This place has been my family's go-to for a long time. Today the sweet and sour pork was extra delicious. The jalapeno fried fish fillets were really good too; just the right amount of salt, spiciness, and crispy. Their ginger scallion sauce is solid to go with chicken. Quick and attentive service. A small intimate spot with all the standard dishes. Parking is just a bit difficult. I normally don't have a choice when my family goes out, but when we come here, I'm glad! read more

Came here on a random weekday for an early dinner at around 5 and was the only party here. Dishes I ordered were cooked to near perfection especially the fish and tofu claypot. One of the better Chinese restaurants in Chicago in my opinion in terms of authenticity, value, and cooking quality. read more

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My mom swore to it that the crispy chicken is great! She had to preorder it. So we went to pick up the order along with eggplants with fish filet. My mom even provided the tin foil container because the container they gave you is just a regular takeout box. She prepaid it it. I went in. There were two tables by the door. Two ladies sat at the first table casually and appeared they might be working there and not customers. So I smiled and said hi. No response. Went to the back of the restaurant. A cleaning lady was ignoring that I was there. The owner came out with no greeting or a smile! Said something that I can barely understood! Ok, picked up the order. Asked for some salt supposedly came with it. The owner reached down and got a container of it. She is again motionless! When we got home, the Crispy chicken looked like a sor sauce chicken. Needless to say it did not taste even closer to what I expected! Not sure if they cooked it with an oven or what but they sure didn't fry it like it should! Would I recommend this place? You draw the conclusion! Ugh! read more

Hole in a wall canto spot that's great for family style dinning. Byob is a plus! What to get: - sweet and sour spare ribs/pork (great tang to it) - enoki mushroom veggie stir fry - salt and pepper Japanese tofu (very crispy!) - lobster was fine, normal - beef ho fun was fine, normal - salt and pepper shrimp was fine, size was large - free range chicken was fine What NOT to get: - walnut shrimp (too much Mayo, shrimp is too breaded) - mapo tofu (southerners just can't get this right) - Szechuan green beans - curry beef brisket casserole (bland curry, gristly beef) - lamb casserole See a theme? Stick to the canto dishes and you will be just fine! We would come back for more fam bam dinners. 9 people with 10 dishes (and free soup at beginning and free dessert soup at end) was $190 + tip. read more

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I haven't been here since the pandemic! I was really surprised that the food was still delicious and very tasty! The amount they give you is huge too! We had family style and all the food takes me back to my childhood days! The service was good and you can validate your parking for 3 hours and paid $2 at the parking lot on Wentworth and Cermak! It's a real good deal! The restaurant was pretty busy with a few large groups of ladies for a Saturday afternoon! read more

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This is another lowkey restaurant located in old Chinatown. Upon walking in, all you see are regular locals eating here. They are well known for their rice clay pots, especially the eel one. Make sure to order ahead for this because it takes a little longer to prepare! While the eel meat is used in the rice dish, the eel bones don't go to waste! They are roasted and turned into an eel and tofu soup. It's super flavorful and milky (we were too excited for it and i forgot to snap a pic ~sadness). The rice clay pot came SIZZLING, and the server helped us mixed it and scraped off the crunchy rice all around the sides and bottom of the pot. It was so good, a must try if you come here. We also ordered salt & pepper squid, deep fried intestines, and garlic pea tips. Everything was very fresh and flavorful. Overall, if you are looking for a satisfying, yummy, cantonese style meal, definitely give Kam Fung a try! read more

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It has been awhile since we have eaten here and I forgot how good the food was. This time around we came for lunch and had a 10 course meal (unfortunately did not get a photo of all the dishes). This restaurant is good at the home cooked dishes and if you want to eat some good home cooking, this is the place. Steamed egg, minced pork, not typical dishes you find in the restaurants. The chicken was also done really well too, oh how I have missed this dish. Everything was good today. The restaurant isn't all that big, but there are large tables to seat big groups. read more

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Kam Fung is off the main road through Old Chinatown, about half a block away from the hustle bustle. It didn't appear too crowded, although this was on a cold weekday night. Still, the restaurant got busy enough that they ran out of seats for smaller parties - we (a party of two) were seated at one of the banquet round tables made to seat 8+ guests. I had a good laugh because additional people came in and so the restaurant seated another couple across from us at the same table - a true Cantonese experience. That being said, I didn't have any complaints about the service. We had our order taken quickly and the food came out quickly as well. Food-wise was where everything shined. As others have mentioned, this place is known for their claypot rice, and it really is fantastic. If you order the eel one, they will take the leftover eel parts and cook it into a soup, which tastes very umami. The claypot rice perfectly stuck to the sides of the serving dish, creating a crunchy exterior that went perfectly with the small cuts of fish. We of course ordered a vegetable dish, which had a good flavor of wok hai. Portion sizes were manageable for two people, and we had ample leftovers with just these three dishes. Overall, I was very impressed with Kam Fung and am looking to come back soon. The claypot rice was perfect for the chilly weather, and it'll only get better as winter rolls into town. read more

