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Great service, cocktails, and food. Great place to chill at the bar. Talk, eat, drink, read, and write

Wow, what an incredible experience. Sophisticated atmosphere, superb customer service, and delicious drinks. Would love to try the food next time!

Beautiful ambience, beautiful decor. Kumiko is not a bar but an experience in itself. The great service starts as soon as you enter and the staff go above and beyond to serve you. Little details like welcome tea at the entrance, pillows at seating benches make Kumiko a warm, memorable experience. The cocktails are the one of the best we have had in Chicago! Would recommend trying their whiskey cocktails and the tisane teas. (Please note the food here is good as well but the main highlight of thi … – show

Hands down the best cocktails I’ve had in Chicago. Julia Momosé is an artist and I highly recommend the “Yaki-Imo Old Fashioned”, which I can only describe as a ‘journey’ given there are so many layers and notes to savor. The “Sea Flower” is subtle but fresh and delightful and goes well with all that great caramelized onion jam in the “Maitakedon”. The service is top notch and starts as soon as you enter through the doors. The host welcomed us with a hot cup of tea, which set the tone for the e … – show

The food here is extremely inauthentic. This place is notoriously hard to get a reservation at, so I was super excited when my husband managed to snag a Saturday night reservation just 2 weeks prior. However we were both utterly disappointed by the food. The drink list was pretty extensive and interesting and contained both alcoholic and non-alcoholic choices. My husband got “New Wave” which smelled funky but tasted decent while I got the “Hibiscus Matcha Latte”. I actually found mine light an … – show