The aroma alone makes The Chef Grill the champion of Turkish and Mediterranean grilled cuisine. If…read moreI could bottle it, I'd put a little dabby on my neck every night before bed, and then dream I'm prancing through kebab fields in a tutu. This is a happening place. They decorated it with hanging plants, some art, a fish tank. A slight haze of smoke. Desserts on display. I'd say the finest work of art here are the prepped skewers, waiting to be thrown on their charcoal grill. My gaze was fixed on the meat display as if I was Cookie Monster at Crumbl. I composed myself and took a seat. They have great hot and cold appetizers. They have breakfast! Check out their menu, I've included a pic. Lahmacun is a crunchy brick oven flatbread with ground meat. It feels so light, airy, and crunchy, you could eat the whole thing and later say "..um, I ate the whole thing". We ordered a few King Chef's mixed grill platters. It is a medley of filet morsels, chicken, lamb chops, shawarma, shish kebab, and many other things, along with bulgar and fries. Why are their fries so good? Okay, so I know we're just talking about lemonade, but their house made lemonade is so good. We also loved their tea. We went way overboard on desserts. We just kept pointing at sharable items like John Travolta to the Bee Gees. All of the desserts were delicious. For some reason, the simplest of them, rice pudding, won the dessert battle that day. They have plenty of intriguing items that will lure me back, and I'm looking forward to it!

Small and locally owned, Chef Grill is a great addition to the Elk Grove village area. It's located…read morein an industrial part of EGV which concerns me somewhat, but I really hope this place continues to thrive. Service was very slow. My group wasn't checked in on unless we stared down at the staff. The food did make up for the slow service though. I went with the staffs recommendation and tried the Adana kebab. I can completely understand why this dish is a customer favorite. It was juicy and very flavorful. Pricing is on the higher side when compared to the portion, however, the quality is there.

The service is great. The food has been delicious every time I have been in there. Cozy neighbor…read morehood go to place. We decided to have Avanti cater my daughter's wedding. Everyone was asking who catered and complimented that the food was amazing.

The customer service was 5/5 very friendly people!…read more The food, I had to go twice to taste more than one dish. The food 5/5 the portions were 5/5 and the desert is really good as well 5/5. Love this place!!

A Thousand Tales is a wonderful dining experience. The space is much larger than I expected, with a…read moremain dining room, an attached bakery cafe and what looks like a banquet room in back. Located in a strip mall, there is ample free parking. Staff is unassuming, professional and helpful, willing to help with any menu questions. We came for lunch to celebrate a birthday and it was an excellent choice. The menu has a lot of clean eating options, including vegetarian and keto. We opted to share a lamb pizza, a tomato and cucumber salad and a meat tray. All were excellent, plenty of food. The pita was excellent. The tea at the end was lovely. Prices reasonable, good food good portions. Absolutely worth checking out and adding into the rotation of where to go.

I was invited to this restaurant I love the lamb chops it was delicious, my friends loved their…read morefood , but the 2 star is for the lamb Tandir I think this not good to be on the menu it's the worst meat I ever had it was very tough to eat , I had few bites , I have to take it home to see if I can do something with it but unfortunately I have to throw it away , not recommend this item to anyone it's waist of money. I have the picture from the menu Plus the potato was on my plate was only 9 slices the menu picture around 20 slices, Come on Thousand Tales restaurant you can Do better than that

We finally made it to Taichi Bubble Tea in Mount Prospect, and it absolutely lived up to everything…read morewe expected. We had actually ordered through DoorDash before and loved it so much that we had to experience it in person and I'm so glad we did. There's tons of parking, plenty of interior seating, and the whole place is super clean and welcoming. You order through the Kiosk. We ordered ramen and the Pokémazing bowl both were fresh, flavorful, and had the perfect spicy kick. Truly delicious and fresh. My 4-year-old daughter got the burrito and devoured it, which says a lot! The boba was delicious as well. The most fun part? Depending on how much you spend, they give you tokens for their prize machines. My daughter won FOUR stuffed animal she was over the moon! Such a fun and unexpected bonus that made the whole experience even more memorable. Friendly staff, amazing food, fun atmosphere we will absolutely be back and highly recommend it!

