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    Chengdu Impression - Edgewater

    3.7 (92 reviews)
    Closed 11:30 am - 2:30 pm, 4:00 PM - 9:30 PM

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    CHENGDU IMPRESSION - EDGEWATER ATMOSPHERE

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    Casual
    Good for groups

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    Riley M.

    Cute restaurant in Edgewater. The dishes were hot and flavorful and came out promptly! It was a slow night it seemed so we were served by multiple different people so paying the tab was a bit cumbersome. Overall great authentic tasting Chinese food

    Chengdu Style Dry Chili Chiken
    LJ J.

    Delicious spicy food in the neighborhood. Service might be slow but staffs are very pleasant. Can't wait to go back and try their other dishes. Ambiance was clean and festive for the Lunar New Year.

    Wayne D.

    Excited to see chengdu impression came to edgewater. Came here for the northside restaurant week. 25$ per person for a big amount of food. Ordered xiao long bao: pretty good flavor. Not too sweet. Juicy and tender meat in it. Skin's not too thick also. Sichuan Dumpling: love this! Great flavor. Not too spicy and good amount of meat. Sichuan Boiled fish: not traditional boiled fish as it's more oily and less water. So it gets kinda mushy. I guess maybe they tried to squeeze it in a medium sized bowl. But the flavor's good. Fish is very tender. I would recommend it. Chili chicken: I asked mild spicy and it's perfect. Slightly crunchy and tight meat inside Had mochi ice cream just the right amount of chewy. Not very busy on a Friday night but they have lots of take out orders so the food does not come very fast. Staff's nice. Pretty big venue with lots of Chinese decor.

    Shih C.

    Opened six months ago, this is Chengdu's 3rd location in the Edgewater neighborhood serving Szechuan cuisine. The interior is spacious and simply decorated with a couple of pieces of art on the walls. The chairs and napkins are in popular red in Chinese culture. Depending on who you ask, red symbolizes power, celebration, luck, joy, and even happiness. My family ordered a few dishes to take home over the phone. The person who took my order was very pleasant and friendly. I enjoyed a great deal of the dishes. Here are the dishes we ordered. Garlic pork (cold appetizer) - although it was quite good, it lacked fresh garlic. The portion is large compared to other Szechuan restaurants I've been to. Fu Qi Fei Pian (cold appetizer) - a mixture of sliced beef and tendon tossed in chili oil. It was flavorful and delicious. Twice-cooked pork - tender pork cooked with leek and peppercorn. I loved the flavor of the pork. It was perfectly cooked. Dry chili chicken - unlike others I've tried before, Chengdu's version had a perfect balance of chicken and chili. I loved the crunchiness of the chicken that was deep-fried and then tossed in dry chili and chili oil. It was my favorite dish of the meal. MaPo tofu - very, very good! The thick sauce had a hint of peppercorn but not overpowering. It was perfect with steamed rice. I can't speak for other locations, however, this one is BYOB. There is parking on nearby residential streets if you are lucky. Otherwise, pay street parking on busy Broadway Street is the only option that can be challenging. Highly recommend! I'd order again.

    Tasty Peking style pork dumplings with lemongrass dipping sauce
    Peg P.

    We visited early on a Thursday evening. It was mostly empty when we arrived and filling up when we left. Three stars for the ambience. Three and a half stars for the food. And eleven stars for service. So I figure that averages in the five star range. Let's start with the food. We ordered a few appetizers, buoyed by earlier reviews that praised them. The crab Rangoon was pretty good. I might have been more impressed if I didn't know I could walk up the street to Indie Cafe and get some of the best crab Rangoon in all of human civilization. Here it was just a touch more greasy than I would have liked. Since other food was fried perfectly, I suspect the grease level on the crab rangoon was because it had been frozen. The Peking style dumplings were very good, served with a lemon grass soy dipping sauce. The shrimp shumai (another favorite at Indie Cafe) was pretty good as well. It was, we decided, unexpectedly "shrimpy." There was some debate in our party as to whether "shrimpy" is a good or bad thing. I, for one, am pro-shrimpy. The salt and pepper pork was, as we were warned by a server, "too much bone." There were lots of pieces with bones. But it was delicious and we resolved to order it again but to do carry out so we can eat like animals in the comfort of our own home. We ordered General Tso's chicken to get a read on how they do the basics. Beautifully steamed broccoli came with it in a generous portion, but the chicken was a let down. Very thick, very sweet sauce with no detectable spice. Not getting that again. Rice is $1.50 extra. The service was so good it was a little unnerving. A squadron of masked staff stood just outside the kitchen, swooping down on each finished plate and refilling water with each sip. They were lovely and helpful though, especially with wading through the enormous menu. I half expected them to break out singing "Be Our Guest." Oh yeah, Disney songs. Their playlist veered from soft Chinese pop music into abruptly playing a power ballad from the Disney musical "Tangled." This got our attention because the music was a bit too loud for the acoustics of the room. The space itself is clean and bright. A little brighter than I want for an evening meal out, but it's not a deal breaker. It's also not impressive or particularly beautiful. It's just okay. Maybe a good spot to meet up with someone for lunch. Assuming they start opening for lunch. Overall, our meal was pleasant, and it's nice to have another option in the neighborhood. But if we want to go out for a Sichuan meal, we'll probably make the trek to Chinatown for something more consistent (and boneless salt and pepper pork) and for a winelist.

