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4 Best Asian Restaurants in Chicago

The 4 best asian restaurants in Chicago, sorted by rating and curated by TastyPals editors.

The best asian restaurants in Chicago are Tweet, Demera Restaurant, Fat Cat, and more. Start with Tweet if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By James Whitfield•4 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
Methodology•Editorial team
TweetDemera RestaurantFat Cat
4 Best Asian Restaurants in Chicago
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Top picks at a glance

#1TweetAsian • Uptown • value#2Demera RestaurantAsian • Uptown • value#3Fat CatAsian • Uptown • value

Who this guide is for

This guide covers the highest-rated asian restaurants in Chicago. The picks are sorted by Google rating and review volume to give you a reliable shortlist. Picks span Uptown and Hyde Park.

Quick picks

Tweet
Asian • Uptown
Tweet has been holding down its corner of Uptown long before anyone started writing trend pieces about the neighborhood, and it operates with the quiet confidence of a place that doesn't need your…
Demera Restaurant
Asian • Uptown
Let me be direct about what Demera is doing in Uptown: it's putting some of the most transportive Ethiopian cooking in Chicago on the table at a price point that embarrasses half the city's restaur…
Fat Cat
Asian • Uptown
Fat Cat has been anchored on Broadway in Uptown since 2007, and the 4,000-square-foot room is upfront about what it is before anyone pulls up a menu: plush leather booths, vintage rock photography…
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Editorial details
Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

On this page

  1. 1. TweetView →
  2. 2. Demera RestaurantView →
  3. 3. Fat CatView →
  4. 4. Chant Restaurant In Hyde ParkView →

How the restaurants compare

Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Tweet
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Tweet
Uptown • Asian
9.9/10
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Price
value
Best for
dinner
Mood
Uptown
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Demera Restaurant
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Demera Restaurant
Uptown • Asian
9.9/10
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Price
value
Best for
dinner
Mood
Uptown
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Fat Cat
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Fat Cat
Uptown • Asian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
dinner
Mood
Uptown
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Chant Restaurant In Hyde Park
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Chant Restaurant In Hyde Park
Hyde Park • Asian
9.9/10
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value
Best for
Hyde Park
Mood
Hyde Park

How we chose

We looked for restaurants that feel like a strong fit for the guide topic, not just the most obvious names in the city. The shortlist favors rooms with clear mood, dependable pacing, and enough distinction to help someone decide faster. Read our full methodology →

Room tone

Lighting, pace, and general energy all need to support the reason someone clicked this guide.

Food fit

We favored restaurants that feel best suited for the moment, not just restaurants with broad reputation.

Useful range

The final list tries to give readers enough variation in neighborhood, price, and style to compare real options.

4 ranked picks

Tweet — Tweet has been holding down its corner of Uptown long before anyone started writing trend pieces about the neighborhood, and it operates with the quiet confidence of a place that doesn't need your validation. This is a breakfast-and-brunch room that functions like a genuine institution — the kind where regulars get dishes named after them and those dishes actually stay on the menu. Tony Fitzpatrick's Skirt Steak and 2 Eggs isn't a branding exercise; it's evidence that this place has real relationships, and those relationships keep renewing themselves. The Asian-inflected angle Tweet brings to an otherwise classic American brunch format is reportedly understated rather than performative, which tracks for Uptown. This is not River North. Tweet appears to know the difference, and good for it. The Colossal Lox Platter is the dish most associated with Tweet's reputation for overdelivering at a price point that should not support that kind of generosity — diners consistently flag it as the benchmark order. The Crabcakes Hollandaise is known for bringing actual technique to a preparation that most brunch kitchens treat as an afterthought, with the hollandaise reportedly rich enough to feel intentional without overwhelming the plate. The ¡Chilaquiles! — note the punctuation, which is doing real enthusiasm — earns its place on a menu that could have played it considerably safer. The Corned Beef Hash & Eggs rounds out a lineup that leans on execution over novelty, which is exactly the right instinct at this price level. Practical reality: the room is small and the weekend crowd is documented and loyal, so a weekday visit is the move if your schedule allows. On a first trip, the Lox Platter or the Chilaquiles are the consensus starting points. Return visit, go straight for the Corned Beef Hash & Eggs. View restaurant →
Demera Restaurant — Let me be direct about what Demera is doing in Uptown: it's putting some of the most transportive Ethiopian cooking in Chicago on the table at a price point that embarrasses half the city's restaurant scene, and the people who know, know. This is not a spot that softens its edges for a cautious crowd. The injera is reportedly fermented properly — that low-grade tang doing real work as both utensil and acid counterpoint — and the room is known to operate on its own unhurried rhythm. Uptown's cultural density makes it exactly the right neighborhood for a place this uncompromising, and Demera leans into that without apology. The menu centers on Doro Wot as the anchor and the argument: a long-braised chicken stew built on berbere, dense and brick-red, with a hard-boiled egg that has reportedly spent enough time in that sauce to mean it. Next to it, the Kitfo — Ethiopian steak tartare seasoned with mitmita and clarified spiced butter — is traditionally served rare and, by most accounts, should stay that way. The Lega Tibs, sautéed beef with aromatics, is known for developing serious char at the edges, the kind that signals real heat behind the line. Diners consistently point to the Sambussas as the right place to start: fried lentil-filled pastries, described as crisp and earthy, that reportedly recalibrate expectations for what follows. The Kay Seer Salata, a beet-based salad, rounds out the table with enough acidity to cut through the richness and reset between rounds. The move that regulars apparently know: come with three or more people and order communally across both meat and vegetarian sections — the menu rewards that approach. Weekends fill up; call ahead rather than walking in and hoping for the best. View restaurant →
Fat Cat — Fat Cat has been anchored on Broadway in Uptown since 2007, and the 4,000-square-foot room is upfront about what it is before anyone pulls up a menu: plush leather booths, vintage rock photography covering the walls, a central bar that the whole space orbits, and shuffleboard in the back. What's genuinely uncommon here is the equal commitment to both sides of the equation — this isn't a restaurant that tolerates a bar, or a bar that wedged in a fryer and called it a kitchen. Uptown has always been Chicago's slightly scuffed, authentically diverse counterweight to neighborhoods that take themselves too seriously, and Fat Cat's loud-but-unhurried atmosphere fits that ethos without straining for it. The menu is built around bar food that, by most accounts, actually has a point of view. The Reuben Balls are the most talked-about item on the menu — corned beef and Swiss béchamel reportedly rolled in marble rye bread crumbs and fried, served with a house 999-Island dressing designed to cut the richness. It's the kind of concept that reads as a gimmick until the execution apparently justifies it. The poutine with braised pork is framed as the more substantial option: long-braised pork over fries and cheese curds, the sort of thing diners consistently describe as a full meal rather than a side. The fried mac and cheese bites, made with penne rather than elbow, and the Cuban pork belly sandwich round out what the kitchen is known for — straightforward combinations that lean on technique over novelty. The Reuben Balls and braised pork poutine together land well under twenty bucks, which in 2024 Chicago is worth flagging plainly. Fat Cat is closed Tuesdays. On weekends, the leather booths go fast — arriving before 7pm is the practical move if you want a seat near the bar rather than a wait near the shuffleboard. View restaurant →

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