Located at 1509 Sibley Blvd in Calumet City, Illinois, Abundant Restaurant stands as a welcoming destination for those seeking a genuine dining experience. Our establishment is built on the foundation of providing a comfortable space where community members and visitors alike can gather to enjoy well-prepared meals. We believe that dining is more than just the act of eating; it is an opportunity to slow down, share stories, and appreciate the simple pleasures of a thoughtfully crafted plate.
From the moment you step through our doors, our goal is to make you feel at home. We have carefully curated an environment that balances a relaxed atmosphere with attentive service, ensuring that every guest feels valued. Whether you are stopping by for a quick lunch during a busy workday or settling in for a more leisurely dinner with friends and family, our team is dedicated to making your time with us memorable. We take pride in being a part of the Calumet City neighborhood and strive to contribute positively to the local culinary landscape.
What Sets Us Apart
Commitment to Quality Ingredients: We prioritize sourcing fresh components to ensure that every dish we serve meets our standards for flavor and consistency. By focusing on the integrity of our ingredients, we allow the natural tastes of our food to shine through in every bite.
A Welcoming Community Atmosphere: Our restaurant is designed to be a gathering place for everyone. We foster a warm, inclusive environment where guests can feel comfortable regardless of the occasion, making it an ideal spot for both casual outings and meaningful conversations.
Dedicated Culinary Craftsmanship: Our kitchen team approaches every recipe with care and precision. We believe that the preparation process is just as important as the final presentation, and we work diligently to ensure that each meal reflects our passion for good food.
Convenient Local Accessibility: Situated on Sibley Blvd, we are easily accessible to residents of Calumet City and the surrounding areas. Our location is designed to be a convenient stop for those looking for a reliable dining option without the need for complex planning.
Our Philosophy on Dining
At Abundant Restaurant, we understand that the modern diner values both quality and comfort. In an era where life often moves at a rapid pace, we aim to provide a sanctuary where the focus shifts back to the enjoyment of a meal. Our approach is rooted in the belief that food should be approachable, satisfying, and prepared with a genuine respect for the craft. We do not try to overcomplicate the dining experience; instead, we focus on the fundamentals of good cooking and hospitable service.
We are constantly listening to the feedback of our guests, as your experiences help us refine our service and maintain the high standards we set for ourselves. Our team is composed of individuals who are passionate about hospitality and who understand that the small details—a friendly greeting, a clean environment, and a consistent meal—are what truly define a successful restaurant. We invite you to visit us at 1509 Sibley Blvd to see firsthand how we translate these values into your daily dining experience.
Join Us at Abundant Restaurant
We invite you to make Abundant Restaurant your go-to destination in Calumet City. Whether you are a long-time local or just passing through the area, we look forward to the opportunity to serve you. Our doors are open to those who appreciate a straightforward, honest approach to food and a setting that encourages you to relax and enjoy the moment. We are proud to serve our community and look forward to welcoming you to our table soon.
Thank you for considering Abundant Restaurant for your next meal. We remain committed to our mission of providing a consistent and enjoyable dining experience for all our guests. We hope that each visit leaves you satisfied and eager to return, as we continue to grow and serve the vibrant community of Calumet City with dedication and care.
