TAK Korean Bistro & Karaoke

Reviews

• SA

  Shadya Abdelrahman

  Oct 16, 2025
  5.0
  Food was amazing, the popcorn chicken was so yummy. Highly recommended, will be back!
• MH

  Michelle He

  Oct 16, 2025
  5.0
  So good! Food is delicious, staff are super nice
• CP

  Chanho PAK

  Oct 13, 2025
  5.0
  미국 시카고 힐튼 호텔 근방에서 찾은 한식당입니다. 분위기가 아주 힙합니다. 음식은 아주 맛이 있진 않지만 먹을만 했습니다. 국물 맛은 좋았습니다.
• GG

  George

  Sep 29, 2025
  3.0
  Food was solid, definitely pricey considering the portions. Server ignored our table after bringing our food and we waited 15+min to get the bill
• BB

  Bailey

  Sep 13, 2025
  4.0
  We chose TAK as our dinner together on a friends' trip to Chicago because of the great reviews and its reasonable proximity to our hotel. We eventually found street parking about two blocks over (garage prices were ridiculous because of a nearby concert) and walked, though I'd honestly recommend taking public transport or Ubering as it was a challenge to find a spot. Our mistake, lol. Anyway, this place has a sort of speakeasy vibe as it's in the basement/underground of another business and you have to ring an intercom to be let in. We were let in promptly and descended into a total vibe. It was dim in the restaurant save for the brightly illuminated tv, which played fun and popular K-Pop songs all evening long. You can also rent a private karaoke room if that's your thing; we mostly just wanted to eat and enjoy the atmosphere and each other's company, so we got a table in the main room. The bar looked nice too. We were able to be seated immediately without a reservation on a Saturday evening around 7:00 P.M. The menu is very large and has a lot of variety; I thought prices were moderately high but I'm not super familiar with Chicago pricing so YMMV. The quality was clearly high on everything we ate. The atmosphere was truly fantastic and we could barely get my friend to leave to go back to the hotel, despite an early flight the next day. I'd describe the service as pleasant but a little inattentive. It took a very long time for us to be able to place our food order and only when I made direct eye contact with our waitress did she come and ask what we'd like to eat. Food came out in a timely manner, but I don't think we were asked if we'd like a second drink and we had to ask for a dessert menu ourselves. Still, the interactions we did have were warm and polite. I accidentally knocked a pair of chopsticks I wasn't even using off the table and a waiter who wasn't ours immediately ran to replace them. He was very gracious and nice. The food and drinks were quite solid! Husband had a Korean beer that he enjoyed trying. Our friends tried a glass of blackberry wine and some type of cooling cucumber cocktail; I tried a sip of both and found them quite enjoyable, though perhaps not for the price tag (more a me thing though as I just don't drink very much). We split a chive pancake to start. It had crispy edges and a subtle but delicious soft and slightly chewy interior. Perfect amount of chives and not too greasy. The standout was the dipping sauce, though -- smoky and a little spicy. I hoarded it after the pancake was gone to dump into my entree for extra heat. Hubs had Yangnyum Korean fried wings, I had the beef dolsot bibimbap, and our friends shared an order of soy garlic wings and galbi jim. Everyone enjoyed their food! Hubs said the wings were some of the better he's had and enjoyed the balanced tangy and sweet flavors. My bibimbap was loaded with veggies and was delightfully hot (temperature-wise) the whole time I was eating it. I wished it was a little spicier but nothing the sauce I saved from the pancake couldn't remedy. Pal and her husband enjoyed their meal too, especially the galbi jim, which looked super tender and succulent. We cleaned our plates for the most part! Yay. We wound up wanting dessert and asked for a menu; the waitress informed us that they currently only had one dessert item and jr was new: a dessert pancake with ice cream and honey drizzle. We got two orders (one for each couple) and enjoyed it! The pancakes were filled with I think adzuki beans and had a subtly sweet and nutty flavor. They were incredibly tough though and took some sawing to get through. The ice cream and honey were amazing though, and overall we liked the dessert! Overall, this was a fun and super cool experience to share with friends on our visit to the city. Thanks, TAK!