Wow Bao

Wow Bao is an innovative, small footprint restaurant. Based in Chicago, the menu focuses on hot asian steamed buns, potstickers, and rice & noodle bowls.

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  • Phone

    (312) 658-0305

  • Website

    orderwowbao.com

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  • Type

    Dumpling Restaurant

Address

1 W Wacker Dr (btwn State & Lake) Chicago , IL 60601 United States

Reservations No
Credit Cards Yes (incl. Discover & MasterCard)
Wi-Fi Free
Outdoor Seating Yes
Menus Lunch, Dinner

Comments / 142


Keywords:

Chinese food spicy food good for a quick meal steamed buns ginger ale chicken Thai curry great value desserts breakfast food casual pork good service lemonade green tea iced coffee trendy coconut lunch good for working
Serious Eats

It is best known for freshly steamed dumplings and, obviously, bao—a Chinese-style bun stuffed with various meats and vegetables . The noodles are also pretty good, and the rice bowls can hit the spot

Ha Duong

The baos and potstickers are really good. I liked the coconut custard bao and the pork and cabbage potstickers . I don't recommend the buns - they were too sour and not really good.

Time Out Chicago

Pot stickers are fine; better to go with the Thai curry-chicken rice bowl with its yellow curry . Or just stick with the bao , steamed buns stuffed with fillings such as slightly spicy kung pao chicken . Read more

Abdulrahman Almunayes ????????

Smart Restaurant , order, pay & collect your food by your self. Delicious Asian Food . Very unique technological environment.

Sarah van der Ploeg

First time & loved it. Used the kiosk outside the door for v easy & fast ordering and received my two bao within 1 minute after my receipt printed . Mongolian beef & Thai chili chicken both AMAZING!!

sydney s

Homemade ginger ale was not as great as expected but ginger was intense. Veggie bowl over chow fun was amazing, and whole wheat veggie bao is worth trying.

Christine

If you swipe your debit card in the machine out front it pulls up your past 3 orders & you can select one of those as your new order with one click.

Rebecca Denison

Try the BBQ pork bao ! My favorite! Of course, the dessert bao are wonderful, too. Be careful not to order too much, two or three bao is usually enough for me. :)

Nikki Kanter

BBQ pork bao was pretty tasty. The all veggie bowl with noodles is completely favorless... Adding soy ginger dipping sauce makes it a little better.

Deborah Ferdinand

The Teriyaki and Spicy Kung Pao Chicken Boas are great. If you checked on Foursquare and let the staff know, you get a free Boa.

Kyle Hayward

Bao for dinner and lunch is always a favorite, but breakfast bao is surprisingly delicious, and for under five bucks, the combo is a steal.

Scott Kleinberg

When you check in on Foursquare, you get one bao for buying one. It's such a great value and a great snack .

Trish Nesbitt

The spicy Mongolian beef rice bowl and the hibiscus lemonade are to die for!

REN

kung pao chicken served over lo mein noodles ???? & a beef bun on the side was delicious...

Haile Ritchie

Loved the kung pao bun the best! Dessert bao was also surprisingly yummy ????

Madm Fia

Get the veggie bowl and the broth and BOOM - soup . Add some soya and spice and all that's nice

Alfie Martin

eating a bowl of spicy Kung Pao Chicken with Lo Mein noodles and 12 pieces of Ginger Chicken potstickers .

Allison Kaminski

Love the baos , especially the spicy ones!!! Great quick lunch option

Nicole Wright

New low-carb calorie friendly base option for bowls - napa cabbage . Ends up being a little soupier than with rice it noodles but worth it.

Jessica Bergstresser

Thai herb broth is the perfect mix of warmth, citrus , and spice. Perfect for Chicago winters

Ross Guthrie

Get the chocolate bao ... It melts in the mouth with warm dark chocolate with a hint of coconut !

Scott Kleinberg

A must on every visit to any location is the green tea ginger ale . And if you can't decide on what kind of bao to order, go with the spicy Mongolian beef . You won't be sorry.

Aleksandra Arcipowska

Comfort food ! Warm soup with egg noodles and veggie dumplings !

Frankie Corral

The Pork Belly And Chicken Sriracha buns are SUPER delicious!!

Emily Peg

Perfect light lunch or snack . Love the pork dumplings !

Teresa

New pork belly bao that tastes delicious! More expensive than normal baos though

Zaida Deluna

The BBQ dumplings are delicious as well the beef ones.

Scott Kleinberg

Fresh lemonade + pomegranate + spicy ginger = DELICIOUS, THIRST QUENCHING GOODNESS IN A CUP!!

Anamaria Hernandez

If you want bao , the service is super fast. Stop in and grab something while you're waiting for the delayed 6 bus .

Joanna Flamm

Fun "fast casual " concept. Get a set of six and try one of each of the non-sweet bao .

Karen Ford

As if Wow Bao couldn't get any better.. they now have QUINOA ! The vegetable quinoa is excellent :)

Ece

Don't forget to check-in every time you come in! There is an offer for every check-in :)

Time Out Chicago

The newest of Lettuce Entertain You's chain of Chinese-style steamed bun carryout shops doesn't tinker with success. Read more

Jake Helmen

Great price and fun for a snack or quick lunch .

Ross Guthrie

Make sure to save room for a chocolate bao . Otherwise, skip the bao & go for the potstickers .

Lumi

Thai curry chicken bao = rules me forever. Friendly staff , great food, pretty location. Comfy atmosphere.

Matt Dicker

Pop in for a quick bao or two if you're enduring the long weekend wait for the bus to Museum Campus.

Scott Kleinberg

The ginger ale here is my favorite and it goes perfect with any bao .

Shannon Jeropke

The breakfast baos are amazing!

Sara Robertson

Teriyaki rice bowl is ridic! The BBQ pork bao is also a fave. Make sure to avoid the chocolate bao - blech.

Karen Ford

The oatmeal is BRILLIANT. It's very creamy, very much like a hot rice pudding . And the serving is gigantic.

@nicoleyeary

quick spot to eat, plus they rock foursquare with a bonus at check-in! I like the potstickers & chocolate bao !

Stephen Lemoine

Great food. The kung pao chicken bun and Mongolian beef buns are great

Simply Social

My favorite place for a quick bite , gotta love the hot Asian buns . And the Thai iced coffee is delicious!

Xaarlin

Delicious breakfast buns .

Ross Guthrie

Use the kiosk! It is so much faster than waiting in line . It will also remember your recent orders using your credit card #!

Xiomara Greene

Pork and cabbage pot stickers with the sesame mustard sauce = yummy :)

Daniel Di Tomaso

Scan the QR code outside the store for a special offer. I got 3free potstickers today plus my regular 2x1 bao

Patrick Bushnell

Get the chicken pot stickers and Asian vegetables ; cheap , pretty healthy, and delicious!

Mary Kay Hardcastle

The Thai broth is the best chill killer & is piping hot

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