Silver Seafood Restaurant

Silver Seafood gives off a distinctly old-school Cantonese vibe with a traditional banquet hall tucked in the back. We ordered a mix of seafood and classic dishes - salt & pepper squid, cuttlefish, shrimp with eggs, black bean pork ribs, and garlic watercress. Everything was flavorful, comforting and brought a nice taste of home :)

A classic hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant in Vietnamese town. This place holds many nostalgic memories growing up in Chicago and as a patron of this restaurant for decades, I finally found some time to come back and make a review. Decently cheap Chinese food with delicious and PLENTIFUL options (intimidating amounts). Would recommend bringing large groups of people as the portions are made with family-style sharing in mind. Staple items: salt & pepper smelt, Japanese fried tofu, sweet pork-chop, and duck buns! But there are so much more to choose from and the options pictured above are also very good. Would always come back here when craving Chinese food without the energy to drive all the way down South!

Love this place for Cantonese food! I came here with a party of 5. We ordered the family dinner for 6 and we ate everything. The seafood basket, fried fish, crab, salt and pepper shrimp, pea pod tips, and salt and pepper pork chop were all great. Portion size is also great.

Food was delicious clean meat. had the Mongolian beef it was amazing. My friend got the orange chicken and he said it was delicious as well. places clean the staff is really nice had a wonderful experience.

Huge menu, prompt and efficient service, and really delicious food! My brother and his Vietnamese-American wife love this place, and my first visit made me a believer too. We celebrated a birthday here by getting a whole crab ($45 market price), and a whole bunch more food for nine people. It was delightful to sit around the big table with a Lazy Susan and share the feast. The atmosphere could have benefited from some music or a fountain or something, but the interior looks nice. Plenty of easy parking just north of the building.

Had crab rangoon, scallops with garlic sauce and shredded duck chow mei. Everything was great. The staff was friendly.

Silver SeaFood restaurant is like any other Chinese restaurant. Very extensive menu. But very important information - no alcohol in the menu. You can come with your alcohol. food fresh and good sometimes a bit greasy. Silver seafood worth recommending.

I've been here before and love the variety of food. The food is always fresh and the servers are so polite. You can also bring your own alcohol as well.

We came in for the first time. Four of us went family style. The service was pretty prompt. The wine list is awful. So we stuck to the sodas. We ordered the Oysters, the shrimp in lobster sauce, salt pepper short shell crab, shrimp fried rice, and the Chinese broccoli. They didn't repeat the order and as a result they missed the fried rice order and we had to ask for it when it didn't come. THe oysters were huge and cooked with greens and black bean sauce. They were just okay. The shrimp in lobster sauce was also just okay. small shrimp and the sauce wasn't think like other places and really lacked flavor. The S&P soft shell crab was amazing. Definitely worth another err visit. OMG the flavors were great. The Chinese broccoli was the next best thing. Nice and tender and flavored nicely with oyster sauce. The late fried rice was just okay. again small shrimp and not a lot of flavor.

This restaurant is great. I took my parents here while they were visiting from out of town and it's their new favorite. The interior is very clean and the food is flavorful.

Huge menu, prompt and efficient service, and really delicious food! My brother and his Vietnamese-American wife love this place, and my first visit made me a believer too. We celebrated a birthday here by getting a whole crab ($45 market price), and a whole bunch more food for nine people. It was delightful to sit around the big table with a Lazy Susan and share the feast. The atmosphere could have benefited from some music or a fountain or something, but it looks nice, and there is plenty of easy parking just north of the building.

I've been in this area for a few years now & I finally made it in here with my partner. Everyone who came in and out of the restaurant the night we were here were Asian so we both assumed the food must be at least somewhat good! Our server, "Eason" according to the receipt was actually super friendly accommodating for us during our dining experience here so a big thanks to him! We were served tea at the beginning as usually expected and given menus. The food: we ordered 4 different dishes, as shown in the photos. The Salt & Pepper Shrimp w/ Shell on, The Salted fish & chicken rice, & Eggplant w/ Garlic Sauce were all a solid 8/10 although we'd rate the Crab Meat Fish Maw Soup about a 7.5 because we felt for the $19 price point, they could've given us a bit more crab in the order. Lastly, the server was kind enough to ask if we wanted fortune cookies or red bean dessert. We chose the red bean dessert and it was delicious! Overall, great and quick service, big portions, and alcoholic beverages server. Would definitely come back!

