Great place. Is my second time here and food is really good. Excelent and friendly staff. Bread is awesome. I'll be back again on my next trip to this area. Really recommended if you want to try some real food from the valkanes direct to your table.

Balkan Taste What a fun night my sister-in-law and I had sampling Serbian food. I have a digital pal who has traveled extensively in the Balkan region. I always ask what kind of food she is encountering. She replied one of her favorite was Serbian food. I googled Serbian food and found this four+stars restaurant, Balkan Taste in Mount Prospect. My pal reviewed the menu and made some suggestions. I printed off her suggestions and gave it to the waitress telling her that We were going to split everything. So she brought an extra plate. We started with Gibanica, a cheese pie with what appeared to be phyllo dough! Flaky and delicious Next came the sopska salad tomatoes onions cucumbers, and feta cheese. Very thinly sliced cucumbers with an excellent feta cheese. Then Cevapcici, which are small ground beef sausage links on a bed of chopped onions with kaymak. This was what I had been looking forward to tasting and they didn’t disappoint. We had only ordered a small portion as we were trying so much food but I was wishing we had ordered more. I forgot to take photos before we split this portion. Just when I thought the food couldn’t get any better the Gourmet Pljeskavica arrived which is a 12 ounce burger on a slice of bread stuffed with bacon, smoked Gouda and onions with kaymak. This was fabulous! Kaymak is similar to clotted cream. And for dessert we had cherry baklava which was very tasty and more tart than sweet. The perfect ending to a super feast. We had so much fun trying the different foods, asking the very helpful, friendly waitress questions about the food, listening to Serbian music playing in the background and meeting a Bosnian couple at the next table who were fun to talk with and compare our food choices. And the best part is we each have enough leftovers to have dinner tomorrow night! The Balkan Taste is in the strip mall on the northwest corner of Oakton and Elmhurst Road. Enter off of Oakton.

I'm a big fan of Balkan Taste, especially their pljeskavica. I recommend stopping by and trying out the Serbian cuisine for yourself. The service and food have always been great and we'll be back for more.

Excellent, excellent food, grilled veg, and the beet salad bursting with flavor, wished we lived closer so we could go more often!

The food was outstanding. We had a beef stew and sopska salad. Very tasty and fresh. Cakes are from different worlds. So good... One of the best espresso ☕ I have ever had. The staff was great too. Thanks Stefana. Strongly recommend this restaurant.

Well I discovered this restaurant on my way home from work this past Thursday as I was eating at my Bulgarian restaurant that I'm familiar with called Sophia grill. Well I made it as a bucket list to try and I am glad I did this because I was looking for something different and Eastern European cuisine is always interesting coming from eating to much of the popular ethnic food that I was getting tired of. One thing I noticed with these Eastern European restaurants as they don't give water when dining in. Anyways wanted something different than my usual popular mainstream ethic food and this was it. Well in comparison to Bulgarian they had much more variety. I started with the Balkan Serbian beef soup in which they also give bread and it was uniquely delicious well to me. It wasn't tomato base it was much more savory and gravy with the herbs in which you eat it with bread. The next dish was the Serbian Balkan sausage just called "Cevapeici with Kaymak" and it was also tasty too if not uniquely delicious. They put onions underneath as garnish and light spices. Ordered some mixed vegetables which was a good choice. It was zucchini and the sweet peppers and paprika that was grilled very delicious and savory. I also ordered another smoothie like drink both in strawberry first and in blueberry as a beverage to say don't give water. I like the blueberry more but the strawberry was good too since there's not too many blueberry beverages. I ended it up with the Balkan cake which was also delicious too in regards to the flavor it was like a cheesecake texture with strawberries and graham cracker bread as the base. After my low calorie diet for a month and a week in March I definitely will come back here and try some of the other specials they also have Balkan hamburgers Serbian style but I shall see next to Beef Stew with Mash Potatoes. Four out of five stars because they don't serve water. If they do it's bottle water and I did not want to pay. Somewhat expensive dinner at $50 I ordered worth of food alone but overall it was delicious

Stopped in on a whim and could not be more impressed! We told the server it was our first time here (yes, we’re still here and leaving this review now because it’s that good) and he gave us recommendations for what to order. Great choice! The taste was top notch, the serving sizes huge, and the bread never ending. Would recommend 10 outta 10!!

To be clear my review is not about food, but rather attitude to customers. I bought two pieces of honey sheet cake yesterday. When opened box at home both were end/corner pieces. I understand that the shop needs to sell those too, but both?!? It was my first time in the shop and I’m not coming back…

Great food, reasonable prices, we’ll be back! The Serbian burger is delicious and the trout was very tasty! Come hungry!

The cevapi and beef stew were excellent. The chevapi was so fresh, juicy, and had nice char. Nice atmosphere and friendly service. Strange that they charge for water - you get a bottle of water but I think it was only like $1. We will be back for the excellent food.

This is my favorite serbian restaurant outside of serbia. I was never disappointed every time I was here. The food is excellent (fresh and hot food)and service is wonderful. Thank you Balkan Taste for a great hospitality. We'll definitely be back.

I went with a group of 10. First time there. I had my heart set on the stew but they were out of it. I shouldn't have worried. My 2nd choice was great. In fact, the consensus was excellent from everyone about the food. No one disliked their dish. Prices were very reasonable and I would definitely go again.

This place is darling, the food was truly delicious, the chicken had a really nice smoky flavor to it. The homemade bread was too good. Super friendly, highly recommend this spot.

I am here now for the 2 nd time and I was here like three Months ago because I live in Florida. Back here again so going to Visit this amazing place with Extraordinary Food and nice environment. The Food is Eastern European and if you are a meat and Salad Junky this is the place for you ! The taste is out of this World !…. Thank you for your Tasty Food and your great Service too !…. I Will definitely come back here again at my earliest convenience and next chance I have. ThanK you l,Thank You,Thank You

Great place to grab lunch. Delicious food and friendly service. Laid back atmosphere. Everything we tried tasted fresh, perfectly seasoned, and homemade. Will be back for sure!

Tasty well-seasoned food, sweet desserts, eclectic music playing. A fun spot, but I'm a bit adventurous 😁

If you want an authentic Serbian cuisine this is the place to go. A very warm and family managed atmosphere with very friendly staff. I highly recommend trying the Serbian burger. It is absolutely huge the size of a small pizza. I tried to come here every time I'm in the area even though I live 3 hours away. I brought my entire office staff with me here during company meetings at every one I've brought here absolutely loved their food. The restaurant is clean and the decor reminds me of europe. A must try

Beautiful made food. Nice staff. I would recommend this place to anyone! Love it!

Delicious food and friendly staff. The beef stew and cevapcici are outstanding. I highly recommend this restaurant. Will definitely be back!

40 minutes and no food. I came to have a quick dinner, the place was busy so as soon as the waitress came I ordered so she doesn't have to come back twice. Again I saw the 2 waiters are busy so I waited for 40 minutes before I went inside to ask if my order was going to be ready soon and of course the waitress forgot to put my order in. I ordered the cevapi and a beer, that's it, nothing complicated! I had to leave hungry, I couldn't wait any longer.