Bayan Ko - Chicago

My boyfriend and I celebrated our anniversary at this restaurant last weekend and we are thrilled that we chose this place. The atmosphere was warm and inviting, the food was incredibly delicious (especially the empanadas... they were out of this world!), and the staff was wonderful. We will definitely be returning to try the desserts next time!

This restaurant is fantastic. I don't understand how it only has a rating of 4.6, because it deserves a perfect 5 stars. My girlfriend and I even debated over which dish was the best (it's the lumpia).

The restaurant offers fantastic and innovative dishes with bold flavors and beautiful presentation. The service was excellent, and I can't wait to return once they obtain their liquor license.

A solid “meh” overall good, but a couple misses like the Kare Kare and Canton noodles. Maybe an off night? Stand outs included the sliders and lumpia. But flavors lacked real taste a bland peanut sauce and just lacking a Filipino punch. Very loud inside as well.

Bayan Ko is outstanding. Absolutely delicious food. We loved the very original fusion between Filipino and Cuban. Favorites included the crab croquettes, squid ink noodles with scallops and uni, lumpia, and mussels wow were these all great. We also loved the intimate ambience and the fact that you can do half orders of each item on the whole menu, we got to try more things why don’t all restaurants do that?? Drinks (strawberry daiquiri and pina colada) also top notch. If you haven’t been here go ASAP