Still love this place for Cantonese food! I came here with a party of 5. We ordered the family dinner for 6 and we ate everything. The seafood basket, fried fish, crab, salt and pepper shrimp, pea pod tips, and salt and pepper pork chop were all great. Portion size is also great.

Service kinda slow but I love the food. The food is so good. This's my first time and I love it a lot

I've been coming here for the past 14 years and I've never had a bad meal. There are some dishes that are my favorite: Mongolian Beef, fried pork chops, fried smelts, shrimp with walnut, I need to stop or I'll run out of space. The service is good as well. Very professional and they treat their customers with great respect. This is one ethnic restaurant that will treat me no different alone or accompanied by an Asian friend. This is always my go-to for a healthy lunch. Plus, their lunch prices are under $10.00

Everything tasted loaded with MSG. I ordered twice cooked pork and we were given this abomination of a dish with pork pieces, cabbage, zucchini, mushrooms.. THIS was definitely NOT twice cooked pork. I just didn't complain at the time because I started eating it. Lol. We were here several times before and it's been a while but at the time of our visit- there was plenty of fruit flies. We had to shoo them away or cover our food with table napkins because they're notorious on really getting to you food. Upon seating at the table we already noticed 2 insect zapper machines... That was already our sign for the flies come..

A close Chinese restaurant. Didn't expect too much but they have some really interesting dishes. Taro crispy duck: you will like it if you're crazy about Taro. Just waaaaaaaay too much taro for me. The taro: duck meat ratio is like 5:1. Way too dry with this much taro. Would give 5 star if it's 1:1 cause the top and bottom are really crispy and good flavor. Combination fried rice: big portion and has lot of stuff in it. Worth it. Twice cooked pork: this is not real twice cooked pork. It's cabbage with stewed pork. Not even close to the original recipe. More of a white washed American Chinese food style. Shame

Did not like the taste of the food at all. Would rather go elsewhere in the area, there are plenty of other spots

Great food that's quick & a step above Chinese takeout. Must haves: beef w/string beans & walnut shrimp.

First time ordering & was pleasantly surprised. I order the sesame chicken & egg rolls. I don't live that far away but the food came before its scheduled time & the food was still hot. Food was very good, portion size was enough for 2-3 people. I will be ordering from them again.

Very good quality Cantonese food specializing I'm fish and seafood dishes. Some unusual choices-Abalone, for example). My only complainta is I wish they didn't use Styrofoam for tahe-out containers. The restaurant is always clean and bright and the service is fast and efficient.

This restaurant rules. There's a ton of stuff on the menu -- arguably too much -- but if you order actual Cantonese dishes, they'll serve you some excellent food. Chicago does have good Chinese food, but not much of it is on the Northside. Down in Chinatown or Bridgeport or even downtown is another story, but Silver Seafood is some of the most interesting Chinese food north of the Loop. Most of the other half-dozen *good* Chinese places on the Northside are either Sichuanese -- like Chengdu Impression or Lao Sze Chuan -- or barbecue-oriented -- like Sun Wah -- so Silver Seafood fills an important niche: good Chinese food that is neither crazy spicy, super meat heavy, nor reminiscent of a mall food court steam table. (Don't get me wrong--I love love love Sichuanese food and even have a soft spot for objectively mediocre American Chinese food.) A few hints to get you started, because the menu is long and not especially approachable: try a salt-and-pepper seafood dish, something with black bean sauce, or the chow mein or chow fun noodle dishes. The various vegetable dishes seasoned with dried scallops are excellent, as are all the clam dishes I've tried (which they don't always seem to have in stock). Homestyle tofu is a comfort food classic that is just so satisfying on a cold Chicago night. My fave, though, is the preserved sausage with yellow chives. It's a stir fry, where the delicious fermented rendered fat of the air-dried sausages is used to sautée the mild yellow chives. It's a top five dish I've eaten in Chicago, and I've lived here for almost a decade.