Not having much knowledge about Ramen soup, we thought we'd try some at Taichi Bubble Tea. The…read morerestaurant is very clean, you have a couple of stations you can order from just passed the entrance or at the counter. They then give you tokens to try your luck at the claw machines that are.in the restaurant, one token for every $10 of food ordered. I ordered the Tonkotsu Ramen with Grilled Chicken and my brother went with the Miso Ramen and Tofu. We picked up our soup at the counter reasonably quickly and both soups were hot and delicious. The protein that we ordered in the soups was plentiful and the chicken was tasty. Not being that familiar with Ramen Soups, we thought that their offerings were excellent and we will be returning.

My husband and I dined here for the first time today, and we were greeted so warmly by Susanna. The…read moreambience was so beautiful, and since we both sat in the outside dining area, we had nice music as well! The food was also so delicious, we got the Zuchinni blossoms, branzino limon, and taglatelle agrodolce. Please give this place a chance! Family-owned as well.

It's a little cute restaurant nestled along New Wilke Road. We saw on the menu that it offers…read moreGluten Free on the menu so thought to give it a try. It was on a Thursday night, the restaurant was quite busy. We were greeted by a friendly hostess. She was able to show us to table since there were only two of us. There's a decent selection of wines. The menu has a nice collection of classics. We ordered Gnocchi Norcina - first time trying this version of gnocchi, it was soft and pillowy! The sauce paired very well, and protein was chicken. For the GF, we ordered scalloppine (veal) - the meat was thinly pounded and served with creamy sauce. The portion was very generous! We have left over for lunch next day.

I really like Moqa Cafe. It's located on the southeast corner of Busse Rd and Greenleaf Avenue…read more Parking is a breeze. I decided to try something different for breakfast, and this fit the bill. I opted for the Turkish breakfast, and it was delicious, featuring scrambled eggs, salad, Turkish sausage, cheese, olives, and toast with honey butter. Now THAT was definitely a break from my normal diner fare. Although I never make tea at home, I decided to try their Peach tea. Wow! Next time, I'll bring my family to share this tea with. The interior was clean and unique, the service friendly and professional. The menu surprised me. It's very eclectic between their breakfast and lunch offerings. I highly recommend, and I will eat here again.

Everyone loves an immigrant success story…read more A man gets on a boat, fleeing persecution in his homeland, arrives in America with three dollars in his pocket, opens a restaurant, and becomes a millionaire because he is simply that talented at his craft. This is not one of those stories. This is the story of MOQA, where somebody apparently came all the way from Kyrgyzstan, discovered American brunch culture, and made the catastrophic decision to imitate it... poorly. The place looks great. Clean, modern, polished. And then there's the P.O.A. Index. Completely f%*%#ing unhinged. Not just the staff. The entire building. Everywhere I looked there was another absurdly attractive woman working, drinking coffee, eating brunch, typing on a laptop, or otherwise innocently going about her morning while pushing the room's average attractiveness into statistically irresponsible territory. It felt less like a café and more like somebody had accidentally scheduled a casting call for Women Who Will Absolutely Ruin Your Life and forgot to tell me. Whatever was happening in Elk Grove Village that morning, MOQA was ground zero. Naturally, this created expectations. Then the food showed up. The breakfast sausage was a hot dog. Not hot-dog-like. Not some adventurous Central Asian interpretation of breakfast sausage. A hot dog sitting next to eggs pretending nobody would notice. I noticed. Then came the waffles. Something had gone terribly wrong. A waffle has three jobs: crispy outside, soft inside, transport syrup into your mouth. Humanity solved this problem centuries ago. MOQA has somehow reopened the investigation. These waffles seemed confused about what they were, why they existed, and whether breakfast was even the correct career path. I ordered a burger... I've had better ones at elementary school cafeterias. Sauced to the hilt with something gross, bland patty that was obviously premade, and even bacon jam couldn't save it. They even f*#%ed up toast. Toast! And that's really the problem with the whole menu. You came from Kyrgyzstan, a place with an actual culinary identity, and somehow wound up making brunch for people who drive white Teslas and say, "Let's circle back after Pilates." Why? That's an insane trade. Give me Kyrgyz breakfast. Give me Central Asian food. Give me bread, eggs, meat, dairy, tea, something with history, character, and enough personality to make me wonder what the hell I just ordered. Give me breakfast with a g**d*** point of view. I don't need Kyrgyz immigrants explaining waffles to me. America already has IHOP. We have committed enough crimes. MOQA already has the beautiful space. It has the atmosphere. It has friendly staff. It has a P.O.A. Index requiring scientific notation. Now it needs to stop pretending Elk Grove Village desperately needs another vaguely upscale American brunch concept. Embrace Kyrgyzstan. But for the love of God: Throw away the hot dogs. Fix the waffles. Cook the food you actually know.

