Jalsa Indian Bar and Restaurant

We were traveling from Wisconsin to chicago and stopped here to late dinner. Atmosphere and decor looked amazing. Comes to good, we had bad luck. Chicken tikka was not good. Chicken didn’t seem freshly cooked. Had diarrhea within minutes for having few bites, may be I was unlucky with their food and hopefully other customers have better luck than mine. Lassi was good. Paneer tikka was good in taste. We paid $$ cash, which they gave us 10% discount on the bill.

Super good! Enthusiastic about Indian Cuisine, definitely give this place a try and see if you enjoy it! The Mango Lassi is great way to start of your order with its pleasant yogurt soothing taste! We ordered Aloo Tikki and Veggie Somosas to start off for us! Super good, highly recommend these if you enjoy snacks or light snacks to start of your meal! Moving onto the entrees, we ordered Paneer Mahkani and Chicken Kadai! The dishes taste very similar to dishes before and leave a nice taste in your mouth even if you can only handle medium heat! Paneer Makhani was fairly sweet and curated to our taste buds! The basmati rice was super nice side dish and went along with the main entrees fairly nice! Our favorites were the sauces that come with the appetizers, red has a sweet tang while green leaves a slight pepper scent in the back of your mouth! Would definitely come back again to try more dishes I'm unfamiliar with!! Also they have music and a bar, service was amazing and they kept us pleased! Thank you for your food, hopefully if you're reading this.. come try all of their foods!

We had an early lunch here, on a Saturday. It’s a full service bar with a large gambling area and a dining area, in front. We Had a delicious Samosa Chaat Appetizer. The Chaat had a lot of different flavors in it which found we very pleasing. We had Medium Spicy Butter Chicken, Spicy Chicken Vindaloo, an order of plain naan and an order of garlic cheese naan. They were all delicious, as well. The Chaat was very filling, so we only ate a little of each of the main entrees. We took the rest to go, with an order of Kheer for dessert. The service was excellent. It’s good to find authentic Indian food so close to our home. They also have an extensive list of other types of food, including Mandurian Chinese, and Indian style pizzas. We look forward to trying some of those dishes, in the future.

I was looking for some warm food and had an Indian food craving, came across Jalsa. Loved the Butter Chicken! Garlic Naan. and the Chaat options. We didn’t get an Indian pizza but plan to next time! So happy to have found this place right up Randall Rd in Crystal Lake.

We went there as a large group during late evening for dinner. When we went there, there were no other customers there. I was kind of worried about my decision of going there. But I still decided to order food and I was not disappointed at all. Entire staff was really friendly. Food was very tasty and did not feel like they were being stingy. Everything we order tasted authentic . It's almost like a hidden treasure. I will definitely go there again. Rest of my group who lives there already made plans to go there again.