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    Food was hot and delicious! Atmosphere calming and conducive to an enjoyable experience. Staff pleasant and accommodating

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    Food is traditional Chinese. Very delicious. A bit pricey, however if you plan to go there.

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    crispy chili chicken and the duck fried rice are to die for.do not miss out on these amazing flavors!!

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    I looked to see if you now have a drink menu and don't see one. Would it still be okay to bring our own wine if you don't serve it? Please advise. Thanks

    It's BYOB (advertised on the window)...

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    No, but they should be getting their liquor license soon!

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    MCCB Chicago 时尚食谱

    MCCB Chicago 时尚食谱

    4.5
    (1.2k reviews)
    9.5 mi
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    This was my 6th time trying to go to MCCB and I finally did it. If you want to come here, make sure…read moreyou have adequate time to wait for this place because it gets busy. The only downside is if you want to put your name down, it's a $10 fee. MCCB has bumped up my list of Chinese restaurants in Chicago. We ordered the Dan Dan noodles, green beans, special grilled fish with mala (amazing presentation), dry chili chicken, and mapo tofu. I loved everything we ordered and the mala had a good quick. My boyfriend even said that the special grilled fish looked like an "emperor's meal." The flavors are absolutely amazing and the price is not too bad. I can't wait for the next time I go to MCCB!

    If there's a China town around us we have to go for the food!…read moreTik tok kept recommending this 4 year in a row Michelin recommended restaurant and had to try it. The place is a little spacious but the wait and line is always out the door no matter what time of the day you go. Plan ahead to walk around and explore while you wait. (There is no early waitlist and there is a $10 deposit that goes towards your food.) After an hour wait, we got sat and already had water at the table. Our server was really nice and gave us some good recommendations. Everything we had was absolutely delicious. The shrimp fried rice was nice soft and ... fried! The short ribs came paired with white rice with an amazing sauce. And the salt and pepper beef is to die for. The crab Rangoon's definitely had a little bit too much onion for my taste but overall, this was such a wonderful dining experience. Definitely must try. I would come back again.

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    Szechuan Corner

    Szechuan Corner

    4.3
    (90 reviews)
    3.8 mi
    Grab-and-go
    Free parking

    So good literally everything was amazing, perfect fried rice and chicken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!read more

    Since there's no three and a half star rating, I had to give this a three star rating. I was really…read morecraving some good Chinese food but did not want to go into downtown first to pick up and then head back home so I looked this place up and had decent reviews and decided to try it out. What really impressed me was they had a specific section of the menu which was titled "Salt and Pepper". Of course I was super excited to try the salt and pepper tofu so here's what we got: - we got the salt and pepper tofu - we got the American garlic broccoli - got the mala lamb. - Got a pair of complimentary vegetarian spring rolls. When I went to pick up the take-out order, I was shocked at how heavy it was. This was clearly a lot of food. I'll start with the lamb. Very well thought out packaging, to be straight. Because the lamb had a lot of oil and liquid in it, they put it in a plastic container, which they knew is going to leak. They put that entire container in a separate tiny plastic bag and wrapped it so that the juices from that would not come all over in the main bag. Really appreciate that. Now the lamb, while cooked okay, the flavor was just, you know, it did not do it for me. Add to that they really kept the lamb as relatively big pieces. They were thinly sliced but they were just large pieces. They could have been smaller for it to be easier to eat. Flavor-wise there was just too much black pepper, which is what I was expecting, but to match that there was no flavor as such. The salt and pepper tofu was a disaster. I got it from other places. The flavor just was not doing it. It was not crispy at all. Yes I have them take out salt and pepper tofu from many other places. It does leave its crunchiness to some extent. This one had zero crunch. In fact it was weird. Every piece that was stuck to the next one had something gooey on it. Just overall the flavor was very underwhelming. The American garlic broccoli was overcooked to the extent it did not have the firmness one would expect and was overcooked to the extent where some of the smaller pieces just disintegrated. The spring roll is wild. The casing was phenomenal. It was perfect for a spring roll even after opening it after one hour. Really appreciate that. The filling, however, there really weren't many vegetables in it at all. That was very disappointing. Overall I don't think I am going to grab food from here again. The reason they get the 3.5 stars, though, is they did a phenomenal job on the packaging of all the food. The quantity was well beyond what I expected. The food, however, I have to say, was a disaster. And maybe this is my taste. It may be it's a bit too Americanized and I have not been used to eating very Americanized Chinese food for the last many years. That might be the problem.