Amenities and More
Accessibility
Wheelchair accessible parking lot
Service options
Delivery
Takeout
Dine-in
Highlights
Serves local specialty
Popular for
Lunch
Dinner
Solo dining
Offerings
Comfort food
Healthy options
Quick bite
Small plates
Vegetarian options
Dining options
Lunch
Dinner
Atmosphere
Casual
Quiet
Payments
Credit cards
Debit cards
NFC mobile payments
Credit cards
Children
Good for kids
Parking
Free parking lot
Free street parking
Usually plenty of parking
Menus
Dinners
Whole Tilipia$19.00
Catfish Fillets$12.00
Ox Tail Dinner$23.00
Jerk Chicken$10.00
Soups and Stews
Stew$9.00
Sm. Ogbono$6.00
Sm. Efo$6.00
Goat Pepper Soup$15.00
Sm.Okra$6.00
Tilapia Pepper Soup$19.00
Sm.Egusi$6.00
Lg. Ayamashe$12.00
Extras
Extra Pomo$5.50
Extra Meat$5.00
Small Stew$4.50
Extra Pound Yam$5.00
Extra Beef$5.00
Rice Only$9.00
Extra Chicken$4.00
Goat Meat$5.00
African Dishes
Veg. Fried Rice$16.00
Jollof Rice$16.00
Rice & Beans$16.00
Ayamashe With Rice$17.00
Fried Plantains$4.00
Ewa Agbado$11.00
White Rice And Stew$15.00
African Snacks
Chin Chin$2.00
Meat Pie$3.00
Authentic Dishes
Wheat$17.00
Iyan$17.00
Eba$17.00
Amala$17.00
Asaro$10.00
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Reviews Abundant Restaurant
Torsheill Hibbler
05-04-2026
The egusi was horrible today no taste no juice, fish was very dry
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Megan
05-04-2026
*UPDATE
I had to update because the food portions are getting but the price is increasing. Each time I order, I receive a different price for the same items. Also, the … More
Gwendolyn Witherspoon
05-04-2026
It was clean the server was absolutely wonderful and the food was good cashier was pleasant I loved it More
Theia Akatangy
05-04-2026
The atmosphere was basic. No dining in. Carry out only. Continuous customers. Meat pies were good. Jollof rice was bland. Egusi soup was decent. I prefer mine with bitter leaves. Meat could've been more tender. Personal service was … More
Terra Wallace
05-04-2026
I wish I could give them 0 stars. DO NOT EAT HERE! Everything I ordered today was disgusting. The rice was BURNT! It was so burnt when you open the container you can smell the burnt smell. It is NOT MADE FRESH! The egusi just tasted weird. … More
Ruth Leonard
05-04-2026
I ordered Oxtail, plantains, and a meatpie. They give a nice portion. The food lasted a couple of meals. The rice is super amazing. The meat of the oxtail melted my mouth. They did forget to give me my oxtail originally but were super … More
andrea loya
05-04-2026
The food was amazing and flavorful with wonderful service. One of my family’s favorites!
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Jennifer Hill
05-04-2026
Great customer service and great food! We love this place.
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Jessica Jackson
05-04-2026
I drive 2 1/2 hours at least twice a month to this restaurant. The food is amazing the owner has always been pleasant and its certainly worth the drive and the wait if you want amazing authentic African food. Just enough spice so the public can handle thank you lol! See you soon
Toya
05-04-2026
The food was amazing, and the staff were super friendly and helpful. I’ll definitely be back—this is now one of my favorite spots for great African food. 10/10! More
andrea loya
05-04-2026
The food was amazing and flavorful with wonderful service. One of my family’s favorites!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Jennifer Hill
05-04-2026
Great customer service and great food! We love this place.
Order type
Take out
Meal type
Dinner
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Parking space
Plenty of parking
Parking options
Free parking lot
Patricia Coates
05-04-2026
My first time ever trying Nigerian food, the cashier a young man assured me I would come back for more and he is absolutely correct 👍. I ordered equsi and fufu, chicken and turkey jollof rice. I got a small order of equsi because I wasn’t sure. I will definitely come back for more.. … More
Emmanuel Leonard
05-04-2026
I had their jolof rice with turkey. It was good. No complaints.
Patricia Ogbeide-Ihama
05-04-2026
I’ve been ordering and eating at Abundant Restaurant since they opened at their old location over the years. Respectful,, great customer service, clean environment, economical, and delicious food. Highly recommended to not only Africans but anyone. More
Adesuwa Oronsaye
05-04-2026
Last time I ordered food , they forgot my 2nd meat pie. I mentioned it to the young man on the phone and he didnt care . Placed order of pepper soup it was just regular but the ayamese was not good no flavor. More
Mari K
05-04-2026
My experience here was not good today. The owner of the place (a woman) wasn’t friendly and didn’t have good customer service like I expected. I like the food here and I usually pick up my food with no problem, but today I was getting ready … More
Kesa Lee
05-04-2026
It was the worse Nigerian food I ever ate. My spinach was half cooked. It made me very sick to the stomach.
