“ Don't give it a second thought. If you are in the mood for a burger, but you want something different than the burger you can get everywhere else, this is the spot. Quality, innovative food. Really cool, rustic but classy and clean interior. Nice staff, fair prices (for the portion size and quality). Highly recommend the burger cigars. They sound strange but it works, trust me. Just be warned they are a little messy so if you are on a date use a fork and knife lol. My G.O.A.T burger was excellent, and didn't require any additional condiments. This is an all around great place. Not really anything I would change in my experience. ”

“ Whoa Baby! I was staying at Hotel Indigo about a 1/2 block away and decided to try Empire for Team dinner during our stay. We selected this restaurant because of the menu variety and I'm so glad we dined here. We arrived at 6:15ish on a Tuesday night with no reservation and we were given the option to sit inside on the first floor or outside on the second floor. We opted for a booth on the first floor. The team was super excited to try the burgers recommended by our waitress the Empire and the GOAT! We also did some sharing with tater tots and the poutine fries. The tarot tots weren't loaded as I imagined them but instead stuffed with bacon and cheese. I didn't mind them but they weren't what I really wanted. The poutine fries were just ok the sauce or gravy was lukewarm when they arrived. I opted for the GOAT burger and was super excited to try a burger with goat cheese and candied bacon. When my burger arrived it looked amazing minus the bacon (it looked like normal bacon) . I dressed it up with the honey and took a bite and again it wasn't hot it was lukewarm so that was a bummer. The flavors were rich and satisfying but the bacon also didn't taste candied so I was a little disappointed. I ordered the side salad and loved that it came with strawberries and tomatoes, I asked for the dressing on the side. The salad was good but I think too many toppings and not enough lettuce. My colleagues really liked their empire burgers as well (they all finished them). Overall I'm happy with my visit, and recommend the kitchen look into temp settings for dishes to ensure they come out hot and fresh! ”

“ Spacious restaurant to go with a group to celebrate a special event. They have live performances and outdoor seating as well. The beer is sourced from across IL and keeps changing keeping the place interesting and the burgers never disappoint. To add to this if you are celebrating a special event then they give a bag of hot donuts!! Staff are knowledgeable and have good suggestions ”

“ The ambience of the upstairs deck is perfect. We have been there several times and the burgers never disappoint! ”

“ Our Favorite burger place in Downtown Naperville. We ordered a variety of Burgers, Brat Sandwich, GF Big Dipper and doughnuts. Chips are incredibly delicious. You can't go wrong with any of the burger options. Nice Atmosphere on weekends, outside upstairs seating is awesome in the summers. Flexible with food allergies, highly recommend. Thank you ”

“ My buddy and I met up to watch sports, have drinks, and share some burgers. Overall, we had a great experience and I absolutely plan to revisit this organization when I'm in the area. The burgers were FANTASTICALLY juicy. The fries were a bit plainer than I thought they would be, but not a turnoff. The prices are actually pretty reasonable as well considering it's in downtown Naperville. The only two annoyances we had is one of the bartenders kept putting our whiskey in liqueur glasses. We sent at least 2 drinks back. And the other thing was they don't have the FULL sport packages for the tvs in the sports bar (we were advised only local sports). No nba package. No nfl season pass. So they were unable to tune into the Celtics game - which was the very reason we went there. Sports bars should have sports tv packages. ”

“ Overall pretty happy with our choice to eat here. We visited for dinner after doing an escape room nearby, and wanted to find a place where we could be seated pretty quick. That was the case here--the place is pretty big with lots of seating downstairs and upstairs. We were told the rooftop was enclosed so we chose that. It turned out that only half of it was enclosed and we were seated on the other half in open-air. Given it was pretty chilly and windy, that wasn't what we were going for. Fortunately there was still a table for 4 located in the warmer half and we were able to move there instead. We noticed at least two other parties do kind of the same thing, where they were seated outside, look around for a little bit, and then get up to leave (or perhaps ask for another table). It would probably be helpful to note that half of the rooftop is uncovered before sending folks up on colder nights. We ordered some food and drinks after getting to our new table and everything came out really quickly. We started with poutine which was good, but a little small and only had a few cheese curds on top. I ordered the Key West burger and really liked it. Since we had fries in the poutine, I opted for the chips and they were unexpectedly sweet, but pretty good. My husband got the Best Wurst and liked that too, though couldn't really taste any of the chipotle mayo that was supposed to be on it. We love a pretzel bun and theirs were good. One friend ordered a Jane burger and chose her own toppings and thought it was good, but her husband got the Gronk and only ate a few bites. He said the meat tasted a little off. ”