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Pure vegetarian · Orland Park

Street food,
honestly made.

Cut and cooked the day you eat it. No food colouring, since the first hand-cart in 1975.

Open today 11 am – 10 pm9178 W 159th St

What people come back for

The three
we are judged on.

Pani puri poured cold at the counter. Dahi puri built to order. A dosa rolled the way Ahmedabad does it.

All 130+ dishes

What guests say

Five-star reviews, in their words.

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Pooja NaikLocal Guide · 332 reviews Google

9 months ago

Holy wow! I had the best street food I've had in the US here! And their fun versions like Pani Puri shots and dabaang dosa were amazing! So clean, so fresh, so friendly.

Pani Puri · Dabang Dosa

Jason Jisa65 reviews · 496 photos Google

2 months ago

We travel a lot for our business and swing by many many Indian restaurants. In all of our travels this was by far the cleanest place we have encountered. The service and food was top notch as well.

Masala Dosa · Thali

Apple forever4 reviews Google

4 months ago

Absolutely authentic Indian place here, the pizza and papri chaaat was toooooooo good! My best pav bhaji experience in the US.

Bhaji Pav · Papdi Chaat

CJ Stewart5 reviews Google

2 months ago

We had to run it back to HONEST because this cuisine is just that! Honest, fresh, wholesome ingredients that fill your tastebuds and tummy with so much JOY!

Dosa

Vikram Patel3 reviews Google

4 months ago

Outstanding across the board. Impeccable hospitality and properly seasoned food. Can't wait to come back!

RoseLocal Guide · 77 reviews Google

2 months ago

Amazing Indian place in the south suburbs. Very friendly and helpful staff, we even got some gulab for Father's Day. The menu is extensive as well. Everyone will leave happy!

Gulab Jamun

Cloud Nine SterlingLocal Guide · 10 reviews Google

2 months ago

Beautiful serene restaurant with helpful friendly people serving simply delicious food from various Indian regions. Highly recommend!

Nina PatelLocal Guide · 9 reviews Google

7 months ago

The Debang Dosa was flavorful and perfectly crispy, and the Papdi Chaat had that perfect mix of sweet, tangy, and crunchy.

Dabang Dosa · Papdi Chaat

Uriel Chavez C.IL · 8 reviews Yelp

Nov 23, 2025

Food was delicious, we got multiple things including soy tikka masala, cheese dosa, pani puri, Punjabi thali, garlic naan — all of these were delicious. The staff is super nice and friendly. 10/10

Cheese Dosa · Garlic Naan

Joseph D.Homer Glen, IL Yelp

Aug 10, 2026

If you didn't know it was vegetarian you wouldn't know it was vegetarian. The food, the presentation, the flavors were all excellent. Give them a try. You won't be disappointed.

Anu K.Yelp Elite · 19 Indian food reviews Yelp

Jan 7, 2026

We've had several of the dosas, sandwiches, uttapams, and pav bhaji, and everything has been consistently good. One of our favorites is the garlic noodles — they're spicy, full of flavor, and something we order almost every time.

Chilli Garlic Noodles

Truth T.Bridgeview, IL · 55 Indian food reviews Yelp

Feb 5, 2026

Great restaurant with excellent ambiance and customer service. Food quality is great and taste is awesome. Don't miss their Chinese Bhel which is outstanding.

Chinese Bhel

Pooja NaikLocal Guide · 332 reviews Google

9 months ago

Holy wow! I had the best street food I've had in the US here! And their fun versions like Pani Puri shots and dabaang dosa were amazing! So clean, so fresh, so friendly.

Pani Puri · Dabang Dosa

Jason Jisa65 reviews · 496 photos Google

2 months ago

We travel a lot for our business and swing by many many Indian restaurants. In all of our travels this was by far the cleanest place we have encountered. The service and food was top notch as well.

Masala Dosa · Thali

Apple forever4 reviews Google

4 months ago

Absolutely authentic Indian place here, the pizza and papri chaaat was toooooooo good! My best pav bhaji experience in the US.

