Great food, and great service. We went there at the end of the year and the place was busy. It took a little time before we got the food. We recommend getting the Mandi as it is their specialty.

First time trying Yemeni food. It was similar to middle eastern food with basmati rice with spices including cardamom. The rice was excessively spicy and we had to bring it home to add much more white plain basmati rice. The bread was good and came out warm and huge for my baba ganoush. The baba ganoush $6 was good and had lots of olive oil plus some olives and spices. The lamb dish was $23 with not so much lamb and the meat was quite fatty ...and it had a huge pile of spicy rice which was most of the food. Nice and friendly and respectful staff. Just wish the rice weren't so spicy and the lamb so fatty. They don't serve tap water cold or hot. They charge $1 each for bottled water bottles.

Tasty plates here. Foul, Hummus, Baba ghanoush came with amazingly fresh pita / naan type bread. Bubbly, chewy & warm. We ordered Mandi Chicken and a lamb plate. Generous rice portion & very well marinated / seasoned meats. Service was friendly but took some time. Busy cooking many orders. Ambiance was calm, dine in not too busy on this cold winter weeknight. They had many to go orders out the door. I'll look forward to a return on my way in/out of ORD.

Wow... great people and great food. Once you order the food it does take awhile which is actually a good sign since each dish does take awhile and it's cooked fresh. The meat dishes were fresh and delicious. The service was outstanding and the server that helped us always had a smile on his face and was very hospitable. The ambiance was good, but place is a bit dated, but don't let that fool you. When we're back in Chicago, we will definitely come back.

This is the best food I've ever tried. I've eaten at a lot of 5 star restaurants, nothing compares to this. The lamb here is literally the best thing that I have ever tasted, easily!

Yemeni food is so underrated! It's so much better and so unique compared to other middle eastern food, and it also has clear Indian influence! Portions here are HUGE, the photo shows the agda lamb (already big) and it comes with a (not pictured) equally humongous portion of bread or rice for Free! I always get the rice because it's better tasting imo. It's basmati rice cooked with some splotches of biryani type sauce. I'm not ethnically Yemeni but I definitely think the place is super authentic - highly doubt there's any Americanization of this little known cuisine. Btw, Agda is a lot more complex than it looks - it's not a mere tomato and vegetable soup as the description on the menu may imply, it's got some spices and oil that give it a Yemeni taste you can't find anywhere else! Also the lamb is stewed to perfection! They also have some phenomenal hummus, with a similarly big portion! I feel like with hummus restaurants either get it right or wrong - there are two variations of the taste and texture. Shibam and Jarasa Kabob are the ones I know who get it right.