Fulton's On The River?

I've searched this forum and found references to this place, but no real review.
How does this place rank with other fish places in the area?
Is it a good option for a semi-business dinner (can you hear across the table)?

DML wrote:I've searched this forum and found references to this place, but no real review.
How does this place rank with other fish places in the area?
Is it a good option for a semi-business dinner (can you hear across the table)?

It's quite good for a semi-business dinner. It ranks on par with most of the other seafood places in the loop- it's just ok. Their raw bar is decent, short of Spring and Oceanique and a couple of sushi places here and there it's about as good of seafood as you're going to get in Chicago.

I would have to say I disagree with jpschust's assessment of Fulton's. I've eaten here two or three times and each time I've gone I felt like I get a much less tasty experience than if I had been at Shaw's or Joe's Stone Crab. I've had their clam chowder, which I thought was rather tasteless and too thick. I've had scallops which were verging on rubbery and overpriced for what i got. I remember liking the bread basket but why escapes me, I'm afraid.

I was also not enamoured of their space or the service. It wasn't horrible, it wasn't great. It was decent and average but nothing really stood out to me.

I suppose it's a decent enough place but I honestly wouldn't recommend it over any other seafood in town. I would always steer folks to Joe's or Shaw's or even Catch 35 which I find rather corporate.

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I reviewed the place two years ago:

http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=8049

I really enjoyed the space, which is expansive, and much of the food, but I haven't been there in more than a year.