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5 Rabanitos Hyde Park — reliable mexican in Hyde Park that keeps people coming back. The flavors are genuine, nothing diluted. The staff makes it feel personal. Tonya Primus: "Everything was cooked perfectly, well seasoned, but not over seasoned, but still light"
Chris Blattman
349 reviews
“The highlight was the calabacin (zucchini with stuffed veggies) in mole amarillo (even compared to the excellent meat dishes)”
I went for my birthday and the service was poor.
We sat down around 2:30pm. The food was excellent. The service was just surprisingly bad.
I wanted to try a new spot and this was a huge disappointment.
1301 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
“Awesomeness... Great service Great food”
Miko Muse
Jan 2026
“Delicious, fresh food, excellent service.”
Uri Shiran
Oct 2025
“Everything was wonderful.”
Everything was wonderful! Let’s start off with the service. I wasn’t very familiar with the different types of sauces and they offered me a sample of each to try in order to help me to decide which sauce to select for my meal. Everything came out fast, and the staff was extremely friendly, helpful, and efficient. NOEL AND JOVANA were SUPERB! They showed us pictures of everything and explained all of the options and we really enjoyed the food. It was very good. Everything was cooked perfectly, well seasoned, but not over seasoned, but still light. We live in the neighborhood and will definitely come back again. Everything was fantastic!
Tonya Primus
Oct 2025
“This was my first great meal in days.”
This was my first great meal in days. So yummy and delicious
Michael Sheridan
Sep 2025
“New place. Tacos were decent. Service was great.”
Jaime Bibian
Jul 2025
“The quesadillas rice and beans are really good.”
Terrell Parker
Jul 2025
“Wounderful french toast dessert that was my favorite don’t forget the queso fundido and do veggie instead.”
Wounderful french toast dessert that was my favorite don’t forget the queso fundido and do veggie instead! Elote was top-tier💅😫👏
Diamond Peters
Jul 2025
“Stumbled upon this little place while walking through the neighborhood.”
Stumbled upon this little place while walking through the neighborhood. We live in California and eat Mexican food a lot but this place had some items I've never heard of. It was SO GOOD!!!! I only wish we had one where we live so we could go back often. Service was fast and everyone nice. When we're back in Chicago we will most definitely go back. I definitely recommend this place
Kelvin Lev
May 2025
“For appetizers tuna ceviche and guacamole/chips great.”
For appetizers tuna ceviche and guacamole/chips great. We also had a variety of tacos for our dinner and they were excellent as well. We got there just before the busy dinner time on a Saturday evening. The staff are very attentive and polite
Michelle P
Apr 2025
“Stopped by hoping they had a Bloody Mary and im so happy I did.”
Stopped by hoping they had a Bloody Mary and im so happy I did! So delicious, a hint of lime and spice. Selena 🎵 playing when I walked in. I didn’t have enough time to enjoy the food but I’ll be back. Very kind staff and welcoming in a cozy but spacious environment.
Maneca Colquitt
Mar 2025
“Excellent addition to the Hyde Park restaurant scene.”
Excellent addition to the Hyde Park restaurant scene! The original 5 Rabanitos is in Pilsen and this one has all the positives of that location! Their Cochinita Pibil is the best this side of the Yucutan Peninsula, their torta de Barbacoa was excellent, and their Mexican street corn was delicious! Best Mexican restaurant in Chicago!
Larry Wojciechowski
Mar 2025
“so excited to have good mexican food in hyde park.”
so excited to have good mexican food in hyde park. went in the middle of the afternoon on sunday and the place was packed! 🤯 our server was very friendly & attentive despite it being so busy. i tried the street elotitos, chips y salsa, al pastor taco, carne asada taco, beef barbacoa taco, and flan. everything was pretty decent, but i thought the tacos were amazing. super flavorful and delicious. would probably skip the apps next time and just order more tacos
kayleigh
Mar 2025
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