Popular north side Chinese seafood restaurant that hosts events / parties. *often has issues of non-available dishes; if going to lunch or dinner, it is recommended to ask in advance prior to requesting certain popular or possibly limited supply dishes, e.g., lobster Food: Fish maw soup with crab meat - 5/5 - excellent tasting Fish maw soup with bamboo - 5/5 - didn't taste much different from the other, except no crab meat Young Chow fried rice (Duong Chau) - 4/5 - contains shrimp, pork and Chinese sausage; a little bit on the bland side but overall delicious version with plentiful shrimp Combination fried rice - 5/5 - contains shrimp, chicken and beef; superior seasoning than young chow Lobster, ginger and onion style - 5/5 - excellent preparation of a classic popular Chinese lobster style Baby clams in black bean sauce - 5/5 - fresh, quality taste and excellent savory flavor Baby clams in XO sauce - 5/5 - only mildly spicy sauce Salted, deep-fried soft shell crab - 4/5 - good but not outstanding Seafood chow fun - 5/5 - greasy delicious goodness with plentiful mix of shrimp, calamari and scallop Seafood in birds nest - 5/5 - excellent textures; must try! Beef lo mein - 4/5 - very good; not outstanding Ambience: Large/spacious with Chinese characteristics; Chinese restaurant that hosts parties/celebrations Service: Fast & friendly

Was recommended by friends. Order was put in on GrubHub for a 6:30pm delivery - right on time. Had egg roll, pork fried rice, shrimp in lobster sauce and pork egg foo young. First, loved the portion size! Second, it was quite delicious! I'm an old man, so Kow Kow on Devon Avenue is my go-to reference. Silver Seafood gets my "Kow Kow" thumbs up!

What's cool about Silver Seafood is they have a ton of seafood dishes, plus more interesting items Chicken Feet with Hot Sauce, Fried Intestine, Hot & Sour Cucumbers, Shark Fin done a bunch of different ways, Bird's Nest Soup, Fish Bladder, Duck Tongue, Quail done 8 different ways, Frog done 4 ways - just to name a few! Their Crab Rangoon? Meh, I'd pass on getting that here in the future. Way too much breading compared to the stuffings. And the crab & cream cheese mix just seemed a bit dry. I just wasn't impressed with their crab rangoons and I feel like you usually can't go wrong with the deep fried goodness. I found the Lime Chicken to be just alright, as well. Decent flavor but I wasn't in love with it though the chicken itself was done perfectly for the deep fried dish. They have an interest dish they call Double Flavors Chicken. It's a normal sized large dish but half the container is orange chicken and half the container is lemon chicken. The lemon chicken is not breaded and much lighter in flavor, dare I say even a tad bit healthy. Whereas the orange chicken is deep fried with bigger pieces of chicken. Again, both dishes were okay but nothing overly delicious I would come back for. They have a bunch of lunch specials if you can get there at the right time! I'd probably come back to try some of their lunch specials, but wouldn't get any of the same dishes I previously tried.

I was craving dim sum today and found this place on yelp. The dim sum places I am used to in LA cart around all of the dim sum dishes around the restaurant. Here you order each item from the menu. I thought the selection here was very small. Though there is a whole menu of options, I guess they just didn't have my favorites. I ordered the shumai and pork buns from the dim sum menu and then also ordered chicken fried rice. And my husband ordered the orange chicken lunch special. The food was ok tasting. I thought the fried rice could have used a bit more flavor, it was a bit bland. Everything else was standard. I will say what bothered me was that each of the dishes came out at such different times. The rice came out first and then every 5-10 minutes something else came out. I get that food has Different cook times but at a restaurant they usually plan it out a bit better, I thought. The servers are nice though and I like that there is free parking.

