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Menu: https://www.bayankodiner.com/menu#menu=dinner-menu
Table for 8 at Bayan Ko Diner, a Cuban/Filipino restaurant in Ravenswood. The restaurant features Cuban and Filipino dishes, and is an all-day sister spot of the more formal Bayan Ko restaurant. The restaurant was recommended by Chicago Magazine, Eater Chicago, WGN TV, and The Infatuation.
From The Infatuation:
"Bayan Ko Diner is the ala carte sister spot of one of our favorite prix-fixe restaurants, [Bayan Ko](https://www.theinfatuation.com/chicago/reviews/bayan-ko). This restaurant family has strong genetics: the [Filipino](https://www.theinfatuation.com/chicago/guides/best-filipino-restaurants-chicago) and Cuban dishes at this all-day Ravenswood spot make us want to have every meal here.
You can share crispy lechon for a casual dinner date while hyping up the breakfast burrito you had hours ago, two seats over. But one of the best reasons to swing by for dinner is that most dishes can come in half-orders. Get a whole spread of lumpia, ropa vieja, adobo wings, and halo halo, and leave your emergency vacation funds unscathed.
On weekdays, it’s pretty easy to get a table, and you'll be surrounded by Ravenswoodian families and paintings of Cuba and the Philippines. Weekends are a different story. Book a reservation for Saturdays and Sundays if you’re trying to compete against all of the other egg-hungry brunch-eaters."