Genome Jordan
05-04-2026
My experience starts off by placing a phone order only to arrive at the restaurant to find out my almost $50 order had been given away to someone else. This caused me to have to wait an additional 30 minutes for my order. When I arrive home … More
Abraham Dabo
05-04-2026
Ordered goat meat but what I got was 3 pieces of turkey bone. Egusi and Okra had no seasoning, just bland. Africans are better than this, we can do better. More
Sharobi Richard
05-04-2026
Ordered on DoorDash about 5 times was good everytime. Always get the meat stew(beef), jollof rice and plantains 😩 going to try homemade meat pie today! Don’t get on here complaining about a wait time, at least the food will be good. …
Marcia Grinnard-Davis
05-04-2026
Love their African greens and Pepper gizzards w/o plantains are delicious. I order from there every week. They need a paper menu so people who don't know many African dishes can try some of them. The owner, Bola, is very nice and she gives us cooking tips on how to make some dishes.
Torsheill Hibbler
05-04-2026
The egusi was horrible today no taste no juice, fish was very dry
Order type
Take out
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$10–20
J G
05-04-2026
I really REALLY wish I could give them 5 stars because the food is good AF. Plan to wait 2 hours for it as other reviewers have noted. I'll be back -but I'll be frustrated I'm sure- because of the wait
Rene V
05-04-2026
The food is really good. The only reason why I’m giving this place 3 stars is because of their service. The wait is horrible, I waited 2hours for 2 soups and plantain. I really hope they get some help managing this place. This place could be so much better if the waiting was a lot less. Also they don’t answer the phone when you call them.
Kimberly Bennett
05-04-2026
I ordered the oxtail meal, it was good. But, it wasn't oxtails,and I didn't get any meat,but bones. The 2nd male cashier was patience and polite.
Food: 2
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 3
Deja Light
05-04-2026
Wow! My first time coming to this place was yesterday. I enjoyed a meal with my friend in the car. I didn't see seating. They have EVERYTHING! Their food is AUTHENTIC!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 4
Dynamic E
05-04-2026
Somebody call public health! No way you over charging and skimpy. Now with bugs too...... count the days good people. Feed me like you feed yourself or don't feed me at all.
Food: 1
Service: 2
Atmosphere: 1
Erika King
05-04-2026
This was my first time at the restaurant the customer service was great. I ordered the fufu with egusi soup. They gave me extra food for the wait time to cook my food. You can also call ahead to order as well. The food was delicious I will definitely be going back.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Rainey Shaffer
05-04-2026
The food is good, but they only give you a little bit and the prices are just too high for the amount of food you get it doesn’t add up. More
Blue Venus Love
05-04-2026
I ordered the Fufu and egusi with Fish. SO FREAKING GOOD N DELICIOUS. TASTE FRESH AND IT WAS HOT. I WAITED LIKE 10-15 MINUTES FOR MY FOOD NOT LONG AT ALL. I ENJOYED EVERYTHING ABOUT. I LOVE THE SPICE. THE FLAVOR WAS OUTSTANDING. FRIENDLY STAFF AND HELPFUL. More
Camp Christy
05-04-2026
The is not the same recipe like it use to be, the taste is more sweeter which I do not like they have definitely changed the recipe and I am completely done going to this place from this point on the food is completely disgusting now I … More
_ Blackwell
05-04-2026
I wish I could select No stars. I ordered through DoorDash and .....
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_ Blackwell
05-04-2026
I wish I could select No stars. I ordered through DoorDash and .....
My order:
Egusi with chicken and smoked Turkey. The meat was tough nothing tender about this... I had to force the meat off with a fork. The Turkey? Forget it, there was no rating this.
