Entourage in Schaumburg

I am surprised I searched and saw this suggested to eat or have drinks at but no one has really posted anything about it. So here it goes.

I went there for lunch this afternoon and did not walk away disappointed.
The place was ultra modern on the exterior and the interior. It had a lot of wood like Wildfire but it was lighter wood that matched the beige leather seating. Very nice modern art and sconces lined the walls.
So on to the meal. I have to say the service was excellent. My water and pop never went dry. The staff was very friendly. the prices were high but typical for Woodfield area. They are posted on their website. Nice!
I started with the hoisen-Serrano Chle Calamari. I have to say it was excellent. The calamari was lightly breaded and served in a sauce consisting of scallions roasted garlic and fresh jalapeno and red chilis. The calamari was very tender. I hate rubbery calamari.
There was also free bread provided. While hot, it did not appeal to me. I thought it tasted like it had uncooked dough in it. Maybe that is how it is supposed to taste but I didn't care for it. So had my one bite.
I finished with the Entourage beef burger encrusted in wildmushroom and truffle. Done medium rare to order. Was Great.
Great burger and quite tasty. Though I would have gone with a different type of bun. The fries on the side were not that good. Even though they were fresh cut, they were a bit undercooked and not crisp. On the soggy side.
Overall, I would say good place to check out. I liked it enough to return. There are still a few things on their menu I would like to try.
http://www.entourageventures.com/

Thanks for the info! What do you have done to your Camaro? Non food question I know!

I had a business meal there about two months ago. I thought that the food was excellent and well prepared. Our server did an excellent job.

I cannot comment on the menu as we were offered a limited menu by the host - one steak entree, one fish, and one vegetarian.

An absolutely gorgeous building and excellent food...unfortunately their drink prices are kinda brutal.

Blown Z wrote:Thanks for the info! What do you have done to your Camaro? Non food question I know!

I have done a lot to it. Borla exhaust, power pully, 160 termostat, K&N cold air induction, chip, steering stabalizer bar, aluminum radiator...the list goes on. Still looks stock though

TonySpilotro wrote:An absolutely gorgeous building and excellent food...unfortunately their drink prices are kinda brutal.

Too bad about the drinks. I didn't look at em since it was lunch time. Schaumburg has such a high tax rate it really hurts the pocket book

davecamaro1994 wrote:

Blown Z wrote:Thanks for the info! What do you have done to your Camaro? Non food question I know!

I have done a lot to it. Borla exhaust, power pully, 160 termostat, K&N cold air induction, chip, steering stabalizer bar, aluminum radiator...the list goes on. Still looks stock though

Are you on www.mfba.org at all? I have a supercharged 94 Z.

Blown Z wrote:Are you on www.mfba.org at all? I have a supercharged 94 Z.

Gentle reminder: LTHForum's PM (private message) system works quite well for exchanges that are not of general interest.

davecamaro1994 wrote: I started with the hoisen-Serrano Chle Calamari. I have to say it was excellent. The calamari was lightly breaded and served in a sauce consisting of scallions roasted garlic and fresh jalapeno and red chilis. The calamari was very tender.

This really is a great dish, flavorful and much more interesting than the typical fried squid and marinara sauce.

They also do very well with the steaks and chops. The chef is ex-Weber Grill Restaurant and the meat is mostly Certified Angus. The specials can be pretty creative, too.

Most of the drinks are priced in the typical martini-bar range. It's only the "luxury" cocktails that come with a whopping price tag. Of course, you do get to keep the hand-painted glass.

fyi, they have one of the most delicious Sunday brunch buffets. Lots of food really well done, (including Turducken for those of us that thought it was facinating and found it's just okay!) Highly recommend this!

I can vouch for the calamari...to pump it up a little I had them bring me an extra side of the fire-grilled serrano's which were wicked good. We also tried the egg rolls (cajun chicken maybe?) which were some of the best I've ever had.

The skirt steak entree is dynamite, need to get back in there to try some other stuff.

I tried it today and really liked it.

In the bar they have a special App menu which has all appetizers for $2-4 in smaller portions than on the regular menu. We tried the calamari, crab cakes, and the crispy rolls. The crab cakes were ok, but the other two were fantastic.

I had the Kobe beef burger, which was not hand formed (likely a frozen patty) but was really tasty, most likely due to the aioli sauce and the pretzel roll bun. I asked for the burger medium and it was clearly well done... but like I said, it was still tasty for some reason.

I had a small salad instead of fries, and it was a good choice. It was fresh and light in their house vinaigrette. It seemed to be missing some of the ingredients listed on the menu (cherries and pecans), but was still good. My friend had the fries which were hand cut but over-salted.

I will be back... Even though there were problems, it was still a good meal and the menu looked really interesting. If you are going, make reservations. We showed up at 12:05 p.m. and had to sit in the bar. The bar had 15 or so tables with only one server, who was also the very busy bartender.

Went back yesterday for my company's xmas party. I was less impressed.

Last time I had the burger, and while overcooked, it was tasty. This time I ordered a side caesar, the skirt steak, and a side of the truffled fries.

The caesar was really good. It as huge and large enough to split 3 ways. It contained large full stalks of lettuce covered with a garlicky caesar dressing and topped with croutons and fried capers. It was served with a steak knife. I was really tasty and reminded me of the caesar at the brown derby (well, not the original brown derby, but the one at mgm studios )

The skirt steak was tiny and smelled foul. They took the steak and cut it into 4 small pieces and poured some sort of cream based sauce over it. It was served with peppers and onions, onion straws, and a tomato chutney on the side. The steak was tasteless. The chutney was nice, but didn't really go with anything else on the plate. It turned out the vegetables were the foul smelling culprit. The smelled heavily of vinegar.

The truffled fries were absolutely vile tasting. By truffled I guess they meant covered in parmesan cheese. There was nary a hint of truffle to be found. The side was $6.95.

Others at the table got different dishes. The signature dish of crab cakes and fillet was tiny. There were two half-dollar sized crab cakes sitting on similarly sized pieces of fillet. It looked like an appetizer portion that would be passed around on a silver tray at a wedding's cocktail hour. It was $23.

Several people ordered the shrimp dishes, the shrimp scampi and the firecracker shrimp. They both contained 4 medium sized shrimp. The scampi was served over a small pile of risotto while the firecracker shrimp were served with nothing. Both were served on a plate that was smaller than the bread plates. They were embarrassingly small portions, and the rest of us kept passing parts of out plates over to them so that they would be able to actually fill up. each dish was around $16. Both enjoyed their dishes but were dismayed by the portions.

Someone else ordered the fillet sandwich. When it came others made fun because it looked like two white castle burgers on his plate. It was actually the filet sandwich cut in half. He claimed it was tasty, but also complained of its size. It was $14.

Lastly, one of my co-workers ordered the salmon. It looked to be poached and was served on a huge plate with a ton of vegetables that were artfully presented in a pie shape enclosed by shaved zucchini. The portion of salmon was quite small, but with the vegetables seemed to justify its price of around $16.

If I went back I would stick to the bar tables with their cheap appetizers and tasty burgers.