Jose Babushka's — Restaurant in East Grand Rapids

Went and had a late lunch with my mom. What a horrible but beautiful place. There were people drinking and socializing at the bar, but otherwise completely empty. We're were greeted promptly and pleasantly. However, off all the empty tables we could be sat, he tried to put us at the closest table to the bar. Since the bar was loaded with people, two of the chairs at the table were now in the only walkway from the back of the house (kitchen, bathrooms, etc.) to the front of the house. Explaining this, I then requested an open clean table by the front windows and door. What seemed to reluctance crossed the employees face as we were seated. He left us and said our server would be right with us. And the people at the bar left and another two top was seated prior to our server appearing. We ordered the perrogies for an appetizer and waited and waited and waited and waited for someone anyone to come back to the table. Finally, someone did arrive with the perrogies. What sat before us was a pile of greasy, undercooked, flat pastry in a lake of cold oilly dill sauce. I picked one of these up and it slowly slide back to the plate. I could feel and see the oil dripping down my fingers and the pieces in my fingers soaked through a napkin. Finally our waiter came back and looked at what was supposedly a plate of perrogies in disgust. He took them away and said he had never seen perrogies like it. He also took our order. The second round of perrogies arrived. All that I can say improved was at least there was filing this time and not flat pieces of pastry. Repeat the oil and sea of cold dill sauce.

The rest of our order arrived and at a loss, we just didn't say anything. Mom got a salad, which was way to much for a salad (line of onions, cucumbers, black beans, avocados, corn covering a bed of lettuce in a 6.5 inch square bowl). So she gave me some of it. This was a good thing since my supposed tacos were so dull I made a mini salad using the left over dill sauce, the pinch of lettuce, tomatoes and onions and the alligator. When my mom figured out they had not given her the correct salad dressing, I had to flag down the waiter who was deep into something important on his cell phone standing by the kitchen. He brought the correct dressing with the check.

We quickly paid and let. I seriously doubt we will ever go back as it was horrible. I get better tacos at Taco Bell and for a dollar a piece (not the $4.50 at...

Went here a while ago by myself. I was one of 6 guests in the entire establishment, which, in hindsight, should have been a warning sign. The server, a middle-aged blonde woman seemed to have no idea what was going on. When I asked what beers they had on tap, she said that she “honestly didn’t know” but that she would go check. After waiting 10 or so minutes, the hostess seemed to notice I didn’t have a drink and asked if I would like one. Oddly enough, she knew what was on tap and returned with the beer I requested.

5 minutes later, the blonde server comes back and seems puzzled that I have a beer (despite the fact that she had clearly forgotten about me). No biggie, it happens, especially when it’s just a single guest by themselves. I ordered my meal, only for her to come back 5 minutes later and tell me it was 86’d. Alright. Ordered a second choice, their take on a Fundido de Chorizo, which was aesthetically pleasing but really bland.

My glass probably sat empty for a good 10 minutes while the server meandered back and forth, and eventually it seemed to occur to her that perhaps I might want something else to drink. Eventually she returned with another drink and then was gone again until quite a while after I was ready to leave.

I would be willing to give it another try but a couple of my friends have been there recently and had a similar experience; food that is just okay, and service that was...

Let me start out by saying I dont hate this place. I actually rediscovered Jose' about a yr ago and I love it. The one star is for a very recent interaction i had with an employee. April 18th 2020, i decided that we would choose Jose' to order from during the stay home order. Well, i guess i didnt realize they didnt need the help or support. I called and spoke to man with a very distinct voice and proceeded to order, he then interrupted to say they didnt have potatoe pancakes- hmmm no potatoes? Ok- so i ask if i can substitute peroiges, he asks me to hold and then i heard him ask the question and then there was laughing. I am not one to assume but the tone of the call tells they were making fun of me. Not sure why, when half your dishes are polish and you are out of one of the main sides. Step up and make a suggestion for your customer. He then interrupted my order to ask me to call back he claims there was a noise disturbance in the call. Really? I didnt call back, we choose another local restaurant to support. Not cool and it was a...