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Furama in Chicago is a three star Chinese restaurant. Check out this popular and affordable place in the Andersonville area. It's known for its dim sum. When you step inside the restaurant, you'll notice a family atmosphere. This restaurant features private rooms, breakfast, and a buffet. People who have eaten here found the food great.
Statues of dragons and giant gold Buddhas at the entrance hint at opulence, but the expansive, second-floor banquet hall is showing its age. Tattooed rocker types, couples and families, unconcerned by...
citysearch.com - expert review - 09/23/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Went back for dim sum with my knowledgeable friend, fellow yelper Jia-Yee T. There were quite a few diners for a Thursday lunch hour, but we were seated immediately. The woman who came around with…
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2008
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Another reviewer was right. Furama is terrible. The food was average at best. The service...ugh, ...
judysbook.com - user review - 09/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Furama is not only a dim sum / Chinese restaurant, it's also a wedding banquet hall. Here they have a full set up with DJ, emcee who speaks broken English, and enough karaoke to break your ears. If you…
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Went for lunch on Sat. It was my first time here, but had said I wanted to try it for years. I'm sure now I should have waited longer. We were seated promptly and the service (water, cleanup, another…
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I have been ordering occasional delivery from Furama for the past 5 years, and have seen a slow decline in the quality of ingredients. My order yesterday (nothing special: pot stickers, egg drop soup,…
yelp.com - user review - 06/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I can't back up the chicken feet--but everything else here is awesome and you'll be hard pressed to spend over $30 for two. Skip the fun noodles and move on to the cartoon-cloud bao and ginger pork…
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hot, vibrant, cool as shitte bowlers! . ...no, not the food, but the people I went with and who so knew how to milk and stroke this puppy and make it drop it like its hot over and over again and like…
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Mari "Did you order yet?" Aise "When people put avocado in my food it makes me want to fight."
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Walking in to Furama, I was optimistic about the food from reading some of the reviews here. However, when I walked out, I felt like I was stoned or something. I was really out of it, and I felt as…
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ok, it's not the best dimsum in Chicago. And it's not the cleanest either. You have to admit, though, that it's pretty damn awesome to have dimsum all day. Even dinner! Got to have dimsum at 7PM…
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I pass by this place on my way home every day, but never ventured in until a couple weeks ago, after I went to a reading of Jennifer 8. Lee's book, the Fortune Cookie Chronicles, which traces the…
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i visited this place for the first time on a sunday afternoon in April. Love the second floor space and it truly feels like you're in some large chinese city. the varied carts come by in an…
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This place was incredibly filthy. The floors were covered with massive stains and half eaten food. There were five unbused tables next to us that were there when we arrived and still unbused when we…
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I'll put it real nice and simple, the dim sum made me want to PUKE some. I ate there on a friday night, it was DEAD. Only people there. Oh except for the creepy old asian man that was sitting in a…
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This review is for dim sum. This place is huge. If you are closer to Uptown than Chinatown and craving dim sum, this place's got pretty decent food. No wait for a table on a warm spring Sunday. Most of…
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I don't remember too much about this place (if that says anything) but the thing I do remember is a conversation I overheard a kid having w/ his dad. The son was looking over a flipbook w/ animals…
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is the best place to go for dim sum on the north side without having to battle the Chinatown crowd. My brother and I love the little carts. I mean, where can you go where you have carts rolling…
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is the 2nd time I've gone here and today's experience was great! We had a lil from the dim sum menu, and then we ordered from the regular menu. They didn't have the carts rolling around after…
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's been a while since I've come back here, and this will definitely did the job for my dim sum craving. I believe this has to be the largest Asian restaurant in Argyle. The place looks like it's…
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I wish I could have had my bar mitzvah there.
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2008
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This is the best alternative to the South Side's Chinatown, this North Side gem gets our vote for affordable addictive dim sum! Usually no wait Dim Sum served and delivered any time of the day or night!. My...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
TO DIE FOR: Fish fillet stir-fried with Chinese greens. I call this dish the wonder of Cantonese stir-fry. You can feel the wok chi bursting out of every bite. Some people call it the heat/temperature…
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I Have Dim-Sum'ed around the world - and I enjoy my neighborhood Dimsum at Furama - parking is tough - and for first timers- finding out the location - upstairs can be confusing - there is an elevator…
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm surprised at the not-so-great reviews Furama received. Anyways, I went here today and I loved their dimsum. Maybe I came at the right time, but everything was fresh and warm. The servers tended…
yelp.com - user review - 12/16/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
My wife and I were craving dim sum and after our previous Chinatown excursion ( a woman was cutting chickens behind the restaurant in the parking garage!) we decided to head uptown. We wanted to try…
yelp.com - user review - 12/02/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
So, I haven't been here and nor do I want to go here but I'm writing the review anyway because of the stories that my friend would tell me about his experiences being a waiter here. Mind you, he was…
yelp.com - user review - 12/02/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I ate here once, after helping some friends move to Uptown. I can't remember the name of the dish I had, it was some kind of chicken and came in a reddish sauce with lots of onions (I love onions). It…
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Typically for Dim Sum we go to china town but this was the weekend of the chicago marathon and going down there was out of the question. I've been here before for regular dinner but never for dim sum…
yelp.com - user review - 10/16/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Maybe I am spoiled by NY Chinese food, but I was so unimpressed. We went for dinner and ordered off the regular menu, not dim sum. We shared the crab rangoon which wasn't too greasy but was bland.…
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Great value! Our entire order of egg rolls, pot stickers, small Mongolian beef and a regular kung pao chicken was under $30 with tip. The egg rolls were amazing.. possible the best I've ever had. I…
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Ignore the dirty floors and chairs, and you'll be fine. Service for tea, white rice, drinks, utensils, etc. can be mighty slow here, even when it's not that crowded. But otherwise, the carts come…
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I can only write this review from one visit. This was the place chosen for a "company" christmas dinner. I've passed this place countless times and I never had the urge to check it out. I'm so glad…
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
it's a very large restaurant that does weddings on weekends and dim sum on mornings. we usually go during the week for dim sum (weekends are just crazy and a little unorganized) the food is pretty…
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Ditto what everyone else says. Best dim sum is in Chinatown obviously, but for convenience, Furama will do the trick. Plenty of tables, fairly quick service, and you can be in and out of there in no…
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Five stars are for their dim sum and not their regular menu. No matter how many people I go with the bill always ends up being 10-12 dollars per person. I admit to being slightly ignorant of the…
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Great Dim Sum place if you live in the area and don't feel like making it over to Chinatown. I think their yummiest things is their coconut tofu...omg it is delish. It just melts in your mouth.…
yelp.com - user review - 03/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So so dim sum when compared to the places you can go to in Chinatown. However, if you live on the Northside it is very convenient. They even have free validated parking. Pretty cheap food and a…
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
LOOOVVVEEE IT! Too bad they don't speak much Vietnamese there. There's not much I can say about this, but it's so good.
