Trader Vic's

Pros: Excellent food, especially steak.
Cons: An excellent meal costs more than a burger and fries!

Chicago is known for steaks and has many very good steak houses to choose from. So, any time I get to Chicago, I like to try a different steak house. Of all the ones I've tried so far, Trader Vic's is beyond a doubt the best. And it's better than any...

Pros: Never a bad meal.
Cons: Dimly lit.

As a native of Chicago, who is now in PA, it is always fun to travel back there to visit friends and family. No trip is complete unless we lunch at Trader Vic's in the Palmer House. No matter what the season in Chicago, the ride down the escalator into...

Pros: delicious food and fun setting
Cons: none

Once when I was young, my parents brought me here, and they took the kids on a tour of the kitchen. I was scared to death. This typified what could have been a Charlie Chan movie, or slave trading, or....who knows what they were really yammering about!...

Pros: Fabulous Drinks, excellent service
Cons: Couldn't find one if I looked.

I recently went to the Trader Vic's in Emeryville CA, the original Trader Vic's and it was unbelievable. First of all the waiters and captains are very friendly and are sure to make you laugh. The wide assortment of drinks are so well made that you will...

Pros: great drinks, good food
Cons: won't let you keep the cups anymore

Trader Vics has a lunch buffet that is average. There are only 3 entree choices; a chicken stir fry, a beef stir fry and a breaded chicken strip thing. It didn't look too good and though I went to go for the buffet I ended up ordering a dinner. I did get...

Pros: Delightful atmosphere, attentive staff, wonderful food and drink. Nostalgic ambiance for all times...
Cons: The evening has to end.

Spend time at Trader Vic's with your sweetheart, or your best friends or both. Let the evening wear on. Enjoy.

I have gone to every Trader Vic's I could. I first started back in the early eighties when I worked for Southwestern Bell. I...