The Best Butter Chicken in Chicago (2026)
Chicago's best butter chicken, ranked - from Adda's customizable tableside butter experience to Devon Avenue and neighbourhood clay-pot specialists.
The podium
— top 3 by community votesBar Goa
River North Indian restaurant and cocktail bar praised for one of the best butter chickens in the city, with smoked-chicken depth.
Adda Indian Cuisine
Offers a customizable, tableside 'Butter Chicken experience' where guests pick from three infused butters as the sauce base. A Michelin-recognized Chicago Indian standout.
Indian Clay Pot
Neighbourhood spot repeatedly praised by reviewers as having the best butter chicken around.
Cumin
Wicker Park Indian/Nepali kitchen and a longtime Chicago go-to for a rich, classic butter chicken.
Maharaja Indian Grill
Tops Yelp's Chicago butter chicken list for its consistently creamy, well-spiced makhani.
Namaste Chicago
Popular Indian/Nepali restaurant that ranks high on Chicago butter chicken roundups.
Ghareeb Nawaz
Devon-area Indo-Pak institution famous for huge portions and value; a budget butter chicken favourite.