Decor: once you get through the doors the inside is quite nice. A step up from cheap sushi places. It has nice leather sofas, a garden fountain in corner, candlelit tables with decor and booths Menu: such a huge selection and well priced if you want sushi or thai. I came for sushi but next time will try their thai food. Price: amazing such a huge selection with prices so reasonable they also have a lunch special for $7.95 includes a beverage, appetizer and entree. Food: I ordered crab rangoons, jalapeño poppers maki, shrimp tempura maki and volcano roll ( fancy maki) Crab rangoons: the consistency inside was a little too mushy. It was my first time having it so I don't know how it's suppose to be. Outside was crunchy but inside was just mush Jalapeño poppers maki: DELICIOUS this is a jalapeño popper wrapper sushi with no rice. This was surprisingly tasty definitely recommend this it was crunchy and flavourful and no rice which makes its guilt free Shrimp tempura maki: this was on their regular maki menu, just your basic shrimp tempura very tasty and crunchy !! Volcano roll: this was so beautiful when it came out definitely Instagram worthy! Personally the spicy mayo was a little much but it's part of the volcano look once you wipe it away still very tasty. Service: server was so nice not annoying and took care of us. Food came out promptly. Definitely coming back can't wait to try some of their Thai dishes!! read more

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Very good sushi and pad Thai Food is always fresh. Exceptional service. And very good price

The Hawaiian rice was good. That was it. We ordered from Grubhub and it was over 30 mins late. The sushi was so warm the fish was soggy and smelled very fishy! The vegetarian (tofu) Mongolian was darn right bad with no flavor even though I asked for spicy. We will not order from this place ever again. We typically order from Ninja. We will absolutely bring our business back to Ninja in the future. read more

Nice find!!! Great sushi but the shrimp soup was the best I've ever had yum!!! Great pad Thai as well.

Food tasted great. I got masaman curry chicken. I would be nice if they provided more rice with each entree.

The place is nice, service is good, and my order was okay. The two orders I just want to complain about is the Tom Yum soup is to thick of a broth and the Thai Crab Fried Rice. Well, there were barely any Crab meat in the fried rice. Everything else was good. Hopefully next time I go back. Maybe the soup is good and add more meat on the fried rice. read more

This is the best sushi place in town! The California Maki was a little chewy and thick, but it was still yummy. If you want to get a quick bite to eat, I recommend coming here! read more

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Very friendly staff, good variety of choices on menu with sushi and thai options! Very attentive staff, restaurant is BYOB. Definitely would reccomend for a neighborhood Thai/sushi spot for sure! read more

Hello FoodZees Today Glenda and I decided to try something new. We elected to try Hands On Thai restaurant 7117 w Addison in Chicago. When we entered we were greeted by Annie who was very pleasant, she also turned out to be our server. The outside is deceiving it looks small, but when you enter it is quite the opposite, the inside is slightly narrow but deep. It has a nice serine atmosphere with a nice waterfall flower display up front. We started with one of our favorites; chicken patay with peanut sauce, very good. We also had Goma-e (spinach with peanut sauce) it didn't sound that good when we read it, but it was fantastic. The spinach was sautéed well, not to soft and the addition of the peanut sauce it was a very smooth sweet and savory flavor. For our main dish, Glenda chose her favorite; garlic chicken. It was tasty, but a little dry for me. They also added green peas which was a nice touch. I chose the Ducky Becky. A marinated duck breast, sautéed ginger, with shiitake mushrooms, onions, scallion and bell peppers. The vegetables were crisp and seasoned well. The duck was tender. I only wish the skin was a little crispier. All in all I give Hands on 3 1/2 stars. As usual I suggest that you give it a try an let me know what you think. Ciao Ciao for now. read more

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Great place to eat, love their sushi its very delicious and fresh. The staff is very friendly, definitely recommend!!! read more

Hands On - Addison St. - Sushi time!!! - Sushi Bars Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Delicious food but it takes forever to get an order. The only disadvantage of this place.

