Bon Bon Sandwiches — Restaurant in West Chicago Township

Bon-Bon at first glance of the interior may seem like it has no direction comma but people like me from the area or who understand that not every restaurant is obligated to look a certain way understand it.

However, I can't acknowledge that the bespoke almost artistic level of basic furniture, not in unison may not appeal to most people.

Although I'm sure they carry physical menus, the height inclined people may decide to just utilize a handwritten chalkboard that is behind the register and a wall with picture format of various things on their menu, however, I can acknowledge some of this may be seen as unnecessarily cumbersome.

The menu itself is not only unique for the area but stands out in the formatting. Sandwiches are presented with what I would consider an almost criminal level of extras.

Complimentary condiments are along the lines of shredded pieces of lettuce, and carrots over a sandwich.

To be fair it doesn't imbalance the flavor for most people, however, certain palettes may not like the clashing taste.

Seating is extremely limited, but it's often easy to find more people picking up to go than staying in, so you almost never notice.

The menu features things like bulgogi and some pan-asian delights despite the title of the restaurant advertising heavily Vietnamese sandwiches.

Flavor mixing leans towards seat and spicy, of subdued salty and low oil/grease on most proteins. Vary fun Flavor combinations.

Sandwich formatting is far from western, don't come looking for a sesame bun rounded, think more along the lines of roles. Unless you came for an equally appetizing Bulgogi bowl.

Pocky for example.

Pros: The food flavor is unique enough in flavor to leave a lasting impression whilst still offering what many would perceive as pan-Asian clichés on the menu.

Unique approach to restaurant furniture and artwork abound gives ones eyes something to always put you at ease.

Cons:

Make no mistake, many of these pros to the next person could be considered cons.

Disjointed indoor formatting for seating, although features, some very beautiful rounded tables has little to nothing that matches layout is far from optimize as well. The dirty dish cart and wreck, which normally is stationed in one location, is less than three feet away from a consumer table.

Visible dust in the area to the point where above piping has a brown coat on it. And again, this falls under depending on who you ask. But the lack of one full representation of eastern cuisine and instead going for things that relate to Korea as well as other places, may be off, putting to locals of a similar ethnicity.

If an Italian man decides, he wants to go to an authentic Italian restaurant or a place that sells Italian cuisine. If a third or half of the menu and local over the counter confections, all come from Sweden and France, how would you feel?

Summary:

The food, is great you can't last surrounded by at least 15 other eateries in an area like North Avenue/Damen if you are lacking in quality.

So the real question one has to ask themselves is how much they care about internal esthetics of the restaurant and the level of generic on the menu versus the level of unique. I don't know what you would call a place that can give off a fast food chain vibe.

And also somehow be in the middle of small independent restaurant, but they have mastered it. Don't let that sandwich in the name fool you, there's a lot of other exotic menu items.

Need better space organization and dusting though.

Long wait for to go orders even on an empty day.

I can safely recommend the food, just not to a high...

I had high hopes for this place based on reviews and that there were always a couple people inside whenever I walked by. The people in front of us had ordered, we were still looking at the menu, but the waitress walked away and we waited to take our order but nobody came back until we rang the bell. I asked about the vegan bahn mi and if the bread had dairy in it, because having a severe milk allergy I always have to triple check. Sometimes places serve me something "vegan" and I end up having an allergic reaction due to their negligence. The waitress said "I don't know" and I said "can you check?" and she went to ask somebody in the kitchen. They also did not know. I asked if they had the package or know where the bread came from, she said "I don't know, let me call the owner" but the owner did not answer the phone. It baffles me that restaurants do not have a way to check these very simple things, and do not even know what they are serving people. It's a huge inconvenience for people with allergies just trying to get a bite to eat. I settled for the miso soup and a tofu fresh roll, which I had to get out of the fridge myself, and looked two days old. It was alright, I've had away better. The miso soup was awful. It was as if they took all the leftover broths they had and combined them at the end of the day. No miso flavor at all and a strange aftertaste. Worst miso soup I've ever had. I'm sure the other food is good, but I will probably never be back to try it. Wait staff was off putting and unhelpful, prices seemed...

Me and my boyfriend arrived at 8:20 when they close at 9. The girl at the front right away said, “the kitchen is closed and the dining room is closed as well” because we noticed they took orders right before us and closed at nine we asked why and she switched up and told us it was fine and we could order they would just be closing up around us. When ordering we asked for chicken pho, at first she said they had none left then said never mind and that they would make it. (the whole time rap music was blasting and we could barley hear). we got our food around 8:45 and they brought it out to us where we were sitting. At 8:55 she said, “you have to leave at 9 I will give you to go boxes at 9” after we had just gotten our food. At exactly 9 she said “ you guys have to leave now” and put the to go boxes on the counter. We asked her to bring the boxes to us and she rudely said “no, you can get up and get them yourselves.” Keep in mind me and my boyfriend have been working in the restaurant industry for years (he is a chef and I have been a server for years) we are very polite people but she set us off. We paid $40 for food we were not able to finish or even enjoy because she ruined our appetite. The chef was very nice and brought the food to us and told us to talk to him instead of her because she said the kitchen was closed when it wasn’t. She just didn’t want to clean up our mess. The food would’ve been enjoyable if it wasn’t for the girl at the front. We would love to come back as long as that girl is...