As the name specifies Mumbai cafe is good for street foods across Mumbai. They have a good variety of items. Had chat n golgappas which was good read more

Mumbai Cafe - Golgappa n chat - Pakistani Near Me - Hoffman Estates, Illinois

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I have tried a few different indian places around Illinois and this place is by far the cleanest place that gave me the tastiest food. We love their Chicken biriyani and butter chicken with roti.. i think they make everything from scratch so it takes little bit of time but their whole kitchen is showing and you can see the process of them making food as well. Owner (Lilu?) is always nice and very considerate. Strongly recommended! read more

Food quality is pathetic, no consistency at all and by posting pictures with some well known people doesn't make your restaurant ambience and customers wow, we ordered sev puri and it was literally puri potatoes and sour water on it that's it, and literally so cold that my mom was sick for next 2-3 days because of her tooth pain, the AC was completely shut down when we ask lady she is saying outside it's hot that's the reason you're feeling hot but for her information it was raining since two days so outside it was pretty good temperature not hot at all. The lady thinks she is a super girl with some super power in her but she don't know this is called completely unethical in hospitality industry. Please teach them some management skills while communicating with human beings. Try Hot breads they're more consistent and professional while dealing with customers. read more

This is a Paan only review!! If you are looking to enjoy some good variety of Paan and are in the Schaumburg area then Mumbai Cafe is the place to be. Open later than usual places it's gives you the option to enjoy Paan at the right time - after a satisfying meal. Coming to Paan, Nilu as she prefers to be called is really good at it. We tried her sweet and special sweet ones and they were good. But the stand out one is her special chocolate - paan with chocolate and coconut inside and coated with chocolate. It was just awesome. There is no place in the Chicagoland area where you get this variety of paans. And unless you are those connoisseurs of the exacting nature this is the place to be for a different variety of paan!! read more

The food was excellent. Never had better tasting Indian chat food items in Chicago land. Ambiance was not great. Services was mediocre.

Had the cappuccino and it was amazing...would def suggest for a coffee lover

Amazing eggs of any style imagined!! And great service too! Perfect after a night of drinking or an evening with the family!

Pav Vada is really good! I tried Pav Bhaji, Mumbai Sandwich and they were OK...not at all close to true Mumbai flavors. Also, there are very few chairs and tables so hard to find a seat. read more

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The worst customer service ever. The lady behind the counter is grumpy, rude and unthankful. She does not even care what the customers needs and always has attitude. My friends always complain about the poor customer service as well. I WILL NEVER GO BACK AGAIN. I WILL ALSO TELL ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO AVOID THIS PLACE. The person I am talking about is one of the owners read more

Food was all right but what upset me the most is their behaviour. I called today to place an order, the woman who attended my call was extremely rude. She was not letting me explain my order and when I tried to explain her in detail, she literally hung up the call. I called again and she did the same. PLEASE, LEARN SOME BASIC MANNERS AND BEING KIND TO SOMEONE IS FREE OF COST. It only requires an effort. read more

A very good and the ONLY place around schaumburg area who serve desi ice cream and paans, awesome place, the sugercane juice and bombay sandwich are a must have, and also the free complimentary paan was ONLY on the opening day, not any more :( ..... but overall impressive. P.S. a bit expensive though read more

Paan, Gola, Falooda with an ambiance of Desi streets! We were impressed with the quality of the food, the friendly staff and the yummy late night treats! read more

I went to this place yesterday. Worse customer service ever. Lady at counter was so rude with every customer. I asked for Paan she said she won't make it because she is super busy. I asked for chuski gola she said she won't make it either because she is super busy !!!!!!!!! If you are super busy and can't make dishes then why you keep in Menu???? Won't go there again for sure. read more

Yummy yummy in my tummy Gets better and better Check out the lombard location- full bakery line and breads Gotta go, Time to eat read more

Recently opened Mumbai cafe is right next to Hot Breads on Golf Road, Schaumburg. Looks pretty neat as of now and I am hoping it stays like this. First things First: They need to have trash cans. The ones they have cannot fit Styrofoam plates in them and can only be used for napkins, bottles etc,. I absolutely did not like how there were used trays with leftover food sitting on various tables for long. Few things I liked: their samosa chaat was pretty good, well balanced with their in-house chutneys. I also enjoyed their dahi puris a lot. Wada Pao: This was very basic. I wish they served chutney on side and some fried chillies. But a very mediocre preparation, nothing special. It was not the same with Pani Puris. These were not as crunchy and the kanji(the gol gappa water) was bland. Worst was the Bombay sandwich: it was so soggy that fell apart as picked from the plate. This when I ate in India, we had option of grilling the sandwich, which is fine, I could have liked it, if it stayed in place. The bread was extremely wet with chutneys and potatoes were bland. I would not recommend this to anyone. Paans: My husband tried the meetha paan and he liked it, so I guess after dinner we could hit this place for paans pretty often. Sugarcane juice: Loved it! Please go for some refreshing gingery "ganne ka ras". All in all, it's worth trying but nothing extraordinary. The owners did not engage in conversations but looked pretty nice. I also saw same person who took our order, came and cleaned some tables. This place has a lot of room to improve and I hope they do, we need CHAAT joints. read more