I came here with a group of friends, our main goal the khachapuri, but everything about the food…read moreand experience was fantastic. The restaurant has a very open, warm vibe, very spacious. We had boorsok for our appetizer, fried dough bites that reminded me of funnel cake without sugar, and there were a lot! I had the strawberry mojito drink, and it was fantastic, really tasting of fresh fruit with many mint leaves inside. The khachapuri was extraordinary. They do imeruli style, round and similar to a pizza, the crust beautifully blistered and the cheese thick with a wonderful pull. One of my friends hadn't had khachapuri before and is now a convert. We also had boso lagman, with hand-pulled noodles and beef, and big manty dumplings with flavorful meatballs inside. I requested we get a slice of honey cake, too, and that was a perfect finish to the meal. Sweet but not overkill, and really tasted like honey, graham crackers, and cream. I'm not sure when I will possibly be in this area again, but wow, I would come here again.

I had previously tried Karavan at the taste of Des Plaines and recently had my first experience…read moreeating there in person. We went during lunch and were promptly seated. The decor offered great ambiance! In order to try a couple of items my sister and I decided to split the laghman and eggplant salad. The laghman was excellent with fresh hand-pulled noodles. I appreciated that they split the dish in the kitchen for us. The eggplant salad was a good portion to supplement the noodles. But points of caution that they are fried and have an almost sweet and sour sauce on top which for me was a little heavy. Overall quick and efficient service for a sit down lunch during the work week. They also appeared to have an extensive drink menu of different lemonade and coffee that I would be interested to try next time.

The food is authentic and really amazing! Huge selection so you can find so many things you'll want…read moreto order. It'll be hard to choose. Can't wait to come back again and again!

I ordered a steak torta for pickup and was a little surprised when I received it. The torta was…read moreround and not cut into two halves like you'd normally expect. For almost $12, I also expected it to be a bit bigger in size. I will say, the steak itself had a really nice char flavor that I enjoyed. The torta came with light lettuce and tomato, but no avocado, which I honestly expected at that price point. Overall, it wasn't terrible, but for the portion size and price, I don't think I'd personally return.

Went today (Mothers Day) for the first time in years. The cherry pancakes were pretty good…read more However, the Irish skillet was not. I had specifically asked for the hash browns to be extra crispy. There was literally no brown in the hash browns - and the skillet had no seasoning. My girlfriend got a mimosa and there was almost no champagne in it. I'm about to start a Make Hash Browns Brown Again club!

Alex is an amazing woman she runs a fabulous restaurant her dedication is remarkable…read more I've been going there over 20+ years service is good friendly very clean n the food great highly recommend mt favorite is the Greek salad with chicken delicious n big enough for two