Nafsi South Shore Beach

My friends & I had an amazing experience there yesterday!! From the welcome, to the ambiance, to the staff (especially our server Dominique), to the delicious food!! Thank you for the wonderful experience right in our own neighborhood. SN- I may have messed up with the stars on Toast. So I'm fixing it here.

First time at Nasfi with my family! The history and cultural influence was enough for us to WANT to be here!!! Let's start with the service I received after booking... top tier! We drove from the Northside ( Evanston ) and traffic was heavy. I called to inform that we would be late and the hostess reassured me that there was no problem, take my time and arrive safely. I let her know I was about 20 mins late and she edited the booking for me! When we get to Nasfi, the atmosphere was a VIBE!!!! Excellent customer service.. from the host, waitress ( can't remember her name short dreds ), to the mixologist who has us eager for the fall drink menu!!! The oxtail empanadas so good. The white bean Hummus, best I've ever had!! The seafood platter and the GRILLED SNAPPER soooooooo good! Worth every penny!!! Family enjoyed their meals as well. Fried and Blackened Catfish perfect! Grits creamy delicious, dirty rice seasoned and cooked well! Peri Peri chicken.. not a hit. Chicken cooked well and great portion size, but it just wasn't IT. Lions Mane steak... was good but was small. Possibly a heavy starch to add and make dish hearty? The Brussel sprouts deserve and honorable mention with the wilted greens. All drink were definitely a hit!!! We will be back!!!!! ( Cream corn was not available that night )

I was excited to try this place so maybe my hopes were a lil too high. Nonetheless, I came, I saw, I tried. But I don’t have to rush back anytime soon. My biggest issue was the service. I ordered an appetizer and side as my main meal and my partner ordered an entree. Well my app came first and it was a long time before the other dishes came and because I didn’t want to eat without him, my food got cold. I know that’s my choice but kind of defeats the purpose of having dinner together. It would have been nice if the server let the kitchen know to bring everything out at once. We also ordered a separate app to start that I asked for without sauce and it came to the table with sauce so had to send it back. And that ended up coming with the entree. All to say, the communication and timing could be better. And while we were waiting for the food, our server was sitting down at a table chatting with other patrons. I understand a lil friendly chat, but it comes across as unprofessional when you have other tables around you. That said, the food was good but nowadays you need more than just good food. IMO.

Our server Jason was really, really great. Super attentive, great recommendations. I’ve been to some of the best restaurants in Chicago, and this is one of the best in my opinion. For the price, you get really good portions of extremely high quality food. Every single dish I had went crazy. The service was amazing. The artichoke dip is OFF THE CHAIN and is served with really delicious, crispy homemade tortilla chips. Also loved the Brussel Sprouts. They’re seasoned really well. The blackened catfish is great. We tried a seafood special with jumbo grilled shrimp that was phenomenal. The ambiance was awesome, there was a DJ playing live music and the beach is literally right there. You won’t be disappointed!!! Worth the money perfect for date night.

We went to happy hour. Doomonique was our server and she was very attentive. The food and drinks were delicious, ambiance was nice. I highly recommend that you go and ask for her if she’s working that day!! Oan the Brussels sprouts and Butter cake stole the show!

I wanted to give a 5 but for the reasons listed I could not. My food was good except my Creole Shakshuka was very salty. The atmosphere is a WHOLE VIBE! Our server was very friendly but service was extremely slow. My great aunt did not receive her meal until we were packing up. Its almost as if they were short staff and he had an abundance of large parties

Narri was amazing. Very pleasant and continued to check on us to make sure we were okay. Thank you for a great brunch experience.

This place was niceee. Only thing I didn’t really like was how my grits didn’t really hit as much as it did when it had cheese. Everything else was pretty nice. I had the fruit punch and that was really good. Although there were a lot of nets and flys , I Would recommend