Waterleaf Restaurant

Waterleaf Restaurant, located in College of DuPage's Culinary and Hospitality Center is a dining experience that offers real-life training to Culinary Arts, Baking and Pastry Arts and Restaurant Management students.

Patrons can experience culinary and pastry students' creativity while enjoying a multi-course meal, utilizing fresh regional and seasonal ingredients. Attentive service is provided by service and sales students. Waterleaf hours vary.

Menus are released one at a time approximately two weeks before the meal dates.

Join the Waterleaf mailing list to receive a welcome letter at the start of each semester announcing our dates for lunches and dinners.

Reservations

Limited seating is available at each Waterleaf Restaurant event. Reservations may be made until an event is sold out. For reservations, please visit opentable.com. We ask that phone calls and emails are used only for changes or cancellations to existing reservations and that any special requests such as dietary issues be addressed in your reservation notes at the time you reserve your table.  

Please consider your reservation a commitment to the students. If you must cancel, do so at least 24 hours before your reservation by visiting opentable.com or calling (630) 942-2284.

Waterleaf Payments

Due to College policy, we are unable to accept cash or checks.  We are happy to take payment via any major credit card.