Excellent meal and fantastic service as always highly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Ribeye
Tommy
I can not speak highly enough about this restaurant. Our first time coming here I proposed to my now wife. We came back here as it was the 1 year anniversary of my proposal and 1 month anniversary of being married. We were so excited to come back, and when our server (Liz) came to our table she paused and said she remembered us and then clicked that she was who helped me with the proposal one year ago. We were blown away that she remembered. Beyond that though, the food here is incredible. We got to try the grilled meat platter, which they did not have when we were here last. By far though, the wings are the best thing on the menu. That's not to take away from anything else, but I have been dreaming about these wings since last year. If you come here, do yourself a favor and make sure to get one order or the wings. The staff at HaiSous are just as incredible as the chefs. If you are looking for quality Vietnamese food, you will not find anywhere better to go in Chicago.
Lev B
Walked in for happy hour, saw 4 empty seats so we asked if we could sit there. They said they were reserved, which was strange already since I've never seen a restaurant that has reservations for happy hour, let alone bar seating. They said we could wait, so we waited for 40 minutes, and those seats were still empty. Ended up walking out. Seems like this place forgot to train their hosts properly.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Tin Bui
We went to the restaurant early on a thursday expecting a decent experience based on most reviews, boy were we deceived. Maybe being the happy hour menu, we sincerely don't know but the food was flavorless and what threw us off was that they brought all four of the dishes we ordered at the same time and about not even 5minutes after we ordered. It was as if the food was already assembled in advance. The octopus salad was so cold as if it was refrigerated from awhile and not tasty. The chopped baby clams, also too cold and the texture was kind of weird smushy wet felt-like. The grilled eggplant again, cold and not savory. The bun cha fell extremely short, the broth didnt even come close to the flavors it should have and of course, cold again. Even if it was not wanted to be authentic vietnamese food, the food there is just a crime. We didn't even finish our plates and the stafff didn't even check in with us if everything was ok. The service was mediocre, they just seemed to not care at all about anything. Terrible place all-together, we have never experienced this ever. I just felt this needed to be adressed, such a waste of money.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
Kelvin L
We came here for dinner the other night and it was really yummy! The interior is modern, clean and comfortable. They also dim the lights to give that night time date night ambience. Customer service was excellent! This type of restaurant reminds me of tapas style but with Vietnamese cuisine. We ordered papaya salad, chicken wings, grilled ribeye with lemongrass, whole fluke, curry and the crab fried rice. Every single dish was super yummy but I wasn’t a huge fan of the curry. It’s more of that coconut curry/sweeter side. If you like coconut curry or sweeter curry, then you would enjoy it. My personal favorites in order would be:1. Grilled ribeye with lemongrass2. Crab fried rice3. Chicken wings4. Fluke (wrap it in lettuce and basil and dip in fish sauce.5. Papaya salad6. Curry
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
fadik
We got charged $30 extra for 2 of our parties not showing up after they got sick and diagnosed with Covid. We still dropped $600 for dinner but I guess not good enough! Will never go back there again .
CamM
This is our third time at HaiSous and we'll continue coming back for sure. The papaya salad and clams were great. The chicken wings to die for. Vegetable curry is always good. Chinese broccoli and eggplant were amazing.
Anna Tvishor
Absolutely amazing. Tried most of the items on the menu. Everything was delicious. Service is impeccable and decor is appealing. Thank you for the wonderful experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Zachary Jandali
Food was pretty mid. Not much flavor on any dish. The wings were solid though and crunchy and I thought that was the best thing I ate out of 9 items. Wouldn’t go back here
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
Anthony Miranda
HaiSous is by far one of my favorite places to grab dinner!Pricing is very affordable for an exquisite experience!Highly recommend getting the wings they offer. Definitely don’t want to miss out on those!All in all, since my first visit (which was a late dinner), the staff was attentive but towards the end a bit eager to have us leave. Although, I can understand everyone wants to get home as quick as possible, I did make the drive to eat there so maybe just asking to bring the check before laying it down on our table! Other than that 5 star all day!Parking: I suggest finding a place to park before getting there!
