Luzzat

What’s sad is that if the service was better this would undoubtedly be a five star review.
Okay, so first impression when we walked in was that it smelled strongly of lentils. No biggie.
What happened next, you ask?
We were served quickly enough and smoothly enough until it was time to order. The server decided it would be a good idea to argue with us about the amount of food we wanted, which I understood, but it just rubbed me the wrong way.
After a long-​ish time (20 minutes) our food was brought out and—
Amazing. Huge portions, delicious food, authentic flavor… yes. Just yes.
So after the mouth watering food experience, we were brought the check and when it was time to tip, the service mysteriously became fabulous.
So would I come back? Yes. Would I warn those expecting good service? Also, yes.

Although the place was empty when i dined here, the service was quick and polite! The food was so good. get the butter chicken and the Vegetable Pakora. the pakora is deep fried goodness of onions, bell peppers, chickpeas and dough. ¹⁰⁄₁₀ would recommend if ur in the neighborhood

A true mom & pop place where we had excellent home-​made Samosa, Biryani, Palak Paneer, Dahl Dakhni and Poori, all quite reasonably priced. This small, unassuming Rogers Park eatery is run by the sweetest people. There’s no buffet ~ everything is a-​la-​carte and fresh. A great Sunday afternoon discovery!

I love this place! Rabina the cook is phenomenal! Everything is good here! Chicken Biryani, Lamb Curry, Shrimp Vindaloo, Chicken Vindaloo, Chicken Marsala! I must dine at this place two times a night when I lived in the area. I still visit everynow and then to get some of the good food. This is a hidden gem!!! You must try!

Whenever I’m tempted to get some Indian food, this is the place that I go to. It’s only a few short blocks from me, but I tend to only come here like 4 times a year. The food takes a long time to prepare and I usually have to wait 20 minutes even after I’ve called ahead to place an order. That being said, the food is still very good and completely makes up for the fact that the person that takes the orders doesn’t know how to give a proper ETA for orders.
Try their butter chicken… it’s super delicious!

I’m new to this neighborhood and I was really pleased with my first experience here. We ordered a few different dishes for takeout– lamb biryani, butter chicken, potato cutlet, and a cauliflower dish I can’t remember the name of.
Everything was delicious! The guys who run the place were very nice. I was really impressed, and I love the variety in their menu– lots of veg options which is fantastic. I will definitely be coming back here, and hopefully to dine in sometime soon.

solid spot for quick and reasonably priced Indian food. I get the chicken curry there pretty often and haven’t been disappointed yet

Found this restaurant using Unilocal and it was great find! The peoplr working there are great, very helpful and friendly. The portion sizes are huge. The food was absolutely delicious. While not located in the best area, the food is too amazing not to go. Small inside area to eat. BYOB.

Curries are the ultimate comfort food, IMO. Poor reviews on Unilocal be damned. I had the Aloo Baigan and the Lamb Vindaloo. Both were hella; perfectly savory and toothsome. I’ve had the leftovers in the fridge for a couple hours and keep going back for one… more…bite… (If you like heat, order the spicy or the level above it. The spicy is enough to warm you up and make your mouth tingle, but it’s not in that «hurts so good» range which I love.)

Sadly, the quality of the food has declined dramatically here. On a recent trip, our two chicken dishes featured big hunks of dry white meat in sauces that were, regardless of the dish’s name, bland and indistinguishable. Biryani was a big pile of flavorless rice. Papadum was dripping in oil. Cauliflower was mushy and swimming in a boring tomato sauce.
Service always has been lacking in courtesy and responsiveness, but they wait staff has reached new lows. Example: I asked asked about the difference between two different rolls listed in the appetizer section. I was told they were similar. I asked which one he liked better, and he told me to order whatever I wanted. Thanks so much. He also pestered us to order our entrees, even though we had just gotten our appetizers, because he wanted to close the restaurant early on a Friday night. He came by every three minutes asking us to order.
Without good food, there is no longer a reason to endure the rude service and dumpy atmosphere. So long, Luzzat.

Great little BYOB place in ropo! We get the vindaloo veggie for me and chicken for him. Yes we do want spicy (go spicier actually) ! Ignore that we seem too american lol. Second time in and we shall return I’m certain.