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The go-to spot for Taishanese/Cantonese homestyle food. My family loves this place for dining in, the wait staff knows them. I will also try to get takeout regularly, sometimes it's hard to order in English though. It's the price to pay for some great food. I don't take it personally. read more

I'm in college and decided to go to Chinatown to try some new food. Food was so mediocre. I decided to leave a 10% tip and the lady had the audacity to demand 18% tip instead. That is outrageous. I've never been to a restaurant and someone demanded me to tip more than I originally tipped. I wasn't in a big party or anything, just 2 people eating, and made sure to not leave a mess. My bill was only $40, we didn't even order anything crazy. DON'T COME HERE. They are super greedy. In addition, there are some suspicious illegal activities going on in the back. There are side rooms where kids were walking in and out with beer and alcohol. read more

If you miss your Chinese parents' home cooking you must stop here and press repeat! Can't wait to try every single menu item after devouring happily their amazing minced pork/salted fish, fish fillet/vegetable, beef tomato oh yesss, lamb brisket bean curd casserole oh my goodness. Too bad did not have extra people to order way more lol read more

On 07/23/24, at about 5pm, my friend and I had dinner at Kam Fung Restaurant. We ordered 2 dishes, one of which was a combo with pork. The pork, however, was rotten. It had a really pungent smell and tasted rotten. We informed the waitress that the pork was rotten. The waitress ignored us and said it was fine. She did not apologize or provide any explanations regarding our concerns. When my friend went to pay the bill, the waitress kept asking for tips and refused to return the credit card to my friend. We explained that, however, so to the terrible service and rotten pork, we were not going to pay a tip. We walked out of the restaurant, and the waitress chased us and cursed at us, saying that we shouldn't show our faces there again, which sounded pretty threatening. This restaurant is terrible, the service is terrible, and they serve spoiled/rotten food. read more

Chicken egg foo young is delicious. I choose take out; hot and clean. Yummy. Beef with tomato is delicious. Reasonably price. Menu has authentic dishes. I will go there again. I always ask for,"no MSG." They always comply. I love this restaurant! My family chose this restaurant as their, go to. read more

lovely restaurant. felt very comfortable, and the food was delicious. the servers were kind and very friendly. thank you! read more

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Love this place. It's like home to me. Favorite place to eat Cantonese / Toishan food. It's the spot to go to with family or for gatherings. I want to share their menu because they don't advertise much but please support. I swear best food ever. My favorite exotic dish is eel pot rice and snails. Their salt and pepper shrimp and chicken are absolutely amazing if you can't decide. They have a great lunch special as well. read more

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I'll have to agree with another reviewer that the owner is kind of rude. The employee (waitress) who took my order was friendly though. Usually, I thought the employees would be rude and boss nice, but not this place. Anyway, they make a good curry beef brisket. Of the two times I was there, I ordered Peking pork chop, curry beef brisket and salt pepper smelt fish. They're tasty. I'll look at other cantonese restaurants to see if anyone else make as good curry beef brisket casserole as them. Until then, I'll only go here when I'm craving the curry brisket. read more

Convenient location in old Chinatown. Delicious traditional Cantonese style dishes. Friendly service. Clean dining area. Highly recommend their steamed clams and curry beef brisket. You won't regret it. We stayed a little over their closing time and they didn't rush us at all. I'm so coming back with more friends! read more

Great food and service. People are so friendly . Reasonable price. I love and highly recommend this place. Must visit restaurant when you're in Chicago Chinatown ! read more

This is the last time to eat here. If I could give zero stars I would. Came here for lunch were the dishes are smaller and discounted. We ordered 3 dishes. The first dish came out after 15 mins. We started eating and waited for the next two. Meanwhile a table that came in after us ordered a dinner for 6 had received 2 dishes before our second dish came. Our second dish came 30 mins. after the first dish. After 45 mins after receiving the first dish we were waiting for the waitress so we could cancel and get the check. That's when the last dish came. The food was less than par and could have saved the headache and had a full price lunch elsewhere. And paying discounted price doesn't get the same quality of taste and preparation. The salted fish fried rice was so salty we mixed a bowl of white rice with it. Yes the salted fish made it salty but they added more salt to the dish. The salt & pepper squid had so many jalapeño peppers we barely got much squid. The mustard green with beef chow fun had so much gravy that asking for crispy chow fun was a waste. Only a few pieces didn't sit in the gravy so it wasn't soggy and still had a bit of crunch. No more. read more

