When you realize you’ll need to get dinner in the Loop, it’s perfectly normal to experience a sense of dread followed by resignation. After all, your choices for a decent, not-overpriced meal after a day spent filing for divorce or taking selfies at The Bean are limited. But the good news is that they’re slightly less limited now that Fisk & Co. exists. Sure, it’s a hotel restaurant, but it actually makes us look forward to eating in the neighborhood.

Fisk & Co. is attached to the Hotel Monaco, but other than potentially being surrounded by people wearing conference name tags (and having to leave the restaurant to use the bathroom), you probably won’t notice. The dining room is on the smaller side, and has a cozy atmosphere with vaguely nautical decor that fits the seafood-focused menu. You could just as easily come here for a solo meal at the bar, a casual night with friends, or a group dinner with your colleagues who are in town for a seminar on packing tape.

Food-wise, most things here are designed for sharing. Take the mussels, for example. They’re a house specialty, and you have five different preparations to choose from (all of which are tasty). We also like the Chef’s Seaboard, a charcuterie-style selection that includes slices of shrimp “mortadella,” an ’nduja-spiced tuna and swordfish spread, and a smoked whitefish rillette. Then there’s a crab dip that’s packed with meat and perfectly cheesy. You definitely want that, whether you end up sharing it or just eating it alone at the bar while you attempt to finish expense reports on your phone.

When your plan for the night includes some combination of the phrases “hotel restaurant” and “Chicago Loop,” you might be concerned that you’ll be stuck eating overpriced banquet food while you pay $40 an hour for parking. But Fisk & Co.’s good food and comfortable atmosphere make it like a neighborhood get-out-of-jail-free card. Get a table here, and save the nervousness for that presentation on packing tape you have to give tomorrow morning.