Ogbono with chicken and goat had a sour taste to it. The meat....smh, tough, undercooked and the goat same as smoked Turkey, very tough not edible.
To make matters worse, both orders of fufu had hair on the plastic and on the fufu.
I don’t know what the rush was today but it’s needless to say, I requested a refund and I will not order from this place again. Buyer beware.
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Delivery
Somayah wells
05-04-2026
I called to order, the first thing I said was “is your egusi made with fish” he said no. I said “so you can make me some egusi with no meat?” He said yes! I said “ok I want a large egusi with no meat, no fish, nothing” he said ok. I came to pick it up and I said “I ordered the egusi with no meat” he grabbed my ordered and I paid $18.08. I left the restaurant and started eating my food very happy to have egusi with no meat because I don’t eat meat. I ate a nice amount of the egusi while yelling my daughter it taste funny but thinking it’s still no meat. I got toward the middle and found a large piece of meat. I called and spoke to the restaurant and the person that answered said “you told someone we can make egusi without meat?” Then put the person who took my order on the phone. He says to me “I told you we can make it without meat because I thought you meant the meal that has meat” I said no I meant like vegan or vegetarian he said “bro you didn’t say all that?” I literally made it very clear that I didn’t want egusi if it was make with fish or meat? Why not make sure we are on the same page instead of assuming? Obviously you did not care and are very unprofessional. When I went to get my refund they gave me a refund then tried to argue with me because I had already ate most of the $4 fufu. I would not recommend this place. You can’t understand the customers questions but you understand how to call people bro. Then they said the egusi is made with seafood but the meat I found was clearly beef.
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 1
Service: 1
Atmosphere: 1
Recommendation for vegetarians
Would not recommend
Vegetarian options
They will tell you it has no meat but it does. They just want the same. No good service.
Dietary restrictions
Don’t trust these guys.
Oluwabunmi Akeredolu
05-04-2026
If it was possible to give this place a minus 10 review, I totally will! I placed an order for jollof rice, which ought to have had 2 pieces of meat in it. … More
Tiesha Branch
05-04-2026
Customer service suck! They take a very long time to prepare your order! They will not have your order ready! Once you arrive then they will prepare it you will wait at the least 45 minutes! Not worth time or money! More
Alyssa Loya
05-04-2026
The food is very delicious and very flavorful! I’d recommend this place for those looking for food that’s seasoned well and can handle some spice. Service was wonderful, overall a very pleasant experience. More
Mia Hubbard
05-04-2026
The cashier was very nice and polite. The food was really good and affordable.
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Barbie Queen
05-04-2026
I had never tried African food until I found this place. I have been obsessed ever since. I get the same thing every time, the oxtail meal with egusi and it is so delicious. 10/10 would recommend. I believe it is a family owned restaurant … More
Brittney Berry
05-04-2026
Ordered the oxtail meal and it basically no meat on it. Called to speak to the manager they said there’s nothing they can do about it. Spent $25 on bones.
Dejah Williams
05-04-2026
I just completed my first Grubhub order with this restaurant and let me tell you it is definitely worth every penny!!! My food was extremely hot, it was very fresh you could tell everything from the jollof rice to the fish and chicken it … More
Hannah Suping
05-04-2026
I’m not a fan of Nigerian food but this is the only restaurant I have a really good Nigerian meal. I had Eba and efo. 10/10
Quonisha Potts
05-04-2026
I have been ordering from this for 3 years. This spot is the absolute best and I've tried over 13 locations in Chicago and a few suburbs. I only gave the service 3 stars because the mom can be a little rude often. The son which is the cook … More
Mia Hubbard
05-04-2026
The cashier was very nice and polite. The food was really good and affordable.
Order type
Take out
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 4
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 4
Group size
2 people
Recommendation for vegetarians
Somewhat recommend
Vegetarian offerings
Not sure
Parking space
Plenty of parking
Parking options
Free parking lot
Reviews Abundant Restaurant