, fresh, hot sandwiches and fresh salads under the wonderful overhead mosaic of the restaurant and bar.”
John Balkcom
Nov 2025
“The food was great.”
The food was great. Superb atmosphere and that’s worth the visit alone.
jason sines
Aug 2025
“Excellent service.”
Excellent service! The wait staff seems genuinely happy to work here. It is cordoned off, but there is still a lot of noise from the bar area.
Amy Warmenhoven
Jul 2025
“This restaurant is inside the historic Palmer House.”
This restaurant is inside the historic Palmer House. The atmosphere is grandiose until you enter into the quiet space of the restaurant. A wonderful experience in the middle of downtown. It's an amazing treat to walk into this building! We enjoyed our breakfast order. Our server was quick to make substitutions. He was also quick with coffee, tea and water. Portions are generous.
Explore Pilates
Jun 2025
“I was staying at the Palmer House, so ordered a few drinks and small bites to eat in the lobby.”
I was staying at the Palmer House, so ordered a few drinks and small bites to eat in the lobby. I sat at one of the tables in the lobby, but they have wait staff for all the tables. Started off with the Palmer House Brownie and Old Fashioned. Brownie is a traditional taste and not the overly sweet one many are used to. Both were good, so ordered a Flatbread Pizza and Bloody Mary. I wanted the Bloody Mary to be spicier, but was still good. Good, casual bites to enjoy while hanging out in the nice Palmer House lobby.
LeWayne Ballard
Jun 2025
“We came here for breakfast throughout our stay at the Hilton.”
We came here for breakfast throughout our stay at the Hilton. Staff are incredibly friendly and do a very good job. Breakfast items were lovely and of good value. Can strongly recommend the chocolate croissant
Thomas Howe
May 2025
“Breakfast of brownie pancakes.”
Breakfast of brownie pancakes. Everything was great. Beautiful location, friendly staff, and (again) brownie pancakes. Watch the brownie episode of Tasting History on YouTube for the origin story
Matt Rabold
May 2025
“Fantastic all around restaurant and bar located inside the Palmer House Hotel.”
Fantastic all around restaurant and bar located inside the Palmer House Hotel. The food is delicious and well made. The service was quick and friendly. The wait staff was knowledgeable and amazing. The Salmon was absolutely perfect. The steak was excellent but the garlic potato fries honestly blew me away..I have never had such great fries! Would 100% visit again. Absolutely amazing.
Jrod K
Mar 2025
“The food was phenomenal.”
The food was phenomenal! The burger was what we expected-it was so good! Along with the clam chowder soup and the pork belly bao, which was both surprisingly good!! Don't second guess just get it. Overall, We were pleased with our service, such a sweet night and good conversation with our waiter who is from Bangladesh, nice and open guy!!
Christopher & Deanna Houston
Feb 2025
“We are staying at the palmer house and have eaten at Lockwood every morning.”
We are staying at the palmer house and have eaten at Lockwood every morning! Only.complaint is that twice we've ordered eggs over medium and they came out over hard. Otherwise we really love it!! Highly recommend especially if you're staying close!
Gabby Chandler (gc_colorguard)
Dec 2024
“What a beautiful hotel in Chicago!”
What a beautiful hotel in Chicago!! That’s why we went… to wander the gorgeous lobby of The Palmer House. Usually I’m hesitant to dine in hotel restaurants but we ended up trying out The Lockwood onsite. It was great! A very intentional menu so you don’t get overwhelmed with choices and the food we ordered had really really great flavors. After dinner, we took our drinks over to sit in the hotel lobby and listen to the live music. A classy experience overall and we will be back!
Briana McLean
Nov 2024
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