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Diners' Choice: Chinese restaurants in Chicago / Illinois

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Updated 05 December 2024

Looking for restaurants with the best overall Chinese cuisine in Chicago / Illinois? You’re in the right place. Each month OpenTable analyses more than 400,000 new diner reviews. We sort the results by category to help you discover new favourites. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!


A photo of Shanghai Terrace restaurant
4.9
4.9 (2319)
$31 to $50
Chinese
Gold Coast / Streeterville
About the restaurant
Shanghai Terrace offers Chinese cuisine highlighting contemporary interpretations of Shanghainese, Cantonese, and Sichuanese classics. A Private Dining Room is available to reserve for up to 30 guests while The Main Dining Room offers a seductive 1930’s Shanghai eatery-inspired atmosphere decorated in tones of ebony, gold and scarlet. In warmer weather, additional seating is provided on The Terrace, an urban garden with spectacular skyline views that allows diners to experience the magic of summertime in Chicago. In cooler months when The Terrace is not available, additional seating is provided in The Lobby – a soaring, majestic room with floor to ceiling windows, towering ceilings, and elegant chandeliers. Please be sure to indicate your preference when reserving your table.

Please note, last orders will be taken at 9 pm on Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday, and 9:30 pm on Friday and Saturday.

For parties of 5 guests or more, please email diningPCH@peninsula.com with your inquiry.

Top review
TimothyVIP
Dined on 13 Dec 2024
Great staff and a great place to have dinner! Happy holidays!
A photo of PL8 Restaurant restaurant
4.7
4.7 (1043)
$30 and under
Chinese
Barrington
About the restaurant
The exciting, new restaurant in Barrington. The yin and yang of food and ambiance creating a whole new trend in Asian cuisine. pl8 offers a fresh, imaginative menu of classic Chinese cuisine side by side with Japanese kitchen creations and sushi. pl8 is where you will find a chic city restaurant located in the suburbs. Where you'll find superd et unpretentious service. A menu that is sweet and savory. Classic dished with a smart twist that are 'simply Asian'. We can't wait for you to experience the best of Asian cuisine coming together on one pl8.
Top review
D
Dined 4 days ago
Our server was very friendly & knowledgeable. Vegan chicken option is great to have, Mongolian dish was very good.
A photo of BITES Asian Kitchen & Bar restaurant
4.9
4.9 (1099)
$31 to $50
Chinese
Lakeview / East Lakeview
About the restaurant
Located in Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, BITES is a casual, yet stylish and comfortable restaurant with tropical bar featuring modern Asian cuisine that combine familiar mid-western flavors with Asian ingredients to create new and exciting dishes.

The result is a unique dining experience that you can't find anywhere else. Let BITES take you on a culinary tour of Asia. Enjoy our food with a variety of cocktails, beer, wine and sake while catching up with friends and family.

BITES is a fun place to be and is perfect for both casual dining and special occasions - date night, girls/guys night out, birthday party, bachelor/bachelorette party, baby shower, etc. Start or end your night right at BITES!

Top review
pat cVIP
Dined on 12 Dec 2024
Love the tuna tostadas
A photo of Duck Duck Goat restaurant
4.8
4.8 (5585)
$31 to $50
Chinese
West Loop
About the restaurant
Chef Stephanie Izard brings her take on Chinese-American cuisine to Chicago's Fulton Market District with Duck Duck Goat, her third venture with Boka Restaurant Group. The menu features hand-pulled noodles, house-made dumplings, wontons, fried rice, and more, ensuring no diner leaves hungry. On weekends, Duck Duck Goat also offers a delightful dim sum brunch menu, perfect for starting the day with a creative twist on classic favorites.
Top review
JulieVIP
Dined 1 day ago
Amazing experience! Great food, nice ambiance. Duck fried rice was the best.
A photo of Big Bowl-Lincolnshire restaurant
4.7
4.7 (2907)
$30 and under
Chinese
Lincolnshire
About the restaurant
Using the freshest and highest quality ingredients and starting from
scratch are the only ways to authentically prepare Asian cuisine.
At Big Bowl, we make our own curries and roast our own chilies
and spices, which are ground daily to prepare a variety of our
signature dishes. Our menu features Chinese favorites like Kung
Pao Chicken, Prime Beef & Broccoli, Sweet & Sour Pineapple
Shrimp, along with Thai specialties like Panang Curry Chicken, Vegetable & Tofu Pad
Thai and Red Hot Pepper Chicken Noodles. Whether its sweet or
spicy, rice or noodles, Chinese or Thai that you are craving, our
menu has it all.