Bhaji Pav · Papdi Chaat

CJ Stewart5 reviews Google

2 months ago

We had to run it back to HONEST because this cuisine is just that! Honest, fresh, wholesome ingredients that fill your tastebuds and tummy with so much JOY!

Dosa

Vikram Patel3 reviews Google

4 months ago

Outstanding across the board. Impeccable hospitality and properly seasoned food. Can't wait to come back!

RoseLocal Guide · 77 reviews Google

2 months ago

Amazing Indian place in the south suburbs. Very friendly and helpful staff, we even got some gulab for Father's Day. The menu is extensive as well. Everyone will leave happy!

Gulab Jamun

Cloud Nine SterlingLocal Guide · 10 reviews Google

2 months ago

Beautiful serene restaurant with helpful friendly people serving simply delicious food from various Indian regions. Highly recommend!

Nina PatelLocal Guide · 9 reviews Google

7 months ago

The Debang Dosa was flavorful and perfectly crispy, and the Papdi Chaat had that perfect mix of sweet, tangy, and crunchy.

Dabang Dosa · Papdi Chaat

Uriel Chavez C.IL · 8 reviews Yelp

Nov 23, 2025

Food was delicious, we got multiple things including soy tikka masala, cheese dosa, pani puri, Punjabi thali, garlic naan — all of these were delicious. The staff is super nice and friendly. 10/10

Cheese Dosa · Garlic Naan

Joseph D.Homer Glen, IL Yelp

Aug 10, 2026

If you didn't know it was vegetarian you wouldn't know it was vegetarian. The food, the presentation, the flavors were all excellent. Give them a try. You won't be disappointed.

Anu K.Yelp Elite · 19 Indian food reviews Yelp

Jan 7, 2026

We've had several of the dosas, sandwiches, uttapams, and pav bhaji, and everything has been consistently good. One of our favorites is the garlic noodles — they're spicy, full of flavor, and something we order almost every time.

Chilli Garlic Noodles

Truth T.Bridgeview, IL · 55 Indian food reviews Yelp

Feb 5, 2026

Great restaurant with excellent ambiance and customer service. Food quality is great and taste is awesome. Don't miss their Chinese Bhel which is outstanding.

Chinese Bhel

Guests filmed it better than we could.

raj kachori
paneer tikka
vada pav
spring dosa
chinese bhel
honest thali
pani puri
dabang dosa
veg manchurian
samosa
bahubali sandwich
chole bhature
paneer chilli dry
dahi puri
ice cream dolly
schezwan noodles
bhakri pizza
khaman dhokla
masala dosa
hakka noodles
mocktails
dal makhani
paneer sizzler
falooda
dabeli
raj kachori

Every plate, shot in our own dining room

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Honest on West 159th Street A full table at Honest The dining room in the evening

Our story

From one cart
to 159th Street.

In 1975 the family started with a single hand-cart, one tawa and a bhaji that took four hours to build. People queued. The cart became a shop, the shop became a chain, and eventually the griddle reached the south-west side of Chicago.

What travelled with us is small and stubborn: masala ground for our own kitchens, vegetables cut the same morning, and a rule that nothing is coloured to look better than it tastes.

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Order by mood

Four counters, one kitchen.

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Pure vegetarian since 1975

Fifty years of
one recipe.

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The house rules

Cooked to order.
Nothing held over.

Vegetables
Cut daily
Food colour
Never
Jain & Swaminarayan
On request
Order to plate
~35 min

The room

Come in and
sit down.

Sixty seats across booths, banquettes and the back room. Open 11 am – 10 pm, every day.

Hours & directions

Find us

One kitchen,
Orland Park.

708-981-3415

9178 W 159th St, Orland Park, IL 60462
Open every day, 11 am – 10 pm

Dine in · Takeout · Local delivery · Catering

Honest on West 159th StreetLook for the yellow signW 159th St, west of La Grange Rd