Great experience all around from parking, menu options (which are very extensive), prices, to service! Also, there is a lunch special where you can choose from many options for $6.75. Food: 4/5 - Sesame chicken: amazing. Really loved this dish which comes with broccoli. There is great flavor, a crunch, lots of sauce and is perfect on top of rice. - Walnut shrimp: loooooved this. Walnut pieces are small so you can get some with every bite. Shrimp and taste was perfect. - Hong sue fish filet: this is the only place where I have had this dish. I didn't think that the fish has the strongest taste, so I found it better to have alone, rather than with rice to get the full flavor which was good. The bokchoy is fantastic. - Beef chow fun: I found this dish to be good, but a bit more gravy-like. - Mapo tofu: good! - Combination fried rice: very, very good with pieces of shrimp and pork. - Singapore noodle: really delicious. The pieces of pork were fantastic in here. They do not skimp of the meats! - Beef satay appetizer: this was okay, came with 4 pieces of beef. I found it to be a bit vinegary. - They give out almond cookies and fortune cookies once you pay Service: 5/5 - Great prices - Very attentive service, they refill the tea as much as you need it, and come by and check and refill on their own - They hand out parking passes so you don't have to pay - They provide forks and chopsticks Ambiance: 4/5 - There are many tables for small and big groups. They can accommodate many! - They decorated for the holidays. - Each time I was here it was very quiet - Bathrooms are clean and nice

It's a great place to bring your friends and family. It was quite packed today wheee it is normally dead quite. They have a wonderful selection of Chinese food for everyone. The pricing is very fair for the great quality that you get. They have parking space for you and you will need to get a quick parking slip from the restaurant since the local towing truck company drop by and hails your car away. I would really suggest for you give it shot where you come to this area since a great place for food. It's a few block out of the main corners of this Asian market and food area and so you may have to walk about 10 minutes if you are not driving to the Argyle street area. Enjoy and have a good time with your friends.

Chicagos best Very elegant place for a date or family ,food is delicious & well porportioned

The worst food I ate in my entire life especially those claws tasted Iike they came from the ocean right away the waiter waited until we finish our main dishes to bring us rice I don't like everything in that restaurant I wish I can erase the taste I had

Some of the best Cantonese food on the north side of Chicago in Uptown. We ordered their honey walnut shrimp, crispy seafood noodles, and salt and pepper fried calamari. Everything reminded me of the Cantonese restaurants I would go to in California, even the homey decor. Customer service was nice, and the food came out within 30 minutes. The food was fresh, well-seasoned, and exactly what we needed. I will definitely be back, and happy to bring friends and family. They have both small tables and large round tables, for celebrations and large groups.

I haven't been here in a while, so was excited to go back. Food is good, but they had 2 bug zappers that were making awful zing noises! And at one point, there was a bat crawling on my hand. Ewwww!

Very very good food. Shrimp with walnuts is amazing and remarkable. You could serve it fir a fancy dinner party. The shrimp are huge and taste more like lobster. The walnuts are just wonderful with a sauce we love. Everything we have had we liked. The whole crab made with ginger and scallions is really a special treat-just to die for. The old standbys are well done here. The quality of the meat is good. It's tender and no gristle. I have lived in the neighborhood for 20 years and felt so sorry I just found this place. All others are way down on our list now. This place is the real deal.

Back on Thanksgiving day - 2021, we stopped here for lunch- food and service were good. However, $50 in Apple purchases was hacked from my gift card by employees there. It took over 4 months to resolve.

