Very over priced!!! 2 breakfast sandwiches and 2 coffees for $48.00. I had to ask for more coffee, my check and clean silverware. Not great service and not great food. I would choose a different place or stand in the Dunkin line. read more

Gene’s Bistro - Bacon, egg and cheese sandwich and tater tots. - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Looking for a bite to eat at midway airport, I saw this location in the corner and it had a healthy crowd which made me comfortable to go to it. It was self seating so I went and grabbed a seat and waited fir the waitress to come. She came swiftly and asked me what I wanted to drink and gave a menu. I originally wanted a Chicago dog which they were out of and then I asked for chicken sandwich which they also were out of. So I ended up going with the salad which was apparently a fan favorite. The salad and chicken were Decent but the dressing was fire! The reason I gave it 3/5 is because the food took over 45 minutes to come and the check another 30 Minutes after I asked for check. Furthermore the lack of selection at 3 pm in the afternoon was questionable for the quality of restaurant. read more

Gene’s Bistro - Caesar chicken salad - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

No selection. Expensive. Got the $20 burger and was not very good. Truffle fries are plain cafeteria fries in fryer with no sauce or seasoning. Out of iced tea. read more

Gene’s Bistro - Menu - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Slow service and no real logic to how people were being seated. Waited 20 minutes for food to come out and only came out after waiter went and looked. At this point, eggs were lukewarm. Noisy area with no charging ports. Suggest that Gene takes a visit to his bistro. read more

Honestly everyone was really nice, the food was good, they even subbed penne for bucatini for me. Sat at the bar and was served quickly. A good airport food experience. It was at 4pm read more

Gene’s Bistro - Pasta with Vodka sauce - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Horrible place staff doesn't know what they are supposed to be doing there's dirty tables all around.Got sat down and waited 30 min didn't even get a cup of water and then when I asked who was supposed to take our order nobody seemed to know what tables they were attending. After all that fuss we got asked if we wanted to change tables in hopes that our order would finally be taken.We decided to leave, I didn't get to try the food but by the looks of it it must've not been too good ,there was plates with food untouched all over read more

Overpriced, terrible service , and very small menu. Chicken club sandwich was horrible as it was sliced deli meat , the bread was rock hard and tough to bite through, and zero taste . Many better options in the airport read more

Hot dog was dressed up nice with peppers and mustard. Lots of tomato's. Fries were ok. Not crispy but not soft. Tacos weren't much food and not Much flavor. Menus available through QR code. Sweeping the place out as we eat. This is what airport food Used to Be like. read more

Waiting for our flight and decided to stop in for something to drink. The service was kind slow for it being at the airport. We only ordered drinks which were fine although her coming back to check on us was very few and far between. The ambiance was airport casual read more

Server was good. Food is bland with not a lot of options. Unseasoned fries and burgers. Charge a dollar for a side of premade ranch. My food took 10 minutes longer than the rest of my party read more

It's an airport, but the Bar staff is exceptional 10/10 The app needs me to post more. read more

I wonder if Gene cares that this place sucks. It looks inviting, but the service is awful and the food meh. I waiting about 10 mins for someone to see me. You seat yourself. And now it's been 20+ that I've been waiting for her to wipe the syrup and trash in front of where I sat. And I've been waiting on fries for a total of 23. This will be the last time I choose this place. And it's not cheap. Especially when they have yummy tacos and Asian bowl around the corner. And frankly a host of other places better. Gene ... clean house and get it together. So frustrated right now. Fries took 30 mins. This is an airport. I gotta plane to catch. I see people looking around like "is anybody coning over" people are getting g up and leaving - that's what I should did. Fries taste like nothing. read more

Wish I could give this place 0 stars. After sitting at the bar for an hour during our 3 hour layover, my husband and I enjoyed a couple of overpriced beers. We would have ordered food but after watching one of the servers pick his nose and touch the condiments we had lost our appetites. We asked for our check and paid an appropriate amount for a tip considering all our server did was pour some beers in plastic cups and set them in front of us before pacing back and forth asking if we needed anything every 2 minutes with an annoyed look on her face. As my husband was still drinking his $12 beer, this server told us there was a "table time" and we had to leave in case there was a "line". Mind you, there was no line nor was there anything told to us about a table time (if we had known about that rule we would have left sooner). We asked another server about this and she had no idea about the rule the other server had randomly implemented. Rather than letting it go or speaking to us directly about it, she continued to pace back and forth spouting rude comments each time she passed by even while her manager was there. I've never heard of a "table time" nor have I ever heard of a minimum gratuity required to deserve common decency from a server at an airport. Clearly this woman is in the wrong line of work. She'd probably be better suited as a prison guard or maybe the Weiner's Circle. I'd recommend going to Harry Carey's instead, the team there treated us like human beings and gave great service but honestly anything would have been better than this dumpster fire. read more

Can I give negative stars? 12.00 beers. Food out of a hospital cafeteria at 3x the price. Welcome. Midway food sucks no matter where you go. This should be against the law. This place is beyond pitiful. read more

