Arbella

This cocktail bar has a great vibe and good music. It was fairly busy for a Thursday evening so would recommend reservations. They have happy hour 5-7 Monday to Saturday, even though options are limited on the happy hour menu, they were good. Overall the drinks menu is extensive and cocktails were great. We tried 4 of them and all were really good. The food menu is small. We ordered KFC and Feta Dip. Our server messed up our order and served us the Buffalo hot and spicy tenders which were good too we didn’t request the dish to be swapped. They service was a little slow as 1 server had to manage a lot of tables. All in all, great place to grab cocktails and small bites with your date.

Amazing vibes, great food, music and drinks. Lots of options to select from, service is top notch. We ordered the Chicago fire extinguisher, really strong and perfect. I really loved the way the drinks are presented. The Croquettes tasted good. Great deals during happy hour, not many restaurants in Chicago downtown offer happy hour on Friday’s but Arabella does. I would highly recommend it.

The food we had was good, drinks decent, but service was subpar. Had to try and flag down server multiple times to the point even the door guy was helping us place drink orders. Nice vibe in the place. Limited menu. Happy hour prices not much benefit from regular prices

Great spot in Chicago to go for drinks. They also have food on the menu and great music. They had a DJ when I visited, with a nice selection on mixes to get you dancing. All cocktails are delicious and perfect! I will definitely go back on my next visit to the city.

Really fun spot with great friendly service and good music. I enjoyed the high ceilings and the crowd at the bar. Happy Hour drinks are extremely good value at $10 per cocktail for selected items. Definitely hope to come back.

Happy Hour is Mon-Sat until 7pm. Had Friday 7pm reservation. Place was slightly crowded from after work happy hour. Arbella has a dimly lit, Candle-light ambiance. I had pork tacos, 3/$10, did not disappoint. I had a "Mexican Dance off" and "If I were Green, I would die" which has egg whites suggested by waitress Paige and surprisingly delicious. There's an option to rinse your glass in absinthe. As the night progresses, a DJ comes,some tables are cleared and it's a club vibe. Great experience, will be going back!

A great date night spot. A great hangout spot. The atmosphere was next level. That atmosphere was extremely relaxing and exciting. The entire night from start to finish was amazing. The staff was extremely accommodating and helpful. I showed up without any reservations and they made accommodations to get my group get a table and was communicating very well. I knew the drinks would be great. However, I was extremely shocked by the how good the food was. Everyone ordered something different. We tried each other’s plates, and we all were very impressed. The old fashions are amazing! Overall between the staff, atmosphere, and food you cannot go wrong with this place. The ambience is spot on. I will be going back I will be highly recommended to any and everyone I talk to. So if you’re visiting Chicago and wanna have a great night out, you better go to Arbella! If my pictures are blurry, I apologize but trust me you can’t go wrong!

Went there with wife to celebrate the end of a busy week! The buzzing atmosphere was lovely which reminded us our younger days . This place is extremely popular so reservation is recommended. We were lucky that there was a small table available to us for 1.5 hours. There were quite a few drinks/cocktails on the menu as well as snacks. Don’t expect full-on meals since it is a cocktail bar after all. We decided to just have some drinks here and ordered a few signature cocktails which were good. However the sweetness could be dialled down a notch. Soon after we sat down, a group of young ladies sat down next to us. Needless to say, we had to shout for rest of the night otherwise none of us could be heard The service was very tentative and friendly.

This place has a pretty decent happy hour! Orders the Mexican dance-off delicious! and the Korean sweet and spicy tenders pretty good but could be better and truffle fries pretty good asl well! The vibes are very cozy and lounge-like. It’s super cute and I would definitely recommend! Definitely will be coming back!

The drinks here are amazing! I love the happy hour deals and the vibe in here. The smoky bear drink we got was really cute and we've never seen anything like that before. The only con is that the music here at night was bad and sometimes it's hard to get a table here around 5-6.