What an excellent restaurant! We were there today with family. Parking is on the street in Armitage and Kedzie and it can be hard to find a spot. But when you go in you'll be surprised with the attention and the quality of the food. They have everything on the menu. Puertorrican food at its best. Ah, and they open Mondays. read more

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Very good!! I've been in search of good PR food and finally found one!! Although this specific place is about an hour away from me, I do drive when I am craving it. I refer everybody to this place if they're in the city and want some bomb PR food. Would def recommend! read more

La Bomba - Bistec El Jibarito Sandwich - Puerto Rican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

When I crave PR food this hits the spot. I have only had the papa rellena, pastelillos and arroz con gandules and it's all yummers so I'm sure everything else tastes good too ;) read more

I moved to Chicago recently and I'm so glad this place exists. I can easily eat the good food from Puerto Rico here and they do make it really good. Especially their yellow rice (arroz con gandules) reminds me of the way my aunt makes it back home. I haven't tried their jibaritos but the other stuff I've tried (alcapurrias, pasteles, mofongo, roast pork) have all been excellent. The mofongo is the best one I've had outside Puerto Rico to be honest. The same for the pasteles (Puerto Rican tamale sort of thing) - best one I've had outside Puerto Rico, and rivals some of the best ones from the island too~ They also cater and sell frozen pasteles (out of stock right now, unfortunately!) and I'm very excited to buy frozen pasteles from them to stock up my freezer once they have them in stock again. read more

Delicious sandwiches and appetizers from this place as well. Another spot I would recommend!

Great food, very low prices (for Chicago), and solid service. Couldn't ask for much else. The food itself is basic but tasty. Definitely one of the better Puerto Rican places in the area. If you want a cheap bite to eat that will keep you full and happy, I highly recommend this place! read more

Amazing Puerto Rican food. With all the gentrification of the area ("cough" vegetarian restaurants), it's good to see that there are still Puerto Rican businesses in the Humboldt park and Logan square neighborhoods. Anyways, this place is awesome. They offer catering, dine-in, take-out and I think delivery. Their stews and roasts are fall-apart tender. They have a very good jibarito. Garlicky, crunchy, Rico! Gotta go with the steak. The originator restaurant closed, so this is probably your best bet for a jibarito. All the appetizers and sides are amazing. Their beans are so flavorful (if you're lucky, you'll get some fatback or pork pieces with your beans). The maduros are like savory candy. The stuffed potatoes are kinda like arancini, very good. Heck, even the "puerto Rican tamale" is delicious (tastes like hunter's stew). Honestly, my favorite thing here is the arroz con gandules. I could eat that by the bucket. The gandules are plump, the pork is generous but not overwhelming, the rice is tender but not mushy. Service is good. Everyone is super kind. Sometimes dining in can be slow, but hey, enjoy your meal. To-go orders are very quick. I haven't done delivery yet. read more

I'm telling you, this right here was great! This was my first time here. They were quick. I came in almost closing time and I had to get a pan of Arroz Con Gandules, and they made it FRESH for me. While I waited which wasn't too long, I enjoyed the Salsa they were playing... almost made me want to dance lol. Great eats if you're around the area. Definitely not my last time coming here. read more

La Bomba - Puerto Rican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

First time eating here. Place was packed with people including a family from Missouri first time exploring what Puerto Rican cuisine has to offer. Pescado frita and Mofongo Frita was really good. Coming back to try Kabob and empanadas. read more

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Employees in the front pickup area did not wear masks or had their face coverings below their noses and under their chins. There is no social distancing enforced. They were rude, snappy & failed to acknowledge customers walking in on top of messing up the order. Extremely disappointed and will definitely let everyone know to never order from this establishment. read more

I want to commend the owner of the restaurant for reaching out to me to address the issue. They took accountability and acknowledge in a very professional way that the Yelp review was needed and are using this as a training opportunity. We have ordered from the restaurant and the food was delicious like it always was and there were no issues regarding the Integrity of the food. I know mistakes happen and for the restaurant trying to correct the mistakes shows good leadership and staff. FYI the best pastillos and jibarito you will ever have !! read more

My last review was 5 years ago and a lot has changed. The food was wonderful and the service was amazing. My husband and I are Puerto Rican and we kind of hate going to Puerto Rican restaurants. They usually have poor/super slow service and they never keep their hours. La Bomba restored our faith in Puerto Rican restaurants. read more

Food was good. Not a fan of having to ask for someone to take my order. Nor watching the waitress do their in the dinning area. The service was definitely below the minimal expectations. Not sure I'd return to this location. read more

Too greasy to be consider a decent meal as a snack is more like it but it's up to those who prefer something like. Nothing different than other places it's all nothing but deep fried snacks read more

Great food. Bad service. Had to wait over 10 mins and ask a waitress for help. Then waiterss did not check with us if we needed anytjing else in middle of dinner and at the end we had to ask another waitress for a box to take our food and the check. read more

