Baba Restaurant

I have eaten at all the fried fish/gizzards BloNo has to offer and Baba is the best. The food is DELICIOUS. Fish is selectively picked so when you bite into it it’s juicy, flaky, fleshy instead of overwhelmingly thick breading. I love their mild sauce. Most importantly none of that weird, bitter, gamey taste because they CLEAN their fish and gizzards so well and no bad/old oil smell either. The restaurant is always clean. The owner is kind and generous. 10/10 business to support

We stopped by here for our Chicago to St. Louis drive. It's kinda half way through and about 10 minutes detour. One of the very few halal place. Owner is a Muslim, see attached pic. He assured us most of the items are zabihah Halal and told us what is not. Menu is wide. We had ordered a burger and a chicken sandwich. Food is OK. Ambience is good. They have a prayer area. Bathrooms are cleaner with a bidet. It's a perfect place for a quick bite, get your prayers and be on your way.

I went here around 2:30 which is a slower time of day, so the atmosphere was quiet. The gentleman working was polite and the service was excellent. I ordered the Butter Chicken (which comes with rice) and Garlic Naan. I had a mild spice for the Butter Chicken. All of the food was delicious. I did pour some of the Butter Chicken onto the rice and that was a good choice. Dipping the Naan in the soup is amazing too. I think next time I will get the more spicy version. I highly recommend choosing this restaurant if you've never tried. They do have much more than that. Those are off the ethnic section, but they have much more that is considered American food too.

I really wanted to love this place, but it's ok. 2 cups of rice with a bone-in leg and thigh combo for $15 is really not worth it. I wish I would've known the chicken was bone-in before ordering, definitely would've skipped. The samoses and naan were pretty good. The butter chicken was basically a running soup.

Food was great. I went there and ordered one of their lunch specials. The special comes with fries, drink, coleslaw etc., but you can pick the main entree from the menu. Their fried catfish pieces are huge, which is awesome. Next time I will try their Butter Chicken and see how it is. The employee was friendly too. I looked at other menu item prices and they seemed reasonable for what you get. I would recommend Baba Restaurant.