New tables/chairs to go now with the new floor. Dim sum menu is limited and is definitely not their strength, but it does give you some more variety to add to their lunch special menu and full menu. From our most recent visit on a Friday night, their two front of the house staff were able to keep up with dine-in and take out customers. It seemed the kitchen was able to keep up too. Oysters did seem a bit smaller this past visit, but I think we got used to them being overly generous in the past (largest we've seen at any restaurant). Still very good and part of our regular order. Selection of vegetables seemed restricted on that Friday night, did find it easier just ask the server for recommendations which worked out fine. Can understand if something are out of season or if it doesn't make sense for them to have a full selection during the slower weekday vs. weekend. We were seated at a table for four next to the bar and 2nd closest to the door - definitely could feel the draft even though they have an enclosed foyer. Many of their smaller tables were full that evening, but I'd request a different table if available. Did wish that leftovers were packed in boxes rather than styrofoam. (I'm not that fond of plastic these days either given how difficult it is to recycle sustainably). Did note that music was more classic top 40 from the 80s - I don't mind if it helps them bring in business.

Love this resto! Everything is always perfectly cooked! Their dishes are soooo authentic!

Silver Seafood represents the deliciousness of Cantonese/Hong Kong style dishes. We loved the seafood crispy chow mein, shrimp with walnuts and the basic Young Chow fried rice. The seafood was perfectly cooked, plump and tender. The sauces were light and packed with flavor. The baby bok choy in our chow mein was crunchy and fresh. Fried rice is actually hard to get right... the wok flavor is hard to achieve and often, restaurants make the rice oily and drenched in nothing but soy sauce. As take out, it was tasty as I remembered when dining in person.

My husband and I do pickup here frequently for some pretty basic Chinese food like fried rice , sweet and sour chicken , etc. It's always very delicious and piping hot.

Had a family dinner for 15 people on a Tuesday. The restaurant had tables come and go the whole night. We were able to combine two tables and all sat together. The service was ok due to the lack of employees. There was only one waitress working the whole time. I wonder how many chefs were in the kitchen. The food is usually pretty consistent and good. We usually do the family set menus which provides a different variety of food. Some of the highly recommended items are the sweet and sour pork chop, spicy and salted crab, pea pod greens with blacken eggs. When you order a family set you also get soup and the typical red bean soup for dessert. I would recommend this place for authentic Cantonese food in Uptown. Buying takeout is good as well. I've done that a few times. Make sure you get a parking pass for your car otherwise your car will be gone in minutes!!!

Every Asian family in the Chicago land area has probably been here for a wedding or some sort of formal event. Their food is always on point and assured to deliver on good Chinese food. I think the best that it has to offer though is their taro duck dish- a hearty slab of tender duck with soft taro on top and a crispy top. I don't know of any other place in Chicago that offers taro duck in this form- everywhere else comes as a soup. They also have Japanese-styled tofu which I have also found to be a lesser common dish. They flavor it well, but the times I've had it, it lacks a fully crispy outer shell.

I tried their Kung Pao fish fillet lunch special. It was not bad for $6.75. But I was not a big fan of their beef rice noodle with soy sauce. When I was looking at the Chinese menu for that dish, it was supposed to be something else that I always like, but when I got it, it was actually really wet with soy sauce. I guess they really did add soy sauce to their dish vs what I was thinking of. So that dish was a little too salty for me. In the past, I've tried their walnut shrimp and it was good. Not really much different than other restaurants you can say. I also like their sweet and sour pork chop. Even my nephew loves that dish so that one I would order again.

An underrated spot in Uptown! I've been here a few times with my family and it never disappoints. Spacious, great for large groups, sparkling clean, and with AMAZING service. Everyone who works here is extremely kind and genuinely caring, which goes a long way! As for food, I think you can't go wrong in anything you order. My personal favorite is the fish fillet with bok choy. Other notable dishes include the salted fish fried rice, frog legs, and Peking duck! Oh, and the house soup they bring out at the beginning of your meal (chicken and corn egg drop) is bombbb. Our family will probably continue to come back here every year when we all gather together. Thanks for a consistently good experience!

I know that I'm going to hurt a lot of restaurants when I say this. There is no greater authentic Chinese restaurant than Silver Seafood on the Northwest side. I almost cried when I found out that they would deliver to my work place. I ordered dim sum as well as beef with black mushrooms and bamboo shoots. Life is good.