My housemates and I were craving Indian food, and saw a ton of reviews claiming Luzzat had some of the best in town. So, we walked in on a rainy Friday night and were immediately seated — however, service was pretty slow. At one point, a pitcher of water was placed on our table, but we had to wait a good 10 – 15 minutes to get cups… That being said, the waiters were really fun and friendly (and gladly helped us get a group picture after dinner!).
While our food was also a little slow to come out, it was worth the wait. I ordered the lamb biryani, and got a huge portion of spicy rice and the most tender lamb I’ve ever tasted. I got the medium spiciness and my nose was running, so I’m guessing the spiciest option would have been too much to handle. The bread was also delicious and came to us right out of the oven, but the timing wasn’t the best. Overall, I loved the taste of everything I ordered and was happy with the amount of food I got for the price. I’ll be back at some point, but definitely not if I’m in a hurry to get somewhere!

*This is my third (and last) time eating here.
If there was option on Unilocal to immediately report a place to the Sanitation Department and eventually get it closed, through a star selection, that’s what this place deserves. We arrive at the restaurant and only one table had a lone customer at it eating and one waiting to order. At first, I think «good, we’ll be served fast and the food will be relatively quick». I was ill prepared for what was to come in the next 30 minutes. There was no «hello» or any greeting whatsoever. I asked if we should order up at the counter or take a seat, trying to give them an opportunity to clean off one of the three dirty tables so we can sit. He led us to one of those and proceeded to remove the dirty dishes. He removed the dishes but failed to come back to clean off the table, something that in hindsight I’m glad he did not do (read further and you’ll know why).
As I sat at the table, 2 takeout customers came in to pick up and were held up for what seemed to be no apparent reason whatsoever. I worked in the restaurant industry for a long time and immediately my restaurant «spidey senses» went off. I knew then something wasn’t right. Eventually, one of them received the yogurt or tea (something in a cup to go) and they were able to get on their way. All the while my table still hasn’t been cleaned and neither has any of the other dirty ones. The lady waiting to get her order taken seemed perplexed and eventually decided to leave (perhaps after she saw me point out to the friend I was dining with that there was a used soda can left and rice on our table still. More customers walked in and same lack of service was displayed. We ordered. 5 minutes later I decided I didn’t want to eat at place didn’t clean and sanitize the tables for customers but the guy behind the counter told me it was coming out in a bit. SHOCKING! since there was no food being cooked on the stove, even though there was 4 or 5 people in the back, none of which seemed interested in cleaning tables. Then fears were realized. The ding sounds that I heard was food being heated in a microwave.
My food didn’t taste bad, it just wasn’t hot. My friends dish on the other hand looked like it had been cooked a few days ago and reheated SEVERAL times. We ate, only because we were taught to never let food go to waste. Someone else might have had it packed up and given it to a homeless person but that would also be wrong (given the quality of the food and sanitation of this place). We paid. As I waited to pay, I peeped in to the kitchen and saw things I have only seen at the worst places. Gordon Ramsey would have a heart attack if he would have had this place on Kitchen Nightmares. They were pouring newly made sauce in to a pot that looked like it had been there for days. Old Dean’s sour cream containers being used for storage of something but uncovered and also crusty. Counters that had caked on flour, dirt and who knows what else. Refrigerators meant for home use in a commercial kitchen. Old soda coolers (7UP sign on the side) being used for storage of what I hope is not raw food. A rickety shopping cart in the middle of the kitchen. Cooks wearing sandals. no one wearing gloves. Dishwasher removing dishes from water that clearly had no to little soap in it (what about rinsing, explains why my plate wasn’t squeaky).
The cherry on top? My friend pokes me in the arm and points for me to look toward the left. O… M…G! Grocery store spice packs stored in another salvaged. cooler.
I should have walked out right there but I had already given the guy my credit card.
As we walked out we looked at ourselves disappointed and wondering why the soda can at our table still hadn’t been removed. So, who knows what kind of water and cloth washing procedures they have, if any. I’m sure glad they didn’t use it on our table before our meal. The only thing they did right.

On a friends recommendation, we came here for the first time. Let me say… the house rice is heavenly! Laced with lime leaves, it’s very buttery and fragrant.
The fish vindaloo in a green curry was very good and the lamb curry with eggplant was ultra tender!
A small family place, get here early.