Absolutely the worst food I've tried to eat. One bite and no go. Insipid and plastic textures. How can a business try do sell a $14 thing that looks like it came from a frozen box plus a cup of small bland and cold coffee and a small bottle of water for a grand total of 30$. Run. read more

Gene’s Bistro - Egg and sausage - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Just...no. Had the tacos. First, the beef is the kind that goes into stews. Needs to be cooked for hours and hours, otherwise, turns into bland, tough, chunks of beef. And that's exactly what was on the tacos. They came with an Asian sauce, tasted like teriyaki, but also salsa. They really aren't sure what these are supposed to be. Came with a side of their own chips. These could have been good. There was no seasoning at all, so they were simply thin sliced fried potatoes. Bland as well, but not as tough as the beef. Oh, and all you see there, plus a lemonade was $20! Ouch! Not sure how the other stuff is there, but if this is an indicator, skip it. read more

Gene’s Bistro - Tacos - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

The place is clean, well lit, comfortable and certainly convenient. Limited breakfast menu which should make for easy for the kitchen. I had the bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich. What a disappointment, the sandwich consisted of a cold hamburger bun, un-toasted, barely warm egg and crisp but not warm bacon. This sandwich was made earlier and sat for who knows how long waiting for me to order it. The tater tots were warm and crispy. I worked breakfast as a short order cook decades ago in a near north hotel snack shop. Gene's kitchen should be able to cook to order, this place wasn't to busy to cook to order. The coffee was hot my waitress was attentive and pleasant. I feel like I would have been better off at Burger King for the food. read more

What used to be a wonderful Potbelly is now a total dumpster fire of a restaurant. I can't say anything about the food here because I didn't get to try it. After one hour of waiting while seeing other people around me get their food, I left. I know airport restaurants are usually not all that great, this place was exceptionally terrible. Genes Bistro! If you were able to eat at Gene's, there's a good chance you missed your flight! read more

Great service, sub-par food. Extremely limited menu and they were out of many dishes. Service was efficient and friendly.

Bad airport food. Impersonal service. They brought out the wrong order first, then later the correct order but my wife's order was missing ingredients. I got my coffee after we finished eating breakfast. Never got the hot sauce I was offered. My "salad" with my omelette was cold wilted browning romaine lettuce and nothing else. Go buy takeout somewhere else and save some $$. read more

I stopped in to Gene's Bistro to grab some breakfast before my flight home to Indy and was not what I had expected. I sat at the counter and a nice gentleman helped me, but could tell he was overwhelmed. He took my order and brought me my coffee, but that was the extent of his service. Once he brought me my food, that was all the contact I had with him. I could not even get a refill for my coffee. I had wanted the oatmeal, but they ran out of oatmeal, so I ordered the All American breakfast, which was eggs, bacon, and toast. It was decent, but nothing special. I've had better breakfast meals. Since I was in a hurry, I just let it go and did not bother complaining because I was hungry and wanted some food. A gentleman that sat next to me at the counter was not happy with his all American breakfast and asked for a refund on his meal. Needless to say I will not be coming back to Gene's Bistro the next time I am passing through Chicago Midway airport unless I am really desperate for a meal. read more

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Gene's Bistro terminal B is a bit loud because of it's location and a bit chaotic but worth it. Simply the BEST burger I have had anywhere in a long time! We arrived at shift change and it was "mad chaos" and the restaurant was already full but host sat us within minutes. We had water and someone taking our order in less than 5 minutes. i ordered the Bistro Burger and my husband the Pulled Pork. Both were delicious and we were in and out with plenty of time to spare. If you don't have a tight connection it is worth a look. read more

Gene’s Bistro - The Best Burger! - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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The service was good and the food tasted fine but it was overpriced for the quality. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone

Took over 20 minutes to place order after seated and another hour just for food to came cold. Took about 2 hours start to finish. Just go anywhere else in MDW. read more

The airport could not have been more crowded and these guys send half their staff on break. Bad management.

*AVOID* Pasta was over cooked... the pasta... how do you mess up pasta?! Drinks are over priced but it's the airport so that's to be expected. read more

We came in late for dinner and the food was still fresh. Customer service was nice. As you can see by the photos picture, the desert was as good as it looked. read more

Gene’s Bistro - I forgot the name of this desert! But it taste as good as it looks! - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This was a wonderful place to have breakfast and a few adult beverages before boarding. Special shout out to Nico amazing server, who was able to be resourceful when they ran out of Prosecco. read more

Stopped in for some lunch before having to catch my flight. Ordered the chicken club with a lemonade to drink. Very satisfying and hit the spot for lunch. read more

I can't believe how AWFUL my experience was at this restaurant. The host seemed extremely annoyed that we wanted to eat there. When we sat down, the people sitting next to us warned us about the waiter. They were right. He was not only rude, but he was downright scary. I was legitimately afraid to ask for anything because he was so gruff and abrasive. The food was really bad, like what you would expect in a hospital cafeteria. But it was outrageously overpriced. We paid over $60 for a couple sodas, a crappy salad, and an even crappier hamburger. DO NOT EAT HERE!!! This restaurant DISGUSTS me. read more

