Had our engagement dinner here. Started my obsession for gourmet food.

We just returned from our trip to Chicago and a very memorable anniversary dinner at Tru. My husband and I enjoy "tasting" (or collections as they called it) dinners, so when we saw the menu for Tru, we knew we had to try it and were not disappointed at all.

The service was top knotch. Everyone from the person who took my coat to the server who poured our wine wished us a happy anniversary. Even our menu was printed with anniversary greetings. The staff was extremely attentive but yet not always interrupting dinner or our conversation. Each dish was presented and explained fully on what was in it and how it was prepared.

We decided to try the nine course Chef's Collection which quickly turned into about 16 courses since they also added on several "pre chef's choice" courses as well as an extra dessert course, a dessert soda, an anniversary dessert and selections from a sweet cart. We were also given a pumpkin bread on our way out of the restaruant to have with coffee the next morning. Each course was interesting as well as delicious.

The wine list is extremely large (somewhere around 90 pages) which was a bit overwhelming, but there was definitely a wine for everyone. The only thing I was disappointed in was a lack of wines in the $50-100 range. Almost the entire list was well over $100. We would have like to go with a white and a red since the collection included both seafood and beef, but settled on one red since it was a bit expensive.

If you like to enjoy the experience of dinning as much as the food you are eating, you will definitely enjoy Tru.

It was about a year ago we were there, but I still get a sour taste in my mouth from my experience at Tru. The service was the absolute Pits. It took three hours for a three course meal. And most of that time was spent looking for our waiter or signalling over the bread guy, because we were starving. Not only that, but they sized us up immediately as "riff raff," I guess, because we were seated at a tiny table right in front of the door leading to the kitchen, waiters slamming in and out constantly -- not ours, of course. He must have been on his three-hour break. And then at one point they brought us one of those "special" appetizers that the chef was trying out. It was these frozen popsicle things that were meat-flavored or veggie-flavored or something like that. I just remember us looking at each other in disbelief that anyone could possibly find these tasty. And to tell you the truth, the meal was nothing special -- but it certainly was priced as if it was. We'll stick with Everest, Mon Ami Gabi, Le Titi, and Lou Malnati's, thanks.

Three waiters poured water from carafs into our glasses precisely in unison and repeated the motion for the remaining three in our party. That was only the beginning. The meal was beyond anything I had ever experienced. A cross between theater and dining I couldn't possibly have asked for better service. Each dish brought new, bizarre, and tantalizing flavors, which can not be communicated in words. If you are ever given the opportunity to dine at Tru drop all other plans, put your life on hold and savor the moment!