Me & my family come here every year for Christmas eve. The food is amazing, the staff is phenomenal & most have been working there for a long time so they recognize us every time. The owner is always greeting guests at the front, gives a more genuine atmosphere. They have great seafood according to my family but I always get steak which is also great!

We’ve go here occasionally, and this is a late review from one Saturday night dinner. First of all, wow!!! This place is huge!!! Parking is plenty— all the way to the side and back, so don’t worry about not having any spot during the weekend when you see lots of cars in the front. This restaurant has definitely been around for a long time. The interior has a classic seafood restaurant feeling, and again, it has plenty of tables and additional rooms every where you look. I agree with another review that this place has a different vibe from other regular restaurants. Nevertheless, everyone there is very friendly to our whole family. They make you very welcome and not awkward. Most of the patrons who eat there tend to be of older generations, but that just proves that this restaurant has many long time regular customers. That being said, the food is very good. It’s fresh and high-quality, which is essential when it comes to restaurant seafood. The flavors pop in an elegant way. We ordered shrimp de jonghe and escargot a la skordo, both of which you don’t find often at other restaurants around here. We also had stuffed shrimp bakers and fried calamari. As our main dish, we ordered Captain Selection, Sea Scallop and Soft shell crab, all of them are delicious. We finished up with Cheesecake. Overall the food is great, service is friendly and decently priced for a seafood dinner. We would go back again for sure :)

Thank you so much for making our family gathering so special. With 60 people things were seamless! You attention to detail and your staff was amazing! Bravo! 👏

Had a wonderful time! We celebrated a birthday on a Saturday evening. They have a live band and a packed dance floor full of people. We ate, drank and danced! Absolutely wonderful evening! The food was great Shrimp Fish and steak. Great service! Long time staff.

Absolutely the best meal we have had in a long time. The Dover sole, double baked potato, lobster and fresh vegetables were enjoyed so much. Frank was top notch!! From the greeting we received upon arrival and the service throughout our dinner truly made us feel welcome and appreciated. I highly suggest to treat yourself and your family to an enjoyable meal.

The food is tasteless, made with minimal ingredients, and overpriced. The high rated reviews are old people with no taste buds. 19$ for watery, and undercooked salmon with lettuce. Just lettuce. The lobster bisque is worse than campbells and frankly, everything, even the steak, tasted like hospital food. Not to mention the martinis have no alcohol content and the waiter was rude, as he couldnt hear anything I was saying correctly. Extremely disgusting and dissapointing.

Food was amazing! I can't believe I waited so long to go here. Susanne our waitress was top notch! They even have live entertainment in the lounge. Absolutely will return!

Visited Saturday night to celebrate our 10 year anniversary, the place was relatively busy, mostly blue hairs and a few families with young kids. I had noticed on the website mention of live music Friday and Saturday nights, and paid it little mind. What i was not expected was to be blasted with music so loud it was nearly impossible to hold a conversation across a table. We weren't even seated that closely to the band, there were also dance and disco lights flashing distracting green laser dots and obnoxious color flashes across the dining room. Again are we at an upscale restaurant or a nightclub? As far as the food goes, the escargot was very good, fairly priced in todays market for 6 snails. the calamari was standard bar grade, unimpressive for a place that celebrates being a "top tier" sea food restaurant for over 40 years. lobster bisque soup and french onion were just good not great not terrible, but again less than what you'd expect from a place like this. For the main course the 10 oz lobster tail was good, tasted fresh and was priced fairly for current market, it was served with an unimpressive side of perhaps 3 fork-fulls of green beans which were overcooked bland and limp. The new york strip steak on the other hand was the crowning jewel of disappointment, it was cooked as ordered, medium rare, was served with the same sad green beans, however it was completely tasteless, chewy and came with a large vein of gristle down the side the beef between it and the outside edge of the steak was absolutely inedible, and the rest of the steak was tasteless and chewy, it was difficult to cut with the cafeteria grade black plastic handled knife it was brought out with. Service was fine, if not extremely brief. Overall the table side manner of the server was good during the small window of time it took place. Unlikely to return or recommend. For a better seafood experience check out Port Edwards, especially if someone in your party is looking to dine from land instead of sea.