HaiSous offers great modern Vietnamese cuisine, and we found most of the dishes during our visit to be enjoyable. The interior of the restaurant is very modern and sleek.Among the highlights were the octopus salad, grilled ribeye, and grilled eggplant. Each dish was well seasoned with a great balance of refreshing flavors and spices. However, the Bun Cha fell short of our expectations in terms of flavor and tasted fairly standard, particularly considering its price point as an entree.Service was attentive and courteous throughout our meal. One minor drawback was the close proximity of tables in our dining area, which made it more difficult to fully enjoy our meal due to the loud conversations nearby and limited privacy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bun Cha Hanoi, Octopus Salad
lorena escalona
Spectacular I loved all my wife and I had a great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sheila Simmington
Food is wonderfully seasoned, fresh and inspired. However I'd for sure do something about the bar seats. They have to be some of the most uncomfortable bar stools I've ever experienced. 5 stars
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Po S
Really cool spot and deceivingly large! The staff was kind and the restaurant week menu had a vegetarian version which I appreciated. The mushrooms weren’t my favorite but the papaya salad, kabocha curry, and chocolate rice pudding at the end were
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Vietnamese Rice Pudding
Su Lee
One person highly recommended this place as her favorite Vietnamese restaurant. Intrigued, we decided to give it a try one Friday evening. Luckily, we managed to snag a table, perhaps due to a last-minute cancellation. Arriving just in time for happy hour, we swiftly ordered from the discounted menu, enjoying the excellent value offered. It's a great opportunity to sample a wide variety of their dishes. We chose the meat platter, and it exceeded our expectations in terms of flavor and quality. Despite having visited numerous Vietnamese restaurants across the US, this platter stood out as one of the best meat dishes we've ever tasted. The atmosphere is also distinct from typical Vietnamese restaurants, adding an extra layer of enjoyment to the experience. Additionally, their creative drink menu adds to the overall appeal. Overall, it's a good restaurant worth trying.
Excellent meal and fantastic service as always highly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Ribeye
I can not speak highly enough about this restaurant. Our first time coming here I proposed to my now wife. We came back here as it was the 1 year anniversary of my proposal and 1 month anniversary of being married. We were so excited to come back, and when our server (Liz) came to our table she paused and said she remembered us and then clicked that she was who helped me with the proposal one year ago. We were blown away that she remembered. Beyond that though, the food here is incredible. We got to try the grilled meat platter, which they did not have when we were here last. By far though, the wings are the best thing on the menu. That's not to take away from anything else, but I have been dreaming about these wings since last year. If you come here, do yourself a favor and make sure to get one order or the wings. The staff at HaiSous are just as incredible as the chefs. If you are looking for quality Vietnamese food, you will not find anywhere better to go in Chicago.
Walked in for happy hour, saw 4 empty seats so we asked if we could sit there. They said they were reserved, which was strange already since I've never seen a restaurant that has reservations for happy hour, let alone bar seating. They said we could wait, so we waited for 40 minutes, and those seats were still empty. Ended up walking out. Seems like this place forgot to train their hosts properly.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
We went to the restaurant early on a thursday expecting a decent experience based on most reviews, boy were we deceived. Maybe being the happy hour menu, we sincerely don't know but the food was flavorless and what threw us off was that they brought all four of the dishes we ordered at the same time and about not even 5minutes after we ordered. It was as if the food was already assembled in advance. The octopus salad was so cold as if it was refrigerated from awhile and not tasty. The chopped baby clams, also too cold and the texture was kind of weird smushy wet felt-like. The grilled eggplant again, cold and not savory. The bun cha fell extremely short, the broth didnt even come close to the flavors it should have and of course, cold again. Even if it was not wanted to be authentic vietnamese food, the food there is just a crime. We didn't even finish our plates and the stafff didn't even check in with us if everything was ok. The service was mediocre, they just seemed to not care at all about anything. Terrible place all-together, we have never experienced this ever. I just felt this needed to be adressed, such a waste of money.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
We came here for dinner the other night and it was really yummy! The interior is modern, clean and comfortable. They also dim the lights to give that night time date night ambience. Customer service was excellent! This type of restaurant reminds me of tapas style but with Vietnamese cuisine. We ordered papaya salad, chicken wings, grilled ribeye with lemongrass, whole fluke, curry and the crab fried rice. Every single dish was super yummy but I wasn’t a huge fan of the curry. It’s more of that coconut curry/sweeter side. If you like coconut curry or sweeter curry, then you would enjoy it. My personal favorites in order would be:1. Grilled ribeye with lemongrass2. Crab fried rice3. Chicken wings4. Fluke (wrap it in lettuce and basil and dip in fish sauce.5. Papaya salad6. Curry
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We got charged $30 extra for 2 of our parties not showing up after they got sick and diagnosed with Covid. We still dropped $600 for dinner but I guess not good enough! Will never go back there again .