yelp.com - user review - 02/27/2007
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On Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, the upstairs of Furama is packed with locals (mostly Asian) enjoying traditional Hong Kong style Dim Sum. Having lived in Hong Kong for Years, I was surprised my my wife and...
menupages.com - user review - 02/26/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love Furama. I have found the food to be as consistent as the Phoenix - which is pretty much the gold standard for Dim Sum in Chicago. And Dim Sum "consistent" is a pretty variable term, since the…
yelp.com - user review - 02/18/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I go to Furama for dim sum on Saturday and Sunday mornings about once a month. It is a reliable place to get a quick bite. The food is pretty fresh and there are enough choices to please a party. High…
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Mediocre dim sum but the extra star is for the fact that it's the only restaurant I know that serves dim sum on the north side. The choices offered seemed to have decreased and it's like pulling…
yelp.com - user review - 10/29/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Worst dim sum I've had in Chicago. Food was lukewarm to cool, didn't taste fresh, and was not varied. And that was a sunday, prime dim sum time. I left feeling bruised and beaten. Guess I'll stay…
yelp.com - user review - 10/16/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've been going to this furama for their dim sum for years. I choose this location because it is more convenient, and while it's not the best in town, it is quite good. Service is quick to get to get…
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I didnt like Furama at all. I didnt try the Dim Sum, and maybe that was the mistake. What I can tell you is that the prices, in comparison to the other restaurants by argyle, suck. Everything is more…
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
If you can stomach MSG by the spoonful, Furama's great. I would eat here more if it wasn't for that...oh, and it's kinda dirty. Don't shower before you go cause you're just going to smell like grease…
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
They have traditional dim sum (think of tapas but with Chinese food) and you can usually find parking int he residential area, too. Their taro fried balls are pretty good here! Decently priced and as…
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
oldskool, great Dim Sum. Bubble tea! Cocktails! A fun, quirky great restaurant.
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I can only speak for the dimsum I have had here, but it is absolutely the best in town. The quality of the food is as good as, if not better than, Phoenix in Chinatown. One major difference is that…
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2006
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Out of so many asian which include Thai, Vietnamesse, and Chinese restaurant in the area, this resta...
judysbook.com - user review - 04/16/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
quality dim sum-cart service. My roommates and I dine here. our bill when we completely stuff ourselves? A mere $30. And that is a lot of food. There's plenty of parking on the street or the free lot…
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2006
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We've been here several time for dim sum and never left the restaurant fully satisfied. Their dim s...
judysbook.com - user review - 03/20/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Bubble tea, dim sum, a colorful setting. What more could you ask for??!
yelp.com - user review - 11/24/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've been to places in Chinatown that offer more diverse & fresh dim sum selections, but Furama is a good choice if you are a north sider who doesn't care to take the long trip to the South Side for a…
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you want to have dim sum, head to Furama in the Argyle Street area on the north side. Enjoy the full-blown experience of staffers pushing carts of food around the dining hall. Just choose the…
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Chinatown in uptown, one of very few Chinese restaurants in the heart of little Vietnam the menu is good by Chicago standards but the Dim Sum is comparable to Chicago's best, in fact I can only think…
yelp.com - user review - 08/03/2005
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The best place for dim sum on the north side. The upstairs is huge and often a little noisy, as befits a real Cantonese dim sum restaurant. Be sure to try the Chinese broccoli, the shrimp dumplings and the...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/12/2004
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dim sum is the house specialty, and the range is broad and, in some instances, exotic. rock-bottom prices make it popular. also see listing for furama in chinatown...
searchchicago.com - user review
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great place for dim sum, but it was too crowded on the weekend. the food was great, but the service was okay. love the dimsum carts that go around...
metromix.com - user review
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i think this is one of the best restaurants in the neighborhood. their dim sum is great, and their tapioca fruit drinks are a wonderful addition...
centerstage.net - user review
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dim sum is an excellent chinese brunching experience, and while furama certainly isn't the best place in chicago to have it, it's a good option for north siders who aren't in the mood to venture across town to...
igougo.com - user review
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ended up here for dim sum in the afternoon. not as wide of a selection here as the phoenix or shui wah in chinatown but good nonetheless. standouts offered include the stuffed mochi rice wrapped in lotus...
chicagoreader.com - user review
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the dim sum here is just as good as anything in chinatown, say raters--plus the parking is easier, the staff friendlier, and the waits shorter. the small plates are loaded with a fabulous variety of cantonese...
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