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Good traditional Chinese cuisine cooked with enough wok hei (wok hay). The service & ambience is nothing special, but the food more than makes up for it. The restaurant is frequented by a lot of Chinese, young & old, so you know it is good. read more

People come here for the Cantonese and Taishanese comfort food. Like steam pork and salted fish patty and bean curd stir-fried with vegetables. I love their won-ton noodle soup and beef tendon noodle soup. They make a good Peking style pork chop dish. It's a small restaurant but a really good place to get some home cooking restaurant style when you're not in a mood to cook at home. read more

I don't know how many times I've eaten here, but this Cantonese place is a family favorite. They generally do a pretty good job executing fresh and tasty seafood dishes (especially the live shrimps and steamed live oysters). The cage-free chicken is what they're known for, but I find the to be inconsistent. Sometimes it's overcooked, and other times it's perfect. The place and atmosphere looks like a total hole in the wall, but don't charge hole in the wall prices -- nonetheless worth it because the food is very good here. Total bill before tip for 12 people was about $240. Look at the pictures of items I've ordered in the past... I highly recommend most, if not all of them! read more

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This place is located in an unassuming side-street right across from the original Triple Crown restauarant. The place is rather small; it could maybe fit about 100-120 people max. We ordered the beef stipe, but it was rather chewy and not fresh at all. The plate portions were not that great and we left there hungry. BATHROOM REVIEW If there's only one rule I follow when I go to Chinatown, or any restaurant, its that you always use the bathrooms AFTER you eat because what you find in the bathroom might make you lose your appetite. In this case, I should have NEVER used the bathroom, even after the meal.... yeah, it was that bad. The bathroom was a one-staller and came straight out of a horror flick. Flickering dim light, rust and mildew everywhere. I did the trick of kicking the toilet seat up and peeing -- now i'm wondering if I should burn my shoes. I couldn't wait to get out of there. SIT or SQUAT??? Do I really need to answer that question? I'm shuddering just writing this. please make this bathroom memory go away! read more

Restaurant review Where in Chicago can you find a expansive authentic cantonese menu? Kam Fung is the place to visit during your next trip to Chinatown. Hidden away on a side street of Chinatown is one of the most versatile Chinese restaurants in Chicago. The menu is expansive including your typical asian-american dishes (fried rice, chop suey, chow mein, walnut shrimp), but the true gem is in the detailed menu that is in english and partially in only chinese. Included are some picture of excellent food items that I would not know how to order (I had a friend that could read chinese) which included twin stir-fried lobster, organic free range chicken (you have not had chicken until you try this dish), striped pangasius maws stirfry, and fresh steamed fish just to name a few. They are open late nights and also have clay pot rice which is one of the few places in IL which have this dish. If you want to take a walk on the wild side and try authentic Cantonese/Asian cusine you should venture here for a try! Pro: extensive menu, variety of meat/fresh seafood/chicken dishes, large portions Cons: part of the menu is only in Chinese and you might need them to translate or have a friend that can read chinese Hidden gem: the clay pot rice is cheap and enormous, only place where you can find this dish. Also BYOB which saves you a ton of money! read more

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Excellent, fresh food and friendly service in an off-the-beaten-path location. We ordered the Chicken in Orange Peel Sauce, the Mongolian beef, Vegetable Fried Rice and Mushroom and Vegetable platter. All dishes tasted freshly-made and featured a good balance of textures. Your standard Chinese restaurant items in a family-friendly atmosphere. No unnecessary trendy flash or weirdness. I'll definitely make this a staple whenever visiting Chinatown. read more

I was invited to a luncheon here the other day for about 50 people so a prepared menu was served. I was served very authentic Cantonese style food and I found it was very good! There were 10 dishes brought to the table and I don't know many of the names of the dishes in English but it was very reasonable priced. For a table of 10 it was about $150. The poached whole chicken with ginger and garlic sauce was one of the best I have had and not undercooked like some places will serve. They served a beef style stew as one of the dishes and that is not usually on the menu and I loved it, but it is served with beef tendon and not everyone will like that kind of taste. There was a whole lobster served that looked very tasty, but I don't usually eat lobster so can't tell you how it tasted, but everyone else enjoyed it at the table. I loved the Japanese style tofu dish and they served 2 vegetarian dishes with oyster mushrooms and baby shanghai bok toy that was luscious! The Shrimp with walnuts which is a customary dish was really good. Crispy and crunchy. The had a Peking Pork dish that was also good. There was some MSG in the food so that was the only negative I found during my meal. I would definitely come back with my Asian friends to dine here, but would not likely bring my husband because he likes the more traditional American style Cantonese menu. Hope this helps! read more

