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ChiCafe was established in 2008 located in the heart of Chinatown Square. We’re a modern eatery with late-night hours serving an extensive menu of classic Chinese dishes. Everything prepared with high quality, rich taste and made fresh on Order. Healthy, Delicious and made very Special, to steal all your hearts. Our experienced Chefs ensure to give you the best and make your every order with us, the memorable moment.
Tiny, modern eatery with late-night hours serving an extensive menu of classic Chinese dishes.
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Address: 2160 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: (312) 842-9993
Website: https://www.chicafeonline.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=website
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Reviews
Yvan Connoyer
First of all, The server took our order with a smirk like he’s not glad that we’re there which spoils as this is our first visit to this place. But instead of walking out, we still gave a chance to try it since it has 4.5 stars review coz maybe the food is worth it.
We ordered beef brisket soup, chicken wings, beef innards and beef intestine. Other than being so bland or too salty, almost everything has a large amount of lettuce for salad which overpowers the taste. All the meat are hard and i choked a little like twice to their beef brisket and pork intestine. The noodle is not cooked that it is a little hard and dry, this is their beef brisket noodle soup. Their mango milkshake tastes like an instant or powdered milkshake. Not a fresh one. No free tea like the other chinese restaurants. In the picture i took all the lettuce because it is too overwhelming already. (Oh, i forgot to take lettuce in fried wings) Their condiment is only a soysauce and chili. Just an honest review. I do not recommend this reataurant.
… moreWe ordered beef brisket soup, chicken wings, beef innards and beef intestine. Other than being so bland or too salty, almost everything has a large amount of lettuce for salad which overpowers the taste. All the meat are hard and i choked a little like twice to their beef brisket and pork intestine. The noodle is not cooked that it is a little hard and dry, this is their beef brisket noodle soup. Their mango milkshake tastes like an instant or powdered milkshake. Not a fresh one. No free tea like the other chinese restaurants. In the picture i took all the lettuce because it is too overwhelming already. (Oh, i forgot to take lettuce in fried wings) Their condiment is only a soysauce and chili. Just an honest review. I do not recommend this reataurant.
Dolores Grullon
Normally the food is really good. I usually order the salt and pepper shrimp, which is the best I’ve had in Chicago. Thanksgiving, however, is not the day to order there. The food was awful! I ordered chicken fried rice, vegetable fried rice, beef teriyaki, salt and pepper shrimp, and crab rangoon. None of it was good. The fried rice did not taste fresh. The cab rangoon was too doughy. The beef teriyaki had more onions than beef and a mushy consistency. And the salt and pepper shrimp, which I always love, was soggy and a less amount. Our Thanksgiving dinner was not enjoyable. I might return for the salt and pepper shrimp to see if it was just a mishap, but other than that, I won’t be ordering there anymore.
… moreMiss Chelsea
I had a question over some dishes since I have dietary restrictions. Despite asking politely, the server was extremely rude and got aggressive in front of me and my husband. After placing our orders, we decided to leave. We were both confused and disappointed, not only with the terrible service but the food quality. I hate to say this but the quality has definitely decreased over the years. We got one appetizer to share and it did not taste fresh like we had remembered it years ago.
I’ve worked as a server myself and understand that all workers face frustrating and stressful situations. Being a server is hard work and I imagine it’s more challenging when there’s a language barrier. Still, it doesn’t excuse how we were treated.
My husband and I took our business elsewhere and we look forward to checking out better places in Chinatown. Bad energy is a real thing and if it’s in the air and the workers, it’s in the food as well.
… moreI’ve worked as a server myself and understand that all workers face frustrating and stressful situations. Being a server is hard work and I imagine it’s more challenging when there’s a language barrier. Still, it doesn’t excuse how we were treated.
My husband and I took our business elsewhere and we look forward to checking out better places in Chinatown. Bad energy is a real thing and if it’s in the air and the workers, it’s in the food as well.
Sando Blahima
I absolutely love chi Café ever since me and my boyfriend discovered his hidden gem about four years ago. When I moved to Chicago? We order from them at least 4 times a month Food is always fresh made with love and most importantly they’re open late night. We love the 420 and sip a
so it’s always a great addition to have authentic Chinese food. they’re very affordable and they have a large menu! The only thing that sucks is when they’re busy they’ll turn off their delivery services on Uber eats earlier than usual, but they are open very late. If you walk in they’ll take care of you every time you can dine and take takeout or do delivery. Thank you for all you do for the community. ♥️ follow my page @AggiesAfricanEats
… moreso it’s always a great addition to have authentic Chinese food. they’re very affordable and they have a large menu! The only thing that sucks is when they’re busy they’ll turn off their delivery services on Uber eats earlier than usual, but they are open very late. If you walk in they’ll take care of you every time you can dine and take takeout or do delivery. Thank you for all you do for the community. ♥️ follow my page @AggiesAfricanEats
Glo bankz
Chi cafe is one of the only places in Chicago that close supper late which is a gem for late dinning.This place attracts large crowds and is usually packed be prepared for a wait. Make sure to check inside with the host to have him get your name and give you a wait time. Usually people wait around the bench area outside. Honestly the entrance and doors and windows need heavy deep cleaning for years they have been gross. It doesn’t give a nice impression. The inside seems to be nicely devoted from ceilings to wall decors but it’s just the hygiene of the environment that needs to be taken care of. The food plates and silver wear are surprisingly clean.The portion sizes are a little smaller since the last two years I think an entree feeds two comfortable keep that in mind. Some plates come out sooner than others so that’s something to expect. They are terrible at asking if you need anything or checking up they usually never do that and most of the time you need to haul them down fast bc they just walk past you rushing. They do give you fresh water and keep refilling it throughout. The food taste isn’t flavorful as it was couple years back. Very salty and the egg rolls DONT GET. Just mushy and bland it tasted like soggy cabbage. 2$ egg rolls but they’re nasty. The canned drinks are not cold but they give you ice cups to pour into but still hot soda. The bathrooms were surprisingly very clean compared to many places in China town points for that. Staff isn’t usually smiley or welcoming very stern so I have to take in account all factors for the final score. This is ten times better than getting Mc Donald’s late night worth the drive.