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    Dongpo Impression

    4.0
    (200 reviews)
    9.5 mi
    $$
    Locally owned & operated
    Established in 2017

    Was looking for some chinese food late on a windy night in Chicago and came across this hidden…read moregolden gem in Chinatown. Went in their expecting regular Chinese food and was blown away by the amazing chinese food, attention to detail oriented waiter and no frills but perfected Chinese food. Ordered heavy, starting with egg drop soup, dumplings, shrimp and broccoli, crispy duck and pan sheared green beans. Each of the item was fabulous, highlight being succulent crispy duck that would rival any duck place in the states(not peking duck) but it was full of flavor, perfectly rendered fat and crispy skin which even made my partner who doesn't like duck change her opinion If i could give 50 stars I would and the enthusiasm and energy shown by staff at 11 pm just showed how each member of this place absolutely knew what they were doing.

    I would say Szechuan is at this my point my favorite type of Chinese cuisine. I love the flavors, I…read morelove the heat. So when I saw what Dongpo had to offer, I knew I had to try this place. They definitely didn't let me down. We ordered their dry chili chicken, Dan Dan Noodles, and Sichuan wontons. All three were amazing, all three came with some heat and would order them again without hesitation. The dry chili chicken had the perfect amount of heat, the chicken was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the Dan Dan noodles were very flavorful and the wontons came with the same spiciness just a different texture. Overall we enjoyed our lunch here at Dongpo. The service was great. Very quick and the food came out hot. Will definitely be returning.

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    Dai Yee's Asian Kitchen

    Dai Yee's Asian Kitchen

    4.4
    (223 reviews)
    2.8 mi

    Dai Yee's Asian Kitchen is the underground emperor of late-night Chinese food in Chicago, the spot…read moreyour Uber driver, your bartender, and every chef in the city whispers about when they're truly hungry. Tucked into a no-frills corner on the South Side, Dai Yee's looks modest from the outside, but step in after 10 p.m. and it's pure magic. The room is packed with everybody--sneakerheads, nurses coming off shift, club kids, cops, and couples on first dates who somehow heard the legend. The vibe is chaotic in the best way: woks roaring, orders flying, and that unmistakable perfume of sizzling garlic, ginger, and chili filling the air. The food is straight-up stupid good. The Hong Kong-style salt & pepper smelts are crackly, spicy, and gone in 30 seconds. The beef chow fun has that elusive wok hei (breath of the wok) that most places only dream of, wide rice noodles slick with smoky char and tender flank steak. The black pepper beef tenderloin is velvet-soft, glossy, and aggressively peppery in a way that makes you order extra rice just to survive the happiness. The Singapore noodles are bright curry perfection, and the Mongolian beef is saucy, crispy-edged, and borderline addictive. Portions are straight out of the 90s--massive trays that could feed a family of four for under $15. Cash-only, BYOB, and everything comes out blazing hot in under ten minutes even when the place is slammed. The ladies running the show are legends: fast, funny, and they'll roast you (lovingly) if you can't handle the spice level you asked for. If you leave Chicago without hitting Dai Yee's at least once (preferably at 1 a.m. with a six-pack), you didn't really experience the city. This is real-deal, no-filter, soul-satisfying Chinese food that reminds you why we fall in love with restaurants in the first place. Dai Yee's isn't just a restaurant; it's a Chicago institution in the making. I'd wait in line in a blizzard for those smelts. See you at midnight.

    11/26/25 - I drove by here w/my wife today to eat lunch based on the reviews only to find that this…read moreis a pop up restaurant where you go & pick up your food & go. Dam I was disappointed we went away empty. Based on the reviews I really wanted to try this place but alas it wasn't meant to be. How do you give a rating to a restaurant you didn't eat at? Sorry I can't give you a 5 star rating but it's hard to judge on not eating your food

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