Fantastic food. Love the sushi designs. Also try the calamari. Soft, crispy, crunchy goodness. Delicious. Good prices. You get a lot of sushi for your buck. Definitely recommend. read more

Hands On - Addison St. - Volcano. Probably my favorite. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I love this restaurant! It's one of my favorite for sushi. Pyramid of Giza, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Great Wall of China Maki are some of my favorites. And the basil fried rice was the best fried rice I've ever had. I love it! read more

Good parking, fast and great service. My family loves the calamari and pad see ew. My son has but allergies and they were very accommodating. Will definitely dine here again. read more

This location has been a staple sushi restaurant for my friends and family for the past few years. Belmont Cragin/Mont Clare and nearby areas don't have too many options for sushi just yet, but even if this is one of the only locations, it's still actually very very good! I have never had an issue with food, whether I've dined in or ordered for a delivery. I also have received much better service here than in their Irving Park location. My only issue has been that there seems to have been many changes to staff within the last year or so. Also, when this location first opened there was a woman named Bo/Beau, and she was always fantastic! She always remembered my name and face, and made every celebration here a special one for us. read more

The food was delicious, nice portions, staff friendly, and prices are very reasonably. I will definitely be back!!!!! read more

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This place is perfect for a the neighborhood. The food is great, staff is friendly and helpful. It has a cute little zen garden in the front corner and a nice atmosphere. We will definitely be coming back again. read more

Really fast delivery and food was still crispy ( egg rolls) and hot ( drunken noodles) and really tasty.

Highly recommend this place. It's more of date night after 5. Food was very good and service is friendly. Will follow up with our dishes.

Pad Thai taste so yummy! Recommend this for everyone who love pad Thai. Will try different on the menu next time

After my experience at Fuji Ya, I couldn't bear to try another sushi place unless it was in the Wicker Park or Lincoln Park neighborhood. The commute would just have to be worth it. But after some Foodspotting, I saw that there was a new sushi restaurant not too far from our place and the pictures seem to indicate some fresh seafood was going on. So research began, pulling up menu, calling up for hours, asking fellow Yelpers who have tried what rolls and how were the portions.** Restaurant now added onto "To Go List"** Well it wasn't long at all before an opportunity arose to pick up some take out. After a 12 hour workday, me and the bf wanted to just go home and crash. 95 degree weather does not justify having to bake some wings at home, so I dialed up Hands On and lucky for me, they are open on Mondays. Order in, shrimp pad thai with extra peanuts, and shrimp tempura roll. Needed to do quality control on both the sushi end and thai end of this place. While I waited, I surveyed the place. Very nice modern setup. Clean, stylish yet minimalist. Sushi bar is set up as you walk into the entrance. In the adjoining room is the spacious dining area. I picked up a menu to peruse while I waited for the takeout. Chef Andy has an extensive culinary background, with his passion from cooking stemming from lessons from his mother to enrolling into Chicago's own Le Cordon Bleu at the age of 18. I was impressed. Culinary training and opening a restaurant in an area that needed revival. Nice combo. In addition is their happy hour menu. From 9- midnight select rolls and dishes run between $5-6. A late nite dining place other than Denny's or White Castle with healthy food? I'm sold! read more

DONT EAT HERE. Don't expect to get a refund here!! After returning a takeout order that was completely incorrect, I was told I would have to wait 2 weeks for my refund. I gave it 2 stars cause the food is ok...not great. I have lived in the area 4 months & have ordered from them about 3 times a month. Let me tell you, they have NEVER gotten an order correct . On top of that I always have a problem with getting any kind of sauce from them. Teriyaki, hot mustard etc. A sales check of $60 or more & they want to charge me 80 cents for sauce . Have you ever heard of "Give them the pickle"? Google it. When I told them that they lost my business their response was.....OK. Be prepared if you ever have a complaint cause they don't care about your business. OR JUST DONT DINE HERE & avoid the problems. read more

Hands On - Addison St. - Horrible customer service. They don't care about your business. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Chef Andy. My man! A friend and I travel the city trying the different takes of pad Thai. This is our favorite and right in the neighborhood. Affordable, plenty of food, and attentive waitresses. HIGHLY recommended. read more

Either the yelpers that reviewed this place and gave it 5 starts have zero knowledge of what good sushi and Thai is or the reviews are fake. I tried this place twice and both times my food was disappointing. It's too bad because I live so close yet have to drive so far for good sushi/Thai. They say third time's a charm but I'm not willing to risk it. It's mediocre, overpriced. My entree was undercooked. read more

Super tasty thai place! Everything we ordered was very good! Would definitely recommend this place.