This place is the most horrible Puerto Rican restaurant in Chicago!. I ordered today for delivery for the first time. My food took more than an hour to get delivered. When it finally got here, I was hoping maybe the food would've been worth the wait. I was very wrong. The Bacalaitos were drenched with oil just like the Jibarito and tostones. All I could taste was vegetable oil!. Maybe the fryer hasn't been cleaned in a long time. The food left a nasty taste in my mouth. I threw everything out. The rice was dry and had no flavor whatsoever. Very upset and disappointed. I'm never wasting my TIME and money here again. I recommend Ponce and Jibarito's Y Más. read more

From the Rivlins to Kato,,, keep up the good work the cooks know what they are doing.. Lol The food is great actually thinking of going there for dinner so get ready for Rowdys jokes. read more

The best wouldn't go to another spot hands down love it the food always fresh and delicious. Parking might be a challenge

Never again. The service is terrible. They took 30 minutes to bring me a soda. We waited over an hour on a Monday evening for food. The table next to us were complaining they waited for 1.5 hours for their food as they were a larger party. The sad part is the food wasn't even that great. I've had much better food elsewhere. I definitely do not recommend this, especially if you're a larger group or you're in a rush. This is unacceptable. read more

The food was great. Shout out to our waitress Lilly, she was wonderful. She was very attentive and always checked on us even with it being busy. Thanks Lilly. read more

This is Puerto Rican food done right!! Attentive staff, fresh and tasty dishes. A good variety on the menu and family-friendly. We are not Puerto Rican but felt very welcomed by the staff and thoroughly enjoyed our visit. This is the place to go for a jibbarito. read more

I think that if your selling alcapuria, papa rellenas, Jebaritos, you should worned the customers that you cross contaminates your foods with fish and shell fish . There is a law where your suppose to Post your sea food contamination at the door so that we have a choise before we come in . I would hate for something to happen and you guys wind up being sued. It so easy to say dont eat here everything is fried toghter your chicken pork chops tostones everything yukk your food reeks of sea food read more

I had a Puerto Rican friend in town for the weekend and we went to La Bomba. She said it was the closest thing she had ever had in the states to being like she had back in Puerto Rico. The food was awesome and the host was even better. He asked if it was our first time at the restaurant. After finding out it was, he brought three different apps to our table for us to try. Totally worth going to if you want something authentic and incredibly delicious. read more

My sister and I ordered from here today and they called just to tell us that they were out of basically everything that we ordered. Once we got our food, we didn't get our Parchas and the food was not good at all. The Jibarito's were soggy, the alcapurrias were soggy, beans were too salty, and the bistec encebollado, the onions were barely cooked and barely any seasoning on the steak. We called them back about the drinks and they had us on hold for 5 minutes just to tell us that they can't refund it. We definitely will not order from here again. read more

The staff are extremely friendly and the food is affordable. We squeezed in about 15 minutes before closing and were able to get an order to go. Everything I tasted fell somewhere in the pretty good to good range. We had the pastel, pastelito, steak jibarito, and a side of maduros. Again, it was good and I'd definitely keep them in mind when in the area. read more

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The Jibarito's are good but not great. I'm a fan of a more crispier plantain on my Jibarito but the plantains here are more on the soggy side. I always try something 3 times before I make a conclusive judgement and this happened every time. The pork and steak are excellently seasoned, tender, and delicious. read more

I tried this place today for the first time and the food was great the only thing is with the Carnegie Sada you don't get any potatoes or bread! Maybe it will be different when we can dine in. And I'd like to say thank you to the entertainment book for introducing me to this place. read more

One of the top spots for Puertorican food for sure. Their Alcapurrias are the best in the city and any plate will be tasty and delicious. One of my favorite spots for Puertorican food hands down! read more

I come here all the time never had an issue until today ! I called made a clear order thru the phone when I received it they had forgotten one of my meals & on top of that I ordered no onions on both my Jibarito sandwich meals & they still came w onions on both of the orders,they forgot my pincho, Then I ordered both of my parchas w no ice they still filled up the whole damn cup w ice. Had to wait there an extra 15-20 minutes for them to RE DO everything. Later got home & as I was eating my lechón sandwich i opened up the sandwich to put some hot sauce on that mf & Than I noticed It had a piece of aluminum foil on it. I called to complain.. they apologized & said they'll give me a discount on my next order for the fact that they rap the lechón around aluminum foil but it was the workers " fault " ... cool whatever then 2 hrs later I had warmed up the pastel that I didn't eat ! And half way thru my damn pastel I'm chewing & feel a strand of hair !! In my mouth I must've thrown that shit out so fast !! Ew . SMH def won't be coming back here , fuck that. Disgusting! read more

