Rajun Cajun

Overview: Great place for takeout Indian. Is it the best Indian in your life. no, but it is delicious, quick, and easy to afford on a college student budget.
Food: The butter chicken, saag paneer, and the paneer and peas are all great options. The butter chicken is spice, but not unpleasant. The paneer is always good and fairly generous. The rice is good, though I feel that it’s a little pricey for something I wish was included. The samosas are not my favorite. I find them to be heavy and oily. I have not tried any of the soul food. My only real complaint is I wished they served naan or parantha; their roti bread is just not as good.
Service: Always courteous and quickly delivered.
Ambiance: Has been newly renovated, which is nice because it does feel like a place you could now sit down in. However, don’t expect anything fancy, just some simple booths for you to eat at after you order your food.
Overall: If you’re a local in need of an Indian fix, this is a quick, easy, and cheap option. I wouldn’t go out of my way to visit, but I am happy to have this place in the neighborhood.

We had the butter chicken and the tandoori chicken. They both were delicious, but the establishment is tiny and has no bathroom, a bit pricey but worth it.

Not only do I love Rajun Cajun for it’s extreme yumminess, I just had to post a review because I ordered delivery THIRTEEN minutes ago and it has already arrived. THIRTEEN MINUTES!!!

I have been going to Rajun Cajun for over 5 years and nothing compares to it. It is a very casual environment, great to grab and go or for delivery too. The owners are incredibly sweet, and you can tell it is a beloved restaurant by the postcards that hang on the wall from customers all over the world.
This is some of the best Indian in Chicago. The butter chicken is perfect, with juicy tender chicken chunks and a creamy curry sauce. The samosas are cooked to perfection, and the palak paneer is delicious too. Don’t love Indian food? The great thing about Rajun is that it is not limited to Indian, with fried chicken, Mac & cheese and apple pie for dessert.
Without a doubt, Rajun Cajun is a neighborhood gem.

Nice family restaurant. I think they are new to hyde park. The food is decent. The male owner was kind of rude to me as we converse though. There was a miscommunication as to the order and her blamed me. At least I felt that way. But water under the bridge. of be willing to give this place another shot.

so happy we found this place !! It is good Indian food, with great flavor and actually spicy ! I liked the butter chicken .
The butter chicken combo came with a samosa and rice and a roti and a veggie dish. For the price you are getting a good deal !
The only downside was the food was not really hot more like lukewarm. This really took away from the experience of eating such tasty food. The roti was just plain cold .
I have leftovers so let’s see how good it will
Taste super hot. lol

This place never disappoints me. The food is always great. Recently remodeled and trendy. I’ve been faithful since 2010. The owners are nice and friendly. I ordered online for the second time, seriously, within 10 min of my order they called to confirm it was done! How awesome is that? I love love their samosas.

I love the new remodeling, looks great. This is a quick in and out type of place. There is a dining in area. Prices are slightly on the expensive side for two combos and soda each it was about 32.00. I ordered the curry chicken combo plate came with rice, veggie side, the naan, and samosa. It was very filling. I love the samosas.

Their butter chicken is good. The spice that they used is one of the better Indian butter chicken you can have in chicago.
However, the price seems to be expensive given that it’s a fast food setting with mediocre setup.
So, I would say that if you’re on a budget, I don’t think it’s worth to try. But their food is definitely worth to try it at least once as it is a well known establishment in Hyde park.

It was my first time in this restaurant. The food was cold and the taste is not even close to the taste of an Indian food. I believe that few people come here because there are no other Indian restaurants near by in Hyde Park. Sorry, I will never go there again.

PROS:
1. Clean, modern and stylish décor
2. Diverse, ready-​to-​serve options
CONS:
1. Confusing and over-​explained meal options
2. Fairly expensive (over $ 20 for one lunch) with restricted inclusions (bread and rice were extra cost!!!)

Don’t expect any decent indian or pakistani food from them. The problem with their food is it’s cold and it’s not fresh. Maybe if they are hotter, it would be better.
I think the better place to get indian food is Saffron Indian Cuisine in UChicago.

I finally got a chance to try the newly remodeled Rajun Cajun today. Went around noon on a Sunday and there were only two other customers when we first got there, with a steady stream thereafter.
I was surprised to see the menus flashing on two big TVs behind the counter and that all the food was premade. It’s like fast food but at close to regular Indian food prices. I was a bit hesitant about the setup but ultimately trusted Unilocal and ordered a butter chicken combo with saag paneer and an extra eggplant & potato on the side.
Portion sizes were not huge, but Indian food never is, nor does it need to be. More importantly, everything we ordered was quite tasty. Spices and sweetness levels were on point.
The place is a Hyde Park tradition for a reason. All of the postcards printed on the ways (presumably part of the remodeling) attest to all its happy customers over the years. Count me as another one.