This is our third time at HaiSous and we'll continue coming back for sure. The papaya salad and clams were great. The chicken wings to die for. Vegetable curry is always good. Chinese broccoli and eggplant were amazing.
Absolutely amazing. Tried most of the items on the menu. Everything was delicious. Service is impeccable and decor is appealing. Thank you for the wonderful experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was pretty mid. Not much flavor on any dish. The wings were solid though and crunchy and I thought that was the best thing I ate out of 9 items. Wouldn’t go back here
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
HaiSous is by far one of my favorite places to grab dinner!Pricing is very affordable for an exquisite experience!Highly recommend getting the wings they offer. Definitely don’t want to miss out on those!All in all, since my first visit (which was a late dinner), the staff was attentive but towards the end a bit eager to have us leave. Although, I can understand everyone wants to get home as quick as possible, I did make the drive to eat there so maybe just asking to bring the check before laying it down on our table! Other than that 5 star all day!Parking: I suggest finding a place to park before getting there!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
HaiSous offers great modern Vietnamese cuisine, and we found most of the dishes during our visit to be enjoyable. The interior of the restaurant is very modern and sleek.Among the highlights were the octopus salad, grilled ribeye, and grilled eggplant. Each dish was well seasoned with a great balance of refreshing flavors and spices. However, the Bun Cha fell short of our expectations in terms of flavor and tasted fairly standard, particularly considering its price point as an entree.Service was attentive and courteous throughout our meal. One minor drawback was the close proximity of tables in our dining area, which made it more difficult to fully enjoy our meal due to the loud conversations nearby and limited privacy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bun Cha Hanoi, Octopus Salad
Spectacular I loved all my wife and I had a great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food is wonderfully seasoned, fresh and inspired. However I'd for sure do something about the bar seats. They have to be some of the most uncomfortable bar stools I've ever experienced. 5 stars
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really cool spot and deceivingly large! The staff was kind and the restaurant week menu had a vegetarian version which I appreciated. The mushrooms weren’t my favorite but the papaya salad, kabocha curry, and chocolate rice pudding at the end were
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Vietnamese Rice Pudding
One person highly recommended this place as her favorite Vietnamese restaurant. Intrigued, we decided to give it a try one Friday evening. Luckily, we managed to snag a table, perhaps due to a last-minute cancellation. Arriving just in time for happy hour, we swiftly ordered from the discounted menu, enjoying the excellent value offered. It's a great opportunity to sample a wide variety of their dishes. We chose the meat platter, and it exceeded our expectations in terms of flavor and quality. Despite having visited numerous Vietnamese restaurants across the US, this platter stood out as one of the best meat dishes we've ever tasted. The atmosphere is also distinct from typical Vietnamese restaurants, adding an extra layer of enjoyment to the experience. Additionally, their creative drink menu adds to the overall appeal. Overall, it's a good restaurant worth trying.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Hanoi Style Grilled Pork, Caramelized Fish Sauce Wings - 6pc Wing, Grilled Baby Octopus, Octopus Salad, Confit Eggplant Salad