Top review
Joe
Dined 6 days ago
Make reservations for dinner. Otherwise you will have a long wait.
A photo of Big Bowl - Schaumburg restaurant
4.6
4.6 (2803)
$30 and under
Chinese
Schaumburg
About the restaurant
Using the freshest and highest quality ingredients and starting from
scratch are the only ways to authentically prepare Asian cuisine.
At Big Bowl, we make our own curries and roast our own chilies
and spices, which are ground daily to prepare a variety of our
signature dishes. Our menu features Chinese favorites like Kung
Pao Chicken, Prime Beef & Broccoli, Sweet & Sour Pineapple
Shrimp, along with Thai specialties like Panang Curry Chicken, Vegetable & Tofu Pad
Thai and Red Hot Pepper Chicken Noodles. Whether its sweet or
spicy, rice or noodles, Chinese or Thai that you are craving, our
menu has it all.

Top review
Timm
Dined 7 days ago
Everything was delicious. Love how all the flavors come together.
A photo of P.F. Chang's - Northbrook restaurant
4.1
4.1 (500)
$30 and under
Chinese
Northbrook
About the restaurant
We are an Asian & Chinese restaurant offering dine-in, takeout, to-go, delivery, and catering. Make a reservation online to dine in. Order Asian and Chinese food delivery, takeout, and catering online or through the P.F. Chang's mobile app. Let us cater the perfect feast for you - corporate office catering menus are also available. P.F. Chang's offers a variety of signature Asian, Thai, Korean, Japanese, Mongolian, and Chinese food dishes including Chicken Lettuce Wraps, Chicken Pad Thai, Signature Lo Mein, Fried Rice, Mongolian Beef, Chang's Spicy Chicken, and Pork and Shrimp Dumplings. Order online for sushi delivery and takeout. Many gluten-free and vegetarian menu items are available. Try our seasonal cocktails and seasonal menu items.
Top review
RonnaVIP
Dined on 12 Dec 2024
Good food. Pleasant atmosphere Good service Celebrated a birthday and had choice of deserts!
A photo of P.F. Chang's - Lombard restaurant
4.4
4.4 (502)
$30 and under
Chinese
Lombard
About the restaurant
We are an Asian & Chinese restaurant offering dine-in, takeout, to-go, delivery, and catering. Make a reservation online to dine in. Order Asian and Chinese food delivery, takeout, and catering online or through the P.F. Chang's mobile app. Let us cater the perfect feast for you - corporate office catering menus are also available. P.F. Chang's offers a variety of signature Asian, Thai, Korean, Japanese, Mongolian, and Chinese food dishes including Chicken Lettuce Wraps, Chicken Pad Thai, Signature Lo Mein, Fried Rice, Mongolian Beef, Chang's Spicy Chicken, and Pork and Shrimp Dumplings. Order online for sushi delivery and takeout. Many gluten-free and vegetarian menu items are available. Try our seasonal cocktails and seasonal menu items.
Top review
Fateh
Dined on 4 Dec 2024
It's a great place for asian fusion food. They have the best Great Wall of Chocolate Cake.
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A photo of Lao Sze Chuan - Downtown restaurant
4.1
4.1 (797)
$30 and under
Chinese
River North (Chicago)
About the restaurant
Lao Sze Chuan Downtown is Chicago’s premiere restaurant for gourmet, authentic Chinese cuisine - most notably, our Szechuan flavors, traditional Peking Duck, and handmade dim sum. Lao Sze Chuan is beloved locally and nationally since our founding in 1998 in Chicago's Chinatown and is rated as one of the best Chinese Restaurants in the USA. To make a reservation or order delivery/takeout, please visit www.laoszechuanusa.com. We look forward to sharing our delicious food with you soon!


Top review
BingVIP
Dined 6 days ago
Very good meal of potstickers, lemon shrimp, garlic green beans, whole steamed fish Cantonese style, beef chow fun, shrimp fried rice. Excellent service. Quiet and pleasant Sunday afternoon meal.
A photo of P.F. Chang's - Schaumburg restaurant
4.0
4 (339)
$30 and under
Chinese
Schaumburg
About the restaurant
We are an Asian & Chinese restaurant offering dine-in, takeout, to-go, delivery, and catering. Make a reservation online to dine in. Order Asian and Chinese food delivery, takeout, and catering online or through the P.F. Chang's mobile app. Let us cater the perfect feast for you - corporate office catering menus are also available. P.F. Chang's offers a variety of signature Asian, Thai, Korean, Japanese, Mongolian, and Chinese food dishes including Chicken Lettuce Wraps, Chicken Pad Thai, Signature Lo Mein, Fried Rice, Mongolian Beef, Chang's Spicy Chicken, and Pork and Shrimp Dumplings. Order online for sushi delivery and takeout. Many gluten-free and vegetarian menu items are available. Try our seasonal cocktails and seasonal menu items.
Top review
JanVIP
Dined on 5 Dec 2024
We had a great server! Very friendly and very attentive. Much appreciated!
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