I have a taste for sushi and this happens to be the closest one near me. It's a small place, but the atmosphere was really great. We had the lunch special which is really sweet deal. The food is great and I'm definitely coming back and try their other entree. read more

Hidden gem!!! In search of spicy Thai food to bring forth the stubborn 10 month baby in my belly, I found this place. So happy I did, makes me forgive my unborn daughter for sleepless nights. :-) Started with the wings! Highly recommend. Unusual tempura battered large wings with.a unique spicy "tomatoey" sauce. Followed by pad Thai with chicken served in huge bowl with the perfect blend of sweet and spicy with the exact texture it's supposed to have. Super fresh sushi! Seemed to be more popular than the Thai food as i watched the waitress bringing stuff out. The red curry I had was nicely flavored with a bit of a kick. The sauce was slightly too thin for my liking but I waited for it to cool completely and it did thicken up and brought forth more flavor. The ambiance is very casual. Definitely byob. Expect very casual service with above average flavors. Get the wings, get the sushi, try the Thai selections, have an asahi and relish the little bill at the end of the meal for the 5 star taste you just received! read more

I should have ordered the pad Thai, it looked amazing. The place is in the middle of a bunch of neighborhoods but it looks nice. Ordered edamame, calamari, Tom yum soup, and the sashimi assortment A. I was disappointed with the sashimi, didn't taste fresh to me and the "chirashi" was no different than regular so save your 2 bucks. Calamari was hard as a rock but had a good taste. Tom yum soup was sweet..? I didn't have a good experience here but maybe I ordered the wrong food. My coworkers seemed to enjoy their food for the most part. read more

The Thai food from Hands was just too sweet and the portions was so small! We ordered the Pad Thai, Tom Yum soup, Basil Beef and Massaman curry. The Pad Thai is fine, nothing special - except the portion is smaller than other places. Tom Yum was sweet! and not sour nor spicy and no hint of lemongrass (a great disappointment). The Basil Beef ... where was the beef?! the meal barely made it half way up the container. The massaman curry was sweet. I am not a picky Thai food eater, and so I decided to order from a new place - what a disaster! My mom and I ended up throwing out the soup and curry dish, picking out the few slices of beef and two slices of eggplants from the Basil Beef. I ate whatever my mom brought over from her house and I think my mom got full from the okay Pad Thai. I can't say I will give this place a second try. My mom and I are not big people, so we normally would not comment on portion - but it was just ridiculous at this place! A great sadness considering there are not very many Asian restaurants around the area (and that are open on a Monday). read more

Have been coming here quite a bit and have to say this is the best thai and maki place ive had. Wonderful service. Great food.

Jessel and I have eaten here 3-4 times and we were shocked to see a local japanese/thai restaurant. Gave it a try and sure enough we came back for more! I must say, we are fans! The staff is friendly, great service, BYOB, we must've tried all the rolls by now and highly recommend the 7 ancient wonders, which is their signature rolls filled with bold flavors and spices! Thai iced coffee and thai iced tea are refreshing as well. They even gave us a free (crab rangoon) appetizer on our 2nd visit... Seaweed poppers are a nice appetizer! Prices are not so bad and quality and presentation is great! I dont know why this place seems to be empty when we go but you all need to get out and try this place out!! Take advantage of their Happy Hour friday and sat evenings 9pm til midnight! Ambiance is nice and cozy, candles at dinner with dimmed lighting, and the walls are my favorite color..ORANGE =) 4 out of 5 is a good thing...still have to try the Thai Menu...and never had room for dessert just yet...will get around to it soon though! Good Eats here...you wont be disappointed! read more

So glad we have a legit sushi joint in the neighborhood...FINALLY! Aside from the family next to us who could not keep tabs on their kids, everything about the experience here was a great success. Food was amazing, service was quick and price was spot on. read more

