Reviews for Avli River North in Winnetka, IL
Had the best restaurant experience ever, back in June at Avli Winnetka. Best Greek food we've ever had(sorry Detroit Greektown... spots). Our incredible waiter, Demitri, helped our 7 year old conquer his fear of saganaki flames with some funny jokes and hiswarm demeanor. He brought Hunter out some ice cream after dinner, and it made his whole day. After that the manager asked us howour meal was and we gave a beaming review. He talked about how they may be opening a Detroit location, and he said he hadsomething for us to take home with us. He gifted us a bottle of their house rose. Hands down some of the best food we've had ina long time, and the best hospitality I've ever experienced, anywhere. We ended up drinking the bottle in the woods on a campingtrip and it was fantastic. Thanks again Avli! Read more
Words can't describe what a lovely time I had at this establishment. Being from the area I decided to give Avli another chance... for date night this week. We were greeted warmly by the manager who engaged in giving us a personalized experience, the entirerestaurant was full of warm ambiance! I highly recommend the cocktails, we tried a couple different ones and they were allpleasantly balanced. If you're looking for a place that feels like home, I suggest you try them out. Read more
We had a moment of struggle to find the entrance since the directions brought us to a large brick building (former commercial... laundry building). This building contains several businesses within, and if you enter the glass door on the east side (basicallyacross Starbucks), just weave through the halls and you'll find Avli in the back on the west side of the building. You can alsoenter more directly from the West side if you want. The service/speed of receiving our order was amazing. We also got therebefore everyone else, so I imagine we were the first table prepared. Complimentary bread and butter, a chunky-ish but goodhummus, pungent garlic tsaziki sauce, even amazing iced tea. I honestly can't complain about anything. Everything was reallygood! I left stuffed and happy. Read more
Excellent service and great food and ambience. My husband and I witnessed how Alex, our server, was kind and receptive to... another table with a customer with special needs. Alex and the other servers were positive and could handle with grace ourtable too. Thank you! Read more
This place feels like in an artistic beautiful environment. From cutlery to dining, from heating floor to mouth watering food,... this restaurant would never leave me to amaze every time I visit. The boy, Juan helped us to select best options from theirvast Greek menu. Amazing place to spend beautiful time with beautiful people. Read more
The second time visiting Avli turned out much better than the first back in 2019. Sitting out in the courtyard allowed us to be... more comfortable with Covid and all. The service was much improved from the prior time, as our waiter was personable andattentive but not over bearing. Even the busboys seemed to be better trained. We started with a drink and dolmaldes whilewaiting for our guests. These dolmaldes were the best I’ve ever had. The plates was dressed with a slightly sweet amber saucethat contrasted the lemon tartness of the grape leaves, while the rice meat mixture was delicious. The menu has its basic Greekmenu items and then the not so basic to chose from. I actually had the lamb chops with their Greek rice. The chops were orderedmedium rare and very thin medium well came out. I didn’t send them back because they were well seasoned and tasty. Even thebroccoli was well seasoned and grilled with just right amount for the grill browning and flavor. My wife had the skeweredchicken, which she enjoyed as well. My mother-in-law is vegan, and there are plenty of items on the menu for her to order. Theonly desserts ordered were ice cream and the cheese cake. The cheese cake was ok but not great. I would recommend eating here toanyone and everyone. If this was helpful let me know by clicking on the like button. If it was not helpful then click on thelike button. Read more
We recently hosted my daughter's baptism on the patio at Avli in Winnetka. We worked with Alex- he was great! We had 32 people -... four tables of eight people. We were able to pick food for the apps/first course and then we had guests pick their main course.We brought in our own dessert- which is pretty standard for Greek baptisms (family enjoys baking traditional items). I was VERYimpressed with how kind the staff was when I dropped off items the day prior. They also went out of their way to set-up thepatio with the decor I brought. I drew them a picture of how I wanted the space to be & it was beautiful. The food was delicious& staff was very kind. I highly recommend hosting an event at the restaurant. Read more
Casual Greek dinner with great food and vibes. We got the chicken skewers and seafood medley. Both were fantastic. Servers were... very friendly and food came out quickly. We are definitely coming back. Read more