The hours for all the restaurants are not as they are posted. Sounds like they are all having staffing issues. We flew into Chicago midway at 7:30 on a Sunday & were looking for somewhere to eat. This looked open, so we went in. It was packed so there were no open tables. It's seat yourself, so we walked around & found a dirty table, but it had a closed sign on it. I was able to ask a waitress if they had any open tables and she said no, the kitchen closes at 8, but we can order to go if we want. We went up to the counter to try to order to go. This was really difficult since they were so busy. It took quite a while, but we were finally able to order. The waiter was friendly. It took maybe 15 minutes for the food to come out. I had to ask for dressing for the salad & grab my own plastic ware. The waiter was friendly, but they were all clearly stretched thin. The meatball sandwich was delicious & filling too. BF had them pulled pork which he thought was good. The salad that comes with it is just spring mix, but with the vinaigrette it hit the spot. We were full after the meal and grateful to have eaten since we were here on a 3 hour layover. Many folks got turned away because the kitchen closed at 8. Just a reminder that it's not the employees who are at work causing this. Be kind to them. Tip well. We need to keep the employees who are working happy so they come back the next day or this will never get better. read more

Rude service from the bar staff that serves dinner. They were out of half of the items on the menu and the salad I got had room temperature lettuce. Plastic utensils for a sit down place was tacky and made cutting the food frustrating- skip this place and try somewhere else. read more

this place sucks. cold fries. weird tasting and poorly made chicken parm sandwich. Cobb salad with only blue cheese dressing available. and of course airport level of service. read more

Gene’s Bistro - cold fries. crap sandwich. - New American Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I just had the worst Hamburger ever! dry hard and no taste. Not to mention it cost 20.00 dollars. Last time here! read more

At six o'clock in the morning at the airport, there were not a lot of options to catch a bite to eat and get some coffee. The Bistro was fairly empty and decided to give it a try. There was not a lot of choices at this time, opted for a couple of breakfast sandwiches and coffees. The sandwiches are made to order, so expect to spend a few minutes waiting for your order to be made. The sandwiches were hot and big enough to fill us up before our travels. My only complaint that was completely ignored was that the order was for one decaf and one regular coffee. We received two regular coffees and the clerk even admitted that there was no decaf. And the best part she made no effort to correct the mistake. read more

Early morning breakfast and cocktail. A single vodka/lemonade $16, a double $20.....give me a double! Good pour, good lemonade, A+ on the drink. Ordered both a sausage egg and cheese and a bacon egg and cheese breakfast sandwich. Both were pretty tasty. Just like all airport restaurants and bars, pricy, but pretty tasty. The bartender/server named Nico was very awesome as well. So to recap, pricy, but very good. read more

My wife and I regrettably stopped by here between flights. At 7pm they had run out of most of their menu items except the burger, chicken salad and one other item. I'm not sure if they were left over because they're not good or what. The burger tasted mostly of old flat griddle oil and raw onions. The fries, which cost extra on top of the already up-charged burger, are large cut but tasted like chewy cardboard. Overall it felt like I was being charged extra to re-live the reduced-price elementary school cafeteria lunches of my childhood. Please don't eat here unless you have no other option or just need a beer. read more

Gene, my friend, they are doing you a disservice. At 8pm, they said they have 3 items tonight: truffle fries, pulled pork or ceasar salad. Half the seats are blocked off as "we're sorry, this section is closed". Saw the waitress three times - once when she came to get our full order, once when she briefly brought the food and once when she dropped off the check. Seems like they are severely understaffed. I know no one will read this until it's too late but their ONLY advantage is being the only restaurant outside of security. I would look elsewhere. Edit: forgot they didn't have any draft beer either... only a couple beers bottled. ALSO - they closed at 9:30 when their sign and website say 10pm. read more

We arrived and all seemed well. We placed our order ...still all seemed well. We didn't wait too long and then the food arrived. My single bowl of chili was a hearty portion but only luke warm - hubby ordered a Korean Chicken sandwich with homemade chips. The sandwich was kind of different - it was battered chicken with a coleslaw relish on top and a side of regular barbeque sauce. It wKorean flavored sauce, just regular BBQ sauce. It was served on a regular hamburger bun with homemade chips. When the waitress came back by, I asked if it could be microwaved or warmed up - told her it was only just warm...she said that's fine and took it back to the kitchen. When she returned, the chili was in a different bowl half the depth and only half filled. It was still just warm so I didn't return it again in fear that a thimble might be it's replacement. Ironically, the chili was not bad, but also not great. They gave me lots of crackers- but very little chili. I was still very hungry after. I'm not sure why they felt it needed to be put into a different bowl but I guess my advice to you is not to change your mind - if its warm, the alternative could be worse....much less food that is warm! I won't go there when I pass back through Chicago airport....I might be hungry!! read more

Ordering process is weird and there is no designated area for you to wait for a to go order. The food was OK at best. The Korean bbq chicken sandwich was just a weird flavor & the chicken was rubbery. The fries were also just OK. Place just wasn't very organized & their condiments station was a mess. One of my ketchup packets was sticky and I picked up a piece of hair with the packets initially. read more