So glad to see Rajun Cajun open after 2 ½ months of renovation. Food is still great, staff is still wonderfully kind and the restaurant is beautiful! Here’s to many more years of success for this lovely restaurant!

STILL CLOSED FOR RENOVATION
–when i called, the? owner picked up and told me this but couldn’t tell me the exact date they are reopening…

Wide variety of curry dishes, meat and VEGAN, yes I said vegan. Ask the wonderful people behind the counter, they will love to tell you that they use different oils for certain dishes and no dairy/​meat based broths for certain veggie curries, inquire because everyday they don’t have every curry available anyways.
The fried chicken is delicious and incredibly moist, I recommend calling in your order, because they will always drop new chicken. There is some usually available in the cafeteria style food bar containing most of what they offer. Yet the chicken just dries out under the heat lamp, and the skin becomes way less crispy.
There Mac & cheese is amazing, it’s like KFC with thick noodles with creamy thick cheese sauce. Yet I will say, sometimes it’s hit or miss, 20% off the time it’s too runny and not cheesy tasting enough.
Basmati rice, sweet potatoes, and corn muffins are really tasty too.
They also sell semi-​fresh juice (pre squeezed that morning or day before), they even have incense for sale on the wall left of the registers.
I’ve heard its not super authentic, but remember it’s Indian with American & Asian flare. So it’s perfect for someone just trying Indian for the first few times, or with an Indian crave in Hyde Park.
Very reasonably priced and with the remodel there is additional seating available.

Ok so this is not authentic indian food in my opinion but it is still good! The owners are sweet and my favorite is their CHAI! We loved it and went back almost everyday we were in that part of chicago for the masala chai.
We tried:
–Samosas (they tasted ok a little thick on the dough for me)
–butter chicken was tasty
–roti (it was ok – i can’t believe they don’t serve naan!)
–chicken biryan (i actually liked it but it wasn’t authentic biryani– the chicken and it’s nasal curry was separate form the rice instead of mixed (which was white as it’s usually yellow basmati)). Still I liked it and would order again.
we also tried their tandoori chicken – that was a good .
Overall I liked this place for the area and cheap price
Also the owners were partaking in a tv competition as I overheard – how cool!

If you are looking for a large order for catering, this is definitely your spot that will not break your bank but you may have SO much food you will be looking for a food bank afterward to give out the leftovers! I am not kidding. Our group ordered food for 20 people, and I swear the amount of food we got could have served at least 60! So hooray for generous food portions for catering! And the delivery came on time, the food was hot, and they were super easy to work with too.
We got a bunch of samosas which were only so so for someone who has had quite a few samosas in her day, but their chickpea chana masala curry with spinach was probably my favorite thing we got. It had a lot of flavor and I found myself grabbing a little extra of this on my round two of trying to eat all of the food that was delivered. Their paneer dish was so so as well and their tandoori chicken was decent, but I like my tandoori really spicy and I didn’t quite get that.
But all of that said, the food was good, everyone in our group loved it, and there is no way anyone could possibly be hungry after how much you will get at this place!

Not the best Indian food but not the worst Indian food either. Being Indian myself, I though the food was mediocre at best. I ordered the tandoori chicken, paratha, dal, butter chicken and paneer butter masala. The tandoori chicken was good but very dry, and had some flavours. The dal was average, it didn’t have much taste or flavour. The paratha was good, and the planner butter masala was okay. I would recommend this place if you’re in the mood for some Indian food around Hyde Park.

After spending an evening at the Chicago Innovation Exchange, my friends and I decided to head across the street for a quick bite to eat. We were a little off put by the glowing neon sign, but decided to head in anyway.
After immediately opening the door, a wave of incense hits you. You can see the serving area where they have the food heated for who knows how long.
We each ended up ordering different items such as samosas and curry. I opted for vegetarian dishes like the chickpeas and the saag paneer. The dishes had a lot of spices, and I thought the saag paneer was pretty good. However, I don’t know if I’d come back here. First, I don’t know how long the food has been sitting in the buffet. Also, I’m pretty sure most of us had stomach aches after eating.
Considering this is located in hyde park, it’s decent, but I wouldn’t consider it great Indian food.