Casa Cafe — Restaurant in West Chicago Township

Had a great time at Casa Cafe! I came here for an event and it was absolutely wild. My band played in the back and it was a great time. In terms of the restaurant the food was good, the place was clean, I enjoyed the decor, the staff was friendly and although the parking is sparse, I was lucky enough to get a spot right in front.

What would I change? The menu is a little bit larger than it needs to be. This could explain the "long wait times" that i see the 1 stars saying. I would also make it a bit more explanatory. The numbers are very hard to see. A menu is a sales pitch so I would make it a bit more professional looking. I like how everything is transparent though.

As opposed to gas up a restaurant with raves, I'll actually address some of the one stars I'm seeing...

"The food was horrible and made my stomach hurt" - the food was good. It wasn't revolutionary. It's just a standard taqueria. One thing I did notice though and I hope the staff sees this, they're grabbing everything with bare hands. If I was the manager I'd make the staff wear gloves.

"They talk crap about you in Spanish and assume you don't know" - I'm definitely not vouching for this although I could see where they might say that since the chefs are right there communicating. I'm spanish, I heard them call me kid. I'm definitely not offended but I'm also 30 years old....

I've worked at many restaurants, many different styles of food and the common denominator was they all talked about customers when they walk out the door. This is everywhere regardless what language.

"Long wait time" - my wait time was average. Again, typical mistake restaurants make when they have more options than they need. I ordered a Piccadillo, didn't seem like a common order so they did have to whip it up. Their faces made it seem like it was coming out of left field.

The restaurant reminds me of Susie's, the cheesesteak place that closed down. The staff is a bit elbow to elbow back there. Less floating is more efficiency.

I like Casa Cafe. I see more long term potential for it as a venue with the restaurant as the side dish (similar to Beat Kitchen), as opposed to an outstanding, mainstay restaurant with the venue as the side dish. There's more potential from hosting events. There's was like 100 people there which is a great sign for...

Hands down my favorite restaurant. The service is good, the waitresses recognize me as I frequent this place. I recently decided to try their huaraches. I got a huarache de carne asare with a side of rice and beans. I have to say that I was one of the best dishes I have ever had. The meat was perfectly cooked; very tender. I received a couple of grilled onions and a grilled jalapeño with my food which was a wonderful surprise. They were so good. The restaurant is chill and usually full of people; they open the back of the restaurant up too. A few of recommendations from their menu: pozole chilaquiles rojos or verdes both are 🔥 (red is spicier but so good, I order extra sour cream when ordering those) torta (of anything tbh) carne a la mexicana (so many flavors and the meat is sooo good) huevos con chorizo Honestly anything you order in sure will be so good because everything I have tried has had such a...

just want to start off with love the atmosphere, love the aesthetic, food was great. i just have one small quam. immediately after walking in your eyes are drawn to a warning sign that says “WARNING: careful with chicken taco could have small bone”, i thought okay, interesting i’m just not going to get that. after perusing their lengthy menu, i decided upon the steak taco, which i shared my broke friend. the waitress was lovely. after two bites into my second taco, i noticed something hard in my mouth. i thought to myself “no! it couldn’t be” oh yes it was. i peeled the piercing object from my jaws and throw it onto the plate in disgust. my friends watched in horror as i inspected the mysterious object, and much to our surprise it was not in fact a small bone but a hard tortilla. thank god the sign was accurate! 10/10 would recommend...