It used to be good, years ago, when they opened this place. Now the story is completely opposite. The service is just terrible. The lady that makes pan, her attitude is extremely rude. We get pan only when Dhruvbhai (or whatever his name is, the guy who is always smiling) is on the counter. He actually makes better pan then anyone else there. Getting pan from that lady is like throwing your money away to nothing. I don't know what she is mad about, all the time, but that kind of customer service is not what we pay for. Let's talk about shaved ice (baraf gola). A lot of my family comes in town and wants to go to places like Mumbai cafe because they don't find baraf gola in their town. Yesterday was 4th time in a row when they didn't have ice. And when asked why don't they have ice since that is one of the reason we go there, the pan lady very rudely said that the ice melted outside otherwise we would get that and make it for you. That joke was uncalled for. Sometimes they only have orange flavored baraf gola. Who in the right state of mind orders orange gola? Messing your order up should be the tagline of this place. Mumbai Cafe - Where we take your money and mess your order up and pretend that you messed up while ordering. Not just our experience but a lot of people say that they never get the order right. When you ask for grilled club sandwich, they will make Mumbai sandwich... And yes the falooda... Never had this much watered down (or milked down) falooda in my life. You know when you own place like Mumbai cafe which reflects a culture, you ought to bring the culture with you and provide customers with quality food, not just some watered down shit that you would not normally find in India or on Indian streets. You just don't sell food, you represent a culture and heritage with the food you offer. Please respect that and stop disrespecting the culture you represent. If you are the owner of this place and reading this review, please do something about the food and customer service. The type of customer service you guys provide is not acceptable. We pay for the goods (in this case, food) you provide, we are not expecting anything for free... And your prices are not cheap either. We (customers) should at least be treated as human beings. Please change your attitudes towards customers and if you can't do so then don't be on that side of the counter. Also, as a customer, I do not wanna listen to the constant bickering going on between the employees. If you got issues between employees, take them offline and solve them. This is the empteenth time we heard two employees fighting over one or the other thing. read more

Mumbai Cafe is a good effort to bring the casual Street side Indian food into Chicago suburbs. Their interesting names of the dishes, pans, desserts and non-vegetarian entrees, is a smart marketing strategy. We visit there usually to enjoy the falooda desserts and sandwiches. For some strange reason it takes much longer to prepare the food so neighboring Bhai Bhai section, I haven't tried more than a couple of entrees there so not sure if it's worth the wait. Their customer service can notch up better than now and they can give a run for money to neighboring hot breads. read more

When i asked for my free pan for check in Lady asked me to wait until i get my food And it was never given to me Food wasn't too bad Nice indian place to hangout read more

Worst food, service, management. Food poising alert just by having their poorly made sandwich or just about any god damn thing in this place. If you love your taste buds DO NOT GO HERE. There are immature teenagers employed here who can't even take an order right, but they also roll their eyes when asked for anything. Simply rude. This place doesn't even deserve one star... disgusting. This place needs to be shut down just like their other branch. read more

The falooda's are really good. Havent tried anything else,but dont have any restaurant serving falooda in the vicinity. read more

Well after long time I had good bombay shahi sandwich.. It's good . I order coffee there and everytime i get a different taste.. Which is kool !! I like the koffee with different taste .. Paan is really nice. If u r bored at home and don't want to cook anything, u don't want to go to any South Indian restaurant and don't want to eat a full punjabi meal, then this place is good.. Just go with bunch of friends and eat some chaat/bombay shahi sandwich then have coffee .. Have fun !! I would give them read more

This is one of our favorite place to go to. I even take my parents there when they visit from india. Best customer service by the lady in the front she is like my didi! Feels like my home when i go here. Dont know what people are ranting about when they write mean reviews. Everyone is super friendly here . HG your review is uncalled for. Thank you didi and thank you mumbai cafe. I will recommend this place for everyone. read more

Love this place! Never had an issue with service or taste/quality of food. Neelu-ji's paans are a total hit - whenever we have family visiting from out of town they all want to have paan here. She always has a smile on her face and is full of energy! Makes us glad we decided to eat there! read more

Very bad service. Less amount of chilli chicken. Not served fresh chilli chicken. Very bad experience

This is the best paan place in town. Love coming here. Come to Chicago every time simply for the paan at Mumbai Cafe. If you want a good time, good food, then come here. read more

This cafe has very good Indian foodie. Pani- poori is great, their Bombay grill sandwiches are awesome. Good place to have conversations with friends. All freshly squeezed juices are good too. read more

Dirty place, dont visit, i wonder how dirty the kitchen would be. Garbage bin overflowing. Water not available !!

