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1240 W Randolph St (Elizabeth Street)
Chicago, IL 60607 41.8842 -87.6579

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Reviews & Ratings for Alhambra Palace Restaurant

3 Star Rating: Average

32 reviews

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1 Star Rating: Poor

09/14/09

This place should be shutdown

by Tamika1234

We went there last weekend and the place was an absolute nightmare. the food was practically raw and tasted horrible my wife became sick after we left. the waitresses didn't care about us nor the staff.. we asked to see the owner to tell him our complaints, they informed us that he was a little busy and will soon come to our table.. needless to say he never came.. but when we asked another member of the staff where the owner was they told us that he wasn't there. OMG if you want to be ripped off and get sick from the food and the service, then go there..

  • Pros: none
  • Cons: everything
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

07/11/09

Impressed

by Migdaliasotomayor

After reading the reviews, I decided to ta a chance (felt adventurous). Must admit I was very impressed with

the whole scene. Beautiful Place, food was very good, I must admit I was surprised with this one. Service was fast and the server was very polite (Tim) The show is amazing ! The only thing that can improve a bit was the bar, I ordered a margarita, I expected a frozen margarita, I got the mixture not to crazy about that. Then I danced all night long my feet still hurt. I really like this place.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

07/11/09

GOOD FOOD

by David69

GOOD Food, GREAT Show, LOTS of LADIES, LADIES

plenty of FUN!!!!!!

4 Star Rating: Recommended

07/11/09

REALLY NICE

by Jessie369

Was there last night for a birthday celebration.

I can honestly say this place is FUN. We enjoyed the dinner which consisted of the Alhambra Platter, while we ENJOYED the Flamenco, and the BELLY DANCER

after that we danced some salsa (must admit had to have a lesson before I started to really dance)

Must say I, We had a fun night !!!!! I'll will be back!

1 Star Rating: Poor

06/24/09

Speechless

by rastamania

cool to take a girl on a date, but damn.

  • Pros: Cool joint
  • Cons: service could be better
1 Star Rating: Poor

05/05/09

Interesting

by Rschmidt

What an interesting place. We went there for the food and to watch the belly dancing. Well, let me start by saying, the food was nothing to write about, very expensive, service was ok, ordinary.

This place lacks enthusiasm. The show was nice.

I don't know, something about this place just turned me off. Can't shake it.

1 Star Rating: Poor

04/25/09

Mind Boggling

by Kesha

An experience was definitely one I wish we had never experienced. Commencing by waiting for our table for more that 30 minutes. We waited at the bar, the bartender was a total witch, not once did she smile,very rude, not a "what can I get for you, but a "what do you want" classy place huh ( mind you during all this she and I assume it was the mgr (tall husky young gentleman) were busy talking about plans after closing. Well we finally got our table,we ordered WOW , very small portions, the hummus for 5 of us was served on a coffee plate and only two pitas cut in half, we ask for more pitas , were brought one cut in half. OK, move on to the entre

we order chicken kabob, tons of rice and only 4 tiny pcs of chicken. Lamb tangine, was all fat, very greasy. Mixed plattter was good I must admit, Then we asked for a glass of water, it smelled like eggs. We complained to our server, think her name was

Asa (isha), she mumble" thats why I don't eat here" Way to go. I tried to complained to the mgr ( young guy), just as I started to tell him the problems he walked away. We have never felt so INSULTED, ROBBED. I will not say, not to go there, I say, if you feel you need to be screwed, go there, you definitely will be.

  • Pros: NONE
  • Cons: Everything
1 Star Rating: Poor

03/07/09

Wow - what a circus

by greggmorrison

Well much to my amazement, if I didn't see it with my own eyes I would never believe it, this place is a circus I don't know where to be it began , first by having to wait approximatedly 40 minutes for a table and asking for a drink at the bar which I never recieved. Then we were seated, where I lost my hearing, I could hardly hear myself speak, I asked for the manager which was a young fellow with no knowledge of what he was doing, totally confused, (he actually looked scared), to change our sitting, he could not accommodate us, so we left, Cannot grade the food, didn't get that far.

1 Star Rating: Poor

03/06/09

This place Stinks !!!

by jantone

Went there ate, got sick, wont go back

Need I say more!!!!!!!! Worst experience of my life.

Do not go there.

  • Cons: Everything, service slow
1 Star Rating: Poor

02/16/09

MY WORST RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE EVER!

by juliayud

Me and my boyfriend went to Alhambra On Valentine?s day.

We were seated at a table with a pretty good view to the stage and came right on time to catch the belly dancer show which was excellent.

45 minutes later - the belly dancer has finished her performance - we still haven?t been greeted !!! Finally a server came to our table and took our pre-set 5 course meal order ($105 per person!!!)

As for the appetizers - The tinniest sampler of hummus and babaganush - were served w/o pita bread and were ridiculously small. We asked two different people (since our server was nowhere to be found) to get us some pita bread - without any success.

It took FOREVER for ALL the courses to be served.

The food was ok but the service was awful!!! In fact it was so bad that we saw 2 different couples from the tables next to us just get up and leave!!!

By the time we finished our desert,the only thing we wanted to do is get the hell out of there !

I?ve worked as a server in a restaurant not too long ago , and trust me? I KNOW how it is when its packed and everyone is running around like crazy trying to get everything out for their table, and I perfectly aware that on a busy night its absolutely impossible to get 100% good service sometimes not even 50% - which would be perfectly fine with me but 1%??? For a $225.00 bill??? That is just unheard of! I?ve always tipped 20% or more from the bill in every restaurant I went to- even if the service wasn?t that great , but this time I just couldn?t get my self to leave $50 tip for the most terrible service!!!

Our plan was to spend a wonderful romantic night in a fancy restaurant and maybe continue our night at the upstairs dance floor or a different club , but at 12:30 when we finally finished dinner - the only thing we wanted to do is forget about that night and the $250 we threw away in Alhambra - the Moroccan palace?.

  • Pros: Beautifull place, amazing decor
  • Cons: Horrible service

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