Good authentic Chinese food in the Argyle Chinatown area. The food itself is about a 4 star rating and the rest of the total dining package, including the wacky service, is what brings the total rating to 3 stars overall. Our party of 5 had the Dinner for 6 for $74. A better value would have been the Dinner for 4 for $34, and then you add your own other extra dishes. It's just a preference on what you want to eat - the Dinner for 6 was pricier by good Chinese restaurant standards but included fried frog legs, steamed talapia, shrimp, clams in black bean sauce, Chinese fried chicken, and spicy beef short ribs. Some of the little debits - * If you park in the large parking lot to the north of restaurant, you have to get back to the car after checking in to put a red tag on your dash to keep car from being towed. System worked though. * Waitress had to be flagged for attention. They forgot our frog legs, and we had to ask for them at the end. At least they came out fresh and hot from the kitchen. * They brought our check, but forgot our dessert which was part of dinner package. They took no notice, we didn't care much anyway, and we got a better dessert somewhere else. * The Dinner for 6 was a bit unbalanced - and lacked a vegetable dish. * They automatically added 17% tip on our meal. This was pretty presumptious for the service and for a Chinese restaurant to boot. Overall, and despite the little negatives, not a bad place, and nice to have in the North area - but I can see where this place can have its moments with some customers.

TIP: Don't be lazy/cheap and just get yourself to Chinatown for better Cantonese food (Go4Food and Dolo are my favorites). I only eat here when my family and relatives invite me here for meals. They love to dine here for Cantonese style food and dim sum many times through out the years purely because it is convenient. Chinatown is too far of a drive from Argyle for them and parking is difficult in Chinatown. Silver Seafood is just a 10 min walk from home and also offers free validated parking. Silver Seafood has all the typical traditional Cantonese food you can order in Chinatown, but it's badly prepared. The seafood is always very fresh, but typically way over cooked and chewy -- which is a total shameful thing to do to beautiful, fresh seafood. The stir-fried dishes generally have too much corn-starch thickened sauces, oil, sugar, msg, and sodium which ruins the delicate flavors of fresh ingredients. Occasionally, some dishes are spot on (like snow pea tips with garlic sauce and king oyster mushrooms with Japanese tofu). What I really don't like is that I always need to drink a pitcher of water after eating dinner here. Service is as expected for a Chinese restaurant (you'll need to flag the server down if you need something), water must be requested, and they're Western/English friendly.

This review is for the dim sum offered by Silver Seafood and to be completely fair, was ordered at 7 pm, four hours after their printed dim sum service time. As such, please take this review with a grain of salt. My four month pregnant body has been craving dim sum as of late and in an effort to vary the routine from Furama and avoid the trek to Chinatown, thought I'd try Silver Seafood's dim sum menu. Never again. To start, the menu online is outdated and the restaurant serves about 1/4 of what it used to. Our dumplings tasted bland and were under filled, the wrappers were limp and disintegrated on touch, my vegetables were tasteless and could have easily been made at home (probably better too). I honestly think over half of our dishes had been frozen and cooked in a microwave. I'd consider returning here with a large group to share in some of their platters which look delicious but definitely not for the dim sum.

Let me tell you, you can NEVER go wrong with eating or ordering from here cause I have ordered a plethora of things and never dislike anything that I have received. I have gone here for years, have seen parties and weddings here, hell I even held my graduation party here haha. They were very accommodating when I was planning a party for 60 people here. My go to order here is beef lo mein noodles with bean sprouts, half or whole chicken with ginger and peppers, shu mai from the dim sum menu and their soups, any soup. Staff is very attentive and super nice. They open everyday and also open late.

My newest favorite! Chinese food that is delicious and tastes authentic. Too many Chinese restaurants in Chicago are too reliant on gooey sauces. The food was perfect, and I will be back!

We've been carry-out customers for years. Unassuming but reliably good. Vast menu. We keeping coming back for the seasoned chicken and orange beef then try something more exotic.