I came here with a large family party on Saturday night. The restaurant was completely empty at 830PM. We ordered the family party menu and each of the dishes were pretty good compared to the family party menu we had for lunch from Mayflower. Highlights? The yellow chicken at my table was delicious, but it was undercooked at the other table. Good variety of dishes. Lowlights? Eel in a clay pot was disappointing. I don't know what kind of rice they used, but it was hard and a bit dry. I like eel, but I wasn't a fan of the flavor either. It was pretty cold in the restaurant. We brought the space heater to the table, but I could barely feel anything. Overall, I enjoyed my meal. There isn't much in terms of decor or ambiance, but eh. The quality is better than some other restaurants. Plus since it's on a side street, you'll likely have the place to yourself! read more

This place has been my go to for Chinese food since 1997. The best salt and pepper pork chops in the city. I make it a point to try everything on the menu and they have yet to let me down. read more

This is currently my favorite Cantonese restaurant in Chinatown. It's open late, the service is solid, and the food is just a bit (or often more than a bit) fresher than its competitors. If you don't speak English, some servers are more helpful than others, since there's a fairly extensive Chinese-only menu with great options that just aren't listed otherwise. The eel with ginger and green onions, for example, which is a bit pricey but amazingly flavorful if you like eel. And, as for the English menu, I have not had better clams in black bean sauce in any restaurant around here. The sauce is light but intense, with enough fermented black beans to complement the clams but not overwhelm their natural sweetness. This is a must-try dish here, in my opinion. As always, I'd love to go back with a group of friends and really dive into the menu. It's well worth a visit. read more

This place has been around forever and this was my first time stepping foot in the door. Our relatives came to visit from NY and they have close ties to this place, so we had dinner here with the family. From the outside, this place looks small and unattractive. This place is definitely hidden and if you aren't local, you won't know this place existed. The inside, however, is more welcoming and it wasn't bad at all. My relatives ordered all the food and I didn't look at the menu, so my review won't be that specific. My favorite dish they had was the tea leaf shrimp (direct English translation). It was recommended by the chef(owner). This was better than the Salt and Pepper Shrimp. Another dish that is extremely good was the Steamed Scallop Shell with Vermicelli in Garlic Sauce. This place pretty much serve really traditional Chinese food and they have certain entrees that I have never had at other restaurants. All the other dishes we had were just average. This is a place that I would only come if my family is with me because it is that traditional. All the good stuff I do not know how to order. read more

Food was a 2.7/5. Overall food quality has gone down in recent years due to a change in management and staffing. Salt and pepper shrimp isn't close to what it used to be (wasn't properly fried, nor washed properly). Some of the Chinese greens were old. Beef Gai Lan was 3.5/5. The reason why I'm giving them a 1/5 is because they charged me $41.30 for three dishes which was supposed to be $27-28. I pointed this out and they said that "it was an old menu that they hadn't used in a long time". I suspect it was because I mentioned I was visiting from Michigan, so they felt they could mark up the menu price.. Even though that's illegal read more

Honestly, these people who are giving two stars, are you even ordering the right dishes? who orders orange chicken at an authentic chinese restaurant? try a chinese american place. Anyway, Kam Fung isn't 5 stars but it's a solid 4. Their food is good, especially the Fish Chow Fun. I'd definitely want to go back just for that next time I'm in Chicago. read more

Came here with family and friends. Wasn't too impressed with the food. A few of us thought the food was a bit salty. We had some kind of fish soup ( I think), squab, crab, walnut shrimp, salted fish eggplants, black pepper beef, 2 kinds of clay pot rice (one is with chinese sausage with some other things and one with eel), greens, mixed greens and I can't remember the rest. The squab was good. Walnut shrimp didn't have much mayo which was good, but tasted different than other places, the 1st clay pot rice was ok, the eel was tough in the other clay pot, mixed greens was pretty good (crunchy). Overall, nothing too impressive. Dessert was red bean/tapioca soup. My sister ordered Orange Chicken for her husband for take-out and it was basically like Mandarin Pork Chop sauce with chicken and spicy. read more

Traditional Cantonese food. I think it has the best steam chicken foot in China town.

