Fly Me To The Moon

Come enjoin best delicious food of Chicago City! Owner nice guy treat every people great! I Love pasta and sauce! Music free! Piano tonite! Bring many friends to eat lobster ravioli choice to sauce! Steak better to Gibson steak! Best wine of Chicago! Dom Perignon Champagne for you wife?
Happy time to eat great food nice guy owner. Cheaps.
Please to you come eat tonite!

Pros: everythinks best for you

Cons: no con you here

Posted 08/03/09

You fithy pig! You actually threaten to call the police and have us arrested if we refuse to pay $49.95 for your digusting, stringy, freezer-burned, discolored, shrivled, 3 0z. twin lobster tails? How long were they in the freezer? Seriously, 13 months? 18 months? How DARE you put those on a plate and expect someone to put them in there MOUTH?

How dare you charge $50 for that pathetic garbage? That's $55 including tax, and $66 including tip! That's $33 per 3 0z. tail! That's $11 an ounce, you thieving pipsqueek! And they are inedible! Are you an idiot?

After the outrageous manner in which you berated us in front of the other unfortunate diners in your stink palace, your lucky my husband is too much of a gentleman to knock you to the floor. I thought a vein was going to burst in your neck! Unfortunatly, it didn't.

Incidently, I tried resolving matters amicably with you by speaking Italian. My mother was from Calabria. You don't speak a word of Italian! Your a Greek! Why are you pretending to run an Italian restaurant when you obviously have no respect for the culture, it's tradition of fresh food, or even yourself.

I suggest you start looking for another line of work. Undertaker might suit you better.

Posted 08/02/09

I read all the bad reviews, but I'm always the person who loves the movie that got bad reviews....so after a coupon showed up in the mail for this place, my boyfriend and i decided to try it. We walked there from our place and were a little shocked when there was only one other couple in the place but blew it off as an early tuesday night crowd. We were warmly welcomed by our waiter and after showing him our coupon he said he would grant the coupon but to keep it so we could use it next time we came in! He rambled off a mouth watering list of specials and made made some fantastic recommendations. After a table-side fire grilled shrimp app, we had a delicious ceasar salad. My boyfriend enjoyed the list of fabulous martinis while I sipped a delectable red wine. I chose the lobster ravioli for dinner and was asked if I wanted red or white sauce, then the waiter told me to go with red, as it would pair with my wine better!
Anyway, I could go on, but I love a place where the waiter loves his food and his job and will happily explain and help you make decisions in every way!
Oh and, I hate tiramisu, but after the waiter "coerced" us to try it, I think my hate has subsided, it was AMAZING!!
We'll be returning often to this quaint little Italian spot.

Pros: the staff!

Cons: maybe the waiter is too good of a salesman :)

Posted 04/06/08

I can't even give this place a half a star!!!! The waiter who sat us and took our order reeked of B.O. We thought it was strange that there were no patrons in the place. The waiter insisted we try the "homemade" sangria. The drink was merkey and was the WORST tasting liquid we have ever had!!! How this man could call it sangria is beyond me! The salad and entree were inedible. The salad was drenched in a so called dressing. The pasta tasted like a gummy mess. We could not have eaten a worse meal. To top it off, my friend was violently ill all night. Hmmmm...wonder what that was from??????I would not send my dog to eat at this place.

Pros: Leaving

Cons: Deciding to eat there

Posted 08/05/07

Fly Me to the Moon is the ABSOLUTE WORST establishment in this city. A few days ago a friend and I went in there and had the worst experience. We ordered the calamari which had a huge black hair essentially breaded onto the calamari. We let our server know and wrote it off as an accident. Optimistically, we then decided to split the spaghetti and asked them to add meatballs. When we got the food, the meatballs looked like they were fished out of a Chef Boyardee can ? and what was worse was the meatballs were freezing cold in the middle. We complained to the pig uni-browed owner (wonder where that black hair came from?.) who explained that?s just ?how we cook things here?. He refused to take the spaghetti off of our bill even though we sent the plates back with only one bite taken out of each. As we were running out, a woman at the only other table in the place complained that the chicken in her pasta was lukewarm. Unbelievable!

Pros: Leaving

Cons: The Shame of Having Been Seen Walking Out of There

Posted 07/11/07

I agree fully with the last review! This place should not be in business. An awful experience. It was empty! The owner could not have been a ruder person. The food was lousy and the bread was not even good enough for the birds. There were major fights going on with the staff and the owner as well. Clearly they hate working there as much as patrons hate dining there. I give it a few months before "Fly Me to The Moon" will be a colloquiem for bankruptcy.

Pros: It reminds you how good other Italian restaurants are

Cons: You still have to stay to pay your bill

Posted 12/20/06

First of all, I know the owner edits this site, because my last review was deleted. This restaurant uses day-old bread, overcooked pasta, and the smelliest, rudest matr'd who yelled at us to "SIT AT THE BAR!" in a COMPLETELY empty restaurant while he "found" us a table. I should have known. The waiter was disgusting, the food took forever to the point where I was expecting a free dessert or something, the service was so bad. I cannot believe this place in still in business. They should have lost their liquor license years ago, considering this place is well known for serving underage drinkers. I could have made better pasta using the engine of my car and food I found in the garbage. Disgusting. Don't waste your time. These people don't deserve their great location. Someone who cares about good service should be in this location. Never go here. In fact, if you're walking by, litter in front of it.

Pros: We got to leave.

Cons: Food, Service, Cleanliness

Posted 07/05/06

Normally I wouldn't review a restaurant I haven't dined at, but this is an exception: I didn't get to eat here because the maitre d' refused to seat us, even though more than half of the tables are open!

After dinner at another restaurant nearby, my friends and I decided to go somewhere else for dessert. We walked into Fly Me by the Moon as the ambience looked great. Out came the maitre d' from the back: "Dinner for four?" Upon hearing that we were there for dessert and drinks, his whole facial expression changed and told us there was no table. As we motioned at the 6 or 7 empty tables, he responded: "Oh, those are all reserved for dinner guests. Believe me, I know what's going on." I was speechless. It was after 8:30 and the place was not even half full!

Posted 04/06/06

I can't think of a better place to dine with my husband!! The food is phenomenal! My favorite is the Chicken Farfalle with Asparagus. I have eaten at this restaurant at least 5 times and everytime is better than the first. This place has all the ambience anyone would want...you have NOT had italian food until you've been here...LOVE IT AND I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH...

Cons: parking

Posted 01/27/06

I honestly say this is the best place i have been to in chicago. The service is tremendous, the food is very good, the atmosphere is so unique and perfect, and there is a young very talented pianist there every night of the week and a band on friday and saturday. It is perfect to bring a date, a friend, or family. Ten stars. Extremely romantic and classy, a reminder of the thirties....The owner is very generous and cares very much about the business.

Pros: live music, good food, atmosphere, staff

Posted 03/22/04

The ambience was really great, and all of the staff were very friendly. It took a while to be seated, and although it a relatively small and cozy place, there was only one waitress, which lead to the so-so service. The general friendliness and coziness made for a wonderful evening though, as long as you are patient.

Pros: very friendly, entertaining

Cons: Long wait for table

Posted 10/05/02