Average food. Paans are nice. But the food takes ages to come and they can't even get your order straight

Their Menu tickles the funny bones, especially the list of Paans.. I tried the Bhadakti Jawani paan (Paan lit on fire). My wife thought it was courageous of me, :).. It was a sweet paan lit momentarily on fire. Reminded me of the Kamakazi drink. We also ordered some Chowpati puri (Which is just a dahi Puri), Vada Pav, Kulfi and Dabeli. All were good. I would like to specially thank them for a courteous service. I ordered Dabeli and rememebred to confirm if it had any butter just before my wife was about to take the first bite. She is vegan. Although it was my mistake in not ordering the specifics, the management was gracious to inquire and then suggest that they will make a fresh one for us on a fresh pan.. Kudos for customer satisfaction,. read more

Not so great experience. The place was filthy - dirty floors , food all over the place, tables weren't clean and the bathrooms had toilet papers all over. Clearly they are not able to maintain and keep it clean. Granted its supposed to be self serve - but they need to clean the tables after every guest. We were there for around 1.5 hour and i did not see them cleaning up the tables at all. The lady behind the counter was "over selling" everything and i am not sure if she really knows . We specially asked her about the "Kheema " and she gave us a long winded answer explaining how it was cooked but really served us an egg dish. Perhaps she did not get our question ; but we were very dissapointed by the dish - way too much masala and that too did not seem it was cooked well . Vada Pav and Pani Puri was not bad Kandivili Tea- Horrible. i am not sure why it is called "Kandivili tea" ; its no where close to a good indian tea. We ordered Hot chocolate and asked for keep it kids temperature and they served us a pipping hot one - saying sorry we forgot - not kids friendly !! read more

We visited Mumbai cafe for some late night paan with our family friends. We were visiting from North Carolina and didn't know what we were in for. We were received with an amazing welcome. They have great variety of paans. We tried several different ones but by far the bhadakti javani paan was an experience. Totally recommend it. Awesome experience. read more

Once I walked in, I realized the restaurant was not organized well and limited seating. They could not keep track of orders that were being place which should be a simple thing every restaurant should be able to do. The pav bhaji and samosa chaat was average, but very pricey. Although, the falooda, and kulfi were tasteless. The prices did not match the quality. Next for dessert, I ordered paan, for curiosity I ordered rabdi paan and it did not taste like rabdi paan at all. He just added rabdi to a meetha paan and charged $3.00! Even in the most expensive places paan is $1.00! Also, your order comes out one at a time, and not at the same time which I expected. This was my first, and my last time going here. read more

Pathetic desi food!!! .... with extremely late service. These people need to research on how to name and cook chat. Try any american desi place for a more authentic Indian food. read more

Discovered this by chance. Great authentic foods and variety of pans. Must stop in again.

Mumbai Café is our favorite Indian restaurant in Schaumburg, which is located in Chicago metro area. The food is absolutely very tasty and it tastes like homemade food. We love Neelu, the owner, who provides excellent service to her customers. She treats customers just like her family members. If you are in Chicago area, you MUST visit Mumbai Café. During our stay in Chicago, we went there at least for one meal everyday. Sudha, the master Chef, is amazing and can customize the food to your taste. The Café has a good variety of menu options. You can expect to enjoy whatever you select from their menu. Overall, Mumbai Café is a lovely restaurant for a nice Indian lunch or dinner. We really enjoyed the food here and the price is very reasonable. Neelu, thank you for the delicious food and the absolutely the best service you provide to your customers. We would love to visit your restaurant again! read more

Delicious food. Always Fresh. We come all the way from Skokie to eat here. Wish they were little closer. Staff is so nice and friendly also very organized and clean. I would recommend anyone who likes Indian food to come try them out. read more

This is a good place to eat until u see the customer service. I can't understand why they don't understand the importance of customer service. They treat u like they r doing a favor by serving u. Horrible. I will not go back again. A little bit of smile or acknowledging or cleaning the dirty tables will do so much good to this place. read more

Excellent customer service! Smiling faces and awesome service! Came with my mom early to eat the best masala puri chaat. Very friendly and clean . We love coming here and great plans too! read more

I've been waiting over a year to write this review. I don't frequent this fast food restaurant (Schaumburg/Hoffman Estates)that much but enough to write this.. The lady taking the order is one of the rudest people I have ever met. Maybe this kind of customer service works in India but she's absolutely the worst. Almost like she's doing you a favor by taking an order and she places the change on the counter (super rude). I hope the review(s) help this place change their customer service ways because it's a nice concept. Food: It's good not great. Of course you can't compare it to India (Mumbai) ever dor you won't eat any Indian food in Chicagoland. Do find the specialty drinks, ice creams and desserts to be little pricey. Restaurant maintained its cleanliness for several months but it's just a mess now. As for service, I do have to say the lady/gentleman that make the food, they are pleasant and a joy. read more

I have been to this place a 3 times now. Always for snack items. This place is more like a 3.5. I have had their chai, chat, kulfi and special falooda. The falooda was top notch kulfi was decent. Chai was good and chat was below par. Service is friendly and polite, they are always courteous. Prices are higher than Devon but not totally outrageous. I have not tried their sandwiches or any of the entrees. May stop in to give those a try. I would say ok late night spot in the suburbs. read more