Best Restaurants for Birthdays in Mount Prospect

La Zingara is the best Italian around. We love their food and the service is always spectacular.

Fabulous experience! The lovely people at the front door greeted us with genuine, bright smiles, setting the tone for our evening. Veronica was fantastic from start to finish. Her enthusiasm in telling us about the specials (Bone-In Filet Oscar-Style—WOW!!) and her casual upsell of house cocktails felt natural and showcased her experience. Veronica’s interaction with our 5-year-old was much appreciated, especially as many servers overlook little ones in nicer restaurants. Mario, our server assistant, was polite, unobtrusive, and always smiling. We also had the pleasure of sharing this experience with Sarah in person—thank you to her for the time and meaningful conversation. Shout out to the culinary team as well; everything we ordered was spot on!

The food was fantastic, and the service was excellent. We will come back again like we have for the past 6 years at this location in Arlington Hts. and others in Chicagoland.

Hey Nonni is a restaurant we visit frequently through out the year. The food is always fresh and very consistent every time we come. It’s always a fun atmosphere because there is also live entertainment next-door.

We went for the Thanksgiving buffet and it was a lovely afternoon. The servers were quick with anything we needed and were always friendly. They were also helpful - my husband asked for Turkish coffee and the server responded that black coffee was included but there would be an extra charge for Turkish. Totally reasonable and I appreciated not getting a surprise added charge later. The food was solid, especially the cold apps/salads, cig kofte, lentil soup, bread basket, and the two meats made from ground meat. It's tough to prepare food for such a large group, so not surprising that the chicken kebabs were drier than I'd like. I was sad not to see any lamachun available, as it was listed. But that's okay as that's also something that's better when it's piping hot. At no point did anyone indicate that they needed our table, which can be a concern both at buffets and on holidays. We were able to relax between courses and enjoy the holiday as a family. I'd happily return!