… moreHelen Lam
I have never been so mad. This is flat out a scam. I ordered 雪菜肉絲米粉，which i’m supposed to get the specific kind of marinated veggie, this looks like they just took the left over side veggie from our other order and call it a day. and soup they provided is soup for winton soup noodles.
This is crazy. What’s the point of the order if i am going to get something totally different?
… moreThis is crazy. What’s the point of the order if i am going to get something totally different?
James
I took my wife to Chi Cafe for dinner and accidentally stumbled into a psychological thriller.
The first red flag was the fluorescent lighting. Not normal restaurant lighting. Not cozy. Not warm. The kind of aggressively bright, humming, soul-draining fluorescence that makes everyone look slightly ill and like they haven’t slept in three days. It felt less like a dining room and more like a holding facility.
The waiter approached our table like we owed him money from a past life. My wife asked one normal, harmless question about the menu and he reacted like we had insulted his mother. The waiter then started behaving in a way that can only be described as DEEPLY UNSETTLING. It’s as if this waiter took a random assortment of unmarked pills prior to this interaction. I was genuinely wondering if they were okay or going through a crazy psychosis. It genuinely felt like something was off. Not just “bad service.” Off. The kind of jittery atmosphere where you start questioning what you walked into. The entire interaction felt hard to explain but impossible to ignore.
Would not return.
Would not recommend.
Do Better.
Literally go anywhere else.
… moreThe first red flag was the fluorescent lighting. Not normal restaurant lighting. Not cozy. Not warm. The kind of aggressively bright, humming, soul-draining fluorescence that makes everyone look slightly ill and like they haven’t slept in three days. It felt less like a dining room and more like a holding facility.
The waiter approached our table like we owed him money from a past life. My wife asked one normal, harmless question about the menu and he reacted like we had insulted his mother. The waiter then started behaving in a way that can only be described as DEEPLY UNSETTLING. It’s as if this waiter took a random assortment of unmarked pills prior to this interaction. I was genuinely wondering if they were okay or going through a crazy psychosis. It genuinely felt like something was off. Not just “bad service.” Off. The kind of jittery atmosphere where you start questioning what you walked into. The entire interaction felt hard to explain but impossible to ignore.
Would not return.
Would not recommend.
Do Better.
Literally go anywhere else.
Helen M
Very yummy food. The beef noodle was a little salty. The squid and sizzling beef were yummy.
The mango Pamalo drink was only ok. I can’t taste any grapefruit in it.
… moreThe mango Pamalo drink was only ok. I can’t taste any grapefruit in it.
Michelle
This is usually my first stop when I visit Chicago because they’re still open when I arrive around 10pm! A must order would be the salt and pepper pork chops. Tried the abalone and chicken congee and it was a disappointment, expect to get scallops instead of abalone. The rest of the dishes were good though!
Update Aug 2025
It’s been years since I’ve been back and I’m not quite sure what happened here! Let me start by they stopped serving brunch and opens at 4. Although the dining room was packed the food was definitely lacking taste! Wonton in the noodle soup was a little sour, ordered dishes cooked with jalapeños but was even a tad bit spicy and I would have to say the most disgusting thing I saw was a pan full of raw meats on a stick sitting out in the open on one of the dining tables! It was sitting there before and after my meal so who knows how long it was out for. Took a while for the server to take our order and give us our bill, never came to check on us. The tables are really close to each other and it’s nice that they no longer have the wooden stools for customers to sit on. This is one of the only place that opens until late so it could be the reason why they were so busy after 9, but I think next time I’m in town I’ll try somewhere else.
… moreUpdate Aug 2025
It’s been years since I’ve been back and I’m not quite sure what happened here! Let me start by they stopped serving brunch and opens at 4. Although the dining room was packed the food was definitely lacking taste! Wonton in the noodle soup was a little sour, ordered dishes cooked with jalapeños but was even a tad bit spicy and I would have to say the most disgusting thing I saw was a pan full of raw meats on a stick sitting out in the open on one of the dining tables! It was sitting there before and after my meal so who knows how long it was out for. Took a while for the server to take our order and give us our bill, never came to check on us. The tables are really close to each other and it’s nice that they no longer have the wooden stools for customers to sit on. This is one of the only place that opens until late so it could be the reason why they were so busy after 9, but I think next time I’m in town I’ll try somewhere else.
Greg Eakins
Great food at a reasonable price, and one of your only options in the area that stays open late. As such, they get crazy busy at night.
They have a wide range of offerings, including a lot of the comfortable “Hong Kong” style dishes that most Americans are comfortable with. Their takeout estimates can be way off. My estimate was 15 minutes, but when I showed up, they said it would be another 40 minutes. They were slammed at the time.
… moreThey have a wide range of offerings, including a lot of the comfortable “Hong Kong” style dishes that most Americans are comfortable with. Their takeout estimates can be way off. My estimate was 15 minutes, but when I showed up, they said it would be another 40 minutes. They were slammed at the time.