Dining

Korean restaurant in Campustown.

A cook your own steak house, with excellent cuts of meat at reasonable prices.

An unpretentious place to settle in with your laptop and latté, Aroma serves up an all-ages live acoustic set every Thursday night from 8pm - 10pm. You can even buy Latin beer or a glass of wine, if you are in the mood, or nibble an authentic Cuban sandwich with peach salsa, while listening to music or just people watching. Free wifi and excellent mojitos.

Authentic Korean and Japanese.

Fast food Thai in Campustown. Almost the entire menu can be made vegetarian, too.

Traditional Indian food. They recruit chefs from 4 and 5-star hotels in India, so the food is always excellent. The buffet, available weekdays at lunch and on Sunday and Thursday evenings, is always fun because it usual features items that aren’t on the regular menu.

Bavarian Inn-styled restaurant and bed & breakfast.

Steaks cooked over hardwood briquets on our open hearth charcoal broiler. In sight before, during, and after cooking.

Family-friendly restaurant with a wide-selection of Italian food.

One of the hottest spots in downtown Champaign. Open for dinner with an extensive drink menu, some of the best martinis around, and DJs spinning live music into the night.

Quick and tasty Indian food in Campustown.

Fondue, salads and pizzas.

An espresso bar + away from the bustle and politics of the University Full liquor menu for supplementing your coffee with Baileys, amaretto, or Irish whisky—or just skip the coffee altogether for a glass of beer or wine, scotch or cognac. Kopi features monthly art exhibits by local artists, fresh veggie juice and smoothies, and light lunch fare. For casual hang-outs or dates, at Kopi you almost always run into a familiar face. Plus the ice water steeped with oranges is free.

French bistro in Downtown Champaign. Lots of crepes!

A Mexican restaurant.

Good food and atmosphere. Awesome salad bar, pay by the ounce.

Homemade Italian food in a relaxed atmosphere.

Excellent Mexican food in a casual atmosphere. Enchildadas, chimichangas, faltuas, you name it.

An Indian restaurant focusing on vegetarian & vegan dishes. Lunch buffet daily.

Mexican restaurant with three locations in town. Always a crowd but it moves fast. Great food, friendly staff.

Latin fusion cuisine in Downtown Champaign.

A neighorhood bar and pub, but with a really original, eclectic menu. Good home-ground burgers, great salads. Right around the corner from Volition.

Restaurant in downtown Champaign featuring fine Northern Italian food and Italian-American nouveau cuisine.

Fine dining, open for lunch and dinner. Menu changes frequently. $$$ but worth it.

Great, homemade-style middle eastern food. Very busy at lunch.

An upscale steakhouse, independently owned and located right in downstairs from Volition.

This is a family-style Italian and American restaurant. It is pirate-themed.

Pool hall located downtown. Also serves very good thin crust pizza. Open for lunch.

Japanese and sushi bar in Champaign. Great lunch specials.

Upscale food with a nice view.

Newer restaurant from the owners of Miko. Located in the 1 Main building in downtown Champaign, the menu is an inspired mix of French, Italian, American and sushi.

Their tag line is “Burritos as big as your head” and they are not joking.

Primarily a breakfast place, and an amazing one at that. Really large menu, everything from pancakes to crepes to skillet platters (just go, they’re good.) Get there very early, there’s always a line on weekends.

Fancy, smaller-portion food. Relatively new to the area.

Pan-Asian, but with a focus on sushi and teppanyaki. Good restaurant for a date.

Good upside-down pizzas, other eclectic food in an intimate setting. They even make their own breads and ketchup.

Great family-owned Italian restaurant right near Campustown.

Great burgers & beer place.

Thai restuarant in downtown Champaign.

Breakfast all day long. Always busy, but the line moves fast.

Ask anyone, it’s the best pizza in town. Independently owned and located in Campustown, Papa Del’s is almost always busy, so expect a wait. Or call in and pick it up, but plan ahead, it’s usually a 45 minute wait. And worth every second.

A Greek restaurant between Downtown Champaign and Campustown.

A bistro and bakery in downtown Champaign. Great sandwiches and pastries.

Local family friendly - good fries & nacho stacks

Fantastic fusion cuisine. Unique restaurant, a local favorite. Recently expanded to add a tapas bar.

Chinese food.

A vegan restaurant located on campus, open for lunch on weekdays. Good food, bohemian atmosphere.

American-style steakhouse and barbecue.

A blink-and-you’ll-miss-it, somewhat run-down looking place, they have the best fish sandwiches, and home-made mac & cheese. They also deliver.

There are many good Thai restaurants in town, but this one is a favorite with our employees. Interesting menu and specials, very friendly staff.

Good, slightly upscale midwestern-influence food (steaks, etc). Very nice Sunday brunch.

Great Thai restaurant in Champaign.

Nice food, quiet. One of the most upscale places in town.

Corner of Springfield and Mattis. Great for groups with kids - very casual, easy to sit in lower level – kids can walk around and play the coin-op games – beware of the candy machine – guaranteed win for each quarter.

Pizza place in SW Champaign. Owned by the family that started Monical’s.