I found it! Authentic Cantonese cuisine! No skimping on ingredients. Generous portion sizes and traditional flavors, from a family owned business and Chef of 20 years!

I don't know about their dimsum but their entree dishes are right on. I recommend the salt and pepper soft-shelf crab when available, steamed oysters and peapod or baby bok choy with garlic sauce for veggies.

Ordered takeout on the 4th of July cuz that's what how the husband and I started hanging out before we dated and got married. So this year with the holiday on a Tuesday and much housework to be done, we kept the tradition alive. We ordered the beef chow fun (minus bean sprouts) and the eggplant dish. Eggplant dish came with a little pail of rice. Both dishes were very tasty but the chow fun could have used a few more pieces of the tasty beef. Both dishes were very generously sized. Good value for the price. We also ordered a lychee mango smoothie. Unlike many places that offer smoothies, theirs here are a pretty good size. Very flavorful. Takeout came with full plastic silverware and fortune cookies. The staff is super friendly. We've dined in before- good free parking in the strip mall lot adjacent to the restaurant but you need to put a placard the restaurant gives you so you don't get towed or ticketed. So far, everything we have ever eaten fro here either dine in or take out has been tasty!

Good authentic Cantonese foods But Dim Sum is not recommendable They use " commercial frozen items for dim sum

GHETTO AS FAAAHK.. I hate using the word ghetto. Growing up in Chicago it becomes a common part of your dialog. Over the years, I had to learn when to properly use it and not do so for every little damn thing. Like most Chicagoans, (That includes you too suburbanites) But in this case, it's relevant. It's ghetto up in here! If you plan on visiting, its food is much like a fortune cookie. The cookie may not be great (the vessel, the restaurant, its workers, the cleanliness, etc) but the magic contained inside is where the treat is found. (The fortune, the taste) Order only the best dishes and you'll dig it. Go beyond the normal stuff you always order at Chinese restaurants. Seriously. I've had takeout and dined in. Ordering the right entrees are key. I suggest going through reviews with a fine-toothed comb, then view Yelp photos and then surf Instagram food porn. I've managed to pick all the best dishes and have been pleasantly surprised with food choices. Now, the bird's nest, often gets praises, but to me it's the blandest dish they offer and these guys are not the greatest at following directions if requesting something spicy. I had to douse mine in Sriracha sauce just to eat it. Definitely not good "to go" either. The seafood potstickers, when fresh, are pretty fantastic. When the appetizer arrives at the table the sweet smells of seafood enter your nostrils and the pleasant taste should cause an appreciative sigh. What's so ghetto? Service and the location. I mean.. sure, its Uptown, but I'm not talking about the neighborhood. The restaurant attracts oddities and the workers do not know how to deal or cope. Also, there's a difference in the level of service depending on who is taking the order. The older waiter, will take special requests to make a dish spicy or extra fried. While another will say, it's as it is. I've ordered lunch specials and requested it spicy (different time of the day) and the dude waiter obliges. And its awesome, because it was made to order. Spicy and tasty. - Moving on, one occasion this past summer some dudes proceeded to dump out sand from their sneakers onto the middle of the floor. Between two guys, there was a sizable mound. They did this despite gawks and jaw drops from other customers and glares from the oldest waiter. I guess they had a great beach day, got plastered at Crew and stopped in for a bite and foot cleanse. Seriously.. Who would clean off their bare feet & tap out shoes in a restaurant and then leave like it's not a big deal. A six inch sand dune left as part of their tip. And, these guys had the nerve to leave a light tip. - The same night, but later, I was dining with family. A transient walked in off the street, I knew because I could smell him enter. He wanted to hit people up for money. Anyone could surmise he was homeless by his look, his dirtied hands and ragged-soiled attire. When he saw me and my party I knew he would approach us first and so, he did. All the Asians huddled in fear. And once he had had his fill(donations), he approached the other patrons. That's when the waiter jumped in to stop him. She quickly shooed him out. I looked over at my cousin and said "I bet you this moron thinks we're related or knew each other and that's why she didn't say anything in the first place" Mind you, when he approached us I glared at her and her co-workers directly, with my eyes saying "seriously, what the FUCK!!!!" And guess what.. that's exactly what this idiot said to me. "I thought he was your relative" I'm pretty sure this is something that happens from time to time out here, homeless people begging inside. But for her to give us that response, instant hate for this place. No apology, she acted like the shit was no big deal. I swear if a situation goes down like that again(anywhere), I'll tell the asshole waiter to get the person a chair and they can join me as an invited guest. Although the food started out tasting pretty fantastic, the flavors soured pretty quickly after that. I've never been back. - The Men's room is weird. Over the years of having some successes in business & revenue, you'd think they could have updated it. One can't help but to have an unrealistic fear of getting shanked with a fishbone. And the murder weapon would probably come from the fish tank. - There's an unused stage which looks like it was once used to house a Chinese hand-puppet show. Marionettes or glove puppetry. - Last. What is the deal with the fish tank? Could you clean the damn thing once in awhile and for goodness sakes don't use toilet water! The water is staining the tank! If you've ever owned a fish tank, you know when a person is being lazy. Poor fish. I hope when they die they aren't used in the potstickers. Had I not experienced the last situation, I would have rated them four stars. The availability of good Chinese fare till midnight on the North side is unheard of. F- this place.

