Gabriels

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Gabriel's Restaurant in Highwood is a three star French restaurant. This place is moderately priced. It's been awarded the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence award. This place features outdoor dining. Upon entering the restaurant, you'll find a romantic atmosphere. This restaurant features private rooms, a full bar, and fine wines. This restaurant is good for groups. Diners found the food delicious.

User Reviews of Gabriels

Gabriels, Celberate or Frustrate?

Atmosphere is great Gabe was welcoming (he saw a pay check walking in) Wine somaliae was awesome Table service was beyond bad Food was good Gabe couldn't be bothered after we were seated
citysearch.com - user review - 06/29/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Liz S.

4.0 of 5 stars. While I love modern cuisine, sometimes it's nice to have an old-world experience. Gabriel's is about as old-world as it gets - classic in every sense, with service that makes you feel totally cared...
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Scott R.

3.0 of 5 stars. This is a place where the food always sounds better on the menu than it tastes. Service is quite good though Gabe seems to fawn over certain of his clientele to a somewhat nauseating extent. I eat...
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Inna T.

2.0 of 5 stars. In the burbs, the usual formula for opening a "fine dining" restaurant is:1. Regardless of quality of food, charge alot of money and people will think since they're paying alot, they're getting alot....
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by R. B.

5.0 of 5 stars. well worth it. the food is some of the most authentic and delicious Italian you'll ever have. the wine list, one of the most impressive you will ever see. the service is amazing. it is impossible to...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by MARYLOU G.

5.0 of 5 stars. If you want to be treated like royalty, Gabriel's is the place to go. The chef/owner is charming and greets the diners as though they've been invited to his home. Not only is service impeccable, the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2005
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Mixed reviews

While the service was exceptional (our water glasses were always full, as was our wine glasses), the food didn't live up to expectations. Yes, it was very good food, but not outstanding. Some of the pairings...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/06/2003
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Not a place to Dine!

Good food, but a rude owner. He waited to tell us we must be done on his schedule after we opened the wine (>$200). When I suggested he work on customer service he said "It is I who am important, not my...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/18/2002
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OpenTable

Gabriel's Restaurant, now open for over 13 years, serves French and Italian cuisine in an elegant dining room of white linen, mahogany, and etched glass. A European-style open kitchen puts chefs in full view...
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SearchChicago

chef/owner gabriel viti swings easily between italian and french in this charming and comfortable highwood eatery. more important, he knows how to work flavor into his creative dishes. top-notch service...
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Epinions

almost, but not quite...
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10Best

cuisines collide at this refined restaurant that combines the best of french and italian cooking. the kitchen is open, so you can see the masterful chefs at work, whipping up dishes like veal porterhouse,...
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SearchChicago

there are chefs who lend their name and visage to promote knives, pots and pans, burgers and hot dogs, and a lot of other products that are not even remotely connected to the culinary arts. then there are...
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Centerstage

i am dumbfounded at jack's comments. i have been to gabriel's perhaps a dozen times. gabriel has always been come to the front of the room to graciously greet his guests...
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Chicago Reader

it's a long schlep from downtown to highwood but well worth it. the staff, including gabriel, go out of their way to welcome you and attend to your needs. the decor is nice and cozy, "suburban elegant," i...
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AOL CityGuide

highlight in highwood is french-ital masterpiece...
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Metromix

noone can deny the wonderful dishes that come out of the open kitchen at gabriel's restaurant. each patron is greeted by the owner himself with a smile and a handshake(cute girls seem to get a kiss) the...
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Metromix

an upscale/casual restaurant featuring french and italian dishes prepared in an open kitchen where hand-painted tiles cover the walls. patrons sit at linen-draped tables, in booths, at the lace-curtained bar...
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Gayot

gabriel viti, who at one time trod the kitchen boards across the tracks at carlosi, is the conductor of this culinary performance (and toques bob and abound in the exhibition kitchen) and his work is usually...
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