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Serai

Food + DrinkLogan Square · Malaysian Community-sourced, unverified
📍 2142 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

Serai opened in December 2015 as what DNAinfo and ABC7 both called Chicago's only dedicated Malaysian restaurant at the time, filling a real gap in a city with deep Southeast Asian food options everywhere except this one cuisine.

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The address has moved since — more recent listings place it on Clybourn Avenue rather than its original Milwaukee Avenue spot — but the menu's reputation has held: char koay teow (stir-fried flat rice noodles with a smoky wok char), Hainanese chicken rice, and nasi goreng all get specific praise from The Infatuation.

One unverified review online mentioned a possible closing, which no other source backs up, so it's worth a call before planning a trip around it, but every other signal points to a restaurant that's still the city's go-to answer for genuine Malaysian cooking.

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Specials at Serai

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Hours

Dinner Tue-Sat
shorter Sun hours per a recent listing (exact times not independently confirmed -- call ahead
and confirm the restaurant is still open given an unverified closure mention)
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed

Amenities & accessibility

❔Takeout: unverified
❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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