The best ukrainian food and very friendly. I'm eating banush and halushky only at this place in Chicago area. Thk.

I had an amazing meal at this Ukrainian restaurant! The borshch was rich and flavorful, the varenyky with meat were delicious, and the blinchiki with cheese were just as good. Everything tasted homemade and authentic. Highly recommend! ! , ' -- , ! !

I am really into finding international cuisines I've never tried and having a unique, memorable, flavorful experience at a new restaurant trying a taste of a new country. This restaurant really fit the bill. I visited in 2019. The restaurant is nicely decorated with wood and other natural materials, nice natural light, and a quaint feel that is different than American restaurants and feels like an idea of what it might be like to eat at a place in Ukraine. As a vegetarian, I was pleased with the variety of options available to me. However, I'm not sure how much a vegan could eat, as much of it has cream, butter, and cheese. I got the hot cereal with mushrooms I believe, homemade compote, and dumplings, and it was all good rich comfort food.

Small family-owned restaurant with traditional Ukrainian decorations and music around the place. Service was very polite and prompt. The star of the show was the food. I ate there with a person who grew up with Ukrainian food. They were able to verify the authenticity of the meal. I can only verify that I LOVED the entire meal! I would strongly recommend the chicken pelmeni. Seriously. I could eat a few orders of these without hesitation. Another star of the show was the mushroom soup. Go there and enjoy! Strongly recommend!

Amazingly delicious food, like your babushka used to make in a cozy cabin vibe. Super reasonable prices and great lunch specials. Friendly service. I can't say there's anything I'd change about this place; it's perfect. Maybe BYOB, that's it. Enthusiastically giving this 5 stars and if you're reading this and not sure about Ukrainian cuisine - just go, you won't regret it!

What an absolute gem of a place. Found completely by accident, I wandered in hoping to get a taste of the homemade food I grew up with. And I wasn't disappointed. Slightly different interpretations than I'm used to but just as reminiscent and delicious. The mushroom soup...yum, the cabbage salad...delicious, the pork and chicken cutlets...amazing, even the simple mashed potatoes were great. Also, get the olivye. Trust me. Go here soon. Nice waitstaff, a little slow, but there was one person, so I can appreciate the effort. Interesting ambiance. All wood interior with traditional Ukrainian decor.

We came from CA and rode 1.5 hrs in metro and bus to try this place. Amazing flavors.

My bud and I enjoyed a hearty lunch at Magic Jug on a frigid weekday a few weeks ago. This Ukrainian restaurant is on Irving Park just a tad east of Narragansett. The folksy wooden interior gets you in the mood for a nice home-cooked meal. We each ordered a lunch special combo with soup and entree, and that is where you can get a good value meal here. My combo included an amazing bowl of borscht (probably the best borscht I've ever tasted) and a yummy roll, pork cutlet, mashed potatoes and cole slaw-esque side salad. My bud's combo included chicken noodle soup, and a pair of ground meat crepes. So you can get away with a lunch combo for under $12. Alas we decided to order other food items as well! While everything was tasty, the cash register then started to ring. We each added on a glass of compote, a fruity juicy drink. I tacked on a beef cheburek. While I was envisioning a large pinwheel of meaty madness tucked inside phyllo dough, the item that came out was more like a giant empanada with a thin layer of ground beef as filling. It was good, but not life-changing. My bud ordered the Dnister salad (shredded cabbage, peas, sausage, mayo), which looked like a fancy bowl of cole slaw to me. He also polished off the sweet cheese crepes topped with jam and powdered sugar for dessert - he gave me a bite and that was delicious. Everything was good to great (borscht was my pick to click). Service was pleasant, and we were sort of amused by the Euro music mix that played during our meal. Magic Jug has a free parking lot behind the restaurant - you can reach it via Narragansett.

The food is authentic and really really good. Not fatty and not salty and great quality food. The beef goulash was better than the ones I had in Hungary with shredded well done beef with no fat and the sauce was perfect and thick. The campote is a juice made of orange, berries, and apple. It was very good. The ambience is quiet and quaint and there is free parking across the street from Burger King and Jewel Osco right behind the restaurant. I would definitely come back.

I wanted to try something different on my last visit to Chicago and the place looked cute and clean. I'd never had Ukrainian food before. The waitress explained the options and I ordered the #3 lunch special. I don't remember the names but the food was delicious. The soup was tomato based and tasty. The meat dumplings were filled with pork, I think and were tender with wonderful seasoning. I had plenty to eat but couldn't resist the cherry and cheese crepes. There's even free parking in back.