Don’t come here. Go somewhere with more seating capacity. They wouldnt seat our party becuse we were missing one person. Horrible.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Kareema Keshta
If I could give this place 0 stars I would. We drove 52 minutes misled by the hopes of a decent brunch. I ordered the Caribella combo. It consisted of two miniature eggs, a very tiny fruit medley, and incredibly stale hard wheat bread. Please be mindful that this is a small breakfast combo for the price of $14.99. The staff was friendly but very eager to encourage us to leave. Before I could finish my meal I was asked multiple times if my plate could be removed. I will not be coming back. If you are planning to visit, consider McDonald’s breakfast or any place else first. I was incredibly underfed and I was forced to stop at wingstop later that afternoon for a PROPER/affordable meal.
Carmen Zapata
Food was delicious! Definitely will be back. However, wasn’t a fan of the coquito latte and had such high hopes but unfortunately I couldn’t even finish the drink.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Omar Recinos
Rushed us out right after eating after hefty bill no one was waiting. Food was cold. People were holding the open with this cold and Never told anything. Never will come back. Didn't even get to finish our coffee
Francisco Madrigal
Food is delicious! Service and wait time for food can be worked on. Overall a good experience!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Jonathan Wilmot
I want to apologize before this review because the people working here seemed nice and I don’t want to harm a local business with a review but the existing 4.6 rating is not right. They do not deserve that high of a rating.
This place is not good. Chicken and waffles had frozen chicken fingers that came out of a box. Really low-effort, over-processed sugary food. The coquito latte is sickeningly sweet and basically undrinkable. There were so many people in the kitchen and the food took forever. They also charge extra for ice because they don’t have an ice machine. Not good enough to be a restaurant in an extremely competitive place like Chicago.
I got reminded of this place via a Facebook post today. Don’t go here, we shouldn’t encourage mediocrity and this place is at best mediocre.
Things that could change my rating:
- Take extra steps like breading chicken, dialing in seasoning, balancing sweetness for drinks
- getting an ice machine and stop charging extra for iced drinks (this is not normal in my experience)
- fix their HVAC issues: you have to walk under a scary looking window unit to get in the restaurant and it is the only AC in the building. You will sweat if you go on a hot day. The ac is not enough to cool down a modest apartment much less a full restaurant with a kitchen.
Again sorry but you have to compete to have a restaurant in Chicago and this place is not doing that.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
Ramon Hernandez
**Best restaurant!** This place deserves to be a five-star restaurant. I remember coming here as a kid with my mom, and now that I’m older, I had the chance to bring my wife for the first time. We had a wonderful time! Even the owner’s son works here, which adds to the friendly, family-oriented vibe we loved. A big thank you to Daniel for the excellent service! I highly recommend this spot to everyone—it’s perfect for both date nights and family gatherings.
Kid-friendliness: It’s just very nice in here even the set up to the people just the whole environment! It’s a vibe!!! One of the best spots in Chicago!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Caribella Skillet, Coquito French Toast
Brenda Reyes
First time here, we only waited a couple minutes to be seated. Our food did take long to arrive but was yummy. Recommend their coquito syrup/latte. The service was absolutely fantastic from the host to our waitress. And environment very clean and not too loud.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Coquito French Toast, Jibarito Steak Sandwich, Coconut French Toast, Guava Pancakes
Brandon
This place had some of the best food I’ve had in Chicago! Wonderful flavors, great staff!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Coquito French Toast
lorely ortiz
The food at this location is great and thats the reason why I continue to come back. Unless you tell the service you have a time constraint, in my experience, they will not come to take your order for about 15+minutes. The kitchen is either always backed up for just slow, it’ll take about 30+minutes to get your order. Being that this is supposed to be a traditional Caribbean restaurant I would think they would have more classic basic options ie arina de Mais, abena etc
Great cozy restaurant. Bella is super friendly and welcoming. Food was great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Coquito French Toast, Guava Pancakes
J Torres
1st time having breakfast here and let me tell you it was amazing. Real puertorican food. I ordered a coquito latte, french toast flight, yuca pulled pork skillet, and caribella skillet. The yuca skillet was amazing, yuca was crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. It was very well seasoned. The Caribella skillet was also amazing. The plantains were on point. Even the mayoketchup was good. The french toast flight was really good, especially the coquito one,not too sweet. It comes with 3 syrups, vanilla rum, guava, and traditional . The server was very attentive. The establishment is very clean. The bathroom is spotless. Look no more and give it a try. You won't be disappointed . Definitely will come again.
Parking: Paid parking is available on the street, in front of the restaurant .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Caribella Skillet, Coquito French Toast, Coconut French Toast
Mariah De La Fuente
The jibarito had the steak chopped and it was a delicious. The coquito latte was the best I’ve ever had—rich, creamy, and full of coconut flavor. Highly recommend! The waitress was really attentive and kind.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jibarito Steak Sandwich
Brianna Vargas
HORRIBLE SERVICE! I got here at 12:40, I got seated at 1:25, and I received my food at 2:15. It’s currently 2:40 and I am still waiting on my French toast. I asked for a refill on my drinks because I finished my drinks because of how long they took to give me my food. She insisted that she was going to charge me, and I told her she has the audacity to charge me for a refill while I waited 2 HOURS for my food?
Food was great, but man, good luck coming here. I ate my food with a very bad attitude.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Lovely Ana
Expensive place. $30 for 2 small eggs, 1 toast, bacon and potatoes, and one coconu latte. Waiters are nice, but the price is not worth the basic breakfast offered. Will not be coming to this place again. Other breakfast spot offer the same for less than $20, including a drink. Over priced. Very disappointed.
