I was curious to try Jay Bhavani based on what I had seen on Instagram and that they serve Indian vegetarian street food. My family and I went here on a Sunday afternoon for lunch. Their were a couple of groups of people but the restaurant was not busy. The restaurant looked clean and inviting. The staff was friendly. The ordering was counter service style. We took our time ordering as they had a decent variety on the menu. The menu pricing was somewhere between moderate - pricey. We ordered one of their Vada Pav, one of their Pav Bhaji, one of the Sev Puri, and one of the Thandai milkshake. The food came out promptly. I had the Vada Pav first as there what I came to eat here. It was decent. It lacked the typical spicy flavor though. Then, I dug into the Pav Bhaji. The portion size was okay but could've been better for the price they charge. The buttered Pav (bun) was nicely toasted. The flavor of the bhaji, which had certain assorted vegetables, was just okay. It was mild in taste and could use better masala for the dish it is. Actually, my parent's preparation is much better. The Sev Puri was delicious and I liked it. It's a good filling snack. The best item was the Thandai milkshake. It was nicely sweet and perfect to wash down the spicy and savory meal. Thandai is usually made with a mixture of almonds, fennel seeds, watermelon kernels, rose petals, pepper, poppy seeds, cardamom, saffron, milk and sugar. Overall, I had an okay experience. I wasn't really wowed by anything to rave about and go back anytime soon. Except for the Thandai drink which I have not had before, I have had all the items elsewhere which tasted better. If you are curious about certain type of Indian street food w/o worrying about curry and spices that can overwhelm you, then go check out Jay Bhavani. read more

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Big space inside. We went on weekdays evening so it was very empty. The receptionist helped us in ordering. Food was served on the table. You need to get additional spons and sauces from a front table. And yes, you need to bring your own water. Cold coffee - 3/5 Chai - 3/5 Bombay vada pav - 4/5 Dabeli-3/5 - less stuffing and too sweet Samosa chaat - 4/5 - Chaat was good Tawa pulav- 4/5 read more

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Went to the Jay Bhavani outlet with really high hopes as it's a all time favorite in Gujarat for Dabeli. People who have had it there would know. But it was a BIG let down. Everything is self service for a dine in experience. So the experience is more like the mall food stall. One can ignore this if the food taste matches the expectations of the brand. However there's a wide scope of improvement. Weirdly my friends from Atlanta had a similar experience. So maybe it's the chain setup overall that needs a review. I really hope they soon bring that home experiences. read more

Jay Bhavani - Ambience - Indian Near Me - Hoffman Estates, Illinois

My husband loves the vadapav at Jay Bhavani, and he would always ask me to stop by to pick 1 or 2 home. I don't think we've tried anything else here besides the vadapav, but it definitely keeps him coming back for more. He says it's authentic and reminds him of the ones in India. The restaurant is open style and moderately sized. You order at the counter. and the food takes about 10mins to make. There really isn't much service, which is pretty typical of an Indian street food restaurant. I gave it 4 stars since we haven't tried anything else here. read more

Awesome vada pav. I like it extra spicy and they don't hesitate to deliver the spice level. Highly recommended if you're in to good Indian snacks read more

It's frikking crowded!!!!! That's the only bad part here. The food is amazing, I've tried vada paav... and they have variety. Their jamun shot is 100% authentic and the USP in my view. If they can do something about the noisy and crowded ambience, this place will be amazing read more

Jay Bhavani - Menu - Indian Near Me - Hoffman Estates, Illinois

I'm an adventurous eater, I love trying new things. This place absolutely blew me away! I tried the Dahi Puri and the Bhaji Pav Butter, both recommended by the kind cashier. Both excellent, I would definitely come here again and recommend it for others to try! read more

Jay Bhavani - Indian Near Me - Hoffman Estates, Illinois

Summary: not good. WAY OVERPRICED. It will go out of business soon. Hope not, but too many better places around here. Ambiance: I think they are going for the whole Indian street food experience here. I'm not sure if that's a good thing. I went in around 1:00 in the afternoon, and there were a couple people dining in. The floor looked like they just ripped off the previous dunkin floors and just left them that way. A massive amount of tables for dine in, but to be honest, I don't think the quality or value of the food could fill up 3 tables. For a fairly new restaurant, this place looked dingy and dirty and cheap. Food: I wish this place was at cheap as it looks. But nope. The cheese vadapav was around $6. That's just highway robbery. Especially because it was so spicy it was inedible. The only saving grace was some pre packaged sauce they had. The same sandwich is about $2 at Patel Bros down the street and probably more fresh. $6??? Nah. It shouldn't be half that price. And the pani puri. $9 for 9 pieces. Literally $1 per piece. For that price, it better be filled to the brim with all kinds of stuffing. But nope. It was maybe 20% full each with potatoes and barely any chikpeas. The pani itself was ok. But $1 each? No way. I am trying to find something positive about this place but I can't. I really can't. With no many street food options within 5 minutes of this place, there is no way this restaurant survives. Sadness. read more

The food is amazing.the staff and there Service are really good and Ambiance is so cool . They have an unlimited pani puri with 5-6 different flavors in it and try there vada pav omgggg it's yumm I have tried unlimited pani puri,vada pav Do visit this place and I would highly recommend this place for everyone read more

Good indian snacks place. Tried vada paav, bhel, pav bhaji and paani puri. Overall ok but taste can be improved for street food options. Good option for vegetarians. Place is little small and crowded so might not get a table to seat and eat. read more

