I had the misfortune of dining at 100 South recently, live in Elmhurst and after all the hype about how good this place is was excited to check it out. Went on the early side, as we were heading downtown afterwards for a show, heard about the ""early bird"" specials, which is always good news when checking out a new place with folks on a budget. The entire restaurant smelled of stale smoke which was the first turn off, next was our horrible waiter, we had to go get our own ""early Bird"" menus because neither the waiter or the hostess brought them when asked. Waiter was sarcastic and disrespectful to my mother when she could not read the menu (very dark/no lights) We all decided to order from the special menu, as it was so early and we were on a time crunch, waiter showed genuine disappointment that we did, and failed to ask regarding our ""sides"" requests, we had to bring up....he then remarked....""well No one ususally orders from this menu anyway, so I am not used to it"". What he is not used to is courtesy. All of us finished our cocktails before our meals arrived and there was no offer to get us another drink or a glass of wine until our meals were finished. The busboy actually reached over my mother's plate and instructed me to hand him my plate, verses coming to my side of the table. We were looking for a good meal, a nice bottle of wine, and a decadent desert with espresso. We ate an ok meal, and left. Enjoyed our desert somewhere else where the service and atmosphere was much more pleasant. The restaurant was nearly empty at the time we were there, so our lack of service was not a result of a staffing issue. We won't return, and we won't recommend to our neighbors and friends in town.
Pros: nice selection to choose from
Cons: Service, Service, Service, Very smokey
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