HIGHWOOD
Froggy's French Cafe

Froggy's French Cafe

306 Green Bay Rd Highwood, IL 60040-1305, HIGHWOOD, United States

Steak • French • Seafood • Pepper Steak


"I went to Froggy's the other night with a friend for a midweek dinner. It is definitely not the first time I've been there, but it may be the last. First of all, The servers were really in the weeds and seemed to be really understaffed. I understand that it gets busy, and things get delayed. Nothing really got delayed, but we were looking for them a lot for water and stuff. Secondly, but most importantly, was the food. The oysters we had were good and fresh. However, their escargot variation was weird, especially with the peapods. They were out of anchovies for the ceaser salad, but after tasting it, I don't think they use anchovies in the dressing. The flavor of their dressing along with the raw shaved beet was not good. Our main courses were just not good. I ordered the Bouillabaisse and it was terrible. It was like a weird tomato-based sauce with over cooked proteins. The lobster has no meat in the tail, and their was no lobster meat added, as the server described in the special. Not only the weird sauce, no toast points or Rouille... They served it with mashed potatoes and vegetables that stuck out like a sore thumb. On top of that all, my mussels weren't de-bearded... I couldn't eat them. The desserts weren't any better. We had the passion fruit mousse and the poached pear. The mousse had a strange texture, like they didn't allow whatever gelatin mixture they used to set up correctly. The taste was ok, but got drowned out by the raspberry sauce. On the poached pear, where is the pear? All I tasted was poaching liquid and that's it. For the price and quality, there are tons of better French options around the area. I guess if I feel like normal french cuisine, that a true Frenchman would be proud of, I will across the tracks and down the street to the other French option. Honestly, I think they are way passed their prime and need to revamp everything before I come in again, especially their menu and quality. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $100+ Food: 2 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 3 Recommended dishes: French Onion Soup"

Nite N' Gale

Nite N' Gale

346 Waukegan Ave Highwood, IL 60040, HIGHWOOD, United States

Cafés • Pizza • Salad • American


"the atmosphere was interesting as an evening club. we sat right away without waiting. Maybe it should have been a sign. after a dae came the server returned to other 2 drinks icy and a miller liter. I asked for an arnold palmer, but she said they were from the limonade, okay. we ordered a bevel ring to start, which was in order. evening I ordered lasagna with meat sauce, woman ordered auberginenflorentin. both came with salatsohn had steak sandwich. salat was good, but the lasagna and the aubergines came to table as they had been prepared some time earlier in the month and were frozen and again plucked with sauce above. the steak on the sandwich had also been heated again, which undoubtedly benefits, we will say earlier this day. the brot and the service were great, my waterglass ever saw the floor. I'm glad I drank all this water, because in this night we all got sick and that probably helped it happen faster than the rest of my family. really a disappointment had heard this place legendary. Maybe we ordered the wrong meal or maybe not. unfortunately with so many other places in high wood to choose from don, we do not think to be back. Take a chance if you dare, but I really can't recommend these people. good answer donna, yes we were all sick! either that or her secret ingredient is colonial strike. interesting her answer was not how fresh her food is or apologize for the bad experience. they can only use that 75 years in business for so long or continue to blame covid here is an idea, they use fresh ingredients and a smaller menu so they do not have to serve in the last weeks. I sincerely hope that this was an out-of-experience to be a family business for as long as I am sure that they have many loyal, aging customers they need to finally replace with new ones. with their responses that I have seen from other reviews, they do not seem to be paying attention to winning a new business, just writing it off. not a good business plan, but if it fails, they still have the best property to sell to someone who has a better one."