Papajin Chinese & Sushi Bar

Few restaurants that combine sushi and Chinese food can excel in both areas the way Papajin does. They have a huge menu of appetizers, Chinese entrees, and sushi, and I haven’t eaten a single bite of food there that I didn’t love. My family and I have been going there for years; every time we’re in Wicker Park we go to Papajin!
As far as appetizers go, I’ve had the miso soup, pot stickers, and crab rangoon, but the best is the shrimp toast (sounds weird, but try it!).
The best part about their Chinese food is that for most of the dishes you can choose whatever you want to put in it: chicken, pork, beef, tofu, vegetables, shrimp, etc; great for vegetarians! So not only can you order moo shu pork, you can have moo shu tofu, moo shu chicken, whatever! Their tofu is the best I’ve had in Chicago, PERFECT texture, not exaggerating. Even my meat-​eating dad loves it to death. Our favorite is the sesame crispy plate, we always get it made spicy.
The dragon roll is great, solid shrimp tempura and a great sauce on top.
On top of the awesome food, the service is always friendly, fast, and attentive.
Wouldn’t change a single thing about this place (except maybe moving it closer to my house…).

I absolutely love this place! The soups are so flavorful, the chicken friend rice is fabulous, and the vegetable moo shu is the best around. It might not be an authentic experience, but for how much I eat here, I can’t help but tell everyone how much I love this food. If you’re ever craving Americanized Chinese food, this is your place!

Our best go-​to place for quality Chinese cuisine. Fresh ingredients, very generous portions, extensive well-​organized menu, pleasant wait staff, and lovely dining area. We’ve been going for years, tried many other places and realized this is still the best.

Our go to favorite Chinese delivery! Always so flavorful and arrives pipping hot! Potstickers, egg rolls, Szechuan pork, garlic stir fry trio and chicken fried rice are always great choices. Their sushi is fresh and fabulous too!

Ate here for the 2^nd time this past weekend. Enjoyed it both times! It’s kind of hard finding nice sit down Chinese restaurants (you can ALWAYS find good take out), and this place is a winner! Nice ambiance, GREAT food. I highly recommend giving this place a try.

I have been eating at Papajin for 15 years it is My Favorite Chinese Restaurant. Everything is Very High Quality. No Gross Brown Gravy on everything No cheap veggies. The Garlic Chicken extra spicy is my Fav. Not to mention it is a beautiful restaurant at a great location. It is a little pricey but well worth it.

Stopped in here for sushi and I definitely will not do that again. There was an off-​flavor to almost everything I tried. Maybe their Chinese is good?

Went here last night for Chinese new year. It was a little strange that there were not many people in the place. There are probably more people who came in for carry outs then decided to dine in.
The portions were very big and tasted good even today for leftovers. We have the Mongolian beef and also some Szechuan beef shrimp and chicken. We also had eggrolls for appetizers.
Everything was really good and it seems like it’s not a problem to get a table in here even on a holiday such as the Chinese new year. I will definitely go back.

5 Stars for there Chinese Food! haven’t tried the Sushi. Best Shrimp fried rice ever, ask for extra shrimp.