Don’t come here. Go somewhere with more seating capacity. They wouldnt seat our party becuse we were missing one person. Horrible.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
If I could give this place 0 stars I would. We drove 52 minutes misled by the hopes of a decent brunch. I ordered the Caribella combo. It consisted of two miniature eggs, a very tiny fruit medley, and incredibly stale hard wheat bread. Please be mindful that this is a small breakfast combo for the price of $14.99. The staff was friendly but very eager to encourage us to leave. Before I could finish my meal I was asked multiple times if my plate could be removed. I will not be coming back. If you are planning to visit, consider McDonald’s breakfast or any place else first. I was incredibly underfed and I was forced to stop at wingstop later that afternoon for a PROPER/affordable meal.
Food was delicious! Definitely will be back. However, wasn’t a fan of the coquito latte and had such high hopes but unfortunately I couldn’t even finish the drink.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Rushed us out right after eating after hefty bill no one was waiting. Food was cold. People were holding the open with this cold and Never told anything. Never will come back. Didn't even get to finish our coffee
Food is delicious! Service and wait time for food can be worked on. Overall a good experience!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
I want to apologize before this review because the people working here seemed nice and I don’t want to harm a local business with a review but the existing 4.6 rating is not right. They do not deserve that high of a rating.
This place is not good. Chicken and waffles had frozen chicken fingers that came out of a box. Really low-effort, over-processed sugary food. The coquito latte is sickeningly sweet and basically undrinkable. There were so many people in the kitchen and the food took forever. They also charge extra for ice because they don’t have an ice machine. Not good enough to be a restaurant in an extremely competitive place like Chicago.
I got reminded of this place via a Facebook post today. Don’t go here, we shouldn’t encourage mediocrity and this place is at best mediocre.
Things that could change my rating:
- Take extra steps like breading chicken, dialing in seasoning, balancing sweetness for drinks
- getting an ice machine and stop charging extra for iced drinks (this is not normal in my experience)
- fix their HVAC issues: you have to walk under a scary looking window unit to get in the restaurant and it is the only AC in the building. You will sweat if you go on a hot day. The ac is not enough to cool down a modest apartment much less a full restaurant with a kitchen.
Again sorry but you have to compete to have a restaurant in Chicago and this place is not doing that.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
**Best restaurant!**
This place deserves to be a five-star restaurant. I remember coming here as a kid with my mom, and now that I’m older, I had the chance to bring my wife for the first time. We had a wonderful time! Even the owner’s son works here, which adds to the friendly, family-oriented vibe we loved. A big thank you to Daniel for the excellent service! I highly recommend this spot to everyone—it’s perfect for both date nights and family gatherings.
Kid-friendliness: It’s just very nice in here even the set up to the people just the whole environment! It’s a vibe!!! One of the best spots in Chicago!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Caribella Skillet, Coquito French Toast
First time here, we only waited a couple minutes to be seated. Our food did take long to arrive but was yummy. Recommend their coquito syrup/latte. The service was absolutely fantastic from the host to our waitress. And environment very clean and not too loud.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Coquito French Toast, Jibarito Steak Sandwich, Coconut French Toast, Guava Pancakes
This place had some of the best food I’ve had in Chicago! Wonderful flavors, great staff!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Coquito French Toast
The food at this location is great and thats the reason why I continue to come back. Unless you tell the service you have a time constraint, in my experience, they will not come to take your order for about 15+minutes. The kitchen is either always backed up for just slow, it’ll take about 30+minutes to get your order. Being that this is supposed to be a traditional Caribbean restaurant I would think they would have more classic basic options ie arina de Mais, abena etc
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Restaurantji Recommends
Great cozy restaurant. Bella is super friendly and welcoming. Food was great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Coquito French Toast, Guava Pancakes
1st time having breakfast here and let me tell you it was amazing. Real puertorican food. I ordered a coquito latte, french toast flight, yuca pulled pork skillet, and caribella skillet. The yuca skillet was amazing, yuca was crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. It was very well seasoned. The Caribella skillet was also amazing. The plantains were on point. Even the mayoketchup was good. The french toast flight was really good, especially the coquito one,not too sweet. It comes with 3 syrups, vanilla rum, guava, and traditional . The server was very attentive. The establishment is very clean. The bathroom is spotless. Look no more and give it a try. You won't be disappointed . Definitely will come again.
Parking: Paid parking is available on the street, in front of the restaurant .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Caribella Skillet, Coquito French Toast, Coconut French Toast
The jibarito had the steak chopped and it was a delicious. The coquito latte was the best I’ve ever had—rich, creamy, and full of coconut flavor. Highly recommend! The waitress was really attentive and kind.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jibarito Steak Sandwich
HORRIBLE SERVICE! I got here at 12:40, I got seated at 1:25, and I received my food at 2:15. It’s currently 2:40 and I am still waiting on my French toast. I asked for a refill on my drinks because I finished my drinks because of how long they took to give me my food. She insisted that she was going to charge me, and I told her she has the audacity to charge me for a refill while I waited 2 HOURS for my food?
Food was great, but man, good luck coming here. I ate my food with a very bad attitude.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Expensive place. $30 for 2 small eggs, 1 toast, bacon and potatoes, and one coconu latte. Waiters are nice, but the price is not worth the basic breakfast offered. Will not be coming to this place again. Other breakfast spot offer the same for less than $20, including a drink. Over priced. Very disappointed.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
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