I had high hopes for this place. Sigh. The Satay Chicken was like chicken jerky..dried out, poor quality meat. The noodles of the pad thai were about an inch long. The shrimp were smallish and not fresh tasting. I asked for extra bean sprouts and didn't get them. The soup was tasty but lacked ingredients. Seems like they were trying to save money? A bit pricey for what it was and where it's located. read more

This review is a two parter- the thai part and the sushi part. My husband and I went here on Sat night, 7:00. There were only two other tables occupied besides ours. We were a little surprized, especially based on the reviews we read. We love thai and sushi and were overjoyed at the thought of having both in one meal near our house. We were taken aback by the lack of customers. First, we ordered the spider roll. Fantastic! We loved it. We could have eaten more, but we wanted to try some of the thai dishes as well. If we were just rating this place based on the sushi, it would have easily been 5 stars. We then got our chicken pad thai and chicken panang curry. The pad thai was nothing special. In fact, my husband hated it. It was in a very thick, overly sweet sauce that took over the entire dish. You did not taste anything else. I was not impressed either. We took a couple of bites and left the rest to take home for our daughter. It was bland enough and sweet enough for her to eat without a problem. I do have to say that it was a large bowl with a large portion of food. Saying that, I was SHOCKED when the waitress came back with a small, one cup size take out container with the leftover pad thai in it. I wanted to question her about it. How can all that food fit in this container? I was not happy. My husband scooted me out and said it wasnt worth the argument. He is right, because we are not going back anyway. My curry dish was good. Funny enough, this panang curry lacked some of the sweetness that it should have. I would have probably eaten it again. But I like said, we are not going back. I feel like I was ripped off. Throughout our meal, one other group came in. Again, I felt this was strange for a Saturday night ...and it was also Valentines Day weekend. There is a new sushi bar that opened nearby that we are going to check out as well. I cant wait to see what that holds. As for thai, Thai Pastery at Lawrence and Harlem is by far the best. read more

Might be easy to miss going down Addison but this place is absolutely a gem! Their sushi is great and their Thai dishes are to die for! Definitely check out this place for a cozy atmosphere and a hot meal, especially when it's cold out! The Rama entree is great for peanut-sauce lovers and the dragon maki is nice and spicy :P read more

Honestly , this was the worst experience I have had a sushi place. They messed my order up when I specifically ordered my sushi a certain way because I am pregnant and I cannot eat raw fish. They gave me raw fish after ordering it fried, I told them that it was the wrong order and they refused to give me the right order or to fix it, or even give me a refund. They said "there was no way for them to do it" and I said "well I guess I'm going to throw this away then" and he responded "okay, I'm sorry" LIKE WTF! McDonalds has better customer service. NEVER AGAIN. read more

My husband and I love the Thai/sushi/Byob spots so being that this place is right across the street from us we figured we must give it a try. I had thai (pad Thai with tofu) and he had sushi (spicy tuna roll and the great wall of china roll) but first we had the Gyozas. Gyozas were great, the sauce was so delish. Most of all they just seemed so fresh! When my pad Thai arrived I freaked! The portion size was HUGE!! have never had a pad Thai order so huge! I am 9 months pregnant and I could barely handle a 1/3 of the order! My husbands spicy tuna roll had huge fresh pieces of tuna and the great wall of china roll was simply great! Not only were our portions so healthy my pad Thai was so hot! Everything was fresh and delicious. Thai iced tea also good! I was simply shocked more people were not there enjoying this amazing food! I did notice there were A few take out and delivery orders. Overall food great and cheap for the size! Atmosphere clean and modern and service was amazing! Please people support this place, we want them here for a while!!!!!!! read more

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Amazing chicken pad Thai and delicious veggie egg rolls. I love coming here with my family for dinner! Very friendly service as well!

Honestly Ive been here so many times, but never reviewed it. Hands On is a great place for a family meal or a night out with friends. Its great food for a great price, and Id highly recomend it to anyone looking for a quick bite and a low price read more

Their miso soup has so much flavor i love it. I'm obsessed with their pattaya maki!! Come here once a week. Great service and love the music