Rehman Sweets — Restaurant in Villa Park

This was my first visit to this place. Simply put this place is ok to subpar range. Went there on Sunday at 10:30 AM to try their traditional Halwa Puri breakfast. They are located in a strip mall with plenty of parking.

Restaurant is small with a fast food style feel to it. We ordered two Halwa Puri with two Chai. Had to wait a few minutes to find a table. After getting seated I felt claustrophobic with the extremely tight seating arrangement. Waited about 45 minutes for the order. Bit on the pricey side i.e. $13 for Hawla Puri that normally sells for $8 at other places. Once our order number was called I picked up the food with around 10 people gathered around the front desk. Felt like a mini chaos to pickup the food.

Food itself was ok. I would rate just the food 3 out of 5, compared to the overall experience of 2 out of 5. Halwa Puri was served like a platter with various items in the plate. Presentation was good. Potato salan was really good, perfect balance of spice and flavor, Chana salan (chickpeas) were bit undercooked but the flavor was ok, Halwa was very watery and diluted and lacked the texture but the flavor was decent. This was served with yogurt and pickles and three Puris. Generally speaking at other places Puris are very oily but theirs was just right.

They were out of other breakfast items in the morning such as Unda (Egg) Pratha (Bread). They had a small section of traditional sweets in the display case. My goal was to try them but I got overwhelmed by the rush and mini chaos in there and opted to leave after finishing the breakfast.

Overall this place has a potential to be an excellent South Asian breakfast restaurant but at the moment they lack the customer service, organization and lack of staffing. I could tell the staff felt overwhelmed and stressed there. If you are not looking to drive to Devon Ave for good Halwa Puri and are ok with rush and extended wait time you can try this place. Based on my experience I will try other places first before...

At the beginning when Rehman Sweets started it used to be good and everything was freshly made in their kitchen but I am sorry to say NO MORE. It is sad that they could not maintain their standards of food quality and CLEANING Quality (their sitting area is so stinky not sure about kitchen behind). Few days ago I got a chance to go there to buy some MITHAI and I placed my ordered. I saw one lady came out of the Rehman Sweets kitchen with bunch of little kids (not sure how those small kids are allowed in the kitchen. Its not legally permitted) and went outside the shop, I placed my order and waited for it. I observed same lady with kids (who left the shop few mints ago) came back later and my order was ready and handed over to me. I did not know what was going on but when I came back to my car I was told the whole story by my children who also saw that lady leaving the store. She infect went to IQRA Grocery store next door and bought boxes of frozen mithai from there, hid those boxes under her shawl and took them back to Rehman Sweets Kitchen. I was given the same Mithai that she just bought from IQRA Grocery store next door for 7.99$/LB and I paid 14$/LB mithai which was supposed to be freshly made. The price that I paid was for freshly made methai that's why I did not have problem paying 14$. It was so sad, shocking and SHAME that Rehman Sweets also started adopting the bad business tactics and tricking / blinding its customers. After my kids told me the whole story I really wanted to go back and return the methai but then I decided just to go home. I really did not want to disrespect the old lady infront of another customer who was at the counter. Hopefully they soon will end up losing their business like other bad business owner who tried to be over smart. It was my last time I was at Rehman Sweets and would like to share this with others please be vigilant and observe what are you buying from...

I've been coming here since they've opened, and I give my 2/5 stars purely for taste. Pros: I've had most things from their breakfast to their samosas and chaat. I would say the food is pretty good. Definitely hitting the mark. However, that is where the pros end.

Cons: Their mitai(sweets) are tasteless, its just sugar without any depth of flavor. Service is disastrous, I've catered, and they've left out items saying things like "O you probably have chutney at home" or "just add onions from your house". Overpriced. They have no competition in the area, so their prices make no sense even when confronted about it. I brought up the fact that they charged me $13 for a puri breakfast (typically 8-9) that yes while delicious was literally 1 spoon of lentils and potatoes. I would feel embarrassed to shortchange people like that personally. And their response was that people don't notice it when its spread out in a plate as opposed to a container so only take out people complain.

I hope they improve however realistically I doubt it. I will probably not be back. I actually do not mind high prices if the value makes sense. But to...