- 1Chai Express
Butter Chicken · $ · Naperville · Punjabi · open now
Loud, crowded, worth it. Get the butter chicken before eight or get nothing.
75Rising - 2Dhaba Tiffins
Gobi Manchurian · $$ · Schaumburg · Indo-Chinese · open now
Too early to rule. The gobi manchurian is the tell, and the tell is good.
64Steady - 3Amma Cafe
Butter Chicken · $$ · Schaumburg · Punjabi · open now
A butter chicken that tastes like it was made angry. That is a compliment.
63Cooling - 4Punjab Adda
Butter Chicken · $$ · Devon Ave · Punjabi · open now
The butter chicken is the whole argument. Everything else on the menu is negotiable.
63Cooling - 5Desi Junction
Butter Chicken · $$ · Schaumburg · Punjabi · open now
Too early to rule. The butter chicken is the tell, and the tell is good.
58Cooling - 6Kerala Street
Masala Dosa · $$ · Devon Ave · Udupi · open now
Loud, crowded, worth it. Get the masala dosa before eight or get nothing.
51Cooling - 7Curry Adda
Jalebi · $ · West Loop · Punjabi · open now
jalebi carried this place all year. Service has not, since the summer.
50Steady - 8Masala Adda
Tasting Menu · $$$$ · Naperville · Pan-Indian · open now
The tasting menu slipped this month. Someone in that kitchen changed and it shows.
50Cooling - 9Nizam Junction
Butter Chicken · $ · Schaumburg · Pan-Indian · open now
Too early to rule. The butter chicken is the tell, and the tell is good.
46Cooling - 10Bombay Corner
Jalebi · $ · Schaumburg · Gujarati · open now
Order the jalebi and nothing else. The rest is a rumor.
41Cooling - 11Hyderabad Bhavan
Chicken Biryani · $ · Devon Ave · Hyderabadi · open now · halal
chicken biryani carried this place all year. Service has not, since the summer.
37Cooling