Jude's Restaurant,Bar in Crystal Lake

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#42 From 159 in Crystal Lake
9.0
294 Review
Ambience
9.0/10
Food
9.0/10
Interior
9.0/10
Prices
9.0/10
Service
9.0/10
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Price & Cuisine
$ American
Establishment type
Restaurant, Bar
About
The hallmark of this bar is serving nicely cooked prawns, chicken tikka and tuna. Order good gin. Come to Jude's for delicious tonic. The cozy atmosphere of this place allows customers to relax after a hard working day. Google gives it 4.5 so you can choose this spot to have a good time here.
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Jason Wintersdorf
Source: google
10
41 minutes ago
Price per person $30–50 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5
Compliments to the chefs all the dishes were amazing! The drinks were delish ! Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5
What a disappointing experience! The atmosphere had a super chill vibe when you walk in. We had a reservation for 7pm, and when we walked in we’re surprised at how slow it was. We requested a seat at a high top in the bar. At first, the bartender was our server and he was great and very attentive, until they got busy. Then he seemed overwhelmed and took a while before coming back to see if we needed anything. The drinks were pretty good. I tried a couple different of the gin drinks, and my husband had the classic old fashioned. The only criticism is that was brought to the table in this capped bottle which he then poured out himself. It would change up the whole feel if they poured it table-side. The food - let’s just say this place is trying really hard to come up with some very unique plates but it seems like a fail to me. It Started out with some cracker like thing brought to the table with 3 dipping sauces, not sure what each of them were. We told the bartender we had never been there before so it would’ve been great if he shared what they were. Then we had the charcuterie board that comes with a pretzel, meats and cheese. The meats were literally a few slices of pepperoni and salami that seemed like they came from the grocery store, nothing special at all. The cheeses were ok… then we had the ahi tuna tacos, which were completely smothered in the sauce so you could not taste the ahi at all. Followed by the Moroccan beef skewers which I’m pretty sure was just ground beef, made into what seemed like a meatball then flatted up and around the skewer with some weird seasoning, with dried out awful tasting rice - the rice tasted burnt or as if it had been sitting in the pan all day! Then we got a dessert, the deep fried bananas fosters cheesecake in a puff pastry with a rum caramel sauce and vanilla gelato. We thought this was going to be the best part of our meal. Unfortunately it was not! First off, the server brought it to the table and when she placed it down spilt half of the sauce out onto the table - but somehow didnt notice she did that and just walked away. The ice cream (gelato?) was completely melted into the sauce, the “puff pastry” was more like a sad egg roll wrapper, and the cheesecake filling was still cold inside. (Flavor was pretty good - does that count?) After this experience, the only reason we might return is to sit outside in the summer to enjoy a drink, otherwise overall, not impressed which is too bad - I feel like there could be a lot of potential here!!! Price per person $30–50 Food: 2 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes Small Plates
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Daniel Baus
Source: google
10
5 days ago
Great food, atmosphere, and drinks. Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5
Price per person $30–50 Food: 2 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes Small Plates
Price per person $30–50 Food: 2 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes Small Plates
Always a great experience! Food and drinks were amazing!! Highly recommend going! Price per person $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes Small Plates
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Daniel Baus
Source: google
10
A week ago
Great food, atmosphere, and drinks. Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5
Compliments to the chefs all the dishes were amazing! The drinks were delish ! Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5
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