The best restaurants in Uptown, Chicago — a curated editorial selection from TastyPals editors.
The best restaurants in uptown in Chicago are Marina's Bistro and Rum Bar, Tweet, Demera Restaurant, and more. Start with Marina's Bistro and Rum Bar if you want the strongest overall first pick.
Uptown's eating scene is one of Chicago's best-kept value secrets — a neighbourhood where Vietnamese, Ethiopian, and Southeast Asian restaurants produce genuinely excellent food at prices that make the north side's trendier corridors feel expensive by comparison. The cooking here reflects communities that eat in these rooms rather than audiences that visit them.
We evaluated each restaurant on food quality, neighbourhood fit, and the kind of consistency that makes a room worth returning to.
Marina's Bistro and Rum Bar is an easy asian option in Uptown in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation. Pastelillos and Queso Frito con Tamarindo also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Tweet is a asian restaurant in Uptown in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room. Crabcakes Hollandaise and ¡Chilaquiles! also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Demera Restaurant is a asian restaurant in Uptown in Chicago that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room. Sambussas and Ambasha also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Fat Cat is an easy asian option in Uptown in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation. If Unable to extract menu items is your kind of order, that is a good sign.
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The Reservoir is an easy asian option in Uptown in Chicago to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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