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Fatma Golbasi
November 8, 2001•30 Reviews
I would say this restaurant is really good, but can't say that with full honesty. I eat out atleast 5-7 times a week, and so am a Chicago connoisseur. Sabri started out a nice place with decent food, esp. for Nehari fans, but concentrated mainly on their Nehari and left other areas to be desired. The same has remained, in fact downgraded esp. if you become a regular customer, they will literally serve anything, fresh or not. This I can say of 100% of the esp. desi halal muslim restaurants in the greater Chicago area, as well as the suburbs. Once they find out that you like their food and want to eat there often, esp. if you're single or a couple, they start to take advantage of you and serve you stale food at the same often high cost. If you want to have really really good food, try as much as possible to cook at home. If you try hard, you can beat all the restaurant chefs! At any rate, Sabri is one of the still passable restaurants on Devon, but its Lombard suburban location is distasteful as well as the food is not that great. So I suggest avoid Lombard's Sabri and go to Bombay Express or Pita House instead in the Lombard/Villa Park area. They're cheaper, and fresh food is served, more like a halal franchise in a good clean environment. If you really want to go to Sabri, their Nehari has downgraded somewhat, but their chicken makhani is another acceptable alternative. The Charga is plain yuck. Also, $1.00 nan isn't that great to rave about. You can get the same thing at $0.50 at Javed Nehari House (formerly Pakistan House). I'd go for that esp. if I want to cater a lot of naans. To sum up, Sabri, like Sultan Palace, has only a "big" name but its quality of food and hygiene leaves much to be desired for a starred restaurant.