Best vada pav I had in Chicagoland. The falooda was exceptional as well. Indo Chinese dishes were ok, I have had better elsewhere. Wish they could cut down on some of the plastic use though. read more

Ordered for a sandwich and got a toast. It should be as toast on the menu and not sandwich because it just defeats the whole purpose of sandwich! Also, it'll be really nice to serve ketchup along with sandwiches. That's basic courtesy. And also, serving some water would be really good! A "restaurant" with no water and ketchup! read more

nope my feedback still has not changed went visited again and they still have to fix there signs cause they don't have half the items in it. plus no one is there. where are all the people from your advertising. this os on sunday may 11th. ever place nearby is full except this place read more

Fantastic experience!! First time trying Indian street food and I was very impressed! The cashier made a wonderful recommendation, food was brought out quickly and the flavor was AMAZING!! Highly recommend read more

Jay Bhavani - Delicious Vadapav - Indian Near Me - Hoffman Estates, Illinois

I would like to give negative five star because of their food qualify and customer service! I have order Ragda chaat and when the order is came. Ragda chat without Potato cutlet. When I asked the manager, he was totally rude and telling me that it doesn't come with potato cutlet and it's not restaurant fault. As per their website , it comes with pototo cutlet which shown in the attached screenshot. When I asked for the refund, he refused to give and they can't do anything on that. What a bad customer service! Also Food is very expensive compared to other Indian fast food restaurant. I would never visit again . read more

Jay Bhavani - a picture of a plate of food - Indian Near Me - Hoffman Estates, Illinois

We went to celebrate our special day at Jay Bhavanj Hoffman estate. There is lot of food options , food quality wise is good but very less quantity, if you ask for sauce, they charge you extra. They even do not care that family is spending over $100 and if customer ask for sauce/ketchups again , they charge extra for it, very disappointed on this. We ordered Vegetarian Burger, Poori Chaane, Pav Bhaji, PaaniPuri, Sambar Wada. read more

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Food is good. Service is fast. Too much cheese but u have to tell them not to use that if u r not cheesy person. Price is reasonable. Bit on expensive side tho. read more

Never had this bad bada pav ever. If u r vada pav fans dont even try vada pav here.. not just the taste was bad but it was smelling bad too. read more

Jay Bhavani - Vada pav - Indian Near Me - Hoffman Estates, Illinois

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Vada pav is Mumbai vadapav. Crazy, I don't except Ahmedabad vada pav to be Mumbai. Atleast should have let the customer know. Chole puri is bad. Club sandwich is worth trying. read more

Food is okay. Nothing special about it. It's bit pricey. NeeHee's vada pav is much better and tastier

Food service ambience everything lacks quality taste but mostly service . Very crazy rules almost felt like punished for eating.

Music so loud, we could not have a conversation sitting across from each other on the same table. The sun was beating down on the tables - no shades. We were four people and ordered four dishes. Each arrived almost 10 minutes after the previous one, meaning the last one arrived more than half an hour after the first one. Never seen this in any other restaurant. Never again. read more

The place serves delicious Indian street food. It has Good service. A must try if you're craving Vada pav. We have been here a couple of times and there's consistency in taste. read more

We ordered today Chole Paratha, Aloo mutur sandwich & bhakhari Maxican pizza. Paratha was so oily. It's not well cooked and look like it they used frozen patha to serv. Aloo mutur sandwich was okay & Maxican bhakhari pizza wasn't tast like Maxican. I will not preferred go again. read more

Good food.i would definitely try again. please order label, madam pav and bhel also their dosa is good too. I order all of them.​​

Cold food, no taste, expensive, not friendly... don't waste your time amd money.... No where close to jay bhavani.

Food was sub par. Samosa was too spicy. Tea had no taste and not warm enough. Was disappointed.

Nothing special about this place. I wouldn't mind going there if it's on my way, but would not go out of my way to go there. Food is average, prices are a bit on high side. read more

We were waiting for an hour for our food. Staff lady Is very rude with giving answers. They have 1 extra table but don't have number for that table. Very very slow service. Food is good no doubt in that but have to deal with bad service. Because of bad service I will prefer to go to other restaurants which are very good in service. read more

I really like the pani puri they is one girl she serve pani puri and she is so best I love her so much and I love vadapav I love that didi the pani puri was so tasty I will go again read more

Absolutely horrendous experience!! As someone who grew up in India and ate Indian street food all the time, I cannot say the food here was good by any means. I think they brought all the spices and dumped in their food to call it flavor. Firstly, 50% of the items on the menu are not available. I wonder why they put it on their menu. Granted it's a newer restaurant but this is just unprofessional. Next, we ordered veg fried rice with veg manchurian. Fried rice came first and half hour later, manchurian was brought. We asked them to bring all at once to which the server said, it can't be possible! The fried rice was extremely spicy. We could barely eat it! Veg Manchurian wasn't as terrible. Schezwan noodles were probably the spiciest I have ever had. And not in a good way. It tasted little like the Maggie masala plus some added crap lol. My mom ordered dahi puri and it was a joke. They gave 5 puris with a drop of yogurt and chutney in each puri. What a disaster!! My husband ordered choley paratha and oh lord! The paratha was hard and could not be bent. My husband asked for a replacement which they obliged, only to bring in the same exact kind. The samosa chat was decent but again, it could be better. Overall, I think the price was exorbitant for what we had and how long we waited for everything to come (an hour). I don't see this place holding on for too long as there are multiple great restaurants in the same area that deliver better food quality and service. read more