Dolo Restaurant and Bar

Tho the restaurant seems so luxurious, the price is affordable and the food is 5/5. I love it, so sad that I found out this late. Now I will try every time I have enough budget for dim sum. They are so nice as well. Sandy was so nice today. Maybe thanksgiving day, so there are less people. They have 20% discount for weekdays from 2-4pm as well but holidays do not count. The taste feels like back home. Love it. The fried short ribs and chicken feet were superb!!!!!

This place came recommended to me, and it certainly seemed popular, bustling around brunch time. The interior itself is quite ratty, with especially the booth seats completely torn to shreds (see picture) The short ribs I ordered were unfortunately extremely chewy, gristly, and drowned in sweet sauce that really impacted how much flavor of the actual meat came through. Similarly, the turnip cake was sticky and otherwise greasy and flavorless. The desserts were a bit better, with especially the durian-filled pancakes a small highlight. The taro dumplings, too, as nice as they looked, were stone cold and tasted of nothing except old grease. The custard rolls were middling - not very flavorful and very starchy/floury tasting. Overall, a huge disappointment, and I would urge you try any of the other Dim Sum places nearby instead.

This is not Wu House, this is authentic Asian food without the Americanized flavors. So if you’re used to your local Chinese restaurants, this is completely different. This is what you would find in parts of Asia, but everything was still very good. They have a lot of potstickers and dumplings all very tasty. They had the white flat noodle dishes, soups are very good, the service was great. There were a lot of people in the restaurant very clean, modern decor we would definitely return again. The prices are very reasonable by today’s standards as we all know prices have gone up, but the prices here we’re still reasonable.

A solid spot for dim sum in Chicago especially if you’re looking for some unique dessert menu items. We came with a larger group of 7 and were placed in a large private room in the back, which was super nice. The service was quick and attentive. We ordered staples such as chicken feet, crepes (Japanese tofu, shrimp, pea sprout egg), shrimp dumplings, short ribs, stuffed eggplant, etc. Though everything was good, I found the flavors of these staples to be a little lackluster overall. Dolo more so stood out to me in its sweet / dessert dim sum options (though maybe just because I love durian)— including durian/mango pancakes, fried stuffed taro, durian crepe, etc. Overall, it’s not my favorite dim sum spot in Chicago for getting the dim sum staples, but I appreciated some of the unique dessert menu items. The prices are fair and reasonable, and came out to $20 per person. — Price (relative to peers): 4.5/5 Food: 4/5 Ambience: 4.5/5 Service: 5/5 Overall Value: 4/5

Dolo was great! This was my first time here after quite a few friends recommended it and it didn’t disappoint at all! We were there on a Sunday morning, there was a ~20 min wait, which I guess is pretty typical. I’m not gonna go into what all we got, I think everyone has their own dimsum menu pretty set, but everything we got tasted really good. Gonna add this in my regular dimsum go to places. The food came quick, but service wasn’t the best, but oh well. Definitely recommend!