Crack! Everything in there is like fried crack! Being a first time patron to an actual Puerto Rican restaurant and not just enjoying food that friends have made me, I wasn't too sure what to order when someone wasn't just putting it in front of me. With that said, I ask that you please pardon my lack of vocabulary for Puerto Rican cuisine. Lucky for me, they had a really nice guy behind the counter and a display case of all the apps and a few other munchies. Because I was able to actually see everything in the display case, I took that route. Everything else on the menu seemed to interpret into "Pork Sandwhich". Basically, the guy behind the counter and I stood face to face on each side of the case and I would point and he would explain. After pointing around a bit, I ended up with a beef pastellon (meat pie) for a buck, a puffy plantain dough stuffed with chunks of pork for a buck, a pork shish kabob with BBQ sauce for a buck fifty, and a sweet plantian, beef and egg rolly thing...for a buck fifty. CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP, great home cooked flavors and plenty of food. Just to make sure that I had a well rounded sampling, I tasted my sister's steak jibarito and rice and beans. So its not the ritz in there, but one shouldn't expect it to be. Its a small, home-cooking, authentic little restaurant in the heart of Logan Square. I was so excited just to see them squash the plantains for the jibarito...I know...call me crazy...I amuse easily. I probably wouldn't dine in there, but its a great spot for pick up. Do keep in mind, though, that you may wait a few for food, but it is definately worth it. read more

I tried my first jibarito con Arroz y gandules and a order of tostones. I also had an horchata. The jibarito was delicious, I added mayo ketchup and made it even tastier. The arroz was cooked perfectly and the horchata had the right amount of sweetest. The service was quick and the price is unbeatable. Great place to check out. Will be coming back for more jibaritos. read more

La Bomba - Jibarito de asada you arroz con gandules. - Puerto Rican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Kato is my man! (he is the owner of La Bomba) They have the Boricua version of the dollar menu. Pastello, acapurrio, pinchos.... In english; Meat pies, meat and potato cakes, Kabobs... The Arroz y gandules is great (but it aint like abuela made it). She is long gone and La Bomba is here and now! So que sera sera... You really need to get to La Bomba. read more

I ate 4 hours ago and I'm still full. Friends and I went after reading the Serious Eats article about jibaritos. This place was listed as the best textbook jibarito and was it ever! Crispy plantains, tender meat, amazing rice... We also got stuff potato, tamale, and blood sausage as appetizers. Nothing remained when we left the table (mostly because the server cleared it off...). read more

It's all fried. Gut buster, get ready. It's a dark spot with a facade that's not all that inviting, but once you get in, everyone's friendly and there to get their grub on. Had the mofongo and the plaintain fritters. The chicharron was served on the side of the mofongo and I was hoping to have it incorporated in a little bit for the flavor but oh well. Soup that came with it was all grease/gelatin at the top and if you like that, you're set, but it can be a little bit intimidating. But hey, I guess that's how they do. read more

Another great Puerto Rican place in Chicago! Lechon and Arroz con Gandules was fantastic and large portions. The alcapurria was light and flaky too! Recommended! read more

La Bomba - Puerto Rican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Delicious,delish mouthwatering,leaves your tastebuds dancing. Was unable to take a picture because my food was amazingly delicious presentation was very nice very appetizing had to dig in immediately my meal enjoying every mouthful I had the pork chops with white rice and a pastel which melted all in my mouth Porkchop was tender rice was very savory and we won't even talk about the habichuelas cooked just right and then the mofongo Wow! A savory explosion in my mouth read more

I first got invited to Bomba by my pastor and I fell in love with the food. I grew up eating rice/beans and some sort of dead animal... and the rice/beans tasted just like my moms... I would say La Bomba has the best Puerto Rican food in Chicago HANDS DOWN! The only complaint I have is when it comes to them catering for events. My wife's church had an event and catered from Bomba and they ran out of food half way through. I spoke the owner about it cause i hired Bomba to cater my wedding reception and half way through my wedding coordinator walked up to tell me that we had run out of food. my best friend got married 2 months later and the same thing happened to him. The food is AMAZING the people that ate talked about how good the food was, but I just don't think they do a great job at estimating the amount of food needed for a large group of people. If you plan to cater from them I would go in knowing how much food you want for how many people. in all 3 groups we left it up to the owner to decided how much food we needed for our events (probably should've learned from each other) but he didn't do the best job at estimating and i had no reference point so I ended up havingot send someone to a Browns Chicken to buy more food... In all, BOMBA is the BOMB when is comes to dining in... but I wouldn't cater from them again for a big event... read more

Shrimp with Rice the BOMB.COM!!! it's delicious and super FRESH.. Very Friendly staff! see Tavis and Cynthia read more

La Bomba - Shrimp with Rice - Puerto Rican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

La Bomba delivers again. Real authentic Puerto Rican food is always served at this place. I made an order for pickup today (a busy Sunday evening ) and was just missing an appetizer in my bag. The owner was so kind as to send one of his drivers to deliver the warm appetizer right on time providing awesome customer service. I will be coming back and will tell anyone that listens to come here for authentic Puerto Rican food that makes you feel like your eating in a true boricua home. Thanks La Bomba ! read more

Love Puerto Rican food, ordered online and enjoyed tostones. Opened up flan and found mold growing on it. Yuck. read more

La Bomba - Moldy flan from La Bomba - Puerto Rican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois