Restaurant · Little Palestine, Bridgeview, IL

Al Bawadi Grill

  • Palestinian
  • Jordanian
  • Middle Eastern
  • $$$

Al Bawadi ("the Bedouins") is a full-service, family-owned restaurant on 87th Street whose dining room is decorated with tapestries, lamps and keffiyehs. Eater Chicago calls it one of the most beloved Arab restaurants in the area, best known for generously portioned grilled meat platters. It has a second location in Niles.

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7216 W 87th St, Bridgeview, IL 60455

Mon-Thu and Sun 10am-10pm, Fri-Sat 10am-11pm per the restaurant's website (checked Oct 2026).

What to order

  1. Mixed grill (shish kabob, kufta kabob, chicken tawook)
  2. Quail platter
  3. Knafeh with mint tea

Halal status

Zabihah lists a halal certificate visible on the premises and no alcohol. Eater Chicago's Little Palestine map (Jan 2025) states that every place on the map obtains its meat and gelatin from halal sources.

Halal status is as stated by the business or its certifier at the time we last checked. Menus and suppliers change. If it matters to you, ask the staff before you order.

Good for

  • groups
  • family dinner
Sources (3)

Facts on this page were checked against these pages.

  1. chicago.eater.com/maps/chicago-best-middle-eastern-arab-food-southwest-suburbs-bridgeview-
  2. albawadigrill.com/
  3. zabihah.com/restaurants/ca24cf25-7767-11ef-95ae-6045bdeb9f57/al-bawadi-bridgeview-il