The chef behind Planta Cocina's innovative plant-based and Latin-inspired culinary offerings.
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Last updated: 7/29/2026, 5:04:55 AM
Key Information
PLANTA Queen Chicago is a 100% plant-based restaurant located in the River North neighborhood, offering innovative Asian-inspired cuisine. The restaurant is known for its high-energy and beautifully designed space, featuring elegant interpretations of traditional Chinese courtyards and Asian architectural elements, making it a popular spot for intimate dinners and private events.
Customers consistently praise PLANTA Queen Chicago for its delicious and innovative plant-based food, with many highlighting dishes like Bang Bang Broccoli, Crispy Rice, Baos, and Dragon Rolls. The ambiance is frequently described as beautiful, warm, intimate, and dimly lit with golden decor. Service is generally regarded as polite, inviting, and friendly. Some suggestions for improvement include adding photos to the menu for better visualization of dishes and occasionally faster service.
Additional Details
PLANTA Queen Chicago is part of the PLANTA restaurant group, which operates 10 locations across the US and Canada, focusing on crave-worthy, fresh, and entirely plant-based global eats.
The restaurant offers Happy Hour from 4-6 PM and 9 PM till close, Monday through Thursday. 'Maki Monday' after 5 PM features $9 maki rolls. It is open for both lunch and dinner daily, making it suitable for various dining occasions.
I think the food here is really good! But I do have one suggestion — adding photos to the menu could really improve the customer experience and make the dishes more appealing. Some of the dish names are hard to imagine, even with the ingredients listed, so photos would help people understand what they are ordering and increase their appetite as well.
Also, the service speed could be a little faster.
That said, I still highly recommend this place! It’s a really great spot for vegetarian food. I’ve already been here twice during my short visit to Chicago, and I’ll definitely come back again!
A warm, intimate dinner date. The ambiance was beautiful. Soft music, dim lit, and golden decor.
Server, Macy was very polite and inviting. She explained the menu well and made wonderful recommendations.
The Bang Bang Broccoli was so delicious. Lightly fried and seasoned well, topped with an amazing sauce. The Crispy Rice was equally delicious, with a kick of spice, as well as being unique.
Had an amazing Dragon Roll, Bak Choy, Chick'n Fried Mushrooms, Beef and Broccoli and Chilli Crab Noodles. The noodles were spicy, nutty, steaming hot ♨️. Finished off with an ice cream scooped, peanut topped brownie.
Will be back for sure!
I live in Alaska, I ate at PLANTA for the first time back in November. It was so good that I’ve been looking forward to coming back to Chicago to eat here again! Here I am 6 months later. Mihala (I hope I spelled it right🤞🏽) was awesome, friendly and made a delicious drink! Erin also greeted me when I sat down and checked on me a few times during my meal and made sure to wish me safe travels when k left. They were awesome! I can’t wait to come back to Chicago in the fall.
I had high expectations from Planta, but it didn’t quite land for me. That said, it might have been because we got takeout, which can sometimes affect the overall experience.
The baos were absolutely amazing—definitely the highlight of the meal and something I’d go back for on their own. The sushi roll (I don’t remember the exact one) was fairly mid and didn’t stand out much.
The 1000-layer crispy potato dish was fine; I’m not a big potato fan, but my friends seemed to enjoy it more than I did.
Overall, it’s worth trying at least once, especially for the baos, but I didn’t fully love the experience.
Will come again! Employees are really kind. I got the cucumber mint lemonade, tap water (pink glass) eggplant nigiri 🍣, and broccoli “beef” (mushrooms). Breakdown of meal reviews: (1) Broccoli Beef: I found that if you pulled open the mushrooms/beef, and allowed it to soak in some of the liquid on the plate, it enhanced the flavor even more. I wish they offered a chili crisp or something that I could use to make the broccoli beef dish spicier; the only thing missing for me was heat on this dish. Despite my desire for a spicier dish, I would definitely order this again. (2) Eggplant Nigiri: The nigiri was milky once you bite into it! That was an interesting and unexpected sensory experience and flavor profile. The plating was beautiful. (3) Cucumber mint lemonade: Flavorful. I couldn't tell if it was too sweet for me, it was on the edge.
