1. Sunda
8.8
110 W Illinois St (btwn N LaSalle Dr & N Clark St), Chicago, IL
Sushi Restaurant · River North · 288 tips and reviews
Lindsay LeBlanc: Rock shrimp tempura, an orgasm in your mouth. Great restaurant, worth dealing with the noise, great atmosphere, helpful waiters.
Elyse Estrada: Amazing sushi! Start w/ the saketini, oxtail pot stickers, rock shrimp tempura. Get crispy rice spicy tuna jalapeño and escolar "the great white". Both to die for. Then have more "living jewel" sake.
Thrillist: Sunda is doing an East-only a la carte menu with 1) tempura French toast with fresh berries, brown sugar-glazed bananas, and whipped cream, 2) a salmon wrap, and 3) petite NY steak and eggs. Read more.
Mike Schatzman: Amazing happy hour from 5pm - 6:30pm: $1 Oysters, $2 Beef Filet Skewers and $3 Shrimp Tempura Rolls.
Ms Helene: Black rice sushi sampler $27, spicy tuna, eel & crab, shrimp tempura and sweet potato tempura. BBQ sampler $28, 1 scallop, 2 shrimp jalapeño and 3 meats but cauliflower miso best. Perfect for 2.
Kinshasa Hawkins: Try the Truffled Tuna, King Crab Legs, Scallops, & Lamb Chops - all were super delicious! For rolls... the Shrimp Tempura, Bay Street Cali (get it w/blk rice) & Hokkaido were all amazing.
3. Indie Café
8.0
5951 N Broadway St (at Thorndale Ave), Chicago, IL
Thai Restaurant · Edgewater · 43 tips and reviews
michael Spencer: Never go wrong with the sweet potato tempura maki!
Jessica Reynolds: The sushi is the best I've had in the city. Try the Spicy Blue Crab, Spider, Sweet Potato Tempura, Summer Passion, or Volcano maki. They also have the BEST crab rangoon in the city.
Liz Weber: The crab rangoon and the sweet potato tempura maki are to die for!
6. Seadog Sushi Bar
8.3
1500 W Division St (at Greenview), Chicago, IL
Sushi Restaurant · Noble Square · 42 tips and reviews
Emily R: Dragon roll and sweet potato tempura maki were amazing. Mis amigos also gave thumbs up to little sea monster and scallop app. All in all, VERY solid.
Philip: Sweet potato tempura is really good.
Time Out Chicago: Try the Triple S from our 100 Best list: This maki, made of sweet potatoes, salmon and the mysteriously-named “spicy dynamite sauce” is everything that is wrong with sushi. And it tastes so right.
7. Tanoshii
9.0
720 W Randolph St (btwn Halsted & Kennedy Expy), Chicago, IL
Sushi Restaurant · Fulton Market · 19 tips and reviews
Jorge Haro: Awesome food friendly service the tempura was amazing the shrimp dumpling where out of this world and the prices very reasonable but the softcrabshell roll was unbelievable.
T H: Incredible place for vegetarian, vegan & plant-based eater. Here, the sushi chefs are creative, way beyond just an avocado roll. Delicious! Pic of “fish n’ chips” - no fish, made w/ Japanese pumpkin!
Jon B.: The chef’s special rolls were awesome.
8. En Hakkore 2.0
8.2
1467 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
Korean Restaurant · Wicker Park · 15 tips and reviews
Eater: The specialty sushi burritos are hulking wraps of rice packed with proteins like tempura shrimp, spicy tuna, tuna ceviche and Korean BBQ beef. Read more.
Scott R: Really interesting take on the sushi roll. Tempura fried seaweed in place of taco shell, then packed just like a sushi roll. Inventive and delicious.
Staci M: Everything is great here- fresh ingredients and don’t forget to get a side of kimchi fries!
9. Del Seoul
9.1
2568 N Clark St (at W Wrightwood Ave), Chicago, IL
Korean Restaurant · Park West · 162 tips and reviews
Serious Eats: Sambal Fish Taco: The tempura frying method is an inspired choice, since it produces a particularly crackly crust. It easily stands up to spicy sambal sauce, losing none of its crunch along the way.
Ed: The shrimp tempura taco and the grilled short ribs taco won't disappoint you!
Eater: The restaurant helped popularize Korean-inspired street food, such as tacos filled with sesame-chili shrimp, tempura fish, grilled short rib, spicy barbecue pork and more. Read more.
10. Sushi Sai
7.6
123 N Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL
Sushi Restaurant · The Loop · 34 tips and reviews
Emaan Khan: Shrimp tempura pieces are huge and the volcano roll is really good!
Jesus Rodriguez: Shrimp tempura, sealed tuna are my favorites. Good price and good quality. Hidden gem in Pricey chicago loop.
Jeremy Kissel: All-you-can-eat sushi for $19.99 (limited during the week, but all day Saturday and Sunday).
11. Kamehachi
7.5
1531 N Wells St (at Schiller), Chicago, IL
Sushi Restaurant · Old Town · 104 tips and reviews
Colin Wright: Rock Shrimp tempura is great. Creative, nice kick, not too heavy (considering it's Tempura).
Dmytro Shvets: Spring rolls, tempura appetizer and green turtle roll are the best! With be back for sure!!
ISC Chicago: Nabeyaki Udon thick noodles in soy broth . tempura shrimp . egg . fishcake . chicken
Angie Munoz: Gyoza and shrimp tempura rolls were alright. Pier 69, i did not like. Chicago roll was REALLY good! My husband ordered the Robata #2 and enjoyed it. Miso soup is really good here too, very flavorful.
Bethany Ulrich: Blown away by the tasty sushi rolls, the sweet potato tempura, the udon, the byob policy and of course the beautiful artwork!
Samuel De Leo: One of the most creative sushi's I've ever seen. The prices are not expensive at all for what they serve and the food is delicious. BYOB is a great option too!
13. Urban Vegan
9.1
1605 W Montrose Ave (at Ashland), Chicago, IL
Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurant · South East Ravenswood · 34 tips and reviews
lance elliot: Vegetable tempura and orange "chicken" was amazing. They stay crispy forever.
Raed Mansour: A wide variety of Thai inspired vegan offerings. Everything is delicious. Spicy equals pretty hot here but really good. No belly aches because it’s clean eating.
Jenny: The peanut sauce is the best I've ever had. I'm not vegan or vegetarian, but I'll take soy chicken from here over real chicken anywhere else. Even the meat-loving boyfriend likes it!