They have a greatly priced lunch menu and dimsum selections. Hot tea is on the house. They just got new floor and I like this restaurant more than before. They play Chinese music in the background and it feels more authentic to be in here. They give you parking pass when you arrived for their parking lot. They got drinks of Chinese beer m,sake and wine.

If I were hungry and I was going to eat some Asian food up on the north side, that wasn't dim sum, Peking Duck, or pho - Silver Seafood would be my shot on target. Carrying a full menu of Vietnamese and Chinese dishes and serving up eats past midnight you could do far, far worse in Uptown and Edgewater. I will let you in on a secret for Silver Seafood, the best dish in the entire menu is THE BIRD'S NEST. What's a BIRD'S NEST you might ask? Imagine a basket weaved of fried noodle and taro deep fried to edible perfection. Now let me tell you, inside this basket they will load it up with stir-fried shrimp, squid, mushroom, scallop, and veggies to fill your heart's desire. Pescetarians, be aware that the BIRD'S NEST may be the best of Chinese cuisine that you'll ever encounter! How good is the crunchy BIRD'S NEST and accompanying fillings? It was so good a group from another table was intrigued by how appetizing the BIRD'S NEST looked and asked what we were eating. The answer is "BIRD'S NEST and it's automatically the best thing on the menu." Tired of getting ripped off getting Chinese seafood? Stop playing around and get yourself a seat at Silver Seafood. It's open late, extremely affordable AND you can get your drink on! Last I visited, I saw a pack of drunk Vietnamese birthday revelers being louder than I could ever be walking out with a case of Heinekens. To each their own and get your own BIRD'S NEST!!!!

3.5 stars. I'm not a fan, but I wouldn't say that it's just okay. Silver Seafood offers authentic Hong Kong style Chinese food served in gigantic portions. We selected this place based on a few reviews we've seen online, so we went over there and took a quick glance at their menu and saw that a lot of the prices were reasonable. The Yelp and Zagat stickers on the window also convinced us to try it out. My friend ordered Egg rolls and the Seafood Chow Mein and I got the Vegetarian Tofu Curry. They were huge! We couldn't finish them, so we had plenty of left overs. Our service was great and I have no complaints there. Our waitress was attentive and kept our beverages full. However, ambiance is very tacky. It's full of Feng Shui decorations from China Town and the bathroom was disgusting. I went to wash my hands and I was totally mortified at how filthy it was. The walls were dirty with graffiti. (Mind you, I'm used to Chinese restaurants not having very clean bathrooms so I avoid them as much as I can.) I wonder how they even pass government inspection. I think they should invest on a coat of paint and really scrub the bathroom because the restaurant has a good menu.