State and Lake

I sadly feel compelled to write this review. First, the atmosphere here feels very forced and very inconsistent. Overall it does not feel authentic and like its being forced into something that it isn’t. Face it, it’s a hotel restaurant– stick to something that is simple and not pretentious. Hearing country music covers in the middle of the Loop while looking at a bedazzled deer head on the wall is not appealing and I hope it never will be. A simple bar and restaurant with great steak and good drinks is what appeals, to me at least, in a hotel restaurant. Just my opinion.
The food was okay at best. For the price you pay, you might as well save twenty or thirty dollars and go across the street to the Chick-​fil-​a, or walk a couple blocks to a proper restaurant. I got the Maine mussels and they would have been good except that the chef decided to put oranges into the sauce. It was just bad. With mussels, stick to butter and garlic… please… I also got the perch tacos — a great way to get the mussel sauce taste off my palate. Admittedly the perch tacos were good but not good enough to up this place to 3 stars.
My suggestion, get out of the Wit and get a good meal elsewhere.

Took a prospect for lunch. Very nice spot — nice décor and great location. We each had a burger, ice tea, and we shared an order of fries. The food was ok. The burger was obviously a pre-​made frozen patty (you can always tell that from the perfectly molded circular shape). With tip it wound up being almost $ 60!!! Way over the top imo.