This place is right off of Jarvis, so you don’t have to walk far if you’re coming off the L. It’s definitely a family-​owned business and when I got there… they were «open» but no one was there and the door was locked. After checking our phones to make sure we were correct about the times (we went there for lunch), a guy comes out from the liquor store (literally next door) and he asks us if we were going to eat at the restaurant. We say yes, and he proceeds to open the door. I guess he calls the cook, and she comes in and starts to cook. Interesting, but I have to say… they make DELICIOUS indian food.
We ordered the:
Butter Chicken
Palak Paneer
Chana masala
They were all delicious. It came with a side of rice and we ordered some naan (but it wasn’t called naan. it was similar). Anyways, everything was delicious. My friends (from India) said it was pretty close to home, so it was a win for me, since I’m not too familiar with authentic indian food… aside from the restaurants I’ve been to on Devon and the Indian buffets. I found this place very enjoyable and I’ll definitely be back.

Luzzat is a place you go where no one knows your name and frankly doesn’t care because they are on this planet to do one thing and one thing only: prepare and cook the BEST DARN INDIAN FOOD IN CHICAGO!
Please don’t expect excellent service or even clean tables. Luzzat is too busy feeding you a delicious meal that you’ll be talking about for weeks. Half of the menu is vegetarian (which I normally don’t solicit but here I love) and the other half allows you to order from a variety of proteins like chicken, lamb, and seafood.
All dishes are rich and flavorful and go perfectly over a hot plate of rice. We usually order enough for leftovers because it sometimes tastes even better the next day.
Don’t forget that this place is BYOB and they’re always happy to provide glasses and corkscrews if asked.
Don’t be fooled by the looks of this place (it’s not fancy and the quintessential «hole in the wall» but trust me, it’s the real deal!

Ah-​ma-​zing. The restaurant is in a weird, quiet part of town, and it is a small business run by a family, but please, please stay for the food and then come again.
You will be blown away. Best Indian food that I have ever found in this city, and I have been looking for years, and you can’t beat the price. Cheapest Indian restaurant in the city.
Much better than anything on Devon or any other nook and cranny in this city. YUMMY!

Met some friends for dinner. Small, cozy space off the Jarvis redline stop, felt like I was eating in someones dining room. Friday night was fairly busy with most tables full.
We made the mistake of ordering 3 chicken entrees (Chana, masala, and butter). To me the Chana chicken was way too spicy despite asking for mild spice, but I should preface with the fact I do not tolerate spicey food well. Further, I probably shouldn’t be eating Indian food to begin with. Despite the profuse sweating I couldn’t stop eating the chicken sitting in the bowl of lava. Fantastic flavor!
I also ordered a keema samosa which consisted of seasoned ground beef and onions encased in a dough and deep fried. It was ok, just a tad too oily for me, but again it had great flavor. It’s served with two dipping sauces.
The ambiance is lacking but the food more than makes up for this fact. It’s BYOB and there is a wine store across the street (they also sell beer). I noticed their take-​out business seemes to be quite popular.

So this is definitely one of those Rogers Park hidden gems. You could be forgiven for walking by and not noticing or thinking to stop, but for those in the know, Luzzat is an amazing stop. This mom and pop shop is worth its weight in gold. What it lacks in décor and ambience, it makes up for in absolutely amazing food.
Get the nan and make sure it’s the buttered version. YUM. Their samosas are great, the chicken tiki masala is great and so is the chicken vindaloo.
And of course adding to all of the winning that’s already happening is the fact that it’s BYOB.
Also I’d be a fool if I didn’t mention the great service. Top notch establishment.

Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love BYOB. Yep, I’m a girl who likes my beer, wine, and cocktails — pretty much any drink put in front of me. Now, being the considerate girl that I am, when going out on a date, I try to find spots that are BYOB to save the fella a little dinero. Why not save a few dollah bills on booze?!
So I picked up a couple bottles from Lynfred and off we went to Luzzat. It’s a hole in the wall type place in Rogers Park with really fantastic food! I had the chicken masala and asked for it super mild so my weak tastebuds wouldn’t die. It still had quite a bit of spice and I went through water pretty quick but it was just the right amount of spice for me. The chicken was really moist and a good sized portion for $ 10.
When we went the CC machine was down so had to grab cash a couple doors down. Our server was nice and on top of refilling our water and checking on us.
They have many dishes that look great on the menu so I’m determined to go back. Free street parking is plentiful or it’s right off the