On hindsight, we probably should have heeded the negative review given here by a Yelper friend. Although we did not encounter the same problems as in that review, all was not rosy at our group's meal either. Kam Fung was a last minute choice switch in our group's quest for Cantonese fare. Their menu met that criteria and the ingredients used would please the many who savor the cuisine of south China. We were seated at a round table with a round glass "lazy susan" in the center of the white vinyl "table cloth." Although the rotating glass disc was large, the number and size of all our dishes eventually overwhelmed it. We chose one of the pre-selected "family" package meals that was intended for a group of 8. This would give us an excellent introduction to the cooking at Kam Fung while also providing a variety of meat, fowl, seafood, and vegetables. As with many such Cantonese meals, our table began it by sharing a tureen of flavorful soup, based on a pork broth, containing pieces of Chinese broccoli. It was a good beginning. A helpful touch at Kam Fung for large groups are the electric rice steamers that they station next to your table, so you can refill your own bowls of white rice as you feel the need to. Our main dishes were a mixed bag. The whole lobster was one any kitchen couldn't mess up, presented in cut pieces with the shell still attached. The vegetable stir fry featured slices of lotus root, wood ear, and black mushrooms, but nothing much memorable about that. There was the two-bite filets of white fish gently deep-fried in a whisper-light golden coating of flour (?), presented on a plate of complimentary vegetables. Cantonese cuisine doesn't use the spicy, hot flavors of the northern cuisines. But sweet and sour is something that highlights its dishes. Ours was a rather odd one; pieces of cut-up pork chops (instead of ribs) battered and coated in a gloppy red sweet/sour BBQ sauce. One ate it for the well-cooked meat, but the sauce was a disaster! We also enjoyed the large shrimps (oxymoron) in a stir fry with unmemorable vegetables and a too-thick sauce. Being that we were dining just ahead of the lunar new year, the prospect of sharing a whole roasted chicken was a traditional touch of good luck. Unfortunately, the platter of sliced pieces (including the head, of course) must have just come out of the refrigerator - cooked, but cold! I can't recall ever getting chicken served this cold in a Chinese restaurant or even direct from the Chinese BBQ shop. The standard dipping sauce for chicken of salt and oil with chopped chives was a hit though. Everyone thinks that fortune cookies are the Chinese "dessert." It's not! Maybe that's because the sweet treats that end a Cantonese meal aren't all that spectacular. Our meal ended with each getting a small bowl of traditional, cold, sweet, red bean soup. THEN, the fortune cookies. All in all, not a terrible meal. And the service was good and attentive. But with so many choices in Chinatown and around the city, it's unlikely our group will return here. read more

A good inexpensive Cantonese restaurant in Chinatown to dine-in or order takeout. I absolutely LOVE their yellow chicken that merits five stars. It's the best that I've had in town along with BBQ King's version. The lobster, salt with pepper prawns, fish filet with celery, Hong Kong noodles with fish filet, tofu with mushrooms are my favorites. Service is good. I hosted my mother's birthday banquet for 20 persons here and the female owner was very accommodating. read more

Kam Fung - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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This is a hole in a wall place with the bare minimal decor. Here you will find cheap and decent Chinese food. Very authentic dishes, and big portions. I always leave stuffed, so don't say I didn't warn you. read more

Kam Fung - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Really bad Chinese/Cantonese food! We came here for a family dinner with lots of people, hence we ordered lots of dishes. Honestly, all the dishes were salty & oily. read more

The food is okay. The service is good. But the manager is soooooooo rude. She did not respect me at all. She is really mean. I am not gonna eat there anymore. read more

Authentic quality Chinese food. My grandmother had a mother's day celebration here and the food was delicious! The most memorable dish was a taro with pork and mixed vegetables. One of my favorite vegetables in the world is taro and Kam Fung cooked it just right. Although it was on the salty side, it had the flavors of the taro cooked with the other vegetables was just so tasteful! Then my family came here one summer night. We ordered the taro dish again asking them to add less salt. Another dish was a Chinese sausage clay pot dish. They steam the rice and the Chinese sausage in a clay pot. All the flavors and aroma of the Chinese sausage gets soaked up by the rice so the rice is just as flavorful as the Chinese sausage. Once you open the cover of the clay pot the smell of the dish is irresistible. You just gotta dig in! This place is the place for authentic flavorful Chinese food. Just make sure you drink a lot of water while eating and afterward. You are surely gonna need it after eating all the tasty salty Chinese food. Interesting Note - This is one of the few places in Chinatown that has clay pot dishes. My parents always say how they really enjoyed eating the clay pot dishes in China. When they came to Kam Fung, they couldn't stop eating it especially my mom. She said that it was just as good as the ones in China, but definitely with less oils. read more