Best Contemporary American Restaurants in South Barrington

Outstanding food and environment. Fish was outstanding, meat excellent, drinks supurb, environment the best. I am sick of restaurants undercooking meat to "prove" they are sophisticated. "Medium Rare is what "Rare" was 10 years ago. I like it rare to medium rare; but high end restaurants keep pushing it more rare - IMO so they aren't "judged" on being unsophisticated. It's becoming absurd today - for ALL high end restaurants lean in this direction. We need to develop a legit standard.

Good and service were great! Had a drink afterwards in bar and listened to piano music. She was terrific!

My wife and kids have dined at the Saddle room before while I was out of the country. My first time was Feb 14th when I took my wife out for dinner. I love the ambience and services was top notch. I enjoyed the food and even ordered takeaway for the kids. We will definitely come back and I have also recommended this place to friends to try it out.

Parker's has become our go-to restaurant for special occasions. My husband & I decided to celebrate Valentine's Day with lunch, and it was a great decision! Our server Maria was friendly, pleasant and helpful. As Maria suggested, we started with a small plate of calamari to share. The calamari were perfectly cooked and accented by both the cocktail sauce and the remoulade sauce. My husband's entre was the lobster roll - delicious and FULL of lobster meat. I chose the fish and chips and was surprised by the size of the serving. I ended up taking half of it home. The fish was incredibly fresh, lightly breaded, and sooooo good. We finished our meal off by sharing the caramel budino, which was rich and decadent, the perfect amount for sharing. All in all, we would recommend Parker's to anyone looking for fresh, well-prepared seafood, a beautiful space, great service, and with convenient parking.

Everything was great! Food, service, noise level were perfect. We will definitely return!