Carnival Restaurant in Chicago

1301 South Wabash Avenue

Chicago, IL  60605

Phone:              312-461-0161

Take the El:            (Red Line) to Roosevelt

Hours:              Sun-Wed – 5:30pm to 10pm

                        Thurs – 5:30pm to 11pm

                        Fri-Sat – 5:30pm to 12am

Credit Cards:            American Express

                        Diners Club

                        Master Card

                        Visa

Cuisine:            Asian, Chinese, Japanese

The Carnival Restaurant in Chicago mixes fine Asian dining with the contemporary feel of the chic South Loop district.  With red silk light fixtures and velvet curtains mixed with graffiti-sprayed walls, this restaurant attracts a crowd mainly from the local neighborhood.

If you enjoy the cuisine of Chef Paul Wildermuth at the Red Light, you’ll love the Carnival Restaurant of Chicago.  You’ll experience the same influence of the Far East, accented by great presentation.  Try the prawns, crispy with almond crusting, hidden beneath a layer of greens and drizzled with a sweet-n-sour orange sauce.  Follow it up with lobster Cantonese in a curry sauce or kung pao beef with broccoli in a hot chili-garlic black bean sauce.  Don’t fill up before dessert; the Tao of chocolate (white chocolate ice cream and milk chocolate with flourless chocolate cake) is a great way to cool your tongue.

The semi-private vaults, seating four people each, are recommended seating areas, but don’t count on these for guaranteed seating – there are only three of them, with two tables each.  The Carnival Restaurant in Chicago also offers group accommodations, with a private dining room seating twelve.