Good food. Nice live band in the bar on Sat nights. Owners were polite and very accommodating. Server was nice, but not much conversation. Prices about average for seafood. I would return

Good and safe place to dine, listen music and dance

Dover Straits provided a delightful dining experience. The ambiance was inviting, the service impeccable, and the dishes, especially the seafood, were fresh and flavorful. However, the rice was a little undercooked and the sliced potatoes that were offered as special is very greasy. Stay with their baked potatoes, you’ll never go wrong. Overall, still a truly enjoyable evening. This is our third time here. We travel from NYC and visit a dear friend who always brings us to this seafood restaurant for dinner. It's heartening to see that the place still thrives after so many years, and the familiar faces of the workers add a sense of continuity. However, it would have been nice if they could elevate the choice of music during dinner. Despite this, the overall experience remains enjoyable.

The food was great The band was fun. All in all, I had a great evening. We were not rushed and were able to have a delicious leisurely dinner.

I absolutely love Dover’s. I go at least twice a month! From the live music on the weekends to the best bartender in the world there, Marcel, to the fine folks who work here - George, Ares, etc. And the food is the icing on the cake. Highly recommended— especially on the weekends, where again you can catch a nice band playing and dance the night away!

We booked a private room for a late relative's wake and we had about 25 people in attendance. We arranged for a limited menu (4 options) so that each attendee would cost the same amount, and every dish option was excellent. Better than most plated wedding meal services that I've been to. We had the room for four hours and everyone was served lunch at the same time. We had several late comers and they were all served lunch as well despite arriving a few hours late. Extremely quick and friendly service, I highly recommend this venue if you need to rent a private room for a lunch or dinner occasion.

Solid old-fashioned seafood restaurant with a strong focus for rich and acidic dishes. This restaurant has been on my radar for years and what better way than to celebrate a special occasion with family. When you're on US-45 you'll be able to see the somewhat tacky crab pole standing by the restaurant with well lit signs indicating enter/exit with plenty of space to park. Walking in, the reception and staff are dressed very well. There's ambient music playing, and it's at an adequate volume to chat. Freshly baked bread was provided with prepackaged butter. Service between dishes seemed somewhat lax, though it was likely not their usual rush hour. We had their seafood sampler, which had some grill/charred salmon, calamari, shrimp, and scallops as an appetizer, then I had the white sea bass with lobster bisque and a side of rice to go with the entree. Don't sleep on that squeeze of lemon! Many of the dishes themselves are very rich, but the lemon elevates the richness of the dish by introducing some acidity into the meal. The grilled salmon in the appetizer was very tender, to the extent of tongue cutting it by roof of the mouth tender. The bisque is very creamy, but can easily be undermined by the soup crackers. I ended up using the lemon from the seafood sampler and thoroughly enjoyed the bisque. The sea bass as expected was fairly light but complements well to the sauteed mixed veg and creamy rice. Portions felt slightly inadequate at first, but made sense towards the end of the meal. I would not head here if I wanted to be filled up quickly. Overall an enjoyable experience.

I hadn't been to Dover Straits in years and was thrilled to find out that they are still there! It is owned by the same owners. The food was delicious and not overpriced. There is plenty of seating. The gentleman hosts are very courteous and professional. We went for our Anniversary and then again, for my Birthday. The first time we ate in the bar area. It's a great atmosphere! Beautiful bar! Terry was our server and she was fantastic! They have live music on the weekends. So glad Dover Straits is still there. We had a great time and we will definitely be returning!

Thank you Bill and George for all that you do. You and your staff are simply the best. This afternoon we had our DIL’s baby shower for about 25 in a private room off to one side of the main dining room and it could not have gone any better. George took very good care of my wife in the planning stages and guided her thoughtfully with kindness and respect. Our waiter Miguel was as efficient and warm as you would ever wish for on an occasion such as this. And us boys at the bar were very well cared for by our friendly and professional bartender along with Miguel. The food, as always, was perfect. Perfect. Thanks all for a remarkable afternoon. You are truly the best. Love to all. Bill and Gisela

Not to many places with great seafood dishes. We first went to their Hoffman Estates location and loved it. George and Joanne took great care of us and better yet treated Mom as if she was the only person there. Now we visit this location and are happy to see George and Bill and the rest of the staff. Always great food, cocktails and a wonderful evening. Classy bar and restaurant. Highly recommend!! only wish they would bring back their stuffed flounder and stuffed broiled shrimp. Yummmm