We discovered this place by accident. It is totally worth it.It is cheap ,professional staff and the food was soo good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Billy Prewitt
No flavor
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
UNIQ
On the rice ball, I ordered braised pork rice. When I opened it, I almost laughed out loud. There was only a little bit of pathetic minced meat in a carton of free rice. It was simply challenging the bottom line of consumers. Do businesses really not take their customers seriously? Wouldn’t your conscience hurt if you spend money to buy air? You should have some basic integrity when doing business, this is simply a scam.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
TK
I love this place! I often come here in thew weekend for a lunch with my friend, and sometimes pick up for dinner. Their food tastes amazing. They are not greasy or overly spiced like some other restaurants in Chinatown, instead tasty and refreshing. I like their Taiwan style beef noodle soup, and make sure to add the tendon! The fried chicken popcorn dish (盐酥鸡）is also a must get item! Bento box also amazing, and make sure to get a milk tea with 30%-50% sugar as well (I recommend their special Crème brûlée, but others are good too! I am sure you can just pick random and it would be fine). I also tried their Taipei special hot pot, braised pork over rice, basil mushroom, and all tastes good! Their staff members are also very nice, and made us feel welcoming. Please come here!
Vegetarian options: They have some veggie dishes. I brought my friend who is vegetarian here and she is able to find some options for her.
Parking: They have some limited free space inside their parking lot, and there are plenty of street parking around.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Popcorn, Braised Pork Over, Traditional, Noodle Soup, Oyster Omelet 蚵仔煎, Soup, Tomato Fatty Beef Noodle Soup, Crispy Chicken Breast with Chili Sauce, Braised Pork Chop Bento Box
Edward Mujica
The food is good 👍🏼
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
William Chang
Went with my wife for the first time today. We wanted to try this restaurant for a very long time, happened to be around the area for a very short amount of time. We quickly ordered a traditional Taiwanese noodle, Taiwanese rice onigiri and bubble tea. Only had a little time but so it was a really quick visit. Very much appreciated the quick service. Everyone who works there is so nice, It feels like I am back in Taiwan. The food is really really good. I will visit again when I have a lot more time. There are so many things I want to try.
Overall I would give it 6 stars out of 5 if I could.
Parking: Parking lot too small
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Braised Pork
Samuel Thomason
Best Taiwanese food I’ve ever had (and I’ve had plenty!). Everything we ordered was phenomenal, but the popcorn Chicken and Spicy HotPot in particular stood out as must order items!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Роман Омелянчук
Horrible!!! I ordered braised pork with wegitables and egg.. at home i find that they give my just pack of rice with few pieces of meat! I'm regret, that I didn't check my order in cafe..
Food: 1
75
Taipei cuisine, the portions of Northeastern cuisine are great!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
lucy lu
Vegetarian options: I don't fully recall their menu, but they offer a wide variety of options, including eggs, vegetables, and salads with their unique house-made sauces. I believe they also serve veggie hotpot and a diverse selection of noodle dishes
Every time I order Grubhub here is always an angry Chinese driver. I am Chinese myself and they don’t under what contactless delivery is and always complains that I tip too low.
I called Taipei Cafe, the restaurant here, to provide them feedback. Restaurant staff explained to me that they have Contractor Company A for Grubhub orders and Contractor Company B for UberEats. The staff said they will forward my feedback and complaints to their Contractor Company A that handles the deliveries for Grubhub orders.
I think it is a shame the good food is locked behind poor service. It’s a terrible way to destroy the image of your restaurant. Good food but poor delivery service. Outsourced the online ordering to Grubhub and outsourced once more by using a contractor company for the deliveries and not even using Grubhub delivery drivers.
1/10 due to poor service
I am never ordering here again for deliveries
If I am ever nearby I will order for pick-up.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Darren Shih
It’s such a big portion, the chicken legs are fragrant and delicious, and the seafood noodle soup is also delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bunni
Good food. Enthusiastic staff. Good prices. Free parking!
I always get drinks here when I’m passing by. Here in the photo I got the garlic pig ear and the beef+tendon bowl. I recommend both!
The bowl is so huge that it’s enough for 2-3 meals for 1 person. There’s so much meat and there’s some pickled veggies in there.
My table was clean and there was always a worker in the eating area to help if needed.
I liked that the receipt had the list of tipping percentages. That helps me not have to spend time doing the math. I always tip at least 20%, no matter what. I think everyone else should too since the economy is bad.
I always get random drinks here. I haven’t had a bad drink yet!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bare Bear
I enjoyed the food but our server Liam made a mistake on our order and also declined to give us extra broth for our hotpot, which would have been fine if she didn’t offer a series of excuses and lies. I mean, who would lie that they can’t give us more broth for the hotpot we ordered because they ran out of broth and that the store is unable to sell more hotpot for the day, especially when the store had only just opened? She even exclaimed that we were so lucky, to be able to get our order. The lies were so ridiculous it was comical. I literally saw that a table nearby ordered and received an order of hotpot as we were getting up. Just tell me that you can’t give us more soup and i would have understood.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Northshore Light
We were in Chicago specifically for the beauty store Osaka ebisu across the street and decided to lunch at Taipei Cafe. The service was friendly and urgent. No long wait time to be seated and served. The interior is fun and hip. Everything on the menu looked delicious and we could not decide. They had lots of good dishes to choose from. Our food looked amazing and tasted delicious. I’ve never had this type of cuisine before. Wished we had something like this. I highly recommend this place and the prices were fair.
