Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant- South Barrington, IL

Extremely disappointed in our service on Mother's Day 2025. Why the heck do they give their wait staff tables that are placed all over the restaurant is beyond me. They should be giving sections where tables are right next to each other. It's a little more work for hostess, but especially on a holiday everyone's sections would be full and evenly distributed. Service would be SO MUCH BETTER. We had Kelsey, but rarely saw her. We were outside. 1/2 her fault 1/2 restaurants!! She had one other table on opposite side of patio, but she was rarely outside. She only got an 18% tip because of it. We kept asking other staff for stuff and twice they never relayed it to Kelsey. We would have ordered another drink round if we would have had better service. It took forever to get bill which delayed them from being able to sit people faster. As for the food, I can only talk about mine. I had a grilled prime skirt steak CHOPPED salad which came as a WEDGE salad??? They were so busy they didn't have time to cut the lettuce up properly??? Wasn't it suppose to have bacon? I got wedge of lettuce, only 2 cherry tomatoes cut in half, and the steak. It took me forever to cut up the steak and lettuce. Then a little cup half full of dressing? I put my dressing on very light, but that was ridiculous. I was eating raw lettuce and steak. EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED, don't think I'll go back to this location. We also told the hostess we would need a gluten free menu which did not happen. My daughter is a wine member and she was also EXTREMELY disappointed.

Went to cooper’s hawks last night and started with the wine tasting, Q was amazing and was able to help me and all my girl friends find the right wine specific to all of our different likings of wine! overall he knew all the wine and was so so helpful and had us all laughing too! Also I have a friend who is severely gluten free and she was able to find something she loved from their gluten free menu!

Nice menu with vegetarian and gluten free options. The wine list is extensive and the staff are helpful and efficient.