I have been to the Lemont only two other times for networking events during the day, and this would have been my first dining experience on New Years Eve. We had dinner reservations at 10:00pm. We had to wait in a valet line for about 15 minutes while a police officer directed traffic. It wasn't too inconvenient since we took into account it was NYE. We arrived at 9:55pm, and didn't get seated unit 10:30pm. They kept telling us that our table was still occupied. They seated us at a table in a walkway, and then moved us. It was a lot of shuffling around. The food was good, although my friend found a piece of plastic in her salad. The service, for how upscale this restaurant is, was terrible. We ordered champagne for midnight and it came at 12:15am. There was no countdown to midnight and we almost missed it. It was a great, laid-back atmosphere, but pretty anticlimactic for midnight. Aside from the service and disorganization and chaos, it was fun. I don't think we'd go back here for NYE again though, maybe just a regular dinner.