Jibek Jolu Glenview

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   DAVID VIP

   Chicago51 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   Pros: Large, spacious, beautiful restaurant, with lots of choices in each category. Staff is all nicely dressed, with a bit of a elegant, contemporary atmosphere. Food is well-prepared, high quality, nicely spiced, with many Central Asian specialties. (Calling this an "Asian" restaurant on Open Table is very misleading and incomplete, when the cuisine focuses on food from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.) Cons: High ceilings and hard surfaces can make conversation difficult, even though tables aren't close together. We had a language problem with our staff - they struggled to understand most of what we said, but frequently didn't get what we were asking for or what our common dietary restrictions were. Generally attentive service but frequent periods where certain orders were nowhere to be found, and our waiter just disappeared for 15 minutes. Our waiter's response to minor requests to alter menu items, like substituting chicken for lamb, or making a standard cocktail that wasn't on the menu, was "sorry, we can't do that." (The bar had all the ingredients). Even a request to refill a standard cup of coffee resulted in three different staff members confused about what to do. Everyone looked like they were trying hard to provide good service, but were either confused or inexperienced. Courses were spaced inconsistently - we waited 20 minutes to get four soups, and then five minutes later all our entrees arrived. On a busy Sunday night, they were out of many items. Finally, they do have a ramp outside for people using a walker or a wheelchair, but it is a LONG walk.
   

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   Svitlana VIP

   Chicago16 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 8 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Definitely would recommend for a date night. Unlike any other restaurant that we’ve been to. Excellent food selection, outstanding atmosphere and service was top notch. A truly unique find.
   

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   Elizabeth VIP

   Chicago15 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on 1 March 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Great place for unique food experience. Lovely staff, excellent food!
   

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   Simeon VIP

   Philadelphia4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 27 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The food was superb, service was outstanding and the ambience was amazing.
   

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   Katy VIP

   London3 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on 24 February 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   the food was good but they were out of many items when we were there. service was quite slow - took 45 minutes after we ordered to receive our food.
   

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   Brian

   Chicago42 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 23 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We had a 7:45 pm reservation and arrived a few minutes early, but we were seated right away in the main dining room. Our waitress came over introduced herself, pointed out the specials, answered our questions about a few dishes. We started off with the beet salad. very very tasty lamb chops with vegetable medley, and my wife had lamb shank. All the dishes were very very tasty. There were a couple of large parties next to us. They were ordering all kinds of interesting food choices. Very creative will certainly be back again. Service dinner ambience all great.
   

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   Lois

   Unspecified1 review

   4.0

   Dined on 22 February 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   The area is very crowded with may restaurants so parking is a problem since my husband uses a walker. Is was dumb luck that I found the Handicapped slots behind the buildings.
   

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   Kris VIP

   Chicago82 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 21 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   We really enjoyed our visit. The food was great, service good, and setting was outstanding.
   

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   Chicago34

   Chicago17 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 9 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This is our second visit to Jibek Jolu, the first was for a double date night in the summer which I would highly recommend with the summer outdoor seating. Overall great atmosphere , food was delicious , we ordered a group platter which was enough food for 4 adults and our 4 small children . The hostess was very friendly and gave the kids lots of coloring pages and crayons to keep them busy while we waited for the food. While we saw other groups with small kids I won’t call this a kid friendly place, rather a date night place, too pricey for our lunch get together considering there was no kids or lunch menu, food takes 30+ mins to come which made the kids a bit inpatient. I would recommend this place for a date night or adults only groups.
   

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    Gianna VIP

    Chicago71 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on 3 February 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    What a fabulous find in Glenview. Drove from Chicago to see a a French film only playing in Glenview Lucky us The stroganoff with its delectable riced potatoes under tender beef The Vareniki were so elevated from simple fare And racing we had no time for the wonderful list of desserts. The tea we enjoyed was a blend with added honey mint and lemon Amazing flavors throughout Will definitely visit again !
    

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