We discovered this place by accident. It is totally worth it.It is cheap ,professional staff and the food was soo good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
No flavor
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
On the rice ball, I ordered braised pork rice. When I opened it, I almost laughed out loud. There was only a little bit of pathetic minced meat in a carton of free rice. It was simply challenging the bottom line of consumers. Do businesses really not take their customers seriously? Wouldn’t your conscience hurt if you spend money to buy air? You should have some basic integrity when doing business, this is simply a scam.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I love this place! I often come here in thew weekend for a lunch with my friend, and sometimes pick up for dinner. Their food tastes amazing. They are not greasy or overly spiced like some other restaurants in Chinatown, instead tasty and refreshing. I like their Taiwan style beef noodle soup, and make sure to add the tendon! The fried chicken popcorn dish (盐酥鸡）is also a must get item! Bento box also amazing, and make sure to get a milk tea with 30%-50% sugar as well (I recommend their special Crème brûlée, but others are good too! I am sure you can just pick random and it would be fine). I also tried their Taipei special hot pot, braised pork over rice, basil mushroom, and all tastes good! Their staff members are also very nice, and made us feel welcoming. Please come here!
Vegetarian options: They have some veggie dishes. I brought my friend who is vegetarian here and she is able to find some options for her.
Parking: They have some limited free space inside their parking lot, and there are plenty of street parking around.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Popcorn, Braised Pork Over, Traditional, Noodle Soup, Oyster Omelet 蚵仔煎, Soup, Tomato Fatty Beef Noodle Soup, Crispy Chicken Breast with Chili Sauce, Braised Pork Chop Bento Box
The food is good 👍🏼
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Went with my wife for the first time today. We wanted to try this restaurant for a very long time, happened to be around the area for a very short amount of time. We quickly ordered a traditional Taiwanese noodle, Taiwanese rice onigiri and bubble tea. Only had a little time but so it was a really quick visit. Very much appreciated the quick service. Everyone who works there is so nice, It feels like I am back in Taiwan.
The food is really really good. I will visit again when I have a lot more time. There are so many things I want to try.
Overall I would give it 6 stars out of 5 if I could.
Parking: Parking lot too small
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Braised Pork
Best Taiwanese food I’ve ever had (and I’ve had plenty!). Everything we ordered was phenomenal, but the popcorn Chicken and Spicy HotPot in particular stood out as must order items!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Horrible!!! I ordered braised pork with wegitables and egg.. at home i find that they give my just pack of rice with few pieces of meat! I'm regret, that I didn't check my order in cafe..
Food: 1
Taipei cuisine, the portions of Northeastern cuisine are great!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Vegetarian options: I don't fully recall their menu, but they offer a wide variety of options, including eggs, vegetables, and salads with their unique house-made sauces. I believe they also serve veggie hotpot and a diverse selection of noodle dishes
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Every time I order Grubhub here is always an angry Chinese driver. I am Chinese myself and they don’t under what contactless delivery is and always complains that I tip too low.
I called Taipei Cafe, the restaurant here, to provide them feedback. Restaurant staff explained to me that they have Contractor Company A for Grubhub orders and Contractor Company B for UberEats. The staff said they will forward my feedback and complaints to their Contractor Company A that handles the deliveries for Grubhub orders.
I think it is a shame the good food is locked behind poor service. It’s a terrible way to destroy the image of your restaurant. Good food but poor delivery service. Outsourced the online ordering to Grubhub and outsourced once more by using a contractor company for the deliveries and not even using Grubhub delivery drivers.
1/10 due to poor service
I am never ordering here again for deliveries
If I am ever nearby I will order for pick-up.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
It’s such a big portion, the chicken legs are fragrant and delicious, and the seafood noodle soup is also delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good food. Enthusiastic staff. Good prices. Free parking!
I always get drinks here when I’m passing by. Here in the photo I got the garlic pig ear and the beef+tendon bowl. I recommend both!
The bowl is so huge that it’s enough for 2-3 meals for 1 person. There’s so much meat and there’s some pickled veggies in there.
My table was clean and there was always a worker in the eating area to help if needed.
I liked that the receipt had the list of tipping percentages. That helps me not have to spend time doing the math. I always tip at least 20%, no matter what. I think everyone else should too since the economy is bad.
I always get random drinks here. I haven’t had a bad drink yet!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I enjoyed the food but our server Liam made a mistake on our order and also declined to give us extra broth for our hotpot, which would have been fine if she didn’t offer a series of excuses and lies. I mean, who would lie that they can’t give us more broth for the hotpot we ordered because they ran out of broth and that the store is unable to sell more hotpot for the day, especially when the store had only just opened? She even exclaimed that we were so lucky, to be able to get our order. The lies were so ridiculous it was comical. I literally saw that a table nearby ordered and received an order of hotpot as we were getting up. Just tell me that you can’t give us more soup and i would have understood.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
We were in Chicago specifically for the beauty store Osaka ebisu across the street and decided to lunch at Taipei Cafe. The service was friendly and urgent. No long wait time to be seated and served. The interior is fun and hip. Everything on the menu looked delicious and we could not decide. They had lots of good dishes to choose from. Our food looked amazing and tasted delicious. I’ve never had this type of cuisine before. Wished we had something like this. I highly recommend this place and the prices were fair.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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