Dear Friends and Family,
We drove out to Chinatown Sunday morning for Shanghai dumplings (aka soupy dumplings), but the restaurant we were going to try was closed. And, since fate had fortuitously offered us a parking spot in front of Phoenix, we decided to give it a try.
Chicago has a disappointing track record for dim sum. So, we both had the bar set pretty low walking into the place. The food was, surprisingly, pretty good. We only had a couple of dishes, but they were all fresh, hot, and well flavored. I knocked the rating a point because the service is slow, the carts don't come out frequently and when they do they don't follow an efficient pattern and if you don't get to them quickly, they run out. So you have to work to get food. You expect some degree of that in a dim sum restaurant, but this was more work than usual. They have a "last mile" issue, or technically, a last 100 feet issue.
Still, I'd be willing to go back. Since, so far, it's the best dim sum, quality wise, we've had in the Chicagoland area. Unfortunately, given the sad shape of dim sum in the Chicagoland area, that's not a ringing endorsement.
Overall rating: 7/10
The Phoenix Restaurant
2131 South Archer Avenue
Chicago, IL 60618 map it
(312) 328-0850
http://www.chinatownphoenix.com
Cheers!
mouse
We drove out to Chinatown Sunday morning for Shanghai dumplings (aka soupy dumplings), but the restaurant we were going to try was closed. And, since fate had fortuitously offered us a parking spot in front of Phoenix, we decided to give it a try.
Chicago has a disappointing track record for dim sum. So, we both had the bar set pretty low walking into the place. The food was, surprisingly, pretty good. We only had a couple of dishes, but they were all fresh, hot, and well flavored. I knocked the rating a point because the service is slow, the carts don't come out frequently and when they do they don't follow an efficient pattern and if you don't get to them quickly, they run out. So you have to work to get food. You expect some degree of that in a dim sum restaurant, but this was more work than usual. They have a "last mile" issue, or technically, a last 100 feet issue.
Still, I'd be willing to go back. Since, so far, it's the best dim sum, quality wise, we've had in the Chicagoland area. Unfortunately, given the sad shape of dim sum in the Chicagoland area, that's not a ringing endorsement.
Overall rating: 7/10
The Phoenix Restaurant
2131 South Archer Avenue
Chicago, IL 60618 map it
(312) 328-0850
http://www.chinatownphoenix.com
Cheers!
mouse
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