236

807 W Roosevelt Rd

Chicago , IL 60608



(312) 433-0123

LOVE THIS FOOD! Great value and amazing taste. Everything is seasoned so well including the rice, and all of it is even better as left overs.

I went there to have food with my family (husband+myself+toddler). It is an entirely self serve restaurant. It's in the middle of downtown right beside UIC main campus. Through out our time there we met several students who visited to take out food. You can not beat the prices here. $4.5 for a large platter of biryani?!! Wow. I've literally never had cheaper biryani and much less in Chicago. It was served in a traditional metal platter along with the yogurt raita. It was room temperature, I wish they had warmed it before serving as we were dining in and didn't have the luxury to microwave it at home. Not much variety in terms of food. They had a few popular staples that most people seemed to be ordering. We had chicken biryani and chicken, both flavor wise would be 3/5. They were both cold. For dessert they only had mango lassi which we was great 5/5. Ambience and family friendly: I'll rank it low 1/5 as they did not have a single high chair available, my toddler is still too young to fit an adult chair so we basically fed her sitting our laps, awfully uncomfortable. Restroom needed to be cleaned. Soap refilled. Table wiped down. Stick to take out, I'm sure as a student I would love it. As a grown adult with a family looking for good family time to dine in-not so much.

I'll give them full points for their commitment to delivering on time but I can't really say the same for sure about the food... I love Indian, Pakistani food and all I am going to say is that I've had much better food... Perhaps if they take the focus away from low cost food to highly quality and average cost, I'd try their food again!

Relatively fast food, good sized menu. Price is great as well. Overall very busy. I would definitely enjoy this place more if they indicated what was spicy or not. Being someone that can't handle a lick of spice, found it hard to find a dish that was mild or no spice.

Decided to come get dinner and parking was hard to find. I think their was a convention going on, so my guy just parked somewhere out of the way while I went to go order. Since it was my first time, I had gone online and picked out what I wanted, but when they didn't have lamb, it threw me off on what to order. Their menu board up above was the kind that rotates between the menu items so it was a bit hard to read it. Mango Lassi - You get it out of a dispenser yourself. It wasn't bad as it wasn't too sweet. Butter Chicken - Can't go wrong with butter chicken. Fish Piece - It looked burnt, but it wasn't bad. Aloo Masala - Good with plenty of potato chunks. Side Order of rice - What a deal! Large container for $1. Paratha - These were okay and they were huge! I prefer naan to this. Prices are cheap. Everything had a spiciness too it which I was a bit surprised by. So, if you can't handle spice, I think you should pass. I would be back to try it again since it's closer than driving up north and the prices.

This is for their delivery service, which was surprisingly fast and efficient. We ordered through the yelp online system and got the following: gyros $5.99, chicken biryani $5.99, dal $2.99 I think, and butter chicken $5.99. The delivery fee was $4.99 which wasn't a bad price considering everything here is SO DAMN cheap. They gave us one hour estimate but the food came within thirty minutes. The food plentiful- our $31 (tax plus tip and delivery) were enough for six meals! The flavor of the food is more mild than other Indian places to suit the UIC college students palates, but equally as delectable. The chicken biryani is packed full and filled with shredded chicken. The butter chicken sauce is silky smooth. The gyros is boneless cubes of ground lamb marinated in yogurt, it is soft and chewy... the texture is surprising but good. The dal is always very delicious and my husband loves it

This place is the cheapest place to fill you up. Most entrees are price around 6 dollar and even then I recommend splitting with some one because the portions are Americanized. The food is a gateway into Indian food, if you find masala to be too offensive with regular Indian food. It's a great place to get food on a budget considering the area. Definitely a gem for a UIC student.

Redesign sucks. Foods worse for more money. Regulars don't come anymore. Original ghareeb on Devon is better. Longer line and wait but better. Grabbed food at this point so many times during my 4 years, went back to such a disappointment. Terrible idea terrible sell out

Giving them one star because the place seems clean. For a restaurant that is supposed to specialize in biryani, worst beef biryani I have had in at least a couple of decades. Beef biryani was not even edible. Chicken biryani was average at best. Aloo paratha was below average. Fountain soda was not functional and they did not have any regular cola.

What seemed like a quick eatery round the corner of UIC, was where we went it for dinner - almost half hour before the closing time. Since they were closing, they said to go orders only. We ordered biriyani, paratha and chicken curry. Not much waiting time and came in quick. The paarthas were huge and not really appealing. May be we should have consumed it at the restaurant while it was hot. The biriyani was pathetic - more of flavored rice with chalky chicken pieces. The raita, another let down. On the whole, this is an extremely budget place if you want to fill your tummy with bland tasting food for under 6$. Not recommended for any one looking to satisfy their taste buds with Indian food.

I've been a fan of Ghareeb Nawaz for as long as I can remember.I started off dining at their Devon location years ago.I was so glad when I found out the opened a location closer to me.Been here a few times.Food has been consistently good.My only disappointment is that they STILL dont have jalapeno slices like they do on Devon.And for people not familiar with Indian food I think ordering here will be a bit intimidating since theres no picture to show what the dish looks like.Thats something that I found very useful when I first started trying Indian food.But I've still been enjoying my meals here.I would enjoy them much more with some jalapenos!!!!! Lol

Very fast service, extremely generous portion of food, and a rather wide variety of dishes to choose from. I was a little disappointed because they were out of lamb biryani and naan when I visited, but chili chicken biryani and chapati were great substitutes. I also tried the butter chicken and mango lassi and both were very tasty.

The reason why I love this place is because it's cheap and they give you large portions. The nice thing is that when ordering a dish with meat, they give you a good amount of meat. You'd think for such a low price, they'd be kind of skimpy with the meat, but they give you a good amount. I usually get the chilli chicken paratha, and that is enough food for me. Other dishes, such as the butter chicken or the chilli chicken biryani, are dishes I can make two meals out of since there's so much food. Everything comes out quickly even when the restaurant is busy. It's not the best Indian food I've had, but for the price, it's great. This is a good choice for dining on a budget. The staff is always very friendly. The reason why I'm giving it 4 stars and not 5 is because it's not amazing Indian food (I've had more flavorful food), but it still does taste good, the prices are low, the staff is friendly, and they give you large portions.

Surprisingly cheap and reliably delicious. Food is always fresh and hot. Biggest Complaint is that they have a menu posted on the wall that is not obvious to find... Don't have to go menus, and have dead/off TV monitors that obviously exist to show the menu. That all said... This is a go-to spot for people living or working in the area. Simple, blue collar, good!

The best place to get cheap Indian food although the butter chicken is always very spicy.

This place is so good! Very highly recommended. Great prices for the portion sizes too. Get the chili chicken and butter chicken. Had never had Pakistani food before this place and now I can say I'm a big Paki food fan. Wish this place had more locations.

Big portions although it seems that a lot of missing spices from their "Curry". No cardamom , clove, curry leaf, cilantro ...... what makes the flavor of a curry taste great is these ADDITIONAL spices. Instead it just taste like a spicy hot tomato and garlic like broth! Not really impressed with the lamb curry. I actually brought the dish back home and doctored it up. I wish Indians and Pakistani restaurant owners would STOP cutting corners!! This is a common practice in Chicago!

I'd rather go to the original restaurant. Limited menu... I don't like places that have a menu and when you order something they always say they are out of the item. Why keep an item on the menu if you can't provide it to your guests. But I guess it might be one of the better Indian restaurants in university village.

Love their butter chicken - best i have had. Paratha is so good here. Super reasonable prices. So glad they opened a location down here now!